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<\/a><\/p>\nHere are the words that begin his Kingdom Manifesto, from the most revolutionary document in Church history:<\/p>\n
5:3\u00a0\u201cBlessed are the poor in spirit, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.<\/p>\n
5:4\u00a0\u201cBlessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.<\/p>\n
5:5\u00a0\u201cBlessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.<\/p>\n
5:6\u00a0\u201cBlessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be satisfied.<\/p>\n
5:7\u00a0\u201cBlessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy.<\/p>\n
5:8\u00a0\u201cBlessed are the pure in heart, for they will see God.<\/p>\n
5:9\u00a0\u201cBlessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called the children of God.<\/p>\n
5:10\u00a0\u201cBlessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to them.<\/p>\n
5:11\u00a0\u201cBlessed are you when people insult you and persecute you and say all kinds of evil things about you falsely on account of me.\u00a05:12\u00a0Rejoice and be glad because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Be warned: an anabaptist perspective is about to become clear. When I was a teenager, the most influential evangelical voice was probably Jerry Falwell, who had a national platform with a TV program, and then the voice shifted, so it seems to me, to James Dobson through the medium of radio. Now that influence has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":197,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1732],"tags":[2118,2117],"class_list":["post-8547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-public-issues","tag-american-evangelicalism","tag-shawn-hannity"],"yoast_head":"\n
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<\/em><\/strong>, which showed how politicized American Christianity, both in the mainline and evangelical, has become. (Other influential voices include Sarah Palin, Glenn Beck, and Jim Wallis \u2014 and I should add HuffPo.)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/wp.patheos.com\/community\/sites\/40\/2010\/09\/Hannity.jpg\" "\\"Hannity\\"")
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