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 […]
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Evangelical roundup for August 19, 2021
What is going on in Evangelical land? Many evangelical pastors are not encouraging their flocks to get vaccinated. “Conservative evangelicals must always believe they are facing persecution like the first century Christians faced.” Tim Tebow gets cut. Not all evangelicals […]
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 16, 2021
What is going on in Evangelical land? Is another evangelical schism on its way? This side of Franklin Graham represents the best of evangelical Christianity: The president of the National Association of Evangelicals: Evangelicals are having good conversations about race. […]
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 24, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? Young evangelicals are fed up. Is this true? Evangelical love Braveheart Looks like another great episode of The Holy Post: Evangelicals won a victory against fundamentalists at the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting. This […]
The Evangelical Lost Cause Comes to Orlando
“If we cannot justify the South in the act of Secession we will go down in History solely as brave, impulsive but rash people who attempted in an illegal manner to overthrow the Union of our country.” –Former Confederate General […]
Evangelical Trumpers gather in Orlando
While many Americans are celebrating Juneteenth, an all-star lineup of Trump court evangelicals and other assorted followers of the former president are in Orlando this weekend for the Road to Majority 2021, the annual gathering of Ralph Reed’s Faith & […]
What was the relationship between the Tom Hanks movie “Sully” and the 2016 election?
Court evangelical extraordinaire Ralph Reed talks with The Atlantic‘s Emma Green about how he responded to the infamous “Access Hollywood” tape and his larger support of Donald Trump. This is a really revealing interview. It shows that for Ralph Reed, […]
Kevin McCarthy is “proud to be a Christian.” He’ll now need to find a way to reconcile his faith with his willingness to lead a party united around a lie
The vote to remove Liz Cheney from her leadership position has not taken place yet and the House’s top two Republicans–Andrew McCarthy and Stave Scalise–have already thrown their support behind New York congresswoman Elise Stefanik to replace her. Here is […]
Ah, the memories! Court evangelicals in their natural habitat
Jim Garlow, one of the lesser-known court evangelicals, shared this video today at his public Facebook page. The date was May 3, 2017. I see the following court evangelicals schmoozing with their political savior as the band plays “New York, […]
Pivot Points: Adventures on the Road to Christian Contentment (Chapter 3)
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Thirty days until Election Day. What are evangelicals saying?
Have you heard about “Project 19“? This is charismatic “prophet” Lance Wallnau’s name for the Seven Mountain Dominionist attempt to take 19 counties in the swing states that will decide the 2024 presidential election. They are Cobb County (GA), Fulton […]
Raphael Warnock’s “American covenant” and where his vision for a Micah 6:8 nation goes off the rails
Raphael Warnock delivered a real stemwinder last night at the Democratic National Convention. Speeches like this remind me of why I felt compelled to argue in 2018 that the early civil rights movement provides the best historical model for evangelicals, […]
David French is voting for Harris-Walz. What are his fellow evangelicals saying about the decision?
In his most recent New York Times column, David French announced that he will be voting for Harris-Walz in November in order to “save conservatism from itself.” Here is a taste: It is fascinating to me that there are voices […]
The “Appeal to Heaven” flag was a revolutionary-era symbol. The “Appeal to Heaven” flag is a Christian Nationalist symbol
Not familiar with the Samuel Alito “Appeal to Heaven” flag controversy? Get up to speed here. I am seeing a lot of tweets like this: What Reed and Pence fail to recognize is that symbols like the Pine Tree Flag […]
Evangelical roundup for March 28, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? Evangelicals want more sermons on immigration. Russian evangelicals condemn a terrorist attack at a Moscow concert hall and rejects calls for revenge. Karen Swallow Prior on Al Mohler and abortion abolitionists NOT cross buns […]
Sunday night odds and ends
A few things online that caught my attention this week: Culture warriors–on the left and the right–don’t know much about what happens in history classrooms. What are universities for? Enchantment and the future of the humanities. Jonathan Teubner reviews Peter […]
Evangelical roundup for March 11, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? World Vision USA celebrates International Women’s Day: Late Canadian prime minister Brian Mulroney and evangelicals. Kay and Rick Warren have started a new non-profit: Rick on the Kingdom of God: D.G. Hart: Evangelicalism is […]
Evangelical roundup for February 29, 2024
Happy Leap Day! Here is what is happening in Evangelical land? Marvin Olasky reviews Mike Cosper, Land of My Sojourn: The Landscape of a Faith Lost and Found. Evangelicals continue to push for immigration reform. Evangelicals are essential players in […]