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  • Religion Today

    Paul Flesher, Columnist|Jan 20, 2017

    Donald Trump was the resounding choice of white Christians who identified themselves as evangelical or as born again. According to exit polls from the November election taken by a consortium of ABC News, NBC News, CBS News, CNN, Fox News and the Associated Press, fully 81 percent of white evangelicals voted for Trump. Only people who identified with the Republican Party voted for Trump at a higher percentage. Why? What did he stand for that attracted them so strongly? Perhaps the Rev. James Dobson, the founder of Focus on the Family and Family...

  • Religion Today

    Paul Flesher|Dec 18, 2015

    Picture the following scenario. Crowds of Americans rioting in the streets. Two opposing groups shout loudly, vying to have their messages heard and heeded. The groups meet. Confrontation ensues. Fistfights break out. Church windows are smashed. What are these rioters fighting about? Christmas. One group favors celebrating Christmas. The other opposes all Christmas observances. Is this an imaginary future event? No, it is history. It happened in Boston Christmas Day in 1706. In America's...