Good Will Hinton Weekly Podcast - Gabe Lyons
Today I interviewed my friend Gabe Lyons of the Fermi Project about his new book, UnChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity... and Why It Matters.
Gabe and David Kinnaman of the Barna Group co-authored this book in which they explore some of the common perceptions that people have about Christians. Those perceptions include judgemental, anti-homosexual, and too political. I highly recommend people picking up a copy of this book.
I am particularly interested in the section on politics in this book. As regular readers of this blog probably know, I am very interested in changing the nature of political discourse in this country particularly as it relates to interactions between conservatives and liberals, Christians and non-Christians. Over the next few weeks, I am going to be focusing on this topic and will be interviewing more people that are challenging many of the preconceived notions of how Christians should approach politics.
Update: Check out UnChristian: The Meme
Update: Here is a link to the Time magazine article about the book.










Great Podcast
I think Christians could "get away" with pursuing some of their agenda if they framed their concerns more with others in mind. So much of what the evangelical right goes after is based on their own concerns...not on the concerns of others. All great political movements seems to me to have been on the behalf of others.
Is there a suggestion that
Is there a suggestion that Christianity is, or should be, a politcal movement? Jeff's comment seems to clearly lean this direction.
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Cultural Blinders
"So much of what the evangelical right goes after is based on their own concerns ... not on the concerns of others."
Perhaps because it would be a sin to consider the concerns of others? After all, only this crowd has the "right" concerns ...
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