Blog 20 Mar 2023 Thoughts About: Why white Christian nationalists are in such a panic By Jennifer Rubin | March 19, 2023 WN: In response to the article highlighted below, I quote Scripture (Philippians 2)… Editor No Comments
Blog 06 Mar 2023 Comments On: Jimmy Carter embodies the ‘road not taken’ by many White evangelical Christians Story by John Blake: He is the author of the forthcoming: More Than I Imagined: What a Black Man Discovered… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Feb 2023 Book Review of: Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Book Review of: Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Kristin Kobes Du… Editor No Comments
15 Feb 2023 Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Book Review of: Jesus and John Wayne: How White Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation Kristin Kobes Du… Editor No Comments
Blog 15 Feb 2023 Extensive Commentary On: What white Christian support for Trump reveals about systemic racism By Robert P. Jones | November 12, 2020 WN: Beyond tragic the pullquote to the right, this means four-fifths of American… Editor No Comments
Blog 27 Oct 2022 Deconstruction or Reconstruction? Pastors Discuss a Reboot of Evangelicalism Bob Smietana October 26, 2022 image above: Panelists Joel Lawrence, from left, Malcolm Foley, Gavin Ortlund, Elizabeth Conde-Frazier, Doug Sweeney… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Jun 2022 Thoughts on: With the Buffalo massacre, white Christian nationalism strikes again Perspective by Samuel L. Perry Philip S. Gorski May 20, 2022 image above: Hundreds of white nationalists marched on the… Editor No Comments
Blog 05 Apr 2022 Thrilling to: The Dissenters Trying to Save Evangelicalism From Itself By David Brooks Opinion Columnist Feb. 4, 2022 image above: Concept by Jason Sfetko, Illustration by Justin Metz WN: The article… Editor No Comments
Blog 26 Feb 2022 Liz Theoharis, The Rise of White Christian Nationalism: Which Way America? By Liz Theoharis Liz Theoharis, a TomDispatch regular, is a theologian, ordained minister, and anti-poverty activist. Co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign: A… Editor No Comments
Blog 05 Feb 2022 A Look At: Despite Their Pastors Dying, Between 30-40% of American White Evangelical Christians Remain Anti-Vax February 4, 2022 WN: To understand some of this phenomenon, please see my Book Review of: Jesus and John Wayne:… Editor No Comments
Blog 16 Oct 2020 Trump loves white men. These ‘recovering Republicans’ no longer love him back. Trump is never going to stop playing the role of the male champion on TV. But at least some men… Editor No Comments
Blog 13 Jul 2020 The Price of White Evangelical Patriarchy By Eric C. Miller | July 7, 2020 photo above: Donald Trump stands near a statue of John Wayne during… Editor No Comments
Blog 12 Mar 2018 Billy Graham & The Cold War Before the Culture War – White evangelical voters, Donald Trump, and the evolution of the religious right The Cold War before the culture war March 6, 2018 by Fred Clark WN: What emerges with great clarity in… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Jun 2024 Thoughts on: Holy Cow, 34 for 45! Opinion | Maureen Dowd June 1, 2024 WN: I too have siblings. They live in Canada. They support Trump:… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Nov 2022 Thoughts On: If today’s GOP baffles you, consider what motivates its base By Jennifer Rubin November 1, 2022 image above: Illustration above by Brian Reedy. Think of the illustration in conjunction with… Editor No Comments
Blog 25 Feb 2022 Spotlight on: Putin’s spiritual destiny Giles Fraser is a journalist, broadcaster and Rector at the south London church of St Mary’s, Newington image above: ft.com… Editor No Comments
Blog 25 Nov 2021 What is “Evangelical” Theology? November 4, 2019 by Scot McKnight WN: In my book review of Kristin Kobes du Mez' outstanding Jesus and John… Editor No Comments
Blog 01 Oct 2021 They Went to Bible College to Deepen Their Faith. Becca Andrews September 30, 2021 photo above: yelp.com WN: The article highlighted below begins with Megan Wohlers telling her story… Editor No Comments
Blog 23 Jul 2018 Judgment days In a small Alabama town, an evangelical congregation reckons with God, President Trump and the meaning of morality Please go… Editor No Comments
Blog 21 Apr 2018 How Martin Luther Paved the Way for Donald Trump To understand why evangelicals support the president, look to the first Protestant. By Michael Massing April 19, 2018 illustration above… Editor No Comments
Blog 22 Mar 2018 The Last Temptation How evangelicals, once culturally confident, became an anxious minority seeking political protection from the least traditionally religious president in living… Editor No Comments
Blog 09 Jul 2024 Why I Oppose the Death Penalty WN: I was invited to dialogue with Dr. Richard Land of (later) “The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission” of… Editor No Comments
Blog “We put God right at the center of the White House.” —Paula White, speaking at an Evangelicals for Trump event at Solid Solid Rock Church, Ohio, March 6, 2020 05 Mar 2024 Thoughts On: Where Did Evangelicals Go Wrong? By Peter Wehner March 3, 2024 Illustration above by Brian Reedy. WN: Think of the illustration in conjunction with this… Editor No Comments
