Posts Tagged ‘Evangelical Christianity’

Jesus and John Wayne: A Christian can be a “good guy with a gun

Thursday, September 24th, 2020

According to Kristin Kobes Du Mez, author of “Jesus and John Wayne: How Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation,” the idea that a Christian can be a “good guy with a gun” is well-established in many white evangelical communities. But critics wonder how people who claim to worship Jesus Christ  – who taught Read more

Chosen to rule? What sort of Christian is Chris Luxon?

Monday, November 25th, 2019

Chris Luxon has some explaining to do. He has been identified as an evangelical Christian, which, if you’ll pardon the religious cliché, covers a multitude of sins. That’s why I believe Chris Luxon owes New Zealanders a working definition of evangelical Christianity – and how he intends to practice it. A private matter? Well, that Read more