The court evangelicals continue to line-up behind Donald Trump. So far Mike Huckabee, Paula White, Eric Metaxas, Lance Wallnau, Marc Burns, and James Dobson have either formal endorsed Trump or suggested they will support him in the 2024 presidential election. […]
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“Trump is the man”: Did court evangelical Eric Metaxas just endorse Trump’s 2024 candidacy for president?
Evangelical author and radio host Eric Metaxas remains in the tank for Donald Trump. Over the last seven or eight years he has been one of the most vocal court evangelicals. Here is a snippet from a recent conversation on […]
MAGA prophet Lance Wallnau says that anti-Trumpers in both political parties will start dying “sudden deaths” next month
Some of you will note that I included this story in yesterday’s Evangelical Roundup, but I thought it was worth a separate post. Here is Wallnau, the Charismatic, MAGA, Christian Nationalist, Seven Mountain “prophet”: Watch the entire video here: As […]
Trump speaks to court evangelical “emergency prayer call”
Tonight at 6:45 Donald Trump, fresh off his New York City indictment, participated on a prayer call with some of his conservative evangelical supporters. Paula White’s “National Faith Advisory Board hosted the call. I listened to it here. It looks […]
Episode 54: “Respecting life, but not all costs”
A Catholic expert on right-to-die cases testifies at the Terri Schiavo trial. Episode 54: “Respecting life, but not at all costs’ dropped today. Subscribers to Current at the Longshore level and above have access to new episodes of this narrative history podcast. To listen […]
Trump is indicted. How are evangelicals responding?
Trump is the first United States president to face criminal charges–more than thirty of them. The formal indictment will take place on Tuesday at 2:15pm. Evangelical responses are below. Let’s remember that none of these evangelicals have seen the thirty […]
Is Florida a “bridge between the American and Israeli people?”
Ron DeSantis seems to think so. He is heading to Israel next month because this is what GOP presidential candidates do these days to secure the evangelical vote. The following press release says “At a time of unnecessarily strained relations […]
The 2016 and 2020 court evangelicals continue to line-up behind Trump. Today it’s Paula White’s turn.
First it was Robert Jeffress (although, to be fair, his speech last weekend in Waco was not an endorsement). Then it was Mike Huckabee. Now Paula White, Trump’s so-called “spiritual adviser.” David Brody, the Trump court evangelical journalist, broke the […]
Mike Huckabee is the first 2016 and 2020 court evangelical to endorse Donald Trump
Huckabee is out early with the endorsement. He compares Trump to the “Soup Nazi” on Seinfeld. Will Robert Jeffress follow? Watch:
Donald Trump and Robert Jeffress are back together again in Waco.
Robert Jeffress, the Trump court evangelical who says he is not yet ready to endorse a candidate for president in 2024, sure looked like he was back in the tank for Trump today in Waco. I cannot seem to embed […]
Seven Mountain Dominionism used to be a “stealth” operation. No longer.
In November, 2010, Lance Wallnau, the founder and head of an organization called “Lance Learning Group,” visited Modesto. It was his second visit to the California city. Mark S. Vasche, editor of the The Modesto Bee, wrote about Wallnau’s visit. […]
“Prophet” Lance Wallnau: Steve Bannon should speak in tongues and the Trump family should be “Charismatic Pentecostals”
Lance Wallnau has been on a roll of late. Some of you know Wallnau. He’s the guy who: He now wants to win MAGA “thought leaders” to Pentecostalism: Wallnau recently spoke at the “Fire and Glory Live” event. Here is […]
We now live in a world where the Christian Right defends a president who gave hush-money to a porn star
This morning I read Ross Douthat’s thoughts on the political ramifications of a Trump indictment in the Stormy Daniels case. Here is a taste: …the political question is inescapable: Will an indictment help Trump or hurt him in his quest […]
Trump calls into the “Pastors for Trump” prayer call
Roger Stone, Michael Flynn, and Donald Trump participated in a “prayer call” Monday night with Jackson Lahmeyer and the Pastors for Trump movement. Some of you may remember Lahmeyer as the 2022 Senate candidate who tried to unseat Jim Lankford […]
On the “fuzzy border” between history and journalism
As a trained historian who serves as the co-founder and executive editor of an online website of opinion, I resonated with New York Times reporter Clay Risen’s recent piece at Perspctives on History: “Professional Crafts: The Fuzzy Border between History […]
The fragmentation of evangelical politics
This week I traveled to Wheaton College to deliver a lecture titled “The Fragmentation of Evangelical Politics: What Happened – and How Can We Pick up the Pieces?” Here’s a brief excerpt from my presentation. Evangelicals are divided in their […]
Episode 53: “Michael Schiavo Takes the Stand”
The 2000 Terri Schiavo trial gets under way. Episode 53: “Michael Schiavo Takes the Stand’ dropped today. Subscribers to Current at the Longshore level and above have access to new episodes of this narrative history podcast. To listen to previous episodes click the word […]
More on the censure of Trump lawyer and evangelical pundit Jenna Ellis
As I wrote last night in this post, Jenna Ellis rarely tweets without claiming that she is a great defender of truth. She has built a platform on defending Donald Trump and contesting the 2020 election and now she had […]
Will evangelicals support Trump in 2024?
I was happy to help New York Times reporter Charlie Homans with this story. A taste: Mark Burns, a pastor from Easley, S.C., who served as a campaign surrogate for Mr. Trump in 2016 and has endorsed his 2024 run, […]
Trump lawyer and conservative evangelical pundit Jenna Ellis is censured in Colorado for lying about the 2020 election
It was all lies. Jenna Ellis is a former Liberty University representative, Colorado Christian University law professor, former host of a podcast titled “Just the Truth,” and a Trump election fraud lawyer who, along with Rudolph Giuliani, tried to overturn […]