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Donald Trump Jr. is hawking a Bible

John Fea   |  January 4, 2023

Act quickly. I imagine these “We the People” Bibles will sell out faster than the Trump digital trading cards and the Trump-King Cyrus prayer coins. 😉 Here is Donald Jr.: For $69.99 you can buy a King James Version of...

When you start banning books that are “objectionable” to parents, stuff like this is bound to happen.

John Fea   |  April 27, 2022

A Florida man wants to ban the Bible from public schools. He wonders if Florida parents really want their kids exposed to rape, bestiality, cannibalism and infanticide. Psalm 137:9 says: “Happy is the one who seizes your infants and dashes...

The Author’s Corner with Mark Noll

Rachel Petroziello   |  April 8, 2022

Mark Noll is retired Professor of History at Wheaton College and the University of Notre Dame. This interview is based on his new book, America’s Book: The Rise and Decline of a Bible Civilization, 1794-1911 (Oxford University Press, 2022). JF: What...

Even the devil can quote scripture

John Fea   |  March 20, 2022

Shakespeare was right in the “The Merchant of Venice.” In a Hitler-like rally in Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium, the site of the 2018 World Cup final, Russian president Vladimir Putin told a gathered crowd of reportedly 200,000 (according to Moscow Police)...

The Author’s Corner with Jeremy Schipper

Rachel Petroziello   |  March 3, 2022

Jeremy Schipper is Professor of Religion at Temple University. This interview is based on his new book, Denmark Vesey’s Bible: The Thwarted Revolt That Put Slavery and Scripture on Trial (Princeton University Press, 2022). JF: What led you to write...

The Great MyPillow Airlift

John Fea   |  February 17, 2022

Forget about the Berlin Airlift. Mike “MyPillow Guy” Lindell is planning a Canadian airlift. You can’t make this stuff up. Here is Zachary Petrizzo of The Daily Beast: After his initial Tuesday shipment of MyPillow products was denied entry into Canada, Mike Lindell now...

Nudity in the Bible?

John Fea   |  January 19, 2022

There were a lot of pictures of naked people in 19th-century Bibles. Here is historian Joseph Slaughter at The Panorama: Every now and then, work in the archives produces moments that jar us out of our misplaced assumptions. The biggest...

The “ultimate American Bible”

John Fea   |  September 16, 2021

Some of you recall Jay Green’s Current piece “Lee Greenwood Christianity.” Read it here. Over at Slate, Molly Olmstead reports on the Greenwood-inspired God Bless the USA Bible. Here is a taste: In May, controversy over “the ultimate American Bible” briefly...

The American Bible Society in the days following September 11, 2001

John Fea   |  September 11, 2021

From The Bible Cause: A History of the American Bible Society: One of the highpoints of the ABS engagement with its home in New York City occurred following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the towers of the World...

Is there a link between complementarianism and the proper evangelical response to mask wearing?

John Fea   |  September 6, 2021

Some evangelical groups facing mask mandates in their local school districts are sharing sample religious exemption forms that their fellow evangelicals can use. Here is one that came across my feeds today: I, _________, hereby state that I have chosen...

Joe Biden: Please stop using the Bible in political speeches

John Fea   |  August 30, 2021

After a busy first week of classes I am finally getting around to this story. In the past I have been very critical of politicians who use the Bible to advance political ends. In the last administration I was particularly...

Election fraud “expert” testifies at Texas State Senate hearing. Quotes 2 Peter 1:10 on “election.”

John Fea   |  August 9, 2021

Watch: The woman speaking in this video is Dr. Laura Pressley. She is testifying on election fraud before the Texas State Senate Committee on State Affairs. You can watch her entire testimony at the 12:28:20 mark of this video. What...

Bible Passage of the Day

John Fea   |  May 21, 2021

2 Corinthians: 5:17-21 (RSV): 17 Therefore, if any one is in Christ, he is a new creation; the old has passed away, behold, the new has come. 18 All this is from God, who through Christ reconciled us to himself and gave us the...

Should Congress be in the business of discerning the will of God?

John Fea   |  March 4, 2021

Conservative Christians are irate about what happened recently on the floor of the House of Representatives. During a debate on the Equality Act, Florida congressman Greg Steube argued against the act by reading Deuteronomy 22:5 and a passage from a...

A tale of two prayer breakfast speeches

John Fea   |  February 6, 2021

On February 3, 2021, the day before the National Prayer Breakfast, Americans United for the Separation of Church and State called for Joe Biden to endorse the separation of church at the breakfast. Here is a taste of the release:...

Tony Perkins finds “cancel culture” in the Bible (and other Trump evangelical news, including Eric Metaxas’s book launch)

John Fea   |  February 3, 2021

In the last several days we have seen the Republican Party get closer to the breaking point. Trumpism in the form of Marjorie Greene and her enablers is pitted in a war for control of the party against the likes...

Joe Biden’s Bible

John Fea   |  January 19, 2021

Biden will be sworn in on Wednesday with his hand on an old family Catholic Bible. Kamala Harris will use Thurgood Marshall’s Bible. Here is a taste of Dan Silliman’s piece at Christianity Today: Presidents are not required to take...

Mike Pence quotes Ecclesiastes; says it is time for the nation to heal

John Fea   |  January 13, 2021

Last night the House of Representatives asked Mike Pence to invoke the 25th Amendment. He refused to do it. Here is the letter he sent to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi: The next to last paragraph caught my attention....

When it comes to presidents quoting scripture and spiritual writers, Joe Biden may surpass Barack Obama

John Fea   |  December 16, 2020

In 2012, I asked readers of my now defunct Patheos column if they would vote for a man who: …gives praise and honor to God before a public audience? …wants to seek God’s face with other believers? …admits that prayer...

Episode 78: How a 1630 Sermon Shaped American Exceptionalism

John Fea   |  December 6, 2020

Our guest in this episode is Abram Van Engen, author of City on a Hill: A History of American Exceptionalism. He helps us make sense of the phrase “city on a hill” in John Winthrop’s famous 1630 sermon A Model of...

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