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Narrowing God’s Word and the Proper Christian at the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter

by Susan Trollinger Last Wednesday, Sue presented our co-authored paper, “Sacred Rhetoric Turned into Culture War Rhetoric at the Creation Museum and Ark Encounter,” at the Sacred Rhetorics conference, which was held at Winebrenner Theological Seminary in Findlay,...

Who is Intolerant? Who is Lying?

by William Trollinger On the face of it, the notion that evangelicals in the United States are being persecuted seems absurd. Just look at the 2016 election. Donald Trump becomes president, thanks in good part to the support of 81% of white evangelicals. His Vice...

Recruiting Culture Warriors

by William Trollinger Given that so many people – including many Christians – find fundamentalism and creationism bewildering and bizarre, who is the audience for contemporary fundamentalist leaders and organizations? When Bill spoke last Sunday at Westminster...