Mark DeVine, Author at The Western Journal

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Mark DeVine is a pastor, former missionary in Bangkok and a theological educator in Alabama. He is the author of "Bonhoeffer Speaks Today" and "Shalom Yesterday, Today, and Forever."

Bart Barber preaches at First Baptist Church in Farmersville, Texas, on Sept. 25.

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Op-Ed

Op-Ed: The President of the Southern Baptist Convention Just Had a Telling Encounter with Anderson Cooper

Bart Barber chose to refute on national television the views of the large majority of the people he was elected to serve.

By Mark DeVine October 16, 2022

Staff members gather during the Southern Baptist Convention's annual meeting in Anaheim, California, on June 14.

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Op-Ed

Op-Ed: New Southern Baptist Official Vows to Continue Protection of Democratic Voters

While destructive policies take their toll on our nation, Southern Baptist elites are protecting the political party responsible.

By Mark DeVine September 27, 2022

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Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Will a DOJ Investigation Finally Put SBC Elites on the Same Page as Rank-and-File Evangelicals?

The federal investigation of the Southern Baptist Convention ratchets up the Biden administration’s attacks on its political opponents.

By Mark DeVine August 17, 2022

Former President Donald Trump speaks to the crowd at a rally in support of Arizona GOP candidates on July 22 in Prescott Valley, Arizona.

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Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Christian Leader Breaks His Silence on Dobbs to Slam Evangelicals Who Voted for Trump - Again

The party that seeks and wins religious loyalty and obedience is the one that starts with D, not R.

By Mark DeVine August 2, 2022

Attendees listen during the annual meeting of the Southern Baptist Convention in Anaheim, California, on June 14.

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Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Unbelievable Racial Challenge Issued at Southern Baptist Convention

The Democratic Party's infantilization of blacks was on display at the Southern Baptist Convention.

By Mark DeVine July 21, 2022

People participate in a parade celebrating the LGBT movement in downtown Washington, D.C., on June 12, 2021.

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Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Conservative Christians, Beware of Faux Lepers

The Democratic Party has taught the nation who the new outcasts are: the un-woke 'deplorables' who cling to their guns and religion.

By Mark DeVine June 9, 2022

Ed Litton answers questions after being elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention on June 15, 2021, in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Op-Ed

Op-Ed: If Southern Baptists Don't Become Activists, They Will Lose Their Denomination to the Woke

Most Southern Baptists are decidedly un-woke. So why have they been led for the last four years by woke presidents?

By Mark DeVine May 10, 2022

An American flag is pictured in the stock image above.

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Op-Ed

I Saw an Old Man Waving a Flag, He Introduced Himself as 'Pappy' and Taught a Valuable Lesson

'There he was as I drove by, not two miles from my Alabama home, oblivious to the wind and the rainy mist, waving that flag.'

By Mark DeVine July 8, 2021

The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Lousiville, Kentucky, is pictured above.

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Op-Ed

Op-Ed: Has the Un-Wokening of the Southern Baptist Convention and the Evangelical Industrial Complex Begun in Earnest?

'The intersectionality element of CRT requires that white people listen to black people and ultimately submit to their leadership.'

By Mark DeVine June 2, 2021

Op-Ed: The President of the Southern Baptist Convention Just Had a Telling Encounter with Anderson Cooper

Op-Ed: New Southern Baptist Official Vows to Continue Protection of Democratic Voters

Op-Ed: Will a DOJ Investigation Finally Put SBC Elites on the Same Page as Rank-and-File Evangelicals?

Op-Ed: Christian Leader Breaks His Silence on Dobbs to Slam Evangelicals Who Voted for Trump - Again

Op-Ed: Unbelievable Racial Challenge Issued at Southern Baptist Convention

Op-Ed: Conservative Christians, Beware of Faux Lepers

Op-Ed: If Southern Baptists Don't Become Activists, They Will Lose Their Denomination to the Woke

I Saw an Old Man Waving a Flag, He Introduced Himself as 'Pappy' and Taught a Valuable Lesson

Op-Ed: Has the Un-Wokening of the Southern Baptist Convention and the Evangelical Industrial Complex Begun in Earnest?

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