Cowards by Glenn Beck

Author:Glenn Beck
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Simon & Schuster, Inc.
Published: 2012-06-11T21:00:00+00:00

A REAWAKENING

Very few of the evangelicals who now follow Leftists like Jim Wallis realize that the technique of exploiting the churches for progressive policies has been tried before. And it failed miserably. Their fixation on a fictitious version of social justice that promotes big government almost killed once-dominant mainline Protestant churches—will evangelicals now succumb to the same fate?

Not necessarily.

The good news is that it’s not too late to wake up our congregations, especially if people understand what is really going on behind the scenes. Church members need to ask whether their congregation belongs to the NAE. They need to research whether the relief and missions groups they support make leftist political pronouncements. They should ask who is teaching at the religious schools where they send their children and exactly what is being taught there.

People should be leery of political causes being broadcast in their local churches. The verbiage is often benign (for example, “creation care” for environmentalism, “caring for the sojourner” instead of amnesty for illegal immigrants, “Christian peacemaking” for absolute pacifism and isolationism), but the underlying political agenda often is not. Church members need to find solid, sensible policy alternatives to the Religious Left’s proposals. Groups like the Acton Institute, Cornwall Alliance, and Institute on Religion and Democracy specialize in helping church members counter big-government politics that are disguised as Christian compassion. They are also great resources.

Most important, church members must hold their congregations to a focus on God and scripture—not on their pastor’s personal political views or answers to rhetorical questions like “What would Jesus cut?” When we stand up for the basic tenets of our faith—morality and freedom—we stand up for the tenets of America by default. Religious Left activists like Jim Wallis may claim to preach the word of God, but those words have been run through a filter of politics and ideology and are no longer recognizable.

And if all else fails, and you still cannot tell the difference between an authentic sermon and one that is straight from the pockets of George Soros, then take a page out of the activist playbook and ask yourself this: “Whom Would Jesus Listen To?” If your answer is a former radical who twists the gospel for political ends, who preaches bipartisanship as a cover for his Marxism, and who measures his success in book sales and television appearances, then Pastor Jim Wallis could not be a better fit.

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