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, […]
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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: Ask an Evangelical! Latino evangelicals turn toward Trumpism: A conservative website doesn’t like that McLean Bible Church pastor David […]
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 […]
Evangelical roundup for July 1, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? It looks like white evangelical support for Trump was actually higher in 2020 than 2016. An InterVarsity director leaves evangelicalism. But I am unsure what he is leaving apart from a label. Philosopher Jamie […]
Evangelical roundup for June 28, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? Miami evangelicals are stepping-up to the plate in Surfside, Florida. David Barton at First Baptist-Dallas for Freedom Sunday. True: Jim Wallis say “farewell” to Sojourners: Some evangelicals are gathering to read Frederick Douglass on […]
Evangelical roundup for June 24, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? Young evangelicals are fed up. Is this true? Evangelical love Braveheart Looks like another great episode of The Holy Post: Evangelicals won a victory against fundamentalists at the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting. This […]
Evangelical roundup for June 21, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? Some pics from last week’s SBC meeting in Nashville. Jack Graham is glad to be a Southern Baptist: Christianity Today reporter Kate Shellnut on what she saw at the SBC Annual Meeting. Last weekend’s […]
Megachurch pastor Greg Laurie keeps pushing the links between the Great Awakening and the American Revolution
Last week at the Sons of American Revolution conference on religion and the American Revolution, I started my keynote lecture this way: On April 5, 2020, Donald Trump announced (via Twitter of course) that he would be streaming the Palm […]
Evangelical roundup for June 17, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? A lot of Southern Baptist stuff. You can get up to speed here and here and here and here and here. Will the hard right of the Southern Baptist Convention leave the denomination? The […]
Episode 9: Howard Dean’s Bikepath Conversion
The governor of Vermont gets religion Episode 9: âHoward Dean’s Bikepath Conversionâ dropped last night. Subscribers to Current at the Longshore level and above receive this narrative history podcast. Here is a teaser: Listen to Episodes 0, 1, and 2 here. If you like […]
Evangelical roundup for June 14, 2021 (Southern Baptist Convention edition)
What is going on in Evangelicalland? The Southern Baptists are converging on Nashville this week. Here are some links to help you put the annual meeting in context: Sarah Pulliam Bailey has a helpful piece on what is at stake. […]
Evangelical roundup for June 10, 2021
What is going on in Evangelicalland? A former evangelical governor of Tennessee on how to fix evangelical Trumpism Eric Metaxas appeared on the Mike Huckabee show. He is still talking about getting kicked-off YouTube: The murder of the spouse of […]
Megachurch pastor Rick Warren is retiring.
The search for Warren’s successor at Saddleback Church has begun. Here is Jonathan Howe from Baptist Press: Pastor and best-selling author Rick Warren announced Sunday, June 6, that he is stepping down from leading Saddleback Church, the Southern California megachurch […]