Happy Leap Day! Here is what is happening in Evangelical land? Marvin Olasky reviews Mike Cosper, Land of My Sojourn: The Landscape of a Faith Lost and Found. Evangelicals continue to push for immigration reform. Evangelicals are essential players in […]
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Evangelical roundup for February 26, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? How Trump won over South Carolina evangelicals. Dan Silliman with a brief synopsis of Christianity Today‘s reporting on the South Carolina primary: Some Brazilian evangelicals see no contradiction between practicing Christianity and criticizing Israel. […]
Evangelical roundup for February 22, 2024
What is happening in evangelical land? The New York Times obituary for WORLD magazine founder Joel Belz. Randall Balmer on his father’s evangelicalism. More on the recent conference on Carl F.H. Henry’s The Uneasy Conscience of Modern Fundamentalism. Conflict at […]
Evangelical roundup for February 19, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? Sojourners reviews Rob Reiner’s film “God and Country” The battle for souls in the deepest Amazon. The folks at the Institute on Religion & Democracy commemorate the 75th anniversary of Carl F.H. Henry’s The […]
Evangelical roundup for February 15, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? Should evangelicals fear Nones? French evangelicals launch a “Stop Abuse” website. Russell Moore talks politics, faith, and mission. The Asbury Revival: One year later. The National Association of Evangelicals celebrates Black History Month: Evangelical […]
Evangelical roundup for February 12, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? Are evangelicals a minority? Young evangelical support for Israel keeps dropping. Regime evangelicals World Vision on child soldiers: Ukraine evangelicals respond to Tucker Carlson’s interview with Putin. Justin Giboney on the crisis at the […]
About that Beth Allison Barr blurb
People are wondering how, in my recent piece in The Atlantic, I could be critical of Beth Allison Barr’s book The Making of Biblical Womanhood after I wrote a blurb endorsing it when it first appeared in print. That’s a […]
My piece today at The Atlantic
It is titled “Part of Me Will Always Be Grateful for James Dobson.” The subtitle is “Americans deserve a fuller accounting of evangelicalism’s role in our country’s life.” Regular readers of Current will recognize some of these ideas. Here is […]
Evangelical roundup for February 5, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land Stop equating evangelical Christianity with whiteness More on the Quaker evangelicals serving migrants in Denver. Joel Belz, RIP. John Inazu interviews Michael Wear on spiritual formation and politics. The National Association of Evangelicals is […]
Evangelical roundup for February 1, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? Can evangelicalism have a constructive vision? A Denver evangelical congregation opens an overnight shelter for migrants. Ryan Burge on “cultural evangelicalism“ Christian college presidents gather: Evangelicals and European elections World Vision’s READ II Project: […]
Evangelical roundup for January 29, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? Study: 72% of evangelicals came to faith before adulthood. Defending the Asbury Revival, nearly one year later. A Tennessee church gives away ten cars to those in need. World Vision prioritizing education: Iowan evangelicals […]
Tony Evans, Franklin Graham, and other evangelical ministry leaders make A LOT of money.
There is a LOT of money to be made in preaching the prosperity gospel, advancing Christian Right agendas, and prophesying the election of Donald Trump. In case you missed it, Ministry Watch released its list of “highly paid ministry executives” […]
Evangelical roundup for January 18, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? Micah Watson reviews Russell Moore’s Losing Our Religion. The soundtrack of white evangelicalism. The war in Gaza is making some Latino evangelicals question their support for Israel. Trump is not our savior: Evangelicals in […]
91 felony indictments later and Trump’s evangelical support is growing
As I noted this morning, evangelicals carried Trump to his Iowa win last night. We now know that Trump did much better with Iowa evangelicals this time around. Here is The New York Times: Evangelical Christian voters moved to Trump […]
Evangelical roundup for January 11, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? The “new” Trump evangelical voters. Tim Alberta on Biden’s speech at Mother Emanuel AME: Is Donald Trump a “man of faith? The National Association of Evangelicals is sharing the dream: Lecrae’s “Deconstruction“ Milligan University […]
Evangelical roundup for January 8, 2024
What is happening in Evangelical land? Russell Moore on evangelicals criticizing evangelicals. Do Anglican evangelicals want to split the Church? Richard Ostling reviews Tim Alberta’s The Kingdom, the Power and the Glory. Swiss evangelicals produce a new Bible dictionary for […]
Evangelical roundup for December 21, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Are evangelicals who appear in a Rob Reiner film “selling out?” The Holy Post gang discusses the Rob Reiner film and my piece completely miss the spirit of it. Phil Vischer and Skye Jethani […]
Shirley Hoogstra will retire as president of the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities
Here is the press release: WASHINGTON, D.C., December 18, 2023—The Council for Christian Colleges & Universities (“CCCU”), the leading national voice of Christian higher education, today announced that Shirley Hoogstra is retiring as the president, effective on or before December […]
Evangelical roundup for December 18, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical land? Iowa Kingmaker Bob Vander Plaats on why so many Iowa evangelicals are sticking with Donald Trump. Trump’s 25-year-old director of faith outreach in Iowa. An evangelical pastor is trying to stop political polarization in […]
Evangelical roundup for December 14, 2023
What is happening in Evangelical Land: Writer Steven King rips Trump-supporting evangelicals. A news website is uniting Spanish evangelicals. Nicaragua is closing 256 evangelical NGOs. More on Michael Youssef’s evangelism rally in Egypt. Good to see Scot McKnight covering Current‘ […]