The End of Roe May Have Something Important to Tell Us About the Decline of Mainline Protestant Churches
As we gnaw on the paws of our grief and foreboding regarding the Supreme Court…
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The End of Roe and the Assault on Trans People — Fail to See the Bigger Picture and We’ll Never Be Free
In March, the State of Texas sent investigators to Amber and Adam Briggle’s home, saying…
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Here’s What Hospital Care Could Look Like in a Post-Roe World
Over two years ago, I and a team of researchers set out to learn how…
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The End of Roe and School Prayer: America is Not Ready to Be a Christian Nation
Conservative Supreme Court justices are rewriting our Constitution. The leaked draft of Justice Alito’s majority…
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Christian Health Sharing Ministries Aren’t All Corrupt — But Here’s Why They Are a Problem
In my previous column here at RD, I used historical retrospective and my personal memories…
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Evangelical Healthcare Sharing Plan Catastrophically Fails — But Why Did So Many Join in the First Place?
Remember the 1990s? The inexplicable popularity of fluorescent fanny packs? The innocent thrill of getting…
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‘Manufactured’ Smear Campaign Attempts to Intimidate Church ‘Fasting From Whiteness’— It Didn’t Work
This Lenten season, when the First United Church of Oak Park, Illinois gathered for Sunday…
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Gary North (1942-2022) Sought to Deny Religious Liberty to ‘the Enemies of God’ — But He Was Willing to Wait Patiently For The Revolution to Develop
If you’ve never heard of Gary North that may be because he wanted it that…
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The Right Wing Slant on Religious Freedom is a Slippery Slope
Christian Right legislation that has often seemed to be aimed at undermining or rolling back…
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As Florida Attempts to Make it Illegal, an Argument for the Sacred Work of White Discomfort
In Florida, a state senate committee wants to make it illegal to cause discomfort to…
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