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Evangelical roundup for July 13, 2022

John Fea   |  July 14, 2022

What is happening in Evangelical land?

Some Southern Baptists don’t believe sexual abuse is a problem.

Evangelical giving

The chair of the board of the National Association of Evangelicals preaches to global Baptists about racial justice.

Kaitlin Schiess on women and abortion:

Roe is over, so why can't Dems & Reps now cooperate on ways to support women/families? @KaitlynSchiess says the abortion debate has "melted our brains" & the parties have no incentive to do what most Americans want. From the latest @HolyPostPodcast. https://t.co/roFboo0ZKD pic.twitter.com/ymsbjVm7Yu

— Skye Jethani (@SkyeJethani) July 5, 2022

The Unborn Child Support Act

Evangelicals at the White House to celebrate gun control:

With my friend, @ShaneClaiborne a true leader for years on fighting against gun violence. It was also his birthday. Appreciative of his commitment to nonviolence. pic.twitter.com/VIbD7guCu2

— Gabriel & Jeanette (@PastorsSalguero) July 12, 2022

Evangelical celebrity culture.

Are Pentecostals Fundamentalists?

A Southern Baptist evangelist calls out the Southern Baptist Convention.

Beth Allison Barr on abortion.

The first female president of the Evangelical Covenant Church.

An evangelical preacher convinced a Boris Johnson cabinet member to resign.

Tim Keller’s new book:

This book is coming out later this year.https://t.co/emLMWFIN4E

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

Chilean evangelicals reject the country’s new Constitution.]

Nuance:

Can't imagine why Tim Keller is promoting a new cologne called "Nuance?" Clearly you haven't listened to this week's Holy Post podcast.

Just imagine what you're missing that could possibly make this make sense. https://t.co/cgU0V9ocJA

— Phil Vischer (@philvischer) June 30, 2022

Saddleback Church clears its new pastor of abuse charges.

Blast from the past:

Is the Family Research Council a “ministry” or a “church”? More here.

Sarah Palin is back.

Evangelical worship leader Sean Feucht is making millions promoting Trumpism. He tweets a lot, but he has been silent on Twitter about this story. But he does have time to tweet this:

9.1% inflation. Thanks @JoeBiden

— Sean Feucht (@seanfeucht) July 13, 2022

And this:

The demons of the Canaanite god Molech rage:

“Crisis pregnancy centers that are there to fool people looking for pregnancy termination help outnumber abortion clinics by 3-1. We need to shut them down all around the country.” pic.twitter.com/QZOdAwor1z

— Sean Feucht (@seanfeucht) July 12, 2022

Michael Flynn says that Christian pastors should preach the Constitution as much as they preach the Bible.

A prescreening of Greg Laurie’s new movie:

Evangelicals and transgenderism.

An evangelical Bitcoin community?

The Family Research Council seems to suggest that the COVID vaccine is a threat to national security:

“We’ve already gotten rid of somewhere in the ballpark of 60,000 of our service men and women over this vaccine issue.”

@CongressmanHice explains @freedomcaucus opposition to the NDAA to @tperkins.

Full Washington Watch interview at https://t.co/Go9RILN8Nt. pic.twitter.com/cOLzM0zTZB

— Family Research Council (@FRCdc) July 13, 2022

Tony Perkins and Ben Carson talk abortion:

"That is a human being with a face and arms and legs and a heart beating, moving around, reacting…"@RealBenCarson on the unsophisticated and anti-science stance required to not recognize a baby in the womb w/ @tperkins.

Full interview at https://t.co/Go9RILNGD1. pic.twitter.com/o5VAiO8X1V

— Family Research Council (@FRCdc) July 8, 2022

Trump evangelicals in Colorado Springs churches.

A South Carolina megachurch pastor is hospitalized.

A lot of evangelicals are bothered about this exchange:

The Illiberal Left and Abortion
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How successful will the illiberal left be in shaming reasonable people into silence. How many decent people will buckle under the pressure, deny their own conscience, and live by lies? https://t.co/0Pg2v5J9t8

— Denny Burk (@DennyBurk) July 13, 2022

The One World Order:

Former members of an Ohio megachurch use a billboard to warn people about abuse in the church.

David Barton is still giving this talk to churches. See my critique of a version of it here.

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