Billy Graham Wouldn’t Have Supported Rosa Parks
Evangelical preacher Billy Graham was lain in honor Wednesday in the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol. Graham is the first American religious leader to be accorded that status, …
Preaching with Power at United Lutheran Seminary
About the Lecture The 2018 Preaching with Power lecture, part of the annual Preaching with Power from the Urban Theological Institute of United Lutheran Seminary, was presented by …
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Democrats will lose in 2018 if they don’t shut up about civility and shout about our democracy dying
Playing respectability politics is not going to get us back the House, the Senate or the White House; going high when they go low ended with the low-goers winning.
The Prosperity Gospel of Trump, Osteen and the GOP
Before it began to rain in Houston last week, the spectacularly wealthy pastor Joel Osteen could have opened up his megachurch to serve as a logistics center. He …
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The Revolution Part 2: From King to Kendrick Lamar
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Academics are under attack. Conservatives are trying to undermine free speech.
The release of the professor watchlist, purporting to expose professors who discriminate against conservative students, is anything but that. I should know: I’m on it. As one of …
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WITH POPE FRANCIS AT GROUND ZERO
On Friday, Pope Francis went for an walk alongside the north pool of the 9/11 Memorial Plaza to meet with ten families who lost loved ones at the twin …
GOD MAY WEEP FOR CHURCH SEXUAL ABUSE, BUT BISHOP CHAPUT PREFERS TO BARK
When Pope Francis met with five victims of sexual abuse this past weekend it made headlines, not only because he confessed that he “deeply regret[s] that some bishops failed in …
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POPE FRANCIS V. KIM DAVIS: A VATICAN GAME OF THRONES
Seems like the meeting between Pope Francis and Kim Davis was not as good for him as it was for her. In a statement released by the Vatican, approved by the pope, the Vatican …
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THE FIRE THIS TIME
Three years ago this month, I wrote about America’s racist god. As a result of the threats I received, I had to move from a place I loved. I …