What is happening in Evangelical land? Philip Yancey tells his story. Bolsonaro rallies Brazilian evangelicals. The Olasky-less World magazine take on the matter. As evangelicals continue to prop-up the MAGA movement, people are exiting the pews. Shane remembers the 1963 […]
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Evangelical roundup for September 8, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Creation care and Georgia evangelicals. Racism at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary: Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom Center continues to promote this guy: Evangelicals want more Christians in America. Latino evangelicals Anne Kennedy of The […]
Will Bunch offers a “field guide” to Doug Mastriano’s world
Will Bunch of The Philadelphia Inquirer offers a guide to the “rouges’ gallery of religious zealots, election deniers and militia types surrounding Doug Mastriano’s gubernatorial campaign. The guide includes short bios of Abby Abildness, Grant Clarkson, Jenna Ellis, James Emery, […]
Evangelical roundup for July 25, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Evangelical politics: a call for renewal. David French: “There is no remaining Christian case for Trump.” Darryl Hart on conservative Presbyterians. Shane Claiborne endorses Ethan Hawke: Brazilian presidential candidates court the evangelical vote. A […]
Evangelical roundup for July 13, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Some Southern Baptists don’t believe sexual abuse is a problem. Evangelical giving The chair of the board of the National Association of Evangelicals preaches to global Baptists about racial justice. Kaitlin Schiess on women […]
Commentary editor: “Trump is in deep, deep, deep, deep trouble”
That’s four “deeps” from John Podhoretz, the editor of the conservative Commentary magazine. Here is a taste of his piece: The testimony this afternoon of Cassidy Hutchinson, the aide to Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows, cannot be dismissed. If […]
“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 April 11, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Beth Moore on Palm Sunday: Answers in Genesis on evangelical “deconstruction. The Family Research Council here. A Liberty University professor is not guilty of sexual assault. Eric Metaxas and Mike Lindell are still pushing […]
Evangelical roundup for March 14, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Christians who enabled Putin. Evangelical worship pastor Sean Feucht does not appear interested in a fourth COVID-19 shot: God and Trumpism unite at Trump’s new site, Truth Social: A call for Russian Bonhoeffers. Eric […]
Evangelical roundup for February 21, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? David Brooks talks to Russell Moore, one of the subjects of his recent piece on dissenting evangelicals. Moore says “crazy has become a church-growth strategy.” Not everyone likes it: I don’t know this guy […]
Evangelical roundup for January 24, 2021
What is happening in Evangelical land? Are evangelicals changing their views on abortion? The court evangelicals who are part of Trump’s “National Faith Advisory Board” are marching for life: The evangelicals who think they are guardians of the Jewish faith. […]
University of Rhode Island revokes honorary doctorates
Here is CBS News: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn will no longer hold honorary degrees from the University of Rhode Island, the school announced Friday. The Board of Trustees and the president […]
Doug Mastriano announces his Pennsylvania gubernatorial campaign by blowing a shofar
Regular readers of this blog know a thing or two about Doug Mastriano. You can get up to speed on the antics of this pro-Trump state senator here. Last weekend Mastriano announced his candidacy for governor of Pennsylvania. American Idol […]
Evangelical roundup for November 22, 2021
What is happening in Evangelical land? Al Mohler lists four temptations facing the Evangelical Theological Society: Fundamentalism, Atheism, Catholicism, and Theological Liberalism. He defines “fundamentalism” in terms of retreat from the world and certain “theological eccentricities.” He does not define […]
Evangelical roundup for November 18, 2021
What is happening in Evangelical land? Do evangelicals prioritize power or truth? I guess you need to draw the line somewhere ;-): “[Owen] Strachan stated that ‘I don’t believe in separate races … We’re one human race. That’s what I […]
Will Sewanee revoke the honorary degree they gave to Eric Metaxas in 2015?
I am surprised to learn that Sewanee: The University of the South gave Metaxas an honorary degree in the first place, especially after his Dietrich Bonhoeffer biography was roundly panned by Bonhoeffer scholars. Now hundreds of Sewanee faculty, students, and […]
The GOP rank and file is “identifying less and less with Trump personally,” but Trumpism is stronger than ever
In his recent piece at The Atlantic, Wehner argues that “the GOP base may be identifying less and less with Trump personally…but it is not identifying any less with the conspiracist and antidemocratic impulses that defined him over the past […]
Evangelical roundup for May 23, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? Are evangelical churches growing? Evangelical leaders gather in Poland. Jim Wallis on Christian nationalism: The Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA) adds “character” to its standards for non-profits. World Vision is working to end […]
Tim Keller hopes for spiritual revival
A lot of conservative evangelicals are calling for spiritual revival these days. Most of these calls are connected directly to a revival of American nationalism as if somehow the purpose of a religious revival is to advance a particular political […]
Doug Mastriano’s connection to the dominionist New Apostolic Reformation movement
Good reporting here from Jennifer Cohn of the Bucks County (PA) Beacon on 7 Mountain Dominionism, the “Watchman’s Decree,” and Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano. Here is a taste: In Pennsylvania, N[ew] A[Apostolic] R[eformation]. apostle Jacobs’ prayer network is led […]