Jim Wallis is Obama’s spiritual advisor. [cripplecreek, post #53]
Wallis is, in fact, an ardent Democrat, who did not vote for Mr. Bush, and who edits a liberal religious magazine called Sojourners, which has consistently criticized the President and his administration. None of this is mentioned in the Times story [Piasa, post #73]
Wallis decided to move his ragtag Christian hippie community to Washington. [Richard] Barnet's influence was soon felt at Sojourners, for after [Jim] Wallis moved the Sojourners commune to Washington and came in contact with IPS, the appearance of the magazine improved and its rhetoric was toned down. But when Wallis addresses his colleagues in the elite theological circles, he makes no effort to conceal his politics. He told Mission Tracks in 1979, in the article "Liberation and Conformity", that he hoped "more Christians will come to view the world through Marxist eyes. . ." [Piasa, post #77]
From the covenant doc: #3 “…recognizing in humility that in our limited, human opinions, “we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror” (1 Corinthians 13:12).
Yes, while this statement is true, it’s a bit lopsided to suggest this only applies to the response side…Frankly, after reading a few of Jim Wallis’ books and a number of articles and interviews from him, may I suggest to Mr. Wallis that some “leaders” should try to be a bit more humble on the writing side and actually refrain from publicly exporting what they write – given that much of his writing content not only reflects his limited vision (seeing “but a poor reflection” of a 60 A.D. quality mirror) – but appears to wear spiritual coke bottles as well!!!