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Black pastor confronts Robert Jeffress on the legacy of racism at First Baptist-Dallas

John Fea   |  September 25, 2022

Robert Jeffress, the Trump-loving pastor of Dallas’s First Baptist Church, should get credit for showing-up at this event. It’s a step in the right direction. Here is Matt Goodman at Dallas Magazine: Monday evening at SMU’s Dallas Hall, Dr. Michael Waters,...

QAnon fans wait for JFK Jr. to appear at Dealey Plaza and announce the second coming of Donald Trump

John Fea   |  November 3, 2021

Yes, stuff like this actually happens in the United States of America these days. Yesterday hundreds of QAnon supporters gathered in Dallas at the site of John F. Kennedy’s assassination because they believed that John F. Kennedy Jr. would appear...

Wednesday Night Court Evangelical Roundup

John Fea   |  June 17, 2020

Since my last update, a few things have changed in court evangelical land. Neil Gorsuch, one of two Donald Trump Supreme Court nominees, has defended LGBTQ rights and has proven he may not be the best court evangelical ally when...

Thursday Night Court Evangelical Roundup

John Fea   |  June 11, 2020

So what has happened in the country since yesterday’s update? Donald Trump continues to deny systemic racism in the police department and American society generally. At a speech at a Dallas megachurch today he said that there is no real...

What’s Wrong With This Picture? If You are a Court Evangelical, Absolutely Nothing.

John Fea   |  October 17, 2019

Here is Trump at his rally tonight in Dallas talking about Turkey and the Kurds.  Yeah, sometimes you just got let them kill each other for a few days. Let the Turks have their way with Syrian Christians.  No big...

The Trump Women From Dallas Are Back

John Fea   |  July 29, 2019

CNN recently checked-in again with some Trump supporters from Dallas: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGBgJ1eDupw&w=560&h=315] Trump can’t be racist because “he dated a black woman for two years.”...

Video: *Believe Me* at SMU

John Fea   |  October 19, 2018

Last week I gave a lecture on Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.  Read about my visit here. Here is the video of that lecture: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V7Ycn2pigs&w=560&h=315]...

The *Believe Me* Book Tour Comes to Dallas

John Fea   |  October 15, 2018

.@JohnFea1 That amazing lecture last night goes on our center’s Mt. Rushmore of talks for sure. Thank you for showing how to talk religion AND politics at once. Safe travels but please hurry back!@CPHatSMU @SMUHistoryDept — Jeffrey A. Engel (@jeffreyaengel)...

The Court Evangelicalism of Robert Jeffress: A Guide

John Fea   |  September 8, 2018

Stephen Young of the Dallas Observer has assembled some of court evangelical Robert Jeffress greatest hits.   Here is a taste: First Baptist Dallas Pastor Robert Jeffress deserves some credit. Motivations, politics and decency aside, he picked the right horse way back in the...

Churches and the Legacy of Racism: A Tale of Two Congregations

John Fea   |  August 9, 2018

Back in June, I wrote a post about the 150th anniversary of the founding of First Baptist Church in Dallas, the congregation led by court evangelical Robert Jeffress.  In that post I referenced Tobin Grant’s 2016 Religion News Service piece...

First Baptist Dallas “Christian America” Billboard Comes Down

John Fea   |  June 18, 2018

Last week we wrote about the billboard in Dallas advertising Robert Jeffress’s upcoming sermon at First Baptist-Dallas: “America is a Christian Nation.”  Read our post here. The billboard company pulled the signs down. Here is a taste of Tre Goins-Phillips’s...

The “Powerful Threads” That Run Through the History of First Baptist Dallas

John Fea   |  June 14, 2018

A powerful thread runs through the history of First Baptist Dallas – the thread of reaching the lost in our city, nation, and world with the truth of God’s Word, no matter the circumstances. #FirstDallas | https://t.co/QtG9mxImRB pic.twitter.com/p1NEFgWhTm — Dr....

Court Evangelical Robert Jeffress’s “Freedom Sunday” is Coming

John Fea   |  June 8, 2018

Let me check with my rabbi. pic.twitter.com/6ODOXLB5Y2 — Robert Wilonsky (@RobertWilonsky) June 6, 2018 It’s that time of year again.  Time for Robert Jeffress, the pastor of the First Baptist Church in Dallas and a prominent court evangelical, to hold...

Dallas Civil Rights Activist Tapes “95 Theses” to First Baptist Church

John Fea   |  January 20, 2018

Rev. Peter Johnson, a veteran of the Civil Rights Movement who now lives in Dallas, just taped his 95 Theses to the doors of court evangelical Robert Jeffress’s First Baptist Church. If you are not familiar with the Martin Luther...

What Was Being Worshiped Yesterday at First Baptist Church in Dallas?

John Fea   |  June 26, 2017

Thankful to have American hero @JeffStruecker and our own Ensign Phillip Metcalfe with us this morning for Freedom Sunday at @firstdallas. pic.twitter.com/s3oNNoO2Hz — Dr. Robert Jeffress (@robertjeffress) June 25, 2017 Yesterday was “Freedom Sunday” at the First Baptist Church in...

Leave Dubya Alone!

John Fea   |  July 13, 2016

George W. Bush is taking a lot of heat for this: [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQaeFs6rs-Y&w=560&h=315] If you think that Bush’s dancing and moving to the beat of the “Battle Hymn of the Republic” was inappropriate for a memorial service, check out this piece...

On Writing the History of the American Bible Society–Update #85

John Fea   |  October 10, 2014

Southern Methodist University Want to get some context for this post? Click here. I am writing from my hotel room in Dallas across the street from the beautiful campus of Southern Methodist University.  As noted in a previous post, last night I...

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