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Evangelical roundup for May 19, 2022

John Fea   |  May 19, 2022

What is happening in Evangelical land

Explo ’72, Cotton Bowl, Dallas, TX

Evangelical anti-abortion activity before Roe.

The National Association of Evangelicals on the Buffalo shooting:

We mourn with the Black community & grieve the loss of innocent lives in #BuffaloNY. No race or ethnicity is greater or more valuable than another. We reject #WhiteSupremacy and exhort churches to combat attitudes and systems that perpetuate racism. https://t.co/SlH8MZOFuW

— National Association of Evangelicals (@NAEvangelicals) May 17, 2022

The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in Buffalo:

.@BGEA Rapid Response Team chaplains have deployed to Buffalo, New York, following a mass shooting that left 10 people dead. Join us in praying for this hurting community. https://t.co/MTafMA5zVH

— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) May 18, 2022

Roger Olson brings some autobiographical nuance to Jesus and John Wayne. More here.

More on how journalism makes journalists better Christians.

Evangelical scholar Mark Noll on intellectual curiosity:

For some Christians, belief in God sparks curiosity about the world. For too many others, it ends all curiosity. I asked Dr. Mark Noll about this on last week's @HolyPostPodcast: https://t.co/WhZouSFDTg pic.twitter.com/O8RYph3ltd

— Skye Jethani (@SkyeJethani) May 17, 2022

Who are the Red Letter Christians?:

What a wonderful cloud of witnesses… although I must say there are a lot of folks left out on this image. You can see more people who love Jesus and Justice here:https://t.co/UTJ3WGV3DY pic.twitter.com/JPjr9Uid4i

— Shane Claiborne (@ShaneClaiborne) May 18, 2022

The president of Oral Roberts University on the hope he sees in Gen Z.

Evangelicals for clean energy.

Keller on blind spots:

The sin of slavery is so obvious to us now, but for 1000s of years everyone saw it as just a part of life. It's arrogant to think that 100 years from now our ancestors won’t see us as having similar blind spots. What are they?

— Timothy Keller (1950-2023) (@timkellernyc) May 18, 2022

An evangelical worship space in Rome housed an Andy Warhol painting.

Spanish evangelicals helping Ukrainian evangelicals.

Wheaton College has a new chaplain:

https://twitter.com/edstetzer/status/1526728952466747392

More perspective on the right-wing evangelical critique of Tim Keller.

The Veggie Tales get their own podcast.

Evangelicals and technology in Kansas City.

Blast from the past:

A candidate for governor in Michigan is running on the platform “End the Disaster, Vote for the Pastor.”

More younger evangelicals accept same-sex marriage. This writer at The Stream is not happy about it.

Evangelical pastor Gavin Ortlund tweets (below) and an right-wing Southern Baptist website responds:

White supremacy is evil and it is helpful for us to say so without qualification. This should be uncontroversial within the church but unfortunately that cannot be assumed right now.

— Gavin Ortlund (@gavinortlund) May 16, 2022

The aforementioned website also attacks Mike Pence. It posts a picture of Pence and Russell Moore to reinforce its view on the former vice-president.

Sean Feucht and Greg Locke:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esBylkEGwLk

Locke also doesn’t like Democrats:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJwrZXCBA_g

A court evangelical blasts Republicans for showing sympathy for the Buffalo shooting victims.

Jenna Ellis seems happy about the Mastriano win in the Pennsylvania GOP primary:

It’s a great morning, Pennsylvania!!!

Keep the momentum for @dougmastriano STRONG!!! pic.twitter.com/Q9DwPZ9bpD

— Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) May 18, 2022

Great things He has done and IS DOING!!!

Isaiah 43:19 🙏 https://t.co/Vr6uATH5nI

— Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) May 18, 2022

The pastor behind the “Pulpit & Pen” right wing website is under arrest.

Sean Feucht leads worship at Mastriano campaign headquarters on Tuesday night:

Pennsylvania is worshipping Christ as the results for Governor roll in! @SenMastriano @dougmastriano pic.twitter.com/XtZVWVMSJY

— Micah Bock (@MicahBock) May 18, 2022

Proud to be with my friend @dougmastriano tonight worshipping JESUS together and celebrating his historic victory in Pennsylvania!! #KeystoneState #DougMastriano pic.twitter.com/MjLhHGe7E4

— Sean Feucht (@seanfeucht) May 18, 2022

Kicking off the Mastriano primary night “celebration” event: a Christian rock band featuring Sean Feucht pic.twitter.com/C44JxgoHyW

— Nick Corasaniti (@NYTnickc) May 18, 2022

More from Feucht’s worship event in Washington D.C. on Tuesday:

https://twitter.com/Luminarmoon/status/1526909857076416514

Paraphrasing here, but singer Sean Feucht says God will silence the corruption in Pennsylvania, through Mastriano and the blood of Jesus.

"Oh, precious is the flow. That makes me white as snow. No other fount I know. Nothing but the blood of Jesus!"

— Jason Nark (@JasonNark) May 18, 2022

Christian nationalists and anti-vaxxers in a San Diego megachurch.

Mark Driscoll: Biden is a “coward” who is “heading to hell.”

Eric Metaxas does his due diligence as an employee of Salem Media to promote the Salem-backed Dinesh D’Souza’s movie on the Big Lie. Metaxas also backs Mastriano in Pennsylvania.

Willow Creek Community Church is struggling to attract worshippers.

The Christian Broadcasting Network covers Franklin Graham’s crusade in Liverpool.

Ralph Reed is backing McCormick in the PA Senate race:

West Point grad, Gulf War vet, seventh-generation Pennsylvanian, successful businessman @DaveMcCormickPA is the common sense, pro-life, pro-religious freedom, pro-parental rights candidate for US Senate in PA. He will be an impact player in the Senate on Day One!

— Ralph Reed (@ralphreed) May 16, 2022

Huckabee too:

I hope my friends in PA will support a solid pro-life, & consistent conservative! @DaveMcCormickPA needs your vote tomorrow! THE TIME IS NOW https://t.co/iZsnkyzeGg via @YouTube

— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) May 16, 2022

Greg Laurie and Alice Cooper:

Franklin actually believes that progressives are the only ones that “imitate culture”:

“Progressive Christianity imitates culture, but Christians should imitate Jesus by recognizing and making a strong stand against the false teachings of this growing movement.” Read more from Alisa Childers in this month’s #DecisionMagazine: https://t.co/aX3ayiURSG

— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) May 17, 2022

Here is the latest from the “all lives matter” camp. Just for the record, some evangelicals talk about white supremacy because a guy with a gun shot-up ten people in Buffalo supermarket this past weekend and he was motivated by white supremacy.

Why do Big Eva leaders only love to talk about white supremacy?

The church must condemn all forms of ethnic hatred no matter who it’s directed at.

The church (multi-ethnic body of Christ) must condemn ALL forms of ethnic hatred & shouldn’t be ethnically selective in its outrage

— Tom Buck (Five Point Buck) (@TomBuck) May 18, 2022

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