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 .p28 "The problem is, blessings often become indistinguishable from entitlements."
 .p35 [[ https://www.goodwillchurch.org/staff | John Torres at Goodwill Evangelical Presbyterian Church ]] (Port Jervis?) New York
 .p38 parishioners hated Obama, then hated those hated by Trump
 .p40 parishioners furious at COVID restrictions, deranged by conspiracy nonsense
 .p41 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamped_from_the_Beginning | Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America ]] by [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibram_X._Kendi | Ibram X. Kendi ]] [[ https://catalog.wccls.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&pos=3&cn=2480190 | Beaverton 305.8 KEN]]
 .p41 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_race_theory | Critical Race Theory ]] accusations, some from friends
 .p43 4 month sabbatical, returned to smaller but supportive congregation. 5% crazy
 .p46 By setting their minds on the things of man, Christians are telling Jesus to get behind ''them''.
 .p48 "... you've baptized your worldview and called it Christian."
 .p49 "The enemies aren't those outside of the Church; it's people in your church who don't think exactly the way you do."
 .p52 [[ https://www.classmates.com/people/douglas-olson/387008441 | Doug Olson ]] father of [[ https://www.liberty.edu/arts-sciences/faculty/nicholas-olson/ | Nick Olson ]] [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_University | Liberty University ]]
 .p54 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Falwell | Jerry Falwell ]] "fascinated by the market dynamics"
 .p55 Falwell Sunday sermons on [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WLVA | WLVA TV ]] in 1956
 .p56 1958 preaches against integration, aligned with [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy | Joe McCarthy ]] who died in 1957?
 .p58 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelicalism | evangelicals ]]
 .p59 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_trial | Scopes trial ]]
 .p64 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Phillips_(activist) | Howard Phillips ]] [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Weyrich | Paul Weyrich ]] 1973 founded [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heritage_Foundation | Heritage Foundation ]]
 .p65 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Majority | Moral Majority ]]
 .p66 Before 1973 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade | Roe v. Wade ]], abortion was a "Catholic issue".
 .p66 1973 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._A._Criswell | W. A. Criswell ]] "I have always felt that it was only after a child was born and had a life separate from its mother that it became an individual person, and it has always, therefore, seemed to me that what is best for the mother and for the future should be allowed."
 .p028 "The problem is, blessings often become indistinguishable from entitlements."
 .p035 [[ https://www.goodwillchurch.org/staff | John Torres at Goodwill Evangelical Presbyterian Church ]] (Port Jervis?) New York
 .p038 parishioners hated Obama, then hated those hated by Trump
 .p040 parishioners furious at COVID restrictions, deranged by conspiracy nonsense
 .p041 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stamped_from_the_Beginning | Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America ]] by [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibram_X._Kendi | Ibram X. Kendi ]] [[ https://catalog.wccls.org/polaris/search/title.aspx?ctx=1.1033.0.0.6&pos=3&cn=2480190 | Beaverton 305.8 KEN]]
 .p041 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Critical_race_theory | Critical Race Theory ]] accusations, some from friends
 .p043 4 month sabbatical, returned to smaller but supportive congregation. 5% crazy
 .p046 By setting their minds on the things of man, Christians are telling Jesus to get behind ''them''.
 .p048 "... you've baptized your worldview and called it Christian."
 .p049 "The enemies aren't those outside of the Church; it's people in your church who don't think exactly the way you do."
 .p052 [[ https://www.classmates.com/people/douglas-olson/387008441 | Doug Olson ]] father of [[ https://www.liberty.edu/arts-sciences/faculty/nicholas-olson/ | Nick Olson ]] [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberty_University | Liberty University ]]
 .p054 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Falwell | Jerry Falwell ]] "fascinated by the market dynamics"
 .p055 Falwell Sunday sermons on [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WLVA | WLVA TV ]] in 1956
 .p056 1958 preaches against integration, aligned with [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_McCarthy | Joe McCarthy ]] who died in 1957?
 .p058 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evangelicalism | evangelicals ]]
 .p059 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_trial | Scopes trial ]]
 .p064 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Phillips_(activist) | Howard Phillips ]] [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Weyrich | Paul Weyrich ]] 1973 founded [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Heritage_Foundation | Heritage Foundation ]]
 .p065 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_Majority | Moral Majority ]]
 .p066 Before 1973 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roe_v._Wade | Roe v. Wade ]], abortion was a "Catholic issue".
 .p066 1973 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._A._Criswell | W. A. Criswell ]] "I have always felt that it was only after a child was born and had a life separate from its mother that it became an individual person, and it has always, therefore, seemed to me that what is best for the mother and for the future should be allowed."
