Society & Culture

Marco Rubio had a message for his nearly 3 million Twitter followers on the morning of June 26: “As dogs return to their vomit, so fools repeat their folly. Proverbs 26:11.” That one might have been his most head-snapping, but Rubio, the Republican senator from Florida, had been tweeting verses like that one since May 16.

Roger Olson: [F]undamentalism has always been evangelical Christianity’s “far right wing”—theologically. However, neither evangelicalism nor fundamentalism are political identities; this confusion is the creation of certain sociologists of religion and the media.

“If you want to understand white evangelicalism in the age of Trump, you need to know Robert Jeffress, the pastor of First Baptist Church in Dallas.” Washington Post

“Oregon health insurers and taxpayers will soon be paying for abortion, contraceptives and sterilization under a new law Gov. Kate Brown has vowed to sign.” - BPNews

IF YOU WERE ALIVE IN 1982, you might remember a very special episode of Phil Donahue’s talk show. On that day, the President of Procter & Gamble went on the program and admitted that the company supported the Church of Satan and that its logo contained Satanic symbols. Oh, it happened in 1985? Actually, others remember the episode airing in 1989. The truth is, this never occurred.

Carl Trueman: Quests for cultural relevance have usually ended with the Church being the pitiful handmaiden of irrelevance.

“California Representative Brad Sherman filed an article of impeachment against President Donald Trump on Wednesday. The measure accuses Trump of obstructing justice concerning the Russia probe by using ‘his authority to hinder and cause the termination of such investigation(s) including through threatening, and then terminating, James Comey.’” Jurist

“8 of the 10 least Christian cities are in the Northeast. Many of the more Christian cities are located in the south, such as Shreveport, Louisiana, Jackson, Mississippi, and Memphis, Tennessee.” WRN

Dr. Michael Brown: Because she had a serious bio, identifying herself as an LGBT “Board member & Leg Policy Analyst,” I decided to engage her. What follows is our Twitter interaction, verbatim.