They lived in Woodland Park, Colo., for a decade or two or three before Andrew Wommack’s Charis Bible College came to town a decade ago. “I went to Bible college, so I thought, what could be wrong with that?” said…
Balmer: ‘Once you begin to lust after political power and political influence, you lose your prophetic voice’
The closer faith groups get to approving the ideology of white Christian nationalism, the further they drift from the original teachings of Christ, author and historian Randall Balmer said during a webinar hosted by Faithful America. “The most effective prophetic…
FlashPoint ‘prophets’ declare God supports Trump and Christian nationalism
God is on Donald Trump’s side in this year’s election, said the pro-Trump “prophets” at a recent FlashPoint Live event. “The Holy Spirit spoke to me,” said Hank Kunneman, who wore a jacket decorated with stars and stripes as he…
All in the Family set the stage for Rob Reiner to understand Christian nationalism
It was easy for television viewers to forget the Vietnam War, the Civil Rights struggle and women’s liberation when immersed in the gauzy nostalgia of The Andy Griffith Show or The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet. Then, in 1971, producer…
ERLC’s guide to political engagement will be too nice for conservatives and too mean for progressives
What should Christians do about political engagement? It’s a question Andrew T. Walker takes seriously in his extended pamphlet, “The Nations Belong to God: A Christian Guide to Political Engagement,” published by the Southern Baptist Convention Ethics and Religious Liberty…
Clergyman’s new podcast probes religion’s support for authoritarianism
When Steven D. Martin was in seminary, he read a book titled Theologians Under Hitler. The book examined how seemingly faithful, moral German Christians could have supported the tyrannical, murderous Nazi regime in the 1930s and 1940s. Martin has been…
Are Mike Johnson, Mitch McConnell and many key Republicans really Christians?
It was “in Antioch the disciples were for the first time called Christians” (Acts 11:26). This verse of Scripture struck one side of my brains just as the other side revolted, “They are not Christians!” This simultaneous scriptural recollection and…
Politics, faith and mission: A conversation with Jessica Wai-Fong Wong
Jessica Wong is the author of Disordered: The Holy Icon and Racial Myths, an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church (USA), and teaches systematic theology at Azusa Pacific University. I was drawn to her work because like me she is…
Josh Hawley seeks revival of ‘Our Christian Nation,’ condemns ‘atheist left’
Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley’s recent First Things essay, “Our Christian Nation,” may warm the hearts of Christian nationalists and confound historians and theologians who worry about continuing threats to the separation of church and state. Every nation needs a common…