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Evangelical roundup for May 16, 2022

John Fea   |  May 16, 2022

Jimmy Carter at Messiah College, February 18, 1986 (with D. Ray Hostetter and Douglas “Jake” Jacobsen

What is happening in Evangelical land:

Southern Baptist church membership is down 1.1. million.

“Jesusland” versus “The United States of Canada” revisited.

Not “lone wolves”:

People say that white supremacist mass shooters are ā€œlone wolves.ā€ That’s not true. They’re not alone at all. Their racism has been validated by all kinds of people – Tucker Carlson, Trump, the NRA, members of Congress… have all encouraged & fanned the flame of their hatred.

— Shane Claiborne (@ShaneClaiborne) May 15, 2022

Truth:

America is a place where an 18-year-old cannot rent a car or buy a beer…
But can legally purchase an AR-15.

— Shane Claiborne (@ShaneClaiborne) May 15, 2022

More Shane:

This is the best the NRA can do?
At least 10 people lost their lives.
We’ve got to start protecting people instead of guns. People are made in the image of God. Guns aren’t. https://t.co/TuiHtAGWqJ

— Shane Claiborne (@ShaneClaiborne) May 15, 2022

The president of Sojourners on reducing abortion, not overturning Roe.

What does it mean to vote like a Christian in Lebanon?

Reporter Jon Ward says that reporting on politics has made him a better Christian.

An evangelical grieves abortion.

More debate on Tim Keller’s influence.

The president of the National Association of Evangelicals attends a conference in Saudi Arabia to build bridges with Muslim leaders.

David French on whether women who have abortions should be prosecuted for murder.

Tim Keller with an update on his cancer:

However, we are also moving onto an immunotherapy trial at the National Cancer Center in Bethesda, MD as of June 1, 2022. This has shown great promise in potentially curing cancer, though it is a rigorous and demanding month-long program (that will need updates up to 6 months).

— Timothy Keller (1950-2023) (@timkellernyc) May 13, 2022

Megachurch pastor Andy Stanley welcomes Democrats and Republicans at his church.

An evangelical bookstore at sea.

Russell Moore: The church will decide where the abortion debate goes from here.

Italian evangelicals pray in Rome.

Beth Moore speaks truth:

For the love of God, throw off your political party lenses and look at the pain. The wrong. The insanity. The injustice. The blood. The carnage. Look with humane eyes at the suffering. Tell the truth to yourself. Tell the truth to your neighbor.

— Beth Moore (@BethMooreLPM) May 15, 2022

Evangelicals caring for babies after birth.

Russians attack the Ukrainian “Bible belt”

Cuban evangelicals doing the Lord’s work.

Billy Graham’s Montreat, North Carolina cottage is for sale.

Jim Wallis on why voting rights are sacred.

Samford University gets a $95 million gift to open a center for ethics and leadership.

An evangelical congregation in Kansas is helping with the baby formula shortage.

Blast from the past:

White evangelicals are the least likely to be “proud” of America’s religious diversity. Thinking historically about this, I think many evangelicals are still dealing with the implications of the Hart-Cellar Act.

Jenna Ellis is confident that Christian nationalist Doug Mastriano will win the GOP gubernatorial primary on Tuesday:

The Establishment GOP is scared of Mastriano because he’s not in their pocket and he will actually FIX election integrity issues.

Trump was right to endorse him and he will win big for Pennsylvania!! https://t.co/E4u58kfWNO

— Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) May 14, 2022

Rod Dreher on Tim Alberta’s piece on evangelicals in The Atlantic.

This is how Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom Center (Reid is a spokesperson) is handling the Buffalo shooting:

Funny, I don’t recall anyone walking into an NRA facility to terminate their preborn child. @PPFA on the other hand racks up hundreds of thousands of deaths every year in their clinics. https://t.co/QTCTSdbxLo

— John Wesley Reid (@johnwesleyreid) May 14, 2022

The Liberty University Standing for Freedom Center is also supporting the most conservative candidates for Southern Baptist Convention president:

The Southern Baptist Convention is the largest Protestant denomination in North America, & one of the most influential. Recently, the same woke elements poisoning America are infiltrating the historically conservative SBC. Will wokeism wreck the SBC? https://t.co/Y3LlZs7cnJ

— Standing for Freedom Center (@freedomcenterlu) May 13, 2022

Is Satan attacking the house of former Hallmark star Candace Cameron Bure?

