Are you a pastor who wants your church to grow? There is a new church-growth formula out there. If you are a pro-Trump, anti-critical race theory, anti-mask, and anti-vaccine pastor your church will grow. It will not grow through evangelism, […]
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Albert Mohler responds to David Brooks’ essay on evangelical reformers
Writing at WORLD magazine, the latest imperial conquest of the fundamentalist fiefdom over which he presides, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary president Albert Mohler has responded to David Brooks’s recent New York Times piece on evangelical dissenters. Let’s break it down: […]
A fuller (no pun intended) response to the David Brooks New York Times piece on evangelical dissenters
On Friday I posted on Brooks’s New York Times essay “The Dissenters Trying to Save Evangelicalism From Itself.” Shortly after I read the piece I got three wisdom teeth removed, so I am finally getting around to giving it a […]
Evangelicals trying to save evangelicalism
David Brooks has collected a list of evangelicals who are trying to “save evangelicalism from itself.” They are Thabiti Anyabwile, Tim Dalrymple, Kristin Kobes Du Mez, Russell Moore, David Bailey, Karen Swallow Prior, David French, Rachael Denhollander, Beth Moore, Lecrae, […]
Andrew Sullivan to Al Mohler: “It is not conservative to declare absolute truths and then impose then on society”
Al Mohler, the president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and editor of World magazine’s new “Opinions” section, recently challenged the politics of New York Times columnist David Brooks in a piece titled “Sir, you are not a conservative.” In response […]
David Brooks on why we need to spend $ 4 trillion
Here is a taste of his New York Times column: The Democratic spending bills are economic packages that serve moral and cultural purposes. They should be measured by their cultural impact, not merely by some wonky analysis. In real, tangible […]
Blame the Bobos
David Brooks believes that if you want to understand the Trump backlash in 2016, you need to revisit the folks he wrote about in his 2000 book Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class and How They Got There. Here […]
David Brooks asks: “How racist is America?”
For Blacks, this country is still pretty racist. For Hispanics, things are getting better. Here is Brooks: How high are the barriers to opportunity for different groups? Do different groups have a fair shot at the American dream? This approach […]
David Brooks: “The hyperpopulist wing of the G.O.P. seems to be crashing through the floor of philosophic liberalism into an abyss of authoritarian impulsiveness”
The New York Times columnist is worried about American democracy. Here is a taste of Brooks’s latest piece: Liberal democracy is based on a level of optimism, faith and a sense of security. It’s based on confidence in the humanistic […]