Eric Metaxas gained fame in 2009 when he published a deeply flawed biography of Dietrich Bonhoeffer that was universally panned by Bonhoeffer scholars. In 2016, he endorsed Donald Trump for president in a much-discussed Wall Street Journal op-ed. Here are […]
evangelicals and politics
The Presbyterian Church in America canceled David French. Today he responds.
We have covered this story here at Current. Check out Marvin Olasky’s piece, “David French is on a panel, oh no!” We also published “The Presbyterian Church in America disinvites David French.” Today French gives his own take on what […]
Charlie Kirk at evangelical megachurch: Trump and MAGA are fighting against the “very same totalitarianism” Americans fought against in World War II when they “stormed the beaches of Normandy”
The other day someone asked me if I thought Trump and the MAGA crowd really believed their own rhetoric. I don’t know if Charlie Kirk really believes that Joe Biden and the Democrats are comparable to Hitler and the 1930s […]
National Association of Evangelicals to Biden: Don’t close the border
Here the press release: The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE) today expressed concern about a new Biden administration order closing the border to most asylum seekers and urged Congress to pass comprehensive legislation fixing our broken immigration system. “While we […]
Trump, MAGA Southern Baptists, and friends will meet in an Indianapolis sideshow
It is not an official Southern Baptist Convention event, but while delegates from the largest Protestant denomination in the country meet next week in Indianapolis, some of the most conservative and Trumpy members of the convention will gather in what […]
Jenna Ellis loses her law license
The evangelical Christian lawyer who aided Donald Trump in his attempt to overthrow the 2020 election just lost her law license. Here is CNN: Jenna Ellis, who assisted Donald Trump after the 2020 election then pleaded guilty last year in the Georgia […]
An evangelical singer releases a pro-Trump Christian music video
This is not a parody. Here is Natasha Owens: Lyrics: I’m not saying He’s something divine He gets in trouble bigly Time after time He’s controversial But one thing is true Imperfect people A perfect God can use I’m standing […]
James Carville on driving a wedge between MAGA voters and non-MAGA Trump voters
Interesting. I think Carville is on to something here. I would add that his thoughts are especially relevant for those conservative evangelicals who are really disgusted with Trump’s connection to MAGA, but would vote for Trump in November because they […]
Charlie Kirk and Eric Metaxas on the Trump conviction: “We are up against pure evil”
It seems that whenever the members of the Christian wing of the MAGA party suffer a loss, such as when their leader gets convicted on 34 felony charges–they turn to spiritual warfare. There is a certain logic to this move. […]
At least one Southern Baptist congregation might leave the denomination after Albert Moher’s recent opinion piece on the Trump felony conviction:
Earlier this week I said a few things about Albert Mohler essay on Donald Trump’s 34 felony convictions. You may recall his piece–it is the one in which Mohler, the president of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, calls Joe […]
“I am left to conclude from these opinions that our greatest problem …is with the people of this land! We have lost our ability to discern the difference between right and wrong.”
This September 1998 James Dobson letter to his Focus on the Family constituency is loaded. (See our last two posts.) I was also struck by this passage: At one point during the shocking revelations last month, Clinton’s public approval rating […]
“There were other indications that [he] was untruthful and immoral. Why, then, did the American people ignore so many red flags”
This was James Dobson in a letter to his September 1988 newsletter to his Focus on the Family constituency. Read it here. By the way, the “he” in the title of this post is a reference to Bill Clinton. The […]
Charlie Kirk: “You will remember where you were on May 30th”
I think I was taking a nap when the Trump conviction was announced. I actually don’t remember. The leader of pro-Trump Turning Point USA compares Trump’s conviction yesterday to the JFK assassination and September 11th: There are actually three more […]
Wehner: “After today it’s a bit harder for the GOP to claim it’s the party of law-and-order and ‘family values'”
Peter Wehner is an evangelical Christian, a conservative, a member of the George W. Bush administration, and a regular contributor to The New York Times and The Atlantic. He has been a consistent critic of Donald Trump ever since he […]
Did God answer Franklin Graham’s prayer?
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Special Evangelical roundup: The Trump verdict
Donald Trump was convicted on 34 felonies today. It’s only been a little more than an hour, but there are already plenty of early initial reactions from American evangelical Christians: Warren Throckmorton: Ryan Helfenbein of Liberty University’s Standing for Freedom […]
Talking evangelicalism and race with Edward Carson
It’s not often I get to talk with a Black ex-evangelical who is a history teacher, DEI specialist, and member of the Communist Party USA. I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation with Eddie Carson on WJOP radio (Newburyport, Massachusetts). We talk […]
“Yes, our evangelical friends tend to have a short attention span, little historical perspective, and a penchant for quick fixes”
As I have already discussed here at Current, I’ve spent much of the year in archives. I recently came across a 2004 exchange of e-mails between two Catholic intellectuals. They were written after they spent a weekend with a group […]
Does this look like 25K to you?
Here is some context for this aerial photo of Trump’s rally in the Bronx this week. The linked piece suggests that we shouldn’t assume everyone in this picture is a Trump supporter. Here is Trump court journalist David Brody on […]
This is what Christian nationalism looks like:
I have been critical of those who use the phrase “Christian nationalist” to describe anyone who wants to bring their Christian faith to bear on public life. But Christian nationalists do exist. Here is Joel Webbon: Learn more about him […]