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Evangelical roundup for September 20, 2021

John Fea   |  September 20, 2021

What is happening in Evangelical land?

Critical race theory helped a Wheaton College professor draw closer to God.

More on Trump followers embracing the “evangelical” label.

Josh McDowell on critical race theory:

I’m sitting here kinda stunned. I have a friend at the @theaacc World Conference.

And in his tirade against CRT, @josh_mcdowell just said this:

“Black people don't have access to opportunities, they say. But it's because they weren't raised to value education and hard work."

— Aaron New (@DrAaronNew) September 18, 2021

McDowell apologized.

Faith helped evangelicals get through the pandemic. It also divided them.

Franklin Graham is heading off on the “God Loves You Tour“. Here is his FB page:

TOMORROW begins our 8-city Route 66 God Loves You Tour! I’m looking forward to these next two weeks and to sharing hope from the Word of God. It’s going to be a great time and I hope to see many of you at the Chicagoland Speedway as we kick off our first stop in Joliet, IL. We’ll have music by newsboys (official), Marcos Witt, and Dennis Agajanian. Joliet, IL; St. Louis, MO; Springfield, MO; Oklahoma City, OK; Amarillo, TX; Albuquerque, NM; Flagstaff, AZ; San Bernardino, CA—Here we come!

Graham versus Don Lemon on vaccine mandates. Again, via Facebook:

I support the COVID-19 vaccine—I’ve had it. But I don’t support the government mandating vaccines. And I definitely don’t agree with Don Lemon CNN’s malicious suggestion. He says he’d like to see Americans shun “stupid” unvaccinated people and start shaming them. Don, what you have said is divisive. It hurts America and could be dangerous. We don’t need more division, we need to work together against this pandemic.

Alissa Wilkinson reviews “The Eyes of Tammy Faye.”

Owen Strachan on vaccine mandates:

It also shocks me how little support there is today for freedom of conscience among a number of the "gospel-centered" crowd.

Many of us know of someone who has died from the vax, but this TGC essay dismisses it with a hand wave.

What on earth has happened to this outfit? pic.twitter.com/DgJEybVDBu

— Owen Strachan (@ostrachan) September 18, 2021

Robert Jeffress steps-up on vaccines.

An evangelical is running for secretary of state of California:

Rachel Hamm claims that she was told by God to run for secretary of state in California "to expose lies, to speak truth, and to establish My Kingdom every single place that you step your foot." pic.twitter.com/XVTQyGKQP0

— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) September 17, 2021

Mike “MyPillow Guy” Lindell tells Jim Bakker that the government is trying to kill him:

Mike Lindell says he had to rush to release his election fraud "documentary" earlier this year because he was afraid the government was going to kill him. pic.twitter.com/uhicAbP8Ha

— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) September 15, 2021

Steven Strang: Pentecostal businessman

A Christian college student reviews Justin Bieber’s latest album.

Interesting assessment of worship songs:

Just worked through the @CCLI's 25 most popular worship songs after spending months studying the Psalms. Here's what stands out:

1. Justice is mentioned only 1x in 1 song. Mishpat alone shows up 65x in 33 different Psalms.

2. The poor are completely absent in the top 25.

— Michael J. Rhodes (@michaeljrhodes) September 14, 2021

John Hagee’s San Antonio church is fighting for religious exemptions to vaccine mandates.

Did Trump make the church great again?

Wheaton College graduate and former Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert settles his sex-abuse suit.

Blast from the past:

Southern Baptist’s International Mission Board mandates the COVID-19 vaccine.

Tim Keller on Alasdair MacIntyre:

Try reading Alasdair MacIntyre, Three Rival Versions of Moral Enquiry. MacIntyre’s a necessary read for understanding our times. This is a later work than the more famous After Virtue—and shorter!https://t.co/GSypETiu5c

— Timothy Keller (1950-2023) (@timkellernyc) September 14, 2021

How much daylight exists between evangelicalism and conservatism?

Albert Mohler offers his definition of what it means to be pro-life:

From yesterday's edition of #TheBriefing. Listen here: https://t.co/j2rDegbAIq pic.twitter.com/yWaEzu4Ln8

— Albert Mohler (@albertmohler) September 17, 2021

The Epoch Times compares Evangelical’s concern for the environment to communism.

A Trader Joe’s manager asks for a vaccine religious accommodation because he “believes the Bible is the living word of God.” His request was denied and he no longer works at Trader Joe’s.

Eric Metaxas and Sean Feucht: Donald Trump wanted to come to Feucht’s worship event, but Joe Biden was hogging the secret service:

https://twitter.com/RightWingWatch/status/1438883545410424833

Watch this entire interview here. At the end, Metaxas shows-off his Trump-signed MAGA cap.

In the above video, Metaxas and Feucht call for “21 Days of Prayer” for the nation. I am guessing that these 21 Days of Prayer have something to do with this:

Imagine going to a prayer gathering but instead you’re told that Trump is the true president and Biden wasn’t really elected.

I’m really wondering if it’s even possible to separate evangelicalism from Christian nationalism in America at this point, pic.twitter.com/Yrv8tZCss1

— The New Evangelicals (@newvangelicals) September 12, 2021

My father’s favorite song was Paul Anka’s “My Way.” Then he had an evangelical conversion experience and realized that everything about the song was antithetical to a life of following Jesus. Now Anka’s “My Way” is celebrated on an evangelical radio show.

Owen Strachan says critical race theory is “demonic.”

Beth Moore speaks the truth:

I grow increasingly concerned that we have a massive population of people who have placed their faith in Christianity rather than Christ. And an odd concoction of Christianity at that. Faith in Christianity is utterly bereft of power to save a single soul.

Jesus saves.

— Beth Moore (@BethMooreLPM) September 16, 2021

The people of Golden Gate Estates in Fort Myers, Florida do not want a Hispanic evangelical church in their vicinity.

Breaking with “traditional church” in Tennessee

Martin Luther King Jr.’s niece is going on a pro-life speaking tour.

Kenyan evangelicals say no to politics in the pulpit.

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