There is always drama in the weeks before the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting. This time it is over the so-called “Law Amendment.” Here is Heath Lambert, pastor of First Baptist Church–Jacksonville, with some background: The Law Amendment is one […]
Archives for May 2024
A Benedictine College philosophy professor on Harrison Butker’s controversial commencement speech
Benedictine philosophy professor Jim Madden has taught at Benedictine College for more than two decades. Here is a taste of his “On the Pleasures of Outrage“: I don’t want to make this conversation about my family, but a bit of […]
Why did Nikki Haley cave?
As we covered earlier this week, Nikki Haley is voting for Donald Trump. Get up to speed here. Over at The Washington Post, Ramesh Ponnuru explains why Haley fell in line: Here is a taste” …If Trump were headed for […]
Liberalism as religion?
Over at his Substack, Damon Linker interviews political theorist Alexandre Lefebvre, author of Liberalism as a Way of Life. Here is a taste: DL:Â But what do you say to those who persist in religious belief when they respond that the […]
What is trending this week at CURRENT?
Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Way of Improvement Leads Home blog: Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Arena blog:
Albert Mohler, Doug Wilson, and Steve Bannon will speak at the National Conservatism conference in July
The National Conservative movement is hosting its fourth annual conference in July. Watch: Speakers include: Albert Mohler (President Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) Steve Bannon (Trump adviser and alt-right leader) Josh Hawley (U.S. Senator from Missouri) Stephen Miller (Trump adviser and […]
Bring the Family
At 71, John Hiatt’s still showing us how it’s done
The Most Consequential Law in American Social History Turns 100
Nativism and xenophobia are among the clearest throughlines in American history, but it wasn’t until 1924 that the U.S. Congress passed the first-ever all-encompassing law restricting immigration. That landmark piece of legislation turns 100 on Sunday. The Johnson-Reed Act was […]
Trump’s former lawyer Jenna Ellis is awaiting settlement in her second Colorado law license case
Here is Quentin Young at Colorado Newsline: Jenna Ellis, previously an attorney for former President Donald Trump, is negotiating a settlement agreement in a case over whether she engaged in professional misconduct, according to the parties in the case. The […]
More sloppy history from Tim Barton of Wallbuilders
In the video posted below, which appears to be a lecture at an Arkansas evangelical church called “The House,” Tim Barton of Wallbuilders claims that every founding father with an extant library had a copy of John Wise‘s sermons. And […]
What is going on with the Alitos?
First, the Alito family flew an upside-down American flag at their Alexandria, Virginia home. Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito said his wife Martha-Ann hung the flag in the context of an argument with a neighbor who had a vulgar anti-Trump […]
Evangelical roundup for May 23, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? Are evangelical churches growing? Evangelical leaders gather in Poland. Jim Wallis on Christian nationalism: The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) adds “character” to its standards for non-profits. World Vision is working to end […]
REVIEW: Plato Goes to China
In Bartsch’s study, surprising insights into both ancient texts and our present circumstance emerge
WSJ on the global fertility crash (and Martha Nussbaum’s approval)
Resolving the global fertility crash will only happen with a culture change.
This is what Christian nationalism looks like:
I have been critical of those who use the phrase “Christian nationalist” to describe anyone who wants to bring their Christian faith to bear on public life. But Christian nationalists do exist. Here is Joel Webbon: Learn more about him […]
Nikki Haley falls in line
Trump trashed her and her family, but today Nikki Haley announced that she will be voting for the former president in 2024. She did not say if she would campaign for Trump or do anything beyond casting a vote for […]
Jake Meador on “The PCA We Could Have”
Mere Orthodoxy’s Jake Meador reflects on the PCA, divisions, and THAT panel.
Come to a Trump rally and get a blessing
Texas congressman and Liberty University graduate Troy E. Nehls was at Donald Trump’s trial yesterday. He compared Trump to the Pope. Watch:
American Historical Association: “Media accounts of a politically charged war for the soul of social studies are overblown”
I missed this piece when it was first published in Time back in March. It is written by Jim Grossman of the American Historical Association and three AHA researchers. A taste: For the past half-decade, amid overheated rhetoric contesting the […]
What Christians Might Fear from Trump
Remember: Trump doesn’t do coalitions