Former Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake spoke at Ralph Reed’s Road to Majority conference earlier today. Some of you may remember when Mark Driscoll anointed her with oil. Watch: Lake is all in for Trump in 2024: “I’m looking forward […]
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Why Kari Lake lost the Arizona gubernatorial race
Watch Vaughn Hillyard on Morning Joe: This, of course, is also a stinging indictment of Trump’s 2024 candidacy. Even though Lake lost, I still think it is disturbing that she got over 1.2 million votes.
Evangelical leaders, including Mark Driscoll, anoint Kari Lake with oil
In case you haven’t heard of Kari Lake, she is running for governor of Arizona. She has the endorsement of Donald Trump. She is also an anti-masker, anti-vaxxer, and 2020 election denier. She believes that the Biden administration is advancing […]
Albert Mohler says he would vote for Kari Lake or Doug Mastriano and then tries to explain why he wouldn’t vote for a pro-life candidate who “could not uphold the Constitution.”
Yes, you read the headline correctly. Perhaps you are as confused as I am. Over at The New York Times, Astead Herndon, the son of a Christian pastor and the host of “The Run-Up” podcast, talks about evangelicals, Trumpism, and […]
Zakaria: The GOP must purge Trump
Do the results of the 2022 midterm elections represent a serious wound, if not a mortal wound, to Donald Trump and Trumpism? Not really. Take the issue of election denial. Kari Lake lost her gubernatorial bid in Arizona, but the […]
Live blogging night 2 of the 2024 Republican National Convention
Coming soon. In the meantime, check out our coverage of night 1. ***** Is the GOP unified? Maybe. But old GOP rivalries die hard. Remember when Matt Gaetz managed to get Kevin McCarthy removed as Speaker of the House? Remember […]
What to expect at this week’s GOP convention:
So much going on this week at the Trump fest in Milwaukee! Tomorrow, from 9:00am to 4:30pm, convention-goers can attend The Heritage Foundation’s “Policy Fest.” Speakers include Kiron Skinner (Director of Policy Planning at the State Department during the Trump […]
Evangelical roundup for March 14, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? Evangelical and Catholic tensions on immigration Evangelicals are going to Israel as “wartime volunteers” Are Latino evangelicals rejecting the Democratic Party? More here. 100 evangelicals are in prison in Ortega’s Nicaragua. Pennsylvania churches raise […]
Evangelical roundup for January 29, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? Study: 72% of evangelicals came to faith before adulthood. Defending the Asbury Revival, nearly one year later. A Tennessee church gives away ten cars to those in need. World Vision prioritizing education: Iowan evangelicals […]
Evangelical roundup for January 25, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? Christianity Today on the New Hampshire primary. Are young evangelicals “drifting” from Israel? Should we really expect evangelicals to come out looking good in this promotional event for Rob Reiner’s new film? Greek evangelicals […]
Albert Mohler on the elite university presidents who testified before congress: “The moral rot starts at the top”
I just want to make sure I get this straight. Albert Mohler, the president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary: Joined an amicus brief designed to limit his seminary liability for sexual abuse claims. Said he would support Doug Mastriano […]
What a 2025 Trump cabinet might look like
Axios is reporting that Trump is already considering cabinet appointments. For Vice-President, Trump is considering Ohio Senator J.D. Vance, Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders, failed Arizona gubernatorial candidate and election denier Kari Lake, South Dakota governor Kristi Noem, Florida representative […]
What I learned watching the BLAZE coverage of the Family Leadership Summit
On Friday July 14, Iowa evangelicals gathered to hear GOP presidential candidates speak at The Family Leadership Summitt. The event was sponsored by Bob VanderPlaats‘s Family Leader organization and hosted by Tucker Carlson. The former Fox News host interviewed Tim […]
Ralph Reed’s Flip-Flop on Presidential “Character” and “Moral Leadership”
It seems Chris Christie now carries the mantle of the 1990s Christian Right
Evangelical roundup for June 29, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? French evangelicals speak-out about attempts to remove Christian holidays. New faculty at Fuller Theological Seminary. The Evangelical Olympics in Galicia. A new tool for worship bands. “We Will Rock You” as a Christian song. […]
The Trump cult of personality was on full display yesterday at Road to Majority 2023: “I’m being indicted for you!”
Nearly all the candidates running for the GOP nomination in 2024 got a chance to speak at Ralph Reed’s “Road to Majority” conference. Some seemed to get more time than others. But if you want to get a glimpse of […]
Apparently $100,000 is the price to compete in the CPAC straw poll
Vivek Ramaswamy is running for the GOP nomination for president in 2024, but he has no name recognition and as a result was not expected to do well on the straw poll conducted last weekend at a gathering of the […]
Keep Sean Feucht away from the Asbury University revival
The MAGA worship leader and failed congressional candidate has commented on what is going on in Wilmore, Kentucky: I would encourage everyone to understand the above tweet in the context of the Feucht tweets that surround it on the platform. […]
Journey tells Jonathan Cain, husband of court evangelical Paula White, to stop playing “Don’t Stop Believing” at Trump events
Some of you know that Jonathan Cain of the rock-band Journey is married to Trump court evangelical Paula White-Cain. I’ll let Roy Trakin of Variety take it from here: The members of long-running rock band Journey have long had fractious relations, […]
Trumpism and American pragmatism
I just finished University of Virginia English professor Mark Edmundson‘s piece on Richard Rorty, pragmatism, and Donald Trump. Is it published in the January 2023 issue of Harper’s. I highly recommend it. Here is a taste: It has been said […]