health issues. when your star they let you do it. whatever you want. grab them by the [bleep]. my first favorite book is the bible. i m kidding, you can get the baby out of here. 2 corinthians, 3:17, that is the whole ball game. you can do anything, grab them by the [bleep], you can do anything, that s what you said. historically that is true with stars. not always, but largely true. unfortunately or fortunately. joining us now is russell more he s the editor chief of christiane 80 today, leads the public theology project. is the author the new book losing our religion, an altar call for evangelical americans. russell, so good to have you back on the show this morning. you talk about this pre and post-2016 evangelical church, and after it came under the grip of donald trump, how do you explain it, when we talk to evangelicals, they say, look, we were voting for a president not of saint, we understand he
they didn t need an altar call to repent and confess their sins, and they just cried out to the lord. people are flooding the altar, crying on their knees, on their face. it was real, genuine worship. trace: it s interesting, because christianity says today, for gen z, this is not a bandwagon. today college students know their generation can be skeptical, cynical, even, when it comes to big christian movements. young believers recognize claims of god at work can be faked or manipulated, so they would rather ask questions and do the research before adding their yes and amen to the cause. you think some of the people attending are somewhat skeptical, summer? oh, definitely. i even have a lot of friends here who are really skeptical. but what i would say to that is that this is real christianity. i think we have been living in fake christianity for far too long, and real christianity is powerful and a little bit uncomfortable sometimes. if we lived back in jesus day,
sings in gospel choir. i m trying to talk her into coming to new york. ava miller on the end. she is a freshman here. her parents met at this university and siblings all went here, too. we have three different stories but charity, i will start with you, because you were singing in this auditorium two weeks ago when the music just never stopped. what was it like? wednesday morning during chapel, right? yes, wednesday morning. gospel choir was lead worship that particular day. a couple of was was asked to sing during the altar call. sing one of our worship songs. the worship just never stopped. the pianist my gospel choir director kept playing. one of our members kept singing people just kept coming to the altar to repent. it was beautiful. supported one another is what captivated me really. ainsley: kaine, we were talking during the break you ever an international student here. we have met people from all different parts of the world. where are some of the countries that you have me
An altar call is a time of prayer and response after a sermon. They are sometimes called invitations, since it is a time when people in the congregation are invited to respond to the sermon at the altar of God..