Column openly endorses fusing faith with politics, raising urgent concerns of history repeating itself. Disclaimer: I realize that we’ve been sending out many newsletters the past couple of weeks. Developments around Charlie Kirk’s legacy are moving faster than almost anyone anticipated, and what unfolded this past week demands close scrutiny. On September 28, 2025, Blaze…
Apple Faces EEOC Lawsuit Over Alleged Religious Discrimination in Virginia
By Michael Peabody – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has filed a lawsuit against Apple Inc., alleging that its Reston, Virginia retail store denied a Jewish employee’s request for Sabbath accommodation and then fired him in retaliation after he raised internal complaints. The federal suit, filed on September 30, 2025, argues that Apple…
5 Reasons Why People of Faith Need to Understand AI Before It Understands Them
Some people want nothing to do with AI. They believe it’s too powerful, too dangerous, maybe even spiritually wrong. That instinct isn’t crazy. It’s human. There’s something deeply unsettling about a machine that writes sermons, grades papers, and tells kids what’s true. But while many people of faith are still wrestling with whether they should…
Tenth Circuit Says Religious Schools Must Follow Nondiscrimination Rules to Receive Preschool Funds
Catholic parishes in Denver lose appeal over Colorado’s Universal Preschool Program, with judges ruling the admissions rule applies equally to all schools. On September 30, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit rejected an appeal by two Catholic parishes and the Archdiocese of Denver in their challenge to Colorado’s Universal Preschool Program…
The Voice That Wouldn’t Be Silent
The Riverbank The desert sun baked the stones white. The Jordan slid by, brown and restless, cutting through the wilderness like a scar. On its banks stood a man who didn’t belong in the city. His clothes were rough, woven from camel hair. His food was wild honey and locusts. His words were fire. “Repent…
Why the World Needs Your Faith Right Now
I write this while watching a memorial service streamed from Phoenix. You may be watching it too. There are thousands of people. Silent. Searching. You could feel it. Beneath the grief, there was hunger. A hunger for hope. A hunger for God. That same hunger is everywhere right now. Scroll your feed. Walk your campus….
When Grief Speaks and Power Listens: Christianity After Charlie Kirk’s Memorial
“I forgive him.” — Erika Kirk, speaking of her husband’s accused killer On September 21, 2025, more than sixty thousand people filled State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona with thousands listening in a second stadium nearby and millions watching on television and online. They came to grieve Charlie Kirk — activist, founder of Turning Point…
Debate Rekindled Over Ohio’s Scriptural Motto: ‘With God, All Things Are Possible’
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s official state motto, “With God, all things are possible,” is once again under scrutiny as a new petition calls for its removal, reviving debates that have followed the phrase since its adoption more than six decades ago. The motto was added to Ohio law in 1959 after 10-year-old Cincinnati schoolboy Jimmy…
The Rapture Carnival: Today Was Supposed to Be It
By our anonymous Gonzo journalist who has his own issues. The banner looked like it had been painted in blood. “RAPTURE DAY – SEPTEMBER 23, 2025.” It stretched across the front of a sagging striped tent in a gravel lot off the highway, the kind of place where county fairs once promised Ferris wheels and…
Humphrey’s Executor in the Engine Room: The Ghost, the Wrench, and the Mad Ride Ahead
The whole thing blew open on September 22, 2025, when the Supreme Court handed Donald Trump the power to gut the Federal Trade Commission with nothing more than a flick of his wrist. Trump v. Slaughter. The case name alone sounds like a lost pulp novel from a drugstore rack, but it is real, and…