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Glenn Beck’s Salvation Army

By Peter Montgomery

…ration theology-influenced view of salvation is not only unchristian but un-American. Beck has become utterly enamored of religious right pseudo-historian David Barton, who has not only spent a great deal of time on his program, but also joined him on stage at “America’s Divine Destiny,” the event that kicked off the recent Beckapalooza weekend in Washington DC. It was while watching Divine Destiny that I was struck with what seems like a glaring…

Commies, Blacks, Jews, the UCC and Other Threats to America

By Daniel Schultz

…my denomination scare Glenn Beck, that’s a good thing. It means they’re off-balance. Same goes for the ever-execrable Mark Tooley, writing the same hack piece for the 40,000th time at the Weekly Standard. He strains at gnats because ultimately he has nothing else to fall back on, no compelling ideology, no good news for anyone who hasn’t been following his worn-out shtick for thirty years. So, good if they’re afraid of the religious left. It means…

Pam Geller’s Latest Subway Ad Inadvertently Attacks Hebrew Bible

By Hussein Rashid

…absolutely disgusted New Yorkers were, with some even buying counter ads. New Yorkers, of all (or no) faiths, made it clear that they would not tolerate these sentiments. Yet, instead of listening to people in New York, Geller has decided that she wants to further insult our little village of five boroughs running an ad showing a plane smashing into the Twin Towers. No New Yorker would use this image. We were, and remain, deeply traumatized by th…

Black Churches are Burning: Is It the 1990s All Over Again?

By Katie Day

…of another wave of racist violence targeting the spiritual homes of African-American Christians? On June 30, a seventh church fire, at 100-year-old Mt. Zion AME Church in Greeleyville, S.C., was a devastating repeat of history. In 1995, two members of the Ku Klux Klan burnt Mt. Zion to the ground almost exactly 20 years ago to the day of last month’s blaze. Once again Mt. Zion has been reduced to ashes, but the FBI says the likely cause of last mo…

Will House “Freedom” Group’s Core Racism Go Unchallenged?

By Peter Laarman

…sly. Or, apparently, rouse religious leaders to name what is really going on beneath the froth of Washington reporting. And by the way, the New York Times editorial board sees it this way, too….