While I am talking about Christian Evangelicals, another article appeared from the Christian capital of Michigan, Grand Rapids, titled “Why values voters are not leading Huckabee to victory”.
They talk about the “Evangelical Left” and leaders like the previously mentioned author Jim Wallis and someone I have started hearing about, Tony Campolo who tend to preach a social gospel of “compassion”.
The thing Huckabee is confusing is social liberalism with socialism as in economic matters.
Yes, the evangelical left is concerned about poverty but they do not want to solve poverty by instituting socialism which Huckabee seems to be drifting in the direction of.
Yes, I am liking this change in Evangelical Christianity; they are trying to find a new way which means they are abandoning the “old” way of ultra conservatism and trying to put a more human face on their movement, a kinder more caring image and not the old “rot in hell you bastards” image – a breath of fresh air!
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