Liberal Time magazine Praises ‘Kindler and Gentler’ Christianity

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Time Praises ‘Kindler and Gentler’ Christianity
Published June 5th, 2010 by Editor in General News
Over at NewsBusters Melissa Afable tells us:

Time Praises 'Kinder and Gentler' Christianity | NewsBusters.org

Young evangelicals seem to be cut from a different cloth than their forbearers, and that’s got the secular media praising the Lord.

In “Young Evangelicals: Expanding Their Mission,” Time contributor Amy Sullivan celebrated that the younger generation of evangelical Christians represent a “kinder and gentler” Christianity that defies the “fire-and-brimestone conservatism” associated with the older generation of evangelicals.

Sullivan reported that the applications to secular organizations like Teach for America have tripled among Christian universities, a much faster increase than from secular universities. “Internal surveys showed that more than half of incoming corps members said they were motivated by their faith to join Teach for America,” Sullivan pointed out…



Time Praises ‘Kindler and Gentler’ Christianity at Christian Research Net

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Chris Rosebrough over at FFTF.org said more and more of our new seminary professors have this "Emergent" mindset(ie-Purpose Driven, Willow Creek, etc).

Rosebrough also made another keen observation-today's churches(not all, but a growing number of them) are trying to adapt themselves to today's culture, even if it means watering down their messages of the word of God.

It's not just this young generation, but whether it's the New Age/Purpose Driven/Willow Creek/Seeker-Sensitive teachings infiltrating our churches since the turn of the century, or the level of filth in our mass media growing, or whatever, pastors have done a poor job discerning and fighting for the faith, and it has planted bad seeds in terms of getting decent messages out to the pews.

I'm not surprised that today's young generation doesn't have a good view of the Word of God.

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Time Praises “Kinder and Gentler” Christianity
Posted by Ingrid Schlueter in Featured Articles, Media on June 7th, 2010 | one response
Newsbusters reports on Time Magazine’s praise for the new “kinder and gentler Christianity.”

Young evangelicals seem to be cut from a different cloth than their forbearers, and that’s got the secular media praising the Lord.

In “Young Evangelicals: Expanding Their Mission,” Time contributor Amy Sullivan celebrated that the younger generation of evangelical Christians represent a “kinder and gentler” Christianity that defies the “fire-and-brimestone conservatism” associated with the older generation of evangelicals.

Sullivan reported that the applications to secular organizations like Teach for America have tripled among Christian universities, a much faster increase than from secular universities. “Internal surveys showed that more than half of incoming corps members said they were motivated by their faith to join Teach for America,” Sullivan pointed out.

But Sullivan’s piece on Teach for America turned into a critique of traditional evangelical leaders. See the rest at Newsbusters.


Time Praises “Kinder and Gentler” Christianity- The Crosstalk Blog