What is happening in Evangelical land? My interview with Tim Alberta, author of The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory, will appear on CSPAN on these dates: Evangelicalism and secularism are on the rise in Latin America. Is the Evangelical […]
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LONG FORM: You’ve Written Two Long Books—So What?
Two long books about one sacred book take us to the heart of the nation’s past—and present
Evangelical roundup for September 28, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? The National Association of Evangelicals has launched a “racial justice Assessment tool.” Syrian evangelicals on the ground in Turkey. The 50th anniversary of the Lausanne Covenant. New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary hosts a conference […]
Evangelical roundup for July 27, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Russell Moore on revivalism and evangelical nostalgia Evangelicals: From Jimmy Carter to Donald Trump Are Trump evangelicals really evangelical? What kind of fundraising ads do evangelicals prefer? The latest on the demise of the […]
REVIEW: The Education of Beth Moore
Moore’s memoir sheds light on a moment. It also, quite simply, sheds light.
Evangelical roundup for April 27, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Eighteen Christian colleges have closed since COVID-19. Charles Stanley’s last words to his son Andy. Evangelicals and guns. 1968: Young Life defends human dignity. Methodist congregations are leaving the United Methodist Church in droves: […]
The fragmentation of evangelical politics
This week I traveled to Wheaton College to deliver a lecture titled “The Fragmentation of Evangelical Politics: What Happened – and How Can We Pick up the Pieces?” Here’s a brief excerpt from my presentation. Evangelicals are divided in their […]
Evangelical roundup for March 6, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical Land? When evangelicals turned against Jimmy Carter. And here. Florida’s Latino evangelicals are mobilizing against Ron DeSantis. Evangelical movies about Queen Esther. Prayers for the Belz family. The board of the National Association of Evangelicals: […]
The Legacy of The Jesus Revolution
What has Chuck Smith’s and Lonnie Frisbee’s hippie revival wrought?
Asbury revival roundup: February 17 at 9:10PM. The meetings will move off the Asbury University campus.
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. There is now a Wikipedia page. The latest message from the Asbury University president. The revival meetings will no longer take place at […]
The MAGA evangelical revivalists are no longer silent about the Asbury Revival
Last week I wondered why the pro-Trump, Make America Great Again, Christian nationalist revivalists were not noticing the spiritual revival going on at Asbury University in Wilmore, Kentucky. These people believe that the United States was founded as a Christian […]
Asbury revival roundup: February 16 at 9:25PM
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. Insiders tell me that there are discussions about moving the revival off the Asbury College site. Stay tuned. The president of Samford University: […]
Asbury revival roundup: February 16 at 1:20pm
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. Today’s schedule: How revivals spread–my feature today at CURRENT. An evangelist named Martin Luther says it’s worth the drive to Wilmore: From yesterday […]
Asbury University revival roundup: February 14, 2023 (7:45pm)
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. Some students are concerned about their safety. Today an alum with strong connections to Asbury wrote to me: “Our students are not coming […]
Special evangelical roundup: Asbury University revival edition
NOTE: I’ve decided to move the updates to this original post to separate posts. You can read them all here. What is happening in Evangelical land? Revival has hit Asbury University again. Get up to speed here. What are people […]
Evangelical roundup for January 26, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Evangelicals in Cambodia celebrate 100 years. More on an evangelical church in Boston engaging Black theology. Evangelical and other Protestant views on abortion. LeCrae on YouTube comments: And he is doing free shows in […]
Evangelical roundup for September 1, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? An Assembly of God pastor and Christian Zionist is addressing evangelicalism in the age of Trump. The National Association of Evangelicals issues a “sweeping report on global climate change.” World Relief is on board. […]
On Doug Mastriano’s 2001 paper “The Civilian Putsch of 2018”
Here is Greg Jaffee of The Washington Post with some context: Two decades before he was Republican nominee for Pennsylvania governor, Doug Mastriano warned in a master’s thesis that the United States was vulnerable to a left-wing “Hitlerian Putsch” that would begin […]
Charlie Kirk: “Huckster. Snake oil salesman. Charlatan”
Charlie Kirk, the pro-Trump pundit who spends most of his time rallying college students to a combative form of conservative populism, regularly appears on the weekends at evangelical megachurches. He is currently visiting churches as part of his “Saving America […]
American Evangelicals and Ukraine
The sloppy reductionism of the chattering classes does little to help us understand a diverse movement