Ron DeSantis and Donald Trump were running neck and neck in the polls. In a few polls, DeSantis was leading. Then DeSantis started his campaign for president and it’s been downhill ever since. Today, the Florida governor dropped out of […]
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It is pretty common now for evangelical politicians to endorse Trump, but Tim Scott’s interview on CNN this morning was still hard to watch
I just watched CNN’s Dana Bash interview South Carolina U.S. senator and former presidential candidate Tim Scott about his recent endorsement of Donald Trump for president. It was really hard to watch. Here are some clips: Scott, an evangelical Christian, […]
What Nikki Haley gets right and what she gets wrong about slavery and race in America
My message to Nikki Haley’s staff: Please hire a historian. First there was this: Just to be clear, the Civil War was about slavery. We addressed this here. Then there was this: And then there was last night’s CNN town […]
South Carolina senator Tim Scott will endorse Trump
In 2012, South Carolina governor Nikki Haley needed to appoint a U.S. senator after Jim DeMint retired from the senate to become president of the Heritage Foundation. Haley chose a second term U.S. congressman named Tim Scott to finish the […]
What Christian universities prioritize
One might a expect a Christian university to prioritize (not merely have, but prioritize) things like: I am sure you could add more to this list. I should also add that a lot of Christian colleges are doing this well […]
What is popular 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:
Tony Evans, Franklin Graham, and other evangelical ministry leaders make A LOT of money.
There is a LOT of money to be made in preaching the prosperity gospel, advancing Christian Right agendas, and prophesying the election of Donald Trump. In case you missed it, Ministry Watch released its list of “highly paid ministry executives” […]
Mitt Romney: Some Trump voters are “are out of touch with reality”
Earlier this week I received a query from a journalist who covers the United States for a conservative Protestant daily newspaper in the Netherlands affiliated with the Calvinist Reformed Political Party. (Follow the links to the paper and its party. […]
Evangelical roundup for January 18, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? Micah Watson reviews Russell Moore’s Losing Our Religion. The soundtrack of white evangelicalism. The war in Gaza is making some Latino evangelicals question their support for Israel. Trump is not our savior: Evangelicals in […]
On the “deification of Donald Trump”
Check out Thomas Edsall’s column today at The New York Times. I was happy to contribute to it. A taste: In recent weeks, for example, the former president posted a video called āGod Made Trumpā on Truth Social that was […]
The Author’s Corner with Scott Kamen
Scott Kamen is Assistant Professor of History at the University of New Mexico, Valencia. This interview is based on his new book, From Union Halls to the Suburbs: Americans for Democratic Action and the Transformation of Postwar Liberalism (University of […]
Does Ron DeSantis really have a chance?
No. As I type I am watching DeSantis on a CNN Town Hall in New Hampshire. On Monday he said that he had a “ticket our of Iowa.” Maybe he meant a plane ticket back to Tallahassee, because there is […]
“God Made a Dictator”
Some of you are familiar with the “God Made Donald Trump” video circulating in the MAGA world. If you haven’t seen it, watch it here. The Lincoln Project, a group of anti-Trump Republicans, has responded with “God Made a Dictator”: […]
91 felony indictments later and Trump’s evangelical support is growing
As I noted this morning, evangelicals carried Trump to his Iowa win last night. We now know that Trump did much better with Iowa evangelicals this time around. Here is The New York Times: Evangelical Christian voters moved to Trump […]
Douthat: “It’s absurd that there was no unified opposition” to Trump in Iowa
Earlier today I watched Dana Bash of CNN interview GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley at a New Hampshire diner. I’ll let David Goldiner of the New York Daily News describe what I saw: Nikki Haley feigned ignorance about former President […]
Trump wins Iowa with support of evangelicals
As expected, it was a big night for Donald Trump. He won just over half of the 110,000 votes cast in Iowa. Due to the weather, the turnout was very low. Ron DeSantis finished second (21.2%) and Nikki Haley was […]
Doug Wilson: The Civil War was fought over “federalism” and “decentralized power”
Over the Christmas holiday, GOP presidential candidate and former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley got in hot water for this: Over at The Guardian, Steve Phillips asks why we are still debating the cause of the Civil War. A taste: […]
A very busy Martin Luther King Jr. Day
I can’t remember such a busy–at least in terms of news–January 15th. I’m on a research trip in a southern city that is treating a few inches of snow as if it was some kind of natural disaster, so it […]
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Evangelical roundup for January 15, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? Trump’s legal problems are galvanizing evangelicals in Iowa. Thomas Kidd asks, “How ‘Evangelical’ are Iowa’s evangelicals? Jim Harbaugh: “Purpose-driven coach”: Iowa evangelical pastors back candidates. Shane Claiborne on Texas Governor Gregg Abbott and immigration: […]