Here is CNN: Former President Donald Trump doubled down on language condemned for its ties to White supremacist rhetoric, saying at a campaign event in New Hampshire on Saturday that immigrants are “poisoning the blood of our country.” The comments […]
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Song of the Day
I like this Amy Grant rendition of the Philips Brooks Christmas classic: ” No ear may his coming, But in this world of sin Where meek souls will receive him still, The dear Christ enters in”
Ben Sasse: “Harvard, Princeton, and Yale were originally founded as seminaries. They are seminaries once again.”Â
While I probably wouldn’t call early Harvard, Princeton, and Yale “seminaries,” I take Ben Sasse‘s point. As some of you recall, Sasse left the United States Senate earlier this year and became president of the University of Florida. Here is […]
Remembering the Virginia Squires
I am a sucker for all things American Basketball Association. (Listen to my interview with historian Theresa Runstedtler about her book Black Ball: Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Spencer Haywood, and the Generation That Saved the Soul of the NBA). I was […]
Sports historian Paul Putz takes his talents to Substack
He’s the best historian of Christianity and sports in the business and now he is taking his talents to Substack. Here is Baylor University historian Paul Putz‘s introduction to “The Spirit of the Game“: Ten years ago I enrolled in […]
Historians and other intellectuals remember J.G.A. Pocock
One of the greatest intellectual historians of the post-war area, J.G.A. Pocock, died this week at the age of 99. During graduate school I devoured Pocock’s work. His commitment to reading texts in their historical contexts continues to shape me […]
“A Very Special Christmas” turns 35
Did you know that The Pointer Sisters, Eurythmics, Whitney Houston, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Pretenders, John Mellencamp, Sting, Run-DMC, U2, Madonna, Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band, Bryan Adams, Bon Jovi, Alison Moyet, and Stevie Nicks […]
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:
Is bad history protected under the free speech clause of the First Amendment?
I mentioned this story in today’s Evangelical Roundup, but I thought it deserved its own post. In case you missed it, David Barton, the political activist who uses the American past to promote his Christian Right agenda, is suing the […]
The GOP impeachment inquiry may have just sealed the 2024 presidential election for Joe Biden
In case you missed, the House of Representatives just voted to advance a formal impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. Even Mike Huckabee thinks the attempt to impeach Joe Biden is a very bad idea. He called it a “political […]
Is there really a COVID-19 “lost generation”?
There is a narrative out there suggesting that COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020 hurt American school children, creating a “lost generation” of Americans who are perhaps ill-equipped to bear the burdens of American democracy that will one day be placed on […]
Could a Nikki Haley/Chris Christie tag-team derail Trump?
Whatever you think about former New Jersey governor Christie, he deserves heaps of credit for standing up to the Trump in the way he has done this year. I thought his performance at the last GOP debate (University of Alabama) […]
You only have a few more days to purchase your “7 Mountains Christmas Ornament.” Hurry while supplies last!
From the guy who brought you the $45.00 Trump prayer coin you can now get a “year-round” reminder to take over the culture for Christ: And while your shopping you mine as well buy a copy of The Melchizedek Anointing. […]
Evangelical roundup for December 14, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical Land: Writer Steven King rips Trump-supporting evangelicals. A news website is uniting Spanish evangelicals. Nicaragua is closing 256 evangelical NGOs. More on Michael Youssef’s evangelism rally in Egypt. Good to see Scot McKnight covering Current‘ […]
Kind words from Christopher “Pietist Schoolman” Gehrz on Confessing History
Before Jay Green, Eric Miller, and yours truly got together to start Current, we edited a book titled Confessing History: Explorations in Christian Faith and the Historian’s Vocation (2010). The book includes essays by Mark Schwehn, Una Cadegan, Beth Barton […]
Missouri Senator Josh Hawley jumps on the 2024 Trump train
Here is Burgess Everett at Politico: Josh Hawley said in an interview he’s endorsing former President Donald Trump in the 2024 GOP primary, becoming the 18th Senate GOP backer of the former president. The Missouri Repubican has already said he believed Trump’s […]
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Song of the Day
The United Daughters of the Confederacy “seem convinced that anyone who doesn’t like them just doesn’t know who they are.”
Over at The New Republic, Anna Vernarchik has some nice reporting on the current state of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Here is a taste: …the Daughters seem convinced that anyone who doesn’t like them just doesn’t know who […]
The Washington Post: “The Hunter Biden indictment is sound. The Joe Biden impeachment inquiry is not.”
Here is the editorial board of The Washington Post: The Justice Department has strong criminal cases against Hunter Biden for allegedly failing to pay federal taxes, claiming false deductions and lying about his drug use on paperwork to buy a gun. Congress, […]