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January 31, 2025

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Quakers challenge Trump order allowing immigration raids at religious sites

A collection of Quaker groups sued the Trump administration Monday over a policy allowing federal officials to arrest undocumented immigrants in "sensitive" spaces, like houses of worship. Why it matters: The policy, issued as part of a bevy of....


A new Supreme Court case would force the government to create religious public schools

The Supreme Court announced on Friday that it will hear two cases that are likely to revolutionize the relationship between church and state, at least in the context of public schools. Both cases, known as Oklahoma Statewide Charter School....


Young people are spiritually open but struggle with established religion - survey

Despite the gloomy narrative being pushed by the media, a new survey has revealed that reports of God's death in Britain, and across the Western world, may be exaggerated. Commissioned by author Christopher Glasson in the leadup to the....


Faith groups say they'll help refugees despite Trump order. But they'll need help.

Afghan refugees hold placards during a meeting to discuss their situation after President Donald Trump paused U.S. refugee programs, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. When the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan in August 2021, it....


From horror in Nigeria to North Korea: Report exposes global terror against believers

A persecution watchdog has released a new report that aims to fill a “gap” when it comes to fully reporting on the Christian persecution raging across the globe. “We found was there needed to be a report that was based entirely on well verified....


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Louis Klopsch: The man who invented red letter Bibles

The concept of printing Jesus’ words in red ink traces back to Louis Klopsch, a Prussian-born American journalist and editor of The Christian Herald. In 1899, Klopsch had a revelation while reading Luke 22:20, where Jesus refers to His blood...


Facts are stubborn things

Private Hugh White stamped his feet and rubbed his hands together to warm them in the blistering cold of a March evening in Boston. Snow blanketed the ground around the Custom House he was tasked to guard. Royal revenue collected at the cost of....


Are we good neighbors?

One hour, twenty minutes. That’s how long Hugo Tale-Yax lay on a sidewalk in New York, in front of shops and businesses, in the path of passersby. One hour, twenty minutes during which dozens of people walked past Tale-Yax, some staring, some....


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COMMENTARY

What Are We Going to Do?

Last week, I attended a meeting with a group of faith leaders. The Rev. Traci Blackmon offered a reflection to the gathering about hope and resilience in the midst of the current political turmoil and crisis. “Every day,” she said, “I look at a....


The Immigrant Canary Stuck in the American Evangelical Coal Mine

When it comes to how American churches understand the Great Commission in our generation, the canary in the coal mine is the Evangelical response to refugees and other immigrants coming from vulnerable situations into America....


Motivated By Inerrancy Or Sexism?

A few days ago I published a post called David's Womanizing, which included quotes from the bible about David's 10 concubines who were raped by David's son Absalom. Here's a summary of that story: David was the king. His son, Absalom, started a....


Christianity and Reaction: The Case for Leftist Organizing in the Church

It is a fact in the United States, and in most of the modern western world, that religion is generally the purview of the reactionary or the liberal. Over the past 40 years or so, the Christian Right in America has grown into the spine of the modern fascist....


Cruelty and Loyalty

In case anyone forgot, living with a Trump presidency is exhausting. Steve Bannon, an important advisor to the first Trump White House, recapped Trump’s strategy last week: “Monday, you hit, you flood the zone. Second week, you’ll flood the zone.”....


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GOOD NEWS

Restoration is helping native raptors thrive in Scotland, report shows

A new report released by an organisation that works to rehabilitate some of Scotland’s most precious landscapes suggests that its efforts are bearing fruit, in line with a promising national trend. WildLand Cairngorms covers around half of the....

Charlie Sheen and Denise Richards' Daughter Lola Was Baptized After a Very Difficult Time

Actor Charles Sheen and actress Denise Richard’s daughter Lola shared about getting baptized on social media. The 19-year-old also opened up in another post about why she got baptized and how lost and hopeless she had felt the previous....


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