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Today, I pastor within the Calvary Chapel family of churches. The only prejudice I experienced within this denomination was directed at “those darn tongues-speakers in the Charismatic Movement.” If other prejudices existed, I was blind to them. We were the instrumental branch of the Churches of Christ. I grew up in the Christian Church/Churches of Christ. Evangelical is no longer a theological descriptor, but an ideological one.Īgain, the Christianity she describes is not the Christianity I experienced growing up or the Christianity I practice today. It no longer describes a commitment to a set of theological propositions, but a political partisanship. The term ‘evangelical’ is seen today by many to be synonymous with “Republican supporter of Donald Trump.” This is why many contend that the word ‘evangelical’ should no longer be used in that it has come to mean something it hasn’t historically meant.
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Men and organizations such as these, along with virtually all who label themselves ‘evangelical,’ paved the way for and made possible the presidency of Donald Trump. When conservative-leaning Christians pursue political power, they are seen as bullies seeking to impose their narrow moralism on others.) Du Mez, who authored “Jesus and John Wayne,” argues that men like Tim LaHaye, Jim Dobson, Mark Driscoll, Oliver North, Jerry Falwell, John Eldredge, John Piper, and others, along with organizations like Promise Keepers, the Moral Majority, and The Council for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood are sexist and nationalist and have brought ruin to the Evangelical Church. (It seems to be that when liberal-leaning Christians pursue political power, they are seen as prophetic. (I know – some more virtue signaling.) The lust for political power, accompanied by the pursuit of a John Wayne masculine swagger, turned the Church into a wing of the Republican Party. Secondly – after reading them, I felt a great disconnect between the Christianity they were describing and the Christianity that I practice. (I just hope no one writes a book about California Christianity!) I know – this sounds like virtue signaling – but I was/am genuinely appalled. They can’t be related to me! This is so far outside my California Christianity as to be virtually unrecognizable. Amazing! It was like someone digging out an old photo album and showing me some backward, snake-handling, dropped-out-of-third-grade, toothless, bathing once a year, tobacco chewing, inbred cousins I never knew existed. Many/most of the white churches pushed back against the Civil Rights Movement spearheaded by Martin Luther King, Jr. Some of the white churches would invite the KKK to address them. Some of the white churches would post an usher or two at the doors to turn away any black people that might want to attend the service. “White Too Long” focused on the Church in the deep south – Mississippi, Georgia, Alabama, etc.
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Both books were a difficult read for assorted reasons.įirst of all – after reading them, I felt a great naivete for being so unaware of what was going on around me.
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Nationalism is a power that corrupts calling. Sexism is a bigotry that pollutes character. Racism is an acid that dissolves connections.
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Even if only half the things they comment on are true, the Church is full of bigotry, disregard for women, and a demonic lust for power – all are radical departures from the gospel. Both these books spank the Church for not being the Church. They are “Jesus and John Wayne” by Kristen Kobes Du Mez, and “White Too Long” by Robert P. I recently read a couple of books that filled me with grief and shame.