In 2014, I wrote a book called Distortion: How the Evangelical Left is Twisting the Gospel and Damaging the Faith. If I wrote a book in 2026, I’d title it “Distraction: How the Scrolling Habits of Well-Meaning Evangelicals is Overshadowing the Gospel and Diminishing the Faith “
@colinsmo@scottschuyler My understanding is that WG has a decreased reach, hardly any “Christian” identification now and Hot Springs, North Carolina was not so embracing of their ideology so they’ve moved sites. The @TheIRD’s @jeffreyhwalton can probably share more about WG these days.
@colinsmo@scottschuyler Goodness. I’d tried to block Wild Goose from my memory. A spiritual darkness emitted from that gathering that I’d never experienced.
@scottschuyler@ChelsenVicari "My job is primarily to discern distortions touted by the progressive Christian crowd. However, the Wild Goose Festival is a whole new level of dysfunction."
Ouch.
What critical theorists, woke evangelicals, and political progressives have shown us in the last few days: Oppression is everywhere and obvious but beheading Jewish babies is complicated and deserves nuance.
If you're in the academy and can't bring yourself to condemn without equivocation the beheading of Jewish babies, please spare me with all the "silence is violence" and "speech is violence" stuff.
Today I revisited this 2017 piece by @ChelsenVicari. Garrett Kell's Del Ray Baptist Church had a big spread in the Washington Post about DC-area churches responding to Roe v Wade reversal, it's been neat to see these 7 positively influence evangelicalism. https://t.co/nnxFJjJDjr
‘Hope’ is a strange word to use when talking about the murder of children. May God give us grace to change our culture from one of death to life… and may what be enshrined in our laws be the protection of the vulnerable. Use your platform to lead us!
REMEMBERING MARTYRS: In February of 2015, twenty-one men were killed by ISIS on a beach in Libya. They could have saved their lives by accepting Islam, but, knowing what awaited them, they chose Christ. Christians around the world continue to draw inspiration from their faith.
To summarise, all of the Queen's children - Charles, Anne, Edward, Andrew - are either at the Queen's bedside or travelling to be with her. Her grandson, Prince William, is also in Scotland. This is as grave as it gets, I am so sorry to say.
Today, The Land Center for Cultural Engagement and @LifewayResearch released a survey of Americans, measuring their beliefs about abortion. Land Center Director Daniel Darling released five key research findings he observed in an article here:
https://t.co/mPEb71LUxX