“They” are trying to surveil you under your skin. Lance is on it:

They want to surveil you UNDER YOUR SKIN! Breaking News Facebook Post!https://t.co/xxxFPAKDER

— Lance Wallnau (@lancewallnau) April 5, 2022

Liberty University settles its Title IX lawsuit.

Charlie Kirk on the recent GOP Senate leadership visit to Ukraine:

Republican Senate Leadership should be camping out at the border demanding wall funding, not in Ukraine, further involving America in an un-winnable war 5,000 miles away.

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) May 15, 2022

Kirk throws his support behind Dinesh D’Souza’s “Big Lie” movie:

2,000 Mules is the most successful political documentary in a decade. All without any media coverage and not to mention, its intentional ignoring by many in the right-wing media.

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) May 13, 2022

Evangelical Air Force academy cadets and vaccines.

Samuel Rodriguez in Kansas City at an event for Hispanic evangelical youth:

There is a generation rising!

Today in Kansas City I had the God ordained honor and privilege to speak into this world changing, atmosphere shifting, history making generation.

So what’s next?
Simply stated, watch God show up! pic.twitter.com/4CQmVldZjV

— Samuel Rodriguez (@nhclc) May 14, 2022

The leader of a pro-Israel evangelical group is running for congress in Nevada as a Jewish candidate.

Tim Barton on Roe v. Wade. He is apparently now a constitutional scholar. He argues that Locke and Blackstone were opposed to the abortion so the states do not have the right to protect it. Based on this logic, states do not have the right to do anything about slavery or race either because some founders believed slavery and racism were OK. Does Tim Barton’s protection of children apply to living children?

The Bartons are also getting ready to teach more state legislators their faulty, cherry-picked views of American history:

A headmaster of a Christian school in Louisiana is arrested for child cruelty.

Once again, Jack Hibbs violates the Johnson Amendment of the U.S. tax code:

Hibbs wants pastors to join the “Black Robe Regiment.” Stay tuned, historian Jonathan Den Hartog has a forthcoming piece on the so-called “Black Robe Regiment” at Current:

What happens when someone learns that a January 6, 2021 insurrectionist attends her church?

Eric Metaxas on “what the Lord is saying” right now. His new book is called “Letter to an American Church.” The book applies his problematic book about Bonhoeffer to our present situation.

Is there a “Satanic portal” over the Biden White House?

James Robison, a pro-Trump Christian nationalist, wants his followers to seek out knowledgeable people:

Every American who cares about liberty must study & seek counsel from knowledgeable people. True knowledge demands time & energy. We must all seek to be informed about government at every level, from the local school board to the state legislature, to the halls of Congress.

— James Robison (@revjamesrobison) May 13, 2022

Franklin Graham is hanging out with the Newsboys:

Appreciate the @Newsboys being with us in Liverpool for the #GodLovesYouTour. pic.twitter.com/t8PDhtFqi7

— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) May 14, 2022

David French predicts Tom Ascol will lost the race for Southern Baptist Convention president and this right-wing SBC website is not happy about it. The website also believes that North Greenville University church historian Nathan Finn is woke.

Al Mohler is not a fan of contemplative prayer.

A Twitter-famous pastor says Twitter is not reality:

Twitter’s not reality. If your view of someone is completely shaped by his presence on Twitter, you’re likely wrong.

I’ve met some who debated ideas & seemed like jerks on Twitter & were wonderful in person. I’ve met others who seemed pious on Twitter & were jerks in real life. https://t.co/wRpeE0azSO

— Tom Buck (Five Point Buck) (@TomBuck) May 14, 2022

Is Satan at work in Quebec?

Tonight at midnight, Quebec will finally lift its mask mandate.

The mandate lasted 666 days. 😳

— Sean Feucht (@seanfeucht) May 14, 2022

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