Wednesday, 23 March 2016
How Mega-Macho-Pastor Mark Driscoll Helps Explain Trump’s Evangelical Support
How Mega-Macho-Pastor Mark Driscoll Helps Explain Trump’s Evangelical Support
If pundits paid attention to evangelicals beyond their stances on
moral values the popularity of Donald Trump among them might not be
quite so inexplicable.
Joining the chorus of voices from all over the political and
religious maps, Peter Wehner, former deputy director of speechwriting
for President George W. Bush calls the evangelical embrace of Trump discordant.
He repeats another common refrain when he attributes this evangelical
support to a “narrative of injury” that “is leading them to look to
scapegoats to explain their growing impotence.” In effect, Wehner blames
Trump’s followers for being manipulated by a “compulsive and
unrepentant liar.”
While he is stunned by “how my fellow evangelicals can rally behind a
man whose words and actions are so at odds with the central teachings
of our faith,” it is in fact not uncommon for evangelicals to rally
behind unrepentant liars.
Re-enter Mark Driscoll, former pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle and, according to his blog, future pastor of The Trinity Church in Phoenix. Last week, Driscoll had a civil racketeering lawsuit
filed against him by four former Mars Hill members, which
includes the misappropriation of church tithes to pay the book marketing
firm ResultSource $210,000 to artificially elevate sales of his book Real Marriage in order to achieve bestselling author status.
If pundits paid attention to evangelicals beyond their stances on
moral values the popularity of Donald Trump among them might not be
quite so inexplicable.
Joining the chorus of voices from all over the political and
religious maps, Peter Wehner, former deputy director of speechwriting
for President George W. Bush calls the evangelical embrace of Trump discordant.
He repeats another common refrain when he attributes this evangelical
support to a “narrative of injury” that “is leading them to look to
scapegoats to explain their growing impotence.” In effect, Wehner blames
Trump’s followers for being manipulated by a “compulsive and
unrepentant liar.”
While he is stunned by “how my fellow evangelicals can rally behind a
man whose words and actions are so at odds with the central teachings
of our faith,” it is in fact not uncommon for evangelicals to rally
behind unrepentant liars.
Re-enter Mark Driscoll, former pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle and, according to his blog, future pastor of The Trinity Church in Phoenix. Last week, Driscoll had a civil racketeering lawsuit
filed against him by four former Mars Hill members, which
includes the misappropriation of church tithes to pay the book marketing
firm ResultSource $210,000 to artificially elevate sales of his book Real Marriage in order to achieve bestselling author status.
The Crucifixion of Jesus Was R-Rated
The Crucifixion of Jesus Was R-Rated
The Christian faith is built on the undeniable, unshakeable truth that Jesus was raised from
the dead. It is also founded on the historical fact that the Savior suffered
unimaginable pain when Roman soldiers nailed Him to a cross.
the dead. It is also founded on the historical fact that the Savior suffered
unimaginable pain when Roman soldiers nailed Him to a cross.
I hope you will ponder that pain as you celebrate the death and resurrection of Christ this
weekend.
weekend.
When the movie The Passion of the Christ was released 12 years ago, Hollywood insiders mocked
it because it offered a realistic—and extremely bloody—depiction of Jesus'
torture and death. Regardless of what you think of controversial director Mel
Gibson, he did a masterful job of capturing the brutality of a first-century
Roman execution.
it because it offered a realistic—and extremely bloody—depiction of Jesus'
torture and death. Regardless of what you think of controversial director Mel
Gibson, he did a masterful job of capturing the brutality of a first-century
Roman execution.
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