Monday, June 26, 2006

Lovely & Redemptive v. Ugly & Retributive. What Would You Choose?

Randall Balmer, author of a new book I can't wait to read, "Thy Kingdom Come: How the Religious Right Distorts the Faith and Threatens America: An Evangelicals Lament," claims that the religious right has "taken something that is lovely and redemptive and turned it into something that is ugly and retributive." Can't wait to read this one.

You'd think those of us with a progressive, positive message would be able to reclaim evangelism from the religious right. Doesn't our message build up and isn't that what our world longs for?

If you are in LA you can hear him at All Saints' Beverly Hills on July 16 at 10:15. (Unfortunately, I will be in Austin and miss this.)

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