Sep 1, 2020 | Answers in Genesis, BioLogos, Calvin University, Camille Lewis, Christianity Today, COVID-19, Creation Science, Donald Trump, Francis Collins, Grace Community Church, John MacArthur, Ken Ham, Messiah College, Observational Science, Politics, QAnon, Religion and Science, Righting America, Science, Westmont College, Wheaton College |
by William Trollinger In the Age of Trump it is very easy to imagine that white evangelicalism is a monolith. But when it comes to science, in general, and the pandemic, in particular, it turns out that it is not. In 2007 Francis Collins – who then was director of the...
Apr 21, 2020 | Apocalypse, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literalism, COVID-19, Culture War, End Times, Evangelicals, Fundamentalism, Jennifer Jones Hamilton, Noah's Flood |
by Jennifer Jones Hamilton Jennifer Jones Hamilton is an Instructional Assistant and Substitute Teacher with Carroll County Public Schools in Eldersburg, Maryland, as well as an application reviewer for Teach for America. She has a bachelor’s degree in History...
Apr 17, 2020 | Answers in Genesis, COVID-19, Creation Museum, Culture War, Ken Ham, Noah's Flood |
by William Trollinger Ken Ham. Image credit: John Foxe, 2012, via Wikimedia Commons. As Rod Kennedy put it in the last post, the widespread adoption of young Earth creationism by American evangelicals is directly connected to the evangelical willingness to disregard...
Apr 10, 2020 | Biblical Interpretation, COVID-19, Creation Museum, Creation Science, David Lindberg, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Evangelicals, Evolution, George Marsden, History, Jerry Falwell Jr., Ken Ham, Liberty University, Religion and Science, Rodney Kennedy, Science, Scopes Trial, Stay-at-Home order, The River Church |
by Rodney Kennedy Rodney Kennedy has his M.Div. from New Orleans Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. in Rhetoric from Louisiana State University. The pastor of 7 Southern Baptist churches over the course of 20 years, he pastored the First Baptist Church of Dayton (OH)...
Apr 7, 2020 | Christian Right, CNN, COVID-19, Donald Trump, Evangelicals, Religion and Science, Science, Solid Rock Church, Uncategorized |
by William Trollinger The King of Kings statue at the Solid Rock church in Monroe, Ohio, before and during the fire that destroyed it. Photograph: Nick Graham/AP and Tiffani West-May/AP via The Guardian. Just down the road from us along I-75 is the evangelical Solid...
Mar 20, 2020 | Christian Colleges, Christian Right, College Sports, COVID-19, Culture War, Evangelical Education, Evangelical Youth, Evangelicals, Jerry Falwell Jr., Liberty University, Religion and Science, Rodney Kennedy, Science |
by William Trollinger Photo Credit: Smiley N. Pool, Staff Photographer, Dallas Morning News While the NCAA responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by shutting down all sporting events (including March Madness for both men’s and women’s teams), the National Collegiate...