tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14055038.post116405238276932180..comments2023-11-05T07:21:05.146-05:00Comments on Under the Sycamore Tree: Evil in the PulpitBarry Yorkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04735703368766711796noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14055038.post-1164205140969382272006-11-22T09:19:00.000-05:002006-11-22T09:19:00.000-05:00Joseph Farah has been taking Warren to task for Wa...Joseph Farah has been taking Warren to task for Warren's recent trip to Syria and some of the things he said while there. Check out at www.worldnetdaily.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14055038.post-1164141905128841892006-11-21T15:45:00.000-05:002006-11-21T15:45:00.000-05:00Megachurches often don't see themselves as politic...Megachurches often don't see themselves as political (despite any evidence you might show them to the contrary). I'm less sure on Saddleback than on Willow Creek, but certainly Hybels has said that he doesn't see political involvement as the goal of his church. At Willow Creek, they may speak out on AIDS or poverty or abortion, but it's always in the context of the individual, not the community. The church, as a whole, works pretty hard to remain politically neutral, and, with people filling the seats from every political spectrum, that's a necessary position if they want to remain "mega." <BR/><BR/>What you're seeing is an outgrowth of the megachurch's marketing orientation. Market often trumps Scripture in a fair fight, because marketing strategies bring in the people. I would guess that, if Saddleback does respond to criticism on this issue, they would defend their position by arguing (correctly of course) that Obama will bring in people, and that some of these people will have a chance to hear the gospel who might never have heard it otherwise. Everything else is, for them, secondary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com