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What are the court evangelicals saying today?

John Fea   |  November 18, 2020

Election Day 2020 was fifteen days ago. Let’s see how the court evangelicals are processing it. Eric Metaxas is calling people to “get involved to save the republic.” (Some might say the republic was saved on November 3, 2020). He...

What does Donald Trump really think about the court evangelicals?

John Fea   |  September 29, 2020

Earlier this month we did a post about Trump allegedly calling evangelical beliefs “bulls–t.” Many court evangelicals rejected this story because it came from former Trump fixer Michael Cohen, a convicted criminal. But now, thanks to the reporting of McKay...

Court evangelical James Dobson invokes the Civil War in a letter to followers on the November elections

John Fea   |  July 31, 2020

Read the entire letter here. Let’s break it down: Dobson: As I write this newsletter, voters across this nation are only a few short months away from the next general election. What an ominous time this is for our 244-year-old...

The Complicit Court Evangelicals

John Fea   |  July 15, 2020

I just finished “Collaborators,” Anne Applebaum‘s brilliant essay in the July/August 2020 issue of The Atlantic. It is subtitled: “What causes people to abandon their principles in support of a corrupt regime? And how do they find their way back?” Applebaum...

The enemy is out to get us. Please send money.

John Fea   |  June 17, 2020

Yesterday, I wrote a post about Rob Schenk’s revealing interview with CNN. I titled that post: “A former member of the Christian Right says that a political fundraiser once told him that we ‘need more fear and more anger’ from...

Moral Majority Veteran Cal Thomas on the Prosperity Preacher Who Just Joined Trump’s White House

John Fea   |  November 7, 2019

Here is what I wrote about Cal Thomas in Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump: When Jerry Falwell Sr. founded the Moral Majority in 1979 –in his attempt to clean up and win back America–journalist Cal Thomas and evangelical...

Some Historical Perspective on the Trump Evangelicals

John Fea   |  October 29, 2018

I am happy to contribute to this video posted today at The New York Times. Retro Report spent over an hour interviewing me at Messiah College back in August.  I was apparently not as engaging as Cal Thomas, Jerry Falwell Jr....

Even More Fear-Mongering

John Fea   |  September 10, 2018

I just got this message in my mailbox.  It’s from Eric Trump.  He is apparently assembling an “army” to fight the “radical agenda” of the “liberal Democrats.”   Authorized From Trump Headquarters NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION: SEPTEMBER 15TH Supporter: jfea@messiah.edu Volunteer Status:...

Court Evangelical Robert Jeffress Stays the Course

John Fea   |  July 21, 2018

As I said this morning on CNN (no video available yet), it doesn’t matter what Trump did with Karen McDougal or whether or not he is lying about it. As long as Trump keeps appointing Supreme Court justices like Brett...

Cal Thomas Rips the Court Evangelicals

John Fea   |  April 24, 2018

Cal Thomas is a conservative columnist and a veteran of the Moral Majority.  After he left the Moral Majority he co-wrote a book describing his experience with Jerry Falwell Sr.’s organization.  It is titled Blinded by Might: Why the Religious Right...

Quote of the Day

John Fea   |  June 8, 2016

“Jesus to me is somebody I can think about for security and confidence. Somebody I can revere in terms of bravery and in terms of courage and, because I consider the Christian religion so important, somebody I can totally rely...

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