Back In December, a podcaster asked Albert Mohler, the president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, if Jimmy Carter was a “born-again Christian.” Jimmy Carter always said he was a born-again Christian, but the podcaster’s question seemed to […]
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The Trump line about guns pointed at Liz Cheney triggered Russell Moore which, in turn, triggered MAGA evangelicals
Once again, Russell Moore’s Twitter feed provides insight into the current state of American evangelical Christianity on the eve of the 2024 presidential election. Moore tweeted: And here are just some of the more than two thousands comments he received […]
If you want a revealing glimpse into the MAGA evangelical movement, check out the responses to Russell Moore’s recent tweet.
Sometimes there are small moments that illuminate much larger social and cultural patterns. Historians are always looking for these moments. I thus hope future historians of evangelicalism will find this post. After Joe Biden’s speech to the nation on Thursday […]
Reflections on Russell Moore’s Losing Our Religion
If you have spent any time in evangelical circles, Russell Moore requires no introduction. A former professor and dean at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, he was for eight years the President of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious […]
Steve Bannon wonders how Russell Moore is incapable of seeing that Trump is an “instrument of divine providence”
In episode 2915 of Steve Bannon’s “War Room,” the Alt-right pundit, former Trump adviser, and convicted felon has some choice words for Christianity Today editor and evangelical anti-Trumper Russell Moore. Watch: Several things strike me about this video. First: Bannon […]
Christianity Today names Russell Moore Editor in Chief
More news from the world of evangelicalism. Here is Christianity Today CEO Timothy Dalrymple: What makes a person great in the world is not the possession of extraordinary talent but a fierce and persistent application of talent, guided by courage […]
What does Russell Moore’s departure from the Southern Baptist Convention tells us about the state of American Christianity?
The Southern Baptists are meeting in Nashville later this month and it is going to be a doozy! Stone vs. Mohler Critical race theory. Women in the church. Sexual-abuse cover-ups. Russell Moore. This sounds more like a soap opera than […]
Early responses to the leaked Russell Moore letter
What letter? Get up to speed here. An array of responses: Thread and the backstory: Here’s more: Meanwhile, Albert Mohler is running for office:
We now have a better understanding of why Russell Moore left his post with the Southern Baptist Convention
And it has little to do directly with Trump. Here is Paul O’Donnell and Bob Smietana at Religion News Service: For years before his resignation last month as president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, the […]
Southern Baptists in the wake of Russell Moore’s departure
The most sane voice in the Southern Baptist Church has finally had enough. Russell Moore just left for Christianity Today. Meanwhile, the country’s largest Protestant denomination approaches its annual meeting in Nashville as a deeply divided body. Can the members […]
Some early reaction to Russell Moore’s move to Christianity Today
Get up to speed here. Brian Zahnd being Brian Zahnd: Radical subjectivist Ed Stetzer? Not sure what this means. Sounds like some pretty intense SBC inside baseball: I will try to add some more throughout the day. Check back. UPDATE: […]
Russell Moore leaves his Southern Baptist post. Joins Christianity Today
This was bound to happen sooner or later. Russell Moore, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, is leaving his post to head-up a new public theology program at Christianity Today. There are a lot […]
Russell Moore: Young evangelicals are walking away because the church itself does not believe what the church teaches
This is Russell Moore at his best: Many of us have observed, anecdotally, a hemorrhaging of younger evangelicals from churches and institutions in recent years. What seems different about this quiet exodus is that the departures are heightened not among […]
Daniel K. Williams reviews “Two Visions for an Evangelical Reformation” in Christian Scholar’s Review
In their recent books, Russell Moore and Karen Swallow Prior offer two visions for an evangelical reformation.
The Court Evangelicals 2.0 gathered today in the White House
Back in the first Trump administration I coined the term “court evangelicals” to describe the evangelical Christians who gathered around Trump. Here is a taste of a piece I wrote in January 2020: Last Friday (Jan. 3), nearly every major […]
What is going on with the Southern Baptist sexual abuse investigation?
In case you missed this, the Southern Baptist Convention has announced that the federal investigation into the Convention’s treatment of sexual abuse survivors has come to an end. Here is Liam Adams at The Tennessean: A historic federal investigation into […]
I took a week off from blogging. What is happening on the evangelicals and politics front?
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, […]
There’s some wild stuff going on right now on conservative evangelical social media
Some MAGA evangelicals are mad at the Philadelphia Eagles: Let’s start off with some facts The Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles have not rejected an invitation to the White House. But that did not stop many conservative evangelicals, looking for […]
MAGA sets its sights on Wheaton College
Have you heard about this dustup? Read Kathryn Post’s piece at Religion News Service. Here is a taste: On Friday (Feb. 7), Wheaton College, the evangelical Christian school outside Chicago, publicly congratulated Russell Vought, a conservative activist and architect of Project 2025 […]
Evangelicals respond to the death of Jimmy Carter
He was the first “born again” president and he was elected during Newsweek magazine’s “Year of the Evangelical.” So what are evangelicals saying about the recent death of Jimmy Carter? Christianity Today is running an obituary by historian David Swartz. […]