God sent the angel Gabriel to the little town of Nazareth, a tiny insignificant village on the outskirts of Galilee.  There, the angel found a young girl, who though not yet married, was betrothed to be...
Steve Strang posing with a copy of Jonathan Cahn's book, "The Harbinger" (image courtesy Strang's Twitter)
As of Sunday, Donald Trump's average approval rating, as calculated by FiveThirtyEight, stands at 38.8 percent. At risk of sounding like a broken record, this is the worst approval rating on record for a newly-elected...
Pastor Darrell Scott (image courtesy Phillip Morris, The [Cleveland] Plain Dealer)
When most people wonder what the most cringe-worthy moment was when Donald Trump dropped in at a conference for black social conservatives, most people will pick his call for nationwide "stop-and-frisk." Others will suggest the moment Don...
Benjamin L. Corey with two of his fans in Maine in 2014 (from Corey's Facebook)
As a proud member of the Christian Left, I've always wondered--when will more of us stand up and be counted? One member who has not been shy about doing so is missiologist and blogger Benjamin...
  No, I do not respect your beliefs that kill. In the debate of same-sex marriage and homosexuality in general, there's something that's really beginning to bother me. I hear the typical quoting of Leviticus to condemn...
The crowd at the Women's March on Washington (image courtesy Voice of America, part of public domain)
It should come as no surprise that the religious right was not too pleased with the Women's March on Washington, and its sister marches around the nation. After all, they managed to convince most of...
With the outlandish words coming from Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s mouth, many Christians who have actively supported the Republican party for the past thirty years are facing a dilemma: Do they swallow their pride and...
toxic shame
I was talking with my partner about the Duggar story?and the toxic shame victims live with. Something similar happened to her as a child, and she asked me if I wanted to share part of...
Bryan Fischer with Courtney Westbrook (image from Fischer's Facebook)
If you've known me for any period of time, you'll know that one of the fastest ways to get my dander up is to tell me that I can't be a Christian and a liberal. So...
Divine Creator, For this magnificent world and the privilege of living in it, I give you thanks. For this beautiful day and the freedom to worship as I choose, I am humbled and honored. May my...
Ben Carson at the 2013 Conservative Political Action Conference (courtesy Wikimedia Commons)
// // We already know that Ben Carson has torpedoed his reputation as one of the greatest neurosurgeons this nation has produced in favor of becoming a water-carrier for the far right. Remember, this is...
Robert Jeffress at the 2011 Values Voter Summit (image courtesy Gage Skidmore, available under a Creative Commons BY-SA license)
The religious right insists that all it wants to do is give Americans with "traditional values" a place at the table. But from time to time, a religious right luminary lets slip that he and...
Today, on Christmas Eve, as I go about preparing for Candlelight Service tonight, looking forward to a gathering with my family tomorrow, and enjoying quiet time with my son, I can't seem to fight back...
Tas Walker at a 2014 exhibition (from Walker's Facebook)
By definition, "creation science" is an oxymoron. For all intents and purposes, it amounts to saying "Well, God made it that way" in scientific language. If possible, creationist arguments have gotten more ridiculous by the...
Mike Huckabee at Thomas Road Baptist Church (courtesy Wikimedia Commons)
Mike Huckabee dropped any pretense of being a kinder, gentler religious right leader when he callously declared literally hours after the Sandy Hook shootings that they would have never happened had the Supreme Court not...
Jim Bakker on his set (image from Bakker's Facebook)
As we all know, Donald Trump's upset victory wouldn't have happened without him going into a massive political debt to the religious right. Most of what passes for leadership among social conservatives stood by the...
There are many religions and philosophies out there today, some quite ancient, some relatively new, and there are even hybrids of religions. There are also different schools of thought, sects, various ways to worship, different...
Do you believe that exercise is good for you? That we should really all do it? That you would be healthier, happier, and live a more productive life if you exercised and ate a healthier...
Lance Wallnau relaxing in his chair (image from Wallnau's Facebook)
In a sane world, the Access Hollywood tape should have all but assured a massive landslide for Hillary Clinton. So how is Donald Trump still in serious contention? It's simple--a large chunk of the religious...