AACC Sponsor Promotes Bible Soaking for Mental Illness
The American Association of Christian Counselors bills itself as a professional association, but it is more like an online infomercial for various educational, health, and mental health products. The creators of the products pay a premium to get before the AACC audience as sponsors and endorsers of the organization. Owner Tim Clinton reaps the benefits.…
Read MoreAgainst Sohrab Ahmari-ism
Subtitle: As Rick Wilson says, “Everything Trump touches dies.” As I read Sohrab Ahmari’s betrayal of conservative principles in First Things (!), I thought of those who predicted Trump would kill the GOP and conservatism (even this one). If Sohrab Ahmari speaks for Trump supporting religious conservatives, the never-Trump religious conservatives have been vindicated. Here…
Read MoreSpecial Day of Prayer for the Enemies of the President
Franklin Graham is holding a “special day of prayer” for Donald Trump on June 2nd. Graham says the president needs prayer because he has been attacked more than any other president in history. Trump needs prayer, Graham proclaimed, because the entire nation will suffer if his enemies prevail. I think Graham is going about this…
Read MoreWhat Will Court Evangelicals Pray on Trump’s Special Day of Prayer?
In a helpful gesture, well over 200 court evangelicals have gone on record as supporters of Donald Trump in a solicitation to fellow evangelicals to pray for the president on June 2. Many of the usual suspects are on the list, but I must admit I am having a hard time getting over former DC…
Read MoreEric Metaxas Appears to Minimize His Part in Spreading False Bonhoeffer Quote
In 2016, I discovered that this famous quote could not be found in any of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s works: 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. The quote attributed to Bonhoeffer was popularized by Eric Metaxas…
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