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Evangelical roundup for October 23, 2023

John Fea   |  October 23, 2023

S. Wright, A Treatise of Being Born Again, 17th Ed,. Boston, 1742. 

What is happening in Evangelical land?

If Christianity Today‘s reporting is correct, Argentinian evangelical voters are more concerned about political corruption and the economy than abortion.

I appreciate the fact that National Public Radio contacted historian Daniel Hummel for this piece, but writer Danielle Kurtzleben makes it sound as if evangelicals suddenly started caring about Israel when Trump was elected president. She should pick-up a copy of Arno C. Gaebelein’s early 20th century journal Our Hope.

The right-wing Epoch Times is run by a Chinese religious movement which seeks to save the world with its mix of Taoism and Buddhism.” Evangelicals love it!

The number of evangelical Christians in Spain has grown 40%, in the last thirteen years.

Wisdom from Michael Wear:

It’s hard to disciple people to believe it’s who they are becoming that most matters to God not what they produce, but then insist that in politics the kind of person you are is irrelevant and it’s all about certain outcomes and production.

— Michael Wear (@MichaelRWear) October 22, 2023

N.T. Wright on our misreading of Romans 8:28. More on Wright’s new book here.

Evangelical theologians discuss Israel and biblical prophecy. Be prepared for a wave of pop dispensationalism in the coming weeks and months.

80% of White evangelical Protestants believe that “living up to our God given role as stewards to take care of the earth is extremely/very important.” I don’t think this means that they all believe that climate change is man-made or global warming is real.

The Des Moines Register is on the ground with Iowa evangelical caucus-goers.

Evangelical theologian Roger Olson asks: “Should Christian colleges and university allow nude modeling in art classes? Albert Mohler also tackled this question last week.

Shane Claiborne on Trump evangelicalism:

Trump-evangelicalism is a religious cult. It's not that the MAGA folks believe Trump is Jesus. No, it's that they wish Jesus was a little more like Donald Trump than the Gospel version of Jesus. The "Love your enemy" and "turn the other cheek" Gospel is deemed unrealistic and… pic.twitter.com/1x0NEtWaPY

— Shane Claiborne (@ShaneClaiborne) October 21, 2023

Southern Baptists at home do not always share the same views on Palestine as Southern Baptist missionaries.

Jordan Vucetic is a Brazilian evangelical influencer with millions of social media followers.

Sojourners president Adam Russell Taylor reminds Christians to keep doing AIDS work.

Mike Johnson, an evangelical Christian lawyer from Benton, Louisiana, is running for Speaker of the House.

Blast from the past:

Four scholars talking about evangelicalism at the 2023 meeting of the American Academy of Religion in San Antonio. Can anyone predict what will be said at this session? I imagine there will be a lot of choir preaching.

The Red Letter Christians are “outraged” with Russell Moore. I understand Jer Swigert’s point in this article, but to suggest that Moore’s Christianity Today piece “reinforced dangerous stereotypes that further dehumanize and are lethal to Palestinians” is a bit over the top.

Congressman Ryan Zinke compares Jim Jordan to Jesus Christ:

"If we can't get Jim Jordan through the House of Representatives, quite frankly, you're not going to get Jesus through." @RepRyanZinke calls for Republicans to come together to elect a Speaker of the House. @ShaunKraisman @EmmaRechenberg @Logan_Ratick pic.twitter.com/FGf8NCacFW

— NEWSMAX (@NEWSMAX) October 17, 2023

Scott Perry, my Congressman here in central Pennsylvania, was praying for a Jim Jordan speakership. He knows that a lot of his constituency here in Cumberland County were doing the same:

Just so there’s no surprises: Jordan will likely have FEWER votes today than yesterday — as I expected. This is the fight – which Jim Jordan represents – to end the status quo, and it ain’t easy…Stay strong and keep praying.

— RepScottPerry (@RepScottPerry) October 18, 2023

Evangelicals, including Jack Hibbs’s Calvary Chapel-Chino Hill, CA, plan to engage in ballot harvesting during the 2024 presidential election. They want to reclaim the phrase “ballot harvesting” for the Christian nationalist cause.

Mark Driscoll and Greg Locke appear in a movie about “spiritual awakening.”

Jenna Ellis’s Twitter bio is “A servant of Jesus of Christ”:

He’s as “completely recovered and just fine” as Joe Biden🤡 https://t.co/tCcEYGFsBv

— Jenna Ellis (@JennaEllisEsq) October 23, 2023

Court evangelical journalist David Brody on why Israel cannot be a colonizer:

The Bible says God directly gave Abraham and his descendants (the Jewish people) the land (a territory including all of Canaan and stretching from Egypt to modern-day Iraq). So therefore, you can’t be a colonizer if you were given the land by God in the first place. Have a great…

— David Brody (@DBrodyReports) October 22, 2023

People dying on both sides of the Israel-Gaza border and Brody is doing “mic drops”:

Mic drop https://t.co/6mrovol4zj

— David Brody (@DBrodyReports) October 22, 2023

Wallbuilders and Tim and David Barton have merch. Everyone is created equal, but Christians are privileged when it comes to governing:

New product! https://t.co/269jA91OTQ pic.twitter.com/qQqECYjYRU

— Tim Barton (@TimDavidBarton) October 20, 2023

Franklin Graham loves Sarah Huckabee Sanders:

Arkansas Gov. @SarahHuckabee Sanders has a lot of guts and a whole lot of common sense! Yesterday she signed an executive order banning woke and anti-women words from their official state documents. Good for her! The governor said, “Enough trying to erase women and girls. Enough…

— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) October 21, 2023

Here’s a list of the woke terms Gov. @SarahHuckabee Sanders banned:
—Rather than “pregnant people” or “pregnant person,” Arkansas will use “pregnant women” or “pregnant mom.”
—Rather than “chestfeeding,” Arkansas will use “breastfeeding.”
—Rather than “human milk,” Arkansas will…

— Franklin Graham (@Franklin_Graham) October 21, 2023

Shane Claiborne responds to Franklin:

Please don’t use the word “woke”, unless it has to do with getting up in the morning. Please @Franklin_Graham – begging you… and @SarahHuckabee – same. Please. https://t.co/e5QmlKBGzB

— Shane Claiborne (@ShaneClaiborne) October 21, 2023

“Men like John the Baptist”:

https://twitter.com/William_E_Wolfe/status/1714015069611118619

Mr. T loves Jesus:

“Thou Anoints test my head with oil” Ps 23:5 “For man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.” 1 Sam. 16:7

— Mr. T (@MrT) October 21, 2023

And the second is like unto it, “Thou shalt love thy neighbor, as thyself. On this Two commandments, hang all the law and the prophets.” Matt. 22:37-40

— Mr. T (@MrT) October 21, 2023

Sean Feucht on “demonic hatred” towards Jews and Israel. He’s not “backing down”:

The level of demonic hatred towards the Jews and Israel is unlike anything I would have imagined in my lifetime.

Death threats & intimidation tactics coming against our “Night of Hope for Israel” only embolden us.

We aren’t backing down. See you Wednesday night in LA. 🙏🏽🇮🇱 pic.twitter.com/TsPnVAgV1D

— Sean Feucht (@seanfeucht) October 20, 2023

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