By David Kuo
ISBN-10: 0743287126
ISBN-13: 9780743287128
David Kuo got here to Washington desirous to use his Christian religion to finish abortion, boost marriage, and support the negative. He reached the heights of political strength, finally serving within the White residence lower than George W. Bush. It used to be a dream come actual: the opportunity to fuse his politics and his religion, and a chance for Christians not only to realize a seat on the proverbial desk but in addition to plot the total meal. but his event was once deeply troubling. He have been seduced, simply as such a lot of evangelical conservatives were seduced by way of politics. Tempting religion is a wrenching own trip and a heartfelt plea for a Christian reexamination of political and religious priorities.
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How tragic, he said, that it had been evil men who had modeled Jesus and not Jesus' followers themselves. Do you want to prove your worth? Change the world? Make a real change? Then pursue Jesus, pursue real relationships. Forget about power. Chuck Colson had made me feel as if I should storm the battlements for Jesus, but Coe inspired me to keep my eyes on Jesus himself. I couldn't fight as if I were in a war—trying, figuratively, to "kill" everyone who opposed me. I had to fight with love, I realized.
The evangelical leaders signed on and Reed was recruited. A 28 Odd Fellows few months later Reed inherited a bunch of debt from Robertson's campaign, an old direct-mail list, and a warehouse in Chesapeake, Virginia. The group called itself the Christian Coalition. No one in the press would report on it seriously for years. Robertson's decision to name it the "Christian" coalition highlighted the central question of Christian politics in the 1990s. Was it "Christian" or was it simply "conservative" with a religious veneer?
What did he do? He invested himself in a small group of people—twelve to be precise. The twelve disciples were his primary focus. But even within that group of twelve there were three who were even closer to Jesus. " Jesus frequently took those men aside, showing them glimpses of his power and giving them special instruction. That model of intimate relationships had been followed by other leaders, but not by the church. He pointed to Hitler, to Stalin, to Mao, to Castro. He talked about the small group of men around each of them who modeled Jesus' example of discipleship and how they begot revolutions.
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