You are absolutely correct, Jon. All throughout history, people have given up their allegiance to the teachings of Jesus and turned faith to the institutions which claim to embody those teachings. History teaches us that the institutions often fall far short of the teachings they proclaim as they fight, not to be in harmony with Jesus, but to bring greater and greater power to the institutions.
I don’t think agreeing with you is a good way to promote conversation. However, I cannot find a flaw in your article (maybe one grammatical error). Thank you for posting this article. While I became disillusioned with the Evangelical movement on political and theological grounds before Trump, I was proud of my upbringing as I respected the Evangelicals I knew and loved for their passion, character and consistency. While many continue to live admirable lives, the near wholesale abandonment of the movement’s ideals, and even their doctrine, in exchange for a demagogue with almost no affiliation or familiarity with their faith, and whose life and hateful speech was quite literally the antithesis of what they preached, now saddens me. More than that, it alarms me. It is essential for our society and culture to have bastions of morality to keep us in check. Now, the most prominent moral voice in our culture has been turned. That voice now spews hate.
Very well said my friend, and I learned a little more about you personal journey. Evangelicalism lost me somewhere in 2019-20. As you know I was a 1 issue Republican. I didn't vote in 2016 but voted straight Democrat in 2020 and will do the same this year. I will never vote for another republican and may never attend church again.
You are absolutely correct, Jon. All throughout history, people have given up their allegiance to the teachings of Jesus and turned faith to the institutions which claim to embody those teachings. History teaches us that the institutions often fall far short of the teachings they proclaim as they fight, not to be in harmony with Jesus, but to bring greater and greater power to the institutions.
I don’t think agreeing with you is a good way to promote conversation. However, I cannot find a flaw in your article (maybe one grammatical error). Thank you for posting this article. While I became disillusioned with the Evangelical movement on political and theological grounds before Trump, I was proud of my upbringing as I respected the Evangelicals I knew and loved for their passion, character and consistency. While many continue to live admirable lives, the near wholesale abandonment of the movement’s ideals, and even their doctrine, in exchange for a demagogue with almost no affiliation or familiarity with their faith, and whose life and hateful speech was quite literally the antithesis of what they preached, now saddens me. More than that, it alarms me. It is essential for our society and culture to have bastions of morality to keep us in check. Now, the most prominent moral voice in our culture has been turned. That voice now spews hate.
Very well said my friend, and I learned a little more about you personal journey. Evangelicalism lost me somewhere in 2019-20. As you know I was a 1 issue Republican. I didn't vote in 2016 but voted straight Democrat in 2020 and will do the same this year. I will never vote for another republican and may never attend church again.