This morning Kamala Harris announced her running mate. It is Minnesota governor Tim Walz. What are evangelicals saying? Michael Wear offers “guidance”: Sean Feucht has his “cringe meter” on: Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom Center: Demonic: David French will take […]
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Kamala Harris picks Minnesota governor Tim Walz as her running mate
Here is CNN: Vice President Kamala Harris has made a decision on her running mate, with four people close to the process saying Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota is her choice. The selection caps the Midwestern Democrat’s short but swift ascent from […]
“The Role of the Bible in the Founding of the United States and Religious Mandates in Public Schools”
Last month I participated in an American Historical Association “History Behind the Headlines” webinar on recent attempts in Louisiana and Oklahoma to bring the Bible into public schools. I have not seen a video of the event yet, but over […]
Some thoughts on that Newsweek story on Christian colleges
Have you seen Rachel Dobkin’s story on “cancel culture” at evangelical colleges? If not, read it here. Dobkin’s writes: “An increasing number of academics are speaking out about Christian colleges, claiming they were forced out of their jobs because of the rising […]
The RFK Jr. bear story is bizarre
In case you missed it, here is Emma Fitzsimmons of The New York Times: Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent presidential candidate, confessed on Sunday that he had left a dead bear cub in Central Park in Manhattan in 2014 […]
Pope Francis defends the humanities
Here is a taste Pope Francis’s letter to candidates for the Catholic priesthood: “On the Role of Literature in Formation” 1. I had originally chosen to give this Letter a title referring to priestly formation.On further reflection, however, this subject […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: A history of thinking on paper Bad arguments Trump needs to remember that it’s not 2016 anymore. Did the founders see this political moment coming? 1960 Olympians who tried to […]
Cornerstone University president Gerson Moreno-Riaño says the quiet parts out loud
I was going to take some time off from the blog this weekend to get some work done on a book manuscript, but this story pulled me back, Michael Corleone-style. (Not familiar with what is going on these days at […]
This blog is on summer break. See you next week.
Changes to the CURRENT masthead
As we continue to build and refine our work at Current, we are happy to announce the following changes: Jay Green, one of Current‘s founders, has moved from Managing Editor to Senior Editor. He will continue to write for Current […]
AHA’s History Behind the Headlines: “The Role of the Bible in the Founding of the United States and Religious Mandates in Public Schools”
I am looking forward to this event tomorrow at noon. It is hosted by the American Historical Association and is free and open to the public. Check it out. Join us on Friday, July 26, at 12 p.m. ET, for an […]
Civil War historian Peter Carmichael, RIP
So sad to his hear this. Peter Carmichael was the Robert C. Fluhrer Professor of Civil War Studies and Director of the Civil War Institute at Gettysburg College. He was 58. Here is his obituary from The Gettysburg Times: Peter […]
“San Francisco liberal.” “San Francisco liberal.” “San Francisco liberal.” “San Francisco liberal.” “San Francisco liberal.”
In an interview with CNN’s John Berman, Arkansas senator Tom Cotton reveals how the GOP will go after Kamala Harris over the course of the next several months. Watch Cotton avoid nearly every one of Berman’s questions.:
J.D. Vance “turns the shame of drinking Mountain Dew into a source of class and race resentment”
Mountain Dew is in the news these days, thanks to vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance. Watch: Over at The Atlantic, Ian Bogost gives us a fascinating history lesson on the drink that got me through a lot of late night […]
Are we past “peak woke?” Nope. Just look at some conservatives.
Tyler Austin Harper argues that “wokeness” is as much about form as it is content. When it comes to form, many conservatives appear to be just as “woke” as the progressive reactionaries they despise. Here is a taste of Harper’s […]
The Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission explains the mess
Today my sympathy goes out to Elizabeth Bristow, the press secretary of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission. On Monday she had to send out a press release announcing that ERLC president Brent Leatherwood was fired. On […]
Joe Scarborough performs at the 2000 GOP convention
Came across this today. Before he was “Morning Joe” he was “Regular Joe”
Brent Leatherwood is back as president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.
Last night, Brent Leatherwood was fired as the president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC). Or was he? Today, Leatherwood is back. The latest: So what happened in the last 36 hours or so? On […]
Brent Leatherwood is OUT as head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission
Earlier today, we called your attention to the way the Southern Baptists who were turning on one of there own–ERLC president Brent Leatherwood. Check out that post here. We chronicle this “turning” in excruciating detail. After Joe Biden announced that […]
Trouble in paradise?
Here is Atlantic writer Tim Alberta on X: More context at The New Republic and here.