White evangelicals were not unique in utterly failing the moral test of the Civil Rights Movement. But for white evangelicals, this collapse of moral authority was especially traumatic because it shattered their essential sense of identity. Read more
May 28, 2020
The Civil Rights Movement shattered white evangelical identity
May 28, 2020 By Fred Clark
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May 26, 2020
This ain’t a ‘historical narrative,’ it’s living memory
May 26, 2020 By Fred Clark
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If you want to understand how the religious right rose as a backlash reaction to the Civil Rights Movement, read Randall Balmer. If you want to see what that looks like, in practice, read that David French column. Read more
May 21, 2020
Snake-handling is unwise, but at least it’s not contagious
May 21, 2020 By Fred Clark
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“We need new ways of thinking about how to live with, and against, ontologies as threatening to our common life as this woman’s is, before she kills us all.” Read more
May 20, 2020
Mourn with those who mourn
May 20, 2020 By Fred Clark
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“Rejoice with those who rejoice; mourn with those who mourn.” — Romans 12:15 Read more
May 12, 2020
Lord it made me happy, seein’ all those people
May 12, 2020 By Fred Clark
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“If Costco can reopen safely, why not Illinois churches, Gov. Pritzker?” Ed Stetzer asks in a column for Religion News Service. It’s as bad as it sounds. Read more
May 6, 2020
Happy Birthday, Tricia
May 6, 2020 By Fred Clark
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“I’m fighting for you, and a blue-eyed Jesus America first The rest get the pieces” Read more
May 2, 2020
This won’t end well
May 2, 2020 By Fred Clark
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Do we have the universal testing capacity that would allow us to responsibly ease our stay-at-home policies? No. Not even close. But we’ve grown tired of keeping this up. Read more
May 2, 2020
Secrets in a small town
May 2, 2020 By Fred Clark
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Ask anybody over the age of 10 in Vermont and they can tell you a Bernie story. This is their first-hand account of one of the times they’ve met him, because everyone up there has. It’s a small town of a state. Read more
April 29, 2020
I believe in UFOs
April 29, 2020 By Fred Clark
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“This is our natural condition, yet always the most contrary to our inclination; we burn with desire to find a steadfast place and an ultimate fixed basis whereon we may build a tower to reach the infinite. But our whole foundation breaks up, and earth opens to the abysses.” Read more
April 24, 2020
LBCF, No. 268: ‘Pocket full of Kryptonite’
April 24, 2020 By Fred Clark
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Women, the authors teach, are evil, casting their wicked spells on helpless men, filling their innocent male minds with a sinful lust. And the only defense, according to the authors, is a protective shield of raw misogyny. Read more
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