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May 20, 2026

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Trump-backed faith event features conservative Christians as critics decry blurring of church-state lines

A Trump administration-backed celebration of U.S. religious heritage on Sunday highlighted conservative Christian leaders' ties to the president as critics expressed ‌the gathering did not reflect the country's diverse faith landscape. Thousands of...


Trump’s $10 Billion Shakedown of IRS Takes Unnervingly Corrupt Turn

Would it be legal for President Donald Trump to effectively order a major U.S. government agency to hand over huge piles of taxpayer money to a group of his political allies? We may be about to find out. ABC News reports that Trump is likely...


The Supreme Court Keeps Abortion Pills Available Nationwide

Pro-lifers experienced a massive legal whiplash this month. On May 1, the Fifth US Circuit Court of Appeals gave the pro-life movement what some legal experts called their most “consequential” legal victory since the overturn of Roe v. Wade in 2022....


Trump Administration Pushes Narrative of Christian Founding at Rally

Thousands of people gathered on the National Mall on Sunday for a daylong rally blending Christian prayer and political fervor, a gathering President Trump had touted as an opportunity to “rededicate America as one nation under God.” The...


Is Christian Zionism in the US on a decline?

In March 1992, Christianity Today, a prominent evangelical Christian magazine based in the US, featured a cover story dedicated to Christian Zionism – a theological and political movement that believes all Jews should immigrate to...



FROM FAITH ON VIEW

Who’s afraid of the Enlightenment?

“Nature and Nature’s laws lay hid in night: God said, Let Newton be! And all was light.” Alexander Pope’s epitaph for the renowned English philosopher and mathematician did not make it to his tomb in Westminster Abbey. Maybe the...


The Business of Destabilizing

This essay is a hypothesis: If you are worried that Trump is trying to derail democracy, you are right, but not in the way you think. Why is he doing what he’s doing? He most certainly is doing it to weaken our political system, but not by...


Johann Von Staupitz: Luther’s Persistent Mentor

Johann Von Staupitz had no idea what he was getting into when he first met Martin Luther in 1506. Luther had recently left his legal studies at the University of Erfurt to embrace a life of monastic rigor in the Augustinian monastery. He brought with...


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COMMENTARY

‘Marty, Life is Short’ on Netflix laughs amid life’s tragedies

Martin Short is not your average movie star or comedian. He doesn’t have the same baggage or feuds and is well-liked by seemingly everyone. Marty, as he’s known to friends and family, is the life of the party—as his friend and longtime collaborator...


The Wonderful Feast of Pentecost

The wonderful Feast of Pentecost is coming soon. In 2026, it will be celebrated on Sunday, May 24th. In my article today, I want to show the beauty of this day that some may not be aware of. The Feast of Pentecost is described in the Old...


When Americans Shared Sacred Spaces

In 1886, a Baptist congregation in Nashville found itself without a church building. For months, its members gathered not in a temporary hall or borrowed lecture room, but in a synagogue on South Vine Street. The arrangement was not always...


Trump leaves China weaker than when he got there

You know Donald Trump is feeling very small when he goes on a tirade against a reporter. Afraid to stand up to President Xi, who warned him during their China summit that Trump had better tread carefully on U.S. ally Taiwan or there could be...


New book by WSU history professor ‘Chosen Land’ examines Christianity’s deep influence on American identity

America is mostly a Christian nation but it’s complicated, argues Matthew Avery Sutton in his new book, “Chosen Land: How Christianity Made America and Americans Remade Christianity.” The book claims to be a 500-year historic survey...


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GOOD NEWS

Tennessee student stands up to school board with fiery speech after a member called her ‘hot’

An April 2 Washington County School Board meeting in Tennessee took an uncomfortable turn after high school student Hannah Campbell finished delivering her remarks. Seated with the board and directly next to the superintendent...


A man was having a heart attack roadside. These teens saved his life

What began as a stop to help a stranded driver with a flat tire turned into a life-saving rescue for three Florida teenagers now being hailed as heroes in their community. Officials in Cooper City said Cooper City High School students Logan...


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