Great Quote of the Week

"It's the nature of politics to deceive and distort, because politics is all about the struggle for power. Carnal instincts bring out carnal methods - and therein lies the great danger of trying to accompish God's work through political means."


____Michael Babcock in UnChristian America, p. 28

Dr. Babcock is professor of humanities at Liberty University (the one begun by Jerry Fallwell)


Interesting that a professor at Jerry Falwell's university would write a book like this. But like it's "twin," The Myth of a Christian Nation by former professor at Bethel College (an evangelistic Baptist college) Greg Boyd. I applaud these type of books by credible evangelicals (well, some don't think Boyd with his Open View is credible, and although I disagree with his view on that subject, his book on the myth of America being a Christian nation was really excellent). We need to know the truth as it was, not as "Christian Rightists" twist and turn it. I wrote about this a long time ago here and at that time I said that God isn't going to shake and tremble at Truth. But lies will only hurt the Christian and get us on the wrong track.