At Current, we love books. We love books so much that we devote an entire week of features to book reviews. Check out our Summer Book Week. Get started today with Ashley Fitzgerald’s review of Brad Wilcox’s Get Married: Why […]
The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities appoints David A. Hoag as president
Here is the press release: (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities, the leading voice of Christian higher education, today announced that Dr. David A. Hoag has been named the eighth president of the organization. Dr. Hoag […]
Jack Hibbs breaks out the black robe
Jack Hibbs of Calvary Chapel-Chino Hills began his sermon yesterday with a video of the Trump assassination. And that was only the beginning. Watch: Let’s break it down: 2:00ff: Hibbs is wearing a “colonial preacher’s robe.” It commemorates the so-called […]
Albert Mohler’s theology is not particularly helpful for explaining what happened in Butler, Pennsylvania over the weekend
In his take on the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, Albert Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, writes: For Donald Trump, his last breath could have come yesterday, broadcast to the entire world. Thankfully, that was not the […]
Why did Thomas Matthew Crooks shoot Trump? I don’t know. But it may be time again for the “Umbrella Man”
Causation often requires research and investigation: More here.
The “Ephesians 6:11” thesis of the assassination attempt on Donald Trump
I’ve been hearing a lot of calls for national unity today. Those calling for such unity believe that Thomas Matthew Crooks’s assassination attempt of Donald Trump will somehow bring the country together. Even Trump’s staunchest critics have rightly condemned the […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: “Resistance historians?“ The New York Times on the attack on Donald Trump Todd Shy reviews Marilynne Robinson’s Reading Genesis. Linden K. Smith reviews it here. Regionalism and the 1924 Immigration […]
What to expect at this week’s GOP convention:
So much going on this week at the Trump fest in Milwaukee! Tomorrow, from 9:00am to 4:30pm, convention-goers can attend The Heritage Foundation’s “Policy Fest.” Speakers include Kiron Skinner (Director of Policy Planning at the State Department during the Trump […]
David Brooks: “God is good, omniscient, and omnipotent and yet somehow he seems to want Donald Trump to be re-elected”
Current editor Eric Miller often sees things in American culture that others don’t see. That is why he is a great editor. After Thomas Matthew Crook’s assassination attempt on Donald Trump, Eric sent along this clip from the PBS News […]
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How are evangelicals responding to the assassination attempt on Donald Trump?
Many are offering thoughts and prayers today for former president Donald Trump and our nation. Trump’s supporters and his critics are condemning political violence. Here are how evangelical Christians are responding: Christianity Today has a piece here. Franklin Graham: Southern […]
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What is popular this week at CURRENT?
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:
Cornerstone University’s problems suddenly look a lot worse
We’ve learned from several credible sources that less than a month before firing seven tenured professors, the Cornerstone Board of Trustees authorized the removal of all tenure protections from all tenured faculty in every discipline across the university, turning them […]
Oklahoma announces a “complete overhaul” of its social studies curriculum. The state is relying on an “A-List Executive Review Committee” of conservative activists
Here is the Washington Examiner: Oklahoma’s top education official is overhauling the state’s social studies curriculum to emphasize American exceptionalism to combat what he says is left-wing messaging that teaches children to “hate America.” In a document obtained by the Washington Examiner, Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction […]
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The chair of Cornerstone University’s Board of Trustees responds to the school’s cuts in arts and humanities (UPDATED)
Are you new to this story? Get up to speed here. The alumni of Cornerstone University recently received this statement from Richard S. Koole, chair of the Cornerstone University Board. Current was able to obtain a copy: Fellow Alumni, Like […]
Religion News Service on the crisis at Cornerstone University
Here is Kathryn Post: Meredith Mead, a conservative Christian with a love of words, enrolled in Cornerstone University three years ago, choosing the 83-year-old nondenominational school in Grand Rapids, Michigan, over other top Christian schools because of its creative writing […]
