The Common Good.
Pastor Rick Warren author of “The Purpose-Driven Life” invited Illinois Democratic Senator Barack Obama to his California mega-church.
Wiley Drake of the Southern Baptist Convention was critical of Warren because of Obama’s support for abortion rights. Drake claims: "You can't work together with people totally opposed to what you are. This kind of conference is just going to lead people astray."
Many conservatives were outraged because they adamantly oppose Obama’s support of abortion, gay rights and embryonic stem cell research. Warren a conservative refused to bow to pressure and summarized the conference as: “You've seen the face of compassionate conservatism and the face of compassionate liberalism. What we have in common is compassion.”
Conceivably, politics won't be the most important thing to Evangelicals anymore. It will be more about what they see as their Christian mission. Issues that include poverty, aids in Africa, and concern about the environment have become more important. Warren says his goal is to restore responsibility in people and credibility in churches.
Pastor Warren considers Barack Obama to be an amazing man that has the potential to be the president of the United States. He thinks both conservative Senator Brownback and liberal Senator Obama have good character, and the reason he invited them is that they'll tell the truth. He appreciates that they are men of civility. Warren insists that we need to return to civility, which requires that, I treat you with respect even if I violently disagree with you.
Warren insists: “We need to elect a people, who have the ability to draw people from different sides, even people who disagree with you, and work for the greater good. We should be working for the common good of our society, rather than appealing to a simple base, because base politics is out of date.”
Wiley Drake of the Southern Baptist Convention was critical of Warren because of Obama’s support for abortion rights. Drake claims: "You can't work together with people totally opposed to what you are. This kind of conference is just going to lead people astray."
Many conservatives were outraged because they adamantly oppose Obama’s support of abortion, gay rights and embryonic stem cell research. Warren a conservative refused to bow to pressure and summarized the conference as: “You've seen the face of compassionate conservatism and the face of compassionate liberalism. What we have in common is compassion.”
Conceivably, politics won't be the most important thing to Evangelicals anymore. It will be more about what they see as their Christian mission. Issues that include poverty, aids in Africa, and concern about the environment have become more important. Warren says his goal is to restore responsibility in people and credibility in churches.
Pastor Warren considers Barack Obama to be an amazing man that has the potential to be the president of the United States. He thinks both conservative Senator Brownback and liberal Senator Obama have good character, and the reason he invited them is that they'll tell the truth. He appreciates that they are men of civility. Warren insists that we need to return to civility, which requires that, I treat you with respect even if I violently disagree with you.
Warren insists: “We need to elect a people, who have the ability to draw people from different sides, even people who disagree with you, and work for the greater good. We should be working for the common good of our society, rather than appealing to a simple base, because base politics is out of date.”
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