Politics

How should American Christians vote in the midterms?

If Bob Woodward’s Trump-bashing, mega-bestseller is true, how should conservatives vote in the midterms? If the White House is in chaos, led by an unqualified and out of control president, what course should we take on November 6? Woodward speaks of “a nervous breakdown of the executive power of the most powerful country in the […]
4 Surprising Developments About California’s “Ban the Bible” Bill

Religious freedom has won a massive, unexpected victory nationwide. Quite frankly, politicians, media and Christian leaders across the nation are stunned… All eyes have been watching the progress of AB 2943 – the so-called “Ban the Bible” legislation created by the California state legislature to be a model for the nation. The LGBTQIA caucus-sponsored bill […]
White House Official, Enough With All the Anonymity

It’s one thing if you’re writing anonymously as a covert agent working within North Korea or an embedded spy in an ISIS enclave. In that case, it makes perfect sense to hide your identity. But to write an op-ed for the New York Times as a senior White House official working to “thwart parts of […]
A Big Christian Victory in California With a Concern and a Caution

Make no mistake about it. The news from California is very big and very positive. As reported in the LA Times, “California legislator shelves bill to ban paid ‘gay conversion therapy’ for adults.” In a somewhat unprecedented move in the history of gay activism, Assemblyman Evan Low, himself gay, has withdrawn AB2943 from a final […]
In California, Two Senators Declare War on Christian Faith

As California’s AB 2943 is about to become law, some senators are announcing their real sentiments loudly and clearly: Christians do not have the right to practice their faith. To Assemblyman Al Muratsuchi and to Senator Ricardo Lara, I ask you plainly: Who appointed you God? For those who are unaware, AB 2943 would make […]
Did a Leading Pastor Give a Prophetic Warning About Trump’s Monday from Hell?

This past Monday marked one of the most difficult days in the presidency of Donald Trump. Paul Manafort was convicted. Michael Cohen was convicted. Worse still, Cohen claimed that Trump was complicit with him in committing federal crimes. Cries for impeachment were never louder. The liberal media was positively giddy. The radical leftwing was totally […]
Some Moral Reflections on the Mueller, Manafort, Cohen, Trump Affair

I’m neither a lawyer nor a Washington insider, so I’ll leave the legal wrangling and political theorizing to others. For the moment, though, we really have no idea what the final outcome of the Mueller investigation will be when it comes to the Trump presidency. But there are some observations we can make right now. […]
Candid Questions for Evangelical Supporters of President Trump

Do you remember when candidate Trump said that he could stand on Fifth Avenue in New York City and shoot someone and he wouldn’t lose any voters? It was quite a statement, but there was some truth to it. Trump’s loyal supporters are doggedly loyal. The question is: Are his evangelical supporters just as loyal? […]
Did Trump Make the Right Play, or Get Played?

From accusations of “treason” to blunt assessments that, “The President of the United States made a fool of himself in his meeting in Helsinki on Monday with Russian dictator Vladimir Trump,” the majority consensus is that Putin won and Trump lost. Even the pro-Trump Drudge report headlined with, “PUTIN DOMINATES IN HEL.” (The accompanying picture […]
America Finally Moves Up on the Freedom Index

Measuring the degree of freedom in America is a good-news-bad-news proposition. The good news is that we moved up 7 places in the rankings in 2017 – the first year of the Trump presidency – from the previous year. The bad news is that even after last year’s rise, America still ranks only #17 out […]
Megachurch pastor sees nothing racist about Trump immigration stance

There is nothing racist about basing immigration quotas on race, according to Trump evangelical adviser Robert Jeffress. Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist in Dallas, told Washington Post writer Sarah Pulliam Bailey that while he would not have used the vulgar language attributed to Trump during a recent White House meeting on immigration, he believes the president’s […]
Televangelist: Trump Should Issue ‘Blanket Pardon’ for Indictments

Televangelist Pat Robertson said Donald Trump’s best course of action after the indictments against his former campaign staffers is to pardon everyone and shut down Robert Mueller’s “tainted” special counsel. Robertson used his appearance on The 700 Club Monday to react to the indictments against Paul Manafort and Rick Gates, as well as George Papadopoulos’ guilty plea of making false statements to the FBI. Robertson said there was “not a […]