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Trump court evangelicals, prophets, and pseudo-historians will gather with Charlie Kirk in San Diego this week to train pastors

John Fea   |  September 11, 2023

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...

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Jenna Ellis’s crowdfunding page and more pro-Trump evangelical responses to the Georgia indictments

John Fea   |  August 15, 2023

Indicted evangelical lawyer Jenna Ellis has established crowdfunding page to help pay for her legal fees. She has already raised over $7000. It appears that Donald Trump’s PAC won’t pay her legal fees because she supports Ron DeSantis. Lance Wallnau...

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Former Trump NSA Michael Flynn to pastors: “Put the Bible aside and read the Constitution during some of your sermons”

John Fea   |  August 12, 2023

The latest from the Michael Flynn: I cannot find the context for this talk. Perhaps someone can help me on that front and I will add it to the post. But this is Christian nationalism in its most extreme form....

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Liberty University: New president, same old stuff

John Fea   |  July 21, 2023

On July 1, 2023 Dondi E. Costin took the helm of Liberty University. We will see if he brings any changes to Liberty’s culture war stance, but if this Steve Bannon-Dave Brat conversation is any indication I am not optimistic...

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She helped Trump try to overthrow the 2020 election. Now she is supporting Ron DeSantis because Trump is too liberal

John Fea   |  July 17, 2023

Some of you may know the name Jenna Ellis. If you read this blog regularly, you know that she was the lawyer who assisted Rudy Giuliani in trying to prove that there was widespread election fraud that allowed Joe Biden...

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The Trump cult of personality was on full display yesterday at Road to Majority 2023: “I’m being indicted for you!”

John Fea   |  June 25, 2023

Nearly all the candidates running for the GOP nomination in 2024 got a chance to speak at Ralph Reed’s “Road to Majority” conference. Some seemed to get more time than others. But if you want to get a glimpse of...

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The Atlantic tackles Seven Mountain Dominionism

John Fea   |  June 20, 2023

A nice piece of reporting here by Stephanie McCrummen. Here is a taste of “The Woman Who Bought a Mountain For God”: On the day she heard God tell her to buy a mountain, Tami Barthen already sensed that her life...

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More evangelical responses to the Trump indictment

John Fea   |  June 9, 2023

Donald Trump is the first president in United States history to face a federal indictment. How are some of his most loyal followers responding? (We published some earlier responses last night). Speaker of the House: MAGA worship leader: Paula White...

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Court evangelical Robert Jeffress claims he just texted Trump: “There are millions of Christians praying for you right now”

John Fea   |  June 8, 2023

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...

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Burge: “People are picking their religion based on their politics, not their politics based on their religion.”

John Fea   |  May 24, 2023

Political scientist Ryan Burge writes: “There is no doubt in my mind that politics is one of the main culprits for the emptying out of American religion.” After laying out his statistical case, Burge adds: Social behavior doesn’t just change...

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The court evangelicals are getting the old band back together

John Fea   |  May 11, 2023

Readers of this blog know what a court evangelical is. But for the uninitiated, I encourage you to read this piece or this book. After last night’s CNN town hall, it appears that Donald Trump just might be the GOP...

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The never-Trumpers, the semi-fascists, and the rationalizers

John Fea   |  April 25, 2023

Over at The Bulwark, Nicholas Grossman breaks down the GOP into three categories: TO UNDERSTAND WHY THIS SEGMENT of Republicans is so DeSantis-needy, let’s briefly revisit the typology of the GOP following its crackup. Donald Trump’s election and presidency split...

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Court evangelical Robert Jeffress is “now solidly behind Trump”

John Fea   |  April 21, 2023

The court evangelicals continue to line-up behind Donald Trump. So far Mike Huckabee, Paula White, Eric Metaxas, Lance Wallnau, Marc Burns, and James Dobson have either formal endorsed Trump or suggested they will support him in the 2024 presidential election....

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MAGA prophet Lance Wallnau says that anti-Trumpers in both political parties will start dying “sudden deaths” next month

John Fea   |  April 14, 2023

Some of you will note that I included this story in yesterday’s Evangelical Roundup, but I thought it was worth a separate post. Here is Wallnau, the Charismatic, MAGA, Christian Nationalist, Seven Mountain “prophet”: Watch the entire video here: As...

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Trump is indicted. How are evangelicals responding?

John Fea   |  March 31, 2023

Trump is the first United States president to face criminal charges–more than thirty of them. The formal indictment will take place on Tuesday at 2:15pm. Evangelical responses are below. Let’s remember that none of these evangelicals have seen the thirty...

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The 2016 and 2020 court evangelicals continue to line-up behind Trump. Today it’s Paula White’s turn.

John Fea   |  March 27, 2023

First it was Robert Jeffress (although, to be fair, his speech last weekend in Waco was not an endorsement). Then it was Mike Huckabee. Now Paula White, Trump’s so-called “spiritual adviser.” David Brody, the Trump court evangelical journalist, broke the...

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“Prophet” Lance Wallnau: Steve Bannon should speak in tongues and the Trump family should be “Charismatic Pentecostals”

John Fea   |  March 22, 2023

Lance Wallnau has been on a roll of late. Some of you know Wallnau. He’s the guy who: He now wants to win MAGA “thought leaders” to Pentecostalism: Wallnau recently spoke at the “Fire and Glory Live” event. Here is...

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Trump calls into the “Pastors for Trump” prayer call

John Fea   |  March 22, 2023

Roger Stone, Michael Flynn, and Donald Trump participated in a “prayer call” Monday night with Jackson Lahmeyer and the Pastors for Trump movement. Some of you may remember Lahmeyer as the 2022 Senate candidate who tried to unseat Jim Lankford...

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Will evangelicals support Trump in 2024?

John Fea   |  March 9, 2023

I was happy to help New York Times reporter Charlie Homans with this story. A taste: Mark Burns, a pastor from Easley, S.C., who served as a campaign surrogate for Mr. Trump in 2016 and has endorsed his 2024 run,...

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Trump lawyer and conservative evangelical pundit Jenna Ellis is censured in Colorado for lying about the 2020 election

John Fea   |  March 9, 2023

It was all lies. Jenna Ellis is a former Liberty University representative, Colorado Christian University law professor, former host of a podcast titled “Just the Truth,” and a Trump election fraud lawyer who, along with Rudolph Giuliani, tried to overturn...

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