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🌎Religious liberty? Trump is obstructing freedom of worship


November 18, 2025

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IN THE NEWS

Religious liberty? Trump is obstructing freedom of worship

People abducted from church parking lots. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shooting pastors while praying. Religious groups terrified to run their soup kitchens. Church pews empty as congregants stay home in fear. This is the...


US denies plans to build military base on Gaza border; Trump requests pardon for Netanyahu

From continued military strikes in Gaza to a pardon request letter from President Trump to deep divisions over ceasefire implementation, the regional dynamics continue to shift and challenge Middle East peace efforts. Israeli President Isaac...


Amid ICE raids, Chicago priests support immigrants with a whistle and a rosary

blue whistle dangles from the rearview mirror of Dominican Fr. Brendan Curran's car, swinging gently beside a wooden rosary as the priest drives through the shiny streets of Pilsen, Chicago's Mexican neighborhood. The whistle is more than just....


Greg Laurie to lead Harvest Crusade at Utah Valley University after Charlie Kirk assassination

Evangelist Greg Laurie is set to headline a special Harvest Crusade event at Utah Valley University, the site where conservative Christian activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated earlier this year. Organizers expect approximately 10,000 people....


Venezuela mobilizes military as U.S. moves in

Venezuela has deployed nearly 200,000 soldiers in response to the United States sending its largest aircraft carrier to the region. Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López said officials were positioning the country’s “military....



FROM FAITH ON VIEW

How to treat others…taking some cues from Jesus

If we are honest, we have to admit that evangelicals often treat people badly, and we certainly do not have a good reputation. The hackneyed church expression is that we are known for what we stand against rather than what we stand for. It is true!


Bear Grylls calls new book on Jesus his greatest adventure

Bear Grylls is known for enduring extreme conditions on shows like Man vs. Wild. He says his latest book, The Greatest Story Ever Told, surpasses all previous achievements. Despite decades of global adventure and television success....


$50M prayer monument underway near Birmingham, UK: What you need to know

Construction has officially started on the Eternal Wall of Answered Prayer, set to become Britain’s largest Christian monument. Located near Coleshill, just outside Birmingham, the project broke ground this week after surpassing an initial $50....


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COMMENTARY

When Did Christianity Begin to Spread?

How old is Christianity? When did it stop being a Jewish sect and become its own religion? As reported in “Crossing the Holy Land” in the September/October 2011 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review, new archaeological discoveries of churches...


The wrong case with the wrong victim

I’m one of several public defenders of natural marriage, but unlike many conservatives, I’m not upset that the Supreme Court declined to take up Kim Davis’s case this week. The court didn’t reaffirm Obergefell on Monday, it simply refused....


Global Anglicanism’s Challenges

Recently I joined Global Methodist Pastor Jeffrey Rickman of the PlainSpoken podcast to discuss the state of Global Anglicanism as well as the present crises within the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA). In the podcast below....


Back When "Progressive" Meant Hope, Change, and Creativity.

The other day I shared about my experience of growing out of the evangelical wineskin that had adequately contained my wine (aka, my religious self) for nearly 30 years. Today I want to pick up where I left off and say a bit about the....


Why Wisdom Is More Than Knowledge: Claire Gilbert, Harry Amos, and the Soul Debate

Unbelievable? recently hosted a conversation between humanist philosopher Harry Amos and Christian writer and ethicist Dr. Claire Gilbert. The prompt for the discussion was the existence of the soul. While this topic was addressed, a....


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GOOD NEWS

The works of art that changed your life, and why

We asked readers which book, film, song or art work changed the course of your life. From soul-stirring poems to unforgettable paintings, this is what you said. Art: “The Bayeux Tapestry. I was nine when I visited the gallery in France housing it. I was...

6,000 N.C. State Students Gather to Worship Jesus: ‘All Glory to God’

On a night when countless other activities competed for attention, some 6,000 students from North Carolina State packed an arena near the campus Tuesday to lift up the name of Jesus. The worship service in Raleigh, N.C., was the latest stop on...


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