There are a lot of American evangelicals who get their American history from Eric Metaxas. In a recent segment of his radio show, Metaxas said that there were no violent protesters at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Watch: […]
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What was Eric Metaxas’s role in the new Bonhoeffer film?
There has been a lot of confusion on the relationship between MAGA evangelical Eric Metaxas and the film Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Spy, Assassin. Warren Throckmorton scored an interview with the film’s director, Todd Kormanicki. Here is a taste of Throckmorton’s Substack […]
Using Bonhoeffer
Over at First Things, Joel Looper, the author of a book on Dietrich Bonhoeffer, reviews the movie Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin. A taste: Bonhoeffer was a towering figure of twentieth-century theology whose courage, leadership in the Confessing Church, and ultimate […]
Eric Metaxas apologizes to the Bonhoeffer family…sort of
Warren Throckmorton is following this story closely. Here is a taste of his latest: Today, Eric Metaxas offered a guarded apology for his slanderous remarks about the relatives of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. During an interview with Glenn Beck on November 23, Metaxas said 86 of […]
The Bonhoeffer family is considering legal action against Eric Metaxas
Back in October we published a post titled “Bonhoeffer family to Eric Metaxas: âWe are horrified to see how the legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer isâŚbeing distorted and misusedâŚâ The post included two open letters criticizing Christian Right pundit Eric Metaxas’s […]
Bonhoeffer family to Eric Metaxas: “We are horrified to see how the legacy of Dietrich Bonhoeffer is…being distorted and misused…”
Eric Metaxas’s use of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s legacy has caught the attention of the Bonhoeffer family. We’ve covered Metaxas’s misuse of Bonhoeffer here: Charles Marsh unleashes a devastating assault on court evangelical Eric Metaxasâs misuse of Bonhoeffer as it relates to […]
Eric Metaxas on why ministers who don’t preach politics, and Christians who attend their churches, are under judgment
Billy Hallowell interviews Eric Metaxas on Christians and politics. Watch: OK, let’s break this down: 00:50: I think Metaxas really believes he is a prophet from God. He seems to know the will of the God. This makes sense, because […]
The disputed thesis that underpins MAGA evangelicalism
I have a piece today at Commonweal. Read it here. A taste: On April 5, 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Donald Trump announced via Twitter that he would be streaming the Palm Sunday service at Harvest Christian […]
Evangelical prayer as a political weapon
Sean Feucht, wearing an “it’s not political, its spiritual” t-shirt, joins Samuel Rodriguez and Eric Metaxas in praying before Thursday night’s Trump-Biden debate. Praying for our leaders is a good thing. Using prayer as a political weapon is not a […]
Eric Metaxas will interview Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
I am sure there will be a lot of anti-vax conversation when these two guys get together. Metaxas is charging $100 for the event. Learn more here. I wonder if they will discuss some of these recent Metaxas tweets:
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 and Eric Metaxas on the Trump conviction: “We are up against pure evil”
It seems that whenever the members of the Christian wing of the MAGA party suffer a loss, such as when their leader gets convicted on 34 felony charges–they turn to spiritual warfare. There is a certain logic to this move. […]
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 […]
Eric Metaxas continues in his unhinged state
Eric Metaxas believes Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech was “satanic” and Biden himself is a “puppet of the devil” who displays a ‘horrifying malevolence.” Metaxas says that he has not seen such a level of lying before in […]
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 […]
Romney: âI must admit that I find sexual assault to be a line I will not cross in the people I select to be my presidentâ
Mitt Romney still believes in the politics of character. What a dinosaur! đ Watch: Compare with this: For those who are not on X, here is Graham’s full text: We need to pray for our country and where it is […]
Eric Metaxas prepares pastors for a holy war
Metaxas spoke last night at Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point Faith event and issued a call for pastors to engage in a holy war: I am reminded of Russel Moore’s recent piece at Christianity Today: “Culture War is Not Spiritual Warfare.”
Trump court evangelicals, prophets, and pseudo-historians will gather with Charlie Kirk in San Diego this week to train pastors
This week over 1,000 Christian pastors will converge on San Diego for the Turning Point USA “Pastors Summit.” According to the event website, this event will highlight “the need for pastors and their congregations to stand for truth and no […]
Eric Metaxas and John Zmirak on why Mike Pence is not a good Christian
As you might imagine, the reason the former Vice President is not a good Christian is because he chose to certify the 2020 presidential election on January 6, 2021. Watch these guys:
Court evangelical Robert Jeffress claims he just texted Trump: “There are millions of Christians praying for you right now”
A Southern Baptist once told me that the most dangerous place in the Southern Baptist Convention is between Robert Jeffress and a camera. The pastor of the First Baptist Church of Dallas does not seem phased by the Trump federal […]