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Evangelical roundup for November 4, 2021

John Fea   |  November 4, 2021

What is happening in Evangelical land?

Fifty-seven percent of white evangelical Christians indicate they’d prefer the U.S. be a nation primarily made up of people who follow the Christian faith.

Liberty University president Jerry Prevo says he is going to clean-up the university. Scott Lamb, his former communications director, is not so sure. This whole thing is strange. I am going to try to do a post on all this over the weekend. In the meantime, here’s Prevo:

True:

This by @onsikamel is good, on how the intellectual ecosystem of contemporary conservative Catholic theology forges & popularizes ideas – and the abysmal absence of such institutions/flow of ideas among Protestants & conservative evangelicals in particularhttps://t.co/NXddIvBmKz

— 𝕵𝖔𝖘𝖍𝖚𝖆𝖑𝖑 𝕳𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖔𝖜𝖘 🎃🦉🦇🍂🌕 (@JoshuaHeavin) November 3, 2021

Forty-three percent of Americans believe being a Christian is an important part of being “truly American.“

The Assemblies of God elects its first female assistant superintendent.

Jim Garlow: “When people vote for Biblical values, this is a potential precursor to the next Great Awakening.” I’d like to see the biblical evidence for this claim:

Good analysis:

Exit pollsters in #VAgov last night only asked about "white evangelicals" but not other religious groups. But national media only focused on #McAuliffe campaigning in Black churches but not #Youngkin doing same thing in white evangelical churches: https://t.co/VvoLyyFmBY

— Brian Kaylor (@BrianKaylor) November 3, 2021

Rachel Denhollander is going to Liberty University to demand that the university investigate sexual abuse on campus.

David French joins The Atlantic:

Query for Evangelical twitter. What’s my status if I write Atlantic essays while eating country-fried steak at my local Cracker Barrel?

A ruling please, @KSPrior?

I’m grateful to start writing a newsletter for @TheAtlantic. My first piece: https://t.co/ZNfPj57mZM

— David French (@DavidAFrench) November 2, 2021

Southern Baptist theologian and seminary president Albert Mohler wonders if the Pope is Catholic.

Eric Metaxas on Joe Biden’s Catholic faith:

The Faith and Freedom Coalition celebrates Glenn Youngkin’s victory in Virginia:

The Faith & Freedom Coalition congratulates VA's Governor-elect Glenn Youngkin, Lieutenant Governor-elect Winsome Sears and Attorney General-elect Jason Miyares after their historic victories. We can trust that Virginia's future is pro-life, pro-faith and pro-freedom! pic.twitter.com/vpgREZ1UGq

— Faith & Freedom (@FaithandFreedom) November 3, 2021

Critical race theory is the real racism. Such a statement show an ignorance of both critical race theory and racism:

"Have you ever wondered why the Democrats don't denounce critical race theory? Critical race theory is critical racism theory," Mark Levin said.https://t.co/xfLq63inUv

— Faith & Freedom (@FaithandFreedom) November 2, 2021

An evangelical tweeter announces his pick for “book of the year”:

How was this not book of the year? An incredible, sweeping survey of the available streams of intellectual/theological depth available to Evangelicalism in a way that shirks “me and my bible!” and forges a way forward. Thank you @gavinortlund for this timely and important work! pic.twitter.com/cLiX7CZOhv

— David Mau (@_the_last_echo_) November 3, 2021

Franklin says that Youngkin’s victory is a “turnaround for America”:

Congratulations to @GlennYoungkin on winning the VA’s governor’s race! Thank you for your faith in God and for standing strong for His values. It’s not just a new day for VA, but I believe it’s a turnaround for America as citizens begin to fight back. https://t.co/C3bWOCDa0U

— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) November 3, 2021

Gordon College tackles the First Thanksgiving.

Owen equates evangelism with rescuing people from “leftism”:

Evangelical evangelism is typically geared toward elite leftists, but this is a salutary moment to think about many normal fathers & mothers who are far from Christ, but who–thanks to God's common grace–are seeing the bankruptness of leftism.

Evangelistic opportunity, this…

— Owen Strachan (@ostrachan) November 3, 2021

Blast from the past:

More than a shoebox.

Truth:

It is impossible to understand the current state of the GOP without understanding white evangelicalism.

Yet how many political reporters have that understanding?

— Sarah Posner (@sarahposner) November 1, 2021

T.D. Jakes and Van Jones honor a group of former prisoners who are reentering society.

