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Evangelical roundup for October 21, 2021

John Fea   |  October 21, 2021

What is happening in Evangelical land?:

The latest on the missionaries captured in Haiti. And here.

Ibram X. Kendi and Tim Keller dialogue about racism and anti-racism:

Antiracism, as I've written about it, doesn't assume that social inequalities between *individuals* are due to what you call "structural, social injustice."

Now, disparities between racial *groups* have been proven to be due to structural racism. https://t.co/xT0EadDblm

— Ibram X. Kendi (@ibramxk) October 17, 2021

That being said, respectfully, and for the record, these tweets were never directed at Ibram Kendi's work. I have not interacted with or reviewed his work either. The tweets address the larger cultural phenomenon happening and how Christianity interplays.

— Timothy Keller (1950-2023) (@timkellernyc) October 17, 2021

Donald Lewis, RIP:

1. I am saddened to learn of the sudden passing of church historian Donald M. Lewis (https://t.co/SZrJe6bXD1), who specialized in the history of evangelicalism in the Victorian era. He was a professor at Regent College for 40 years.

— Justin Taylor (@between2worlds) October 20, 2021

The World Evangelical Alliance has a new leader.

Guns to toy tractors:

A toy tractor made from chopped up guns! This one is in the office @RAWtools!🔥🔥🔥 #BeatingGuns https://t.co/RFO2GjTyEE pic.twitter.com/vpzW42PSma

— Shane Claiborne (@ShaneClaiborne) October 20, 2021

Calling all evangelical Anabaptists: You’re out! (Something tells me that they won’t mind):

https://twitter.com/WaulkThisWay/status/1450851770046074884

Evangelicals doing prison ministry.

Franklin defends the Texas abortion law:

If you wondered just how far @POTUS Biden & his administration would go in their support of abortion, this should leave no doubt in your mind. His administration has asked #SCOTUS to block the TX law that bans abortions once a heartbeat is detected. https://t.co/Q3m0uFHc9F

— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) October 19, 2021

The future of evangelicalism in America is Hispanic:

The National Association of Evangelicals get behind parts of Biden’s Build Back Better Plan.

An evangelical teaches a Sunday School class on evangelicals.

The evangelical American Bible Society on the state of the Bible in America.

Southern Baptists are suing each other.

Jesusween?

Are evangelical colleges woke? Gerald McDermott is hearing things. And the anti-CRT crowd wastes no time in endorsing his piece:

Gerald McDermott pulls the curtain back a little further on Christian higher ed. https://t.co/wMbUD7P1yP

— Tom Ascol @tomascol (@tomascol) October 19, 2021

Wow, Samford. They're destroying themselves. I wonder how many parents who send their kids there understand what's going on. https://t.co/e17AFEr3X7

— Rod Dreher (@roddreher) October 20, 2021

Not everyone is on board with McDermott’s piece:

https://twitter.com/AaronLGriffith/status/1450944874874765312

Thought of Laats's book when I read McDermott's piece. Some evangelical colleges, like Bob Jones, were worse on race than the mainstream *because of their theology* but some, like Wheaton (and I would add, Oberlin) were better than the mainstream *because of their theology.* https://t.co/fjMjuevwLO

— Andrea L. Turpin (@AndreaLTurpin) October 20, 2021

Attacking evangelical colleges for
focusing on racial justice https://t.co/2mFjSL6Yhz

— Daniel Silliman (@danielsilliman) October 20, 2021

San Francisco shuts down an In-N-Out after the company comes out against vaccine mandates. Jack Graham is all over it (so if virtually every other Christian Righter).

I’m ordering a Double double! https://t.co/pqA5iwTE8J

— Jack Graham (@jackngraham) October 20, 2021

Beth Moore goes to the James Taylor concert:

Keith still has a crush on me today because I wore my Lucchese cowboy boots to James Taylor last night.

— Beth Moore (@BethMooreLPM) October 18, 2021

Franklin Graham is hanging out with friends of Vladimir Putin. Adam Kinzinger noticed:

Just a reminder: @Franklin_Graham wondered aloud “how many pieces of silver Pelosi gave (those of us who voted to impeach) to betray Trump. Trump ain’t Jesus, nor is Putin.

Franklin Graham’s Hangouts with Sanctioned Putin Pal https://t.co/wME7NYk1GI via @BulwarkOnline

— Adam Kinzinger (Slava Ukraini) 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇮🇱 (@AdamKinzinger) October 20, 2021

Blast from the past:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7bhbz5MOwc

UK Christians walk for action on climate change.

