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Flunking the French Exam

John Murdock   |  August 19, 2024

David French’s support of Harris raises questions he’s never really answered

“Evangelicals for Harris” releases an ad. Is this a pro-Harris or anti-Trump movement?

John Fea   |  August 15, 2024

The group “Evangelicals for Harris” just released its first political ad. The ad makes me wonder: Is “Evangelicals for Harris” a pro-Harris political movement or an anti-Trump movement.? Watch the ad: Franklin Graham is not happy with the use of […]

David French is voting for Harris-Walz. What are his fellow evangelicals saying about the decision?

John Fea   |  August 12, 2024

In his most recent New York Times column, David French announced that he will be voting for Harris-Walz in November in order to “save conservatism from itself.” Here is a taste: It is fascinating to me that there are voices […]

Will I be voting for Donald Trump in November?

John Fea   |  August 12, 2024

I got a few messages this week informing me that some folks on social media are saying that my recent piece merging “Evangelicals for Harris” with Charles Camosy’s First Things essay on abortion means that I am going to vote […]

Sunday night odds and ends

John Fea   |  August 11, 2024

A few things online that caught my attention this week: Who was Prince Whipple and what did he have to do with Washington crossing the Delaware? Armand D.Angour reviews Simon Horobin’s C.S. Lewis’s Oxford. David French on why he is […]

Is Tim Walz an “unhinged moral degenerate?” Is he “demonic?”

John Fea   |  August 9, 2024

Recently, conservatives–especially conservative Christians–have said some pretty bad things about Tim Walz, Kamala Harris’s VP pick. As we noted in our recent roundups of evangelical responses to the Harris-Walz ticket, some evangelicals are calling Walz an “unhinged moral degenerate,” “demonic,” […]

More evangelical responses to the Harris-Walz ticket

John Fea   |  August 7, 2024

Building off of last night’s roundup, here are more evangelical reactions to the Harris-Walz ticket. David French can’t catch a break! 🙂 A New Jersey Baptist responds to a Southern Baptist. Don’t mess with a pastor from Morristown, New Jersey: […]

Yes, there is one pro-life party in this election

Nadya Williams   |  August 7, 2024

It’s just that you might never have heard of it–but you should.

Some thoughts on that Newsweek story on Christian colleges

John Fea   |  August 5, 2024

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 […]

REVIEW: The Moral Vision of American Leaders

Christopher Gehrz   |  July 30, 2024

Olasky gives us America’s story through the lens of character, experience, and faith

Three Strikes Against Harris: Geography, Identity, Skill

Jim Cullen   |  July 24, 2024

Why is majoritarian appeal so tough to come by for Democrats and Republicans alike?

Brent Leatherwood is OUT as head of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission

John Fea   |  July 22, 2024

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 […]

“J.D. Vance ain’t from here”

John Fea   |  July 22, 2024

Andy Beshear for vice president? Here is WHAS11 TV in Louisville, Kentucky: Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris Monday morning to take Joe Biden’s place atop the Democratic ticket, but he also had plenty to say about U.S. Sen. […]

Former Maryland governor Larry Hogan, now running for one of the state’s GOP U.S. Senate seat, rips Project 2025

John Fea   |  July 22, 2024

Last weekend, Donald Trump distanced himself from the Heritage Foundation‘s “presidential transition” plan called Project 2025. So did moderate Republican Larry Hogan. Here is a taste of Hogan’s recent piece at The Washington Post: I am a firm believer in […]

The Catholic conversion of J. D. Vance

Daniel K. Williams   |  July 22, 2024

Now that he is the Republican vice presidential nominee, J. D. Vance is one of the most famous Catholic converts in the United States.

Sunday night odds and ends

John Fea   |  July 21, 2024

A few things online that caught my attention this week: Would J.D. Vance join a UAW picket line outside a Tesla factory? Goodbye J.D. Salinger, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, Herman Melville, Nathaniel Hawthorne, James Joyce, David Foster Wallace, and […]

Trump on the policy proposals in Project 2025: “They are extreme, I mean they are seriously extreme”

John Fea   |  July 21, 2024

If you want to a get a sense of The Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025,” check out our coverage of last Monday’s “Policy Fest,” a Heritage event held in conjunction with the Republican National Convention. The following organizations serve on the […]

FIRST THINGS magazine asks: “Is the Republican Party becoming pro-choice?”

John Fea   |  July 18, 2024

We just got done watching J.D. Vance and GOP chair Michael Whatley tell members of Ralph Reed’s Faith & Freedom Coalition that the GOP is still the party of the Christian Right. As we have now noted several times here, […]

What are evangelicals saying about J.D. Vance’s speech last night?

John Fea   |  July 18, 2024

How are evangelicals responding to J.D. Vance’s speech and night 3 of the GOP convention more generally? It was a very interesting night. Check out our blow-by-blow account here. In the end, very few evangelicals leaders have said much about […]

Live blogging night 3 of the 2024 Republican National Convention

John Fea   |  July 17, 2024

Coming soon. In the meantime, check out our coverage of night 1 and night 2. ***** Who is that band? The group playing at the GOP convention is called Sixwire. Learn more about them here. ***** Are we watching a political […]

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