Alex Morris of Rolling Stone, who writes regularly about the Christian Right, has a recent piece on evangelicals trying to convince their fellow believers to vote for Harris. It focuses on Evangelicals for Harris and Doug Pagitt’s Vote Common Good. As I argued this week, there are a lot of evangelicals who do not want to vote for Trump. But I think they will be moved less by Evangelicals for Harris or Vote Common Good and more by Harris articulating a pluralist vision that includes evangelicals. But it’s probably too late for that.
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When it comes to voting, we often hear that older evangelicals vote for Trump and younger evangelicals are more moderate or progressive. But as Harvest Prude writes at Christianity Today, things are much more complicated than that.
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An evangelical political scientist does not like either of his major party options this year. But rather than voting for a third party candidate, he has decided he will not vote. Read Robert Postic’s piece at Christianity Today here.
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In the “like father-like son” department, Jimmy Swaggart’s son Donnie Swaggart is condemning members of a Black evangelical denomination for supporting Kamala Harris. Here is a taste of a piece from the Christian Post:
Evangelist Donnie Swaggart, the only son of televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, is now coming under fire from black Christians after he delivered a scathing rebuke of the black church and Bishop John Drew Sheard, the presiding bishop and chief apostle of the Church of God in Christ, Inc., for endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris for president.
âThe statement I’m about to make, I’m going to be called a racist and I will be called every name under the sun, but somebody needs to stand up and speak to the black church,â Swaggart began in his critique to members of the Family Worship Center Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, where his father remains senior leader.
âWhen the largest African American Pentecostal denomination, when that leader stands up and said I endorse that woman, he was saying, I endorse murder, I endorse homosexuality, I endorse lesbianism, I endorse transgenderism, I endorse every evil that Hell could prosper or bring up to [be] right. That’s wrong folks!â he said to applause.
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Let’s check out what’s happening on X:
Roger Stone recognizes Donald Trump as an “apostle”:
Kamala tries to nuance her position on abortion:
Lance on Hillary:
Jack has no words:
My take on this tweet: Tom forgot to capitalize Oval Office. đ
Eric Metaxas has been comparing Biden and Harris to Hitler for the last three or four years. Now he is worried about this:
Gary Bauer has some things to say about the Kamala Harris/”Jesus is Lord” controversy:
The Hagees want you to vote the Bible. (Translation: Vote for Trump):
Franklin is making his final push for Trump:
When it comes to the Middle East, Shane does not think Harris is the answer:
Huck remembers:
This Baptist wants pastors to “get political.” (Translation: Vote for Trump):
There is a lot going on in this Mark Driscoll tweet:
Jemar is not happy with the Los Angeles Times:
Thanks to Emma Bell for her assistance with this roundup.
