by Brian Kaylor | May 17, 2011 | News
Conservative radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh and liberal MSNBC pundit Lawrence O’Donnell traded barbs recently over what Jesus’ policies would be on taxes. The two waded into the issue as Christian leaders sought to impact congressional tax and budget...
by Brian Kaylor | Apr 27, 2011 | News
On Sunday, evangelist Franklin Graham argued that President Barack Obama may not have been born in the United States, even though numerous independent fact-checkers have debunked that claim as erroneous. The White House quickly condemned Graham’s attack. Graham,...
by Brian Kaylor | Feb 4, 2011 | News
Richard Land, head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, recently quit a group that defends the religious liberty rights of Muslims. Even as Land quit the group because of criticism from some Southern Baptists, he defended...
by Brian Kaylor | Jan 18, 2011 | News
Over the past three decades, American presidential elections have been dominated by a confessional political style where candidates must invoke God and quote Scripture in ways more testimonial, sectarian, partisan and liturgical than in previous elections. As a...
by Brian Kaylor | Dec 29, 2010 | News
The 2010 “Lie of the Year” found a snug home among some Southern Baptist leaders. PolitiFact.com, which won a Pulitzer last year for its investigative fact-checking of political claims, announced this month that the year’s top lie was the accusation...