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Evangelical roundup for December 22, 2022

John Fea   |  December 22, 2022 Leave a Comment

What is happening in Evangelical Land (our last roundup of the year!)

Will conservative evangelicals stick with Trump in 2024?

Eurasian evangelicals and Christmas.

Evangelicals are fans of a Jesuit prayer app.

Shirley Hoogstra, the president of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities, receives an honorary doctorate.

A new Deputy Secretary for the World Evangelical Alliance.

An evangelical theologian on cancel culture.

A Wheaton College professor explains the Virgin Mary.

Amy Grant, Franklin Graham, Michael W. Smith, and a same-sex wedding.

When nativity scene animals misbehave.

Pentecostalism is on the rise.

The Foursquare Church turns 100.

Blast from the past:

Brazilian evangelical pastors who love guns.

What happens when conservative evangelicals take over a public school board?

The president of an evangelical seminary on Christ’s first, and second, coming.

Jenna Ellis: “Theologian”:

*a false Jesus https://t.co/Zy1M0bMljd

— Jenna Ellis šŸŠšŸ¦… (@JennaEllisEsq) December 21, 2022

The attacks on Amy Grant keep coming. The president of the Southern Baptist Convention:

And He chose to populate those local churches not with celebrities and grandees and the muckety-muck of the communities that surrounded them; rather, He filled them with unlearned people who had unmistakably been with Jesus.

— Bart Barber (@bartbarber) December 19, 2022

Also, people who forget this will be astounded at how utterly difficult it is, even in denominations where "progress" has been pushed and cultivated for decades, to get the common people in their churches to abandon truth proven through the centuries in favor of the fad.

— Bart Barber (@bartbarber) December 19, 2022

And this from a former Southern Baptist presidential candidate:

A major factor in the apostasy in the American church is that we have, for far too long, elevated people with ā€œtalentā€ to places of influence and leadership with little to no respect for what they believe and practice. https://t.co/tO5h9SN1jY

— Mike Stone (@PastorMikeStone) December 21, 2022

And this:

There is nothing loving about facilitating and celebrating someone on their path to Hell.

ā€œOr do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God?ā€¦ā€ 1 Cor 6:9ff https://t.co/kUS4UhDp5y

— Tom Buck (Five Point Buck) (@TomBuck) December 17, 2022

A fair point by Bob Smietana:

Still surprising that @BethMooreLPM @philvischer and Amy Grant are atop the evangelical naughty list but Donald Trump is still blessed and highly favored.

— Bob Smietana (@bobsmietana) December 20, 2022

More from the Kanakuk Kamps lawsuit.

The latest on evangelical finance guru Dave Ramsey’s troubles.

Lance asks for a caption:

This requires a different caption. What do you suggest? https://t.co/NYpOdQVsb3

— Lance Wallnau (@lancewallnau) December 21, 2022

Charlie also has some thoughts on Zelensky’s visit:

Rarely does betraying one’s country get caught on camera. pic.twitter.com/KQsFNJonCy

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) December 22, 2022

Trump-supporting Charlie Kirk on Zelensky:

Zelenskyy is the perfect person for DC. Barely can speak English, an actor, and totally corrupt.

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) December 22, 2022

Another “gasp” moment from Charlie. Who are these Marxists?:

"Twitter has been purchased and liberated from the Marxist, Silicon Valley Left." @charliekirk11 #AMFEST2022 pic.twitter.com/zCoEddkfj2

— Turning Point Action (@TPAction_) December 20, 2022

Blessed and the persecuted. And don’t forget to take legal action. Franklin is pleased:

I want to thank @KirkCameron for taking a stand for the voice of Christians to be at the table in today’s cancel culture where it seems ā€œanything goesā€ until it comes to Jesus Christ. https://t.co/NIcp7VE27O

— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) December 21, 2022

In the early 2000, Ralph Reed’ and his crew were concerned about abortion, marriage, morality in Hollywood, stem cell research, and porn. Now they are worried about the FBI’s “leash”:

A terrifying overreach of power. The FBI needs a shorter leash. https://t.co/EnDtYCacvD

— Faith & Freedom (@FaithandFreedom) December 21, 2022

Bon Jovi’s “Living on a Prayer” and Ariana Grande’s “7 Rings” make it into a megachurch Christmas show.

