Saturday, January 01, 2011

DEFEATED BUT NOT GONE

Jessie Kelly is a right-wing extremist who ran against Raul Grijalva (AZ, CD-7) and lost.   He's cut a couple of radio ads for an evangelical group Vision360 which is part of the Lausanne Convenant.  I have a feeling that Kelly doesn't know much about the Covenant because some of its tenets are contrary to wingnut social theory.

Here are three examples:
Although reconciliation with other people is not reconciliation with God, nor is social action evangelism, nor is political liberation salvation, nevertheless we affirm that evangelism and socio-political involvement are both part of our Christian duty. For both are necessary expressions of our doctrines of God and man, our love for our neighbour and our obedience to Jesus Christ. (1974)
We affirm that the proclamation of God's kingdom of justice and peace demands the denunciation of all injustice and oppression, both personal and structural; we will not shrink from this prophetic witness. (1989)

They said that acting on God's behalf must include giving people the right knowledge and skills to combat environmental problems, as well as advocating alternative energy sources and seeking to ensure that each locality was an ‘ideal eco-habitation.’ (2010)

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