Last month Politico journalist Heidi Przybyla told Michael Steele of MSNBC that people who believe human rights come from God are Christian nationalists. We addressed her comments here and here. As we covered last week in one of our Evangelical […]
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John MacArthur rejects Christian nationalism
Michael Foust has the story at Christian Headlines: The pastor of Grace Community Church and the host of the popular radio ministry Grace to You made the comments during a Q&A session at his congregation last week.   Asked to give his opinion on […]
Eric Metaxas: “We are beyond politics”
Eric Metaxas believes the country has moved “beyond politics.” It’s now an all-out spiritual war. Here is one his latest tweets: He believes Joe Biden is a murderer: In this interview, Metaxas and conservative journalist Megan Basham go after Russell […]
Thomas Jefferson said our rights come from the “Creator.” Was he right?
Christian nationalism was in the news again this weekend. As we noted in today’s Roundup, a lot of evangelicals (and others) are upset about Politico journalist Heidi Przybyla’s claim that anyone who believes that their rights come from God is […]
Theocracy reigns at CPAC. Christian nationalist says “we didn’t get all the way there on January 6th”
In my recent review of Rob Reiner’s film “God and Country” at Christianity Today, I suggested that many on the political left tend to conflate “Christian nationalism” with basically any form of conservative evangelical political engagement. But that doesn’t mean […]
“Christian nation idea fuels US conservative causes, but historians say it misreads founders’ intent”
Happy to help Associated Press religion reporter Peter Smith with this piece. A taste: Those arguing for a Christian America are generally not historians and not really talking about history — they’re talking politics, said John Fea, author of the […]
My Christianity Today review of Rob Reiner’s new film on Christian nationalism
Reiner’s “God and Country” drops today. Christianity Today asked me to review it. Here is a taste of my review: Heave an egg out a Pullman window,” social critic H. L. Mencken famously said in 1925, “and you will hit […]
The Christian nationalist agenda in four minutes and 11 points
Last night CSPAN aired my conversation with Tim Alberta, author of The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory. If you don’t have time to watch the entire interview, or read Alberta’s book (I hope you do both, but it’s the […]
“What should we make of evangelical influencers teaming up with filmmaker Rob Reiner?” My piece today at Religion News Service
Is this the best way of reaching fellow Christians whose minds we want to change? See my piece today at Religion News Service. A taste: So when do we speak “truth” and when do we hold back, knowing that our […]
Is “truth-telling” REALLY the only thing that matters?
So let’s get back to this whole Rob Reiner thing. I’ve enjoyed thinking this through. Thanks for reading. If you have no idea what I am talking about, get up to speed here. This series of tweets is revealing: These […]
My conversation with Katherine Stewart, author of *Power Worshippers*
While folks on Twitter discuss (if you can really call what is happening on Twitter right now “discussion”) when it is appropriate for evangelical scholars, pundits, and influencers to participate in a Rob Reiner movie, I want to share an […]
Rob Reiner will release a film about Christian nationalism. It includes A LOT of evangelical talking heads and “influencers”
Hannah Anderson raises a fair question here: You can read Anderson’s thoughts on X. As someone who speaks to the media often, this is something I really wrestle with and will continue to wrestle with. I have been accused many, […]
Peter Wehner to Mike Johnson: “Did the Lord also tell you very clearly to try to overthrow the election” and “lie on behalf of Mr. Trump…Or were those your ideas?”
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson believes he is a new Moses, called by God to lead the new Israel–the United States–out of its left-wing captivity. Soon he will be referring to Joe Biden as “Pharaoh.” Here is his acceptance […]
Current contributing editor Vince Bacote asks, “how many sermons are people hearing” about “national idolatry?”
In his chapter on Wheaton College in his book The Kingdom, The Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism, journalist Tim Alberta spoke with Wheaton theologian and Current contributing editor Vincent Bacote about evangelicalism, politics, and […]
If David Barton’s work has been widely discredited, why has he remained so popular and influential?
Journalist Jon Ward, the author of Testimony: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Failed a Generation, recently asked me the question in the title of this post as part of a story he is writing on David Barton for Yahoo News. […]
CBS News, Christian nationalism, coffee, and my cluttered home office
It looks like this 2021 CBS News video is making the rounds again–at least in my social media world. CBS asked me to offer commentary on Christian nationalism, but I had no idea I would be making coffee (go Messiah […]
What’s going on at Charlie Kirk’s MAGA pastorfest?
MAGA pastors are in San Diego this weekend as part of Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point Faith event. Get up to speed here. Here’s what has happened so far: Let’s begin with Charlie Kirk. He is suggesting that evangelicals missed out […]
The Heritage Foundation is leading $22 million project that includes the promotion of Christian nationalism
I have mixed feelings about all the attention Christian nationalism is getting these days. As someone who first used the term back in 2011, well before most of the contemporary commentators, I resist efforts to turn all Christian political activity […]
Former Trump NSA Michael Flynn to pastors: “Put the Bible aside and read the Constitution during some of your sermons”
The latest from the Michael Flynn: I cannot find the context for this talk. Perhaps someone can help me on that front and I will add it to the post. But this is Christian nationalism in its most extreme form. […]
Why Viktor Orbán may want to visit Bestsellers Bookshop in Budapest
A friend spotted Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump in Budapest. As many of you know, prime minister Viktor Orbán is trying to build a Christian nationalist state in Hungary modeled closely on a kind of Trumpian populism. […]