The Rise and Fall of the Evangelical Elite
It was the elite evangelical response to COVID that finally destroyed their credibility. It solidified the already widespread suspicion that their role in society is to provide a theological veneer to regime narratives. They exhibited naïve trust in and absurd deference to institutions and the “experts” who openly lied and laughed off charges of tyranny as they closed playgrounds and schools, dumped sand in skate parks, locked people in their homes, and insisted that loved ones die alone. One notable pastor-theologian, Jonathan Leeman, authored several articles against churches that defied COVID restrictions, including against MacArthur’s church. In the height of the pandemic and while his church was forbidden from meeting, Leeman (being very on-brand) attended a crowded BLM protest, even inviting his church to join him...
It is now plain to everyone that the obsequiousness of the evangelical elite to their hostile secularist counterparts is harmful to the country, to churches, and to the advance of the Gospel. The evangelical elite know that they are in decline.
The energy in American evangelicalism is now on the Christian right,
who have become emboldened in their efforts to return America to its
heritage of faith. They affirm the goodness of Christian nations, an
assertive Christian politics, and the predominate heritage of faith in
American history. For them, Christian politics is not loser theology,
nor meant only to carve out a safe existence for churches. The goal is
the complete re-Christianization of civil society, institutions, and
government.
(emphasis mine)
One can only hope...
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