and other pursuits of religion in America
As I discussed in my previous post, President Donald Trump stopped in at McLean Bible Church yesterday to receive prayer. The church's pastor, David Platt, has posted a letter to his congregation about the event. Platt's letter makes clear that the purpose of the president's visit was to be prayed for, not to pray for …
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Yesterday afternoon was surely one of the odder moments in the history of presidential churchgoing. Returning from midday golf game at the Trump National Golf Club in Loudoun County, Virginia, the President stopped at McLean Bible Church at 2:20 pm to appear in a regularly scheduled Sunday service that started at 1:00 pm. The church …
In an earlier post I mentioned that some evangelical supporters of President Donald Trump see him as "a 'Cyrus' figure." A few recent publications have brought more attention to that idea. In an opinion piece in the New York Times, Katherine Stewart reports that evangelical author Lance Wallnau has drawn draws a rhetorical connection between …
Besides giving Trump critics another opportunity to denounce him, the online discussion involved a number of interesting points about the creed.
