2 Kings 1 (in photos)
2 Kings 1, as seen in photos of clashes in Jerusalem in April 2021 between Palestinians upset about coronavirus restrictions impacting Ramadan and Jewish extremists holding an anti-Arab march.
Texas Pastors Use Pulpit to Remind Members to Vote, Listing Candidates Who are Church Members
Gateway Church in Southlake and First Baptist Grapevine mixed politics with religion last weekend but stopped short of endorsing candidates. Read full piece
Virginia GOP Won’t Let Orthodox Jews Vote Absentee in Sabbath-Day Convention
Republican Party leaders have rejected a plea to let Orthodox Jews and others with religious obligations on Saturdays vote absentee in the GOP's May 8 nominating convention, where the party will choose its candidates for governor and two other statewide offices. Read full piece
We Can Have a Joyful Disposition
Columnist Terrell Carter writes we can all have joy because God’s message of redemption and restoration was entrusted to people who did not fit the typical description of joyful people.
Texas Ends Ban on Clergy, Spiritual Advisers in Death Chamber
Texas prisons have resumed allowing clergy as well as spiritual advisers in the death chamber, reversing a two-year ban created after the U.S. Supreme Court halted the execution of an inmate who had argued his religious freedom was being violated.
Obama Faith Adviser Accuses Trump Counterpart of Laying Spiritual Groundwork for Capitol Insurrection
A former Obama White House faith adviser blamed an evangelical Christian adviser to former President Donald Trump for quickening the rise of Christian Nationalism and setting the stage for the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
Mormon Sex Therapist Expelled from the LDS Church
A sex therapist who publicly challenged her church’s teachings on sexuality has been expelled as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, according to a letter she received Wednesday. Read full piece
Famine in the Bible is More than a Curse
Famines in biblical times were interpreted as more than mere natural occurrences. The authors of the Hebrew Bible used famine as a mechanism of divine wrath and destruction – but also as a storytelling device, a way to move the narrative forward.
Derek Chauvin’s Guilty Verdict Might be an Exodus for America
The guilty verdict of former Minneapolis police Officer Derek Chauvin in the murder of George Floyd might be an exodus for America. Tuesday may be the day that the ancient account of God’s deliverance becomes as important to America as it has been to the
Learn About the Kinds of Oppression that are Different than Your Oppression, McMickle Urges
Black Christians engaged in the struggle for racial justice must not turn a blind eye to the oppression in church and culture of gays and lesbians, women and Latinx, Asian, and Native Americans, author and scholar Marvin A. McMickle said during a virtual discussion hosted