“Survival of the Friendliest” with the Bible Buds
I recently had the opportunity to chat with Dan and Andrew of the Bible Buds Podcast and I had such a great time! We talked about chopping enough wood for a New England Winter, growing…
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Name All The Names.
By Eric Tichenor There is one sentence from the ancient Hebrew Tanakh, within the Torah section (teachings, law), which perfectly illuminates the motivations of the seditionists who have created our current, modern-day political crisis. And…
via New York Times: ‘The Capitol Insurrection Was as Christian Nationalist as It Gets.’
By Thomas B. Edsall Read at New York Times It’s impossible to understand the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol without addressing the movement that has come to be known as Christian nationalism. Andrew L. Whitehead and Samuel L….
Without the evangelical base Trump’s terror-breeding lies would fade
by Frank Schaeffer Biden addressed the terror threat directly: a “rise in political extremism, white supremacy, domestic terrorism that we must confront and we will defeat” is what he called it. But the new president…
via Washington Post: ‘A place to fund hope’: How Proud Boys and other fringe groups found refuge on a Christian fundraising website
By Amy Brittain and David Willman Read at Washington Post Henry “Enrique” Tarrio had already publicized his plans to participate in the Jan. 6 “Stop the Steal” rally. The 36-year-old Miami resident and national chairman of the Proud…
via Foreign Policy: Far-Right Extremism Is a Global Problem
By Heather Ashby From Brazil to the United States, Hungary to New Zealand, right-wing extremist ideas and groups are posing a grave threat to democratic societies. Within this context, the ongoing support U.S. President Donald…
Evangelicals will now return to their default and favorite posture: victims
by Frank Schaeffer Trump slunk off to Florida and Biden took the oath of office under a clear blue sky. Now evangelicals are left to figure out how to move forward in a world that,…
via DailyMail: Pro-Trump evangelical preacher Franklin Graham says the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach the president were like Judas who received ‘thirty pieces of silver from Pelosi’
By ARIEL ZILBER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM and NIKKI SCHWAB, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTERand EMILY GOODIN, SENIOR U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER and GEOFF EARLE, DEPUTY U.S. POLITICAL EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM Read at DailyMail Franklin Graham, the evangelist preacher and son of Billy Graham, wrote…
No Healing Without Accountability
by Frank Schaeffer “The Trump people have to know they lost,” Yale historian Timothy Snyder, an expert on totalitarianism, argues, and “there has to be a consequence to losing a coup.” Otherwise, they will stage…
via Friendly Atheist: Franklin Graham: The 10 Republicans Who Voted to Impeach Trump Are Like Judas
By Hemant Mehta Read Friendly Atheist at Patheos In case you need a reminder that the evangelical Christians who support Donald Trump and his insurrection are hardly a fringe group of extremists, here’s evangelist Franklin Graham condemning the 10…