‘Igniting the Remnant’ Pastors Conference ‘provided a receptive audience for Kirk’s overt endorsement of Trump’
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Charlie Kirk Urges Pastors to Mobilize Churches for Trump - Ministry Watch
Which shepherds are for sale? Megan Basham’s new book about evangelicalism is really about Donald Trump.
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“Basham is right that many ‘shepherds’ are, in fact, ‘for sale.’ But the unintended irony… of her book is that the corrupting money is not on the evangelical left, as she claims, but on the populist right.” - The Dispatch
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Podcast – Interview 30: Baptists, Dispensationalists, and Christian Nationalism with Michael Riley
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“…they are Christians, they love their nation, and what is wrong with that? Well, our guest today helps us understand what [Christian Nationalism] is all about. He also helps us put the ideas into a theological framework from a Baptist and Dispensationalist point of view.” - P&D
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Pastors, don’t tie your reputation to a political leader
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“even if they don’t misbehave…if we become more associated with them than we are with the gospel, we dilute, if not destroy, our witness” - Michael Brown
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With Turning Point Faith, pastors use politics as a church-growth strategy
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“For a growing number of evangelical pastors, embracing right-wing rhetoric is seen as a way to put more people in the pews — and it may be working.” - RNS
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Do people who claim to want churches to stay out of politics include their own?
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“There’s a simple story out there that Americans don’t want religion mixing in politics. The reality is that they don’t want other people’s religion mixing with their politics.” - GetReligion
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Michael Brown on his new book: The Political Seduction of the Church: How Millions of American Christians Have Confused Politics with the Gospel
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“I’m speaking about the Church becoming an appendage to a political party. I’m talking about God’s people getting consumed with election fever. I’m referring to believers putting their hope in a political leader in a way that becomes unhealthy and even idolatrous.” - Michael Brown
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Review: ‘How Can I Love Church Members with Different Politics?’ by Jonathan Leeman and Andy Naselli
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“The day before the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, a small book by Jonathan Leeman and Andy Naselli was released: How Can I Love Church Members with Different Politics? Nobody knew at the time how much we’d need it.” - TGC
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Ukrainians protest at California church for hosting Tucker Carlson speech
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“Ukrainian Americans held a silent protest outside Awaken Church in San Diego County as it hosted a controversial guest speaker Saturday, Fox News Host Tucker Carlson.” - Fox
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Donald Trump Jr.: Turning the Other Cheek ‘Has Gotten Us Nothing’
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“Trump Jr. spoke to a room full of young conservatives, calling Jesus’ command to “turn the other cheek” into question and implying that an overabundance of civility on the part of conservatives has kept them from winning the culture.” - C.Leaders
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