Evangelicals' attempt to use political power to effect the transformation of society reveals their lack of confidence in the very gospel they preach. Early influence of Christians on the Roman Empire was due to the gospel itself and not to any appeal to the Roman legal system. The Great Awakening in America did not come as the result of legislative enactment. Laws do not create morality; they reflect it. When Americans are morally persuaded, moral laws will result and not vice versa. True evangelical influence will be seen first in cultural transformation caused by the power of God and that power will not be seen until evangelicals renounce their own dependence on materialistic and political measures of success.
posted by bill rosser @ 5:08 PM
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I find myself agrreing entirely with this comment, however i am a little uncomfortable with the "Evangelical's" as a generalism i am from england though where this word still means simply to spread the word and does not appear to be used in as denominational a context as it perhaps is in the states.
Evangelical is to be distinguished from evangelistic. In America, the evangelical movement refers to a fairly well-defined multi-denominational Christian religious and political development in the past 40 to 50 years or so.
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