A false prophet “must be put to death,” commands Deuteronomy 18:20, and Micah 3:11 warns against prophets who “tell fortunes for money.” Lance Wallnau’s false prophecies are well documented, but when caught he simply moves on to his next wild…
In conversation with Matthew Boedy
Matthew Boedy is a professor of rhetoric and composition at the University of North Georgia, a leading expert on Turning Point USA and its founder, Charlie Kirk, and the author of an important and alarming new book The Seven Mountains…
Evangelical leaders say Trump inspires national spiritual revival
Christians have long prayed God would send revival. Now, some Christian leaders say they are seeing signs of revival thanks to President Donald Trump. “Now, after just 100 days in office, the president has inspired a spiritual revival in our…
Now the US House wants to censor a preacher?
When politicians act like preachers, we get members of the House of Representatives falling over themselves to sponsor House Resolution 59 condemning Bishop Mariann Budde, the Episcopal bishop of Washington, D.C. Imagine the House of Representatives taking time away from…
Why inerrancy is a threat to democracy
If 200,000 Democrats met at the National Mall three weeks before a presidential election, erected an altar and started smashing it while yelling about the GOP candidate getting thrown from a tower, trampled by horses, eaten by dogs and turned…
Abortion, immigration and January 6: Christians from both sides react to VP debate
While Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate between Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was a notably civil and issue-focused affair, Christian supporters rallied online for their preferred candidates and, more often, attacked the opposing candidate. The debate…
JD Vance campaigns to ‘Trump prophets’ crowd but avoids Lance Wallnau
Vice presidential candidate JD Vance campaigned to charismatic and activist Christians when the Courage Tour, a Holy-Spirit-meets-politics road show, came to Pennsylvania last Saturday. But he made sure he didn’t appear on stage with the tour’s controversial star, “Trump prophet”…
Trump’s prophets ratchet up attacks against Harris after presidential debate
Some of Donald Trump’s evangelical supporters are ratcheting up their attacks against Kamala Harris in the aftermath of last week’s presidential debate, going so far as to compare her once again to “Jezebel” and calling the Democratic Party “demonic.” The…
NAR prophets still declaring Trump is God’s man, scholar warns
Among the most ardent Christian nationalists today is a subgroup most Americans are not aware of but that is having an outsized influence on conservative politics and culture. That group, the New Apostolic Reformation, is a focus of research done…
How concerned should we be about conspiracy theorists counting our votes?
Growing up as an independent fundamentalist Baptist, the highlight of each year for our church was the weeklong revival meeting, where we began each night with songs that prepared our hearts for a sermon by a fiery evangelist who then…
‘Prophets’ promote political ‘Third Great Awakening’ to save America
America’s first and second “Great Awakenings” of the 18th and 19th centuries were religious revivals that offered salvation from sin and conversion to Christianity. These revivals spurred church growth and sparked far-reaching social reforms. But now, self-proclaimed pro-Trump “prophets” including…
Can’t a solar eclipse just be a solar eclipse?
With echoes of “You’re so vain; you probably think the Bible’s about you,” today’s conservative American conspiracy theorists are raising money for Christian broadcasters by claiming the upcoming solar eclipse is a prophetic word from God revealed in the stars…