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December 2025

December 22, 2025

How Bans on LGBTQ+ Student Clubs Threaten Religious Liberty

On June 20, 2025, the State of Texas passed Senate Bill 12. The bill includes...

December 13, 2025

The Truth About the Gen Z Revival

This past year, there has been a lot of media buzz surrounding a religious revival...

August 2025

August 11, 2025

Charlie Kirk Visits Legacy Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE, NM — On August 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk visited an Albuquerque megachurch's "Freedom Night"...

August 03, 2025

Is the Pro-Life Movement Losing Its Party Platform Again?

Pro-life concerns are at an all-time low in the Republican Party. And abortion's importance has...

July 2025

July 26, 2025

South Park’s Critique of MAGA Christianity

South Park makes the rounds yet again in their latest episode. Years ago, the show...

July 20, 2025

On Peacemaking, Agonistic Politics, and Polarization

To his audience, and to us, Jeremiah says: seek the welfare of the city where...

July 13, 2025

Pastors Can Now Endorse Political Candidates, But Most Won’t

In a reversal of decades-long IRS policy, pastors can now endorse political candidates from the...

July 01, 2025

Christianity’s Contemporary Challenges: A Gen Z Perspective

Each generation of Christians is faced with challenges. There is a morass of articles listing...

June 2025

June 16, 2025

There is No Muslim Invasion of Europe

Immigration to European countries has provoked many negative reactions. Many whose families have lived in...

June 08, 2025

Washington Clerical Abuse Law Challenges Seal of Confession

On May 2, 2025, the Washington legislature approved Senate Bill 5375. The bill codifies the...

April 2025

April 06, 2025

What Election Data Might Show About Christianity’s Divide

The Cooperative Election Study (CES) for 2024 is now available. And their election data shows...

March 2025

March 08, 2025

The Gender Gap: Women’s Religiosity Continues to Decline

There is a growing trend in American religion: women are leaving organized religion. According to...

March 02, 2025

American Christianity Is No Longer in Decline

The narrative of decline has a strong hold on American Christians, particularly Protestants. The narrative...

January 2025

January 18, 2025

Mexican Humanism and Liberation Theology

Mexico's first woman president, Claudia Sheinbaum, delivered an address in Mexico City on January 13....

December 2024

December 16, 2024

Quick Violence vs. Slow Violence: Luigi Mangione

This article follows the murder of United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson. The murderer, Luigi Mangione,...

November 2024

November 21, 2024

Nancy Mace Tries to Ban Trans Women from Women’s Bathrooms

This week, another cultural hot-button issue went viral in American politics. Should trans women be...

November 14, 2024

Peacemaking in a Polarized World

In this article, we think about how to resist what scientists are calling "polarized information...

November 05, 2024

“No Matter Who is President, Jesus is King”

Today is Election Day. And Christian content creators, bloggers, and pastors are sending a clear...

October 2024

October 28, 2024

Why Trump is Coming to Albuquerque

New Mexico had some breaking news this past Sunday: former president, and current presidential candidate...

October 20, 2024

Truth, Misinformation, and the Marketplace of Ideas

In these turbulent times, we can often feel overloaded with information. There are so many...

September 2024

September 27, 2024

Hindu Nationalism: Exclusion, Patriarchy, and Power

Some readers may already be aware of “Hindu nationalism.” But others, especially Americans or Western...

September 21, 2024

France’s Anti-Muslim Laws and National Identity

In 2004, France passed a law that banned “conspicuous” religious attire in schools. This law...

September 08, 2024

Attending a Forum on Nuclear Disarmament

Yesterday, the Institute for Advanced Catholic Studies at USC Dornsife ran a forum on nuclear...

August 2024

August 15, 2024

Deuteronomy 28: Palestine, The (Conditionally) Promised Land

In 2017, the State of Israel’s prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu made an interesting remark while...

August 04, 2024

Support for Israel Weaker Among Younger Evangelicals?

Hamas's October 7 attack on Israel led to the deaths of over 1,200 people, mostly...

July 2024

July 18, 2024

A Sikh Prayer at the RNC Sparks Christian Outrage

The first freedom guaranteed in the Bill of Rights is the freedom of religion. The...

July 09, 2024

Can Christians Vote Their Values in a Two-Party System?

2020 was the year that I awoke to the political world around me. It was...

July 01, 2024

Grants Pass: How Does America Treat Its Poor?

On Friday, the Supreme Court of the United States made a historical ruling that will...

June 2024

June 22, 2024

Would Jesus Make Fun of Homeless People?

Every society has some form of poverty. As Jesus said, we will always have the...

April 2024

April 28, 2024

Observing Passover: Naomi Klein and the Exodus from Zionism

Passover, or Pesach in Hebrew, is celebrated this year from April 22 to April 30....