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Evangelical roundup for May 2, 2022

John Fea   |  May 2, 2022

John Stott and Billy Graham

What is happening in Evangelical land?

Evangelicals discussing the future of evangelicalism.

Shane Claiborne meets a guy in a Ferrari:

I got gas next to a guy in a Ferrari convertible. We bumped into each other inside the gas station, and he asked me about my pants, which I make with my mom. I told him they are custom made.

The guy in the Ferrari said, “I thought I was cool… until now.”

True story.

— Shane Claiborne (@ShaneClaiborne) April 30, 2022

Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom Center loves Elon Musk, a defender of transhumanism, opponent of climate change, and a globalist:

Progressives cannot bear to see Twitter in the hands of somebody who may not submit to their agendas because it threatens their ability to continue lying to the American people and have big tech companies like Twitter cover for them. @SethDillon pic.twitter.com/lqR89ivaqH

— Standing for Freedom Center (@freedomcenterlu) April 28, 2022

Gary Bauer too. This is going to get “good” when Musk starts using Twitter to advance his ideas. This should put Bauer’s commitment to free speech to the test:

I think when @elonmusk walks into Twitter HQ for first time it should be televised live. Of course it will need a warning that some woke people may find the images disturbing. #Twitter #FreeSpeech #FreeSpeechWins #censorship #Election2022

— Gary L Bauer (@GaryLBauer) April 27, 2022

A revival of “spiritual warfare“

Three comments on the following video:1). This shows an utter lack of understanding of how the president was chosen in the 18th-century. Washington and Adams did not run on a ticket. 2). Do Christian nationalists really want to promote a nominal Anglican and a Unitarian? 3). Sorry Tim, but there was not a “White House” in 1789. Watch:

Purchase your Washington Adam’s Hat today. https://t.co/MBeiQArDSp #WallBuilders #Hat #History #ThrowbackThursday @glennbeck @elonmusk @GoVictoryTV pic.twitter.com/gT8z2MpuEi

— Tim Barton (@TimDavidBarton) April 28, 2022

Interesting piece on Frank Peretti’s This Present Darkness, but it seems odd that these journalists don’t quote or reference historian Daniel Silliman.

French evangelicals ask Emmanuel Macron to preserve religious freedom.

Franklin in Dad’s old Range Rover:

It was fun to take a drive in my 1966 @LandRover Series IIA 88 this afternoon. I first drove a Land Rover back around 1970 when my father, @BillyGraham, bought one for missionaries & I drove it from London to Jordan. pic.twitter.com/dAOwM7yCjS

— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) May 1, 2022

The media can’t stop covering Jerry Falwell Jr.

A Hispanic evangelical school comes to Somerville, Massachusetts.

Jim Wallis heads over to Substack:

📢📢📢 My new newsletter, "God's Politics with Jim Wallis," launches today! If you want to put your faith into action, cut through the political noise and build resilient communities to protect our democracy, this is the newsletter for you! Sign up here: https://t.co/wYhdR7dDiu

— Jim Wallis (@jimwallis) April 28, 2022

The Department of Education is investigating Liberty University’s handling of rape charges.

Jack Graham’s Texas megachurch hires an apologetics minister.

Blast from the past:

Evangelicals and the L.A. riots of 1992.

Charlie and Dinesh are hitting the trail:

Yes @charliekirk11 and I are doing a swing-state tour but not because we’re running for office. Rather, we’re trying to expose the corruption to make it safe for people who want to participate in free and fair elections #2000Mules pic.twitter.com/u7MOguLCCd

— Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) April 29, 2022

More binary thinking from Charlie, America’s anti-intellectual parading as a “thought leader”:

We have a two-party system in America right now. It's the Parents Party or the Perverts Party.

Which side do you want to be on?

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) April 28, 2022

Evangelicals “top charity” is St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital.

Tony Perkins doing what he does best, bringing electoral politics into the church:

Texas Lt. Gov. @DanPatrick challenges pastors to preach on the issues of our day because these issues are first spiritual before they are political. pic.twitter.com/bQH3NosONj

— Tony Perkins (@tperkins) April 28, 2022

Evangelicalism in Latin America is growing. Catholicism is declining.

Probably good pop psychology here, but not very biblical:

Some people can't share in your happiness because they have none of their own

— Paula White-Cain (@Paula_White) May 1, 2022

I’d love to hear Paula White give a sermon on human depravity and the brokenness of creation:

I break off all discouragement, weariness & stress from you in the name of Jesus!

— Paula White-Cain (@Paula_White) May 1, 2022

James Robison too (I didn’t know he was a Christian anarchist):

If the people of the United States were to give themselves over to the love of God, there would be no need for the imposition of more laws, and there would be little need for most of the laws we have now. We would begin to see our nation transformed from the inside out.

— James Robison (@revjamesrobison) April 29, 2022

One of Donald Trump’s most diehard supporters:

The truth is not merely a mortal concept; it is a reflection of the way things actually are. It is the very fabric of reality. To veer away from the truth is to swerve into the realm of fantasy. To deliberately and perpetually reject the truth, is nothing short of insanity.

— James Robison (@revjamesrobison) May 1, 2022

Is Albert Mohler really a Baptist?

Don’t forget Regent University!

A conservative Southern Baptist website defends Robert Jeffress.

Gotta love Huck–such a man of Christian compassion:

I truly hope VP Harris recovers quickly from Covid & glad she got medication so she can hurry back to border & continue her stellar efforts to keep our borders secure. Let’s hope the Ivermectin works for her.

— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) April 28, 2022

An evangelical church in Kansas City opens a thrift store.

Conservative Baptists are coming to Memphis. Jeffress will be there. It looks like he is gearing-up for the November elections:

“Right now, Christians are concerned about seeing our culture unraveling much more quickly than we ever expected, but they’re also concerned about what their response should be to that unraveling.” https://t.co/dtZba2jDUX

— Dr. Robert Jeffress (@robertjeffress) April 30, 2022

Evangelical men gather in Missouri to hear Josh Hawley and watch monster trucks.

An evangelical pastor finds a giant KMart sign on his lawn.

I guess I can’t be Italian-American or Slovakian-American anymore:

Ethnic diversity can be as much an idol in the church as ethnic uniformity.

— Tom Buck (Five Point Buck) (@TomBuck) April 29, 2022
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  1. Ron says

    May 2, 2022 at 10:32 am

    I didn’t know that Land Rovers were amphibious.