I remember back in 2010 when evangelicals were reading David Platt’s book Radical: Taking Back Your Faith from the American Dream and giving out copies to their friends. Platt is now the pastor of McLean Bible Church, a flagship evangelical […]
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Evangelical roundup for August 2, 2021
What is going on Evangelicalland? Critical race theory is dividing evangelicalism. Are evangelicals woke? This Reformed Baptist thinks “woke evangelicalism” is an “abomination”: https://twitter.com/soli_Jesum/status/1421637839733800962 Billy Graham’s grandson is out of the hospital. Evangelicals love Israel Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom […]
An evangelical anti-vaxxer in the Olympic pool
His name is Michael Andrew and he ran out of gas on the last leg of yesterday’s final in the 200 meter individual medley. Watch: Rowdy Gaines said it all: “He’s done.” Out of the pool, Michael Andrew is a […]
Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA is mobilizing evangelicals to oppose vaccine mandates
Earlier this week, the conservative evangelical Trump-follower said that Simone Biles is a sociopath. He doubled-down on the comments yesterday: Today we learn how Kirk is stoking vaccine resistance through his “pro-Trump youth group” Turning Point USA. Here is Isaac […]
Evangelical roundup for July 29, 2021
What is going on Evangelicalland?: Are evangelicals anti-anti-racist? One evangelical doesn’t like David French writing about race. Here is what French wrote. Shane Claiborne wants to visit Greg Locke’s church: https://twitter.com/ShaneClaiborne/status/1420184808521670658 Christian Contemporary Music is more popular than country music…IN […]
Eric Metaxas: Don’t get vaccinated. Be a rebel.
I wrote a lot about Metaxas today in my piece at Current. I could have added this to the article. In addition to his radio program, Metaxas serves as a “fellow” at the Liberty University Standing for Freedom Center. Watch […]
The future of American evangelicalism is Latino
Here is Meaghan Winter at The Atlantic; Latinos are leaving the Catholic Church and converting to evangelical Protestantism in increased numbers, and evangelical organizations are putting more energy and resources toward reaching potential Latino congregants. Latinos are the fastest-growing group of evangelicals in the […]
Evangelical roundup for July 26, 2021
What is going on Evangelicalland?: If you can get behind the paywall, Beth Allison Barr and Kristin Kobes Du Mez were out on the town in Waco and The New Yorker covered it! Evangelicals making a difference: https://twitter.com/FindMyVaxLA_Bot/status/1412944931111460866 Critical race […]
Evangelical roundup for July 22, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? Owen Strachan is worried about changing “biblical commas”: https://twitter.com/TheRaDR/status/1417314037080240137?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1417314037080240137%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Freligiondispatches.org%2Fevangelical-profs-biblical-comma-tweet-exposes-paradox-of-respectable-evangelical-anti-intellectualism%2F Beware of former Obama adviser Michael Wear. 😉 Why evangelicals still love Trump. With COVID-19 on the rise among the unvaccinated, this evangelical commentator and […]
Evangelical roundup for July 19, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? Despite new data, Robert Jeffress thinks evangelicalism in America is alive and well. His head is in the sand. But Jeffress is trying to get evangelicals vaccinated: https://twitter.com/robertjeffress/status/1416015888684359680 True: https://twitter.com/jorymicah/status/1414369782250549252 On vaccines: Stop blaming […]
Is evangelical Christianity a religious movement, or is it something else?
I first read historian Paul E. Johnson’s 1978 book A Shopkeeper’s Millennium: Society and Revivals in Rochester, New York, 1815-1837 in 1989 while I was studying church history at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Johnson argued that evangelical religion in Rochester, […]
The number of COVID-19 cases is rising, especially in communities with lots of evangelicals
Some disturbing news from Jack Jenkins at Religion News Service: As COVID-19 cases surge again, two things are true about many counties considered hot spots: Vaccination rates are low and white evangelical Protestant populations are high, according to a new […]
How one small Eric Metaxas comment sums-up the current state of evangelical thinking
In yesterday’s Evangelical roundup I posted and commented on evangelical conspiracy theorist Eric Metaxas’s interview with fellow evangelical conspiracy theorist and Pennsylvania state senator Doug Mastriano. Here is the interview: At the 1:25 mark, Eric Metaxas says: There was just […]
Evangelical roundup for July 15, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? Want to learn more about Ocean Grove, New Jersey (see picture above)? I recommend Troy Messenger, Holy Leisure: Recreation and Religion in God’s Square Mile. Evangelical pastors push for Asian-Black solidarity Wise words from […]
Evangelical roundup for July 12, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? A lot of commentators–evangelical or otherwise–are responding to the recent PRRI survey. Sarah Jones at New York Magazine. NPR. Michelle Boorstein at The Washington Post. The Burlington (VT) Free Press. Natalie Jackson at Five […]
Evangelical roundup for July 8, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? Is evangelicalism an “ethos”? Do evangelicals have a theology of the church? A good reminder: https://twitter.com/BrianZahnd/status/1411504550880727042 Ask an Evangelical! Latino evangelicals turn toward Trumpism: https://twitter.com/jimwallis/status/1412461642546388994 A conservative website doesn’t like that McLean Bible Church […]
What did evangelicals say this weekend about July 4th?
I was going to add this to today’s Evangelical Roundup, but I thought I would include it in a separate post. Now if we can get this kind of tweeting on Easter or Pentecost Sunday. David French offers a lesson […]
Evangelical roundup for July 5, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? Some evangelical pastors are afraid to recommend the COVID-19 vaccination because they don’t want to divide their congregations. The big takeaway at the Presbyterian Church in America General Assembly was an overture on gay […]
Was I a member of a cult?
I wouldn’t call Gilgal a “cult,” although some have called it that and I can understand why. One of these days I will write about the first seven or eight years of my evangelical life as an active participant in […]
The Michigan Republican and evangelical music minister who searched for evidence of election fraud, but “all he found was lies”
Ed McBroom is a dairy farmer in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, a substitute teacher, a music minister at First Baptist Church of Norway (MI), and a GOP state senator who chairs the Oversight Committee. Here’s a little devotional from the First […]