Last week, Russell Moore led the charge of Evangelical leaders attacking Trump over a meme video, with John Piper joining in. But where Russell Moore goes, Gavin Ortlund and JD Greear will follow.
As we have been documenting, Gavin Ortlund is the spiritual successor of Russell Moore, one of the most malicious political operators inside the church in recent memory, a man who failed upwards to being the EIC of Christianity Today (now the editor at-large). Russell Moore has helped advance Ortlund’s career by heavily promoting his work with awards. They even go to the same church.
Insufferable review of Gavin Ortlund's video on the "ape video." Will he earn a triple-double of lies, false framing, and first-person references? Will he suggest that defending it as an editing mistake risks hellfire? Watch to find out! (1.5X recommended for sanity): pic.twitter.com/0KLiTQoKNt
— David Morrill (@coconservative7) February 9, 2026
David Morrill published an overlayed version of Ortlund’s video with a ticker counting Ortlund’s lies and fallacies. In a video where Ortlund was professing to speak to the cult, he made 202 first person references, a solid indication that his entire argument was built upon his feelings. Additionally, he lied 12 times and falsely framed the issue 54 times, per Morrill’s review. Credit to him for suffering Ortlund’s fagspeak.
This is not the first time that Gavin Ortlund has made content towing Russell Moore’s narrative. Last year, both attacked Christians on the issue of speech at the same time.
Also joining the fray was JD Greear, former president of the Southern Baptist Convention.
The images posted on our President’s social media account this week were deeply offensive. Regardless of the context, we should lament anytime we see something that denigrates the humanity of any member of our society. God’s word teaches us that each of us is made in the image of God and that God has made us all from one man and of equal value in his sight. That shared humanity is core to our understanding of the gospel.
We not only want to model that kind of ethnic unity in our church, we also long to see it reflected in our society. I pray that God would heal our land of our brokenness and make [Summit] a testimony of the unity that the gospel of Jesus Christ brings.
JD Greear also invents new sins according to woke blasphemy laws. He would not like Jesus calling people a brood of vipers if ape comparisons are off-limits.
Liberal Evangelicals are straining at camels over a non-issue while promoting societal decay. Their silence on actual sins, even those in their proximity, speaks volumes.
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