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It’s time for another look into what is happening in the world of evangelical Trumpism

John Fea   |  January 30, 2021

It seems like some of the election fraud and insurrection talk has died down a bit. Trump’s evangelicals are starting to settle-in to the reality that Joe Biden is president. This means that they are returning to more traditional talking points such as abortion, religious liberty, and free speech. They are also hunkering down in their culture war bunkers to protect themselves from persecution and loft bombs at the Left. This is what I mean when I write about a politics of fear overcoming a politics of hope.

Let’s check-in on them:

Anyone who has followed James Robison’s social media feeds over the last few years knows that he is referring here to the Democratic Party:

Americans are foolishly being led as lambs to the slaughter away from God’s wisdom & the protective hedge of His Word. Many have foolishly & blatantly rejected the wisdom that comes from God alone. The enemy of truth & freedom has come against our once-great nation like a flood.

— James Robison (@revjamesrobison) January 28, 2021

Lance Wallnau is talking about “sheep nations” and “goat nations.” It’s almost like he is making this stuff up on the fly:

When Jesus returns, the Bible says the world is going to be divided up into sheep and goat nations. Here’s what that means… pic.twitter.com/pU8rt7ak36

— Lance Wallnau (@lancewallnau) January 29, 2021

Here he is lecturing on “beast systems” that are somehow related to a global elite and the rise of Marxism and socialism:

The rise of Marxism and Socialism that people are only now waking up to is simply man forfeiting the blessings of God for the empty promise of man doing only what God can do. pic.twitter.com/tbgIE2UBmI

— Lance Wallnau (@lancewallnau) January 28, 2021

In the following video, Wallnau plays the Charlie Kirk-Jack Hibbs conversation at Calvary Chapel–Chino-Hills. (See our post on this event here). Wallnau is concerned about young evangelicals losing their faith and is glad that Kirk and his organization Turning Point USA are working with churches to help these young people defend their beliefs against the forces of secularism. But what kind of “faith” does Wallnau want these kids to defend? He seems more interested in Trump apologetics than Christian apologetics.

Then he says that the 2020 election gave Joe Biden a “mandate” from the American people. Really? I would say a 306-232 victory in the Electoral College and a 7 million vote victory in the popular vote is a mandate.

Watch:

Tony Perkins thinks Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez should resign. Perhaps he will also call for the resignation of conspiracy theorist and QAnon follower Marjorie Greene:

Chip Roy makes a good point. She should apologize. But then she should resign. https://t.co/XXruwUgsk6

— Tony Perkins (@tperkins) January 29, 2021

Johnnie Moore is clinging to Trumpian populism. Last time I checked Ben Sasse (NE), Mitt Romey (UT), Liz Cheney (WY), and Adam Kinzinger (IL) were not “coastal elites”:

The divide isn’t a/b Republicans & Democrats.

It’s about a powerful institutional class & the rest. Coastal elites/the academy/cities, etc. & the rest.

Smart leaders have an opportunity to build unique coalitions to solve intrenched problems.

But it takes good faith.

— Rev. Johnnie Moore ن (@JohnnieM) January 28, 2021

Robert Jeffress was all over Fox News this week. In this interview he says the “GOP needs to stop playing footsie with conspiracy theorists” and “unapologetically embrace Donald Trump and his agenda.” Jeffress talks as if rejecting conspiracy theories and supporting Donald Trump are two different things.

Watch my interview on "Fox News @ Night" with Shannon Bream analyzing the future of the Republican party after Trump here: https://t.co/5bpM7f6UVR

— Dr. Robert Jeffress (@robertjeffress) January 30, 2021

He also made his regular stop on the Lou Dobbs show. Apparently Jeffress is not aware that the Mexico City Policy has led to an increase in abortions.

Vicious Turn: @RobertJeffress slams President Biden for reversing Donald Trump’s anti-abortion policies #MAGA #AmericaFirst #Dobbs pic.twitter.com/NVN5n0PnJT

— Lou Dobbs (@LouDobbs) January 29, 2021

Eric Metaxas is “declaring war” on the “enemies of the United States of America” including Kohl’s, Bed Bath and Beyond, and Mayfair. Why? Because they have stopped carrying the products of pro-Trump conspiracy theorist Mike “My Pillow Guy” Lindell. Some of you may know that Lindell is the “main sponsor” of Metaxas’s radio show.

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Filed Under: Way of Improvement Tagged With: 2020 Election, abortion, Adam Kinzinger, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ben Sasse, Charlie Kirk, culture wars, Eric Metaxas, evangelical Trumpism, evangelicalism, evangelicals and politics, Jack Hibbs, James Robison, Joe Biden, Johnnie Moore, Lance Wallnau

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