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“In a modern evangelical culture that punishes uncertainty—where weakness is wokeness, where indecision is the wrong decision—asking pastors to provide all the other answers is a recipe for institutional ruin. Because what their congregants crave, more and more, is not so much objective religious instruction but subjective religious justification, a clergy-endorsed rationale for living their lives in a manner that might otherwise feel unbecoming for a Christian.”
― The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
― The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
“At present, Dickson said, the American Church is suffering from “bully syndrome.” Too many Christians are swaggering around and picking on marginalized people and generally acting like jerks because they’re angry and apprehensive. “Every teacher will tell you, the bully on the playground is usually the most insecure boy. It’s a compensation mechanism. If the boy were truly confident, he wouldn’t need to throw his weight around,” Dickson said. “It’s the same with the Church. The bully Church is the insecure Church.”
― The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
― The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
“The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing Christians that oppression is godly. Their God ordained some people, simply because of their sex or skin color (or both), as belonging under the power of other people.”
― The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
― The Making of Biblical Womanhood: How the Subjugation of Women Became Gospel Truth
“What’s wrong with American evangelicals?” Winans thought a moment. “America,” he replied. “Too many of them worship America.”
― The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
― The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
“Jesus's words to Pilate echo throughout all of scripture. True power is not reflected in kingdoms, administrations, or campaigns, because these things are counterfeits of God's original, supreme authority. The power to raise taxes is not the power to raise Jesus from the dead; the power to seat senators is not the power to seat Jesus at the right hand of the Father. Every biblical reference to power—every prayer, every reflection, every instruction— affirms that God is all-powerful, and that to the extent He vests that power in man, it is to proclaim God's kingdom, God's power, and God's glory.”
― The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
― The Kingdom, the Power, and the Glory: American Evangelicals in an Age of Extremism
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