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Evangelicalism lost a giant this summer. Ronald Sider, an evangelical theologian and social activist, died of a heart attack on July 27.Since the Religious Right’s emergence as a political force in the late 1970s, white evangelicalism has been...

President Joe Biden’s omission of the word God from his National Day of Prayer proclamation May 6 has evoked a firestorm of protest. Christian Broadcasting Network commentator David Brody, evangelist Franklin Graham, Catholic League president Bill Donohue, Fox News and other politically conservative media outlets criticized Biden’s failure to mention

The Citizen your username your email Password recovery President Joe Biden’s omission of the word God from his National Day of Prayer proclamation this month has evoked a firestorm of protest. Christian Broadcasting Network commentator David Brody, evangelist Franklin Graham, Catholic League president Bill Donohue, Fox News, and other politically conservative media outlets all criticized Biden’s failure to mention God. By Dr. Gary Scott Smith In 1952, Congress established an annual day o...

By Dr. Gary Scott Smith President Joe Biden’s omission of the word God from his National Day of Prayer proclamation last week has evoked a firestorm of protest. Christian Broadcasting Network commentator David Brody, evangelist Franklin Graham, Catholic League president Bill Donohue, Fox News, and other politically conservative media outlets all criticized Biden’s failure to mention God. In 1952, Congress established an annual day of prayer, and in 1988, lawmakers designated its date ...

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers his inaugural address on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 2021, in Washington, D.C. | Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images After signing a letter expressing disappointment with the new administration, a pro-life evangelical scholar who voted for President Joe Biden said that while he would vote for Biden again if the 2020 presidential election were held today, he would not make his support public. Richard Mouw, president emeritus of Fuller Seminar...

AP Photo/Evan Vucci Matt Chandler is among the most popular figures in the American evangelical universe, having authored numerous books and topical Bible studies in use in thousands of churches and homes every day. Having gone through several of his topical works in my Southern Baptist home church in recent years, I can say I’ve heretofore had a generally positive view of Chandler’s theological work and influence. But then it became clear that he had contracted Woke Disease. That’s the i...

Samford University’s former campus minister, professor dies Updated Feb 23, 2021; Facebook Share Barnette died on Monday, Feb. 22. He was 59. Barnette retired from the university this year and a scholarship was endowed in his name. Last year, Barnette was diagnosed with Creutzfeld-Jakob disease, an untreatable degenerative brain disorder. He had recently been in hospice care. Barnette had also served as senior pastor of Brookwood Baptist Church in Birmingham since 2016 and teaching pastor si...