Just yesterday I saw this poll (https://thestateoftheology.com/?utm_medium=instagram&utm_source=linktree&utm_campaign=2022+results+now+available%3A+the+state+of+theology ) of American Evangelicals that says 90% view abortion as a sin, but only 60% believe Jesus was divine. I worry you get that by focusing a church on political goals instead of the work of salvation and grace. The danger of this language isn’t just what it does to the world outside of the church; or how the church treats its own members with differing views; it hollows the whole thing out into just another political apparatus.
Just yesterday I saw this poll (https://thestateoftheology.com/?utm_medium=instagram&utm_source=linktree&utm_campaign=2022+results+now+available%3A+the+state+of+theology ) of American Evangelicals that says 90% view abortion as a sin, but only 60% believe Jesus was divine. I worry you get that by focusing a church on political goals instead of the work of salvation and grace. The danger of this language isn’t just what it does to the world outside of the church; or how the church treats its own members with differing views; it hollows the whole thing out into just another political apparatus.
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