Reflections on Republocrat: A Serialized Book Review, Part 1
[amazon 1596381833 thumbnail] The name “Carl Trueman” didn’t mean a whole lot to me until recently. For some time, the name popped up often in blog-post links folks would email me. Sometimes something at the “Reformation 21” blog would catch my eye and turn out to be Trueman’s work.
Then a few months ago he began to really get my attention—in his response to the Elephant Room 2 confusion as well as subsequent insightful evaluations of the state of evangelicalism in general.
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"Republican National Convention events include evangelical prayers and Tea Party fervor"
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“The evening delivered both earnest prayers and Tea Party policy, and produced something else: a sometimes-dissonant mix of religion and politics.”
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"The national Democratic Party's platform committee has endorsed gay marriage for the first time."
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The document says Democrats support “marriage equality” and the “movement to secure equal treatment under law for same-sex couples.” The platform is a broad statement of the party’s priorities and next goes to the national convention next month in North Carolina. Story
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