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Full Professor & Chair, Dept. of Theological Studies, Concordia University (Montréal) | Research: Global Pentecostal and Charismatic Christianity; Religion and Politics; Evangelicalism; Reception of the Bible • Faculty page: https://shorturl.at/Riclq

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Unraveling the "End Times" - YouTube

2/ Want to know more about what’s behind the End Times views of people like Hegseth and other pro-Trump evangelicals? I provide details in my YouTube series.

youtube.com/playlist?lis...

03.03.2026 16:25 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Military leaders pushing 'Armageddon views' on troops as Iran war begins: complaint A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers Monday that the Iran war was part of God's plan to usher in the End Times and bring about Jesus Christ's second coming, according to a complaint ...

Why am I not surprised?

#EndTimes #Dispensationalism #Armageddon

www.rawstory.com/military-267...

03.03.2026 16:25 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

If you're curious about the apocalyptic and eschatological beliefs that shape the political agendas of many evangelicals and U.S. administrations, check out this free two-part video series on the “End Times" that I created some time ago.

youtube.com/playlist?lis...

03.03.2026 12:47 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Rubio: “That entire regime is led by radical clerics who don't make geopolitical decisions. They make decisions on the basis of theology, their view of theology which is an apocalyptic one.”

Again, the lack of self awareness is astonishing. THEY TOO make political decisions based on their theology.

03.03.2026 01:58 — 👍 60    🔁 18    💬 5    📌 3
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How can someone lack such self-awareness? 🤯

What about all the evangelical Trump supporters with their own End Times delusions, their belief in Trump as a new King Cyrus, and their efforts to establish the Kingdom of God on earth? And this guy hopes to see the Third Temple established in Jerusalem.

03.03.2026 00:02 — 👍 6    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1
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5/ Marcus Rogers, a Oneness Pentecostal, and Traci Coston, an online Charismatic influencer, now promote the idea of Trump as Cyrus, King of Persia, through a numerological twist involving the number 47. This is not surpising among Pentecostal/ Charismatic types. Remember Wallnau…

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4/ More examples of the “biblical prophecy” dispensationalist framework, referencing the Gog & Magog coalition of nations (Ezekiel 38-39) and Daniel’s 70th week with Antichrist making a “covenant with many” (Daniel 9:27), kickstarting the seven year tribulation period.

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3/ Long before YouTube and TikTok, Chick Publications mainstreamed an End Times script for millions:

Gog & Magog = WWIII
The Beast
Third Temple rebuilt
Armageddon

For many U.S. evangelicals, this scenario still shapes their theology and frames their reading of global events.

28.02.2026 22:36 — 👍 11    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 2
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BREAKING: Israeli sources say Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei killed in strikes.

Follow live updates: https://cnn.it/4u1Txa3

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2/ Feucht says, "It feels biblical."
Engle states, “God (will) break the bow of Islam and set His throne in Iran."

Their interpretation of the Bible and their approach to spiritual warfare clearly underpin their fierce opposition to Islam.

28.02.2026 14:11 — 👍 10    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0
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Graham is framing bombing Iran as religious liberation. His rhetoric is fuelled by his theology.

28.02.2026 13:11 — 👍 49    🔁 20    💬 7    📌 3
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Pastor Ted Shuttlesworth Jr. steps away from ministry over adultery: report Miracle Word Ministries co-founder Pastor Ted Shuttlesworth Jr has reportedly stepped away from leadership temporarily after confessing to adultery and engaging in multiple inappropriate

“Miracle Word Ministries co-founder Pastor Ted Shuttlesworth Jr. has reportedly stepped away from leadership temporarily after confessing to adultery.”

“Temporarily” sounds quite Swaggartesque. 😒

www.christianpost.com/news/ted-shu...

26.02.2026 22:22 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Riding the Third Wave Churches

Check our latest episode of the Spirit, State, and Society podcast. This week, we explore the origins of the “Third Wave,” a term coined by C. Peter Wagner, and trace its theological and historical development within late twentieth-century evangelicalism.

open.spotify.com/episode/5EGr...

25.02.2026 14:18 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Man who pardoned 1,600 insurrectionists on his first day back in office says "we must totally reject political violence of any kind."

25.02.2026 03:30 — 👍 269    🔁 89    💬 41    📌 9
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Warnock: "We heard tonight the rumblings of a desperate man who's trying to present case he can for the midterms. It was half lies, half grievances. He knows he is quickly losing power."

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Lying for 2 hours straight won't solve any of the issues he's been underwater on for months. Everything is more expensive, corruption is rampant, and the Epstein Class gets richer while you get screwed. The lies you heard tonight won’t matter in November.

