The New Evangelical Leaders think so.
“And I’m doing an altar call. An email altar call….”
Do we have a new generation of leaders with spiritual foundations who lead with the Sermon on the Mount?
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Jim Wallace, a new style evangelical preacher thinks so. This question is actually recast from a direct quote from his sermon, quoted by Krista Tippett on her program Speaking of Faith. Their entire interview can be downloaded here:
http://speakingoffaith.publicradio.org/programs/jimwallis/index.shtml
2007-12-11 00:01:41 · 15 answers · asked by Wave 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Woha. Take some time and go to the link people. It's a wonder program. Wallace believes that Christ taught us to care for the poor and that this was all but lost in the last generation of evangelical leaders. He believes new evangelical leaders will be pro-poor, pro-peace and pro-world, not just pro-American.
2007-12-11 00:19:47 · update #1
Unfortunately, many invented versions of Jesus exist -- often the invention reflects the qualities the inventor sees in himself -- with the inventors of each telling all others their version is the one and only. This guy is another re-write. Jesus must be appalled. The oppression couldn't be more oppressing.
2007-12-11 00:10:18 · answer #1 · answered by jaicee 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chief Little Summer has 2 books on this topic, available at www.piquapress.com: His Only Begotten Son, and the more recent, Desert Seed, the latter an e-book.
10-15 % of the population is committed to positivity; 1% to negativity. Both groups have evolved greatly, albeit in different directions. The luke-warm group is in danger of failing after so many years of opportunity.
The name, Jesus, was hijacked long ago to camouflage the manipulative machinations of of those tied to wealth and power, of those who choose not to balance love with wisdom. It takes an independent thinker, self-reliant, sell-sufficient, to transcend the group mentality, the collective consciousness.
2007-12-11 00:36:18 · answer #2 · answered by Laughing Brook 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Do you believe that all Conservatives are Evangelicals? Do you believe no Liberals are? I am a Conservative and I am not an Evangelical. However, this is a country of laws governed by the Constitution. In there it states that people have freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and freedom of religion. The rest of us are free to listen, join, pray or not.
That being said, I do not speak for Christians nor Jesus Christ but being familiar with much of what he was teaching, I would say that he was certainly not against being successful as long as you remained generous and ethical, he was certainly for opposing evil and not standing by while others are in peril and of all the countries on earth the most tolerant of strangers, the most accepting of differences, the most generous and the most willing to emulate his example and lay down our lives for our friends I would have to say, yes. He is probably very pro-America.
Merry Christmas!
2007-12-11 00:12:40 · answer #3 · answered by Jacob W 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I am a Conservative American Christain, & the God I serve is the God of the poor also, I don't pay any attention to any preacher that can not preach truth, nowhere in the bible does it say that Jesus is only for the rich, in fact it says Blessed is the poor in spirit or the Humble in spirit they shall inherit the earth.
2007-12-11 00:09:26 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
What a good question! I think this is definitely the case. The Jesus the conservatives have created bares little resemblance to the Savior portrayed in the Bible!
2007-12-11 04:37:53 · answer #5 · answered by Jouvert 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, they hijacked Jesus and made him a two-issue figure.
The real Jesus cared greatly about the poor and was all for peace. It seems like evangelical Christians forget this in the voting booth.
2007-12-11 00:07:46 · answer #6 · answered by justin_I 4 · 2⤊ 1⤋
"It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven".
-Matthew (19:24)
2007-12-11 12:05:04 · answer #7 · answered by mstrywmn 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Haven't you seen those sadly funny Republican Jesus cartoons on the web?
2007-12-11 00:05:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
He should hang his head in shame.
Its not even christan like.
2007-12-11 00:09:10 · answer #9 · answered by cocoamoe 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. And those scumbags are as unAmerican as they come.
How dare they subvert the Constitution while REAL Americans are dying to protect their freedom to believe as they wish.
2007-12-11 00:04:33 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 6⤊ 2⤋