Scholar Foresees Major Shift to Evangelical Center

RevAdam2 »

Wed Mar 12, 2008 2:03 pm Agree: 0   Disagree: 0

I am a bit confused about this week's label on Evangelicals. First there was "Red letter Christians or something to that effect." Now we are talking about "centrist evangelicals."

It is hopeless and quite foolish to include Rick Warren as a centrist evangelical. I agree that he has often spoken out against evangelicals....and has an agenda that does include some of the basic principles of the Bible or certainly the application of such.

I don't believe there is no such thing as a centrist evangelical....unless it is someone who has lost their way in a Midwest snow storm. You cannot box evangelicalism or put limits to what they stand for.

It is simply another way to fool the politicians into thinking that we are more organized than we really are. You have Dobson on the other extreme right calling for younger leadership, and now some very well respected leaders calling for a middle ground. Impossible.

We cannot please God and politicians - and if we try, we only confuse what we really stand for.

Besides if there were centrist evangelicals...Warren wouldn't be part of that group....and we all certainly know that Dobson & associates would not be a part....either. As much as we may want a centrist for a label....it is not defined or has not "evolved enough for this election cycle."