What is going on in Evangelical land?
For evangelicals, caring about refugees is a non-negotiable part of a Christian life.
Here’s the latest from the Standing for Freedom Center at Liberty University. Preaching politics is just fine, but apparently the pulpit should not be used for vaccination advocacy.
Some of the most ambitious people I have ever met are evangelical pastors. Peterson’s remarks here remind me of James Davison Hunter’s argument for “faithful presence” in To Change the World. Here:
Veteran religion journalist Richard Ostling defines evangelicalism.
The Masterpiece Cake Shop guy is signing books at the Billy Graham Library:
Roger Olson continues to reflect on his career as an evangelical theologian.
Is James Robison writing here as a Christian or a patriot? I guess it doesn’t matter when your faith fuses with your nationalism:
Benjamin Rush may have been a Christian “who changed the world,” but he was also a universalist.
This is true:
Hibbs is riding the Larry Elder train. When preachers get too close to politicians they usually get burned. Here is the latest from his Facebook page:
We know Gavin Newsom is trembling and his Birkenstocks as sinks in his failures, but now the LA Times is having a meltdown. How in the world can a innercity kid, born into a poor family in the hood of south central, put himself through college, earn a law degree, a star on the Hollywood walk of fame, right best selling books and have a nationally syndicated radio show and not be a Democrat? They hate him because Larry Elder succeeded and he is radically pro life, and pro law enforcement and pro California and pro constitution. For decades the Democrats have been in power in this state unchallenged. We the people are tired of it.
Tim Barton wants to let everyone know that elections have consequences:
Blast from the past:
Pastors have been through hell in the last year. I am glad to see that the National Association of Evangelicals is launching this venture.
Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri has a new president. He has connections to Houghton College, Bethlehem Baptist Church (John Piper), Mars Hill Church in Seattle (Mark Driscoll), and The Southern Baptist Theological Seminar (Albert Molher). An interesting vita to say the least.
We don’t need this kind of reductionism coming from members of the Christian clergy. He’s playing the same game as Locke.
Anthony Bradley takes on John Piper on Jonathan Edwards.
A nice point:
These Phil Vischer tweets explain a lot about Newsweek. But to be fair, Newsweek also publishes A LOT of anti-Christian Right stuff.
Gary Bauer continues to defend the unvaccinated. From his FB page:
COVID Tyrants,
President Biden isnāt the only one attacking the American people instead of our enemies. While Biden was attacking the unvaccinated, Mayor Bill de Blasio was doing the same thing in New York City. De Blasio has been clear that he intends to make life miserable for anyone who is not vaccinated. To enforce his mandate, he’s threatening to fine businesses $5,000 for serving unvaccinated people. Inconveniently for de Blasio, it was just confirmed that only 58% of New York City’s public employees are vaccinated. Major public unions are fighting de Blasio’s mandate. Many New York City public school teachers and employees of public safety agencies are still unvaccinated.
Overwhelmingly, these folks are life-long Democrats. That’s why they’re working for the city of New York. Yet more than 40% of them are refusing to take the vaccine. That’s got nothing to do with Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis or Greg Abbott.
Owen Strachan finds “biblical manhood” in Afghanistan:
And this:
Sometimes I wonder if Strachan is just messing with us:
Michael W. Smith was in the house at First Baptist-Dallas:
Metaxas: “There was plenty of evidence Trump was elected and it will come out eventually”:
In this interview with Steven Strang, Metaxas can’t believe that Christian colleges like BIOLA University would require students to get vaccinated. Frankly, I wish more Christian schools would do this. Strang, the author of a new book cancel culture, says he is “absolutely against vaccines”:
Christian Right religious liberty attorney Mat Staver on the “awful and cruel mandates.” From Facebook:
Just got off the phone with a man who was weeping because he is afraid that he will lose his medical insurance or his job which would cause him to lose medical insurance and his wife has MS. I hung up and cried.ā This is from Suzanne, who works with me at Liberty Counsel. We are receiving thousands of pleas for help just like this one because of these unlawful and cruel mandates. Pray for our team and for those who need help
Jenna Ellis is coming to Salem Media.
Here is the Trump-loving chair of the Liberty University history department. I know of no professional historian who is in the business of “re-shaping reality” or “destroying history.”
