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Banners proclaiming "Jesus saves" appear next to those bearing the name Trump...
Opinion: Truth over power: It is past time for the church to speak plainly about the election

by: Roxanne Stone (Esau McCaulley) Jan. 8, 2021 (RNS) — We can be sure some who stormed the Capitol claimed allegiance to the Christian faith. Banners proclaiming “Jesus saves” appearRead More
One of my favorite Bible stories comes when the prophet Nathan confronts David...
Opinion: At the Capitol, evangelicals’ ‘Thou art the man’ moment

by: Paul O’Donnell (Maina Mwaura) Jan. 9, 2021 (RNS) — I remember my mom looking in my young face and telling me that my father, who had gone to hisRead More
He (Donald Trump) in many ways became the face of white evangelicalism.
Opinion: Evangelical Christians once were saved. After Trump, they’re lost.

by: Paul O’Donnell (Michael O. Emerson, Joel Edward Goza) Nov. 24, 2020 (RNS) — For reasons that have to do with our reading of the Bible, the both of us movedRead More
“The difference between mediocrity and greatness is vision,” the late Falwell Sr. often declared.
Opinion: Liberty University football team realizes Falwell’s winning vision, but at what cost?

by: Paul O’Donnell (Jonathan Merritt) Nov.20, 2020 (RNS) — Liberty University has long bragged about being one of America’s largest Christian colleges, but this year, it can also boast aboutRead More
Just prior to Katrina, New Orleans had the second-highest concentration of poverty in the nation.
Opinion: From Katrina to COVID, American crises expose racial injustice again and again

by: Roxanne Stone (Jamie Aten) Aug. 29, 2020 (RNS) — To follow Christ’s mandate to love God and neighbor (Matthew 12) in this time of pandemic means white Christians, myselfRead More
The key to success, I believe, is to accept that this transformation will be permanent and make the most of it.
Opinion: Let’s stop pretending that virtual worship isn’t here to stay

by: Paul O’Donnell (Joseph W. Walker III) July 24, 2020 (RNS) — It’s time to think big about the future of worship before the future passes us by. As thisRead More