Here are the lyrics to “How Great Thou Art.” Oh Lord, my GodWhen I, in awesome wonderConsider all the worlds Thy hands have madeI see the stars, I hear the rolling thunderThy power throughout the universe displayed Then sings my […]
Archives for November 2024
Some very early evangelical responses to Trump’s victory
I went to bed around 1am last night. When I awoke, Donald Trump was President-Elect. Let’s see what evangelicals are saying this morning. The responses are trickling-in. We will try to cover them throughout the day. According to The Washington Post, […]
The Author’s Corner with Peter Roady
Peter Roady is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Utah. This interview is based on his new book, The Contest over National Security: FDR, Conservatives, and the Struggle to Claim the Most Powerful Phrase in American Politics (Harvard […]
A Hard Day’s Night
Election Day 2024, journaling all the way
Historical stories I’d like to see as films
Hollywood needs more history.
Yesterday was Election Day. What were evangelicals saying?
I am working on this roundup on Tuesday evening before most of the major states have reported their election results. Evangelicals are supposed to model what Galatians 5:22-23 describes as the “Fruit of the Spirit”. That verse says: “But the […]
Thank You and Goodbye
Harris has my vote. She doesn’t have my allegiance.
Good citizens under a bad emperor
The “emperor” for the next four years will be bad. We, the citizens, however, don’t have to be.
The Author’s Corner with Zachary Michael Jack
Zachary Michael Jack is Professor of English at North Central College. This interview is based on his new book, The Strange Genius of Ignatius Donnelly: The Populist Who Debunked Shakespeare and Found Atlantis (Northern Illinois University Press, 2024). JF: What […]
Today is Election Day. What are evangelicals saying?
There are a lot of MAGA evangelicals in Pennsylvania. Yesterday in church they made their final appeals to their congregations. Here is David Gilbert and Vittoria Elliott at WIRED: In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, this Sunday, at the Life Center megachurch, hundreds of […]
What I’ll be watching for tonight
What should we be watching for tonight, if the election returns that come in today won’t provide definitive results for the races that have received the most scrutiny?
Image of the day
What we already know about the elections
An election’s results are not the same thing as its meaning.
1 day until Election Day. What are evangelicals saying?
Yesterday I was writing about Rev. Dwight McKissic, the pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas. In my current book manuscript I describe the role McKissic played in an anti-gay marriage rally in Arlington, Texas back in May 2004. […]
The “woke” Left and the Trump Right are possessed
Over the last couple of days I have been teaching the Salem Witch Trials in my colonial America class. So I naturally gravitated to University of Virginia professor Mark Edmundson piece at Liberties titled “The Politics of Possession in America.” […]
REVIEW: Great Expectations
Vinson Cunningham’s novel tells of more than a mortal God
Interview: Chris Gehrz, College for Christians
Your choice of college may be less important than the choices you make at college.
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The Author’s Corner with Justene Hill Edwards
Justene Hill Edwards is Associate Professor of History at the University of Virginia. This interview is based on her new book, Savings and Trust: The Rise and Betrayal of the Freedman’s Bank (W. W. Norton & Company, 2024). JF: What led […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: Henry Wallace ran for president in 1948. His son reflects on his candidacy. Drowned towns Donald Trump’s deportation campaign in historical context. Tim Alberta on the final days of the […]