Republican Senators could have “ended Donald Trump’s political career,” but ‘they chose not to.” Today at The Atlantic, editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg offers a list of the “cowards.” They are Rob Portman (OH), Shelley Moore Capito (WV), Chuck Grassley (IA), Mitch […]
Christian Zionism is “one of the most successful…interfaith movements in the modern world”
If you want to understand Christian Zionism, evangelicals’ understanding of Israel, or dispensationalism, you need to be familiar with the work of historian Daniel Hummel. (Check out his work at Current here and our podcast interview with him here). In […]
What’s wrong with reading during the day?
Stephanie Shapiro, a retired writer and former journalist from Baltimore, feels guilty reading during the day. I’ve often felt the same way (and I am paid to read). I chalk it up to my working class background. As a kid […]
John Eastman, the architect of Trump’s “fake electors” scheme, is disbarred by the state of California
Slowly but surely, the people involved in overturning the results of the 2020 election are facing consequences for the roles they played in undermining democracy. Eastman is the latest. Who is Eastman? Watch: Here is Alex Griffing at Mediaite: John […]
More details on the ousting of Calvin University president Wiebe Boer
In February, Calvin University president Wiebe Boer resigned. Get up to speed here. Bob Smietana of Religion News Service has more details. Here is a taste of his piece: The trustees of Calvin University released a statement Thursday (March 28), […]
Jesus and the powers
I am looking forward to reading N.T. Wright’s and Michael Bird’s new book Jesus and the Powers: Christian Political Witness in an Age of Totalitarian Terror and Dysfunctional Democracies. This morning I got a small taste of the argument as […]
Socialism needs Christian ethics
Dustin Guastella is director of operations for Teamsters Local 623. Check out his piece “Christianity, Morality, and Socialism” at Jacobin. We linked to this piece in Sunday night’s odds and ends. But after reading it more closely, I thought I […]
“The Church of Trump”
Check out Michael Bender’s New York Times piece on how Trump is infusing Christianity into his MAGA movement. Here is a taste: Mr. Trump’s braiding of politics and religion is hardly a new phenomenon. Christianity has long exerted a strong […]
Jeremy Allen White will play Springsteen in a film about Nebraska
Here is The Guardian: Jeremy Allen White looks set to swap his white t-shirt for a vest later this year, when he takes on the role of Bruce Springsteen for a new biopic, once shooting is completed on the fourth […]
“The New Testament…condemns personal wealth not merely as a moral danger, but as an intrinsic evil”
Here is a taste of David Bentley Hart’s recent piece at Jacobin: Most modern (and especially most American) Christians are quite accustomed, for instance, to thinking of Christianity as a fairly commonsensical creed as regards the practicalities of life. On […]
Evangelical roundup for April 1, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? Evangelicals are good at retaining members Evangelicals respond to Trump’s endorsement of the “God Bless the USA” Bible John Inazu on Tim Keller Christianity Today reporter Kate Shellnut on the SNL skit: Swiss evangelicals […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: Why was Joseph Epstein fired from the editorship of the American Scholar. George Will’s baseball quiz David Brooks on liberalism Andrew Sullivan on Trump and the God Bless the USA […]
President Joe Biden’s Easter proclamation
Happy Easter. Here is today’s Easter message from Joe and Jill Biden: Jill and I send our warmest wishes to Christians around the world celebrating Easter Sunday. Easter reminds us of the power of hope and the promise of Christ’s […]
Happy Easter!
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Evangelical roundup for March 28, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? Evangelicals want more sermons on immigration. Russian evangelicals condemn a terrorist attack at a Moscow concert hall and rejects calls for revenge. Karen Swallow Prior on Al Mohler and abortion abolitionists NOT cross buns […]
Trump proves he is “pro-God” by hawking the Lee Greenwood (“a very special guy”) “God Bless the USA” Bible
Watch: A few quick thoughts: On the Lee Greenwood Bible, check out Jay Green’s piece, “Lee Greenwood Christianity.” Is Trump doing this to raise money to help pay his bond in the Stormy Daniels hush-money case? If so, he is […]
Infrastructure funding and the pro-life agenda
I wrote this piece for Religion News Service back in 2021. I am re-upping it today: In the early 19th century, during America’s first era of infrastructure development, Christians were some of the country’s strongest supporters of what were then […]
Liberty University students come to Washington D.C. to engage with Trump’s congressional surrogates
The students–hundreds of them–heard speeches by Marsha Blackburn, Bob Goode, Tom Emmer, Lauren Boebert, Tom Cotton, Jim Jordan, Andy Biggs, Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Speaker Mike Johnson, and others. New president, same old stuff. Here is the Liberty website: Hundreds […]