February 21st, 2009
Something’s happening in American Evangelicalism. We are waking up from a stupor. We are attempting to fear our founder more than we fear our movement’s group think. Because He is asserting his proprietary rights over His brand–a brand which has been the subject of trademark infringement for too long. We are standing up to be counted as conscientious objectors to the evangelical culture war that has been distracting us from the evangelical mission.
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Tags: abortion, Adam Smith, apology, birth control, bulbar wheat, climate change, conscientious objectors, culture war, culture warriors, darwin, domestic violence, environment, environmental whacko, evangelical, evangelicalism, gay marriage, good news, gospel, Jesus Movement, Karl Marx, missionaries, missions, no-fault divorce, religious right, Y2K
Posted in jesus brand spirituality, lectio (meditative prayer), thinking out loud | 62 Comments »
January 1st, 2009
Nine years ago today we were all breathing a sigh of relief about the Y2K disaster that didn’t materialize. Evangelicals more than most. Because for some reason many evangelicals and fundamentalists bought the idea that the world was headed for a techno-cataclysm. Why would we be so alarmed by Y2K and so apathetic about the environmental crisis we are facing, including climate change?
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Tags: apocalyptic, bulbar wheat, climate change, climatologists, enviornment, evangelicals, evolution, I.P.C.C., media, meterologists, science, thomas friedman, Y2K
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