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Reflections on Death of the Pastor’s Wife
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on September 1, 2026. The morning after receiving word that his wife, Mica, had died by a gunshot wound to the head, pastor John-Paul Miller declared with excitement to his congregation, “I wrote a new parody for you all today!” Cheers erupted as Miller announced that his “best […]
Christian Crusaders create chaos in Minneapolis
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on August 24, 2026. Two vehicles of Christian crusaders led by January 6 insurrectionist Jake Lang swerved “unexpectedly and abruptly” through police barriers onto the sidewalk outside Minneapolis City Hall on Saturday, according to Minnesota Police Chief Bill Peterson. “Both vehicles drove onto the sidewalk in front of […]
In Dearborn, the latest evidence of the new Crusades
Police in tactical gear pushed their way through the crowd of Christian Crusaders in Dearborn, Mich., Tuesday as January 6 insurrectionist Jake Lang and pastor Lorenzo Sewell led the flag-waving, shofar-blowing worship warriors into battle against their Muslim neighbors. Dressed in tactical gear with an American flag on his vest, Lang yelled through a megaphone about […]
Would Jesus electrocute children with shock gloves?
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on August 16, 2026. We now have reached the stage in MAGA’s descent into depravity where they respond to criticism of ICE vigilantes shooting people by opting for the more humane practice of electrocution. On Aug. 11, the Associated Press reported that Immigration and Customs Enforcement has plans to acquire […]
Beware of evangelists on airplanes
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on August 4, 2026. What could be worse than “Snakes on a Plane”? How about “Preachers on a Plane.” This is the latest trend going viral in white evangelicalism’s spiritual warfare campaign. And as Samuel L. Jackson would say, “Enough is enough!” Attention to this annoying practice has […]
Complementarians should learn from moral clarity of Congress
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on July 28, 2026. Congress has a 9% confidence rating among Americans, according to recent data from Gallup. And yet, it’s more ethical than mainstream evangelicalism’s institution of complementarian marriage. Discussion about addressing sexual ethics on Capitol Hill has grown over the past few months following the resignations of […]
There is no safe space in John Piper’s cruel theology
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on June 30, 2026. Jesus orchestrated the brutal murder of your teenage friend and her mom. So says John Piper in a recent “Ask Pastor John” podcast episode titled, “Sovereignty and My Murdered Friend.” The podcast begins by acknowledging it’s a “very heavy episode” before asking people to donate […]
At this VBS, a skit simulates a violent execution
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on June 30, 2026. “Take him out! Blow him up! Take him out! Blow him up!” the children chant during a vacation Bible school program at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church in Lexington, Ky. With eerie music looming over the scene, the viral TikTok video shows an armed soldier […]
What Disclosure Day reveals about evangelicals’ fears
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on June 25, 2026. While the Trump administration and their voters seem increasingly hostile to releasing the Epstein Files, they’re continuing to release UFO files. The images, videos and written testimony have led to a constant stream of speculation and questions over the past month, not only about […]
Behind SBC’s missions agenda: Eternal conscious torment
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on June 10, 2026. The headlines each year going into the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting seem to focus on Southern Baptists’ latest attempts to put women in their place and keep them there. Whether they were voting to remove Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church from SBC membership, voting […]
Understanding Al Mohler’s case against women
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on June 4, 2026. The so-called Mohler Amendment to prohibit women from functioning as pastors in Southern Baptist churches is being hailed by his minions as “critical for us at this juncture.” According to Brian Arnold, pastor of First Baptist Church Paducah, Ky.: “In a day and age […]
In conversation with Meredith Stone about Mohler’s amendment
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on May 28, 2026. As Southern Baptists prepare to consider Al Mohler’s so called “Truth and Unity Amendment” at their annual meeting in Orlando next month, many Baptist women are becoming weary of Southern Baptist men defining “unity” as joining together to silence women. Meredith Stone, executive director […]
Here’s what Baptists said at Rededicate 250
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on May 20, 2026. Despite a lack of religious diversity among the speakers at the Trump administration’s “Rededicate 250” event held last Sunday on the National Mall, conservative Baptists played a prominent role. The speaker lineup for the nine-hour religious festival included two Catholics and one Jewish rabbi, […]
Is pluralism possible under an evangelical Christian God?
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on May 15, 2026. What does pluralism mean for people who believe there’s only one way to God, who believe God reigns, but who live in a nation that values liberty and justice for all? This is the question many Christians are wrestling through. As evangelical Christians gain […]
When it comes to religion, question everything
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on April 24, 2026. Surrounded by FBI agents attempting to coax them into their vehicles, five of Samuel Bateman’s underaged wives huddled tightly. With trembling arms around one another, they sang, “And he will come again, and one by one we’ll rise, to praise his holy name.” Then […]
Why was the AI image of Trump as Jesus the last straw?
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on April 15, 2026. The AI image President Donald Trump posted of himself as Jesus is a sobering reminder not of how much Trump is obsessed with himself, but of how white evangelicals serve a higher power than Trump, and what that higher power may be like. We […]
What happens when fools are elevated into highest power?
