Eric Metaxas’s use of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s legacy has caught the attention of the Bonhoeffer family. We’ve covered Metaxas’s misuse of Bonhoeffer here: Charles Marsh unleashes a devastating assault on court evangelical Eric Metaxas’s misuse of Bonhoeffer as it relates to […]
2024 presidential election
17 days until election day. What are evangelicals saying?
The Associated Press is running an interesting piece about Asian-American evangelicals. They tend to be conservative in theology and conservative on social issues like gay marriage and abortion. But that doesn’t mean they all vote Republican. Like many Americans, older […]
18 days until Election Day. What are evangelicals saying?
Today, fifty evangelical leaders from Wisconsin urged Harris, Walz, Trump, and Vance to “reflect biblical principles on immigration.” Evangelical relief agency World Relief was behind the letter to the candidates. The central argument is this: “The vast majority of American […]
19 days until Election Day. What are evangelicals saying?
Franklin Graham is still very upset about how “Evangelicals for Harris” used his father’s image in a campaign ad. The man who has supported Donald Trump in the last two elections is suggesting that the Evangelicals for Harris crowd does […]
Bret Stephens offers Kamala Harris a closing argument
The New York Times columnist writes a closing argument for Harris: My fellow citizens, When the tumultuous history of this year’s presidential election is written, future generations will note that the choice boiled down to this: the certainty of division […]
The Atlantic endorses Kamala Harris
And in the process it makes a pretty strong case why Trump cannot be the next president. This is only the fourth time the magazine has weighed-in on a presidential election. The Atlantic endorsed both of Trump’s previous opponents (Clinton […]
21 days until Election Day. What are evangelicals saying?
This week I helped Newsweek writer Khaleda Rahman with a piece on “Evangelicals for Harris.” Here is my contribution: Others were more skeptical that the group could sway enough evangelical voters toward Harris. “Frankly, I don’t think Evangelicals for Harris […]
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 […]
Bruce Springsteen endorses Kamala Harris and Tim Walz from a Jersey diner
The video was filmed at Roberto’s Freehold Grill in Freehold, NJ
Trump on phone apps
Remember last year when Donald Trump asked, “What the hell is a Blizzard?“ I was reminded of this story today when I learned about the populist presidential candidate’s recent comment on phone apps. Apparently Trump doesn’t realize that his own […]
Seven Mountain Dominionist Lance Wallnau is hosting a ‘town hall” with JD Vance
Last weekend I was in Anderson, South Carolina speaking to a group of progressive Christians. I devoted one of my lectures to Christian nationalism and mentioned Lance Wallnau, one of the most prominent Seven Mountain Dominionists in the country. None […]
40 days until Election Day. What are evangelicals saying?
Here is today’s evangelicals and politics roundup: Christianity Today asks whether there is a Christian candidate in this presidential election. A recent Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs survey found that about 2 in 10 white evangelicals “say the word […]
The Teamsters will not endorse Kamala Harris. Why?
We learned yesterday that the Teamsters will not endorse any candidate for President. Some of you will remember that Teamster President Sean O’Brien spoke at the Republican National Convention in July. The union also just released this poll: Over at […]
Election Day is 47 days away. What are evangelicals saying?
Sojourners is covering “Evangelicals for Harris.” In case you missed it, here is a highlight video: The founder of Evangelicals for Harris, Jim Ball, explains why he started the group and makes his case for Harris at The Hill. Notice […]
Cornel West will not be on the ballot in Pennsylvania
The independent presidential candidate’s petition was denied. Here is Kim Lyons at the Pennsylvania Capital-Star: The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has upheld a lower court ruling that rejected independent candidate Cornel West’s petition to appear on the November ballot. The one-page, unsigned […]
Haitian evangelicals: GOP ticket “fuels xenophobia and perpetuates damaging stereotypes”
In case you missed it, today on CNN JD Vance doubled-down on the view that Haitian immigrants, here in the country legally, are eating pets in Springfield, Ohio. Watch: Vance comes across as really slimy in this interview. He tells […]
Election Day is 50 days away. What are evangelicals saying?
A group of evangelicals have issued “Our Confession of Evangelical Conviction.” It is essentially an anti-MAGA document. It is signed by some well-known evangelicals with big platforms. What strikes me about the statement is how it defines “evangelical.” It defines […]
Some conservatives cringe whenever the Heritage Foundation’s “Project 2025” is mentioned
If you don’t want to read Project 2025, we summarized the key themes in our coverage of the Heritage Foundation’s “Policy Fest” at the Republican National Convention in July. Here is Michael Schaffer at Politico: Whenever Vice President Kamala Harris […]
Pope Francis: Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are “against life”
On a recent flight from Singapore to Rome, Anna Matranga of CBS News had a question for Pope Francis: Your Holiness, you have always spoken in defence of the dignity of life. In Timor-Leste, which has a high birth rate, […]
We have now come to the point where *60 Minutes* is taking MAGA prophet Lance Wallnau seriously
Here is Wallnau talking about the “The Fourth Turning.” If you are not familiar with the idea of the Fourth Turning, here is a taste of my recent piece at Commonweal: In virtually all his public appearances, [Steve] Bannon references […]