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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 61 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 57 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 117 Comments

Why This Food Bank Would Rather Stay Empty

July 30th, 2026

Alvin Christian's food bank fed 800 families a day in West Virginia. Now the freezers sit empty, because he refused food supplies tied to LGBTQ groups. What does that decision cost, and who pays it?

LGBTQ & Human Rights 148 Comments

Religion's Oldest Habit? Hiding the Hunted

July 28th, 2026

"We do not know what a Jew is," a French pastor told police in 1943. "We only know men." That instinct has a much longer, stranger history than any single headline about immigration this week as the crackdown continues.

Political & Religious Controversy 57 Comments

"Go To Hell!" – It May Be More Difficult Than it Sounds

July 28th, 2026

A bestselling Christian author just gave up her belief in hell and called it liberating. Here's where the idea of hell actually comes from in scripture, and what Pope Francis meant by hoping it's empty.

ULC Minister Training & Education 62 Comments

Is Christianity The World's Most Violent Religion?

July 23rd, 2026

Airsoft rifles. A crowd of children chanting "take him out." A Kentucky church's skit went viral, and theologians say its violence has scripture-deep roots, on more than one continent.

Christian 69 Comments

The $40m Mission to Put a Cross on the Moon

July 13th, 2026

Justin Park has spent years trying to put a christian cross on the lunar surface. His Trump-aligned coalition raises fresh questions: is it even legal, and what does claiming the moon for one faith really mean?

Science & Technology 109 Comments

The Separation of Church and State is Dead

July 6th, 2026

The Trump administration issued a report proposing that we knock down the wall between church and state. It also skips several faiths entirely and the 50-plus denominations suing over raids on their sanctuaries.

Political & Religious Controversy 147 Comments

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