Very interesting. More generous and accurate than I have been led to expect over the years.
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I thought the exact same thing; Huffington Post seems to actually desire to portray BJU in an editorial-correct manner. And that’s unusual.
To the subject at hand: I think many Christians (myself included) have looked to politicians and their policies to reform and restrain society in the past and are just now understanding the intrinsic impossibility. Only the Gospel can reform society; only Gospel-spreading Christians will ever affect society in any lasting, meaningful manner.
I found this line curious:
There has been no resolution to the discussions, but just the prospect of a shift
has been enough to make other fundamentalists spew all manner of criticism, with conservative bloggers blasting the “landslide of liberalism” at the school, among the more printable epithets.
Really? Those who disagree with the ‘liberalizing’ of BJU writing unprintable epithets? I would find that hard to believe. I can imagine those who criticize BJU from the left would be much more likely to fit this category.
Maranatha!
Don Johnson
Jer 33.3
I think this marks the second time on this blog that I have fully agreed with Don Johnson! I noticed that, too. I think he may have been taking some poetic license.
One more FWIW: Note that this isn’t actually a Huffington Post story but a Religion News Service story.