by Randall Balmer | Oct 14, 2026 | Opinion
Jim Bakker’s death last week at the age of 86 brings to a close one of the sorriest chapters in the history of American evangelicalism. The televangelist scandals captured the nation’s attention in the late 1980s. Jim and Tammy Faye Bakker’s lavish lifestyle...
by Randall Balmer | Jul 7, 2025 | Opinion
Jimmy Swaggart didn’t want to talk with me. He really didn’t want to talk with me. I flew to Baton Rouge in 1998, ten years after his famous—infamous!—confession that he had sinned against various people, including the Almighty. I had never been a fan of the...
