I realize that most voters already have their minds made up. But if you are still undecided, I would encourage you, especially if you are a Christian, to think about whether you want this guy as your president again. Here […]
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Eric Metaxas: “Biden is our Hitler”
Eric Metaxas gained fame in 2009 when he published a deeply flawed biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer that was universally panned by Bonhoeffer scholars. In 2016, he endorsed Donald Trump for president in a much-discussed Wall Street Journal op-ed. Here are […]
Charlie Kirk at evangelical megachurch: Trump and MAGA are fighting against the “very same totalitarianism” Americans fought against in World War II when they “stormed the beaches of Normandy”
The other day someone asked me if I thought Trump and the MAGA crowd really believed their own rhetoric. I don’t know if Charlie Kirk really believes that Joe Biden and the Democrats are comparable to Hitler and the 1930s […]
Donald Trump was against TikTok before he was for it
On August 6, 2020, The Trump administration released this executive order: By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.) […]
Nuns for Trump
Donald Trump may be struggling to win over white suburban women and Black women, but he has some fans among Catholic nuns. Here is a taste of Elle Hardy’s piece at Unherd: Bespectacled and berobed, a softly spoken nun may […]
An evangelical singer releases a pro-Trump Christian music video
This is not a parody. Here is Natasha Owens: Lyrics: I’m not saying He’s something divine He gets in trouble bigly Time after time He’s controversial But one thing is true Imperfect people A perfect God can use I’m standing […]
Without fear or favor: the D.A. who convicted a president
The story of the D.A. who secured President Trump’s recent conviction is worth examining in more detail.
At least one Southern Baptist congregation might leave the denomination after Albert Moher’s recent opinion piece on the Trump felony conviction:
Earlier this week I said a few things about Albert Mohler essay on Donald Trump’s 34 felony convictions. You may recall his piece–it is the one in which Mohler, the president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, calls Joe […]
“I am left to conclude from these opinions that our greatest problem …is with the people of this land! We have lost our ability to discern the difference between right and wrong.”
This September 1998 James Dobson letter to his Focus on the Family constituency is loaded. (See our last two posts.) I was also struck by this passage: At one point during the shocking revelations last month, Clinton’s public approval rating […]
“Can both fresh water and salt water flow from the same spring (James 3:11 NIV)?”
I have been rereading James Dobson’s September 1998 letter to his Focus on the Family constituency in the wake of the Clinton-Lewinsky scandal. It is an amazing primary source, especially in light of the evangelical embrace of Donald Trump, a […]
“There were other indications that [he] was untruthful and immoral. Why, then, did the American people ignore so many red flags”
This was James Dobson in a letter to his September 1988 newsletter to his Focus on the Family constituency. Read it here. By the way, the “he” in the title of this post is a reference to Bill Clinton. The […]
Mark Driscoll hopes Jesus will return before Election Day
The last time we wrote about Driscoll here, he was talking about Jezebel spirits and male strippers. Today we learn that the controversial megachurch pastor is not happy with either presidential candidate. Here is Leonardo Blair at The Christian Post: […]
Trump supporters–including Eric Metaxas and Todd Starnes–compare his felony convictions to a “lynching”
Kristina Karama, former chair of the Michigan Republican Party, said that “we witnessed the political lynching of Donald Trump today.” She was not the only one. Evangelicals Eric Metaxas and Todd Starnes also played the lynching card in the wake […]
Charlie Kirk: “You will remember where you were on May 30th”
I think I was taking a nap when the Trump conviction was announced. I actually don’t remember. The leader of pro-Trump Turning Point USA compares Trump’s conviction yesterday to the JFK assassination and September 11th: There are actually three more […]
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson wants the Supreme Court to “step-in” to change Trump felony conviction
Watch Johnson on Fox & Friends this morning: Nice try, Mike, but the Supreme Court doesn’t just “step in.” Could this case be appealed to the Supreme Court? Yes. But first it needs to go through the New Appellate Division […]
Four days after Memorial Day 2024 Trump says “we’re living in a fascist state”
On the Friday following Memorial Day, Donald Trump said the the United States is a “fascist state.” Here is his “press conference”: Watch: Anyone who has watched Trump over the years should not be surprised by anything he said in […]
What is “election interference”?
Claims of “election interference” right now are exactly the same as claims of the “stolen election” in November 2020.
The Senate responds to the Trump conviction
Yet another glimpse of the country’s political polarization. Here is the Senate response to the Trump conviction: Tommy Tuberville (R-AL): Katie Britt: (R-AL): Lisa Murkowski (R-AK): Nothing we can find Dan Sullivan (R-AK): This is a very sad day for […]
Headlines and fault lines
Headlines following yesterday afternoon’s Trump trial verdict show political differences.
Wehner: “After today it’s a bit harder for the GOP to claim it’s the party of law-and-order and ‘family values'”
Peter Wehner is an evangelical Christian, a conservative, a member of the George W. Bush administration, and a regular contributor to The New York Times and The Atlantic. He has been a consistent critic of Donald Trump ever since he […]