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Religious Freedom or Religious Conquest?

September 15th, 2026

After a Christian pastor condemned the Arapaho Sundance, tribal leaders told her church to leave. Their standoff tests religious freedom, tribal sovereignty and the legacy of forced Christian assimilation.

Political & Religious Controversy 4 Comments

Persecuted For Your Faith? You're On Your Own

September 14th, 2026

Thousands of religious minorities followed America’s legal refugee process: they found sponsors, passed background checks, and waited. Then the path closed. What happens to those left behind?

Political & Religious Controversy 10 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 28 Comments

If AI Takes Our Jobs, What Are We For?

September 4th, 2026

From Pope Leo XIV to Buddhist Right Livelihood and the Jewish Sabbath, faith traditions have long asked what work is for. AI may soon force us to answer that question in an entirely new way.

Science & Technology 35 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 134 Comments

The Gospel According to Dolly: 9 Lessons for a Good Life

August 27th, 2026

Andy Warhol once told Dolly Parton she could be a great preacher. Dolly corrected him: she already was. Here are nine spiritual and moral lessons drawn from her words, music, faith, and life.

Celebrity Ministers 51 Comments

Are God and Allah the Same Guy?

August 25th, 2026

Do Christians and Muslims worship the same God? James Talarico revived an old debate, but the Bible, Qur’an, and centuries of theology show why Christians have answered that question in very different ways.

Political & Religious Controversy 151 Comments

ICE Agents Caught Spying in Church

August 21st, 2026

A hidden recorder fell from an undercover ICE agent inside a Minneapolis church gym already covered by a federal court order. Now faith groups are asking a judge whether DHS crossed a legal line.

Political & Religious Controversy 100 Comments

Meet the Moms Suing Texas Over the Ten Commandments

August 3rd, 2026

A Sikh mother, a secular mother, and a mother raising her kids across four traditions are suing Texas together. Their argument: a state-mandated Bible verse on the classroom wall is not neutral for anyone.

Political & Religious Controversy 118 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 123 Comments

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