One major theme of this election year has been the role of evangelical voters in Donald Trump’s electoral success. To be sure, there has been much division among evangelical leaders and the evangelical rank-and-file over whether or not to support Trump. Given the controversy, it is worth exploring . . . . Continue Reading »
This may be the first election in living memory in which there is no candidate whom the majority of evangelicals can get behind. I believe this provides us with the opportunity to revise the way we think about political engagement and ready ourselves for a future of similar electoral choices. Continue Reading »
The evangelicalism of my youth was heavy on anti-intellectualism. In reading that first issue of Christianity Today, I had the clear sense that Carl Henry was trying to tell us something different. Continue Reading »
“Courage,” said Atticus Finch, is “when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.” Harper Lee’s southern hero understood a truth that many religious conservatives must now embrace: Bravery often isn’t rewarded. Last week Time . . . . Continue Reading »
Two years after a study found most Evangelicals hold views condemned as heretical—especially on the Holy Spirit—an update has been released. And the numbers are in some ways even worse. So who—or what—is to blame? Continue Reading »
Deborah Fikes offers “A Challenge for My Fellow Evangelicals.” The challenge for evangelicals, apparently, is to get with the global program and embrace “Sister Hillary.” Continue Reading »
The complex evangelical legacy of Tim LaHaye. Continue Reading »
On Evangelical hymns: Can I really sing about a relationship with the Lord that is so joyous that no other person has ever experienced it? Doesn’t this go beyond the bounds of hyperbolic spiritual enthusiasm? Continue Reading »
Recent Protestant debates over the Trinity and the role of women point to a fundamental problem, but also suggest fruitful avenues for future theological and ecclesiastical engagement. Continue Reading »
On a late November evening in 1867, two years after the end of the American Civil War, Celestia Ferris, chief washer-woman at the Bureau of Engraving, organized a prayer meeting not far from the U. S. Capitol. She was joined by a circle of earnest Christians, mostly of the Baptist persuasion, who . . . . Continue Reading »
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