The priest had served at the church since 2011. Police have not yet determined a motive for the random act of violence.

"He's only exercising his First Amendment rights," his girlfriend said at the time of his arrest. The video shows him doing a bit more.

A version of Pascal's wager retooled for the evils of our day is generating discussion as Christianity receives newfound consideration.

"... is it any wonder that shortly after their mocking of God, these fires began to break out all over that godless #California city?"

Southern Baptist pastors and congregants are broadly conservative, but their public policy arm keeps undercutting them.

When pressed on the foundation of morality, Seder followed the circuitous logic of secular humanism by leaping from one position to another.

"Neither Grace’s management nor Sen. Sanders’s officer responded to a request for comment," one report said.

The PRC survey confirmed what many have undoubtedly felt in recent years, namely that the long-term decline in U.S. Christianity has ended.

Neil deGrasse Tyson decided to mock Christians on X after Super Bowl Sunday - only for users to give him a basic lesson in theology.

"This is, sadly, typical of Rick Warren's approach to scripture. This would have been laughed out of biblical hermeneutics on day 1."