Eric Metaxas: Things in America Are as Bad as During the Revolution and the Civil War

Promoting his new book, If You Can Keep It, Eric Metaxas told National Review’s Kathryn Jean Lopez that things are pretty bad right now. America is in an existential crisis no less serious than the one we faced in the Civil War. Or the crisis before that, when our nation came into being in the … Continue reading “Eric Metaxas: Things in America Are as Bad as During the Revolution and the Civil War”

Eric Metaxas and Ann Coulter Agree: Donald Trump Must Be Elected

Ann Coulter dropped by the Eric Metaxas Show to rant about third world immigrants and promote Donald Trump. By and large, Metaxas agreed with her. You can listen to the entire broadcast at Soundcloud and on Coulter’s You Tube account. The segment with Coulter begins at 10:44.  Rather than provide a transcript, I will just describe … Continue reading “Eric Metaxas and Ann Coulter Agree: Donald Trump Must Be Elected”

Eric Metaxas' New Book: On Tolerance for All Denominations and Religions in Colonial America, Part Two

In his new book, If You Can Keep It, Eric Metaxas writes on page 70: Since the Pilgrims came to our shores in 1620, religious freedom and religious tolerance have been the single most important principle of American life. If only. As I pointed out in two previous posts (link, link), Metaxas makes the argument … Continue reading “Eric Metaxas' New Book: On Tolerance for All Denominations and Religions in Colonial America, Part Two”

In New Book, Eric Metaxas Takes a Page from David Barton

Yesterday, History professor Gregg Frazer posted a very helpful preview of Eric Metaxas’ upcoming book, If You Can Keep It: The Forgotten Promise of American Liberty. In this book, it appears that Metaxas has taken some pages from David Barton. There is a preview of the parts of the book available at Amazon and Google so I … Continue reading “In New Book, Eric Metaxas Takes a Page from David Barton”

Eric Metaxas and the Strange Hitlery Tweet

This so wrong on so many levels: QUIZ! My Bonhoeffer bio invites some unpleasant parallels w/the current election. Therefore let me ask: Will you… — Eric Metaxas (@ericmetaxas) May 22, 2016 So many good replies: @JonathanMerritt @TheAlanNoble @ericmetaxas is he now calling for an assassination? Just trying to follow the really clear moral parallel — … Continue reading “Eric Metaxas and the Strange Hitlery Tweet”