It looks like there is going to be some division in evangelical MAGA-land over some of Trump’s cabinet appointments. More than 80% of evangelicals voted for Trump and the president is “rewarding” them with an attorney general nominee who was […]
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Election Day was 8 days ago. What are evangelicals saying?
Donald Trump has appointed Mike Huckabee, a former Southern Baptist preacher turned governor of Arkansas turned presidential candidate turned Christian television talk show host, the ambassador to Israel. Christian Zionist groups are very excited about the appointment. Here is Joel […]
Election Day was six days ago. What are evangelicals saying?
Shane Idleman, the pastor of Westside Christian Fellowship in Lancaster, California, has some advice for Donald Trump about the border: Everyone agrees that illegal immigration is one of the biggest challenges facing us today. In an attempt to secure more […]
Tuesday was Election Day: What are evangelicals saying?
Over at NBC News, Mike Hixenbaugh is covering the MAGA evangelicals who believe Trump’s victory yesterday was a fulfillment of prophecy. Here is a taste: Lance Wallnau, a celebrity evangelist who has spent decades calling on conservative Christians to occupy […]
Yesterday was Election Day. What were evangelicals saying?
I am working on this roundup on Tuesday evening before most of the major states have reported their election results. Evangelicals are supposed to model what Galatians 5:22-23 describes as the “Fruit of the Spirit”. That verse says: “But the […]
Today is Election Day. What are evangelicals saying?
There are a lot of MAGA evangelicals in Pennsylvania. Yesterday in church they made their final appeals to their congregations. Here is David Gilbert and Vittoria Elliott at WIRED: In Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,Ā this Sunday, at the Life Center megachurch, hundreds of […]
Do we really want another four years of Donald Trump?
I understand why people will vote for Donald Trump on Tuesday. Some think Trump will protect their religious liberty and fight for their views in a way that Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush did not. Some […]
3 days until Election Day. What are evangelicals saying?
At least one pastor is preaching with a red “Trump” yarmulke. The video below comes from a Wednesday night service held one month ago at Calvary Chapel Central Bucks, a mid-sized church in Chalfont, PA.Ā The video starts with senior […]
4 days until Election Day. What are evangelicals saying?
Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA is using evangelical churches for GOP “get out the vote” rallies. MSNBC reports: Turning Point Action, founded by conservative provocateur Charlie Kirk, has held GOP vote-chasing events with at least 22 churches in six swing […]
7 days until Election Day. What are evangelicals saying?
Yesterday Donald Trump spoke to the members of his National Faith Advisory Board’s National Faith Summit in Powder Springs, Georgia. Newsweek covers it here. Watch: At about the 29:55 mark, Paula White says “we believe that God has saved you […]
8 days until Election Day. What are evangelicals saying?
David French has been a never-Trump from the beginning and he hasn’t wavered. Yesterday at The New York Times he offered four lessons he has learned during his nine years of never-Trumpism. They are: See how French unpacks these points […]
40 days until Election Day. What are evangelicals saying?
Here is today’s evangelicals and politics roundup: Christianity Today asks whether there is a Christian candidate in this presidential election. A recent Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs survey found that about 2 in 10 white evangelicals “say the word […]
Election Day is 47 days away. What are evangelicals saying?
Sojourners is covering “Evangelicals for Harris.” In case you missed it, here is a highlight video: The founder of Evangelicals for Harris, Jim Ball, explains why he started the group and makes his case for Harris at The Hill. Notice […]
Evangelicals respond to last night’s Harris-Trump debate
What a crazy night. Kamala Harris was relentless. To use boxing metaphors, Trump was on the ropes the entire night. Harris connected with relentless jabs and right hooks. The former president was on his heels through the entire debate. On […]
The reaction to an N.T. Wright clip on X offers another glimpse into the current state of right-wing evangelical politics today.
On Thursday, an X account called “Woke Preacher Clips” post a video of clip of N.T. Wright talking about American politics: The entire video is here, but it was the clip I posted above that lit a fire under the […]
The pro-life movement continues to turn on Trump
We’ve covered this story here and here and here. Now a leader of the pro-life movement says, “It is not the job of the pro-life movement to vote for President Trump.” Her name is Lila Rose and she leads the […]
More evangelical responses to the Harris-Walz ticket
Building off of last night’s roundup, here are more evangelical reactions to the Harris-Walz ticket. David French can’t catch a break! š A New Jersey Baptist responds to a Southern Baptist. Don’t mess with a pastor from Morristown, New Jersey: […]
Evangelical roundup: Members of the Southern Baptist Convention turn on one of their own:
Evangelicals–left, right, and center–have now had a chance to sleep on America’s new political reality. We posted yesterday on their initial reaction to Biden’s withdrawal from the race. Let’s see what they are saying today: President of the Southern Baptist […]
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How are evangelicals responding to the assassination attempt on Donald Trump?
Many are offering thoughts and prayers today for former president Donald Trump and our nation. Trump’s supporters and his critics are condemning political violence. Here are how evangelical Christians are responding: Christianity Today has a piece here. Franklin Graham: Southern […]