Christian understanding of community<\/a>, and sparks outrage in our pluralistic, diverse, and tolerant society.\u00a0 Once again, we have that not-so-subtle agenda<\/strike> undercurrent of thought\u00a0 that wants to say any Christian<\/strike> anyone who is \u2018too religious\u2019 just can\u2019t be allowed to take up the mantle of leadership, now can they?<\/p>\nNotice, by the way, the prime source of the outrage, at least as far as the article is concerned, is the Anti-Defamation League.\u00a0 I don\u2019t know if that means anything, but I noticed it nonetheless. My question is the \u2018church crowd\u2019 part of the statement.\u00a0 Was he addressing the church crowd itself, as part of his own evangelical witness to a shared faith community?\u00a0 From the scant quote I\u2019m given, paraphrased by the reporter, it sounds as if he was trying to explain to a Christian faith community that he was brother of all believers, regardless of race, and was calling upon all of those present to accept the faith \u2013 a common practice in evangelical Protestantism.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
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Expresses his\u00a0Christian understanding of community, and sparks outrage in our pluralistic, diverse, and tolerant society.\u00a0 Once again, we have that not-so-subtle agenda undercurrent of thought\u00a0 that wants to say any Christian anyone who is \u2018too religious\u2019 just can\u2019t be allowed to take up the mantle of leadership, now can they? Notice, by the way, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3839","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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