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on April 1, 2026. April Fools’ Day is a time for jokes and pranks and hoping your kids, partners or coworkers don’t take things too far. The goal is to have a few laughs while making it through the day relatively unscathed. There are multiple theories about the […]
Sometimes reading the Bible isn’t as wholesome as it sounds
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on March 26, 2026. In the latest example of a failed Republican candidate for Congress turned worship warrior, Bunni Pounds is heeding the Trump administration’s call to celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary by pretending we’re a theocracy. After graduating from Dallas Baptist University with a degree in political […]
One thing complementarian ministries share with Epstein Files
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on March 20, 2026. One of the most disturbing revelations of the Epstein Files is how similar the power dynamics of the men at Epstein’s Little Saint James Island were to the men in mainstream complementarian ministries. Of course, most pastors aren’t actively assaulting children. So conservative evangelicals […]
Why are evangelicals freaking out over James Talarico?
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on March 12, 2026. He’s being called “Pastor Pornhub” and “the living embodiment of Satan on earth” by Christians on the religious and political right. So who is this terrifying figure? Is he a Dallas megachurch pastor who had to step aside for a “restoration process” after some […]
SBC influencer William Wolfe wants an America of white people
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on March 10, 2026. “My boys all look like me. And I want my children to grow up in a country where they’re not minorities,” William Wolfe said out loud in a video now posted online. “I want my boys to grow up in a country where they don’t look […]
Are US military commanders really talking about Armageddon?
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on March 6, 2026. Are U.S. military commanders really telling the soldiers fighting in Iran that President Donald Trump has been “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth”? In a piece published Monday on Substack, independent journalist […]
‘And lead us into laughter … ‘
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on February 26, 2026. “I’ll get real big hair, marry a man, let him lead, write a book called, ’Submissive Wife, Submissive Life,’ adopt a Southern accent out of nowhere,” comedian Taylor Tomlinson joked while imagining what it might look like for her to repent and return to […]
Forget empathy, the new war is on lament
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on February 18, 2026. Ever since Joe Rigney released his book about empathy being a sin, the TheoBros of conservative evangelicalism have been piling into his bus, demonizing empathy for those they run over as “the greatest rhetorical tool of manipulation in the 21st century,” and as “the […]
Kid Rock and evangelicals’ obsession with celebrity
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on February 12, 2026. In a world where everyone cycles through being an expert, the week after the Super Bowl typically turns into everyone posing as professional semioticians, offering their artistic analysis of the Super Bowl halftime show and the game. Most often, this devolves into conservatives fussing […]
Josh Howerton redefines following Jesus as becoming empire
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on February 5, 2026. Josh Howerton is an authoritarian theocrat who thinks his penis, pulpit and piety give him the right to rule the world. In a recent episode of his “Live Free” podcast, Howerton accuses YouTuber Rhett McLaughlin of gaslighting Christians. And in doing so, Howerton demonstrates how white […]
Alex Pretti’s murder lays bare the lie of patriarchy
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on February 1, 2026. Tragic acts of violence often lay bare the gap between what a system claims to be and what it actually enables. In the story of Alex Pretti’s murder, we come face to face with whether patriarchy — long sacralized as a system of safety […]
The TheoBros are getting the war they want in Minnesota
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on January 24, 2026. John Piper’s Minnesota minions are apparently rejoicing in answered prayers tonight as yet another one of their neighbors has been shot dead by ICE. Two weeks ago, Andy Naselli, pastor of Christ the King Church in Stillwater, Minn., and professor of systematic theology and New […]
Let’s talk about how Cities Church treats women
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on January 21, 2026. “David Easterwood is a pastor here. He is also the director of the Field Office for ICE in St. Paul. So someone who claims to worship God, teaching people in this church about God, is out there overseeing ICE agents,” civil rights lawyer Levy […]
Calvinist pastor prays for God to smite the people of Minneapolis
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on January 13, 2026. A professor at John Piper’s Bethlehem Seminary prayed on Sunday not for God to protect the terrified people of Minneapolis, but for God to protect ICE from the violent people of Minneapolis. “I’m a pastor in Minnesota. Here’s how I prayed for ICE yesterday,” […]
There’s a reason more women seek help from therapists than pastors
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on January 9, 2025. The Gospel Coalition’s New Year’s resolution apparently is shoring up pastoral power by shaming conservative evangelical women for seeking therapy. “In my role as a women’s ministry director over the past 15 years, I’ve observed an increase in church women struggling with emotional and […]
Minneapolis clergy rally for justice after ICE shooting
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on January 8, 2025. It was a time set aside for mourning, remembrance and moral clarity as hundreds of pastors gathered in Minneapolis Jan. 8 for a clergy press conference one day after an ICE agent shot and killed a woman protesting their actions. “It is a day where Minnesotans […]
When what’s ‘good for Christianity’ isn’t good for your neighbor
