tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27537528.post114798089917131153..comments2023-06-21T05:14:21.268-04:00Comments on Engage The Culture!: Why Are Christians Marginal Voices In The Culture?George W. Sarrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06041286205463565409noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27537528.post-1148678715921367522006-05-26T17:25:00.000-04:002006-05-26T17:25:00.000-04:00George replied to me directly on this, "With regar...George replied to me directly on this, "With regard to the question you asked about my recent observations concerning the lack of involvement of evangelical Christians in the Civil Rights movement or the abortion controversy when it first hit - they are the reflections from my life as I lived through those times. <BR/><BR/> Most of the religious people that were involved in the Civil Rights movement were from the liberal, mainline churches, or even Jews, like Joe Lieberman. The fundamentalist churches really weren't involved. Slavery was mentioned in Scripture, and Christians were to be submissive to authorities, so the whole idea of demonstrations was outside the box of what they were thinking. <BR/><BR/> When the abortion issue hit in the early 1970's, the evangelicals were again unprepared. I was on the staff of Campus Crusade for Christ at the time, and no one really knew what abortions were. The theological question of when life began was suddenly being thought about - when did the "spirit" enter the fetus? There was no clear stand on the part of the evangelical community for quite some time. <BR/><BR/> I think the bottom line was that the evangelical community was basically out of touch with the world around them because they had withdrawn from actually engaging the culture. The mistaken idea that all problems are basically solved when you "receive Christ" permeated their thinking to the extent that they never bothered to get involved in specific issues. <BR/><BR/> The apostle John talks about being "in" the world, but not "of" the world. The problem facing the liberal or "modernist" view was that the people were not only in the world, they were also of the world. However, the problem facing us as evangelical/fundamentalists is that we are not in the world."Nomadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10419122266777226774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27537528.post-1148323676594865412006-05-22T14:47:00.000-04:002006-05-22T14:47:00.000-04:00George, Do you have any footnotes for this? i.e. ...George, Do you have any footnotes for this? i.e. Studies to back up the assertions? It covers a lot of modern USA Christian history that I for one am not at all familiar with. Not saying I doubt you, but I'd like to learn more/read some primary sources before you move onto your next topic.Nomadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10419122266777226774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27537528.post-1147981145746791422006-05-18T15:39:00.000-04:002006-05-18T15:39:00.000-04:00They probably want to sell the DVD. That is what ...They probably want to sell the DVD. That is what they did with the last debate.<BR/><BR/>Good idea though... they should look into that."Nick"https://www.blogger.com/profile/06155986199115437170noreply@blogger.com