Tuesday’s News & Ideas - 5/5/2026

MLK was teen agnostic who rediscovered faith on a tobacco farm, new book reveals
Religion News Service: Scholar Lerone Martin reveals little-known pieces of history in “Young King: The Making of Martin Luther King Jr.”

Pastor exits Nashville church, Keller Center over ‘inappropriate relationship’ with man
Religion News Service: Sam Allberry is a pastor and apologist who teaches that God designs sex and marriage to occur exclusively between a man and a woman.

A gubernatorial mission from God
ARC: Californian pastor Ché Ahn is bringing evangelical Christianity to the governor’s race

I’m a historian. The Founding Fathers didn’t want a Christian nation, so how did we get here?*
The Independent: This long-standing debate over the founders’ religious intentions has gained renewed intensity with the approaching 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence on July 4

Salisbury Cathedral restores stained-glass treasure by Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris
The Guardian: The project to refurbish ‘Angels’ is hailed as a huge success as the dean says it will “lift spirits and rekindle hope.”

The Spark

‘It’s super weird, super odd, super rare’: Meet the twins who have different dads
Lavinia and Michelle Osbourne are twins who grew together in the same womb, were born from the same mother, and delivered within minutes of each other — but have different fathers, The Guardian says.

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