EVANGELICALS MEET THE DEVIL
Once upon a time, 52.1 million white evangelicals found themselves wandering in a wilderness. And then along came the devil.
Randall "Randy" Tremba was born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio. He took a bachelor of arts in philosophy at Wheaton College, Illinois (1969), a master’s of divinity at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena,California (1973), and a doctor of ministry at Princeton Seminary (1992). He was installed as minister of the Shepherdstown (WV) Presbyterian Church in July 1976. Forty-one years later he retired. In between, he married Paula, became a parent (Jonah, Nathanael, Amanda) and a grandfather, founded the Rumsey Radio Hour (1990), and co-founded the Shepherdstown Good News Paper with Ed Zahniser (May 1979).
Once upon a time, 52.1 million white evangelicals found themselves wandering in a wilderness. And then along came the devil.
I’m not giving up anything. I’m not taking on anything. I’m happy with the way I am.
America once aspired to be a city on a hill. That city has fallen.
My friend is easily triggered these days. He goes off at the mere mention of a certain name.
Russell Vought, one of the architects of Project 2025, and I have something in common.
What do you know about our 51st state?
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde rocks. But she got something wrong.
Let us praise the good bishop.
Trump will be president. We can’t change that. Time for the “Serenity Prayer?”
I’m on deck for another colonoscopy. Thanks, Dad.
Thanks to Old Scratch I’ll be posting a reflection on something I find remarkable in and around our world most every Sunday morning.
Read more about the devil’s role in my life in “This Little Light of Mine” under Let Love Arise in the menu bar.

I reached a personal milestone yesterday. Alas, there were no fireworks and no parades.

Soccer is a beautiful game, my sons told me years ago. I couldn’t see what they saw, but I’m beginning to.

I'm a soccer fan but not a fanatic. Alas, the game releases the inner barbarian.

Today is my birthday. I was born in 1947. Let's hear if for the boomers!
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