A Kinder, Gentler Focus On The Family
Jim Daly, who will assume the mantle from James Dobson, has a different methodology and set of priorities than his predecessor. “Adopting a broader agenda and a softer tone also gives Focus on the Family a less distinctive niche in evangelical politics. Mr. Daly’s bridge-building style is similar to that of such evangelical leaders as pastors Rick Warren and Joel Hunter.”…”On abortion, Mr. Daly said he wouldn’t spend much energy fighting for a ban—though that remained his ultimate goal—but would emphasize adoption.”
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In defense of guacamole, it’s a good kind of fat. Someone had to say it.
No Early Release For Baptist Missionaries
“PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Ten U.S. Baptist missionaries charged with child kidnapping returned to jail Friday after failing to persuade a judge to grant them provisional release pending the outcome of their case, their lawyer said.”
North Carolina Public Schools – “Forget the Founding Fathers”
“Forget George Washington, James Madison, Frederick Douglass, Abraham Lincoln—nothing meaningful happened in America before 1877. That’s the lesson North Carolina public high schools may start teaching…It will be as if the American Founding never happened.”
From Virginia Baptists embracing the emergent church to an alleged luxury cover-up involving popular SBC pastor Ed Young, Jr.
According to this, ” A Kinder, Gentler Focus On The Family
Jim Daly, who will assume the mantle from James Dobson, has a different methodology and set of priorities than his predecessor. “Adopting a broader agenda and a softer tone also gives Focus on the Family a less distinctive niche in evangelical politics. Mr. Daly’s bridge-building style is similar to that of such evangelical leaders as pastors Rick Warren and Joel Hunter.”…”On abortion, Mr. Daly said he wouldn’t spend much energy fighting for a ban—though that remained his ultimate goal—but would emphasize adoption.” ”
it would seem as though FOTF has died. When those who are in a battle stop fighting the end result is defeat. What happens when we “build bridges” to the enemy like Warren and others? We become more like them… That’s what happens.
Making the enemy more comfortable with us is not the goal. Doing God’s work of communicating His message is the goal. We can be civil and kind without become indistinguishable from the enemy. It sounds like FOTF is becoming EC…
As an addendum to my previous post, what do you get when you “build a bridge” connecting a tank of hot water and a tank of cold water? A bunch of lukewarm water that bears no difference any longer…
How many more bridges into the world will we build before we are identical to the world and no longer realize there is even a problem left that needs to be addressed?