Blood and thunder: error-strewn defeat leaves Lions open to charge of
hubris | Gerard Meagher
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Andy Farrell’s side targeted becoming the ‘best Lions ever’ but by putting
up barriers, they will not be the most popular
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SPIRITUAL warfare or unity ? ...
ReplyDeleteSome evangelicals are openly worried about the trend. “We made a big mistake in the ’80s by politicizing the gospel,” the late Chuck Colson, a religious-right leader, said before his death. “Now people are realizing it was kind of a mistake.” A few evangelical organizations, like Focus on the Family, have undergone hasty non-partisan rebrandings. Books, magazines, and sermons on how to slow the defection of young believers have become an industry of their own, and attacking the old culture-war paradigm launched the careers of young post-partisan pundits like Gabe Lyons and Jonathan Merritt.
But a hard core of white evangelical adults continues to insist that religion drive political rhetoric. If the current trend continues, they will find themselves even more at odds with the American public—and, it’s not difficult to imagine, with the party they’ve called home.