tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post4924485344509185942..comments2024-03-28T08:30:20.260+01:00Comments on The Ugley Vicar: The need for a new right-wing politic. Part I: the demise of Evangelical involvementAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03590979027426082714noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-587623144140157602007-08-02T21:48:00.000+02:002007-08-02T21:48:00.000+02:00Here's a concise politic for the right: 'Authoriti...Here's a concise politic for the right: 'Authorities who will punish those who do evil and praise those who do good' (1 Peter 2:14) - simplistic? Well, given that our rulers and broadcast media are a tad left of centre and the papers of full of examples of good people being punished and bad people being rewarded, why not?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-84085184278428234502007-08-01T02:07:00.000+02:002007-08-01T02:07:00.000+02:00Elwin Cockett is the Archdeacon of West Ham, for t...Elwin Cockett is the Archdeacon of West Ham, for those who might be wondering how the lack of location got past the posting police (;-)).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03590979027426082714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-60278058605177951792007-07-31T21:52:00.000+02:002007-07-31T21:52:00.000+02:00This is a very interesting piece, John. Thank you ...This is a very interesting piece, John. Thank you for a stimulating read.<BR/><BR/>I wonder, though, whether in making a good point you're over-stating the case for the demise of the Evangelical left - or the 'Third Way', as we once called it.<BR/><BR/>Whether or not 'Third Way' magazine and Greenbelt have lost their salt (and I would argue that they haven't entirely, for what it is worth), that sort of stream of Evangelicalism is obviously still very visible in the works of people like Jim Wallis, Tony Campolo and the much-criticised Steve Chalke.<BR/><BR/>You mentioned Francis Schaeffer. As Wikipedia says, Schaeffer numbered Dooyeweerd and Van Til among his influences, and I would suggest that that strand of Dutch Reformed tradition lies in the backgrounds of a remarkable range of Christian leaders, from Bill Hybells and Jim Wallis in the USA to John Bell and Elaine Storkey.<BR/>For that reason, it seems to me to be a very active strand, not least because of the variety of its expressions, from Calvin College, Grand Rapids, via Willow Creek to the Iona Community. Maybe it still has something to say to Evangelicals in the C-of-E, and particularly those working in areas of great social needs?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-50804624936543666122007-07-31T12:23:00.000+02:002007-07-31T12:23:00.000+02:00See here for those papers.See <A HREF="http://www.jubilee-centre.org/cambridge_papers/" REL="nofollow">here</A> for those papers.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03590979027426082714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031852996869768738.post-71846337052346323292007-07-31T12:10:00.000+02:002007-07-31T12:10:00.000+02:00This is where I've found some of the Cambridge Pap...This is where I've found some of the Cambridge Papers really helpful, especially as they've tried to apply OT law to now. Some OT ideas seem very left wing, whilst others seem really quite right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com