Thoughts About The Church: Post 2

Why are the words “evangelical” and “religious right” interchangeable? Why is “evangelical” defined as “someone who supports family values and opposed homosexual rights and abortion”? These are questions that Yancey poses in a book he wrote over ten years ago called, “The Jesus I Never Knew”. It is disconcerting to me that one can ask these questions ten years ago and that they are still pertinent today. The gospel of Jesus did not look like this. I guess I just don't think that the church (myself included) should be known for simply passing laws to enforce morality. I acknowledge that passing laws is good and necessary and anarchy is bad and all - it’s just that there has to be a better way. I have to believe it is better that we the church devote ourselves to something that actually solves the problem of the human condition instead of simply making that condition illegal. “We must continually ask ourselves: Is our first aim to change our government or to see lives in and out of government changed for Christ?” (Yancey)