Saturday, July 29, 2006
Hope for Evangelicals Yet
As someone who attends an evangelical church but finds myself with traditionally un-evangelical political views, this article is a breath of fresh air:
Before the last presidential election, [Rev. Gregory Boyd of Woodland Hills Church in St. Paul, MN] preached six sermons called “The Cross and the Sword” in which he said the church should steer clear of politics, give up moralizing on sexual issues, stop claiming the United States as a “Christian nation” and stop glorifying American military campaigns.
“When the church wins the culture wars, it inevitably loses,” Mr. Boyd preached. “When it conquers the world, it becomes the world. When you put your trust in the sword, you lose the cross.”
That about sums it up for me.
