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Evangelical roundup for December 18, 2023

John Fea   |  December 18, 2023

What is happening in Evangelical land?

Iowa Kingmaker Bob Vander Plaats on why so many Iowa evangelicals are sticking with Donald Trump.

Trump’s 25-year-old director of faith outreach in Iowa.

An evangelical pastor is trying to stop political polarization in churches.

The power of serving coffee in church.

Shane Claiborne on what it means to be pro-life:

You can’t be pro-life and pro-war.

8000 kids have been killed in Gaza by the State of Israel in the past two months. If you aren’t speaking out against this war, please don’t say you’re pro-life… just say you’re anti-abortion. To be FOR life means being for every life, and it…

— Shane Claiborne (@ShaneClaiborne) December 17, 2023

Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee ends his music career to follow Jesus.

A Christian insurance company gives $150K to five church charities

Walter Liefeld, RIP

Roger Olson wonders if there is a space between Jesus and John Wayne.

J.I. Packer’s Knowing God at 50.

Blast from the past:

Former Books & Culture editor engages with Karen Swallow Prior’s new book on evangelicals even though he “strongly disagrees” with it.

More on the why the American Civil Liberties Union joins this David Barton/Wallbuilders lawsuit.

“This is Christian nationalism”:

A Christian veteran just beheaded a monument to Satan in Iowa’s state Capitol.

If this is Christian Nationalism, we need more of it.

Hero. pic.twitter.com/TSxZeVjjHZ

— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) December 14, 2023

Jenna Ellis: “The Satanist has the right to private property protection”:

I am saying the theological arguments against Satanism do not justify private property destruction.

The Satanist has the right to private property protection just as much as the Christian or the atheist in a well-ordered civil society.

The destruction of property is wrong,… https://t.co/cXVYgrzf1D

— Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) December 17, 2023

Lance is ready to do battle against abortion, but at the state level:

For those Christians like myself who thought we had a victory regarding abortion at the Supreme Court, we need to face the fact. The Court merely sent abortion policy back to the states – where referendum after referendum has been approving wildly liberal abortion laws. As of…

— Lance Wallnau (@lancewallnau) December 17, 2023

Apparently Jack Hibbs does not want a ceasefire in Gaza:

https://twitter.com/RealJackHibbs/status/1735450953250418937

Jim Garlow quotes Thomas Paine’s “American Crisis”:

"Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; 
yet we have this consolation with us that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph"
-The American Crisis, December, 1776.

— Jim Garlow (@JimGarlow) December 16, 2023

Eric Metaxas and Wayne Gruden disagree on whether Trump should drop out:

My friend @WayneGrudem is deeply mistaken in saying Trump should drop out. Most of his reasons are flatly erroneous, but will become NeverTrumper talking points. Trump is FAR AND AWAY our best and only hope to take the country back. God bless America!!! https://t.co/SS99Ksp1EC

— Eric Metaxas (@ericmetaxas) December 14, 2023

Eric Metaxas on former Speaker of the House Paul Ryan:

Imagine caring what Ryan has to say about anything, much less what constitutes a conservative! He's simply bitter that Donald Trump showed us that Romney & Ryan et al. were NEVER SERIOUS about fighting for real Americans on what matters to us. We won't be fooled again! Nice try. https://t.co/p2h5hRG0lq

— Eric Metaxas (@ericmetaxas) December 14, 2023

The “War on Christmas” is back:

Watch my interview from last night on @foxnewsnight. pic.twitter.com/5bDxnGEH6D

— Dr. Robert Jeffress (@robertjeffress) December 16, 2023

James Dobson and Michelle Bachmann talk about love of country.

Mike Pence visits the Billy Graham Library:

It was an honor to have Vice President @Mike_Pence at @TheBGLibrary today. My son @WillGraham_4 told the hundreds of people who came to the Vice President’s book signing that we love his heart for ministry and what God is doing through his family, and I couldn’t agree more.… pic.twitter.com/kD8eoAYLmC

— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) December 14, 2023

Tom Buck thinks the “God Bless the USA Bible” is “deeply disturbing!””:

This is deeply disturbing!

God Bless the USA Bible

Back of the Bible includes:

•Handwritten chorus to “God Bless The USA” by Lee Greenwood
•US Constitution
•Bill of Rights
•Declaration of
Independence
•Pledge of Allegiance pic.twitter.com/juFm4llMry

— Tom Buck (Five Point Buck) (@TomBuck) December 16, 2023

John Inazu interviews Jon Ward about his new evangelical memoir.

Was the scandal surrounding Mike Bickle of the International House of Prayer a spiritual attack?

Filed Under: Way of Improvement Tagged With: Evangelical roundup, evangelicalism

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  1. Earl says

    December 18, 2023 at 10:16 pm

    “It’s as though the ‘War on Christmas’ has become a rote observance, devoid of all its original spiritual meaning,” -Jon Stewart on the Daily Show, 12/3/2012

  2. John Fea says

    December 20, 2023 at 10:42 am

    So true, Earl. And I thought Trump solved this problem: “Under my administration we can all say ‘Merry Christmas’ again.” 🙂