Justice for Trump! About one hour ago, Robert Jeffress told Lou Dobbs on Fox News that the 2020 presidential election is “far from over.” Jeffress said the God requires Christians to “act justly, and that includes in elections as well.” Watch: Micah 6:8 says: “He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what … Continue reading Court evangelical Robert Jeffress quotes Micah 6:8 and applies it to election fraud
But are they disgraces to the church of Jesus Christ? It looks like pastor Jeffress is now a spokesperson for the Republican Party. As Jeffress’s fellow Southern Baptist and court evangelical Richard Land put it, “the most dangerous place in Texas is between Robert Jeffress and a television camera.” Here is Jeffress: Jeffress also says … Continue reading Robert Jeffress: George W. Bush, Mitt Romney, Ben Sasse, and Peter Wehner are all “disgraces to the Republican Party”
I criticized Sasse yesterday. Now it is Robert Jeffress’s turn: This is making me rethink my criticism of Sasse! 🙂 My “favorite” part of the interview is when Jeffress, a rabid supporter of a president who is a pathological liar, says “Jesus said, you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free.”
It’s all about the Supreme Court for Donald Trump’s court evangelicals. Everything else, including nearly 200,000 dead from a pandemic, is just “background noise.” Here is NBC News reporter Peter Alexander. So much for being pro-life. For Jeffress, COVID-19 is simply a political inconvenience. Of course Jeffress’s political savior, Donald Trump, believes the same thing. … Continue reading Court evangelical Robert Jeffress says the debate over a new Supreme Court justice makes COVID-19 “background noise”
We have written about this annual service before. Check out posts here and here and here and here and here and here and here. In case you don’t have time to watch, allow me to give you a rundown: 9:44: Robert Jeffress and Mike Pence enter the room wearing masks. He stops at the entry … Continue reading Mike Pence visits First Baptist-Dallas for “Freedom Sunday.” He and Robert Jeffress show us what idolatry looks like.
Court evangelical Robert Jeffress is worried. Here is a taste of his interview with One News Now, the news division of The American Family Association: “There’s just been a trifecta of bad circumstances that have formed a perfect storm: the pandemic, the economic fallout from the pandemic, the lawlessness and riots in the streets, … … Continue reading Robert Jeffress Admits Support of Trump is Declining. Why? Because Evangelicals “are very weak.”
Watch Jeffress appearance tonight with Lou Dobbs on Fox Business News: We did some math. Jeffress spoke for a total of 169 seconds. He spent 8 seconds talking about race in America. He spent 161 seconds praising Donald Trump and law and order. People like Robert Jeffress are always praying for a revival in the … Continue reading Maybe Robert Jeffress and His Fellow Court Evangelicals are Missing the Revival Happening Right Before Their Eyes
The court evangelicals continue to weigh-in. We covered them yesterday. Here is some more from Robert Jeffress: This is awful: I want to hear Jeffress talk about systemic racism–the racism that is deeply embedded into American economic, political, and social life. The famous “photo-op” of George Washington praying at Valley Forge is an 1866 rendering … Continue reading Robert Jeffress: “I imagine George Washington had his share of critics who accused him of a photo-op when he knelt down in prayer at Valley Forge”
“Bizarre.” I realize the use of this term to describe Jeffress’s most recent interview with Lou Dobbs on Fox Business News says more about me than it does Jeffress. Let’s remember that Jeffress believes everything he said last night was perfectly logical and morally consistent. There was nothing bizarre about it. Watch: This is another … Continue reading Robert Jeffress’s Bizarre Interview with Lou Dobbs
On Tuesday night, I wrote about Albert Mohler’s new book. Today it is Robert Jeffress’s turn. I saw that the first five chapters of his new book Praying for America were available for free download and I was going to try to carve out some time to read and comment on them. But Peter Montgomery at … Continue reading Robert Jeffress’s New Book Offers Instructions on How to Pray for America’s Restoration as a Christian Nation
Watch: And he manages to use the term “liberal” twice during the show.
Listen to this recent conversation with Eric Metaxas and Robert Jeffress, two leading court evangelicals. Jeffress is pushing his new book Courageous: 10 Strategies for Thriving in a Hostile World. After listening to this interview, it is unclear whether Jeffress’s book is about showing courage in the midst of warfare against sin and evil or showing courage … Continue reading Robert Jeffress suggests that Tim Keller is a “wimpy Christian” who has “cloaked” his “cowardice in theology”
This Fox News segment got some traction yesterday: Comments: 1. Robert Jeffress claims that Democrats are on the wrong side of every major faith issue, especially abortion. He always pivots to abortion because he believes it is the most important faith issue on the table. Fair enough. But he also pivots to abortion because he … Continue reading Why Robert Jeffress Needs Socialism
Here is Matt Young at the Dallas Observer: “Dr. Robert Jeffress will be interviewing former White House press secretary Sarah Sanders live about her life in Washington, D.C., as a career woman, wife, mother and believer in Christ on Sunday, March 1 at 9:15 and 10:50 a.m. in the Worship Center,” First Baptist Dallas’ press release reads. … Continue reading Former Trump Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders Will Speak at Court Evangelical Robert Jeffress’s Church
In case you haven’t heard what Donald Trump did at the National Prayer Breakfast, I tried to summarize it here. It was only a matter of time before Trump’s ardent evangelical supporters–the court evangelicals–defended the president’s remarks. First Baptist Dallas pastor Robert Jeffress recently told Associated Press writer David Crary that Trump’s speech was “completely … Continue reading Court Evangelical Robert Jeffress Backs Trump’s National Prayer Meeting Debacle
Here is the video from today’s roll-out of Trump’s Middle East peace plan: If you are unfamiliar with Pompeo’s treatment of NPR reporter Mary Louise Kelly get up to speed here and here. At about the 0:25 mark of the video Trump says to Pompeo, “that reporter couldn’t have done too good a job on … Continue reading Watch Alan Dershowitz and Robert Jeffress Revel in Trump’s Support for Mike Pompeo’s Treatment of an NPR Reporter
Watch how he: mocks Nancy Pelosi’s faith with his self-righteous culture warrior sneer. Jeffress’s approach to Christianity and public life can be summarized on one word: “abortion.” says that Trump has brought Christmas “back to the forefront” of our country. So true. I remember before Trump was elected everyone had to work on Christmas or … Continue reading Robert Jeffress is an Embarrassment to Evangelical Christianity
You can sense the fear and anxiety in Robert Jeffress’s voice. He is speaking with more urgency. He is getting louder. The fearmongering is growing. The pastor of the First Baptist Church is doubling-down on his “civil war” comments he made Sunday on Fox News and he is trying to scare conservative evangelicals with his … Continue reading Court Evangelical Robert Jeffress is Getting Desperate
Here is court evangelical Robert Jeffress on 16-year-old environmental activist Greta Thunberg: “God said he created the environment to serve us, not for us to serve the environment. This Greta Thunberg, the 16 year-old, she was warning today about the mass extinction of humanity. Somebody needs to read poor Greta Genesis chapter 9 and tell … Continue reading Robert Jeffress: Environmental Activist Greta Thunberg Needs to Look at a Rainbow and Read Genesis 9
Court evangelical James Robison recently had two fellow court evangelicals on his television show. Here is the interview with Jeffress and Barton: A few comments: 2:00ff: Jeffress says: “You hear Nancy Pelosi and others saying that walls are un-Christian and immoral. Well, if that’s true, God’s immoral because he told Nehemiah to build a wall … Continue reading Court Evangelicals David Barton and Robert Jeffress Talk Christian America
