Sep 15, 2026 | Adam Laats, Carl Ruby, Cedarville University, Central Christian Church, Donald Trump, Evangelical Colleges, Evangelical Leaders, Fundamentalism, Haitians, ICE, Immigration, J.D. Vance, James Dobson, Ken Ham, KKK-Fundamentalism, Pierre Damas Bel, Red Letter Christians, Safe Schools, Springfield, Ohio, Temporary Protected Status, Viles Dorsainvil, Welcome Springfield |
by William Trollinger Image of Pierre Damas Bel via CNN. On June 25 of this year the Supreme Court ruled that the federal government could end Temporary Protected Status for citizens of Haiti, thus allowing the government to deport them despite the reality that...
Jun 9, 2026 | Abilene Christian University, Adam Laats, Answers in Genesis, Appalachian Bible College, Baylor University, Biola University, Bob Jones University, Cedarville University, Christian Colleges, Convenant Seminary, Creation College Expo, Emmaus University, Evangelical Professors, Flood Narrative, Fundamentalist U, Higher Education, Ken Ham, Maranatha Baptist University, Messiah College, Religious Non-Affiliation, Safe Schools, Texas Christian University, Westmont College, Wheaton College, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Screenshot of Ken Ham’;s “This is Truly Awful: Seriously?! This is What ‘Christian’ Schools are Teaching” video, via Answers in Genesis. Ken Ham has launched a full-scale, no holds barred attack on evangelical...
Nov 18, 2025 | Adam Laats, Age of the Earth, Andrew Carnegie, Civil War, Confederate Statues, Creation Museum, David Barton, David Blight, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Donald Trump, Emotion, Evangelical History, Frederick Douglass, Herbert McCabe, Higher Education, History, History and Politics, Jill Lepore, Jim Crow, John Rockefeller, Lauren Berlant, Lynn Hunt, MAGA, MAGA Evangelicals, Memory, Paula White, Pepe the Frog, PragerU, Pseudoarcheology, Reconstruction, Robert Jeffress, Robert Penn Warren, Second Ku Klux Klan, Segregation, Thurgood Marshall, White Supremacy |
by Rodney Kennedy Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. He pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH) – which is an American Baptist Church – for 13 years, after which he...
Sep 24, 2024 | Adam Laats, Anti-Immigration, Carl Ruby, Cedarville University, Central Christian Church, Christian Colleges, Donald Trump, Fundamentalism, J.D. Vance, James Dobson, Ken Ham, KKK, Red Letter Christians, Springfield, Ohio, Welcome Springfield |
by William Trollinger Members of the Haitian community, from left, Lindsey Aime, James Fleurijean, Rose-Thamar Joseph, Harold Herard, and Viles Dorsainvil, stand for worship with Carl Ruby, pastor at Central Christian Church, in Springfield, Ohio, on Sunday, Sept. 15,...
Aug 1, 2023 | Adam Laats, American History, Answers in Genesis, Carl Kaestle, Darwin, Ellen G. White, Galileo Galilei, History, History of Science, In Memoriam, Ken Ham, Law of Stratigraphic Succession, Loma Linda University, Methodological Naturalism, Millerism, Old Earth Creationism, Paul Boyer, Religion and History, Righting America, Ronald Numbers, Science Without God?, Scientific Creationism, Six-Day Creation, The Genesis Flood, Young Earth Creationism |
by William Trollinger Ronald Numbers (1942-2023). Image via YouTube. On June 02 Ron Numbers sent Sue and myself a goodbye email, letting us know that “I am now receiving hospice care, waiting for ‘The End.’” Then, last Monday (July 24), he passed. One of those...
Jun 15, 2021 | Adam Laats, Baylor University, Biblical Literalism, Biblically Consistent Curriculum, Bob Jones University v. United States, Christian Colleges, Conversion Therapy, Evangelical Education, Evangelical Youth, Inerrancy, LGBTQ+ abuse, Liberty University, Religious Exemption Accountability Project, Seattle Pacific University, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, The Conversation, Title IX |
By William Trollinger and Susan Trollinger Today we share our article, which appears at The Conversation. Our thanks to the editors’ generous sharing policy, which allows us to share our article in its entirety here. A recent lawsuit has charged the U.S....
