DAILY NEWSLETTER: Can a public high school coach pray publicly on the job?

Published: Thu, 04/07/22

4/7/22

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IN THE NEWS

The self-hating evangelical scholar complex

Since 2016, a cottage industry of books written by professional historians has routinely blamed evangelicals for everything from Donald Trump’s presidency to climate change, the rise of Russian authoritarianism, moral corruption, and much more....

Can a public high school coach pray publicly on the job?

In a couple of weeks the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case of a Washington state high school football coach who was dismissed for praying at the 50-yard line after games. Based on existing precedent, the coach has no case. But maintaining existing precedent is not the object of this exercise....

Journal Issue Explores Religion As A Weapon In Russia’s War Against Ukraine

Russia today is a quasi-religious fascist state claiming legitimacy from the support it receives from a morally compromised Orthodox Church. That is the sense of the phrase, “clero-fascist (or clerical-fascist) state” employed by Father Leonid Kishkovsky...

John MacArthur's Church to Launch 2 Elementary Schools: 'Public Schools Are Dangerous'

Saying it’s a time for Christians to “get serious” about educating children in a fast-changing world, California pastor John MacArthur said during a recent conference that his church is launching two elementary schools this fall....

Former Hillsong pastors say Brian Houston bullied them into handing over church assets

Hillsong Church founder Brian Houston, who recently resigned from his post as global senior pastor over allegations of sexual misconduct, also bullied church leaders into handing over cash and real estate to enrich his megachurch network, two former pastors who worked with the embattled spiritual leader claim....

FROM FAITH ON VIEW

Considering the idea of a Biblical Worldview

The concept of a Christian worldview is fundamentally simple, but its implications are profound. There are a modest number of foundational assumptions necessary to view the world from a Christian perspective....

U.S. charities prepare for influx of Ukrainian refugees

Religious organizations have been extending a helping hand to Ukraine since the Russian invasion earlier this year, and now — after the White House declared that the U.S. would allow up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees into the country — churches and Christian charity organizations have amplified their efforts to help the refugees from Ukraine settle in the U.S....

Pope’s apology surprised indigenous leaders

Pope Francis made a face-to-face apology to representatives of North American indigenous nations Friday after the tribal leaders traveled to the Vatican to discuss the Roman Catholic Church’s role in the boarding school system that was part of an effort to erase indigenous identity in the New World....

COMMENTARY

The Unholy Alliance of Right-Wing Evangelicals and Big Business

Talk about holding a grudge. Right-wing evangelicals and corporate capitalists are still outraged by the National Labor Relations Act of 1935, the New Deal policy that established the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to both give teeth to federal labor laws that govern collective bargaining and to craft laws to rectify unfair labor practices....

Going to Church Does not Mean Assembling with the Wicked (Psalm 26)

This is an amazing Psalm. Amazing in its content and amazing in its timelessness. This Psalm serves as a huge encouragement to me, and so it will for you. We who have experienced abuse and injustice from people who claim to be Christians have been impelled by Christ’s Spirit to embrace David’s declaration in vss 4-7....

Building a Culture That Values Families, Rest, and Human Flourishing: An Interview with Rachel Anderson

Rachel Anderson is an attorney, mother of two, and Fellow at the Center for Public Justice, advocating for fair and family-supportive work. Millennial editor Robert Christian interviewed her on pro-family policies, rest, the pandemic, and meritocracy....

The Joy of Forgetting What You Need To Remember

If I have my timing right, the last conference I spoke at was the 2020 Bethlehem Conference for Pastors. It was early February and we were just beginning to hear unfamiliar words like “COVID” and “coronavirus.”...

How good do I need to be to get to heaven?

A recent survey by SpiritShack has revealed that half of Britons believe in an afterlife. While reading the results I was immediately reminded of a conversation between Charlotte Brontë’s young Jane Eyre and the loathsome supervisor of Lowood school, Mr Brocklehurst...

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