A disgraced megachurch pastor turns-up in Arizona.

Phil Vischer on this book:

Because several people have told me they are reading Stephan Wolfe’s book and ā€œit’s actually pretty goodā€¦ā€

Let’s be clear: It is abominable. https://t.co/69JgAXUBtv

— Phil Vischer (@philvischer) December 20, 2022

Trump court journalist David Brody drops the mic:

Food for thought: the same people who said Trump would never become president are the same ones who are saying he’ll never become president again. Marinate on that. Goodnight America.

— David Brody (@DBrodyReports) December 19, 2022

Another attempt to cherry-pick quotes (one from a 2019 book by Mark David Hall) to prove America is a Christian nation. It is fitting that this author chose to quote from Jedidiah Morse. Morse tried to scare everyone in America that the Deep State Illuminati was coming for them.

This tweet shows how the Liberty University Standing for Freedom Center, or at least this author, doesn’t understand the meaning of liberal pluralism. True pluralists do not go after Christmas and do not believe in viewpoint neutrality. This is just silly:

Each Christmastime, we do not celebrate the incarnation of liberal pluralism or viewpoint neutrality. We celebrate that the Word became flesh and all of creation is to rejoice at the birth of Him whose government will have no end. @JasonMattera https://t.co/Rm6zBZQpJA

— Standing for Freedom Center (@freedomcenterlu) December 20, 2022

But by tweeting that “people are contacting me” it seems like Hibbs does believe he is some kind of prophet. I assume that this has something to do with him casting God’s judgement on California:

People are contacting me saying ā€œisn’t it bizarre that this earthquake struck after my analogy on Sundayā€ I assure you I have nothing to do with it

In a moment's time everything in your life can change. Make sure that you are a Christ follower! pic.twitter.com/bQSmsbiLk5

— Jack Hibbs (@RealJackHibbs) December 21, 2022

Skillet front man John Cooper, Eric Metaxas, and friends:

Maybe one of the coolest nights EVER! My friend @lucasmiles invited us to dinner with my friend @ericmetaxas and said ā€œsome friendsā€ may come. Ended up being @ConceptualJames and @SovMichael šŸ”„absolutely brilliant people. pic.twitter.com/rO5XuZP9bD

— John Cooper (@johnlcooper) December 19, 2022

Metaxas and Roger Stone on the “demonic portal” over the White House. Stone has photos and Bible verses to prove it:

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Roger StoneĀ said a demonic portal opened above the White House after PresidentĀ Joe BidenĀ moved in.

Stone told radio hostĀ Eric MetaxasĀ he has seen it circling ("swirl" šŸ„?) above the White House, as have others who spent enough time looking.

art šŸ‘‡https://t.co/tfpCr0QFzN
. pic.twitter.com/iBAgcoDG3W

— ā—¾ā—¼ļøā¬›ļ¼Ø_ļ¼³ļ¼“šŸ”¼ļ¼²ļ¼“_ļ¼²ā¬›ā—¼ļøā—¾ (@herstarter) December 15, 2022

Metaxas: “We are at war with our own government” and should “defund the FBI..” He says Trump is “God’s man for the job.” Breaking news from OANN:

Does James Robison have people in mind?”

Modern revivalists who wish to remove Christian ideas and ideals from public life are not simply trying to ensure objectivity and tolerance in our culture, they are seeking to exchange the influences of one worldview for another.

— James Robison (@revjamesrobison) December 20, 2022

Al Mohler on Francis Schaeffer:

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