Big Eva Is Afraid Of Megan Basham’s New Book

Megan Basham’s long-awaited book, Shepherd’s For Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda debuted this week, and it is already a smash hit in the publishing world. The book is a journalistic deep dive into the corruption of Evangelicalism and how liberal money has directly or indirectly changed many Evangelical leaders. Predictably a lot of people are not excited about the book’s release, especially those mentioned in the pages.

There are a few threads that Basham has pulled that have set the internet ablaze. The first is a relitigation of Francis Collins.

The way conservative evangelicals attack this man with the most outlandish conspiracy theories is legit gross. pic.twitter.com/cMCW7eFcUq

— Scott Barber (@thescottbarber) July 30, 2024

Evidently, even after much has been exposed over the nefarious deeds of Francis Collins who was largely responsible for America’s handling of the coronavirus, promoted transgenderism, and promoted the abortion industry. Despite this all being rather well known and documented as part of his public service record, there are Evangelicals defending Francis Collins.

Moreover, Justin Taylor had this to say about Basham’s reporting.

The first time I experienced Basham’s style of journalism was when she wrote that “one article by Gospel Coalition editor Joe Carter linked the reasonable hypothesis that the virus might have been human-made with wilder QAnon fantasies.” As one can see from the actual quote by Carter below, that was self-evidently nonsensical. When called out, she didn’t correct the error or apologize, but implausibly doubled down on it. So did many of her defenders.

Justin Taylor somehow thought he was making a point here. But the text explicitly indicates that any manmade origins are “outlandish” conspiracy theories, with the bioweapon theory being considered “even more outlandish.” It’s basic reading comprehension. But this is the level of critique often being bandied about.

The most interesting and long-lasting thread pulled by Megan Basham is that she goes after Tim Keller, whose legacy is being more openly called into question.

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— Danny Slavich (@DannySlavich) July 31, 2024

Earlier this week, Micahel Keller came out to defend his father’s handling of politics because of the book’s release. And then there’s Gavin Ortlund who we will discuss separately.

In conclusion, Big Eva is afraid of Megan Basham’s book. She carries and institutional credibility that Evangelical Dark Web and several other allies do not possess, and it’s excellent to see the truth we strive to bring to light exposed in such spectacular fashion.