This (here) is an insightful article, penned by Middle Tennessee's own Michael Linton for First Things Magazine, about Alexandra Pelosi's HBO documentary about Evangelicals.
Regardless of how flattering or not a documentary turns out to be, it is tempting to resent merely being put under a cinematic microscope, to bristle in the crosshairs of the documentarian's camera. But Linton accurately (I believe) reviews and draws the proper Evangelical conclusions from the movie: we should be thankful for this frank look at our culture.
Aside from potential disagreement with Linton about how "obedience and sacrifice" factors into a person's "friendship" with God, I heartily echo his thesis.
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7 years ago
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Bravo Dr. Linton. I wish more people understood the danger of evangelism being identified with political affiliation.
William, I'm assuming you meant "evangelicalism."
But, while I agree that there is a danger, the reality is that I or other "Evangelicals" would be foolish to worry more about misperceptions than about integrating our worldview and our views/voting on public policy. For example, it's not my fault that a central value of the Democrat Party is abortion on demand, it it?
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