I regret to admit that I am nervous about any Christian political groups, but, at the moment I am glad that they are paying attention to "the red letters."
I agree with Bill's sentiment. In the recent religious-political discussions in the US, I have found myself more naturally in league with folks like Campolo and Wallis. I like Campolo's article here and it's the direction I think this movement needs to head. Wallis for the past couple of years has been saying that the conversation has changed and that the Religious Right no longer has a monopoly on the evangelical political discussion. I want to hear more than the conversation has changed; I want to actually hear a different conversation. I think that conversation exists and I want to see it brought to the forefront.
The test will be to look at specific policy preferences of these Red Letter Christians and see how closely they mirror the policies of the Democratic party.
If the preferences look like those that Wallis and Campolo have advanced in the past, then what you will have is a group of sincere Christians who believe the most Christian way of doing politics is found today in the Democratic party.
Nothing wrong with that in and of itself, except for the notion that this is somehow something different, or that Christians who think the best "Christian way" of doing politics is in the GOP are somehow illegitimate.
Notice too one of the major complaints about the religious right is the claim to speak in God's name. "We" know what God would really want in politics, or so the critique runs. How is aligning one's movement with the "red letters" any different?
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I regret to admit that I am nervous about any Christian political groups, but, at the moment I am glad that they are paying attention to "the red letters."
I have also come to love Tony Campolo's heart.
Will be interesting to see what happens.....
I agree with Bill's sentiment. In the recent religious-political discussions in the US, I have found myself more naturally in league with folks like Campolo and Wallis. I like Campolo's article here and it's the direction I think this movement needs to head. Wallis for the past couple of years has been saying that the conversation has changed and that the Religious Right no longer has a monopoly on the evangelical political discussion. I want to hear more than the conversation has changed; I want to actually hear a different conversation. I think that conversation exists and I want to see it brought to the forefront.
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The test will be to look at specific policy preferences of these Red Letter Christians and see how closely they mirror the policies of the Democratic party.
If the preferences look like those that Wallis and Campolo have advanced in the past, then what you will have is a group of sincere Christians who believe the most Christian way of doing politics is found today in the Democratic party.
Nothing wrong with that in and of itself, except for the notion that this is somehow something different, or that Christians who think the best "Christian way" of doing politics is in the GOP are somehow illegitimate.
Notice too one of the major complaints about the religious right is the claim to speak in God's name. "We" know what God would really want in politics, or so the critique runs. How is aligning one's movement with the "red letters" any different?
Good conversation, friends. I am processing this and waiting to see what emerges from this...
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