Des Moines, Iowa (CNN)-- Focus on the Family, the Colorado - based social conservative organization founded
by evangelical author and radio host James Dobson, is targeting Iowa voters with a mailing that quotes President Obama as saying «we are no longer a Christian nation.»
CNN: Anti-Obama mail piece: «We are no longer a Christian nation» Focus on the Family, the Colorado - based social conservative organization founded
by evangelical author and radio host James Dobson, is targeting Iowa voters with a mailing that quotes President Obama as saying «we are no longer a Christian nation.»
Not exact matches
I remember (but could not find to link) a splendid editorial
by the Christian Century's David Heim (some uncertainty about the
author) from quite a few years ago (presumably before the 2008 election) wryly encouraging
evangelicals to enjoy their moment in the political and cultural limelight because it would prove fleeting.
Joseph Bayly, a widely read
evangelical author, confesses honestly: «For years I have been troubled
by a strict application of the Bible's strong condemnation of homosexuality, and total judgment of the homosexual person....
Success often lies within the extremes: an
author may succeed in the
evangelical world
by erring on the side of propaganda.
Despite much criticism about Mr Trump's three marriages and politically incorrect behaviour, the
authors maintain that «President Trump won over
evangelicals not
by pandering to them, but
by supporting them and all their most important issues without pretending to be something he's not».
The tour is marketed to
evangelical women to «celebrate what matters,» and also features appearances
by female
evangelical authors and media personalities.
ad is signed
by dozens of Christian leaders, including
evangelicals like David Beckman, president of the charity Bread for the World, and
author Brian McLaren.
There were almost no books written for college educated conservative
evangelicals by Americans back then, so you had to read British
authors.
They begin impressionistically with some symptoms of popular change: the growing acceptability among Catholics of the iconic Baptist evangelist Billy Graham, the adoption
by Catholics of the Alpha courses initiated at Holy Trinity Brompton, the inclusion of hymns
by Protestant
authors in Catholic hymnals, the welcome afforded
by many
evangelicals to the witness and writings of Pope John Paul II, a favorable review
by the star
evangelical intellectual J.I. Packer of a book titled The Born - Again Catholic (1983), and so on.
In the last two chapters, the
authors make their concluding assessment: first in social and political terms
by analyzing the positions of
evangelicals and Catholics with regard to main themes in American history; second in more biblical and theological terms as they seek to answer the question they set themselves in their title.
The
authors disarmingly look for lessons that can be drawn
by evangelicals from the reasons given
by former
evangelicals who have gone «home to Rome»: a richer worship, a greater depth in history, a religious certainty, an identifiably united Church, a firm teaching authority.
Christian fiction might be novels published
by members of the
Evangelical Christian Publishers Association, but that excludes self - published
authors and non-
evangelical publishers targeting a specific denomination, such as Roman Catholic.