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Wallnau hasn't lost his habit of attributing demonic influence to those who disagree with him or with Trump. Funny that he mentions a “spirit of lawlessness and civil war,” which rather fits with the illegal policies of his modern-day Cyrus, and whose actions also led to Jan 6.

24.02.2026 22:43 — 👍 11    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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Mid-Ohio Valley Group Blends Religion, Politics to Affect Policy in Ohio and West Virginia Quietly, over the past 15 years, small group Bible-study-style gatherings near Parkersburg, W.Va. have formed the foundation for a movement that punches above its weight in terms of political influenc...

My latest piece for is a collaborative effort with the Athens County Independent on a conservative group that has been active for 15 years. Dominion theology paired with political action:

www.100daysinappalachia.com/2025/02/mid-...

28.02.2025 19:18 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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André Gagné - Chrétiens en quête de puissance

Présence globale et politique des pentecôtismes

À paraître en mai chez Labor et Fides

20.02.2026 13:26 — 👍 4    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Delusional 🤪

23.02.2026 15:28 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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Armed Man Shot Dead at Mar-a-Lago Was Fixated on Epstein Files, Text Shows The armed man shot and killed by Secret Service agents outside President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago property Sunday had grown increasingly obsessed with the Epstein files and was also a vocal supporter...

It seems that the armed man shot and killed by Secret Service agents outside Trump's Mar-a-Lago property Sunday was obsessed with the Epstein files and was also a vocal supporter of Trump.

www.tmz.com/2026/02/22/m...

23.02.2026 02:34 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
Hindus and Jews are much more likely to have a four-year college degree than Americans in other religious groups, according to Pew Research Center’s 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study (RLS).  Seven-in-ten Hindus and 65% of Jews have a bachelor’s degree or more education. That compares with 35% of U.S. adults overall.  On the other end of the spectrum, lower shares of evangelical Protestants (29%) and members of historically Black Protestant denominations (24%) hold college degrees. The shares of college graduates for several other religious groups range from 35% to 45%.

Hindus and Jews are much more likely to have a four-year college degree than Americans in other religious groups, according to Pew Research Center’s 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study (RLS). Seven-in-ten Hindus and 65% of Jews have a bachelor’s degree or more education. That compares with 35% of U.S. adults overall. On the other end of the spectrum, lower shares of evangelical Protestants (29%) and members of historically Black Protestant denominations (24%) hold college degrees. The shares of college graduates for several other religious groups range from 35% to 45%.

American adults with a four-year college degree
Hindus 70%
Episcopalians 67%
Jews 65%
Agnostics 53%
Atheists 48%
Muslims 44%
Buddhists 41%
Catholics 35%
National average 35%
Evangelicals 29%
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2026/02/19/which-us-religious-groups-are-most-highly-educated/

22.02.2026 17:11 — 👍 170    🔁 74    💬 9    📌 26
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2/ Clarence Larkin, in his 1919 book “Dispensational Truth,” made this drawing of the “biblical borders.”

No wonder the Middle East nations condemned Huckabee’s reply indicating that it would be acceptable for Israel to exercise control over territories belonging to Arab states, and the West Bank.

22.02.2026 03:53 — 👍 9    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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1/ In his interview, Carlson asked Huckabee whether Israel, according to Genesis 15, was entitled to claim much of the modern Middle East.

Ever wonder what this might look like? Check out the following thread post.

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‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me, i...

What a nightmare! That’s why I haven’t been travelling to the U.S. since Trump was elected, and still don’t plan to.

U.S. tourism is suffering. It will take DECADES for the U.S. to recover from the reputational damage Trump has inflicted on his country.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

21.02.2026 12:40 — 👍 12    🔁 6    💬 1    📌 1

👏👏👏🥳🎉🍾

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Heureux d’avoir entre les mains la toute première épreuve de ce livre qui sortira début mai !

Encore quelques semaines avant qu’il soit disponible… et j’ai déjà hâte de vous en parler davantage.

20.02.2026 00:04 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, dies aged 84 A fixture in Democratic politics who ran for 1988 presidential nomination, Jackson was once close to Martin Luther King Jr The Rev Jesse Jackson, the civil rights campaigner who was prominent for more than 50 years and who ran strongly for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1988, has died. He was 84. “Our father was a servant leader — not only to our family, but to the oppressed, the voiceless, and the overlooked around the world,” the Jackson family said in a statement. “We shared him with the world, and in return, the world became part of our extended family. His unwavering belief in justice, equality, and love uplifted millions, and we ask you to honor his memory by continuing the fight for the values he lived by.” Continue reading...

Jesse Jackson, civil rights icon, dies aged 84

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Pure insanity 🤪

16.02.2026 21:50 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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Available now

This book explores the recent rise of African Pentecostalism and its rejuvenation of the Protestant-Evangelical minority religion in a secular and liberal (Flemish) Belgium.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4qzJkzp

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