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Evangelical roundup for November 29, 2021

John Fea   |  November 29, 2021

What is happening in Evangelical land?

The old Trump court evangelicals are divided over vaccine mandates for soldiers.

It looks like “Elite Evangelicalism” is now “Big Evangelicalism”:

Big Evangelicalism- it's shorthand for evangelical elites who are more concerned about cultural approval and personal positions of influence, than they are about protecting the church and biblical fidelity. The majority of them are false teachers. Some are outright heretics.

— Charles Johnson šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡øāš“ļø (@soli_Jesum) November 27, 2021

Chik-fil-A and the National Prayer Breakfast.

Agreed:

As Advent approaches, I’m more convinced each year that American Evangelicalism misses out on something very helpful and good when they ignore the church calendar.

— 🦌ing Dyer (@DeeringDyer) November 27, 2021

Kristin responds to her critics:

God’s saving purposes through Christ from all eternity cannot be thwarted.

But when people talk about the gospel being ā€œthreatened,ā€ they are not referring to that. They refer to the fact that the right preaching of the gospel can be undermined or corrupted by false teaching.

— Denny Burk (@DennyBurk) November 26, 2021

I haven’t read Perry, Whitehead, or Cook. But otherwise, I do believe the other works in question contain false teaching. The kind of thing that pastors ought to warn their congregations about.

— Denny Burk (@DennyBurk) November 26, 2021

Your habit of disappearing when pressed for evidence is frustrating. Given that I confess this gospel weekly & place my hope in Christ & his resurrection as revealed in the scriptures, I’m curious what in my scholarship undermines this. https://t.co/An49ezPUlJ

— Kristin Du Mez (@kkdumez) November 26, 2021

Perhaps my work only conflicts w/ your understanding of the ā€œgospel.ā€Even if I did not confess this faith, it’s quite possible that my research could still point readers to historical truths that could help Christians more faithfully follow Christ and proclaim the gospel.

— Kristin Du Mez (@kkdumez) November 26, 2021

If I'm not responding it's either because I'm busy (like today) or I'm weighing whether or not it would be wise to enter into a protracted back-and-forth about theology on Twitter. Over the years, I've found that the returns from such exchanges have been diminishing.

— Denny Burk (@DennyBurk) November 26, 2021

And here.

This is really getting divisive. Both sides are doubling down:

Wow. Y’all, please give copies of #MakingBiblicalWomanhood and #JesusandJohnWayne and #ColorOfCompromise to everyone you know. This isn’t about sales (give them your own copy to read). This is about people knowing history and deciding for themselves who is a false teacher. https://t.co/IJrOFJV9XF

— Beth Allison Barr, PhD (@bethallisonbarr) November 27, 2021
https://twitter.com/ErikReed/status/1464707760776429574

The Tigers just sent Coach O out with an epic win over the Aggies.

Thank you, Coach O. We owe you big.

Mood after the win.@MattMoscona @TBob53 @JacobHester18 @dandydonlsu @LSUfootball

pic.twitter.com/pS2qB6qPJk

— Denny Burk (@DennyBurk) November 28, 2021

(Woops. Sorry. That last tweet was about football.)

Well put:

https://twitter.com/dave_hershey/status/1463845941962846211

Scot McKnight weighs-in on this whole “deconstruction” debate:

That’s the big word now—deconstructing. Some, who have been grossly harmed by their spiritual leaders, are using this word as they realize that they have a lot of unbiblical teaching to unlearn. Others are realizing that their faith was based on a cultural construct—they have no firm foundation. And so, some are using this word as they are leaving the faith, saying none of it is real. It’s also a label being pasted on those who are revealing harmful patterns of an unbiblical, hierarchal anthropology in the history of the church. For example, the recent 9Marks article which affirms Kristin DuMez, Beth Allison Barr, and Jamar Tisby as leaders of the ā€œdeconstructionist project.ā€ This tactic is divisive—it villainizes brothers and sisters in the faith, sets oneself or one’s organization up as the answer, and leads by fear. It’s also a distraction.

