Former President Donald Trump addressed Christians at Turning Point Action’s “Believers Summit” in West Palm Beach, Florida. Speaking to a crowd of religious conservatives, Trump emphasized his commitment to protecting religious freedom and supporting Israel. …
This essay is from our Anastasis Series where we resurrect articles from the past that are still relevant today. This piece was first published to the evangelical community on November 7, 2016, and has been …
I first wrote this reflection in 2015 and was concerned then about the evangelical embrace of hateful ideologies and rhetoric. Sadly, that embrace has only grown stronger. I am proud to see old essays like …
Somehow, the causes of the Civil War are back in the political discourse. Presidential candidate and former governor Nikki Haley, who at one time made news for taking down the Confederate flag in her state, …
The conventional wisdom that Trump supporters took him seriously, but not literally, was challenged on January 6, 2021, when hundreds of his supporters–literally–answered his call to march to the Capitol and “fight like hell!” His …
Asa Hutchinson, Bill Clinton and questions In 2014, I was a pastor at a small nondenominational church in Jonesboro, Arkansas. One afternoon, I decided to get a quick haircut at a place called Sportsclips. I …
In 2016, then-future President Donald John Trump gave a speech in Sioux Center, Iowa, that would define not only his presidential campaign but the next four years of his time in office. He could shoot …
A few years ago, I was teaching a week-long course at the Grunewald Guild . There had been some drama with one of the interns and his perception that the environment was repressive, which is …
Dear Lord, patient and forgiving Father, all-knowing God who sees our hearts even as we can’t, I pray for our country even as the inauguration of our 45th president, Donald Trump, is taking place. I pray …
Evangelicals Love Trump Every once in a while I run across an article that I wish I would have written. “In Love with Donald Trump ” written by Rev. Robert Cunningham of Tates Creek Presbyterian Church …