Politico got access to some of the materials from the National Archives that were recently turned over to the January 6, 2021 House of Representative select committee. Among the papers was a Trump executive order directing the Department of Defense […]
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Evangelical roundup for December 30, 2021
What is happening in Evangelical land? Evangelicals are effectively running prison units in Argentina. Interesting: Evangelicals in Oklahoma are divided over vaccines. Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom Center director Ryan Helfenbein: Christian dominionists are running for spots on school boards. […]
Evangelical roundup for December 16, 2021
What is happening in Evangelical land: How long will American evangelicals support Israel? Tony Perkins believes that the attack on January 6th was the same as the Black Lives Matter protests. As Sean Hannity recently confirmed, this is now a […]
Evangelical roundup for December 13, 2021
What is happening in Evangelical land? More scandal at Liberty University. A sports ministry legend has died. Another QAnon conference at an evangelical megachurch: The next big religious liberty case before the Supreme Court. Evangelical views on Joe Biden: Evangelical […]
Evangelical roundup: Thanksgiving 2021 edition
What is happening in Evangelical land? Celebrating the wonders of creation on Thanksgiving. Apparently it is time to “thank the Pilgrims” for “defeating socialism.” How dare the Pilgrims provide for their neighbors! (After watching this anachronistic video, read Larry Glickman’s […]
What is popular this week at Current?
Here are the most popular features of the week at Current: Alan Godwin, Listening in Loud Times Vince Bacote, Wide Awoke at Wheaton? John Fea, A Time to Tear Down and a Time to Build John Fea, Canceling Jon Meacham Tony […]
Evangelical roundup for November 4, 2021
What is happening in Evangelical land? Fifty-seven percent of white evangelical Christians indicate they’d prefer the U.S. be a nation primarily made up of people who follow the Christian faith. Liberty University president Jerry Prevo says he is going to […]
Evangelical roundup for October 18, 2021
What is happening in Evangelical land: Patriot churches Kristin Du Mez got triggered by Thomas Kidd’s take on Carl Trueman’s take on elite evangelicalism. Two George Marsden students here: Darryl Hart causing more trouble, as he is prone to do: […]
Evangelical roundup for October 4, 2021
What is happening in Evangelical land: Two Rhode Island evangelicals talk race. The CCCU is hiring: Mark Driscoll on demonic “critical theory” and the “woke, joke, folk”: World magazine teams-up with Southern Baptists Al Mohler and Andrew Walker to create […]
Evangelical roundup for September 23, 2021
What is happening in Evangelical land? The majority of white evangelical Protestants believe Donald Trump is a “true patriot.” When the KKK funded Billy Sunday: The president of the National Association of Evangelicals meets with Biden. Men’s groups are reading […]
Evangelical roundup for September 9, 2021
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 […]
John MacArthur had COVID-19 in December 2020 as the virus swept through Grace Community Church
So let’s begin this post with a little history. In late May 2020, John MacArthur, the pastor of Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, announced that the church would return to face-to-face worship for the first time since the […]
Evangelical roundup for August 23, 2021
What is going on in Evangelical land? For evangelicals, caring about refugees is a non-negotiable part of a Christian life. Here’s the latest from the Standing for Freedom Center at Liberty University. Preaching politics is just fine, but apparently the […]
Thank God for Social Justice Evangelicals
Our president has his head in the sand. Yesterday’s 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 […]
Biden botches the withdrawal from Afghanistan. The Christian Right pounces.
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 […]
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 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”: […]
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 June 28, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? Miami evangelicals are stepping-up to the plate in Surfside, Florida. David Barton at First Baptist-Dallas for Freedom Sunday. True: Jim Wallis say “farewell” to Sojourners: Some evangelicals are gathering to read Frederick Douglass on […]
Faith and Freedom Coalition conference continues. Eric Metaxas says that members of the GOP who have not defended the Jan. 6 insurrectionists are “dead” to him.
Yesterday we kept you up to speed on the 2021 Road to Majority conference sponsored by Ralph Reed’s Faith and Freedom Coalition. If you want to get a feel for how Trump’s evangelical supporters are handling his loss and the […]