Christianity

The first scene in HBO's new dark comedy The Righteous Gemstones is also the show's funniest. The show's titular Gemstones, an uber-successful family of televangelists led by Eli (John Goodman), his eldest son, Jesse (Danny McBride), and youngest son Kelvin (…

As part of the unnecessary trade war created by Donald Trump, he recently said he’d impose a $300 million tariff on Chinese goods… which, whether he understands it or not, would mean Americans have to pay more for Chinese products. Back in June, commenters p…

Its not every day you encounter a monastic who waxes poetic about the perils of modern partisanship. Or who cites Ricky Gervais as an example of how not to think about theology. And although black-habit-clad Sister Vassa Larin looks every bit the Russian Orth…

When I was a teenager in the 1970s, I looked to the heavens: to God and Christianity (as arbitrated by the Catholic Church) and to the soaring warbirds of the U.S. military, which I believed kept us safe. To my mind then, they were classic manifestations of A…

On "Dear America" Monday, host Graham Allen talked about the mob of "woke" social media trolls who "preached" at him for saying he's "not upset that Jeffery Epstein is dead" in the wake of the convicted pedophile's supposed suicide. "Let me be perfectly clea…

When a group of “oppressed” straight men decided it was necessary to hold their own Straight Pride event in Modesto, California in response to LGBTQ events, it’s not surprising that plenty of straight allies spoke out against it. What may come as a shock is …

Another prominent Christian is now publicly saying he’s no longer a believer. (For once, Joshua Harris started a positive trend!) This time, it’s Australian songwriter Marty Sampson, well-known in the contemporary Christian music scene for his work with the…

On the heels of "I Kissed Dating Goodbye" author Joshua Harris renouncing his Christian faith last month, another notable figure in the church also is saying he no longer believes Christianity. Marty Sampson an Australian worship music songwriter known for h…

About five years ago, Bonnie Weinstein, a co-founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, published a book compiling selections of the hate mail MRFF received for promoting church/state separation in the military. A lot of the letters were directed a…

Every now and then, conservatives say the quiet part out loud and give away the game. The American Family Association’s Sandy Rios did that yesterday when she said on her radio show that criticizing white supremacy, as many progressives have been doing, is …