What is happening in Evangelical land?
Some new research on evangelical women entering the workplace in the 1980s.
Climate scientist Katherine Hayhoe on taking the Bible seriously.
Why evangelicals still need Jonathan Edwards.
The World Evangelical Alliance co-sponsors a UN human rights forum organized by the Islamic Republic.
The DeSantis campaign dropped $95,000 to attend and advertise at Bob Vander Plaats Family Leadership Summit in Iowa last month. Apparently this is the going rate to get on Vander Plaat’s stage.
Greg Laurie and his son respond to the West Maui wildfire. Samaritan’s Purse too:
Evangelical minister and former Christian Righter Rob Schenck wonders if James Dobson should apologize for his support of Trump.
Evangelicals in one of the most religious areas in Sweden.
Can DeSantis attract evangelical voters?
Congratulations to Paul Ethington.
11,000 evangelicals gather in Birmingham to worship.
Rick Warren on hypocrisy:
Evangelical solutions to the border crisis.
Shane is at the Parliament of the World Religions:
Iowa evangelicals helping those in need.
A Georgia megachurch distributes 3,000 new pairs of shoes to those in need.
Mount Vernon Nazarene University has a new president:
A survey confirms what we already know about white evangelicals and politics.
Blast from the past:
Breakpoint on the “rise and fall of evangelical America”
Evangelical politicos turning on one another:
An 80-year-old evangelical on why Trump is best for America.
Disgraced megachurch pastor Mark Driscoll on the Charlie Kirk show: âEverybody whoâs coming out of Bible college, seminary, everybody whoâs coming out of some sort of established political party is just a neutered, compromised beta-male. And we need more Elijahs.â More here:
Is Christian music “rotting“?
Blame it on egalitarian women (with a response from Beth Moore):
Social justice is not biblical because it calls on government to do something. Allie Beth Stuckey may want to read more about, for example, how the church and localities failed to address Jim Crow. Yes, the government had to intervene on the side of biblical justice. Frankly, it is sad this is the best the world’s largest Christian university in the world, Liberty University, can offer on Christian political engagement.
Michael Youssef is on the road.
WORLD magazine reviews John MacArthur’s pandemic documentary.
“In a healthy way”:
Read the Standing for Freedom at Liberty University twitter account and then reflect on whether “spreading the Gospel” is its top priority:
More on Flamy Grant, the current “queen” of Christian music.
A theobro on the state of the Southern Baptist Church:
According to “California statistics”:
Al Mohler: Disney is coming for your hearts and minds.
Jenna offers some thoughts on Megan Rapinoe:
The POTUS as a “minister of God.” (But remember, the Christian Right often tells us, we are choosing a president, not a pastor):
“Saturated with wokeness”:
Is this true?:
Sean Feucht responds to critics of his worship tour at state capitols.
Sean also has a beef with Russell Moore and David French:
And Sean uses the tragedy in Hawaii to take a shot at Biden (with a great response from Yethalee):
Ryan Helfenbein, the director of Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom Center, gets it right. Yup:
This was an especially interesting Evangelical Roundup (Aug. 14,23). I don’t go on Twitter so I appreciate the repeat of some of the dialogue from there. I chuckled a bit. Beth Moore’s comment all up used a southern phrase, “God love you, Honey,” in her response to Tom Buck.
I am an Evangelical Christian, so my thought responses varied to the content. I fell gratitude Gratitude for an Evangelical Organization that participated in Iran’s conference.
Thank you.
Thanks Susan. I do these roundups for several reasons:
1. Folks like you who are not on Twitter can see what is going on.
2. I am writing a three volumes on evangelicals and politics in the 21st century and these roundups will help me go back and write the third book.
3. I am trying to offer a service to people who observe evangelicalism.
You may notice that I work hard to show the complexity of evangelical Christian. You will always find what I see as the good dimensions of evangelicalism above the “Blast from the Past” video.
Thanks again for reading and supporting CURRENT!