Ralph Reed’s Christian Right gathering this weekend began with a sermon by Black preacher John M. Amanchukwu. Amanchukwu is a former North Carolina State football player, a graduate of Liberty University, and appears on shows such as The Charlie Kirk […]
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Pat Robertson (1930-2023)
I am sure we will have more to say about Robertson death in the coming days. Here is the Associated Press: Pat Robertson, a religious broadcaster who turned a tiny Virginia station into the global Christian Broadcasting Network, tried a […]
Evangelical roundup for May 25, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Molly Worthen on Tim Keller: A Brookings Institution senior fellow reflects on the life of Tim Keller. David Brooks on Tim Keller. Jim Daly (Focus on the Family) on Tim Keller. Jim Wallis on […]
The court evangelicals are getting the old band back together
Readers of this blog know what a court evangelical is. But for the uninitiated, I encourage you to read this piece or this book. After last night’s CNN town hall, it appears that Donald Trump just might be the GOP […]
Trump speaks to court evangelical “emergency prayer call”
Tonight at 6:45 Donald Trump, fresh off his New York City indictment, participated on a prayer call with some of his conservative evangelical supporters. Paula White’s “National Faith Advisory Board hosted the call. I listened to it here. It looks […]
Evangelical roundup for April 3, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land: Nathaniel Belz, RIP I tell The Guardian that the Trump indictment will not hurt him with many of his most diehard evangelical followers. In California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas there are more Hispanic […]
We now live in a world where the Christian Right defends a president who gave hush-money to a porn star
This morning I read Ross Douthat’s thoughts on the political ramifications of a Trump indictment in the Stormy Daniels case. Here is a taste: …the political question is inescapable: Will an indictment help Trump or hurt him in his quest […]
Evangelical roundup for February 16, 2023 at 9:30pm
What is happening in Evangelical Land? If you want to get up to speed on the Asbury Revival, we are covering that here. This roundup focuses on the currently unrevived world of evangelicalism. Women Talking There are more evangelicals than […]
Evangelical roundup for February 2, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? How evangelicals became climate skeptics. Evangelicals as “second class conservatives.” Spanish evangelicals gather. Evangelicals and manhood. Tim Keller charts his course: Southern Baptist pro-lifers in New Mexico. More on Bruxy Cavey and scandal at […]
Evangelical roundup for January 30, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Walter Kim and Kristin Kobes Du Mez discuss Jesus and John Wayne. Portuguese evangelicals and euthanasia. An evangelical who wants to do something about climate change. Christianity Today is hiring a political reporter. The […]
Evangelical roundup for January 23, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? More on the contractual relationship between Trump and evangelicals. And here. Evangelical support for Trump in South Carolina is “softening.” A Boston evangelical church is facilitating conversations on Black theology and evangelicalism. Evangelicals resettlement […]
Evangelical roundup for January 19, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Franklin Graham: Leave Amy Grant alone! Young evangelicals and 2024. 51% of white American evangelicals believe that “immigrants are invading the United States.” Jim Wallis and Robert Jones on Christian nationalism: Evangelicals and the […]
Evangelical roundup for January 2, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical Land? HAPPY NEW YEAR! An evangelical pastor writes about his congregation’s views on immigration. Global evangelicals meet to discuss theological education. A leading Swiss evangelical on religion and politics. Tony Campolo at 87: What is […]
Evangelical roundup for December 22, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical Land (our last roundup of the year!) Will conservative evangelicals stick with Trump in 2024? Eurasian evangelicals and Christmas. Evangelicals are fans of a Jesuit prayer app. Shirley Hoogstra, the president of the Council for […]
Evangelical roundup for December 15, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical Land: Evangelicals and celebrity. Megan Lively, the woman who called out Southern Baptist sexual abuse. The evangelical megachurch pastor who attended the signing of the Respect for Marriage Act. The National Association of Evangelicals on […]
Evangelical roundup for December 12, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical Land? Rob Schenck: The Christian Right “made a deal with the devil”. 63% of evangelicals believe the world is ending, but not because of global warming. Evangelicals, led by Rick Warren, gather to strategize about […]
Evangelical roundup for December 5, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical Land? Prestonwood Baptist Church in the Dallas-area faces criticism for its Christmas show. Communion at megachurches. Jim Wallis on poverty: And this: Celtics interim head coach Joe Mazzulla: Megachurch pastor Matt Chandler is back. Tim […]
Evangelical roundup for November 28, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical Land? Will the Christian Right approach to abortion rights hurt the pro-life movement in the future? The National Association of Evangelicals on climate change. Has David French left “orthodox Protestantism”? Does the Museum of the […]
Evangelical roundup for November 21, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Mike Huckabee is fired-up about global poverty CBS: American evangelicals and the antiabortion movement in Israel. Evangelicals respond to the possible end of Twitter. Did Trump “use” evangelicals? Election denier David Brody is starting […]
What are the court evangelicals saying about Trump’s announcement last night?
Unfamiliar with the term court evangelical? Read this. It is worth noting that Trump said nothing about evangelicals and very little about the moral issues they deem important during his speech last night. I did not see many court evangelicals […]