Rise to the Moment of Truth Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Tag: RELIGION

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Joey Clark: The entire point of religion

Consider the following two prayers. Which of the two more pervades the Christian world today? Which of the two best betrays the hidden intentions of your own heart?

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Col. John Eidsmoe: Free speech zones are a threat to freedom

Confining speech to an area in which there are few if any listeners is akin to prohibiting speech entirely.

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Sean of the South: The morning news

I quietly turn off my TV. I shut off my phone. I close my laptop screen. And, just like that, I found God.

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Watch: Pathway Church Mobile welcomes FlashPoint Live; Pastor Travis Johnson vows to stand for Jesus over radical ideology

Mobile pastor Travis Johnson shared his powerful testimony to the nation Thursday night during a live broadcast of FlashPoint Live, streamed live from Pathway Church.

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Annie Holmquist: Five ways to reinfuse religion into American society

Many Americans are seeing the need to move away from the secular neutrality we’ve practiced in recent decades and instead plant the flag through spiritual grounding and Christian beliefs. Doing so is not as hard as we make it out to be.

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Senate Education Policy committee passes K-12 off-campus religious instruction bill

Members of the Senate Education Policy committee passed legislation on Wednesday allowing K-12 off-campus religious instruction.

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Lawmakers return from spring break to determine fate of religious instruction bill

The future of a bill allowing elective credits for students to attend religious instruction during the school day is still shaky despite receiving an endorsement from the state's political leadership.

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Annie Holmquist: The soul problem of today's 'identity crisis'

It's foolish to overlook the possibility that society’s increasing tendency to diminish the human soul and brush spiritual realities into a corner may be causing Americans to desperately grasp at straws in order to find some self-worth and meaning in life.

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Annie Holmquist: Easy as a Sunday morning

Could taking our kids to church actually improve their academic standing?

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Col. John Eidsmoe: Decalogue principle 5 – respect for God

Separation of church and state does not mean separation of government from God, separation of biblical principles from law, or separation of believers from the political process.

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Report: Alabama ranked 20th in the nation for religious liberty

Alabama is 20th in the nation for religious liberty, according to a new ranking from the Center for Religion, Culture and Democracy.

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Alabama named ‘most religious’ state in the nation

Alabama is the most religious state in the nation, according to a recent study released by SmileHub.

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Allen Keller: Trading Gospel for government

We are left to believe that modern progressivism is replacing Christianity with a much less substantial system, fraught with scientific failures and political power plays.

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Allen Keller: Of nature and vacuums

The very thing that instructed us on how to withstand not only temptation but also assault has been stripped away, leaving a postmodern emptiness.

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Bishop returns to his roots in Sylacauga

It’s a long way from being an altar boy in Sylacauga to being Bishop of the U.S. Military Archdiocese, but that is the life journey made by Dickie Spencer.

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Ashley Carter: Restoring the importance of religion in our nation

We talk today about moral decline, but we forget that we are actively removing God from our homes, our schools, and the political world.

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Lauren DeMoss Benson: Indoctrinate your children with truth

How in the world do we keep our children safe from the lies of the world when it seems inevitable they will hear them? We can’t. Instead, we teach them the truth. 

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Stephanie Holden Smith: Understanding the separation of church and state

Despite the father of our country’s admonition and caution, many Americans have a fundamental misunderstanding of the role of religion in our country and society.

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Freedom From Religion Foundation files complaint against Alabama teacher

The Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) has announced a complaint against an Alabama teacher for allegedly proselytizing his students.

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Richard E. Simmons: What has happened to Harvard?

Back in August of this year, Harvard announced that they had hired a new chaplain who happens to be an atheist. That does not seem...