On February 19, 1999, Albert Mohler, the president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, appeared on Larry King Live on CNN to talk about Bill Clinton’s impeachment. The Baptist Press did a story on that appearance. You can read it here. […]
1990s
“I am left to conclude from these opinions that our greatest problem …is with the people of this land! We have lost our ability to discern the difference between right and wrong.”
This September 1998 James Dobson letter to his Focus on the Family constituency is loaded. (See our last two posts.) I was also struck by this passage: At one point during the shocking revelations last month, Clinton’s public approval rating […]
“Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring (James 3:11 NIV)?”
I have been rereading James Dobson’s September 1998 letter to his Focus on the Family constituency in the wake of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal. It is an amazing primary source, especially in light of the evangelical embrace of Donald Trump, a […]
“There were other indications that [he] was untruthful and immoral. Why, then, did the American people ignore so many red flags”
This was James Dobson in a letter to his September 1988 newsletter to his Focus on the Family constituency. Read it here. By the way, the “he” in the title of this post is a reference to Bill Clinton. The […]
Republicans love the 1950s
When Donald Trump says we need to ‘make America great again,” most Republicans think about the 1950s. According to Andrew Van Dam at The Washington Post, Republicans believe that the 1950s was the happiest, safest, most communitarian, and moral society […]
Donald Trump and the Electoral College, circa 1999
As most of you know, Donald Trump has never won a popular vote for President of the United States. In 2016, he lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton by nearly three million votes. In 2020, he lost the popular […]