Last week I chatted with Josh Crain, pastor of Verve City Church in Chino, California. We covered a lot of ground. As election season approaches, Josh is trying to get his congregation to think more deeply about politics through a […]
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Southern Baptists debate an amendment that “affirms, appoints, or employs only men as any kind of pastor or elder…”
There is always drama in the weeks before the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting. This time it is over the so-called “Law Amendment.” Here is Heath Lambert, pastor of First Baptist Church–Jacksonville, with some background: The Law Amendment is one […]
A Benedictine College philosophy professor on Harrison Butker’s controversial commencement speech
Benedictine philosophy professor Jim Madden has taught at Benedictine College for more than two decades. Here is a taste of his “On the Pleasures of Outrage“: I donāt want to make this conversation about my family, but a bit of […]
Why did Nikki Haley cave?
As we covered earlier this week, Nikki Haley is voting for Donald Trump. Get up to speed here. Over at The Washington Post, Ramesh Ponnuru explains why Haley fell in line: Here is a taste” …If Trump were headed for […]
Liberalism as religion?
Over at his Substack, Damon Linker interviews political theorist Alexandre Lefebvre, author of Liberalism as a Way of Life. Here is a taste: DL:Ā But what do you say to those who persist in religious belief when they respond that the […]
What is trending this week at CURRENT?
Here are the most popular features of the week atĀ Current: Here are the most popular posts of the last week atĀ The Way of Improvement Leads HomeĀ blog: Here are the most popular posts of the last week atĀ The ArenaĀ blog:
Albert Mohler, Doug Wilson, and Steve Bannon will speak at the National Conservatism conference in July
The National Conservative movement is hosting its fourth annual conference in July. Watch: Speakers include: Albert Mohler (President Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) Steve Bannon (Trump adviser and alt-right leader) Josh Hawley (U.S. Senator from Missouri) Stephen Miller (Trump adviser and […]
Trump’s former lawyer Jenna Ellis is awaiting settlement in her second Colorado law license case
Here is Quentin Young at Colorado Newsline: Jenna Ellis, previously an attorney for former President Donald Trump, is negotiating a settlement agreement in a case over whether she engaged in professional misconduct, according to the parties in the case. The […]
More sloppy history from Tim Barton of Wallbuilders
In the video posted below, which appears to be a lecture at an Arkansas evangelical church called “The House,” Tim Barton of Wallbuilders claims that every founding father with an extant library had a copy of John Wise‘s sermons. And […]
What is going on with the Alitos?
First, the Alito family flew an upside-down American flag at their Alexandria, Virginia home. Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito said his wife Martha-Ann hung the flag in the context of an argument with a neighbor who had a vulgar anti-Trump […]
Evangelical roundup for May 23, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? Are evangelical churches growing? Evangelical leaders gather in Poland. Jim Wallis on Christian nationalism: The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) adds “character” to its standards for non-profits. World Vision is working to end […]
This is what Christian nationalism looks like:
I have been critical of those who use the phrase “Christian nationalist” to describe anyone who wants to bring their Christian faith to bear on public life. But Christian nationalists do exist. Here is Joel Webbon: Learn more about him […]
Nikki Haley falls in line
Trump trashed her and her family, but today Nikki Haley announced that she will be voting for the former president in 2024. She did not say if she would campaign for Trump or do anything beyond casting a vote for […]
Come to a Trump rally and get a blessing
Texas congressman and Liberty University graduate Troy E. Nehls was at Donald Trump’s trial yesterday. He compared Trump to the Pope. Watch:
American Historical Association: “Media accounts of a politically charged war for the soul of social studies are overblown”
I missed this piece when it was first published in Time back in March. It is written by Jim Grossman of the American Historical Association and three AHA researchers. A taste: For the past half-decade, amid overheated rhetoric contesting the […]
Headline of the day: “History Major Discerned Call to Priesthood While Working at Wawa”
How could I resist calling your attention to a headline containing the words “History Major,” “Priesthood,” and “Wawa”? From Catholic Philly: Born and raised in Glenside, and a parishioner atĀ Saint Luke the Evangelist Church, Transitional Deacon Brendan Zehner says he […]
Pope Francis on Texas immigration policy: “That is madness. Sheer madness”
Over at Religion News Service, Claire GiangravĆ© reports on Nora O’Donnell’s 60 Minutes interview with Pope Francis. Here is a taste: Conservative opposition to this pontificate by bishops in the United States is āa suicidal attitudeā that clings to the […]
Evangelical roundup for May 20, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? Is evangelicalism “loosening?” Does Donald Trump share the values of American evangelicalism? The National Association of Evangelicals explores racial justice and racial reconciliation: Shane on Gaza: French evangelicals supports a new law to combat […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: Daniel Schillinger reviews occasional Current writer Anton Barba-Kay’s A Web of Our Own Making: The Nature of Digital Formation. Maureen Dowd on Bill Maher Has “heterodoxy” become its own orthodoxy? […]
Do some progressives owe apologies?
Here is Bill Maher, Pamela Paul (New York Times) and Nellie Bowles (The Free Press):