"I think the jury is still out on young evangelicals," said Cameron Strang, editor of Relevant magazine, an influential publication for this group. "Both parties have the opportunity to address issues of deep concern for this voting bloc."
Strang, 32, has been courted by Democrat Barack Obama's campaign. He accepted an invitation to speak on a panel at the Democratic National Convention about the faith vote and attended Obama's acceptance speech.
Yet Strang said he's "more undecided than ever." He said he was encouraged by Democratic pledges to reduce the number of abortions, but now worries the party is using abortion as a wedge issue by running ads sharply contrasting Palin and Obama on abortion rights...
If this AP story is accurate in its description, then Strang turns out to be just another sad example of how weak, compromising and unfaithful is the "emergent church" movement. After all, the Bible is clear and unequivocal about the monstrous sin which is abortion. And Barack Obama and the Democrat party are (through their actions) equally clear and unequivocal about supporting and promoting abortion, even going so far as opposing informed consent laws, parental consent laws, abstinence-based education, pro-life pregnancy centers, sidewalk counseling, conscience laws, and so on.
But Strang can't make up his mind?
No, if these guys were really serious about matching their rhetoric with their actions, they'd take their vaunted claims of Christian idealism and create a third party. But they don't. They'd rather play patsy for the party of abortion. Disgusting. And deeply disappointing.
Is it because they're too lazy? Too devoid of real ideas? Is it because they're perpetual adolescents, quick to whine and posture and blame but oh-so-slow to take responsibility? Is it just because they crave being hip (according to People magazine, David Letterman or their leftist college sociology prof) more than they are intent on being holy (according to the simple teachings of Holy Writ)?
Whatever the motives, the cowardly sell-out of "neo-evangelicals" like Strang to the abortion enthusiasts who run the Democrat party is an audacious (and spiritually dangerous) act, one which reveals more than anything else that the "emergent church" movement is nothing new at all. It is merely the same old liberalism that has sought to corrupt the Church for centuries, questioning the worth of the Scriptures while holding out forbidden fruits that promise worldly power, enlightenment and independence.
It was a bad trade then. It's a bad trade now.
Let's hope Mr. Strang (to whom I'm sending a copy of this post) soon repents his casual dismissal of the holocaust of abortion and makes up his mind, allowing the Word of God to finally be foremost in his political deliberations.
Wow - first, first the emergent/ecumenical Matt. 25 group supporting Obama and now this?
I guess Mr. Strang would rather honor Obama then the biblical truth in James 1:27 that PURE RELIGION is to look after orphans and widows and stop being polluted from the world. As far as I am concerned the UNBORN would be added to the children that are fatherless and abandoned. Therefore we have an obligation to fight against those who would want to continue to kill them. You can put flip flops and a tatoo on a pastor and he can call himself an emergent christian but if he isn't walking the walk he is already polluted and sold out to the world and might as well be a pig. The TRUTH is the TRUTH.... Jesus would never advocate the taking of 50 million innnocent lives and Mr. Strang better go back to studying what PURE RELIGION really is and who Jesus really is....I'll pray he wakes up and has the courage to honor Jesus and not the false lies of the world.
Wow. I just visited the Pharmacists for Life website. (http://www.pfli.org/)
You'd expect a professional pharmacists' organization to have a serious-looking web site and to discuss its issues in a professional manner, right? Not this one.
They repeatedly refer to Obama as "Barrie Hussein." They call pro-choicers "abortoholics". And they refer to Planned Parenthood as "Klan Parenthood".
What a bunch of little kids.
So our resident pro-abort from Jillstanek.com is now lurking
at Prolifeblogs?
Oh Joy!
SoMG = So (I'm a) murder groupie
BTW, Every three days, more African-Americans are killed by abortion than have been killed by the Ku Klux Klan in its entire history.
http://www.klannedparenthood.com/History_of_Abortion_Statistics/
I knew things were bad but I guess I never really knew the depth of deception in the church at large...in fact I am astounded...I am a true one issue voter when it comes to abortion...truly I am heart-sick over the loss of life and promise at the hands of the world.
However,words cannot describe how I feel when it is accepted by those who claim the name of Jesus...accepted yes, how you vote represents what you will tolerate...and doesn't the word "court" send a signal and doesn't Strang understand the difference between reduce and "STOP"
Lord have mercy on us and our nation!!!!!