Archives for July 2024
Barack Obama on Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race
#44 on #46: Joe Biden has been one of America’s most consequential presidents, as well as a dear friend and partner to me. Today, we’ve also been reminded — again — that he’s a patriot of the highest order. Sixteen […]
The early evangelical reaction to Biden’s decision to withdraw from the 2024 presidential race
Biden disrupted a lot of post-church Sunday afternoon naps today: Russell Moore: Former Obama staff member Michael Wear: Director of Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom Center: Such drama: MAGA worship leader Sean Feucht: Texas Senator Ted Cruz: South Dakota senator […]
Donald Trump responds to Joe Biden’s exit from the race
Apparently the assassination attempt on his life “changed” Donald Trump. We saw it during his RNC convention speech. We see it here. 😉
Joe Biden will not run for president in November 2024; endorses Kamala Harris
Trump told CNN that Biden was the “worst president in the history of our country.” He says he will have an easier time defeating Harris. What comes next? No one knows yet.
The Leviticus 8 thesis of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump
The Old Testament book of Leviticus, in chapter 8, deals with the consecration of priests. Here is how the passage describes the ordination of Aaron and his sons. The highlights are mine: The Lord said to Moses, 2 “Bring Aaron and his sons, their garments, the […]
Trump on the policy proposals in Project 2025: “They are extreme, I mean they are seriously extreme”
If you want to a get a sense of The Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025,” check out our coverage of last Monday’s “Policy Fest,” a Heritage event held in conjunction with the Republican National Convention. The following organizations serve on the […]
A Cornerstone University alum laments
Amy Houskamp Nemecek is a senior editor at Baker Publishing Group and the author of The Language of the Birds and Other Poets. She is a graduate of Cornerstone University, a Christian college that just cut virtually all of its […]
What is popular 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:
The mind of J.D. Vance
Ian Ward unpacks the intellectual influences that shape the mind of J.D. Vance, Trump’s vice-president pick. They are Notre Dame professor Patrick Deneen, venture capitalist Peter Thiel, blogger Curtis Yarvin, deceased philosopher René Girard, writer Sohrab Ahmari, the group of […]
Jeff Greenfield: “Trump derailed his own convention speech”
While I was watching the GOP convention last night, I wrote this: In the end, I think this speech is really hurting Trump. He is replaying all the old hits. The assassination attempt has not changed his talking points in […]
Ramaswamy: Vote GOP. We support gay marriage and don’t want to ban abortion.
Former GOP presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) got into it this week on X. Ramaswamy responded this way: What will the Christian Right think about these claims? Is the GOP now the party of […]
What are evangelicals saying about Trump’s speech last night?
The GOP convention is over. Trump made his case last night in a long, rambling, and undisciplined speech. Check out our live-blogging of the night here. So what are evangelicals saying after the Trump speech? It seems like many MAGA […]
REVIEW: Keeping the Republic
It’s not just the Constitution that haunts us
Interview with Robert Jensen: It’s Debatable
In his new book, It’s Debatable, Robert Jensen gives us tools to keep talking to each other–not past each other.
Ben Sasse steps down as president of the University of Florida
From Sasse’s X feed: Dear Gator Nation and cherished friends, This isn’t an easy note to write but wanted to give you an update on our family. As many of you know, my wife Melissa suffered an aneurysm and series […]
Live blogging night 4 of the GOP convention
It’s Trump’s turn tonight. Check out our coverage of night 1, night 2, and night 3. ***** U. S. Senator Steve Daines of Montana. He is the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee. Says that this morning on his […]
Shirley Mullen and the courageous middle: online Trinity Forum conversation next week
Next Friday (July 26), Shirley Mullen will participate in an online conversation with Trinity Forum on her new book.
FIRST THINGS magazine asks: “Is the Republican Party becoming pro-choice?”
We just got done watching J.D. Vance and GOP chair Michael Whatley tell members of Ralph Reed’s Faith & Freedom Coalition that the GOP is still the party of the Christian Right. As we have now noted several times here, […]
If you understand French…
I spoke with the Huffington Post about evangelicals and Trump: Read the article version of the story here.