What is going on in Evangelical land? Trump-voting Southern Baptist Al Mohler writes a 2500-word article on Joe Biden titled “A Profile of Moral Collapse.” He announced on Twitter that his article is “New and urgent”: A Texas evangelical explains […]
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Jesus Is My Vaccine
Recently someone close to me, a devout evangelical Christian, texted to explain why he was not getting the COVID-19 vaccine. āJesus went around healing lepers and touched them without fear of getting leprosy,ā he said. And if this reference to […]
Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom Center just released the summer issue of its journal “Reclaiming 1776.” Let’s take a look.
Liberty University president Jerry Prevo begins the journal with a quote from John Adams: Before my God, I believe the hour has come. My judgement approves this measure, and my whole heart is in it. All that I have, and […]
What kind of person treats someone like this and then brags about it during an interview at an evangelical church?
Eric Metaxas is a millionaire who makes his money scaring Christians into believing that the American republic is devolving into the Third Reich. He claims to know this because he wrote a book about Dietrich Bonhoeffer. I have to give […]
Thank God for Social Justice Evangelicals
Our president has his head in the sand. Yesterdayās ABC News interview with George Stephanopolous was painful to watch. Instead of taking the opportunity to admit that the American evacuation of Afghanistan was an utter disaster, Biden gave the impression […]
Evangelical roundup for August 19, 2021
What is going on in Evangelical land? Many evangelical pastors are not encouraging their flocks to get vaccinated. “Conservative evangelicals must always believe they are facing persecution like the first century Christians faced.” Tim Tebow gets cut. Not all evangelicals […]
Evangelical roundup for August 16, 2021
What is going on in Evangelical land? Is another evangelical schism on its way? This side of Franklin Graham represents the best of evangelical Christianity: The president of the National Association of Evangelicals: Evangelicals are having good conversations about race. […]
Trouble in paradise: Steve Bannon turns on the MyPillow Guy
Mike Lindell’s 72-hour cyber symposium is underway. Get up to speed here. Here is MSN News: Right-wing media figureĀ Steve BannonĀ has slammed MyPillow CEOĀ Mike Lindell‘s cyber symposium for failing to present evidence that actually proves Lindell’s long-touted claims of voter fraud […]
Evangelical roundup for August 12, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? Christian Reconstructionists are thriving in Moscow, Idaho under the leadership of Douglas Wilson. True: Slacktivist responds to Current managing editor Jay Green’s recent piece on “exvangelicals.” Bless your pastor: Do evangelicals still care about […]
Evangelical roundup for August 9, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? Evangelical fiction An evangelical theologian reflects on a career. Evangelicalism: Time to deconstruct and reconstruct Where white evangelicals live: Are young evangelicals leaving the church over LGBTQ issues? Praying in tongues on TikTok Racist?: […]
Evangelical roundup for August 5, 2021
What is going on Evangelicalland? Evangelicals cited for passing out bologna sandwiches without a permit! How dare they! I pray this is true: Some evangelicals are supporting Joe Biden’s infrastructure plan. Are nones less vaccinated than evangelicals?: “Non-woke truth church”: […]
Practice virtue. Get vaccinated
On Wednesday I wrote a piece at Current titled, “Love Your Neighbor. Get Vaccinated.” I discussed the resistance to vaccines in the evangelical community and focused a significant portion of the piece on talk radio show host and author Eric […]
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popularĀ CurrentĀ features of the last week: John Fea, Love Your Neighbor. Get Vaccinated Adam Jortner, Can We Get Better Jeremiads? John Fea, Reforming Evangelicalism Nadya Williams, Changes in the Classics Jeremy Sabella, The Prosperity Gospel President Here […]
Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA is mobilizing evangelicals to oppose vaccine mandates
Earlier this week, the conservative evangelical Trump-follower said that Simone Biles is a sociopath. He doubled-down on the comments yesterday: Today we learn how Kirk is stoking vaccine resistance through his “pro-Trump youth group” Turning Point USA. Here is Isaac […]
Evangelical roundup for July 29, 2021
What is going on Evangelicalland?: Are evangelicals anti-anti-racist? One evangelical doesn’t like David French writing about race. Here is what French wrote. Shane Claiborne wants to visit Greg Locke’s church: Christian Contemporary Music is more popular than country music…IN NASHVILLE! […]
Love Your Neighbor. Get Vaccinated.
COVID-19 in the form of the so-called āDeltaā variant is once again on the rise. Yesterday the Centers for Disease Control urged vaccinated people in high-transmission areas to start wearing masks again. Many of these high-transmission areas are places with […]
Conservative evangelical radio host Phil Valentine changes his tune on COVID-19 vaccination
We wrote about Valentine last week in a post on Eric Metaxas’s claim that “he can spread false information [about the COVID-19 vaccine] all day long.” The New York Times is now covering the story. Here is Hamilton Matthew Masters […]
What is popular this week at Current
Here are the most popularĀ CurrentĀ features of the last week: Jeremy Sabella, The Prosperity Gospel President John Fea, Still Evangelical John Fea, Reforming Evangelicalism John Ragosta, Is Separation of Church and State a Two-Way Street? Michael Kazin, Evangelicals and Racism: Is […]
Evangelical roundup for July 22, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? Owen Strachan is worried about changing “biblical commas”: Beware of former Obama adviser Michael Wear. š Why evangelicals still love Trump. With COVID-19 on the rise among the unvaccinated, this evangelical commentator and former […]
Evangelical roundup for July 15, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? Want to learn more about Ocean Grove, New Jersey (see picture above)? I recommend Troy Messenger, Holy Leisure: Recreation and Religion in God’s Square Mile. Evangelical pastors push for Asian-Black solidarity Wise words from […]