Christianity

Trump’s latest slate of rhetorical outrages began with an interview with Geraldo Rivera on Thursday, during which he made a largely faith-based case against Joe Biden. “I’m in favor of the Bible, I’m in favor of the Second Amendment, right?” he said. “Biden’s against all these things. He’s against oil…

In 1979, Barry Goldwater turned to his diary to register a change in the nation’s politics. “Today as I sit in the Senate,” he wrote, “it is interesting to me to watch liberals, moderates, and conservatives fighting each other to see who can come out on top the quickest against…

ADVERTISEMENT Popular Nollywood actress, Uche Ogbodo seems to have ditched her childhood religion, Christianity for Islam.Taking to her Instagram handle, she shared a photo of her in Hijab as she wished her Muslim fans a happy Eid celebration yesterday.READ ALSO: Between Davido’s 5 Baby Mamas, Who Is More BEAUTIFUL?Sharing the…

President Donald Trump has a new favorite doctor. On July 27, the president and his son Donald Trump, Jr. tweeted a viral video featuring Dr. Stella Immanuel, in which the Houston pediatrician rejected the effectiveness of wearing face masks for preventing the spread of COVID-19 and promoted hydroxychloroquine to treat…

Taking a stand against inequality shouldn’t be controversialEvery player and staff member from four MLB teams took a knee before last night’s opening slate of games to make a statement about inequality. Every single one of them—except Giants reliever Sam Coonrod. The moment was not a protest. It was a carefully…

Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nationby Kristin Kobes Du MezLiveright Publishing Corporation, 386 pp., $28.95Unholy: Why White Evangelicals Worship at the Altar of Donald Trumpby Sarah PosnerRandom House, 368 pp., $28.00Donald Trump has never pretended to practice traditional Christian virtues. Yet in…

The online furniture seller Wayfair is not engaged in child sex trafficking. The high prices of some of its industrial-grade cabinets do not mean that they conceal children. And yet these absurd, evidence-free claims circulated so widely online that on Monday, Reuters published an extensive fact-check to disprove them, and…

Last Friday, the Turkish Council of State overturned the 1934 ruling that had allowed Hagia Sophia, Istanbul’s soaring cathedral-turned-mosque, to be converted into a museum. Minutes later, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan decreed that the Great Mosque of Ayasofya (its other name) will open for Muslim prayer in late July this…

Pop superstar Justin Bieber sent a message of thanks to Jesus Christ on Saturday for making him “loved, chosen, and forgiven” despite his years of indiscretions, and urged his millions of followers and fans to join him in embracing Christianity. Posting on Instagram to his 130 million followers, Bieber shared…

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