What is happening in Evangelical land? Jack Hayford, RIP. Do young evangelicals listen to their pastors? Catholics and evangelicals together? Evangelicals in France oppose euthanasia. Eric Metaxas makes Roger Stone’s “best-dressed” list: Who will evangelicals vote for in the 2024 […]
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Donald Trump Jr. is hawking a Bible
Act quickly. I imagine these “We the People” Bibles will sell out faster than the Trump digital trading cards and the Trump-King Cyrus prayer coins. 😉 Here is Donald Jr.: For $69.99 you can buy a King James Version of […]
Another link between 7 Mountain Dominionism and the January 6th insurrection on the U.S. Capitol
Last year I called your attention to Tyler Ethridge, a disciple of 7 Mountain Dominionists Andrew Wommack, Lance Wallnau, William G. Boykin, and David Barton, who lost his job as a pastor after he tweeted a video of himself inside […]
Court evangelical James Robison: Trump acted “like a little elementary schoolchild”
The Washington Post is covering a speech by the seventy-nine-year-old James Robison at the November 16 meeting of the National Association of Christian Lawmakers. Read the Post piece here. According to its website, the National Association of Christian Lawmakers (NACL) […]
Evangelical roundup for November 7, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land: Is immigration an opportunity or a threat for evangelicals? Oxford evangelicals are not happy with their diocesan bishop’s stand on same-sex marriage. More here. Herschel Walker wants redemption without atonement. Shane receives a Beloved […]
Evangelical roundup for November 3, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Some evangelicals support political violence. How a Moody Bible Institute graduate changed his mind about Black Lives Matter. Tim Keller’s new book: Peter Wehner talks about his opposition to Trump. Truth: RIP: Blast from […]
Evangelical Roundup for October 27, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Gordon Fee, RIP. Vote Common Good goes to Ohio. Non-denominational Christians. Evangelicals host an LGBTQ inclusion conference. One evangelical calls out another evangelical: Slacktivist on our blast from the past on Dallas Theological Seminary. […]
Evangelical roundup for October 17, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Cal Thomas: Christian nationalists are misguided. Kristin Kobes Du Mez on PBS Russell Moore on Kanye West Roger Olson on the “religious Left“ A former anti-abortionist is now pro-choice. Tim Keller: Can you be […]
Was America Founded as a Christian Nation?
On the common agenda of Seven Mountain Dominionists and National Conservatives
Metaxas: “God has called me to fight to the death for what is true and right”
Back in April 2021, I wrote a piece at Current titled, “The Education of an Evangelical Insurrectionist.” It told the story of Tyler Ethridge, a graduate of Charis Bible College who entered the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021 […]
How to Be an Activist Historian
Putting the “history” back into “activist history”
Evangelical roundup for August 29, 2022
What is happening this week in Evangelical land: Megachurch pastor Matt Chandler takes a leave of absence after inappropriate texting with a woman who is not his wife. Evangelicals and beards. And some thoughts from Beth Moore: An Iowa evangelical […]
Evangelical roundup for August 25, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Russell Moore talks to Ezra Klein about the state of evangelicalism. Why do so many evangelicals vote Republican? Evangelicals in Brazil. Kenyan evangelicals call for diversity. Recent survey of evangelicals and women leaders. The […]
What I love about James Sweet’s piece on presentism
I wanted to get these tweets on record here at the blog. Also, some readers of the blog are not Twitter. I’m not going to go into background, but I encourage you to get up to speed here. Again, I […]
Evangelical roundup for August 4, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? White Southern evangelicals are leaving churches. Most complaints about “evangelical elites“ How “weak” is evangelical theology? Southern Baptists appoint a pastor to lead the fight against sexual abuse: Beth Moore orders her tombstone: The […]
Evangelical roundup for August 1, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Remembering Ron Sider here and here and here and here and here. Michael Wear on Sider: Shane Claiborne on Ron Sider: National Association of Evangelicals on Sider: Jim Wallis on Sider: Lisa Sharon Harper […]
Evangelical roundup for July 21, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? No more baptisms in Lake Geneva, Switzerland. Do evangelical pastors still need seminary training? World Relief on why evangelicals must be proactive on climate change. Tim Keller offers a Third Way: Greg Laurie’s movie […]
Evangelical roundup for July 18, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Will evangelicals separate from John MacArthur? Justin Giboney quotes Megan McCardle on the Hawley-Bridges exchange: Concordance-ism Why Paul Weyrich is key to our understanding of abortion’s role in the culture wars. Robert Jeffress is […]
Evangelical roundup for July 13, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Some Southern Baptists don’t believe sexual abuse is a problem. Evangelical giving The chair of the board of the National Association of Evangelicals preaches to global Baptists about racial justice. Kaitlin Schiess on women […]
Hey Charlie Kirk–you got the wrong Wheaton College!
Remember back in 2011 when NBC News host Ann Curry confused Wheaton College in Massachusetts with Wheaton College in Illinois? This was particularly embarrassing for Curry because she was delivering the commencement address at one Wheaton College but spoke as […]