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 .p74 [[ https://www.brnow.org/news/More-details-emerge-in-Liberty-DeMoss-split/ | Mark DeMoss ]] worked for Liberty U., left after endorsement of Trump
 .p74 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Falwell_Jr. | Jerry Falwell Jr. ]] makes Liberty University profitable
 .p75 Supports Trump, Israel, and misinformation about COVID and Obama's birth
 .p80 Falwell Jr. poses in front of [[ https://vip.nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/trump-21.jpg | Trump Playboy cover ]], many scandals, but Liberty U. is wealthy
 .p81 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Kirk | Charlie Kirk ]] [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turning_Point_USA | Turning Point USA ]]
 .p84 discouraged rape reports, violated [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_IX | Title IX law ]] and the [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clery_Act | Clery Act ]]
 .p85 English prof [[ https://www.liberty.edu/arts-sciences/faculty/nicholas-olson/ | Nick Olson ]] worries
 .p89 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_D._Moore | Russell D. Moore ]] 2021 ''former'' Southern Baptist
 .p90 parishioners slander non-conservative non-racist pastors, demand politics, not scripture
 .p96 Pew 1991, 90% identified as Christians, 5% religiously unaffiliated
 .p074 [[ https://bellarmine.lmu.edu/theologicalstudies/graduateprograms/faculty/?expert=cyril.hovorunps://www.brnow.org/news/More-details-emerge-in-Liberty-DeMoss-split/ | Mark DeMoss ]] worked for Liberty U., left after endorsement of Trump
 .p074 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Falwell_Jr. | Jerry Falwell Jr. ]] makes Liberty University profitable
 .p075 Supports Trump, Israel, and misinformation about COVID and Obama's birth
 .p080 Falwell Jr. poses in front of [[ https://vip.nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/trump-21.jpg | Trump Playboy cover ]], many scandals, but Liberty U. is wealthy
 .p081 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Kirk | Charlie Kirk ]] [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turning_Point_USA | Turning Point USA ]]
 .p084 discouraged rape reports, violated [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_IX | Title IX law ]] and the [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clery_Act | Clery Act ]]
 .p085 English prof [[ https://www.liberty.edu/arts-sciences/faculty/nicholas-olson/ | Nick Olson ]] worries
 .p089 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_D._Moore | Russell D. Moore ]] 2021 ''former'' Southern Baptist
 .p090 parishioners slander non-conservative non-racist pastors, demand politics, not scripture
 .p096 Pew 1991, 90% identified as Christians, 5% religiously unaffiliated
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 .p98 after 2016 nomination, Trump attacks Moore
 .p99-100, hundreds of large churches cut off funds to SBC
 .p098 after 2016 nomination, Trump attacks Moore
 .p099-100, hundreds of large churches cut off funds to SBC
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 .p177 clear cut biblical issues (the poor, refugees, wealth temptation) did not animate the conservative base  .p177 clear cut EditInfoUnsubscribeAdd LinkAttachments 
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 .p200 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jordan | Jim Jordan ]]
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  . US more fearful, divided, less Christlike ''because of'' the Moral Majority
 .p202 [[ https://www.christianitytoday.com/1999/09/is-religious-right-finished/ | Christianity Today: Is the Religious Right Finished? ]]
 .p202 [[ https://www.christianitytoday.com/1999/09/we-cant-stop-now-by-ralph-reed/ | We Can’t Stop Now, by Ralph Reed ]]
  .defeated pro-gambling initiatives, while taking laundered millions from Indian reservation rival gammbling
 .p205 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_D._Moore | Russell Moore ]]
 .p205 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Kinzinger | Adam Kinzinger ]] voted to certify 2020 election
 .p207 [[ https://thehill.com/homenews/3529964-kinzinger-shares-threat-to-family/ | death threats against Kinzinger and family ]]
 .p210 "baptizing the past", i.e.[[ https://www.mountvernon.org/library/digitalhistory/digital-encyclopedia/article/the-legend-of-george-washington-s-baptism#:~:text=John%20Gano%2C%20from%20the%20New,immersion%20at%20Valley%20Forge%20during | George Washington baptized at Valley Forge ]]
 .p212 Moore says popular image of evangelism "Mister Rogers with a blowtorch"
 .p213 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wendell_Berry | Wendell Berry ]] "If change is to come, it will have to come from the margins."
 .p216 Jeffress "We're not a sanctified social agency. That's not what I believe the Church is about."
 .p216 [[ https://calthomas.com/columns/ | Columns by Cal Thomas ]]
 .p217 often omitted John 3:17 "For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him".
 .p218 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Locke | Greg Locke ]][[ https://globalvisionbc.com/ | Global Vision Bible Church ]]
 .p218 [[ https://www.cnn.com/videos/us/2022/02/06/pastor-holds-bonfire-burning-books-harry-potter-and-twilight-orig-as.cnn | book burning ]]
 .p221 [[ https://www.npr.org/2018/02/24/587809173/billy-graham-walked-a-line-and-regretted-crossing-over-it-when-it-came-to-politi | Billy Graham repented forays into politics ]] ... [[ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/billy-graham-mixing-religion-politics/ | snopes ]]
 .p224 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Locke | Greg Locke ]] [[ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K1v-Ep6i18 | accosts Dunkin' employee over masks ]]
 .p228 "... Locke sees this charade for what it really is, but ... sure that his followers don't"
 .p229 there is a market for being irrational
 .p229 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westboro_Baptist_Church | Westboro Baptist Church ]] "God hates fags"
 .p232 [[ https://bellarmine.lmu.edu/theologicalstudies/graduateprograms/faculty/?expert=cyril.hovorun | Cyril Hovorun ]]
 .p232 Moscow rhetoric of divine destiny [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriarch_Kirill_of_Moscow | Patriarch Kirill ]]
 .p236 Russian butchery in Ukraine impossible without Church blessing.
 .p236 Relgious/Ethic war in Yugoslavia fomented by Milosovic
 .p236 [[ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miroslav_Volf | Miroslav Volf ]]
 .p240 Christian nationalism now the predominant form of evangelical Christianity
 .p241 Political religion not optional: Hitlerism, communism, Putinism ... Trumpism not yet, but possible
 .p242 Christ greatly concerned with the poor, avoided fame, demanded love of enemies; evangelicals opposite
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