At least one pastor is preaching with a red “Trump” yarmulke. The video below comes from a Wednesday night service held one month ago at Calvary Chapel Central Bucks, a mid-sized church in Chalfont, PA. The video starts with senior pastor John Hessler speaking. What can be seen immediately is that Hessler is wearing a Trump yarmulke. Within a few seconds he accidentally knocks it off and then puts it back on briefly a few minutes later. Hessler takes some shots at the mainstream media. He speaks condescendingly of Christians who don’t make efforts to learn more about God’s plan for Israel. The entire sermon is a “Prophecy Update.”
Watch:
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Charlies Dates, the pastor of Chicago’s Salem Baptist Church, recently railed on white evangelicals who criticize the Black church for voting for Democratic candidates. Here is a taste of his sermon:
It was largely white evangelical churches that has propped up the most immoral president that we have had in living memory as the golden child of the church. And then they had the audacity to be quiet when Laquan McDonald was murdered, when George Floyd and Breonna Taylor were shot down. Some of them have said to me, âI ainât done nothing racist, Charlie. Iâve not said anything wrong. Look, Iâm over a big Bible institute.â And I had to say to them in return, âYeah you might not have said nothing wrong but you ainât said nothing right either.â And the moment you wonât speak up for us weâre all in trouble. And now itâs those same white pulpits down in Louisiana and everywhere else that wants to tell us that the Republican Party is the only Christian to vote. You canât hinder us from getting the right to vote and then we get in and tell us who to vote for. Shame on you and your daddy and your granddaddy and your great granddaddy and all the black women they raped. Shame on you! Shame on you for not giving a damn about how people can live in the world but want to condemn and damn us for standing up for ourselves. Shame on you!
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National Religious Broadcasters are trying to energize evangelical voters because this election has “significant biblical worldview implications.” Something tells me that those “significant biblical worldview implications” have nothing to do with this candidacy.
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Let’s see what is happening on X:
Ryan Helfenbein of the Liberty University Standing for Freedom Center voted today. It’s good to know that he has a pulse:
Christianity Today podcaster Mike Cosper on Trump’s recent comments on Liz Cheney:
Not sure what this means, but Sean is talking about “war” and “sickness”:
Duke Kwon on the Christian’s role on Election Day:
Trump’s Liz Cheney line triggered Russell Moore:
OK–It’s time to check in with the Southern Baptist theobros:
Albert Mohler, the leader of the theobros, says we need to create a new strategy for “faithfulness in a political age” but first we must elect Trump:
Denny Burk is upset about the Democrats and pornography:
Owen is in culture warrior mode. (Wait, is he ever not in culture warrior mode?):
Translation: Vote for Trump:
Translation: Vote for Trump
Does this mean that if Trump gets elected Paula White will get a desk “in the Oval Office?”:
Translation: Vote for Trump:
Some twisted logic here, especially since the Bible does not command Christians to vote:
Tony is getting out the vote [for Trump]:
Johnnie Moore on the “whisper vote”:
Robert Jeffress has a different take on the Trump-Carlson interview:
Flag planting:
Prophetic dreams:
Tim Barton on “garbage”:
“Activate” for Trump!:
Lance thinks Mark Cuban is “intellectually shallow”:
The Faith & Freedom Coalition does not like Harris visiting churches:
Thanks to Emma Bell for help with this roundup
Pastor on hurricane relief: “The government is not doing it. Americans can take care of Americans still, we don’t need to go through the government to do that. If anybody’s going to do it, it ought to be the church of Jesus Christ. That’s just my opinion but I know I’m right.”
About 50% of what’s wrong with American evangelical politics are found right in that little snippet. I don’t know how many times I’ve heard from evangelicals that it’s a huge tragedy that “the government” has insinuated itselflf into humanitarian work, and forced the church out of the way. These folk actually believe the churches could have met the challenge of the Great Depression and even of the 2008 banking crisis. The level of pure delusion is gob-smacking. It’s like saying the church could have put a man on the moon or developed the atomic bomb. Most churches can barely decide what hymnal to adopt without initiating a split.