What is happening in Evangelical land? Note: This roundup does not include links to what happened at the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Anaheim this week. You can find our coverage on this event here and here. We also […]
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The Trump Generation Is a Lost Cause
The hope of American democracy depends on the long game
Voter fraud, attempts to steal the election, Charlie Kirk & Liberty University, and the potential ousting of Rick Warren’s church. And it’s only 9:25am in Anaheim!
Yes, the Southern Baptists are meeting in Anaheim this week. Later today they will elect a new president. We don’t have the time or the staff to follow all the details, so I am relying heavily on other more competent […]
Early thoughts on the first January 6th Committee hearing
I am building these comments around the live-tweeting I did last night. I am sure we will all have more to say in the coming weeks. Bill Barr began by calling the idea that Biden stole the election “bullshit”: Later, […]
Evangelical roundup for May 30, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Shane Claiborne and Doug Pagitt at the NRA prayer breakfast: More of Shane’s commentary from the NRA meeting: Southern Baptists release the names of sexual abusers. Coverage here. Lecrae talks about “deconstructing” one’s Christian […]
Evangelical roundup for May 23, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Syke Jethani just triggered Rod Dreher Shane returns to his bus: Shane learns something about Mastriano: The artist behind Chick Tracts has died Tim Keller quotes church historian Kenneth Scott Latourette: Ruth Graham on […]
Evangelical roundup for May 19, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land Evangelical anti-abortion activity before Roe. The National Association of Evangelicals on the Buffalo shooting: The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association in Buffalo: Roger Olson brings some autobiographical nuance to Jesus and John Wayne. More here. […]
When it comes to abortion, conservative evangelicals act. When it comes to gun control, some call for revival but most say nothing.
In 2019, I wrote a piece at The Washington Post about the way that conservative evangelicals, mostly white conservative evangelicals, offer “thoughts and prayers” to the families of the victims of gun violence yet oppose gun control legislation. Here is […]
Evangelical roundup for May 16, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land: Southern Baptist church membership is down 1.1. million. “Jesusland” versus “The United States of Canada” revisited. Not “lone wolves”: Truth: More Shane: The president of Sojourners on reducing abortion, not overturning Roe. What does […]
Evangelical roundup for April 18, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Richard Ostling notices Daniel K. Williams’s piece, “Five Emerging Factions in Evangelical Higher Education.” This impromptu evangelical worship service on a place is making the rounds on social media: More on how Ohio U.S. […]
Evangelical roundup for April 14, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Despite Donald Trump’s endorsement of David Perdue in the Georgia gubernatorial race, evangelicals are still backing incumbent Brian Kemp. Eric Metaxas interviews Rudy Giuliani. The conspiracy theories abound! Jenna Ellis and Eric Metaxas on […]
“Dr. Oz is the most normal Republican” running for office in Pennsylvania
Amanda Carpenter nails it: LOL, if you thought Donald Trump’s endorsement of Dr. Mehmet Oz for Senate was the worst development in Pennsylvania’s 2022 GOP primaries, wait until you hear about the Republicans running for governor. Pennsylvania Republicans will nominate a […]
Evangelical roundup for March 21, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? A Southern Baptist college struggles to keep the doors open after what appears to be financial mismanagement. Texas evangelical women are deconstructing. Former Liberty University Standing for Freedom Center (Falkirk Center) fellow and Trump […]
Evangelical roundup for March 10, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Evangelicalism isn’t dying. John MacArthur publicly shamed and excommunicated a woman from the pulpit. He will also speak at a meeting of the Conservative Baptist Network ahead of the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting. […]
American Evangelicals and Ukraine
The sloppy reductionism of the chattering classes does little to help us understand a diverse movement
How are evangelicals responding to the Russian invasion of Ukraine? Part 2
Yesterday we offered a “Bonus Roundup” on how American evangelicals are responding to the invasion. Today we have part two: Dinesh D’Souza, a favorite of conservative evangelicals and the former president of the evangelical The Kings College, is backing Putin: […]
Bonus roundup: How are evangelicals responding to the Russian invasion of Ukraine?
The European Evangelical Alliance says there is “no justification” for Putin’s invasion. National Association of Evangelicals: Former Trump lawyer, court evangelical, and Liberty University Falkirk Center fellow Jenna Ellis smells an opportunity to politicize the invasion: The Russian Evangelical Alliance […]
Trump’s new social media site is a disaster
Here is Drew Harwell at The Washington Post: Former president Donald Trump, a longtime critic of how Democrats debuted Healthcare.gov, is facing a bungled website launch of his own. His long-promised social network, Truth Social, has been almost entirely inaccessible in […]
Evangelical roundup for February 10, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Thabiti Anywabwile is no longer an evangelical. This guy has a few things to say about it: Wayne Grudem is lecturing in a “Women of Momentum” series: Also this: How social justice and CRT […]
Evangelical roundup for February 3, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? A conservative website claims that the federal government used Ed Stetzer, Russell Moore, Tim Keller, Rick Warren, Relevant, and the Gospel Coalition to spread “Covid propaganda” to churches. (Just to be clear, to this […]