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Jonathan Orbell

Jonathan Orbell is a writer living in the San Francisco Bay Area. He is currently a graduate student pursuing a Masters of Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary.

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"Foibles, Peccadilloes, and Metaphorical Warts": Eric Metaxas Endorses Trump

From its beginning, the 2016 Republican presidential primary has been steeped in irony. Indeed, one can’t discuss the absurdities of 2016 without mentioning evangelicals’ backing of Trump as a “pro…
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The Divide Between "Trumpvangelicals" and the Rest of Us

In September of last year, I weighed in on the debate over whether evangelicals really do support Donald Trump in large numbers. I bring it back up because, since I wrote that first piece, a spate of…
Jonathan Orbell
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Trump's Rise: What's a Christian Progressive to Do?

How to explain Trump’s success in the context of American Christianity? Rachel Held Evans has offered: “Racism and xenophobia remain powerful forces in our country, as does celebrity worship, and…
Jonathan Orbell
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