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Former Trump NSA Michael Flynn to pastors: “Put the Bible aside and read the Constitution during some of your sermons”

John Fea   |  August 12, 2023

The latest from the Michael Flynn: I cannot find the context for this talk. Perhaps someone can help me on that front and I will add it to the post. But this is Christian nationalism in its most extreme form. […]

Michael Flynn’s anti-vaxxer dating site

John Fea   |  May 15, 2023

Former Trump National Security Director Michael Flynn is one of the stars of the Christian nationalist “ReAwaken America” tour. He is also the a “founding member” and president of the advisory board for “4thPURE” a dating and community site for […]

The “amoral Trump clown show” that Michael Flynn, Roger Stone, and others are passing off as a religious revival

John Fea   |  November 1, 2022

Last week I devoted my weekly Current column to the meaning of Christian baptism and the way the pro-Trump ReAwaken America tour was desecrating that sacred Christian rite. Today at Religion News Service, writer Jacob Lupfer tells us more about […]

What happened to Michael Flynn?

John Fea   |  October 26, 2022

Here is Peter Wehner at The Atlantic: A prayer at a “ReAwaken America” event in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, a few days ago, at which Michael Flynn appeared, captured the sensibilities of this moment: “Father God, we come to you in the name of […]

Sorry Michael Flynn, the Constitution does not mention the word “Creator” four times. In fact, it never mentions the word.

John Fea   |  March 9, 2022

Here is Kyle Mantyla at Right Wing Watch: Michael Flynn, a right-wing conspiracy theorist who served as national security adviser to former President Donald Trump, spoke at a campaign rally Saturday for MAGA pastor Jackson Lahmeyer in Oklahoma, where he falsely claimed that “the word ‘Creator’ is in […]

Election Day was 5 days ago. What are evangelicals saying?

John Fea   |  November 10, 2024

It seems like there are two kinds of Trump evangelical voters. Those who voted for Trump as the “lesser evil” and those who saw Trump as the candidate that God favored. Blogger Samuel Sey seems to fall in the former […]

Evangelical roundup for November 27, 2023

John Fea   |  November 27, 2023

What is happening in Evangelical land? Do you have a story for the roundup? Watch: Tim Alberta on how Trumpism has divided evangelicals. Also here. Stay tuned, I will be interviewing Alberta on CSPAN in the coming days. Nikki Haley […]

Donald Trump: The Lord’s apostle

John Fea   |  October 16, 2023

Here is Roger Stone at this weekend’s “Pastors for Trump” conference in Miami: Apparently Trump prays with Stone: Meanwhile, Stone’s partner in Christian Trumpism, former National Security Director Michael Flynn, will do a cameo with you for $150:

What is popular this week at Current?

John Fea   |  August 18, 2023

Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Way of Improvement Leads Home blog: Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Arena blog:

James Carville: “The only thing that Dr. West’s candidacy can do is help elect Donald Trump”

John Fea   |  July 18, 2023

No one expects Cornel West to become the next president of the United States, but Anderson Cooper’s recent interview with West reveals why it is hard for a candidate of moral purity and prophetic sensibility to govern. Politics almost always […]

Evangelical roundup for June 22, 2023

John Fea   |  June 22, 2023

What is happening in Evangelical land? Peter Wehner continues to go after evangelicals for supporting Trump. European evangelicals meet to learn more about Roman Catholicism. The Church of God gathers for its annual convention. The Council for Christian Colleges & […]

What is popular this week at Current?

John Fea   |  May 19, 2023

Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Way of Improvement Leads Home blog: Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Arena blog:

Evangelical roundup for April 13, 2023

John Fea   |  April 13, 2023

What is happening in Evangelical land? Iowa evangelicals love Donald Trump. Nikki Haley is the commencement speaker at Pat Robertson’s Regent University in Virginia Beach. The diversity of evangelical support for Israel. Shane’s list of common sense gun laws: French […]

Trump calls into the “Pastors for Trump” prayer call

John Fea   |  March 22, 2023

Roger Stone, Michael Flynn, and Donald Trump participated in a “prayer call” Monday night with Jackson Lahmeyer and the Pastors for Trump movement. Some of you may remember Lahmeyer as the 2022 Senate candidate who tried to unseat Jim Lankford […]

The MAGA evangelical revivalists are no longer silent about the Asbury Revival

John Fea   |  February 17, 2023

Last week I wondered why the pro-Trump, Make America Great Again, Christian nationalist revivalists were not noticing the spiritual revival going on at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. These people believe that the United States was founded as a Christian […]

The Vatican defrocks Frank Pavone

John Fea   |  December 19, 2022

The pro-life election denier and MAGA priest is no longer a Roman Catholic priest. Here is the Los Angeles Times: The Vatican has defrocked an anti-abortion U.S. priest, Frank Pavone, for what it said were “blasphemous communications on social media” […]

Trump trading cards are here!

John Fea   |  December 15, 2022

Do your kids want baseball cards for Christmas? Why get them sports cards when you can get them Trump cards instead? And they are only $99.00.! (Granted, these cards cost twice as much as a 2022 complete factory set of […]

I Baptize You in the Name of Donald Trump

John Fea   |  October 27, 2022

“There are many rebellious people, full of meaningless talk and deception.”

Evangelical roundup for October 13, 2022

John Fea   |  October 13, 2022

What is happening in Evangelical land? Evangelicals and Herschel Walker. And this. Michael W. Smith and Calvinist theology. An evangelical church in Kalamazoo is now a “post-evangelical” church. How Donald Trump courted the court evangelicals. First Things responds to our […]

Evangelical roundup for October 10, 2022

John Fea   |  October 10, 2022

What is happing in Evangelical land? Anderson Cooper talks with Bret Barber, president of the Southern Baptist Convention. French evangelicals and abuse victims. When an American evangelical helped a family observe Sukkot. Russell Moore on Loretta Lynn. Justin Giboney drops […]

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