We Must Not Let Evangelicals Off the Hook for Backing Putin
Frank Schaeffer spent years as an evangelical activist pushing the right wing version of “family values.” These weren’t really family values at all but rather an anti-feminist agenda. In fact the far right opposes family togetherness by opposing child care, day care, working mothers, a high minimum wage, access to contraceptives and the right to choose. Frank walked away from a position of leadership in the evangelical world more than 30 years ago to become a successful author and progressive activist. Now in Frank’s new book he lays out the real and practical affirmation of actual family values and the programs and ideas that will strengthen families and give everyone a better chance to experience love. Available Now at Amazon, Apple Books, and , Barnes & Noble.
Frank, you are using the word “evangelical” in a generic sense. You are using it to mean Franklin Graham’s warped take on Christianity. Evangelical means, or a least it once meant “of or according to the teaching of the gospel of the Christian religion.” While you have departed from Christianity, Graham has warped it. You are acting a great deal more like a Christian should act than is Franklin Graham, but neither of you is “evangelical.” I consider myself an evangelical Christian and object when the term is misused. If you misuse the word evangelical then what term are you going to use for those of us who believe the Scriptures and at least try to live according to the teachings of Jesus? Your Dad and Billy Graham were each evangelical Christians. They tried to live according to the words of Jesus.
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Frank, you are using the word “evangelical” in a generic sense. You are using it to mean Franklin Graham’s warped take on Christianity. Evangelical means, or a least it once meant “of or according to the teaching of the gospel of the Christian religion.” While you have departed from Christianity, Graham has warped it. You are acting a great deal more like a Christian should act than is Franklin Graham, but neither of you is “evangelical.” I consider myself an evangelical Christian and object when the term is misused. If you misuse the word evangelical then what term are you going to use for those of us who believe the Scriptures and at least try to live according to the teachings of Jesus? Your Dad and Billy Graham were each evangelical Christians. They tried to live according to the words of Jesus.