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Michael Agapito (The Confessing Millennial) Profile picture
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Aug 1, 2020 • 3 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
Reporting. I'm doing more research for my *potential book, and this read is fascinating so far. Disclaimer: the phrase "evangelical left" is potentially misleading because it may give the impression that those described are unorthodox. They're not. ...1/3

amazon.com/Moral-Minority…
In fact, it was their insistence on doctrinal and sexual fidelity, as well as their pro-life stances on abortion, that alienated them from the Democratic Party, despite their progressive economics and views on structural/systemic racism and injustice. 2/3
And boy do they fit the description of many evangelicals today that are "theologically conservative and socially compassionate," or "too conservative for progressives and too progressive for conservatives." They even used the phrase "politically homeless." 3/3
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Michael Agapito (The Confessing Millennial) Profile picture
Nov 8, 2020
THREAD. I started the TCM blog for reasons twofold: 1) to get progressives to care about orthodox doctrine, & 2) to get conservatives/moderates to care more about justice. Here's what I've found: it is much easier to accomplish #1 than #2.
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When I try to do #1, I will get a lot of honest questions that lead to good dialog. When I try to do #2, I get accused of being a Marxist etc. and am told "just preach the gospel!"
Over the past 2-3 yrs, I've begun to understand more of MLK's frustration at the "white moderate"2/
I'm not saying that it's no longer a fruitful endeavor or that it's a complete waste of time (tho sometimes it can be), but I'm going to be more selective abt who/where I direct my energy toward. Or as I heard someone else put it, I'm "reclaiming my time." 😉
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Nov 7, 2020
THREAD. For 40 yrs now, "evangelical" political/cultural engagement has been dominated by the Religious Right, which was influenced (somewhat paradoxically) by theonomy & fundamentalist dispensationalism. In contrast, I'm what's known as a "Kuyperian"...

christianitytoday.com/ct/2020/novemb…
...after it's namesake, Abraham Kuyper. Kuyperianism, also known as "neo-Calvinism", is an approach to cultural/political engagement that, among other things, encourages Xians to seek the common good in pluralistic societies through education, justice, and social reform.
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In the states, tho he hardly mentioned Kuyper by name, it was championed by the neo-evangelical mvment of Carl Henry, & more recently & notably, Tim Keller. Also continues in evangelical institutions like Wheaton College, Calvin College, etc. & inspired @AmSolidarity
3/
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Nov 6, 2020
Quotes below:
"Republicans in Congress and around the country endeavored--mostly unsuccessfully--to cut the provider out of gov't revenue streams wherever possible.
...Republicans have still repeatedly tried to cut abortion providers from [Medicaid]..."

washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/…
"The 2017 House & Senate health-care bills repealing Obamacare would have effectively stripped Medicaid $'s from [PP]. But [it] ultimately died amid heavy political opposition & the inability of Republicans to come up w/ a replacement...that would cover as many people."
"GOP-led state legislatures have passed bills cutting off abortion providers' access to Medicaid funding, but courts have mostly blocked [them]. Last week [SCOTUS] turned down S. Carolina’s request to hear a case over...blocking Medicaid funding for abortion providers..."
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Nov 1, 2020
Clarification thread: Some are taking this to mean that I find religious liberty ("RL") unimportant. Nothing is further from the truth. RL is a common good, enables us to seek justice, is worth fighting for, and yes, can even be inferred from Scripture etc. HOWEVER...
1/ (cont'd)
RL is not the presumed norm in Scripture. Quite the opposite: it's assumed that the church will be a minority among a pagan society, tho we can still seek the good of our neighbors. Unlike Scripture's ethic of justice, which is unequivocal, RL is not as explicitly spelled out.
2/
That's not to say that there's no precedent for RL. SJ advocates refer to the Exodus for themes of liberation from oppression, which is well & good. But it's often forgotten that Pharaoh was commanded to release the Israelites so that they may be free to worship God (Ex 4:23).
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Sep 26, 2020
@EnochTheGentile My friend, I've been in the evangelical subculture/world all my life. I have both cons and prog friends. Believe me when I say cons have a track record of neglecting certain social justice issues. Biblical social justice is neither left nor right. 1/
@EnochTheGentile The problem is conservatives rarely want to talk about social jusrice issues, while prog talk about it but not from a biblical workdview. For conservatives, justice is rarely social. 2/
@EnochTheGentile Usually it boils down to something more like individual morality as opposed to corporate responsibility as opposed to systemic change. Related to that, justice for conservatives tend to be retributive but not restorative. 3/
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Sep 26, 2020
It's here! Complete w/ footnotes & hyperlinks that would make someone like Tim Keller proud. 😉

"What can a dead twentieth-century evangelical theologian teach us about approaching social justice and frameworks like CRT today?"
1/
theconfessingmillennial.com/2020/09/26/a-r…
Here's a rough outline on the headings:

1) Co-belligerence for the Common Good
2) The Lordship of Christ Over All Things
3) Common Grace for the Common Good
4) An Apologetic of 'Subversive Fulfillment'
5) The Dawn of a New Reformation

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Quote:
"The evangelical voice cannot maintain silence when evils are condemned by others. But neither can it yield to [an unchristian] framework.”
--Carl Henry, 1947

3/4
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