“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.”
Good for them, there needs to be a stronger pushback against the growing tendency to coopt the Christian faith for the purposes of a political agenda. It’s all too prevalent at every level already.
Damn, didn’t think there was a protestant left in the US. Nice to know I’m wrong.
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
Modern-day Pharisees get all the attention. People quietly striving to follow the teachings of that guy from Galilee, not so much.
The general perception of Christianity is quite disproportionate
When Christians seek power, it always goes badly. Jesus specifically warned his apostles about it several times, yet the Church still refuses to listen.
when anyone seeks power it goes badly
Fair point. But Christianity in particular is about giving up power for the benefit of those in need. It’s kind of Jesus’ whole deal.
Absolutely.
