The Christian Right response to the Afghanistan situation should remind us that it is primarily a political movement. Charlie Kirk, the founder of Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom Center, knows what is really going on here. It’s all about Biden […]
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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. […]
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 […]
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! […]
If there is a spirit of anti-Christ in America right now, we saw it yesterday. But Kirk, Carlson, and Ingraham are free to channel that spirit because we are not a Christian nation.
Yesterday was a sad day for the United States. When I use the term “anti-Christ” in this post I am not invoking some kind of eschatological figure mentioned in the Book of Revelation, but a general spirit that runs counter […]
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popularĀ CurrentĀ features of the last week: Michael Kazin, “Evangelicals and Racism: Is There Hope?“ Adam Jortner, “Found Footage: January 6 and the Horror Movies that Made It“ John Haas, “Leaving Afghanistan“ Randall Balmer, “Who Killed Evangelicalism? Chris […]
What did evangelicals say this weekend about July 4th?
I was going to add this to today’s Evangelical Roundup, but I thought I would include it in a separate post. Now if we can get this kind of tweeting on Easter or Pentecost Sunday. David French offers a lesson […]
Evangelical roundup for July 5, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? Some evangelical pastors are afraid to recommend the COVID-19 vaccination because they don’t want to divide their congregations. The big takeaway at the Presbyterian Church in America General Assembly was an overture on gay […]
Evangelical roundup for July 1, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? It looks like white evangelical support for Trump was actually higher in 2020 than 2016. An InterVarsity director leaves evangelicalism. But I am unsure what he is leaving apart from a label. Philosopher Jamie […]
Evangelical roundup for June 21, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? Some pics from last week’s SBC meeting in Nashville. Jack Graham is glad to be a Southern Baptist: Christianity Today reporter Kate Shellnut on what she saw at the SBC Annual Meeting. Last weekend’s […]
Evangelical roundup for June 17, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? A lot of Southern Baptist stuff. You can get up to speed here and here and here and here and here. Will the hard right of the Southern Baptist Convention leave the denomination? The […]
Evangelical roundup: Memorial Day 2021 edition
What is going on in Evangelicalland? Paige Patterson is back. He preached yesterday at Robert Jeffress’s church. I guess Jeffress didn’t heed the advice of the Southern Baptist president. Can good Bill Hybels and bad Bill Hybels exist at the […]
Evangelical roundup for May 17, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? I’ve noticed the same thing: Interesting idea: How did Biden do with evangelicals: Some might say that evangelicalism had an “epistemic collapse” well before Trump. Diana Butler wants to find the “real evangelicalism.” I would […]
Evangelical roundup for May 13, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? This Rick Warren controversy is not going away: Just the Bible! For Criswell, that same Bible taught segregation of the races. I wonder if these guys would die for their belief that women do […]
Most popular posts of the last week
Here are the most popular posts of the last week at The Way of Improvement Leads Home: Quick thoughts on the end of the Messiah University History Department Virtually every thing Jack Hibbs says in this video about Washington at […]
Evangelical roundup: April 22, 2021
What is happening in Evangelicalland? We covered the evangelical response to the Chauvin verdict in yesterday’s bonus roundup. (We’ve added a few more responses below). It looks like a lot of evangelicals are debating “wokeness”: Katelyn Beaty weighs in: David […]
Bonus evangelical roundup: What are evangelical leaders saying about the Chauvin verdict?
Yesterday a jury found former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murdering George Floyd. How did the evangelical community respond? The Liberty University Standing for Freedom Center tweeted about big tech, mail-in-voting and microchips, but nothing about the Chauvin […]