Very funny:

evangelicals when they find out you don't use the ESV: pic.twitter.com/EpCLjdmrUU

— J.R.R. Jokin' (@joshcarlosjosh) October 27, 2021

NASCAR is standing behind Liberty University.

Lance being Lance:

Lance Wallnau warns that "wokeism" is a new religion whose proponents are Christians' "enemies." He says vaccine requirements are like forcing Jews in Nazi Germany to wear Stars of David. https://t.co/EhAeNlFvI7

— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) November 2, 2021

Trump election fraud lawyer Jenna Ellis quotes the Bible:

There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit.

Romans 8:1 💜

— Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) November 3, 2021

A Virginia megachurch pastor behaving badly.

Trump court journalist David Brody is celebrating. Youngkin (R) won a close race in Virginia. Murphy (D) won in New Jersey (although it was closer than expected). A Democratic write-in liberal beat a socialist in Buffalo. Both Democratic senators from Minnesota convinced folks to keep the Minneapolis police force. And a Democrat won in New York City. I would hardly call this a “TOTAL & COMPLETE” rebuke.

A HORRIBLE NIGHT for liberals. They lose the governor's race in VA. They lose the House of Delegates in VA. A socialist mayoral candidate loses in Buffalo to a write-in candidate! The MN 'abolish the police' measure is defeated & I haven't even mentioned New freakin' Jersey yet!

— David Brody (@DBrodyReports) November 3, 2021

Tuesday was a TOTAL & COMPLETE rebuke of the liberal marxist tyrannical agenda that has been FULLY embraced by the Democrat Party. They pushed way too far and voters slapped them down for it (CRT, Vaccine Mandates, Transgenders in Bathrooms, etc). Will they learn the lesson? No.

— David Brody (@DBrodyReports) November 3, 2021

For the last year, Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom Center has celebrated the “right” to not protect your neighbor from COVID-19 by wearing a mask or getting vaccinated. There rebuke of “radical individual autonomy” in this tweet should be understood in that context:

Our nation’s embrace of the modern liberal project of radical individual autonomy has given birth to a dying culture, limping along on the last vestiges of life support drawn from Judeo-Christian values and the original Western classical liberal project. https://t.co/4McE7C1g94

— Standing for Freedom Center (@freedomcenterlu) October 31, 2021

Jack Hibbs comments on election day: “What happened in Virginia is exactly how God works”:

Ralph Reed thanks evangelicals for the Youngkin victory in Virginia:

Historic. 47.5% of all the votes Youngkin received in Virginia came from self-identified evangelical Christians. https://t.co/J5C8mH56C1

— Ralph Reed (@ralphreed) November 3, 2021

For Tony Perkins, it was all about the right of parents to tell teachers what to teach:

Parents are entrusted by God with the nurturing—physical, mental, spiritual—of the little ones they raise. So when Terry McAuliffe said he doesn’t think parents should tell schools what they should teach, moms and dads across VA decided they'd had enough.https://t.co/K9EdcNNrai

— Tony Perkins (@tperkins) November 4, 2021

Jack Graham has a similar view:

The Moms and Dads of Virginia prevailed against government control of their children’s lives. Thank God. A better day for the future of America

— Jack Graham (@jackngraham) November 3, 2021

The Braves win the World Series. Of course Jack Graham manages to find a culture war angle:

Good for the Atlanta Braves…. When the MLB robbed them and the city of the All Star in July game the team rallied for a World Championship on the October Classic.

— Jack Graham (@jackngraham) November 3, 2021

An evangelical Presbyterian church serving refugees.

Shane Claiborne on Youngkin’s win in Virginia:

Sadly, a Governor singlehandedly has the power over life & death when it comes to state executions. It’s not the only issue that matters, but it is a basic decency test. Let’s vote out any politicians that won’t halt executions. There’s nothing “pro-life” about the death penalty.

— Shane Claiborne (@ShaneClaiborne) November 2, 2021

More truth from Tim Keller:

To critique the 'Third Way' approach as "really just a way to curry favor with elites" can sometimes be itself a way of positioning oneself 'above it all', as not yourself being socially located between various communities of thought and politics to one side or the other.

— Timothy Keller (@timkellernyc) November 2, 2021

Jim Wallis on Tuesday’s election in Virginia:

Lots of reasons for Virginia election results—including bad Democrat candidate messaging—but the truth that must be told is that too many white parents still don’t want their kids to be told the truth about racism; and the Republicans used and ran on that—and it worked.

— Jim Wallis (@jimwallis) November 3, 2021

Wallis on Biden’s Build Back Better bill:

Ministries are helping people find work.

Bob Duggar is running for a seat in the Arkansas state senate.

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