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on December 30, 2025. One of the most impactful storylines of 2025 was the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk on Sept. 10 and the subsequent response on the Right. As you’ll probably notice this week, a number of BNG’s most-read articles of the year were […]
‘When the wicked are in power …’
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on December 23, 2025. “Advent is the season that, when properly understood, does not flinch from the darkness that stalks us all in this world,” Fleming Rutledge says in Advent: The Once and Future Coming of Jesus Christ. In these final days of Advent, we are indeed living in […]
Hegseth plans ‘cultural shift’ for military chaplains
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on December 18, 2025. “I’m here to tell you about a real problem facing our nation’s military,” Secretary of War Pete Hegseth began in a video with a Christmas tree and a Department of War flag behind him. “It’s one you’re probably not aware of. But it’s a […]
Heads spin as Kirk Cameron gives up eternal conscious torment
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on December 11, 2025. “It’s one of the doctrines of the Bible that atheists love to point out as one of the reasons why they could never believe in the God of the Bible,” Kirk Cameron said on his podcast last week. “It’s the God who creates the eternal barbecue […]
Now AI Trump reads Bible stories for children
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on December 9, 2025. ’Tis the season when Christians flock to theaters or streaming services to watch the latest children’s cartoon movie about the birth of Jesus. But in the world of Christian nationalists, 2025 has been the year of utilizing AI. After Charlie Kirk was murdered, white […]
These ‘regular people’ promote a dangerous view of marriage and gender
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on December 4, 2025. “I’m just a regular guy,” Speaker of the House Mike Johnson told Katie Miller with his wife, Kelly, sitting next to him for the Katie Miller Podcast. “We’re simple people,” Johnson later added as the couple discussed everything from how Mike doesn’t like mayonnaise, […]
All are welcome — except those we don’t like
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on November 12, 2025. While white evangelicals like to brand their churches to their neighbors as cool and kind, their behavior toward their neighbors often is cruel. I recently came across a perfect example of this through the social media posts of Nate Schlomann, executive pastor of Village […]
Sex, porn, bikinis, health care, hunger and Great Gatsby depravity
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on November 7, 2025. Those of us who grew up in white evangelical schools and churches are used to being coerced into submission under the threat of exile. In what we experienced as a theocracy, these institutions held total control over our lives, including what we did in […]
Women are the problem, Carlson and Fuentes declare
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on October 30, 2025. “It’s the women,” conservative white nationalist influencer Nick Fuentes smugly declared on the Tucker Carlson show in response to Carlson asking why young people aren’t getting married these days. “The men are extremely conservative, increasingly,” he intoned. “The women are extremely liberal.” While it […]
Yes, I’m in favor of white evangelicals being honest
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on October 24, 2025. “Can I be honest?” This is the question being asked by one of the most popular songs on Christian radio today — Leanna Crawford’s “Honest.” “Did I lose my faith? God, do I still trust you?” the lyrics ask. “Is it the heavy of […]
Now Christian nationalists claim we’re having a revival
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on October 16, 2025. As the Christian church loses credibility worldwide due to egregious politicking, Christian supremacists across the nation are tripping over themselves with excitement about a more positive story line they see: Revival. Although every other metric shows the church in America in numerical decline, these […]
Dear white evangelicals, I was wrong
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on October 8, 2025. I need to offer a full apology to white evangelicals. I was wrong. You were right. I make no excuses and offer no explanations or caveats. I wish I would have listened to you and taken your warnings seriously. The other day, I saw […]
‘This is not an idol. This is a sculpture’
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on September 19, 2025. In just four years, we’ve gone from Trump supporters erecting a gallows in front of the U.S. Capitol building to a 12-foot-tall golden Trump statue holding out a Bitcoin. The official story is that this golden Trump statue was built by a group of cryptocurrency […]
Two AI videos depict Charlie Kirk in heaven as a martyr
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on September 16, 2025. Charlie Kirk’s death has sparked a national conversation about his words. As evangelicals hail him as a martyr, others point to the harm he caused through the racist, sexist, homophobic, violence-celebrating remarks he made during his life. Pastor Howard John Wesley of Alfred Street […]
These are the helpful conversations about religion we need
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on September 15, 2025. The assassination of Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University is undoubtedly going to lead to a lot of conversation about our identity as a nation, the nature of our problems and how we pursue justice. One of the contexts for these conversations is college […]
Here’s another reason Calvinism is morally bankrupt
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on September 4, 2025. Note: This article includes detailed discussion of child sexual abuse in the context of why God allows suffering in the world. Now the TheoBros are using the gospel to spread indifference about the rape and murder of 10-year-old girls. This week’s example of […]
In fight against patriarchy, women ‘are not listened to’
This article originally appeared at Baptist News Global on August 26, 2025. As armed National Guardsmen begin patrolling the streets of our cities at the command of President Donald Trump, many Americans are waking up to the deadly dangers of toxic white male domination bent on violent authority. But there is one seemingly invisible group of […]