Kate Bowler talks “elite evangelicals”:

https://twitter.com/SkyeJethani/status/1450837324493959168

Skye gives more insight into the episode:

https://twitter.com/SkyeJethani/status/1450151482884567041

Has “evangelical” lost its meaning?:

In a recent interview on NBC’s Meet the Press Reports, Russell Moore discussed the “secularization of evangelicalism” and whether the term “evangelical” has lost its meaning entirely. https://t.co/QOTHSpSQhk @ChurchLead #ChristianNationalism #evangelicalism

— ChurchLeaders.com (@ChurchLead) October 20, 2021

The Southern Baptist leadership problem.

Canceling Kristin:

I, too, have had a major speaking event canceled (with apologies) because of absurd and unfounded allegations that I was influenced by CRT. This is a tactic being wielded exactly as it was designed to be. https://t.co/K22ryBvNvH

— Kristin Du Mez (@kkdumez) October 20, 2021

An evangelical pastor who loves horror movies.

Funny:

evangelicals when the lectionary reading is from the Apocrypha pic.twitter.com/zbimr3A965

— Cranky Federalist (@CrankyFed) October 20, 2021

Veteran religious journalist Richard Ostling on “evangelical elites.”

Good news:

I am happy to report that a group of 550 Afghans we've been following got out overnight :). More to come.

— Mindy Belz (@MindyBelz) October 20, 2021

Sojourners turns 50 and historian David Swartz chronicles its rise as a progressive evangelical magazine.

Owen spots “totalitarian safeism” in Italy:

NOW is the time to fight Totalitarian Safeism with everything you have. https://t.co/isgcu5FFWq

— Owen Strachan (@ostrachan) October 20, 2021

Owen on wrestling:

When I wrestled with my son, I wanted him to test his strength.

When I wrestled with my daughter, I wanted her to feel her father’s strength FOR HER.

—@gpeacock8

— Owen Strachan (@ostrachan) October 18, 2021

Laussane goes online.

Calvin University is opening a school of health. No sign of any donations for the liberal arts or humanities:

This transformational gift allows @Calvin_Uni the opportunity to provide students a career path in the health sciences through faculty, state-of-the-art laboratories, and countless opportunities for degree & non-degree seeking students. #ChristianHigherEdhttps://t.co/Fh1I8d6sUt

— CCCU (@cccuorg) October 19, 2021

A new president at Warner Pacific University.

A progressive evangelical reading list:

These are just a few of the books we’ve read together this year at the @RedLetterXians Book Club… and we are giving away a stack of books! Sign up now as a monthly sustainer of RLC and register to win some great books!!! Here’s the link: https://t.co/aEw5zOpn1T pic.twitter.com/SqqJsr0ifN

— Shane Claiborne (@ShaneClaiborne) October 19, 2021

More on the vote of no confidence in the president of North Park University.

If you are looking for another fracture point in American evangelicalism this tweet is revealing. For some evangelicals, like Mr. Burk, the default position is heresy hunting. There are other evangelicals who believe the default position should be listening and empathizing.

This is not a Christian perspective. It is the Galatian heresy all over again.

“But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.”

-James 2:9 https://t.co/WtbqSDEAZ7

— Denny Burk (@DennyBurk) October 17, 2021

Christian schools are growing.

Actually James, I know a lot of secularists and progressives who “have real moral knowledge”:

Secularism and progressivism deny that we can know God and morality. We must reverse this trend and defend the truth that man has real moral knowledge, which is the foundation of just government. Judeo-Christian religious faith guards our freedom.

— James Robison (@revjamesrobison) October 19, 2021

Ravi Zacharias’s daughter leaves her late father’s ministry.

But what if the “history” is bad?:

“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” – George Orwell

— Pastor John Hagee (@PastorJohnHagee) October 19, 2021

Justin Bieber’s church buys a mosque.

Eric Metaxas talks with Mark Driscoll about critical race theory.

More students are coming forward in the Liberty University sex abuse lawsuits.

Jim Garlow celebrates “medical freedom”:

Becoming a Christian tree-hugger.

“Verbatim.” This is absurd:

Tim Barton, son of religious-right pseudo-historian David Barton, is set to take over for his father in spreading false claims like the idea that the Constitution is filled with "phrases that are almost verbatim from the Bible." (It's not) https://t.co/Od17KRee2N pic.twitter.com/K49pY9hvy5

— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) October 20, 2021

Christian homeschooling without Christian nationalism.

Trump court journalist David Brody talks with Trump’s adviser on all things nativism:

.@StephenM calls for a “populist awakening” to protect American history and heritage.

Watch the full interview on #TheWaterCooler with @DBrodyReports here: https://t.co/2B1EoLGGKz pic.twitter.com/euBWPxVjRc

— Real America's Voice (RAV) (@RealAmVoice) October 19, 2021

Americafest is coming:

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— Turning Point USA (@TPUSA) October 19, 2021
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