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Evangelical roundup for August 9, 2021

John Fea   |  August 9, 2021

What is going on in Evangelicalland?

Evangelical fiction

An evangelical theologian reflects on a career.

Evangelicalism: Time to deconstruct and reconstruct

Where white evangelicals live:

There are ten states where less than two-thirds of white evangelicals are Republicans.

WA: 65%
WV: 65%
MI: 64%
CT: 63%
SD: 62%
CA: 59%
IA: 57%
MA: 36%
RI: 32%

Five states where its >80%:
WY: 90%
UT: 88%
MS: 86%
AL: 84%
NM: 81% pic.twitter.com/PFEoa2MCEN

— Ryan Burge 📊 (@ryanburge) August 4, 2021

Are young evangelicals leaving the church over LGBTQ issues?

Praying in tongues on TikTok

Racist?:

I don’t need to show you my vaccine ID, that’s racist.

— Kevin Sorbo (@ksorbs) August 7, 2021

A conversion therapy documentary

Evangelical Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins won’t get the COVID-19 vaccine.

Evangelicals love to celebrate Christian Olympic athletes such as Allyson Felix, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Kyle Snyder, Helen Maroulis, Nick Willis, Sydney McLaughlin, Janine Beckie, Nicola McDermott, Debbie Flood, Athing Mu, Nick Willis, Krysta Palmer, Caleb Dressel, Tatjana Shoemaker, Kelsey Plum, Mandy Bujold, Janie Reed, Vincent Hancock, Christian Taylor, Cat Osterman, Micah Christenson, Michael Andrew, Melissa Gonzalez, Keni Harrison, and Laeticia Amihere. It all goes back to this guy (not to be confused with this guy):

William Pannell’s “The Coming Race War” at 30.

Preaching the gospel with Olympic trading pins

Rick Warren praises Simone Biles:

I am more proud of @Simone_Biles than ever. She has given such a magnificent example of wisdom under pressure.

— Rick Warren (@RickWarren) July 29, 2021

Is anti-vaxxer preacher Greg Locke really an evangelical? Union University, an evangelical Christian college in Jackson, Tennessee is hosting him later this month.

Tony Campolo is still mentoring students:

One of @TonyCampolo's most important and favorite uses of his time these days is counseling and mentoring students in the @CampoloCenter at @EasternU and Palmer Theological Seminary. Here's how he spent the afternoon with Campolo Scholar, Mike Gankevich. https://t.co/hzW9CyQGJV

— Tony Campolo (@TonyCampolo) July 13, 2021

This preacher believes that abuse and trauma victims want attention:

I find it concerning that one of the fastest ways to get attention, be followed, or be platformed in evangelicalism right now is to start publicly posting about your past abuse and trauma. I don’t see how this ends well.

— Tom Buck (Five Point Buck) (@TomBuck) August 7, 2021

Blast from the past:

The new fundamentalism:

Today, we are facing a racialized social gospel.

You see, the social gospel of 100 years ago is not dead. It did not vanish. It is back with a vengeance. It is not only in the mainline. It is in conservative & Reformed evangelicalism.

It is a generational threat to the gospel.

— Owen Strachan (@ostrachan) August 7, 2021

I will be speaking at this bastion of wokeness in October:

This sort of clip from a supposedly Christian PBA professor should not shock you anymore. This sort of Marxist propaganda was what was popularized from 2012 – 2019 during the great "Bailey" of evangelicalism before the Great Reset. https://t.co/QpFgqgSYD7

— Michael O'Fallon – Sovereign Nations (@SovMichael) August 7, 2021

Even Eric Metaxas isn’t too sure about what this guest is saying:

Mike Lindell’s latest event was called “America Revival.

There are no biblical references in any of our founding documents:

The freedoms that our country were founded on were based on Truth of Scripture. Self-government is only possible with a moral people. Removing the essential element of Biblical truth from the foundation of our government and our daily lives is the recipe to devolve (1) pic.twitter.com/gFOfuL6uRU

— Standing for Freedom Center (@freedomcenterlu) August 8, 2021

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