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Yesterday, Christian right film maker Dinesh D’Souza (Hillary’s America) tweeted: What @realDonaldTrump admires about Putin is the way Putin–unlike someone else we know–LOVES his country & FIGHTS for its interests — Dinesh D'Souza (@DineshDSouza) September 14, 2016 The alt-right is also alt-reality and alt-morality. Make sure you read the responses…
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As a religious school in Florida, Life Christian University is not required to obtain a license from the FL Commission on Independent Education if the school adheres to five requirements. Each year, exempt schools must file a sworn affidavit to the Commission and if accepted, the Commission will issue an exemption…
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In 2014, when Gospel for Asia moved to the current Wills Point, TX location, staff were told they could pick out a plan to build a brand new home. Eventually, staff were charged a monthly fee to live in the complex after the homes were build. Without special permission, no…
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Last week, self-styled Christian nation historian and and Donald Trump supporter David Barton crowed that he possessed an earned PhD. In a video posted to his YouTube account, Barton chastised “progressives” for saying he did not have a PhD. In the video, Barton told viewers that he had an earned…
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Fox News columnist and pundit Todd Starnes is the latest religious right figure to claim Bonhoeffer said Silence in the face of evil is itself evil. God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act. In his speech to the Values…
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From CBN News/The Brody File This morning, CBN’s David Brody interviewed David Barton and apparently asked him about Donald Trump. Watch: [youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sSr4NQ5U80[/youtube] On one hand, Barton admits that Trump isn’t “deep on the issues.” That’s painfully obvious. But then he invents a new paradigm for a president – the CEO…
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That didn’t take long. Yesterday, I posted a link to David Barton’s video defending himself against charges that he doesn’t have an earned doctorate. He never named the school from which he earned the degree. However, he pointed to three diplomas, one of which was partially hidden. That mystery degree…
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Writing at the Pietist Schoolman blog, Grace College history professor Jared Burkholder penned an open letter to Tim and David Barton in response to the Bartons’ claim that Christian historians don’t rely on primary sources (see these links for more on the Bartons’ claim). The letter begins: Dear David (and…
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Today, religious right activist and self-styled historian, David Barton placed a video on his YouTube account where he claims to have two honorary doctorates and an earned PhD. About a year ago, he said he didn’t have a PhD. Now he says he does and has been hinting at this for…
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One, Tullian Tchividjian got remarried sometime over the weekend of 8/26. He has been in Texas and is working on a book. Two, Mark Driscoll is going to speak this month at a Phoenix meeting of the Christian Legal Society. I wonder if the subject of RICO will come up?…
