Re: [asa] Young Evangelicals was RE: Creation Care Magazine

At 02:55 PM 1/24/2008, Rich Blinne wrote:
>On Jan 22, 2008 3:03 PM, I wrote:
>On Jan 22, 2008 11:14 AM, Janice Matchett
><<mailto:janmatch@earthlink.net>janmatch@earthlink.net> wrote:
>Stop arguing about the bottom line. I will help the poor . You
>will help the poor. But don't attempt to steal from me what's mine
>so that you can use my resources to help the poor. Got it? ~ Janice
>
> I remain optimistic that the viewpoint above is becoming
> increasingly an anomaly as other evangelicals and [unmentionables]
> are starting to get it.
>This week two things came out that brought this into sharper relief.
>First, David Brooks had the following op-ed on the "revolt"
>concerning the grassroots of the
>[unmentionables].
><http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/opinion/22brooks.html>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/22/opinion/22brooks.html
>
>The movement [unmentionables] are losing control of their ranks with
>R ush L imbaugh complaining the death of the party if the candidates
>who are currently winning end up getting the nomination.
>Particularly interesting is the evangelical base. The leaders
>support different candidates than the grass roots. H uckabee is
>getting more support from the grass roots even though his economic
>approach differs wildly from the "bottom line" expressed above.
>
>Which brings me to what also came out this week: Jim Wallis' new
>book, The Great Awakening. Here Wallis notes the post-religious-r
>ight evangelicalism. Wallis quotes a mega-church pastor who is tired
>with the private-only solutions by one side and the public-only
>solutions on the other. The "answer" being espoused is to start
>private and then prophetically move into the public space. What's
>different about this book than previous ones is that it's
>descriptive and not prescriptive. Namely, he is stating that he
>himself is behind the curve and trying to catch up with the next
>generation of evangelicals. Another refreshing aspect of this book
>is that it doesn't read like the answer to the religous r ight is
>the religious l eft -- at least that's how his previous books struck
>me. Rather, Wallis is describing young evangelicals -- including the
>college-aged ones that we are trying to reach as part of the ASA's
>mission -- are becoming more involved with climate change, poverty,
>Darfur, etc. The difference between the current activism and past
>ones is that these students are, as he described, prophetic rather
>than p artisan. I really think that these two are on to something
>here. Ted, is that what you are seeing on campus at Messiah College?
>- Rich Blinne (Member ASA)

@ :)

This Is "Diminished
Power"?
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NGUwNTBkMWI0N2EzOTAzYjI2ZmFmNDRlM2NkMGU0Zjg

Why We Can't Accept the Premise
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1958672/posts

The Great Dirt Crisis of 2008 http://tinyurl.com/2aqbdl

~ Janice ....
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1957847/posts?page=354#354

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