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Evangelical roundup for April 4, 2024

John Fea   |  April 4, 2024

What is happening in Evangelical land?

Hispanic evangelicals are a growing force.

Evangelicals: Politically diverse, biblically similar. I think Mike Huckabee agrees.

Evangelicals and in vitro fertilization.

Thomas Schirrmacher resigns as General Secretary of the World Evangelical Alliance

Esau McCaulley on the “God Bless the USA Bible”

Shane Claiborne on the deaths of World Central Kitchen workers in Gaza:

Stop sending the bombs, @POTUS. https://t.co/3CyGEXAASv

— Shane Claiborne (@ShaneClaiborne) April 3, 2024

I wish President Biden was “outraged” enough at Israel’s bombing that he would stop giving them weapons.

That would be nice.

— Shane Claiborne (@ShaneClaiborne) April 3, 2024

Jim Wallis worries about Trump. His new book is here:

Today's pub day for my new book, "The False White Gospel." We need to raise up the faith of all of us, and help those who are oblivious, stuck, and captive to the ideology and idolatry of White Christian Nationalism. Please consider ordering a copy: https://t.co/8LflManxqa pic.twitter.com/hkuL9nakpP

— Jim Wallis (@jimwallis) April 2, 2024

Wallis writes an “open letter” to Donald Trump regarding the “God Bless America” Bible:

Upstate South Carolina voters and a candidate who had an extramarital affair.

Eleven evangelical pastors are imprisoned in Nicaragua.

World Vision on the Taiwan earthquake:

🙏 Our hearts go out to our staff & all victims of the #TaiwanEarthquake. The 7.4-magnitude quake, followed by strong aftershocks, caused significant damage & triggered tsunami warnings. Let's come together in prayer for the safety and well-being of everyone impacted. pic.twitter.com/uxIBwNiTVv

— World Vision USA (@WorldVisionUSA) April 3, 2024

World Vision on the World Central Kitchen deaths in Gaza:

(1/4) We are deeply saddened by the tragic deaths of 7 @WCKitchen team members delivering essential food aid in Gaza. Our hearts go out to their families & the loved ones of the 196 aid workers killed in this deadly conflict.

— World Vision (@WorldVision) April 3, 2024

(3/4) We stand with @WCKitchen who lost dedicated team members delivering lifesaving assistance to people already struggling with trauma, loss, starvation, and disease. We urge all parties to guarantee the safety of aid workers & civilians, allowing unhindered humanitarian…

— World Vision (@WorldVision) April 3, 2024

(4/4) A permanent end of hostilities and a lasting peace is urgently needed to address the rapidly deteriorating conditions across the region. It’s time to end the violence and ensure lifesaving assistance can reach starving children and their families.

— World Vision (@WorldVision) April 3, 2024

My blurb for Shirley Mullen’s new book: ““Shirley Mullen invites all who are intellectually, politically, and spiritually lonely to join her and other fellow travelers in the courageous middle. This is a space of nuance, complexity, and humility filled with ‘radical redemptive possibilities.’ I have been waiting for a book like this for a long time. Mullen’s call will resonate with anyone troubled by the era of polarization in which we now live.” Learn more here.

Liberia evangelicals gather

Beth Moore: Knicks fan:

I’ll be in NYC the 1st week of May and I really really really really really wanted the Knicks to be in town in a playoff game. So I really really really really really need them to get back to a winning streak. God willing, I wanna see a playoff game live before I fly to Jesus!

— Beth Moore (@BethMooreLPM) April 3, 2024

Evangelical women in Amsterdam gather

The Christian Reformed Church and vaccines

Young Evangelicals for Climate Change is looking for a new leader.

Bruce Franks is a new candidate for the president of the Southern Baptist Convention. More here.

Blast from the past:

Those darn young evangelicals and their music!

A youth pastor is dead after a church love triangle.

Eric Metaxas and The Stream are going after CRU:

It's genuinely heartbreaking seeing CRU making an "idol of evangelism"… I wonder if they can turn this around or if it's too late. Crushing to read this. https://t.co/yn0iB7IzcT

— Eric Metaxas (@ericmetaxas) April 3, 2024

Greg Laurie wants more Christian social media influencers.

UCONN’s Paige Bueckers is the latest evangelical sports hero.

