Comments on: Evangelicals, Populism, and Resentment http://tritonelife.com/2008/03/20/evangelicals-populism-and-resentment/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:25:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: jrogerw http://tritonelife.com/2008/03/20/evangelicals-populism-and-resentment/#comment-499 Mon, 20 Jul 2009 23:05:17 +0000 http://merchristianity.com/?p=41#comment-499 Of all the “isms” out there to understand, I have neglected this one. To the extent that I have paid attention, I have always rejected populism and populists for they always feel like manipulators, and I prefer to make choices based on ideas not emotions. Now I understand, a bit better, where that reaction comes from. Thanks.

I didn’t trust Huckabee either, though I couldn’t have easily said why. I resent the divide and conquer mentality of so many in politics, and it’s even worse to see among Christians. We can no longer afford to be divided by anything but the most basic doctrinal matters, the things that define believer versus unbeliever.

You know something is amiss when people put labels on others. The next step is to reject that label and accept our better label. However, a label doesn’t define a person; the heart and mind define the person, even if they are somewhat harder to read.

]]> By: Graham Greene and the Sinner’s Prayer « MER Christianity http://tritonelife.com/2008/03/20/evangelicals-populism-and-resentment/#comment-113 Thu, 15 May 2008 04:39:57 +0000 http://merchristianity.com/?p=41#comment-113 [...] need to make a lot of changes. They need to separate their political and cultural resentments from their proclamation of the gospel. They need a revival of the arts so that they can nurture [...]

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