“The very things that the prophets and that Jesus put at the center as primary are not being heard in the pews in this country,” Barber said. “And that is a deficit that we believe is a form of pastoral malpractice.”

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      Yes, there are actually a very large number of christian leftists. Society sees more of the loud minority and one of our political parties have embraced that same anti-real-jesus, pro-supply-side-jesus stance so actual christians that try to live like christ get pushed out of the picture.

      regularly turns into the no-true-scottsman mess so it’s not talked about as much either

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      7 months ago

      Modern-day Pharisees get all the attention. People quietly striving to follow the teachings of that guy from Galilee, not so much.

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      The general perception of Christianity is quite disproportionate