Eric Metaxas
Pioneering Christian broadcaster Stuart Epperson dies
By Yonat Shimron — July 18, 2023
(RNS) — Epperson and his brother-in-law, Edward Atsinger, built Salem into a radio powerhouse that became a key communication channel for the religious right and a mainstay of the Republican Party.
Who are the Christian nationalists? A taxonomy for the post-Jan. 6 world
By Bob Smietana — January 6, 2023
(RNS) — A guide to emerging Christian nationalist voices.
VeggieTales creator Phil Vischer calls evangelicalism a ‘hot mess.’ He hasn’t given up hope.
By Bob Smietana — February 24, 2021
(RNS) — For nearly three decades, the VeggieTales creator has been making people laugh while telling them about Jesus. Now, spurred by his faith, he has been attending to the recent struggles of American evangelicals.
Getting serious (and precise) about Christian nationalism
By Robert K. Vischer — February 12, 2021
(RNS) — We’ve seen what Christian nationalism is. What it’s not is perhaps more important.
Pro-Trump prayer meeting filled with calls for a ‘miracle’
By Bob Smietana — January 6, 2021
(RNS) — Evangelical and charismatic Trump supporters admitted on a prayer call their hopes the election results would be overturned are likely to be in vain.
Sedition and silence
By Jim Wallis — January 6, 2021
(RNS) — The future of democracy in America is at stake. But the growing power of a distinctive American heresy is also at play.
Jericho March plans DC return in the new year to pray Pence will overturn election
By Bob Smietana — December 31, 2020
(RNS) — A die-hard group of Trump supporters plans to march around the Supreme Court and U.S. Capitol in hopes of a last-minute election miracle.
2020, a good year for bad religion
By Jacob Lupfer — December 30, 2020
(RNS) — After a year that was a superspreader event for bad religion, American faith must become a public-spirited, prophetic force once again.
Evangelical leader Beth Moore trends on Twitter after calling Trumpism ‘seductive and dangerous’
By Roxanne Stone — December 13, 2020
(RNS) — 'I have never seen anything in these United States of America I found more astonishingly seductive & dangerous to the saints of God than Trumpism,' the founder of Living Proof Ministries said in her tweet.
‘Proud Boys’ burn Black Lives Matter signs at churches in Washington
By Jack Jenkins — December 13, 2020
WASHINGTON (RNS) — 'For me it was reminiscent of cross burnings,' said the Rev. Ianther M. Mills, pastor of a church whose Black Lives Matter sign was burned.
‘Biden Did You Know?’: Metaxas turns Christmas carol into conspiracy parody
By Bob Smietana — December 12, 2020
(RNS) — Metaxas performed his 'Biden Did You Know?' parody in front of cardboard cutouts of Donald the Caveman and the MyPillow guy.
How Eric Metaxas went from Trump despiser to true believer
By Bob Smietana — December 3, 2020
(RNS) — How a onetime aspiring public intellectual and Trump doubter turned into a true believer in stolen elections.
Eric Metaxas and the losing of the evangelical mind
By Robert K. Vischer — December 1, 2020
(RNS) — Christians can’t wait for the sociologists to sort out why our fellow congregants believe in ‘Q’ or that Trump won the election. We need a strategy to restore a few basic truths.
Eric Metaxas, Christian radio host, tells Trump, ‘Jesus is with us in this fight’
By Bob Smietana — November 30, 2020
(RNS) — In recent weeks, Metaxas has tweeted out repeated claims of election fraud along with sales announcements for his 'Donald the Caveman' books.
Reforming Liberty University in the post-Falwell era should begin with the Falkirk Center
By John Fea — September 9, 2020
(RNS) — For many of those connected to the school, the problems at Liberty run much deeper than a sex scandal.
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