What is happening in Evangelical land: Ed Stetzer on evangelicals and race. This is particularly rich. Pro-Trumpers David “I do honest journalism” Brody and David Kubal are talking about how the government is using the church to accomplish its ends. […]
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Evangelical roundup for September 23, 2021
What is happening in Evangelical land? The majority of white evangelical Protestants believe Donald Trump is a “true patriot.” When the KKK funded Billy Sunday: The president of the National Association of Evangelicals meets with Biden. Men’s groups are reading […]
Pastor Kate tells pastor Penny to mask up. Pastor Penny responds by turning her Sunday morning service into a political rally.
Kate Murphy is pastor of The Grove Presbyterian Church, a Presbyterian Church-USA congregation in Charlotte, North Carolina. Penny Maxwell is Senior Pastor of Freedom House Church, a non-denominational megachurch with multiple campuses in the Charlotte area. She co-pastors with her […]
Evangelical roundup for September 20, 2021
What is happening in Evangelical land? Critical race theory helped a Wheaton College professor draw closer to God. More on Trump followers embracing the “evangelical” label. Josh McDowell on critical race theory: McDowell apologized. Faith helped evangelicals get through the […]
The real Tammy Faye
A lot of people are talking and writing about The Eyes of Tammy Faye, a new film on televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker. I hope to see this soon. I am particularly interested in Vincent D’Onofrio‘s portrayal of Jerry Falwell. Over […]
What do white evangelicals think about the January 6, 2021 insurrection?
I got some time today to look at the recent survey on January 6 conducted by the Public Religion Research Institute. The survey found that 57% of white evangelical Christians believe that liberal or left-wing activists such as Antifa were […]
Evangelical roundup for September 16, 2021
What is happening in Evangelical land? Trump supporters were more likely than Trump skeptics to begin identifying as evangelicals by 2020. Yup: Owen Strachan loves John MacArthur: Owen’s theology of COVID is apparently filtered through college football crowds: A group […]
Evangelical roundup for September 13, 2021
What is happening in Evangelical land? The Eric Metaxas Show will be broadcast on Mike Lindell’s website: Trump-loving court evangelical Jack Graham is now saying that he is choosing “not to the play the game” of “tribal politics”: Evangelicals and […]
Blaspheme of the day
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Evangelical roundup for September 9, 2021
What is going on in Evangelical land? Trump-voting Southern Baptist Al Mohler writes a 2500-word article on Joe Biden titled “A Profile of Moral Collapse.” He announced on Twitter that his article is “New and urgent”: A Texas evangelical explains […]
Episode 19: “The Black Church and Gay Marriage”
The Christian Right was not the only opponent of same-sex marriage in early 2004. Episode 19: “The Black Church and Gay Marriage” dropped last night. Subscribers to Current at the Longshore level and above receive this narrative history podcast. Here is a teaser: […]
Why there should be no “religious exemptions” to vaccine mandates
We have posted about Curtis Chang before. He is the co-founder of Christians and the Vaccine and a faculty member at Duke Divinity School. Here is a taste of his recent op-ed at The New York Times: First, there is […]
Evangelical roundup for September 6, 2021
What is going on in Evangelical land? Tony Evans brings Kingdom Race Theology to Liberty University: Progressive evangelicals and other Christians are responding to gun violence I don’t know what panel Ed Stetzer is talking about, but this seems fair: […]
Evangelical roundup: Texas Heartbeat Act edition
What are evangelical Christians saying about the Texas Heartbeat Act? Here’s a bonus addition of the roundup. And it’s not behind the Current paywall! 🙂 James Dobson on Facebook: Just before midnight last night, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a […]
Evangelical roundup for September 2, 2021
What is going on in Evangelical land? Will evangelicals who tell the truth continue to lose their jobs? The VP of the National Association of Evangelicals on Afghanistan: The evangelical governor of Mississippi says that “when you believe in eternal […]
Are COVID masks and vaccination mandates a form of Christian persecution?
Short answer: No. Yesterday Pennsylvania governor Tom Wolf issued a mask requirement for schools. I spent my evening talking/e-mailing with three different evangelical Christian friends who were upset about this. Two of the three people I communicated with were also […]
California settles with John MacArthur’s Grace Community Church
Here is Alejandra Melina at Religion News Service: The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday (Aug. 31) voted to authorize a $400,000 payment to settle a legal battle with Grace Community Church over lead pastor John MacArthur’s defiance […]
Evangelical roundup for August 30, 2021
What is going on in Evangelical land? Nearly 60% of white evangelicals are vaccinated. The rate of vaccination among white evangelicals is higher than the rate of vaccination among rural residents, Republicans, Republicans who support Trump more than the GOP, […]
Senior vice president of National Religious Broadcasting is fired for refusing to recant pro-vaccine statements
Here is Dan Darling earlier this month on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”: Here is Bob Smietana’s reporting at Religion News Service: The spokesman for a major evangelical nonprofit was fired for promoting vaccines on the MSNBC “Morning Joe” cable news show, Religion News […]
Evangelical roundup for August 26, 2021
What is going on Evangelical land? The battle for Ohio evangelicals I think it’s fair to say that Franklin Graham is endorsing Herschel Walker for governor of Georgia. Walker seems to get Graham’s vote not because he is qualified, but […]