Evangelicals can't be closely identified with any particular party or person. We have to stand in the middle, to preach to all the people, right and left.
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Most Evangelicals claim to be politically non-partisan, and say they only identify with the Republican Party because the Republicans are committed to 'family values.'
It's hard to pin down what it means to be an evangelical today. It's been diluted quite a bit. It is a powerful voting bloc, no question, but they're liberal as well as conservative - and they're made of Latinos, blacks, whites.
In the past, the Republican Party has depended on unified support at election time from Evangelical Christians. But times are changing!
In America, evangelical churches have often been bastions of conservatism, providing support for the status quo.
An evangelical is somebody who, first of all, has a very high view of Scripture, believes it's an infallible message from God.
There are reasons why Religious Right Evangelicals will continue to dominate religious discourse, not only in their own sector of the Christian community, but also in what transpires in mainline denominations.
Evangelicals need to take a good look at what their issues are. Are they really being faithful to Jesus? Are they being faithful to the Bible?
It was funny that rank-and-file evangelicals were ahead of all the leadership. They saw for decades conservative Republicans had made promises to them on issues that were important to Christians and conservatives when they were running for office. But when they won, they didn't keep those promises.
Although they are unfailingly gracious, evangelicals are not so good at respecting professional boundaries.
Evangelical Christians, who once were a ridiculed irrelevant sectarian movement, have, over just three decades, become a powerful voting bloc that can no longer be ignored.
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