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Evangelical and Gay Affirming: An Update on the Book

Randal Rauser @randalrauser.bsky.social · 6h

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Randal Rauser @randalrauser.bsky.social · 1d

The way Republicans are rallying around Trump to protect him from the Epstein Files is sickening.

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Randal Rauser @randalrauser.bsky.social · 2d

After lots of feedback, the cover options for my next book have been revised and narrowed to the following. Thoughts welcome.

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Randal Rauser @randalrauser.bsky.social · 3d

Evangelical and gay-affirming? A critical update on my new book: www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4aX...

YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist

What Christian Apologists Keep Missing | #52 Dr. Randal Rauser

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Randal Rauser @randalrauser.bsky.social · 8d

Check out my new interview with Miles Donahue on evangelical apologetics. (Spoiler alert: I'm not a big fan.)

youtube.com/watch?v=KOzxJ6R7dO4&feature=youtu.be

YouTube video by Miles K. Donahue

An Update on My Book on Gay-Affirming Evangelicalism

Randal Rauser @randalrauser.bsky.social · 14d

Jimmy Kimmel struck the perfect balance, defending free speech, modeling compassion and civility, and peppering acerbic humor impugning that spray-tanned, thin-skinned wannabe dictator.

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Randal Rauser @randalrauser.bsky.social · 17d

Twenty years ago, but not recently. He's definitely a controversial figure.

Randal Rauser @randalrauser.bsky.social · 17d

An update on my book on gay affirming evangelicalism www.youtube.com/watch?v=6410...

YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist

With MAGA, the Cruelty is the Point

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Randal Rauser @randalrauser.bsky.social · 17d

With Trump and MAGA, the cruelty is the point. This is the image into which evangelicalism has conformed itself. www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2la...

YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist

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Randal Rauser @randalrauser.bsky.social · 18d

Evangelicals claiming to be prolife because they're anti-abortion is like a carnivore claiming to be vegetarian because they're anti-veal.

Randal Rauser @randalrauser.bsky.social · 18d

I calls 'em like I sees 'em.

Sean McDowell, Fundamentalist Preacher

Randal Rauser @randalrauser.bsky.social · 19d

Sean McDowell presents as urbane and thoughtful, but at heart he's a toxic fundamentalist preacher without the fear-based drama:
youtube.com/watch?v=E4yFwfmAJC4&feature=youtu.be

YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist

Hey Mike Winger, You're not Prolife if You Dehumanize Immigrants

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Randal Rauser @randalrauser.bsky.social · 20d

This is Daisy. You don't realize how fast puppies grow when you see them every day!

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Randal Rauser @randalrauser.bsky.social · 20d

Hey Mike Winger, You're not Prolife if You Dehumanize Immigrants www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQIb...

YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist

Ex-Seminary Professor: 'Evangelicals Have Lost Their Way' (FULL Interview) @Randal_Rauser

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Randal Rauser @randalrauser.bsky.social · 20d

Can evangelicalism be saved? My conversation with stellar YouTuber C. J. Cornthwaite:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=S8tq...

YouTube video by C. J. Cornthwaite

Jimmy Kimmel, a Fascist President, and My Appeal to Evangelicals

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Randal Rauser @randalrauser.bsky.social · 21d

My response to Donald Trump's fascist take-down of Jimmy Kimmel: this is a rubicon moment for free speech in America. youtube.com/watch?v=540RExbP434&feature=youtu.be

YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist

Charlie Kirk, MAGA Martyr?

Randal Rauser @randalrauser.bsky.social · 21d

Frank Turek and the Making of a MAGA Martyr www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI3q...

YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist

Charlie Kirk and the Legacy of MAGA Christianity

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Randal Rauser @randalrauser.bsky.social · 22d

Evangelical apologist Frank Turek claims Charlie Kirk was a tireless evangelist for Jesus Christ. In fact, he was an evangelist for MAGA Christianity, and that's a very different thing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-Xv...

YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist

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Randal Rauser @randalrauser.bsky.social · 22d

I still remember when I first saw the SuperMagna in the late 80s. I was blown away by the crazy styling. I saw a 3rd gen Magna at a dealership in 94 but ended up getting a used Suzuki Intruder. I finally got a 96 Magna in 2012. Once the powerband hits about 5500 you're singing to redline. :)

Randal Rauser @randalrauser.bsky.social · 23d

Donald Trump endorsing my book "Jesus Loves Canaanites". He may be a felon, insurrectionist, and adjudicated sexual abuser, but he has good taste in books.

Randal Rauser @randalrauser.bsky.social · 23d

I just dug up a picture where I'm giving a concert with my high school rock band back c. 1991.

Randal Rauser @randalrauser.bsky.social · 23d

Notably, he didn't apologize until he was forced to days after the original statement.

Randal Rauser @randalrauser.bsky.social · 23d

Good eye!

On Brian Kilmeade's Terrible Apology

Randal Rauser @randalrauser.bsky.social · 23d

Brian Kilmeade advocates the mass killing of a vulnerable population and then says "oops, sorry," and we're supposed to forget? Um, no.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXaU...

YouTube video by Randal Rauser - The Tentative Apologist