What is happening in the world of evangelicals and politics: On Corey Booker’s 25 hour speech: On Trump’s tariffs: On free speech: On the Wisconsin Supreme Court election: Of course it was rigged, Lance: On immigration and refugees: Myanmar earthquake […]
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The second Trump presidency is two months old. What are evangelical saying?
Let’s check-in on the world of evangelicals and politics. Several high-ranking Trump officials, including Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio, shared military strike plans on an unsecure Signal channel. Military strike […]
The inerrancy summit
Liz Charlotte Grant’s Christian Century piece on the Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy begins this way: “On October 25, 1978, about 250 White men strode across the orange carpet of the Chicago Hyatt Regency O’Hare’s lobby with a ten-dollar theological […]
I took a week off from blogging. What is happening on the evangelicals and politics front?
I took the last week off to write. (More on that later). What happened in the world of evangelicals and politics while I was gone? Let’s check in: Jenna Ellis offers another “lesson” in the politics of human dignity: Jenna, […]
Donald Trump says he was “saved by God to make America great again.” What are evangelicals saying?
Apparently God saved Trump to deport immigrants, fire federal employees without notice, start a trade war, cut aid to suffering people around the world, and bow to Russian autocrat Vladimir Putin. Let’s see what evangelicals are saying about Trump’s speech […]
Mike Pence calls Pope Francis “Holy Father” and all hell breaks lose in the conservative evangelical world
File this post under the “Anti-Catholicism is alive and well” category. Here is Pence’s tweet: This guy is questioning Pence’s Christianity: Not an evangelical?: And the hits keep coming: Jon Root invokes R.C. Sproul:
Did God answer Franklin Graham’s prayer? Evangelicals respond to what happened today in the Oval Office
What an embarrassment for the United States of America. Watch: Some American evangelicals are responding: Did God answer Franklin Graham’s prayer?:
Anti-Catholicism is alive and well in some sectors of the evangelical world
In case you haven’t heard, Pope Francis is in critical condition. I know that there are many people around the world who do not agree with the way Pope Francis has applied his Christian faith to social, cultural, and political […]
There’s some wild stuff going on right now on conservative evangelical social media
Some MAGA evangelicals are mad at the Philadelphia Eagles: Let’s start off with some facts The Super Bowl champion Philadelphia Eagles have not rejected an invitation to the White House. But that did not stop many conservative evangelicals, looking for […]
The McManis Professor of Christian Thought at Wheaton College responds to recent criticisms of the school
In case you missed it, a Wheaton College graduate took a shot at his alma mater last week in the pages of the conservative journal First Things. We covered it here and here. Today Timothy Larsen, the McManis Professor of […]
Alan Jacobs on that First Things piece on Wheaton College
A disgruntled 2014 Wheaton College graduate named Daniel Davis took a shot at his alma mater last week in the pages of First Things. You can read it here. I don’t want to give too much attention to what I […]
The Trump wrecking ball keeps swinging. What are evangelicals saying?
MAGA prophet Lance Wallnau once claimed that God told him that Donald Trump “is a wrecking ball to the spirit of political correctness.” Well, it looks the prophecy came true. The new president, with the help of Elon Musk, is […]
Why are conservative evangelicals attacking the “He Gets Us” Super Bowl ad?
As I wrote yesterday, MAGA evangelicals need to invent controversies so they have something to talk about. They thrive on outrage. “Likes” and reposts translate into more followers, more influence, and more money. Take, for example, the response of some […]
MAGA sets its sights on Wheaton College
Have you heard about this dustup? Read Kathryn Post’s piece at Religion News Service. Here is a taste: On Friday (Feb. 7), Wheaton College, the evangelical Christian school outside Chicago, publicly congratulated Russell Vought, a conservative activist and architect of Project 2025 […]
Roads Not Taken: Evangelicals and Politics, 1998-2006
Here is a taste of a lecture I gave last week at the University of Findlay in Findlay, Ohio. Scroll back to watch the entire lecture.
“Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for they will get an executive order.”
The day after Trump’s inauguration, the president attended an interfaith service at the National Cathedral. During the sermon, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde urged Trump to consider the human dignity of immigrants, refugees, and members of the transgender community. She spoke […]
Trump evangelicals are going after Christian institutions that take federal funds.
Thousands and thousands of Christian organizations, including Trump acolyte Franklin Graham’s Samaritan’s Purse, have taken federal money to help advance their missions. Christian charities have lost funds as a result of Trump’s cuts to US AID. They include World Vision, […]
More than six years ago I said this:
I still stand by this:
We are more than a week into the second Trump presidency. What are evangelicals saying?
The members of the Evangelical Immigrant Roundtable urge the Trump administration to respect religious freedom. Quotes from the leaders of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities, World Relief, the National Association of Evangelicals, and the National Latino Evangelical Coalition. […]
Inauguration day was Monday. Evangelicals are still talking about the new administration. What are they saying?
Lance wants to replace NPR: Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA will now have correspondent in the press briefing room: Christian Broadcasting Network’s David Brody: Brody seems to believe that the primary reason Americans voted for Trump was his promise to […]