What is going on in Evangelicalland?
I’ve noticed the same thing:
Interesting idea:
How did Biden do with evangelicals:
Some might say that evangelicalism had an “epistemic collapse” well before Trump.
Diana Butler wants to find the “real evangelicalism.” I would argue it’s both. Evangelicalism is held together by a common belief in the authority of the Bible, the born-again experience, the theological work of Christ’s death and resurrection, and the need to spread the Good News. As we have seen in American history, these beliefs can take a person in all kinds of political, social, and cultural directions.
Albert Mohler announced that he agrees with himself. But I guess it’s good to know he seems that denominations that ordain women can still be described as a “church.”
I teach my students to not only explain what a source is saying, but also what it is doing. The latter requires context. So what is this tweet doing?:
Dave Urbanski takes Samuel Perry’s quote woefully out of context.
David French on evangelicals and “wokeness”:
James Dobson and eugenics
Today’s blast from the past:
The director of Lansing, Michigan’s Department of Human Resources warns about the “mark of the best” and the COVID-19 vaccine.
Evangelical conspiracy theories
The Council for Christian Colleges and Universities responds to an LGBTQ lawsuit.
Not really evangelicalism, but I couldn’t resist:
Family values:
Two views of religious freedom
Why we need a new Billy Graham documentary
And let’s close with the latest from the Trump wing of American evangelicalism:
Interesting. The same critique could apply to the work of the Liberty University Standing for Freedom Center. I was especially taken by the phrase “force their adherence to our worldview”:
Gambling and mocking Biden’s intelligence in on tweet from this evangelical journalist. I know Pat Robertson allows his CBN employees to mock the intelligence of Democratic politicians, but I didn’t know they allowed gambling. 🙂 :
Jack Hibbs is quoting the founding fathers again. Here his latest (at Facebook):
“It is the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the SUPREME BEING, the great Creator and Preserver of the universe. And no subject shall be hurt, molested, or restrained, in his person, liberty, or estate, for worshipping GOD in the manner most agreeable to the dictates of his own conscience; or for his religious profession or sentiments; provided he doth not disturb the public peace, or obstruct others in their religious worship.” –John Adams, ESQ, Harvard University, Patriot, Founding Father, July 1776
Actually, Jack, this quote comes from the Article II of the 1780 Massachusetts Constitution. Adams was indeed the primary writer. As long as we are quoting Adams, I will take your 1780 Massachusetts Constitution and raise you a March 28, 1816 letter from John Adams to John Quincy Adams:
“An incarnate God!!! An eternal, self-existent, omnipresent omniscient Author of this stupendous Universe, suffering on a Cross!!! My Soul starts with horror, at the Idea, and it has stupified the Christian World. It has been the Source of almost all of the Corruptions of Christianity.”
Jack, it seems like John Adams was a bad “Christian” father.
Eric Metaxas explains why Trump is more like Bonhoeffer than Hitler (Legitimate Bonhoeffer scholar Stephen Haynes has another view).
There is one part of this episode I agree with. Metaxas urges Christians and others to give to good causes. (Have I mentioned we recently launched Current and you can support us at Patreon?)
