What is happening in Evangelical land?
The New Republic is reporting that Messianic Jews are trying to share the Gospel with Israeli soldiers on the front lines. The author of the piece, Ellie Hardy, suggests that they are “proselytizing” because they believe that Jews need to be saved in order for Christ to return. This may be true. But is it possible that these evangelicals are just trying to share the Gospel with these soldiers because that’s what all evangelicals–Messianic or otherwise–do? Evangelicals have been sending missionaries to wars for a long time.
Are Trump evangelicals really “fundamentalists?” David French makes this argument in his New York Times newsletter.
Russell Moore picks his favorite books of 2023.
Jim Wallis talks to Chris Coons about vocation:
Many small church evangelical pastors live in poverty.
D.A. Carson remembers Tim Keller.
Kevin McCarthy and Mike Johnson are both evangelicals, but they are different types of culture warriors.
142 churches in Mississippi leave the United Methodist Church over LGBTQ issues.
An opportunity for Christian college students:
Tommy Kidd joins a Christianity Today podcast to talk about how we “talk about dead people.”
Shane Claiborne is helping people find housing:
A new documentary on evangelical minister and NFL Hall of Famer Reggie White.
Evangelical Haitians working to improve life in their country.
All churches have returned to in-person worship.
A Tennessee Southern Baptist pastor is struggling with cancer.
An Assemblies of God congregation will host over 2,000 people in need.
India’s largest Christian church has 300,000 members and plans to plant 40 more churches in the next decade. More on Indian evangelicalism here.
Christmas and the “great dechurching.”
Blast from the past:
Some evangelicals are confused about the Catholic church’s views on LGBTQ issues.
Charismatic prophet Mike Bickle admits to mistakes. Is this story getting enough coverage?
Christian Right leaders reflect on the days of the Moral Majority.
Michael Yousef holds a crusade in Egypt.
A Longview, Texas evangelical pastor wants to be “countercultural.”
Is Speaker of the House Mike Johnson controlled by the devil?
A Liberty University Standing for Freedom poll:
I agree with the question, but I am not sure I would answer it the same way as the folks at Liberty University:
Rob McCoy, the mentor of Charlie Kirk, will step down as pastor of Godspeak Calvary Chapel in Newbury, California. His son-in-law will take over.
Disgraced former Hillsong pastor Brian Houston will start a new church.
Gary Bauer on “The Big Guy”:
The son of an Alabama megachurch pastor wins big on Wheel of Fortune.
Lance Wallnau wants to restore your vitality:
Now this is one episode you’re not going to want to miss:
To what extent does Bethel Church control Redding, California?
Oklahoma Christian University is cutting its graduate program in theology.
If obscene books must be removed from public libraries, then so should the Bible. A writer for the Family Research Council tries to make an exegetical argument why the Bible is not “obscene.” The argument actually strengthens the case to remove it.
Prophets gather, including Eric Metaxas and Mike Lindell:
Charlie Kirk was there too:
This is a growing narrative among the Christian Right: If we give into “woke” ideology, America will be less safe:
Franklin Graham has an opinion on the college presidents who testified before Congress last week:
Albert Mohler also has an opinion. No moral rot at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Nope, none at all. The Trump-supporting president is pure:
Have you seen any evangelical commentary on the Kate Cox story? I’ve been on the lookout, but the silence from evangelicals has been conspicuous.
No, I haven’t seen much coverage on this. I have been meaning to do a blog post on it at some point, but I just don’t think I have bandwidth to dig in any deeper than that.