Listen to the interview here. Kim talks about evangelicals and politics, the culture wars, purity culture, race, and his vision for evangelicals moving forward. Here is a taste of NPR’s summation: Kim didn’t grow up as an evangelical. He established […]
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Franklin Graham thinks evangelicals should get the vaccine. He’s getting blowback.
In a previous post, I suggested that Donald Trump can do very little to convince his evangelical followers to take the vaccine. White evangelicals are the least likely group to take it. As part of that post, I wondered whether […]
Evangelist Luis Palau has died
Here is Morgan Lee at Christianity Today: Evangelist Luis Palau has died at age 86 of lung cancer. An immigrant from Argentina who made his home in the United States, Palau became one of Billy Graham’s most prominent successors and […]
When devout evangelicals reject the advice of their pastors and decide to storm the U.S. Capitol
Peter Manseau, the curator of American religious history at the Smithsonian, tells the story of Michael Sparks, an evangelical Christian who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. Here is a taste of his piece at The Washington Post: […]
Sean Penn is confused
Some might say Sean Penn has been confused for a long time. There are indeed times when I can’t distinguish Penn from Jeff Spicoli. But in this post I am specifically referencing his recent tweet: First, the passive voice! Second, […]
White evangelicals love QAnon
Here is Jack Jenkins at Religion News Service: A new survey reports more than a quarter of white evangelical Protestants believe a QAnon conspiracy theory that purports former President Donald Trump is secretly battling a cabal of pedophile Democrats, and […]
Evangelicals need to learn how to corporately confess their sins
I mentioned Skye Jethani‘s thoughts on corporate confession and repentance in one of my posts on Justo Gonzalez’s Teach Us To Pray: The Lord’s Prayer in the Early Church and Today. Yesterday at Religion News Service, Jethani developed a few […]
Evangelical politics, even among Trump voters, is not monolithic
I have been talking to a lot of evangelical pastors in the wake of the 2020 presidential election. A lot of them tell a more complex story about evangelical Christianity in America than the one currently found in the press […]
What do evangelicals around the world think about American evangelicals?
René Breuel is a native of Brazil who currently pastors an evangelical church Rome. He has led evangelical student movements in Brazil, Germany, Canada, and Italy and is the author of The Paradox of Happiness: Finding True Joy in a […]
Where are the evangelicals in this diverse cabinet?
Over at The Washington Post, Yonat Shimron examines the religious affiliations of the member of Biden’s cabinet. Here is a taste: President Biden’s Cabinet is set to make history in a number of ways. If all the nominees he has […]
Franklin Graham asks, “Where does this hate [in America] come from?” (And other court evangelical news).
Eric Metaxas, radio host and fellow at Liberty University’s Falkirk Center, is encouraging everyone to trust God in midst of this intense period of persecution for the church. The persecution, he claims, is coming from Marxists who removed him from […]
Evangelicals and the January 6 insurrection
New York Times religion reporters Elizabeth Dias and Ruth Graham just published a piece on evangelicals and the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol last Wednesday. Here is a taste: Lindsay French, 40, an evangelical Christian from Texas, flew to Washington […]
Why do some Trump evangelicals blow shofars?
Some of them even blow red, white, and blue shofars. Over at VOX, Alissa Wilkinson asks New Testament scholar Gary Burge of Calvin Theological Seminary about the pro-Trump shofar-blowing. Here is a taste of her interview: Wilkinson: So what are […]
About 60 the 138 House members who objected to the Electoral College count were evangelical Christians
My very conservative estimate is that sixty evangelical Christians who are members of the House of Representatives objected. I think the number is probably higher, but I can’t be sure until we take a deeper dive into the bios of […]
Ed Stetzer: “there is…an evangelical reckoning to be had”
Ed Stetzer, the director of the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center, has some important things to say about yesterday’s insurrection. Here is a taste of his post at Christianity Today: The way Trump has conducted himself cost Republicans the Senate […]
Evangelicals are the “Trumpiest demographic in America”
Over at Christianity Today, Bonnie Kristian asks: “Are the Eighty-One Percent Evangelicals?” The subtitle of her piece is also revealing: “Just because people claim the name shouldn’t automatically imply they heed what it means.” Here is a taste: Evangelical support for President […]
Take the Evangelical Christianity in America Survey (2015-Present)
When I was traveling around the country on the Believe Me book tour, I encountered a lot of evangelical Christians who wanted to share with me stories about what they were experiencing in their churches and other evangelical institutions over […]
What happened at today’s “Jericho Rally” for Trump?
Today pro-Trump evangelicals and their friends gathered in Washington D.C for a “Jericho March” to “stop the steal” of the 2020 election. Eric Metaxas, the creator and star of the recent Joe Biden parody video in which he transposed a […]
Some court evangelicals are still keep pushing the voter fraud narrative. Others are angry with Obama.
It is Thanksgiving. Yesterday Donald Trump’s legal team was in Gettysburg for an election fraud hearing. GOP state legislators hosted the event. The day included testimonies from Pennsylvanians who claimed to have witnessed voter fraud on November 3 and in […]
White evangelical voters helped Joe Biden nationally and in Michigan and Georgia
In the 2020 election, 27% of voters identified as either “white evangelical” or a “white born-again Christian.” According to Edison Research, 76% of them voted for Trump and 24% voted for Biden. This means that Biden received four million more […]