“ICE agents receive the least amount of training of any law enforcement group in the United States," notes Caroline Cook.

the Christian manosphere believes men need to be in top physical and spiritual shape. So they’re proposing “lust-free” gyms.

What happened that early Wednesday morning changed far more than my travel plans; it changed the way I think about belonging.

Last May, congress passed the Take It Down Act, requiring websites to remove “nonconsensual intimate visual depictions” of identifiable individuals. This includes both real and AI-generated content. B...

Friday Roundup for July 10, 2026

The Christian faith battle between the Right and the Left is on full display in this year's election cycle.

This is a year in which Democrats are freely talking about religious faith, especially to counter the influence of evangelicals.

Lately as an amateur guitarist/professional theologian, I’ve been getting into the music of Larkin Poe, says Steven Harmon

This is just the latest in what feels like a never-ending series of political sexual abuse scandals, says Josh Olds.

Tucker Carlson is calling for Mike Huckabee to be fired as U.S. ambassador to Israel, after Huckabee did not defend a U.S. Congressman violently detained by Israeli settlers. This is the second event ...

I hope we will reflect on who we are: a nation of immigrants whose ancestors came here seeking freedom and a better life.

If you claim to follow Jesus, who fed the 5,000 and declared himself “the Bread of Life,” how can you reconcile this cruelty?

The Safe Summers Parent Pledge aims to equip and mobilize families to become active, informed partners in camp safety.

America’s 250th birthday prompted researchers at Navigator to ask Americans how they define America, patriotism and what we should aspire to.

Veteran Baptist educator Robert B. Sloan died of a massive stroke July 3, according Heights Church in Houston.

This Fourth of July, somewhere in America, a church will drag the American flag over to the altar and call it worship.

"Then suddenly, Mike Johnson says an 'originalist' interpretation of the Bill of Rights is dangerous and must be corrected."

One of the leading apologists for gay Christians created controversy among Christians in the LGBTQ community with a column in New York Times

U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of birthright citizenship in a June 30 ruling striking down Donald Trump’s executive order

What pulled me out of this funhouse reality is a dusk scene involving Lilypad, a bright-green tablet that serves as the film's antagonist.

A Texas court has awarded $640,000 to a judge who sued the state after it disciplined her for refusing to perform same-sex weddings

The definition is intentionally vague. Charging U.S. citizens with domestic terrorism opens the door to First Amendment challenges.

Even when someone is in the “minority,” their dignity does not diminish because they bear the fulness of being human.

“If you ever wondered what you would do then, guess what — it’s not a mental experiment anymore, guys. You get to answer it now,”

Democracy is always more than its documents. It lives, or fails, in the habits people carry into ordinary life.

The opening also highlighted what Barack and Michelle Obama have emphasized: The center is not merely about a presidency. It is about people.

At its simplest level, Jesus seems to be stretching the corners of our proverbial blanket. He is enlarging our understanding of family.

Musk’s extreme wealth both serves as the ultimate illustration and the perfect distraction for the rise in billionaire wealth.

Religious freedom allows all Americans to believe or not believe as they choose, but on the condition that others are not harmed,

God calls women to preach. This is not a progressive talking point or a cultural accommodation, says Andrew Daugherty

Is the gospel somehow diminished when it comes from the mouth of a woman? Can Jesus not save if Jesus’ story is told by a woman?

Mohler had pleaded with messengers not to amend his proposed wording. Ending debate ensured no amendments were proposed or considered.

Greg Bovino, the former face of Donald Trump’s immigrant roundup, says he’s considering running for president in 2028. Maybe.

In America's 250th year, the most patriotic question we can ask is not how loudly we celebrate freedom, but how faithfully we practice it.

The world needs you to wipe the smirk off your face and put aside your hatred for Democrats long enough to save the nation.

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In March 1886, members of Nashville’s First Baptist Church gathered for what would be their final prayer meeting inside a synagogue on South Vine Street.

BNG has taken the unusual step of asking me to interview both candidates for separate episodes of the “Stuck in the Middle with You” podcast.

Fixed-base operator Atlantic Aviation is providing ICE a backdoor entrance to the city-owned Dallas Love Field Airport.

“The terrifying power of Gilead was not simply its brutality; it was the normalization of brutality," Nicole Weisen says.

This is the first in a series of articles on Christianity and democracy that will lead toward the July 4 celebration of America’s 250th.

moments in the life of nation when silence becomes a decision. There are moments in the life of church when caution becomes cowardice.

Lupita Nyong’o has been cast has Helen of Troy in Nolan’s upcoming historical retelling of The Odyssey, and conservative white men are irate.

Mohler’s bizarre comments laid bare the anxieties of a denomination grappling with its own leadership structure and the role of women

Stone appeared on “Highest Power: Church + State” for an interview about the controversy. Here is an edited version of our interview.

Senate unanimously passed the federal version of Trey’s Law, known as the “Terminating Restrictive Enforcement of Youth Settlements Law.

“Talarico v. Paxton is going to be a straight up religious argument between Christianity as a religion of love for neighbor and Christian