UPDATE, July 27, 2020: Rev. Dale Witherington recently returned to the scene of his Facebook crime and wrote that he would be taking time away from Facebook and deleting his app. This was three days…
Christian Zionism, Christian Nationalism, and the Threat to Democracy
Today, we see explicitly Christian Zionist organizations and megachurch pastors working with high administration officials such as Mike Pompeo, to justify expanding support for a right-wing, authoritarian Israeli government as the fulfillment of prophecy.
It is striking that an organization that was once so unambiguously Christian Nationalist makes no appeal to Christian nationalism in their 2020 election year resource.
Last Tuesday, just days before Idaho became one of a handful states to see a record high in new COVID-19 cases, 15 Republican members of the Idaho House of Representatives went rogue, gathering in the…
In the wake of widespread protests against police brutality, Americans are looking to their leaders for a message of unity. As pastors and elected officials get their footing and issue responses, a…
Trump’s supporters are busy combing the scriptures for that perfect verse that justifies the president violently blasting his way through a crowd of peaceful protestors to hold up a Bible for a photo…
Yesterday, President Donald Trump stood in front of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Washington, DC, holding a Bible aloft as a nod to his white Christian nationalist base as he condemned those who…
The late Norma McCorvey, aka Jane Roe, is back in the news , thanks to the report of her “death bed confession.” In a new documentary about her life, McCorvey, the plaintiff in the landmark 1973…
In a May 13 th article published in The Atlantic , Adrienne LaFrance offers her readers a deep dive into the QAnon movement. The article argues that when surveying QAnon, we’re not only examining a…
No. It was not an incredibly stupid comment. And no, a trap was not cleverly laid to ensnarl Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (SBTS) president Albert Mohler. His condemnation of Harriet Tubman…