Blog 25 Jul 2023 The American Evangelical Church Is in Crisis. There’s Only One Way Out. By Russell Moore July 25, 2023 image above: Religion and Right-Wing Politics: How Evangelicals Reshaped Elections - The New York Times… Editor No Comments
26 Mar 2023 The Other Side of the Good News: Confronting the Contemporary Challenges to Jesus’ Teachings on Hell WN: I knew I would eventually review this book. But it took me seven years after its publication to do… Editor No Comments
Blog “We put God right at the center of the White House.” —Paula White, speaking at an Evangelicals for Trump event at Solid Solid Rock Church, Ohio, March 6, 2020 25 Mar 2023 Comments On: Amazing Disgrace By Sarah Posner Illustration above by Brian Reedy. Think of the illustration in conjunction with this hugely ironic quote, one… Editor No Comments
Blog 18 Mar 2023 Christian Pacifism and Its Cultured Naysayers ***NOTE 1: Many footnotes add detail and background to the text.*** ***NOTE 2: The PDF academic version is here.*** WN:… Editor No Comments
Blog 16 Jan 2023 Following in MLK’s Footsteps Means Resisting Christian Nationalism By Nicholas Powers | Truthout January 16, 2023 WN: In the excellent article highlighted below, the author writes: Today the… Editor No Comments
Blog 13 Aug 2022 All the Marys July 18 2022 by Diana Butler Bass WN: The sermon by the above historian is revolutionary in terms of the… Editor No Comments
Blog 21 Jun 2022 How Franklin Graham pushed a domestic abuse victim to return to her husband By Sarah Pulliam Bailey June 20, 2022 image above: Naghmeh Panahi is pictured outside of her house in Boise. (Kyle… Editor No Comments
Blog Anti-riot police give signal to be ready. Government power concept. Police in action. Smoke on a dark background with lights. Blue red flashing sirens. Dictatorship power. Selective focus 06 Mar 2022 Is Violence Master of Us All?: Fight, Flight or Just Peacemaking WN: The host was the affable lawyer Gerry Palmer, quite well-known in Abbotsford for his work with numerous non-profit organizations,… Editor No Comments
Blog 11 Nov 2021 Commentary on: “Gomez, painting Catholics as victims, goes after his woke oppressors” Nov 10, 2021 by Thomas Reese, Religion News Service Opinion Politics photo above: Wikipedia WN: I felt gobsmacked by the… Editor No Comments
Blog 08 Nov 2021 Walter Wink & “The Myth of Redemptive Violence” November 8, 2021 by Robert Koehler WN: The author of the highlighted article below is right on. For background to… Editor No Comments
Blog 26 Oct 2021 Reflections on “God, Trump and the Closed-Door World of a Major Conservative Group” By Robert O'Harrow Jr. October 25, 2021 image above: Nick Ogonosky WN: There is a telling quote in the article… Editor No Comments
Blog 21 Oct 2021 Mapping the Evangelical Mind By Abbie Storch October 20, 2021 WN: The review of Reading Evangelicals: How Christian Fiction Shaped a Culture and a… Editor No Comments
Blog 20 Oct 2021 Legacy of Shame: October 19, 2021 by Kenn Orphan photo above: Photograph Source: Reagan White House Photographs – Public Domain WN: Saint Augustine… Editor No Comments
Blog 04 Oct 2021 On A letter from Hell By Robin Schumacher, Exclusive Columnist photo above: pxhere.com WN: It is interesting that the photo chosen for the article highlighted… Editor No Comments
Blog 30 Sep 2021 Josh McDowell steps back from ministry after controversial remarks on black families By Michael Gryboski, Christian Post Reporter September 23, 2021 photo above: Josh McDowell speaks at Talbot Chapel at Biola University… Editor No Comments
Blog 05 Sep 2021 9/11 was a test: Essay by Carlos Lozada Illustration above: by Patrik Svensson Sept. 3, 2021 WN: Below are excerpts from an outstanding essay… Editor No Comments
Blog 26 Feb 2021 There Is No Christian Case for Trump January 30, 2020 Peter Wehner Contributing writer at The Atlantic and senior fellow at EPPC photo above: President Trump speaking… Editor No Comments
Blog 05 Oct 2018 Evangelicals, Let’s Talk About Violence Against Women Evangelicals, Let’s Talk About Violence Against Women October 4, 2018 by Kristin Du Mez photo above: Editor No Comments
Blog 30 Aug 2018 Millennial Evangelicals Diverge from Their Parents’ Beliefs The separation of families at the border, climate change, and various progressive causes have galvanized young Christians. By Eliza Griswold… Editor No Comments
Blog 02 Aug 2018 Pope revises catechism to say death penalty is ‘inadmissible’ Commits the church to working toward its abolition worldwide((There is clearly moral ambiguity on this issue. I greatly appreciate this… Editor No Comments
Blog 27 Oct 2016 The Religious Right: A Eulogy By ROD DREHER • October 24, 2016, 11:44 PM photo above: That was then, this is now (kwest/Shutterstock) This is… Editor No Comments
Blog 22 Mar 2015 Billy Graham – Echoes in the Shadows This was written by Bill C. Davis. WN: Billy Graham has been the most known representative Evangelical for the last… Editor No Comments
Blog 28 Feb 2015 Capital Punishment image above: izquotes.com WN: I was invited to dialogue with Dr. Richard Land of (later) “The Ethics and Religious Liberty… Editor No Comments
Blog Original Cinema Quad Poster - Movie Film Posters 29 Apr 2014 WAR AND HELL – and Exception-Clause Footnote Theology WN: War and Hell is an interactive essay with a movie and a book. The movie: Saving Private Ryan. The… Editor No Comments
