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Caption This: Alabama church’s billboard compares Roy Moore to Jesus Christ

    A billboard in front of Living Way Ministries in Opelika is making news for its rather odd comparison. “They falsely accused Jesus,” the sign read....

Bishop Robert Barron: Post-Weinstein, is anyone so blind they don’t see link between sexual revolution and current low moral standards?

  This coming July, we will mark the 50th anniversary of Pope Paul VI’s deeply controversial encyclical letter Humanae vitae. I won’t bore you with...

Pastor Harry Reeder: Some evangelicals disagree, but here’s why it’s good to emphasize church celebrations during Christmas

          Listen to the 10 min audio   Read the transcript:   ISIS violence TOM LAMPRECHT: Harry, I’d like to cover a story today dealing with an attack that took...

Pastor Harry Reeder: Why would we be surprised when culture lives out sexual sin it has promoted for years?

            Listen to the 10 min audio   Read the transcript: TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, I want to return to a story that we’ve talked about before, but...

J. Pepper Bryars: Have pro-life Democrat candidates become an endangered species in Alabama?

Pro-life candidates in the Alabama Democratic Party have long been on the political equivalent of the threatened species list. Abortion rights extremists have hunted them...

Pastor Harry Reeder: The Museum of the Bible is a great idea…provided we don’t worship the Bible

          Listen to the 10 min. audio   Read the transcript: TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, I want to take you to an article out of Christianity Today. Let...

J. Pepper Bryars: The anti-abortion movement must recapture some of the Democratic Party (or accept the GOP as a single point of failure)

  Remember that adage about not putting all of your eggs in one basket? That has happened to the anti-abortion movement. All of our votes are in...

J. Pepper Bryars: Roy Moore would lose by 20-points if his Democratic opponent were pro-life (or at least not so pro-abortion)

    Doug Jones would likely swamp Roy Moore in next month’s special election if the Democrat didn’t hold such extreme pro-abortion views. Consider this: -- Nearly 60...

J. Pepper Bryars: Why do we care so much about football?

    Every fall I tell myself not to get too emotional about Alabama football. “It’s just a bunch of guys I don’t know, who are going...

Harry Reeder on sexual reckoning: Our conscience tells us ‘something’s wrong here’ even while our culture promotes sin

          Listen to the 10 min audio Read the transcript: TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, I’d like to take you to a number of stories today. I’m going to...

Hospitalized mother ‘found it possible’ to give thanks, even when faced with sorrow and fear

    Today we observe Thanksgiving. People across the country are gathered with family and friends, to once again eat and acknowledge the blessings bestowed upon...

J. Pepper Bryars: The president’s Thanksgiving Day proclamation keeps the focus where it ought to be – God.

  As Alabamians gather today to watch football and feast on fried turkey, we should also remember the words written by President George Washington in...

Reeder: It is ‘absolutely ludicrous’ to think a mother’s absence in crucial first 3 years has no effect

            Listen to the 10 min. audio   Read the transcript: TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, I want to take you to a story which our friends over at...

Reeder: Australian same-sex marriage survey a ‘profile in cowardice’ not courage

            Listen to the 10 min. audio   Read the transcript: TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, today, let’s go Down Under. Australia World Magazine is reporting Australians have voted...

Bishop Barron: The least religious generation in U.S. history… and their aversion to ‘adulting’

    Jean Twenge’s book iGen is one of the most fascinating—and depressing—texts I’ve read in the past decade. A professor of psychology at San Diego...

Reeder: Believers ‘speaking up’ made real difference in adoption tax credit provision

              Listen to the 10 min. audio   Read the transcript: TOM LAMPRECHT:  Harry, I want to go through three stories today which ought to give believers...

Shaun Alexander: I’m amazed by the authority courts have over parents’ rights

      Shaun Alexander, the former University of Alabama star running back and the NFL's 2005 MVP, spoke out this week in support of a bill...

Faith and politics not entirely separable, Mobile archbishop says

From the Founding until today, one of our country’s distinguishing marks has been its constitutional provisions both preventing legal establishment of religion and allowing...

Sweet Gun Alabama: The yellowhammer state has nation’s highest concentration of concealed weapon permits

    Alabama’s motto is “We dare defend our rights,” and judging by the number of people packing heat across our state, we’re more than ready...

Mobile’s Archbishop on Reformation: Catholic church needed reform but we cannot celebrate division

Depending on who you are, the Protestant Reformation’s quincentennial is of varying significance. Some celebrate while others lament, but as Mobile’s Archbishop Thomas Rodi...

J. Pepper Bryars: Will Boys Life magazine soon become Boys & Girls Life?

  I was straightening the house recently and picked up my oldest son’s favorite magazine off the living room floor. Memories of my own boyhood subscription...

Yellowhammer News to feature articles and videos from popular theologian

    Yellowhammer News announced today that it will begin featuring regular articles and videos from Bishop Robert Barron, a respected Catholic theologian and popular commentator...

J. Pepper Bryars: Why Alabamians won’t believe the Washington Post’s story about Roy Moore (even if it’s true)

    My first thought after reading the Washington Post’s story alleging that Roy Moore preyed upon teenaged girls was ... this sounds believable. Why would a...

Yellowhammer Films: One couple’s heartwarming journey to bring their new daughter home from Ethiopia

Yellowhammer Films has released its latest project, a touching look at one Alabama couple’s two-year journey to adopt their daughter from Ethiopia. Ryan and Casey...