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Greg Laurie

The disputed thesis that underpins MAGA evangelicalism

John Fea   |  July 2, 2024

I have a piece today at Commonweal. Read it here. A taste: On April 5, 2020, in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Donald Trump announced via Twitter that he would be streaming the Palm Sunday service at Harvest Christian […]

Is it possible to respond to Greg Laurie’s invitation to accept Jesus tonight at Angel Stadium without also joining a political movement? 

John Fea   |  October 3, 2021

Thousands of Christians and their unbelieving friends will file into Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California on Sunday for Greg Laurie’s Southern California Harvest Crusade. They will be hoping for a good-old fashioned revival. Laurie is the pastor of Harvest Christian […]

The great revival is coming and it will make America Christian again

John Fea   |  June 19, 2021

Greg Laurie says it is coming and it will restore America to its Christian roots. Ted Cruz says it is coming and it will propel evangelicals into cultural prominence. Eric Metaxas and Greg Locke also say it is on its […]

Megachurch pastor Greg Laurie keeps pushing the links between the Great Awakening and the American Revolution

John Fea   |  June 17, 2021

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 […]

Ah, the memories! Court evangelicals in their natural habitat

John Fea   |  May 4, 2021

Jim Garlow, one of the lesser-known court evangelicals, shared this video today at his public Facebook page. The date was May 3, 2017. I see the following court evangelicals schmoozing with their political savior as the band plays “New York, […]