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This tweet from Kellyanne Conway is highly irresponsible and may serve to gum up the works at polls around the country. Here is what she tweeted (by the way Eric Metaxas retweeted this – see below). Woman Tried to Vote Straight GOP Ticket, But Machine Showed Hillary Clinton | https://t.co/J6uaWzASog…
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Two articles are out today (Atlantic and Politico Magazine) featuring the petition launched at Liberty University to protest Jerry Falwell, Jr’s vocal support for Donald Trump. I posted that letter when it came out. The student protest doesn’t represent a majority of LU students it seems, but their bravery is…
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As the Donald Trump saga nears the end, it will be good to reflect on what can be learned. One thing I hope for is a backlash against false or misleading information being used by evangelicals to make their political points. Case in point: Metaxas desperately pushing older line of…
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A week ago at National Review Online, Victor Davis Hanson made a case that conservatives should vote for Donald Trump. Hanson is clearly my better when it comes to scholarship, but I wasn’t convinced by his essay. Provoked by his article, I have some questions for anyone who wants to…
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Supporters of Donald Trump warn that Hillary Clinton will weaken the Second Amendment. Perhaps they should worry first about the First Amendment. Read this campaign press release from Trump senior economic advisor Peter Navarro. – OCTOBER 23, 2016 – STATEMENT ON MONOPOLY POWER OF NEW MEDIA CONGLOMERATES “Over a hundred…
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A little over three weeks ago, a group called Scholars and Writers for America made a statement in favor of the candidacy of Donald Trump. Currently 156 Trump supporters have signed. More recently in response, 152 scholars and writers have joined a group called Scholars and Writers Against Trump. Very…
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During the debate between Clinton and Trump last night, Eric Metaxas tweeted the following: Hillary misquoting Tocqueville is like Reagan misquoting Marx. — Eric Metaxas (@ericmetaxas) October 20, 2016 Hillary said in passing that “America is great because America is good.” Although the quote is commonly associated with Tocqueville, it…
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Even though David Barton has gone quiet about his claim to have an earned doctorate, his Wallbuilders Facebook page still refers readers to his work under the byline Dr. David Barton. On the newly revamped Wallbuilders Live bio of Barton, reference to his BA at Oral Roberts University has been…
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If it hasn’t happened already, this may be Eric Metaxas jumping the shark. The fascistic globalism of HRC/Obama is similar to the threat that German fascist nationalism was in Bonhoeffer's day. Both are anti-God. — Eric Metaxas (@ericmetaxas) October 19, 2016 I can’t respond any better than the numerous commenters…
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Recently, Christian Today posted an article about mega-evangelist Joyce Meyer’s and self-styled historian David Barton’s PhD degree from Life Christian University. In it, LCU’s president Douglas Wingate was quoted in support of his school’s work. I have obtained the entire statement and am posting it here. I began looking into…
