Nov 7, 2016 | Christian Right, Culture War, Donald Trump, Politics |
by Jason Hentschel When I planned to attend the Conference on Faith and History’s October meeting at Regent University, one of the largest evangelical schools in the nation, little did I know that a Trump rally would break out. While most of us in the CFH claim some...
Oct 3, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Christian Right, Creation Museum, Creationism, Culture War, Donald Trump, Hell, Jesus, Ken Ham, Noah's Flood, Righting America |
by William Trollinger If we had given Righting America an epitaph it would probably have been this stanza from Mary Gauthier’s “Mercy Now”: My church and my country could use a little mercy now. As they sink into a poisoned pit it’s going to take forever to climb out,...
Aug 2, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Bible, Biblical Literalism, Creationism, Culture War, Jesus, Rodney Kennedy |
by Rodney Kennedy Answers in Genesis (AiG). The name of the organization says it all. But as Dr. Kennedy argues below, AiG has it all wrong. When Ken Ham claims that all the answers are in Genesis 1-11, and when Christians line up behind such a claim, we are in for a...
Jul 25, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Bible, Biblical Literalism, Church, Creation Museum, Culture War, Fundamentalism, History, Inerrancy, Israel, Jesus, Righting America |
by Emily Hunter McGowin The authors of Righting America observe that, “given the Creation Museum’s stated commitment to biblical inerrancy and the very words of the Bible as ‘God-breathed,’” it is striking that the museum is “oddly loose” in its presentation of the...
Jun 20, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Christian Right, Culture War, Gay Marriage, Ken Ham, LGBT Issues, Politics |
by William Trollinger The Ark Encounter is scheduled to open on July 7 near Williamstown, Kentucky. The public relations campaign is in full swing, with billboards (including one here in Dayton) and press releases and interviews with journalists and – as reported in...
Jun 17, 2016 | Answers in Genesis, Ark Encounter, Christian Right, Culture War, Donald Trump, Jimmy Carter, Ken Ham, Politics |
by William Trollinger On June 10 Answers in Genesis (AiG) scored a public relations coup when former President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn toured the Ark Encounter construction site. As reported in the AiG article celebrating the visit, the Carters were there...
