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Church Fined $1,200 a Day for Sheltering Homeless People

November 12th, 2026

After a Massachusetts pastor opened a tent community for homeless neighbors, Lawrence officials imposed $1,200 daily fines. Now the tents are coming down, and residents face an uncertain winter.

Progressive Spirituality 10 Comments

Who Can Decide Whether Your Beliefs Are "Sincere"?

November 9th, 2026

Andrew Perry said his body was God's temple, but he vaped and considered getting vaccinated in secret. When his mother threatened to cut off tuition, a religious exemption became a question of sincerity.

Political & Religious Controversy 45 Comments

Two Wives, One Pastor

October 30th, 2026

An Ohio pastor says God approves of his two marriages. From biblical households to modern polyamory campaigns, we explore who gets to define marriage, set its rules, and decide whether two is the limit.

Political & Religious Controversy 168 Comments

The Dark History Behind Pope Leo's Diagnosis

October 16th, 2026

The Vatican once hid papal illnesses, fed rumors of murder, and faced claims of a "shadow pope." With Pope Leo recovering from cancer surgery, one question about papal power remains unresolved.

Christian 20 Comments

The Manosphere Goes to Bible Study

October 13th, 2026

God had a wife? Moses' story borrowed from an older legend? Some of Paul's rules weren't written by Paul? Joe Rogan's latest Bible lesson asks awkward questions about scripture and the manosphere.

Christian 86 Comments

Can Noah Sink Darwin?

October 2nd, 2026

Researchers are drilling a boat-shaped formation in Turkey that some believe is Noah’s Ark. But even creationists disagree over the site, and millions have been spent trying to prove

Science & Technology 45 Comments

Did God Change His Mind?

September 21st, 2026

In 2007, 14-year-old Dennis Lindberg died after refusing a blood transfusion on religious grounds. Now Jehovah’s Witnesses have changed the rule. What does a faith owe those who lived by the old one?

Science & Technology 68 Comments

Jesus Wasn't Jesus

September 10th, 2026

Jesus, Mary, Peter and James weren’t the names these biblical figures would have known. Recovering Yeshua and his world may change how we picture Christianity’s origins, and whom we see as foreign.

Christian 75 Comments

Are We in the End Times?

September 2nd, 2026

JD Vance says he wouldn’t be shocked if the Antichrist were alive today. So what would the Christian end times actually look like, from the Rapture and 666 to Armageddon, the Millennium and Judgment Day?

Christian 147 Comments

She Loved a Captive Audience... It Wasn't Mutual

August 3rd, 2026

A Florida evangelist preached through a flight delay, called her removal an act of spiritual warfare, and got banned from three airlines. Now a wider debate is taking off: sharing faith, or cornering strangers?

Christian 126 Comments

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