Some species of evangelical religion will ultimately rise from the rubble of American conservatism, but it will be greatly curtailed, politically irrelevant and, I pray, more recognizably Christian.
The Christianity Today editorial: exposing the American evangelical dilemma
Like it or not, the evangelical dilemma has implications for the way much of Christianity is viewed throughout American culture. The magazine’s now infamous editorial simply punctuated that reality.
Christmas in times like these: finding hope in the faith of a pre-Christmas people
Perhaps the only way to really experience Christmas as it was intended is to renew the faith of a pre-Christmas people who did not yet know the Savior whose justice and righteousness we seem to stubbornly resist at every turn
Trump supporters blast Christianity Today editorial calling for his removal
Two Southern Baptist megachurch pastors joined Donald Trump in criticizing an editorial in the flagship evangelical magazine Christianity Today saying the president should be removed from office.
Did the Pope compare Donald Trump to King Herod? Should he?
Meeting Dec. 5 with a group of 48 Jesuits from Southeast Asia during his apostolic visit to Thailand and Japan, the pontiff mentioned Herod while responding to a question about refugees in Thailand and how to live out a “ministry of hospitality.”
Telling the truth or creating our own realities? (And the wisdom to know the difference)
Today, in the land of the free and the home of the tribal, “discernable truth” seems tenuous at best. Americans are locked collectively in a truth-crisis so perilous that distinguishing “fictional” from “actual realities” has become a 24/7 confrontation across every segment of our national life, churches included.
Franklin Graham terms opposition to Trump ‘almost’ demonic
Evangelist Franklin Graham attributed opposition to President Donald Trump to “almost a demonic power” that seeks to undermine his leadership in a Nov. 21 radio interview with author Eric Metaxas.
Trump’s West Bank shocker: are End Times ‘kooks’ running US foreign policy?
“As Christians, we are called to be peace makers and to work for justice for those who are living under harsh conditions.”
This is how despotism works – enabled by conservative white evangelicals and Christian nationalism
Who are the people, of whatever faith or no faith, who will stand up to Trump’s despotism and to white Christian nationalism – and to the political opportunists and free market capitalists who support both?