tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905922288517555692.post7224836959382669881..comments2023-08-10T04:26:09.048-04:00Comments on Wise Man's Heart: Evangelicals start nonwhite adoption push?Hermeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15048343595688010664noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905922288517555692.post-41694712060268890112008-08-14T00:14:00.000-04:002008-08-14T00:14:00.000-04:00Good point. If everyone did what they advocate, i...Good point. If everyone did what they advocate, intermarried and adopted foreign children, in the end there would only be <I>one</I> tribe and nation. I just don't think they think that far ahead.<BR/><BR/>Once I was at a Bible study and I mentioned an article I'd read that was critical of Brian McLaren, the "emerging" church leader. The article recounted an anecdote where McLaren was approached by a visiting couple after one service and asked what the church's stance on homosexuality was. The first think he did was to ask them why that was important to them. In other words, he was dodging the question. When I brought this up, a middle-aged woman present--not even one of the younger twentysomethings you might expect to be more liberal--said she thought that was perfectly appropriate. The overarching concern is to appear "loving" and humble, so as to reach people and lead them to Christ.<BR/><BR/>I think we've reached a point where the evangelical movement believes not just that individuals coming to personal faith in Jesus Christ on a one-by-one basis is the most important thing in life, but that it's the <I>only thing in the world that matters at all</I>. Consequently, we're starting to see the younger generation of evangelicals go soft on even the "core" moral issues like abortion and same-sex marriage. They say they still believe that the Bible says those things are wrong and that they believe them to be wrong, but they also say we can't impose morals from the top down through law, it doesn't work and it reinforces the stereotype that Christianity is mean and judgmental, individuals have to reach those convictions one-by-one through the Holy Spirit, and--here's what I believe most significant--they don't think having public traditional moral norms makes any sense anyway, because they can't conceive of such a thing as a Christian society, only Christian individuals.<BR/><BR/>I may have to do a separate post on that sometime.Hermeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12759992237912757958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905922288517555692.post-70121382455992941892008-08-13T21:30:00.000-04:002008-08-13T21:30:00.000-04:00The fact that the people described in that passage...The fact that the people described in that passage from Revelation are STILL organized by peoples, kindreds, and tongues actually, to my mind, argues against this 'one world' blending that so many people are forcing.<BR/><BR/>I think this is a widespread agenda among evangelicals; I've noted it's happening a lot in my town which is rather small and homogenous (so far). But we have Christians who have adopted several Haitian children, others have adopted from Africa or otherwise brought Africans here to go to school, and some have adopted Guatemalans. At our recent little town festival, these children were very visible.<BR/><BR/>Hermes, it's true that evangelicals are no longer reliably conservative in a political or social sense. Even those from churches which at one time were conservative in every sense are now caught up in the 'emergent church' movement, and although I've shied away from everything to do with that -- which makes it hard, as most churches here have gone down the Warren path -- I don't doubt they are pushing such an agenda. It would fit right in with their one-world emphasis.<BR/>-VAVanishing Americanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07723746944036650219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1905922288517555692.post-12146882830524507952008-08-13T07:20:00.000-04:002008-08-13T07:20:00.000-04:00This application of the passage from Revelation ap...This application of the passage from Revelation appears to me to be an attempt to force the Lord's hand, to make His final triumph come about in our time, rather than in His time. It looks like these folks are trying to take charge, rather than letting God be God. That is a dangerous route to say the least.Dr.Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18360786634583725263noreply@blogger.com