Readers of this blog know what a court evangelical is. But for the uninitiated, I encourage you to read this piece or this book. After last night’s CNN town hall, it appears that Donald Trump just might be the GOP […]
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Evangelical roundup for May 8, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Russell Moore on Tucker Carlson. More on Iowa evangelicals and the 2024 GOP primary season. Evangelical parachurch organizations at Harvard. Rick Warren wants to follow Southern Baptist pastors on Twitter: Hispanic evangelicals continue to […]
Evangelical roundup for May 4, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? If you read social media, sociologists, religious studies scholars, and historians today you might think that evangelicals are racists, patriarchs, and Christian nationalists. You might hear about how young people are leaving the church […]
Evangelical roundup for May 1, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Do college educated evangelicals prefer DeSantis over Trump? Point Loma Nazarene University is the latest Christian college to deal with a controversy over LGBTQ issues. Evangelicals working with the climate lobby. Sometimes atheists and […]
A socialist magazine on “wokeness” and “cultural Marxism”
Conservatives, including Turning Point USA pundit Charlie Kirk, like to scare people with threats of “cultural Marxism.” Here is Nick French at Jacobin: The American right’s long and venerable tradition of red-baiting has always involved branding any kind of efforts at progressive […]
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: […]
Evangelical roundup for April 13, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Iowa evangelicals love Donald Trump. Nikki Haley is the commencement speaker at Pat Robertson’s Regent University in Virginia Beach. The diversity of evangelical support for Israel. Shane’s list of common sense gun laws: French […]
Trump is indicted. How are evangelicals responding?
Trump is the first United States president to face criminal charges–more than thirty of them. The formal indictment will take place on Tuesday at 2:15pm. Evangelical responses are below. Let’s remember that none of these evangelicals have seen the thirty […]
Evangelical roundup for March 30, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? A 9-year-old hero at Covenant School in Nashville. European evangelicals against abuse. Rick Warren on sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist Convention: Spanish evangelicals recommend Christian leaders “avoid using their pastoral influence to condition […]
Can liberal professors save the GOP by teaching the best of the conservative tradition?
Check out Claremont-McKenna College political scientist Jon Shields New York Times piece on conservative thought in American colleges and universities. A taste: Every year I ask my students, most of whom are quite liberal, to read books in this conservative […]
Evangelical roundup for March 23, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? D.G. Hart on the Asbury revival. Evangelicals and Lent Coming soon: George W. Bush sends Bible verses to his kids. What is happening at Northern Seminary? More here. Who will win the CCM March […]
We now live in a world where the Christian Right defends a president who gave hush-money to a porn star
This morning I read Ross Douthat’s thoughts on the political ramifications of a Trump indictment in the Stormy Daniels case. Here is a taste: …the political question is inescapable: Will an indictment help Trump or hurt him in his quest […]
Evangelical roundup for March 16, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical Land? Evangelicals love evangelicals. Black evangelicals are “caught between their faith and the long shadow of history.” The president of Northern Seminary resigns. Southern Baptists have been arguing about women in the church for a […]
Evangelical roundup for March 13, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical Land?: A veteran religion writer tackles women in the ministry. Baptists and Pentecostals lead the way in the promotion of God-fueled American exceptionalism. Ten books about Billy Graham. Ed Stetzer’s nameplate: How Rick Warren changed […]
Evangelical roundup for March 9, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical Land? Rod Dreher defends Josh Butler’s view of evangelical sex and claims that his critics do not understand Catholic and Orthodox views of sex. I don’t think Butler gets it right, and the criticism is […]
Why some conservatives hate college
A Current Affairs piece by Matt McManus and Nathan J. Robinson begins with a quote from right-wing MAGA pundit Charlie Kirk’s book The College Scam: “Where did Anthony Fauci acquire the medical authority and credibility to impose a lockdown on […]
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 University revival roundup: February 23, 2023 (10:50PM)
Read all of these posts , including the original post (covering Day 1 to Day 3 of the revival), here. This is the last night of services at Asbury University. Tonight was the Collegiate Day of Prayer. Asbury was scheduled to host this […]
Evangelical roundup for February 23, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical Land? For those interested in the Asbury Revival, we are covering it extensively here. Russell Moore talks to Yahoo News reporter Jon Ward about the latter’s new book. The New York Times on the Southern Baptist […]