This week’s Weekend Plug-in highlights the news of prominent Trump supporter and evangelical talk-show host Eric Metaxas punching a protester, featuring a scoop by Religion Unplugged. Plus, catch up on all the top reads and headlines in the world of faith.
Read MoreHow well did you pay attention to the news concerning Jerry Falwell Jr.? This week’s Weekend Plug-in asks seven “pop quiz” questions concerning the stunning end of Falwell’s tenure with Liberty University, the world’s largest evangelical university.
Read MoreThis week’s Weekend Plug-in fact-checks whether the virtual Democratic National Convention eliminated “under God” from the Pledge of Allegiance. The week’s other top religion news ranges from Joe Biden’s faith to Jerry Falwell Jr.’s uncertain future with Liberty University.
Read MoreThis week’s Weekend Plug-in highlights the religion angles tied to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s selection of California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate.
Read MoreThis week’s Weekend Plug-in summary explores the story behind a controversial selfie that Jerry Falwell Jr. posted on Instagram and then quickly deleted. Also, find links to the week’s best reads in the world of faith news.
Read MoreThis week’s Weekend Plug-in explores a viral tweet’s claim that Tim Tebow kneeling in prayer on the field upset the NFL.
Read MoreThis week’s Weekend Plug-in includes the announcement of finalists for the Religion News Association awards, plus coverage of mask mandates and churches, the death of civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis and other top headlines from the world of faith.
Read MoreThis week’s Weekend Plug-in explores news coverage of churches as superspreaders of the coronavirus, plus top reads on a megachurch investigation, a Washington, D.C., church’s history and the faith angle on Kanye West’s potential White House bid.
Read MoreAs Americans celebrate the Fourth of July, Weekend Plug-in marks its six-month anniversary and offers its usual lineup of insight, analysis and top headlines from the world of religion news.
Read MoreWith Election Day four-plus months away, religion angles abound on the race between President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden. Find links to some of the week’s most interesting faith-and-politics news in the latest Plug-in.
Read MoreIn the latest “Weekend Plug-in,” columnist Bobby Ross Jr. interviews an all-star panel of religion journalists about the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on LGBT employment rights.
Read MoreIn this Friday’s Weekend Plug-in, a tie-in between the integration of Little Rock Central High School in 1957 and a Houston teen who stood up for a friend called the N-word. The teen is the great-grandson of the Arkansas mayor who asked President Dwight D. Eisenhower to send federal troops to allow the school’s desegregation.
Read MoreThis week’s Weekend Plug-in includes a pop quiz on President Trump’s photo op at St. John’s Episcopal Church and other top headlines in a busy week of religion-related protest and pandemic news.
Read MoreWeekend Plug-in looks at the faith of George Floyd, houses of worship reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic and other top headlines from the religious world.
Read MoreIn the nation’s latest religious freedom battle, church leaders in many states from New York to Oregon are clashing with governors over how and when to resume in-person gatherings.
Read MoreIn the Weekend Plug-in column, Bobby Ross Jr. reports on positive news concerning Associated Press religion writer Rachel Zoll, who is battling brain cancer.
Read MoreThis week’s “Weekend Plug-in” column highlights Pittsburgh Post-Gazette religion editor Peter Smith winning recognition as a Pulitzer Prize finalist — a year after he was a key part of a Pulitzer-winning entry for that same paper.
Read MoreIn this week’s Weekend Plug-in, columnist Bobby Ross Jr. introduces the new president of the independent donor advocate MinistryWatch.com.
Read MoreNot until the COVID-19 outbreak did I learn about the global influenza pandemic of 1918 — known colloquially as the Spanish flu — and my family’s connection to it.
Read MoreOn the 25th anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, our “Weekend Plug-in” columnist catches up with a victim’s mother he last interviewed in April 1995.
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