Wehner’s focus on the collapse of discipleship training and catechesis is entirely legitimate.  But can we draw a fine distinction between the Bible and political ideology. 

The story calls us to confession, struggle and a firm resolve to fix what we have broken or to die in the attempt. And in that way lies hope.

Let’s get one thing clear: Donald Trump isn’t driving the MAGA revolution, nor is he turning Republicans into conspiracy nuts.  We’ve got it backward.  For generations, politicians and preachers have been reading polling data, realizing how ignorant and reactionary most Americans really are, and letting … Continue reading They’ve got us all by the short and curlies

White Americans, regardless of party affiliation, view reparations as either unrealistic, inappropriate, or downright evil. I have identified five interlocking explanations for white resistance.

This series of podcasts features original music (believe it or not) and is extremely entertaining.  More to the point, you will be exposed to a wealth of critically important information about white American evangelicalism from 1950 to the present hour.  You will never think about evangelicals the same way.

Partisans on both sides view the folks on the other side of the fence as un-American.  In 2012, for instance, 52% of Republicans held a positive view of higher education; today, only 33% retain that view.  This is because colleges and universities are associated with a new and threatening moral ethos.

By Republican lights, non-white actors can only be allowed into the story when their presence makes white people look good.  That is, practically never.

The tragedy of the South is that passionate evangelicalism and passionate racism grew simultaneously.

The decision to leave evangelicalism is not the matter of a single moment; it’s a process. And it’s hard. And agonizing. It’s not something we want to do. And caving to the zeitgeist has nothing whatsoever to do with it.