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 […]
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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 […]
Evangelicals and politics roundup: Wisconsin, Cory Booker, spiritual warfare, refugees, and more.
What is happening in the world of evangelicals and politics: On Corey Booker’s 25 hour speech: On Trump’s tariffs: On free speech: On the Wisconsin Supreme Court election: Of course it was rigged, Lance: On immigration and refugees: Myanmar earthquake […]
“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for they will get an executive order.”
The day after Trump’s inauguration, the president attended an interfaith service at the National Cathedral. During the sermon, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde urged Trump to consider the human dignity of immigrants, refugees, and members of the transgender community. She spoke […]
As Inauguration Day winds down, what are evangelicals saying?
Evangelicals helped put him in office. Let’s see how what some of them have to say today. (We did a similar post yesterday.) Shane Claiborne quotes MLK on MLK Day: Albert Mohler chooses to write about Biden’s “mental abilities”: And […]
Evangelicals respond to the death of Jimmy Carter
He was the first “born again” president and he was elected during Newsweek magazine’s “Year of the Evangelical.” So what are evangelicals saying about the recent death of Jimmy Carter? Christianity Today is running an obituary by historian David Swartz. […]
Election Day was 17 days ago. What are evangelicals saying?
“Sunday came for Tony Campolo.” Steve Rabey helped Campolo write his memoir. It is coming out in February with Eerdmans. Here is a taste of Rabey’s piece on Campolo at Baptist News Global: Tony Campolo, an influential Christian pastor, professor, author, […]
Election Day was 11 days ago. What are evangelicals saying?
World magazine is reporting that some evangelicals are concerned about Trump’s nomination of Matt Gaetz as attorney general. But what fascinates me about Josh Schumacher’s piece at the conservative magazine is that none of the evangelicals he quotes in the […]
Election Day was 8 days ago. What are evangelicals saying?
Donald Trump has appointed Mike Huckabee, a former Southern Baptist preacher turned governor of Arkansas turned presidential candidate turned Christian television talk show host, the ambassador to Israel. Christian Zionist groups are very excited about the appointment. Here is Joel […]