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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Albert Mohler “hopes and prays” that Jimmy Carter is saved
I don’t have two hours and forty minutes to listen to Sean DeMars’s interview with Albert Mohler, so I am glad that Mark Wingfield did. Here are a few snippets of his piece at Baptist News Global: Toward the end […]
Albert Mohler is free to advance his Christian nationalism, but he should be more careful when using American history to do it.
Albert Mohler believes that the United States was built, and should continue to be built, on a Christian foundation. Read his entire argument here. The piece stems from his 2024 speech to the National Conservatism Conference. Let’s see how Mohler […]
Albert Mohler: “I don’t think we can run from someone calling us a Christian nationalist…God’s truth is to be translated into civic law”
Watch: He seems to gladly embrace the label “Christian nationalist.” At the end he says to the man who asked the question: “I hope that makes sense.” Actually, it doesn’t make sense to me. Either the state privileges Christianity or […]
Albert Mohler’s theology is not particularly helpful for explaining what happened in Butler, Pennsylvania over the weekend
In his take on the assassination attempt on Donald Trump, Albert Mohler, president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, writes: For Donald Trump, his last breath could have come yesterday, broadcast to the entire world. Thankfully, that was not the […]
Albert Mohler: “I want to maximize the Christian commitments of the state, the civilization”
The National Conservatives are meeting this week in Washington D.C. Speakers include Stephen Miller (Trump immigration adviser), John Eastman (indicted lawyer who tried to help Trump steal the 2020 election), Walter Russell Mead (Bard College), Megan Basham (MAGA writer), R.R. […]
Trump, MAGA Southern Baptists, and friends will meet in an Indianapolis sideshow
It is not an official Southern Baptist Convention event, but while delegates from the largest Protestant denomination in the country meet next week in Indianapolis, some of the most conservative and Trumpy members of the convention will gather in what […]
“The real issue is the president’s character … [and] the way we have separated sin from consequences.”
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. […]
At least one Southern Baptist congregation might leave the denomination after Albert Moher’s recent opinion piece on the Trump felony conviction:
Earlier this week I said a few things about Albert Mohler essay on Donald Trump’s 34 felony convictions. You may recall his piece–it is the one in which Mohler, the president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, calls Joe […]
Four days after Memorial Day 2024 Trump says “we’re living in a fascist state”
On the Friday following Memorial Day, Donald Trump said the the United States is a “fascist state.” Here is his “press conference”: Watch: Anyone who has watched Trump over the years should not be surprised by anything he said in […]
Southern Baptists debate an amendment that “affirms, appoints, or employs only men as any kind of pastor or elder…”
There is always drama in the weeks before the Southern Baptist Convention annual meeting. This time it is over the so-called “Law Amendment.” Here is Heath Lambert, pastor of First Baptist Church–Jacksonville, with some background: The Law Amendment is one […]
Albert Mohler, Doug Wilson, and Steve Bannon will speak at the National Conservatism conference in July
The National Conservative movement is hosting its fourth annual conference in July. Watch: Speakers include: Albert Mohler (President Southern Baptist Theological Seminary) Steve Bannon (Trump adviser and alt-right leader) Josh Hawley (U.S. Senator from Missouri) Stephen Miller (Trump adviser and […]
Albert Mohler on the elite university presidents who testified before congress: “The moral rot starts at the top”
I just want to make sure I get this straight. Albert Mohler, the president of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary: Joined an amicus brief designed to limit his seminary liability for sexual abuse claims. Said he would support Doug Mastriano […]
The Southern Baptist Convention: Who’s in charge?
We covered the sexual assault amicus brief controversy here and here for those who need to get up to speed. The disarray in the Southern Baptist Convention reached new “heights” this week, prompting one Virginia pastor to ask “who’s driving […]
Bart Barber, the president of the Southern Baptist Convention, admits that his approval of the Kentucky sexual abuse amicus brief was a “mistake”
We covered this story yesterday. It doesn’t look for the Southern Baptist Convention, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, or SBTS president Albert Mohler. Here is Barber’s statement: Last week a reporter published a story about an amicus curia brief that the […]
Rick Warren on the SBC’s Executive Committee & Albert Mohler’s seminary: “They have no intention of helping victims of the sexual abuse they covered up.”
Here is Jeremy Gray at Alabama.Com: The Southern Baptist Convention Executive Committee filed a friend-of-the-court brief with the Kentucky State Supreme Court arguing an expanded child abuse law should not allow claims to be brought against “non-perpetrators” such as religious organizations, the Louisville […]
Evangelical pastor John MacArthur in 1998: “When a ruler is given to lies, he will accumulate around him people who can tolerate lying.”
Back in 2015 I started collecting quotes from Christian leaders who made bold statements about presidential character during the 1998 Clinton impeachment and then seemed to ignore their own principles when Donald Trump was running for president. I called attention […]
Will evangelicals turn on Trump after his “Meet the Press” abortion comments?
The evangelicals and politics angle to the 2024 election just got more interesting! Essentially, Trump is throwing the pro-life movement under the bus. He and his team believe that they can win in 2024 with a more moderate pro-life view […]
Southern Baptist pastor Linda Barnes Popham speaks out: “Why now?”
Everyone in the Southern Baptist world and beyond was talking this week about Rick Warren and Saddleback Church. But what about Linda Barnes Popham and Fern Creek Baptist Church? Fern Creek Baptist is in Louisville, Kentucky, the city that is […]
Southern Baptists will not allow Rick Warren and Saddleback Church back into the fold
Here is Michelle Boorstein at The Washington Post: Thousands of Southern Baptists voted overwhelmingly to affirm the expulsion of Saddleback Church, the epitome for decades of a modern conservative evangelical megachurch, because Saddleback Pastor Rick Warren ordained women, Southern Baptist […]