The evangelical investment in moral, social, and political issues has depleted our resources and exposed our weaknesses. Being against gay marriage and being rhetorically pro-life will not make up for the fact that massive majorities of Evangelicals can't articulate the Gospel with any coherence. We fell for the trap of believing in a cause more than a faith.
Where doees this guy do his research? The reason he thinks evangelicalism is all about politics is because the political angle is the only angle that the NYT considers interesting. Just because the NYT did not write about last week's "Biblically Dealing with Jealously" topic in our Bible Study Group doesn't mean that the millions in such study groups don't exist or have no impact.
To follow the newspapers, you'd never know Bible and Prayer groups even existed, or that most evangelical churches rarely speak about homosexuality or even abortion (which doesn't mean conservative viewpoints aren't there). Church is by far the LEAST political part of my week.
Massive majorities cannot articulate the gospel?
You mean that "Jesus Christ died for me and paid for my sins?" Massive majorities?
Where does this man live???
“Where does this man live???”
Probably Connecticut. Or Massachusetts. The article is a dead give-away.
>>To follow the newspapers, you’d never know Bible and Prayer groups even existed
That is a really good point. My priest (I’m RC) said in his homily at Mass something interesting. He was watching the news during a recent snowstorm, and got despondent hearing about all these horrible un-Godly, un-Christian things happening in the world. Then he noticed the ticker-tape that runs along the bottom of the screen. It announces all the cancellations in the area.
A lot of the cancellations were of Godly, Christian activities that we NEVER hear about. Bible study at the Methodist Church in Waterbury, prayer group at the Baptist Church in New London, children’s choir rehearsal at St John’s Church in Glastonbury, on and on.
He was struck by all the good we are surrounded by everyday that on a normal day, does not get a column inch of coverage or a mention on the newscast.