Over at Religion News Service, writer David Dark introduces us to the Nashville “Prayer Trade.” Here are some of the things I learned (or was reminded of) from the piece: Michael W. Smith, Ricky Skaggs, and Steven Curtis Chapman were...
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David Dark on moral cowardice
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David Dark exhorts us to “fear no theory”
Back in September 2020 I asked, “who’s afraid of critical race theory?” Over at his Substack page, writer David Dark seems to be asking the same question and offering a much more elegant answer. Here is a taste of his...
Friday morning court evangelical roundup
It was another crazy day in Trump land. Yesterday the news was focused on Trump’s potential pardons. There is speculation that he is preparing pardons for his children before they have been convicted of any crimes. Some say Trump may...
What should we make of today’s Supreme Court decision on religious liberty in New York?
Today the Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that the state of New York cannot limit attendance in houses of worship. Here is NPR: Gorsuch filed an unusually acerbic concurring opinion, blasting not only Governor Cuomo but also Chief...
David Dark on the “alluring currency of access” to “powerful people”
Power is seductive. This, at least, is the case I tried to make in Believe Me: The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump when writing about Donald Trump’s court evangelicals. Writer David Dark describes the allure much better than I ever...