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Rediscovering an Evangelical Heritage: A Tradition and Trajectory of Integrating Piety and Justice
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Prior to about 1980, Falwell and the other televangelists had been viewed, and described themselves, as “fundamentalists,” but now they started to refer to themselves as “evangelicals.” By appropriating the evangelical mantle, the former
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“A man can beat his wife with car antennas, can trade his children for drugs or motorcycles, but still, when he finally, mercifully, dies, his survivors will have to hear from some know-nothing at the post-funeral dinner that he did his best. This, I’m guessing, is based on the premise that we all give 110 percent all the time, regarding everything: our careers, our relationships, the attention we pay to our appearance, etc.”
― Happy-Go-Lucky
― Happy-Go-Lucky
“A god who listens is love. A god who speaks is law. At their worst, the people who want a god who listens are self-centered...And the ones who want a god who speaks are cruel. They just want laws and justice to crush everything...Love is empty without justice. Justice is cruel without love....God should be both. If a god isn't, that is no God.”
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
“But like you, I was made carefully, by a God who loved what He saw. Like you, I want a friend.”
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
“Memories are always partly untrue.”
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
“What you believe about the future will change how you live in the present.”
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
― Everything Sad Is Untrue
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