Shane on Christmas:

Jesus said, ā€œSell everything you have and give the money to the poor.ā€

It is a strange thing that we celebrate his birth by buying things for people who already have so much, in a world where so many have so little.

This is the real war on Christmas. pic.twitter.com/2xyXQb3jLQ

— Shane Claiborne (@ShaneClaiborne) November 27, 2021

Robert Jeffress is gearing-up for this week’s Supreme Court abortion case:

Watch my interview from Fox & Friends FIRST this morning here: https://t.co/M565FqVnr1

— Dr. Robert Jeffress (@robertjeffress) November 25, 2021

I hope Ed doesn’t have to regret this tweet:

https://twitter.com/edstetzer/status/1464304267217539075

One view of what happened at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society.

Blast from the past:

The evangelicals who made Rittenhouse a hero.

More fights over complementarianism:

https://twitter.com/colinsmo/status/1464284423835295747

Kathy Lee Gifford calls out her fellow evangelicals

The Gospel Coalition as progressive evangelicalism?:

TGC has gone the way of Christianity Today. We don't get upset at CT anymore. We just ignore them and consider them the voice of progressive evangelicalism.

Time to simply ignore TGC and see them for what they are: progressive and increasingly unorthodox.

— Mark (@mabbotoy) November 25, 2021

Probably true:

you know you’ve deconstructed from evangelicalism when your family stops asking you to pray before dinner

— Mason Mennenga (@masonmennenga) November 25, 2021

Liberty University extends the contract of its football coach. Liberty will pay him $4 million a year. Karen responds:

Priorities.

Liberty's Hugh Freeze secures new deal, will average more than $4 million annually, sources say https://t.co/shaURbsXnB

— Karen Swallow Prior (Notorious KSP at The Priory) (@KSPrior) November 24, 2021

Alternative caption?:

Megachurch Pastor Slogan https://t.co/heEfTO9hrb

— The Fulcrum šŸ§€šŸ€ (@AbeLopezAuthor) November 27, 2021

Jenna manages to include a reference to communism and the Big Lie in one tweet:

Biden and the Dems aren't clueless. They're intentionally driving the narrative and America toward socialism and communism. They don't care about approval ratings. They have no intention of returning power or ending the state of "emergency." ELECTION INTEGRITY MATTERS. @newsmax pic.twitter.com/1vqPZMXnhB

— Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) November 26, 2021

This is what 7-Mountain Dominionism looks like:

If you think Jesus can’t rule on the earth until His return, ask this: Why did He tell us that, ā€œAll authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me. Therefore go and make disciples of all nations.ā€ He told us to go because Jesus, not the devil, now has all authority.

— Lance Wallnau (@lancewallnau) November 27, 2021

Mike Lindell loses Salem Media. How will Eric Metaxas respond?

Gary Bauer is in the Trump-RIttenhouse camp:

Biden and Harris continue to defame this brave young American but President Trump stands with him! #KyleRittenhouse #KyleRittenhouseIsInnocent #KyleRittenhouseTrial https://t.co/sZNEym2yZb

— Gary L Bauer (@GaryLBauer) November 24, 2021

Jack Graham is concerned about “manifesting”:

Manifesting is a dangerous ideology which is gaining momentum again #thesecret https://t.co/kj5e0v6TfM

— Jack Graham (@jackngraham) November 27, 2021

Some court evangelical nostalgia. Ah, the good old days:

This was a very interesting conversation and President Clinton could not have been more gracious in spite of our vast political differences. He liked me better because were both from Arkansas https://t.co/Vpwi9khGk3

— Jack Graham (@jackngraham) November 27, 2021

The Council of Christian Colleges and Universities on Dreamers.

More fearmongering from Owen:

In coming days, forced vaccinations will be seen as equivalent to forced sterilizations.

EVIL.

— Owen Strachan (@ostrachan) November 27, 2021

More on Douglas Wilson’s church in Idaho.

What’s happening to the Gideon Bibles?

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