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Evangelical roundup for August 1, 2022

John Fea   |  August 1, 2022 Leave a Comment

What is happening in Evangelical land?

Remembering Ron Sider here and here and here and here and here.

Michael Wear on Sider:

Ron Sider stood there, always, as an embodiment of what was important about evangelicalism, why evangelicalism had something vital to offer America and the world. He was a living negation to the notion that evangelicalism was solely the province of the Religious Right.

— Michael Wear (@MichaelRWear) July 29, 2022

Shane Claiborne on Ron Sider:

Our brother Ron Sider has passed over to the other side. He has been a dear friend for so many years… such a faithful voice for Jesus and justice. He will be missed. My prayers go out to his family and to the millions of lives he has touched over the years. pic.twitter.com/OlxG5riuZf

— Shane Claiborne (@ShaneClaiborne) July 28, 2022

National Association of Evangelicals on Sider:

Ron Sider was a friend of the National Association of Evangelicals — speaking at NAE events, advising on NAE initiatives (in particular, “For the Health of the Nation”) and challenging us all to care for the poor like Jesus does. https://t.co/uQJbv3rO2f

— National Association of Evangelicals (@NAEvangelicals) July 29, 2022

Jim Wallis on Sider:

Ron Sider holds a very special place in the history of the church and this nation: a prophetic voice, convening leader and an activist scholar in the best sense of that vocation. I will appreciate and miss him forever. https://t.co/tHbgGFUlYk

— Jim Wallis (@jimwallis) July 29, 2022

Lisa Sharon Harper on what it will take to prosecute Trump.

Amy Grant recovering after a head injury.

More discussion of complementarianism as “abusive.”

Canada’s Indigenous evangelicals.

Evangelicals suffering persecution in Vietnam.

Willow Creek Community Church in financial decline.

The Museum of the Bible and the National Association of Evangelicals are screening a new movie about a Chinese American family’s search for their roots in the Mississippi Delta:

Albert Mohler: “We are all living in Norman Lear’s world now.”

Glenn Beck goes after Kristin Kobes Du Mez.

A Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary preaching professor gets the boot after appearing with former president Paige Patterson. Here’s a different take on what happened. And here is one more take. Here is the official Southwestern statement.

A Florida Christian college lands a $1 million grant to train Hispanic pastors.

N.T. Wright on justice.

Blast from the past:

More on the opposition to the Respect for Marriage Act.

More right-wing attacks on Russell Moore.

More on David Barton’s attack on the separation of church and state.

Metaxas and Feucht are now part of the Flashpoint 7 Mountain Dominionist crowd:

Join @genebailey and @seanfeucht @ericmetaxas @che_ahn & Michael Mauldin TONIGHT for Flashpoint at 8pm ET / 7pm CT!

To watch, go to https://t.co/QJiSVOn9w5#Flashpoint #america #usa #nation #revival #victory #faith pic.twitter.com/wrW4KArHSX

— The Victory Channel (@GoVictoryTV) July 28, 2022

A New Jersey congregation in the Evangelical Covenant Church goes independent over LGBTQ issues in the denomination.

A Colorado pastor defends “doctrine.”

The latest from the folks at Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom Center:

Heaven is diverse, yes. Hell is diverse too. Now what? When all the redeemed stand around the throne of God in perfect worship, it won’t be race that matters, but grace.

My latest on how “divisive diversity rhetoric” needs to end at @freedomcenterlu https://t.co/Xt8YCPCRyn

— William Wolfe (@William_E_Wolfe) July 27, 2022

Evangelical journalist David Brody of the Christian Broadcasting Network gives air time to Roger Stone’s thoughts on secession:

NEW: Roger Stone on possible secession: "If 50% of the people in the country are not convinced that the next election is free, fair, honest and completely transparent, then I think a secessionist movement in the country could pick up steam." @RealAmVoice https://t.co/XdN9OtT7Qq pic.twitter.com/7khQoVy0Vi

— David Brody (@DBrodyReports) July 29, 2022

And this:

NEW: Roger Stone says God's word commands him to forgive Steve Bannon. "I have no rancor towards Steve Bannon. Right now I'm praying for him because I think he's trying to be destroyed by the exact same people who tried to destroy me." @RealAmVoice https://t.co/XdN9OtT7Qq pic.twitter.com/Ddt2DjE8hg

— David Brody (@DBrodyReports) July 29, 2022

Star-endorsed megachurches.

Southern Baptists wrangling over the meaning of the word “pastor”:

Family Research Council draws (another) line in the sand.

I missed this one earlier this month:

Last night, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene appeared on a live broadcast of the religious-right program "FlashPoint," where she was prayed over by Christian nationalist preachers Dutch Sheets, Lance Wallnau, Mario Murillo, Hank Kunneman, and Gene Bailey. pic.twitter.com/fhCMjJitLc

— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) July 2, 2022

Jack Hibbs’s “Founders Collection,” a bookshelf full of really bad history:

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