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Evangelicals respond to night 2 of the GOP national convention

John Fea   |  July 17, 2024

Night 2 of the Republican National Convention is in the books. See our live blogging of night 2 here. What are evangelicals saying? Bottom line: I don’t think many of them were watching. Charlie Kirk will be at an evangelical […]

Cornerstone University president Gerson Moreno-Riaño wants to stop the blood lust. Why his call rings hollow.

John Fea   |  July 17, 2024

Cornerstone University president Gerson Moreno-Riaño has a piece at The Washington Times titled “America has an unending lust for bloodshed. We need divine intervention.” Read it here. Gerson Moreno-Riaño calls for an end to American “blood lust”: James Fenimore Cooper’s […]

God at the GOP Convention: Night 2

John Fea   |  July 17, 2024

There was more Christian language in the speeches from the convention floor in Milwaukee last night. This is definitely not a Christian Right convention. So far I have not heard a word about abortion or gay marriage. But speakers did […]

Eric Trump compares Christian Right concerns about the GOP platform to “worrying about spots on the wall in the basement” when there are “real holes in the roof.”

John Fea   |  July 16, 2024

The GOP landscape is changing. The Christian Right is in a tough spot right now. If they want to pledge blind loyalty to Trump they will have to deal with his views on abortion and marriage. Here is Christian Right […]

Family Research Council’s Tony Perkins is trying to make sense of the new GOP political landscape. It doesn’t seem to be going well.

John Fea   |  July 16, 2024

Life used to be easy for Tony Perkins, the president of the Family Research Council (FRC). Back in the good old days, the FRC railed against Roe v. Wade and the LGBTQ agenda, tried to help the GOP gain political […]

J.D. Vance and the end of “Reagan’s view of America’s role in the world”

John Fea   |  July 16, 2024

This picture is revealing. Two “America First” populists shaking hands while a classic Reagan Republican watches them and claps from a distance. Here is The Washington Post‘s editorial board: Former president Donald Trump’s selection of Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) as his running […]

Live blogging the first night of the Republican National Convention

John Fea   |  July 15, 2024

Stay tuned to this post for remarks on the night’s activities. All times are Central. I’m watching on CNN and PBS Earlier today, we live blogged The Heritage Foundation’s “Policy Fest” in Milwaukee. You can check out our post here. […]

GOP political activist David Barton responds to Trump’s Republican Party platform

John Fea   |  July 9, 2024

If you have not been following this GOP platform debate, get up to speed here and here. David Barton, the GOP political activist who uses the American past to promote his activism, was a member of the 2024 GOP platform […]

“What a mess”: Conservative intellectual Robert George responds to the GOP platform

John Fea   |  July 9, 2024

Last night we noted that not all conservatives are happy with Donald Trump’s GOP platform. Get up to speed here. Conservative intellectual Robert George has weighed-in: Here is George’s full statement, as posted in Denny Burk’s tweet: Every four years […]

The Dems’ Biggest Problem Isn’t Biden’s Age

Daniel K. Williams   |  July 9, 2024

Trump will likely win. But does anyone but Biden stand a chance of beating him?

Some on the Christian Right are unhappy with the 2024 GOP platform

John Fea   |  July 8, 2024

Today the GOP platform committee met in Milwaukee. As we noted over the weekend, there was some debate over whether the platform should have a statement calling for a national ban on abortion. Donald Trump, the presumptive nominee, does not […]

What is Project 2025?

John Fea   |  July 3, 2024

In Steve Bannon’s recent interview with David Brooks, Bannon referenced something called Project 2025. What is Project 2025? James Goodwin explains at Boston Review. Here is a taste: The week after taking office in 2017, Donald Trump announced his administration’s […]

REVIEW: Jesus and the Powers

David Anthony Basham and Joseph K. Griffith II   |  July 2, 2024

In our harum-scarum political moment, the Via Media beckons

Uncut version: Jesus and the Powers (Review)

David Anthony Basham and Joseph K. Griffith II   |  July 2, 2024

This is the full-length, uncut version of the review we are running today at Current.

Ethics and Public Policy Center’s encouraging report on two years after Dobbs (and some discouraging thoughts too)

Nadya Williams   |  June 24, 2024

Patrick Brown’s report on states and family-friendly policies two years after Dobbs is a must-read.

The End of Roe: Two Years Later

Susan McWilliams Barndt and Daniel K. Williams   |  June 24, 2024

In the absence of a unifying vision, turmoil takes its toll

The life you save may be your own

Jon D. Schaff   |  June 18, 2024

Our first duty isn’t the great affairs of nations, but to attend to our own soul and the good of our neighbors.

What is popular this week at CURRENT?

John Fea   |  June 14, 2024

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:

REVIEW: Manhood, Patriarchy, and Father Time

Felix James Miller   |  June 14, 2024

A new study reveals what evolutionary biology can—and can’t—illumine about fatherhood

Rudy Giuliani to MAGA evangelicals: Fani Willis is a “ho”

John Fea   |  June 13, 2024

Back in 2007, when Rudy Giuliani was a front-runner for the GOP nomination for President of the United States, evangelicals tried to stop him. Richard Land of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission said that he could […]

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