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Ralph Reed explains why the Faith and Freedom Coalition supports Donald Trump

John Fea   |  June 10, 2024

Reed recently talked with Michael Scherer, a political reporter at The Washington Post, about why his organization is endorsing Trump. Here is a taste: MR. SCHERER: I want to start with the news last week. We had the felony conviction […]

What Pat Robertson and Ralph Reed said about presidential character in 1998

John Fea   |  May 25, 2024

I ran across this Associated Press article about a Christian Coalition event in 1998. I was struck by a few lines: Reed continues to support Trump. So much for “character” and “moral leadership.”

Ralph Reed’s Flip-Flop on Presidential “Character” and “Moral Leadership”

John Fea   |  June 30, 2023

It seems Chris Christie now carries the mantle of the 1990s Christian Right

Ralph Reed opens the “Road Majority Conference”: Christians should be “at the top, and not the bottom, of our political system”

John Fea   |  June 23, 2023

The God and country crowd is gathered at the Washington D.C. Hilton this weekend for the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s “Road to Majority Conference.” Christian Right political activist Ralph Reed founded the Faith and Freedom Coalition in 2009 to oppose […]

Live blogging the Faith & Freedom Coalition breakfast with J.D. Vance

John Fea   |  July 18, 2024

Vance, a Catholic, is going to have to win over the Christian Right. (Although I have no doubt that they will all vote for him anyway). This morning he takes his first shot at this important GOP constituency. It’s time […]

Akhil Reed Amar: “Let the states decide whether Trump should be on their ballots”

John Fea   |  February 7, 2024

Yale law professor and author Akhil Reed Amar, one of my go-to commentators on all things constitutional, wrote an amicus brief for the Section 3, 14th Amendment Supreme Court case Trump v. Anderson. Here is a taste of his piece […]

Not everyone at the Faith & Freedom Coalition’s Road to Majority Conference booed Chris Christie

John Fea   |  June 28, 2023

Last weekend we called your attention to Chris Christie’s appearance at Ralph Reed’s Road to Majority. When the former New Jersey governor criticized Donald Trump’s leadership, the crowd booed. But Christie also had some fans in the pro-Trump stronghold. Here […]

Chris Rufo of the Manhattan Institute and Ralph Richard Banks of Stanford debate critical race theory

John Fea   |  August 19, 2021

Some of you may remember Chris Rufo as the guy who triggered Donald Trump’s opposition to critical race theory. Ralph Richard Banks is a Stanford University law professor. Joan Coaston, the host ofThe New York Times‘s podcast “The Argument,” moderated […]

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.

John Fea   |  June 19, 2021

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 […]

Pivot Points: Chapter 19

Marvin Olasky   |  March 17, 2025

What Trumps Trump?

I took a week off from blogging. What is happening on the evangelicals and politics front?

John Fea   |  March 15, 2025

I took the last week off to write. (More on that later). What happened in the world of evangelicals and politics while I was gone? Let’s check in: Jenna Ellis offers another “lesson” in the politics of human dignity: Jenna, […]

Pivot Points: Chapter 16

Marvin Olasky   |  March 12, 2025

Journalism or Public Relations?

Pivot Points: Chapter 12

Marvin Olasky   |  March 6, 2025

Marvin Appleseed

Election Day was 17 days ago. What are evangelicals saying?

John Fea   |  November 22, 2024

“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 5 days ago. What are evangelicals saying?

John Fea   |  November 10, 2024

It seems like there are two kinds of Trump evangelical voters. Those who voted for Trump as the “lesser evil” and those who saw Trump as the candidate that God favored. Blogger Samuel Sey seems to fall in the former […]

It’s four days after Election Day. What are evangelicals saying?

John Fea   |  November 9, 2024

The National Association of Evangelicals has issued a press release: “Elections inevitably produce winners and losers,” said NAE President Walter Kim. “We pray for God’s guidance and blessing on those who have won, that they will be good stewards of the […]

Tuesday was Election Day: What are evangelicals saying?

John Fea   |  November 7, 2024

Over at NBC News, Mike Hixenbaugh is covering the MAGA evangelicals who believe Trump’s victory yesterday was a fulfillment of prophecy. Here is a taste: Lance Wallnau, a celebrity evangelist who has spent decades calling on conservative Christians to occupy […]

Do we really want another four years of Donald Trump?

John Fea   |  November 3, 2024

I understand why people will vote for Donald Trump on Tuesday. Some think Trump will protect their religious liberty and fight for their views in a way that Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, and George W. Bush did not. Some […]

7 days until Election Day. What are evangelicals saying?

John Fea   |  October 29, 2024

Yesterday Donald Trump spoke to the members of his National Faith Advisory Board’s National Faith Summit in Powder Springs, Georgia. Newsweek covers it here. Watch: At about the 29:55 mark, Paula White says “we believe that God has saved you […]

No Josh Hawley, the United States was not “founded on revival”

John Fea   |  October 28, 2024

I included this in today’s roundup, but I wanted to call attention to it again. Yesterday Missouri senator Josh Hawley spoke at MAGA worship leader Sean Feucht’s Washington D.C. rally. Here is part of what he said: It’s a privilege […]

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