An upcoming book by the Faith and Freedom Coalition founder will argue evangelicals have a duty to defend the incumbent GOP leader. One of Donald Trump’s most prominent Christian supporters will argue in a book due out before the 2020 general election that American evangelicals “have a moral obligation to …
NEW YORK (AP) — Cracks have appeared in evangelical support for Donald Trump over the video of his sexually predatory comments about women. But backing from some of his most high-profile conservative Christian endorsers, such as Liberty University president Jerry Falwell Jr., is holding. Among those reversing course was well-known …
Today is Monday, Feb. 24, the 55th day of 2014 with 310 to follow. The moon is waning. The morning stars are Mars, Mercury, Neptune, Saturn and Venus. The evening stars are Jupiter and Uranus. Those born on this date are under the sign of Pisces. They include Wilhelm Grimm, …
Today is Sunday, Aug. 11, the 223rd day of 2013 with 142 to follow. The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Neptune and Uranus. Evening stars are Saturn and Venus. Those born on this day are under the sign of Leo. They include author Robert Ingersoll in …
And that just might help save the evangelical movement Ever since Ronald Reagan was elected president in 1980, evangelicals have been a powerful political force. Jerry Falwell and his Moral Majority organization were credited in part with Reagan’s election, having registered millions of evangelicals to vote. Their influence would only …
“I always say, always have a prenuptial agreement. But I won’t say that because you people don’t get divorced, right?” –Donald Trump, dispensing wisdom to students at Liberty University, the Evangelical college founded by Jerry Falwell. Donald Trump | Swampland | TIME.com.
Today is Saturday, Aug. 11, the 224th day of 2012 with 142 to follow. The moon is waning. Morning stars are Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. Evening stars are Saturn and Mars. Those born on this day are under the sign of Leo. They include author Robert Ingersoll in …
God knows what has become of the religious right. The movement of Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson has been in decline for some time, but recent events suggest that they are wandering in the political wilderness. A fresh symptom of the trouble came this month during the meeting of 150 …
While marveling at the iconoclastic wit of H.L. Mencken, what many forget about the Scopes Monkey Trial is that Clarence Darrow did not sway the judge, and that, shortly thereafter, the combative strain of secularism that he and Mencken championed fell into popular disrepute. That manifold term – “secularism†– …
The most rapidly growing religious category today is composed of those Americans who say they have no religious affiliation. While middle-aged and older Americans continue to embrace organized religion, rapidly increasing numbers of young people are rejecting it. As recently as 1990, all but 7% of Americans claimed a religious …