Looks like they are looking to Saint Morris as their guide this election:
Posted on 11/03/2006 11:56:06 AM PST by Esther Ruth
The Evangelical Swing to the Left
Nothing stays the same anymore; it is always morphing into something it shouldn't. So it is with evangelicalism. My alma mater, Bethel University in St. Paul, MN, recently featured the king-pin of the "religious left," Jim Wallis. Wallis heads Sojourners' ministry and magazine, a ministry devoted to social issues though called evangelical. In his e-newsletter Wallis refers to his Bethel experience where he spoke to a packed chapel service.
He says, "I was at Bethel University, known as a conservative evangelical school--fertile ground for recruiting by the 'religious right.' But the wind is changing at Bethel as it is among the new generation of evangelical students across the country for both faith and politics in America."
He continues, "I asked the students if they wanted to be 'true evangelicals'" (referring to Luke 4 and the reference of bringing the good news to the poor.) The implication here is that if it doesn't follow the social gospel it cannot be good news.
Wallis seems to minimize the moral values of the "religious right" such as abortion and gay marriage, while emphasizing issues he feels are greater causes today: Poverty, global warming, human rights, ethics of war in Iraq, and more. Wallis said that the value of human life cannot just be seen in the abortion issue without also addressing issues of the poor.
After a standing ovation by the students who were overflowing in the chapel hall, Wallis says, "It didn't feel like a standing ovation but rather an altar call, with students standing to say they want their faith and lives to make a difference in our world." I ask if evangelical colleges and seminaries are cranking out pastors with this view, what will the church look like in ten years?
Wallis then had his "Voting God's Politics" on line for downloading. It is a repetition and expansion of what he said at the Bethel chapel service, but a harder-hitting emphasis on "social justice" to the point that it smacked of blatant socialism: Redistribute the wealth. If one can't work, they should be subsidized and be treated with dignity. Extreme global poverty must end, a good item for a wish-list but not going to happen in this life. In his cry for world peace he says about the war on terror, that "all nations need to rid themselves of weapons of mass destruction and end the 'cycle of violence."' I am sure Iran's Ahmadinejad is paying attention.
In "Voting God's Politics" Wallis kept taking Scripture out of context and throwing in many verses that are blatantly talking about the Millennium when all these problems will be gone. However, he believes if we all unite behind him, we can end them before the return of Christ to set up His perfect Kingdom on earth. Are satanically-inspired nations and leaders going to wipe out their WMDs? Not even the U.N. is making a dent in this issue.
Also in "Voting God's Politics" Wallis says the Israelis are oppressing the Palestinians, not the Palestinian leaders choosing to keep their people in poverty. Wallis adds we must strengthen the U.N. and end capital punishment because it is biased towards the poor. He urges all Christians to support amnesty for illegal aliens, fight AIDS, and fight for women's rights.
What's missing here? I see not a word about a regenerated heart that would assist in the above, not a word about man's sin nature that has caused all the problems, not a word about repentance, and not a word about the fact that only our Lord's return can solve these overwhelming problems. That doesn't mean some efforts shouldn't be employed to correct some of these issues.
And yet the church today considers Jim Wallis and his Sojourners to be part of "evangelicalism." How things have changed in just a few years.
Not to mention going gay.
Well, no massages and meth for you then!
Wallis is a fraud. He's not even an authentic Evangelical.
It's not a sin to be poor. And it might even be easier to understand and obey the gospel when you are poor than if you are rich.
Supposedly the evangelicals in Michigan have decided to support Granholm in larger numbers in just a few months. I really don't understand this at all. What makes one say "well, she vetoed a ban on partial birth abortion, she's maintained Michigan's one-state recession, and she's a socialist, but I think God would want me to vote for her anyway"?
= The Evangelical Swing AWAY FROM Christ and God's word
"Can't work" or "WON'T work?"
Well said. And supported by the Bible.
Looks like they are looking to Saint Morris as their guide this election:
I guess it's about being saved from poverty, pollution, and sexually transmitted diseases, not sin.
Yeah, these are Gay-vangelicals not Evangelicals ...
ROTFL about your tagline.
Political Correctness is anti-Commandments. When the Commandments are removed from the public square, their opposites move in to fill the void. Presto! We have the church of the left leaning heart, and the theology of liberalism becomes law.
I actually read a letter to the editor from a woman right after Granholm vetoed the ban on partial birth abortion. It had the question: "How could such a pretty lady be for something like that?" I guess that explains some Michigan voters.
"Poverty, global warming, human rights, ethics of war in Iraq, and more."
Poverty: Some people are going to be poor. Many governments are set up to ensure that is the case. The Revs plan is to make us all equally destitute. Well, except for him, I'm sure.
Global Warming: People believing this is man made or avoidable lose all credibility in my book. The left preaches science and ignores it as it realates to "global warming".
Human Rights: I'm sure the Rev and I have a completely different idea of what "Human Rights" are. I'm betting the Rev thinks it's things like a house, clothes, a job and the right to marry who ever you decide to. Why he chose to skip "Human Responsibilities" is beyond me. They all do it, though.
Ethics of War in Iraq: I take it that means the U.S sucks. I seriously doubt the Rev is going to take Muslims to task for killing innocents daily and beheading anybody who looks at them wrong. No, it will be rabidly anti-U.S., I'm sure.
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