Rebecca

I am an Indian Christian, a member of the Methodist Church here..I understand the word "evangelical" literally and agree with that..Yet, the word seems to mean different things  in different  contexts..I read the article above and the comments made by Greg Fromholz is the one that I agree with the most.  If only "evangelical" Christians were what the word means literally, there would be no problem but the self-righteous, judgemental, holier-than-thou image that the word brings to mind is the problem..

In recent times, that is exactly what we see, particularly in the US.. Jesus was not judgemental. He was not hypocritical and He was completely against that. ALL human beings are important to Him. He does not descriminate according to colour, wealth, education, class or caste..I speak out against such discriminations in the Christian circles here and I think that kind of hypocricy which allows discrimination but claim to belong to the  Christian faith must be condemned everywhere. If being an "evangelical" means even remotely that one is superior to anyone else, I do not believe it is a good thing..

Jesus loves everything and everybody God created, without exception. He hates sin but loves the sinner. We, humans who call ourselves "Christian", have no other way but to love all who we meet on life's journey..The moment there is discrimination of any kind, the distinction between different types of Christians also comes in and that is wrong.

I agree with the opinions of Jim Wallis and faithfully read all that Sojomail has to offer..:-)