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With apologies to Ulysses Everett McGill, Franklin Graham reminds me of the O Brother Where Art Thou? character, with his determination to have “bona…

The war in Iran has invaded even my dreams. Already deeply distressed by a war I find unnecessary, immoral, and unjust, last night my…

(The day after this article appeared in Baptist News, the governor of Alabama commuted the death penalty of Sonny Burton) The state of Alabama…

One of Donald Trump’s marketing slogans declares, “Trump was right about everything.” But in reality, as anyone with eyes can clearly see, Trump has been…

The state of Alabama is scheduled to execute Sonny Burton on March 12, 2026. An execution in Alabama is not unusual. Since 2016, the…

Out of habit, in both the French and English sense, I have a text. A reading from Daniel: “Then Nebuchadnezzar was so filled with…

When Thomas Dewey went to sleep on election night, November 2, 1948, he was the president-elect. The Chicago Tribune had already sealed the deal…

This article printed previously https://baptistnews.com/article/mike-johnson-needs-to-read-the-whole-bible/ Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R-LA) attends the 74th annual National Prayer Breakfast at the Washington Hilton on…

Warrior Pete Hegseth Heretic Preacher Crusader KnightImage thanks to Janson_G I can’t tell which is more dangerous Pete Hegseth in charge of the U.…

If you are a ruler, or have the desire to be a ruler, Scripture is clear – whether puppet king or Pharaoh – God’s…

A Pacifist Response to Killings in Minnesota The discussion is couched in the Ten Commandments and the Sermon on the Mount.  The Ten Words…

This article appeared previously on January 26: www.rightingamerica.net Evangelical Unrighteousness and the Killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti Weapons for killing Image thanks…

19th-century painting of Jezebel by John Liston Byam Shaw Ahab and Jezebel: A Cautionary Tale on Greenland Hubris and arrogance have led to presidential talk…

JD Vance’s Fifty Shades of Lies Image www.wegothiscovered.com   (Previously published in Baptist News Global at www.baptistnews.com JD Vance sells lies in various shades:…

Would Jesus attend a Trump rally. Of course he would. G. K. Chesterton said that Saint John in his Apocalypse had beheld many strange…

Would Jesus Belong to MAGA? Evangelical Christian support for President Donald Trump has been above 80% in three straight elections. Evangelicals make up the…

This opinion piece previously published in Baptist News Global https://baptistnews.com/article/is-this-really-the-second-most-important-book-of-the-year/  December 11, 2025 I am puzzled that Christianity Today selected The Body God Gives: A Biblical Response to…

First Baptist Dallas Senior Pastor Dr. Robert Jeffress, has testified before The Religious Liberty Commission at a hearing in downtown Dallas. This is the…

  What would it have been like to be on a fishing trawler in the Atlantic in the perfect storm? A “perfect storm” is a…

(This article published previously in shorter version: www.baptistnews.com.   The Treasury Department has announced plans to celebrate the country’s 250th anniversary in 2026 with…