What is happening in Evangelical land? Will evangelicals separate from John MacArthur? Justin Giboney quotes Megan McCardle on the Hawley-Bridges exchange: Concordance-ism Why Paul Weyrich is key to our understanding of abortion’s role in the culture wars. Robert Jeffress is […]
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Evangelical roundup for July 10, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Do evangelicals believe the Bible is “literally true?” Former World editor Marvin Olasky on Trump and evangelical journalism. Shane is heading to the White House. I hope he is careful about the power of […]
Evangelical roundup for July 7, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Will Wheaton College remove J. Oliver’s Buswell’s name from its library? An evangelical on why evangelicals need to care more about inequality. The Anxious Bench blog gets a new editor Tim Keller is a […]
Evangelical roundup for June 30, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Korean Christians and American evangelicalism. The Presbyterian Church in America votes to leave the National Association of Evangelicals. Walter Kim, the president of the National Association of Evangelicals, attends a PCA church n Virginia. […]
Evangelical roundup for June 27, 2022: Dobbs v. Jackson edition
How is Evangelical land responding to the overturning of Roe v. Wade? I have long understood these roundups as a form of curation. It’s important to get these responses (or at least some of them) all in one place. David […]
Evangelical roundup for June 23, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? More coverage of the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s “Road to Majority” conference. Fame and evangelicalism Newsweek goes after Christians who adopt. Pro-life in a post-Roe world: On Southern Baptists as “political whores.” An Evangelical […]
Evangelical roundup for June 20, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Will evangelicals endorse Trump in 2024? Charles Marsh on growing up evangelical. EGOD? The Gospel Coalition on Juneteenth. Beth and Russell: Will the Southern Baptist Convention be “smaller and purer or bigger and more […]
Evangelical roundup for June 16, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Note: This roundup does not include links to what happened at the Southern Baptist Convention Annual Meeting in Anaheim this week. You can find our coverage on this event here and here. We also […]
Evangelical roundup for June 13, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Getting ready for the Southern Baptist arrival in Anaheim. Christianity Today previews it here. Terry Mattingly on a recent attempt to define evangelicalism. And another attempt. Michael Bird: “Certain theologies enable sexual abuse” Paula […]
Evangelical roundup: January 6th hearing edition
How are evangelicals responding to Thursday night’s January 6th Select Committee hearing? I think the real story here is how many public evangelicals said nothing so far, I am sure there are all kinds of reasons why these folks did […]
Evangelical roundup for June 9, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Some Southern Baptists are trying to discredit the investigators hired to conduct the denomination’s sexual abuse study. Do conservative evangelicals have better sex lives? Shane Claiborne celebrates Pentecost: “Christians leading communities plagued by cartels […]
Evangelical roundup for June 6, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? “My body, my choice?“ A member of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Executive Committee says that taking steps to prevent sexual abuse in churches is a bad idea Andy Stanley: Evangelicals are facing a “state […]
Evangelical Roundup for June 2, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Italian evangelicals are fighting abuse and settling refugees. More on the evangelicals (and other Christians) who want to bring back the child tax credit. Race and the Southern Baptist sexual abuse report. Southern Baptists […]
Evangelical roundup for May 26, 2021
What is happening in Evangelical land? For some early responses to the Southern Baptist Convention sexual abuse report click here and here. Tim Alberta talks with Russell Moore about politics in the church. A Gospel Coalition author on “rights”: 10,000 […]
Evangelical roundup for May 23, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Syke Jethani just triggered Rod Dreher Shane returns to his bus: Shane learns something about Mastriano: The artist behind Chick Tracts has died Tim Keller quotes church historian Kenneth Scott Latourette: Ruth Graham on […]
Evangelical roundup for May 16, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land: Southern Baptist church membership is down 1.1. million. “Jesusland” versus “The United States of Canada” revisited. Not “lone wolves”: Truth: More Shane: The president of Sojourners on reducing abortion, not overturning Roe. What does […]
Evangelical roundup for May 12, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? The New York Times reports on how Trumpism divided an Arkansas church. Veteran religion writer Terry Mattingly responds to the piece. Shane turning guns into tools: It appears that The New York Times is […]
Evangelical roundup for May 8, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Apparently Tim Keller is now not good enough for some conservative evangelicals of the Christian Right. Apparently Ralph Reed forgot about Merrick Garland: Roger Olson responds to Jesus and John Wayne. Charlie Kirk is […]
Evangelical roundup for May 5, 2022: Roe v. Wade edition
What is happening in Evangelical land? They are responding to the leaked draft of Samuel Alito’s Roe v. Wade majority decision. Read the press release from the National Association of Evangelicals. Christianity Today reports here. And a bunch of other […]
Evangelical roundup for May 2, 2022
What is happening in Evangelical land? Evangelicals discussing the future of evangelicalism. Shane Claiborne meets a guy in a Ferrari: Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom Center loves Elon Musk, a defender of transhumanism, opponent of climate change, and a globalist: […]