Jack Graham took time on Easter Sunday to take a shot at Biden:

.@jackngraham on President Biden’s declaring Easter as Transgender Visibility Day.

“Demonic and damnable. . .”

“This is not about left or right, democrat or republican—politically. This is about right and wrong morally, spiritually.

“No president, no king, no potentate, no… pic.twitter.com/oGqlQKEhB7

— Z. Scott Colter ✒️ (@ScottColter) April 1, 2024

D.G. Hart on Peter Wehner

Andrew T. Walker wants to hear more about evangelical homeschoolers who turned out “fine.” Jenna Ellis, who recently confessed to her involvement in trying to overthrow the 2020 presidential election in Georgia, responds:

You clearly haven’t talked to ANY home schooled kids from the 80s/90s.

My childhood was THE BEST.

And I’m fine, not because the world hasn’t been harsh, but ONLY because of the discipleship and theology my parents instilled in me. https://t.co/EKDHKRiUbU

— Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) April 3, 2024

Is America in “moral freefall?”

Al Mohler connects views on LGBTQ to views on abortion:

Your Position on Abortion is Tied to Your Position on LBGTQ Issues — Just Take It from the Words of Planned Parenthood’s President.

From today's edition of #TheBriefing. pic.twitter.com/HtdjUJ5NXG

— Albert Mohler (@albertmohler) April 3, 2024

And on Transgender Visibility Day:

On today's edition of #TheBriefing, I discuss The White House's Transgender Day of Visibility Proclamation on Resurrection Sunday, President Biden’s Response to the Ban on Flying LGBTQ Flags at U.S. Embassies, and Sam Bankman-Fried's Prison Sentencing.https://t.co/rjEKh4kdBw

— Albert Mohler (@albertmohler) April 1, 2024

The prophets who believe that God gave us Trump

Once saved, always saved?:

Once saved, always saved — a documentary: https://t.co/PgaLE1UpRT

— Scot McKnight (@scotmcknight) April 2, 2024

White evangelicals love Trump

The Standing for Freedom Center at Liberty University vs. Enneagram:

Christians should avoid using this popular “personality test” as it could potentially open them up to spiritual deception and harm.https://t.co/3dNRNGRczc

— Standing for Freedom Center (@freedomcenterlu) April 3, 2024

A significant majority of evangelicals believe that government aid to the poor does more harm than good.

Some evangelicals are preparing for the eclipse. More here.

If you were on the internet recently, you might believe that evangelicals in America are convinced that the eclipse next week is heralding the end times. An incorrect map, shared and reshared, shows the path of totality passing through a bunch of towns named Nineveh, after all. pic.twitter.com/7147GczvRB

— Daniel Silliman (@danielsilliman) April 3, 2024

Bibles are lit on fire and dropped in front of Greg Locke’s church in Mount Juliet, TN. And here. And here.

More RFK love from the Christian Right:

Anyone who has not been vaccinated with the media’s Leftist ideology sees very clearly that the threat to our freedom is not Donald Trump.

RFK Jr: “Pres. Biden is a much worse threat to democracy… President Biden is the first president in history that has used the federal… pic.twitter.com/mV2LRonfAi

— Tony Perkins (@tperkins) April 2, 2024

Megachurch pastor makes a wedding night joke; gets pushback

Is it just me, or does this make no sense?:

God created government. Man created politics. pic.twitter.com/4wR54ylk9a

— Jack Hibbs (@RealJackHibbs) April 3, 2024

The Left is coming…

Remember that, just like we saw this Easter weekend, the Left is coming for everything we hold near and dear, including the hearts and minds of our children. Don't miss this podcast episode with special guest Karen England @porninschools , who is on the front lines fighting to… pic.twitter.com/jblpaRYI21

— Jack Hibbs (@RealJackHibbs) April 2, 2024

A theobro takes his shot at Biden for Transgender Visibility Day. And a response:

This editorial is a perfect example of why Olasky & other reporters left World. Editorials are driving the reporting. Condemning one flawed candidate while not mentioning the other corrupt immoral candidate (found liable for rape) is irresponsible

— RG Leverett (@Leverettrob61) April 1, 2024

What does it mean not to stand with trans kids?:

“He created them male and female and blessed them.”

Genesis 5:2 https://t.co/p022h7Chrb

— Sean Feucht (@seanfeucht) April 2, 2024

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