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The Mar-a-Lago evangelicals are back with something called the “National Faith Advisory Board.” Let’s break it down!
The American people removed the king and his evangelical court from the throne last November, but some of the pro-Trump evangelical courtiers are not going down without a fight. Here is Forward magazine: Former Trump evangelicals are launching a new […]
“Fools find no pleasure in understanding but delight in airing their opinions.” The latest from megachurch pastor Jack Hibbs
If you want to see just about everything that is wrong with American evangelicalism today watch this clip (below) from Jack Hibbs‘s Sunday sermon at Calvary Chapel-Chino Hills. Hibbs is not leading a Sunday morning worship service here, he is […]
Who were the evangelical Christians who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021?
I have already introduced readers to Tyler Ethridge, a Seven Mountain Dominionist trained at Charis Bible College’s David Barton School of Government. But Ethridge was not the only evangelical Christian at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Here is Michelle […]
Member of Congress: “We are an army for everything that Jesus has purchased for us and our children, and our children’s children”
I might not pay attention to this kind of idolatry, blasphemy, and heresy if it wasn’t coming from a member of the House of Representatives. According to the Christian nationalist theology of Colorado congresswoman Lauren Boebert, Jesus died to redeem […]
Evangelical Trumpers gather in Orlando
While many Americans are celebrating Juneteenth, an all-star lineup of Trump court evangelicals and other assorted followers of the former president are in Orlando this weekend for the Road to Majority 2021, the annual gathering of Ralph Reed’s Faith & […]
Are you looking for an evangelical congregation not divided by race, Trump, or COVID-19? Good luck
Many evangelical Christians believe that racism is a problem in the church, Trump was bad for the church, and COVID-19 revealed selfishness in the church. Some are deciding to stay in their divided congregations and work toward reconciliation. Others are […]
Evangelical conspiracy theorists Mike Lindell and Eric Metaxas at the Mitchell, South Dakota Corn Palace
They were at the South Dakota landmark to launch, for about the tenth time, Mike “MyPillow Guy” Lindell’s new social media platform “Frank.” Here is local coverage from the Mitchell (SD) Republic: A crowd of 1,650 was at the Corn […]
Doug Mastriano’s Christian nationalism
We have covered Doug Mastriano before. Check out our posts on the controversial Pennsylvania state senator here. Mastriano is the subject of Eliza Griswold’s recent piece at The New Yorker. Here is a taste: Doug Mastriano, a Republican state senator […]
Ah, the memories! Court evangelicals in their natural habitat
Jim Garlow, one of the lesser-known court evangelicals, shared this video today at his public Facebook page. The date was May 3, 2017. I see the following court evangelicals schmoozing with their political savior as the band plays “New York, […]
Liberty University sues Jerry Falwell Jr. for $10 million
I can’t keep up with all these Liberty University stories. Last week disgraced former president Jerry Falwell Jr. was touting the COVID-19 vaccine and catching a lacrosse game on campus. Earlier this week Liberty fired Trey Falwell, Falwell Jr.’s son. […]
Mike Huckabee and Mike Pompeo join Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom Center (formerly Falkirk Center)
Charlie Kirk and Sebastian Gorka are out. Huckabee and Pompeo are in. Here is Kate Andrews at Virginia Business: Liberty University’s newly renamed think tank, the Standing for Freedom Center, has announced a slate of five new fellows, including former […]
Paula White will lead Donald Trump’s new “Center for American Values”
Yesterday Axios reported that the remnants of the Donald Trump administration will start something called the “America First Policy Institute.” Readers of this blog might be interested in learning that former court evangelical Paula White-Cain will head the new institute’s […]
A pro-Trump Pentecostal preacher will run against Jim Lankford in the 2022 Oklahoma U.S. Senate race
Jackson Lahmeyer is the pastor of Sheridan Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Here what is written on the “Who We Are” page of the church website: Most people are familiar with the name Sheridan Christian Center. It was one of the […]
Sidney Powell says “reasonable people” would not accept her claims about election fraud “as fact”
Some you remember Sidney Powell. She was the lawyer working alongside Rudy Giuliani, Liberty University Falkirk Center fellow Jenna Ellis, and others to try to prove election fraud in the 2020 presidential election. She was eventually dropped from that team, […]
Liberty University and Charlie Kirk part ways. The Falkirk Center will get a new name
The Falkirk Center, named after disgraced former Liberty president Jerry Falwell Jr. and Trump wonder-boy Kirk, will be renamed the “Standing for Freedom Center.” It looks like the website is in a state of transition. Here is Ruth Graham of […]
Missouri senator Josh Hawley’s pursuit of power
Elaina Pott and Danny Hakim of The New York Times explore the rise of Josh Hawley, the first senator to announce he would oppose the 2020 election certification. Here is a taste: Mr. Hawley sharpened his thinking in conversations with […]
Mike “MyPillow Guy” Lindell is still fighting 2020 election fraud
It looks like another documentary is coming. Watch: Here are some of our previous Lindell posts: “Mike Lindell thought his documentary would be a ‘miracle’ that would ‘get us back to being one nature under God.’ (Eric Metaxas nods in […]
MAGA evangelical at CPAC: “Conservatism is about the truth of the Word of God”
What are some of Trump’s favorite evangelicals saying about today’s CPAC speech: Charlie Kirk, the founder of Liberty University’s Falkirk Center, loved it: Actually, I thought the speech was pretty low energy: Actually, he IS the former president, Jenna. He […]
Jack Hibbs offers an “exclusive teaching” about the coming “Civil War,” the “God-given right” to own guns, the “great blessing” of COVID-19, the diseased immigrants coming “from the Middle East and Africa,” and why mask-wearers lack faith
This weekend the American Conservative Union is hosting its annual Conservative Political Action Conference or CPAC. Learn more about the line-up here. Donald Trump will speak on Sunday. Let’s see what some of his favorite evangelicals are up to these […]