Pastor Lee suggests that evangelicals tend to focus on personal sin more than corporate sin. They underemphasize the sin that affects structures as a whole in lieu of going to the root of seeking out a Christ-centered relationship with the individuals that make up that structure in order to change it. For example, issues like sexuality and abortion may seem like more of an individualized private issue than, say, global warming or natural disaster relief efforts. However, through the way that evangelicals have passionately represented sexuality and abortion issues through the pro-life movement, organizations such as these acknowledge that there is a structural aspect to their reforms, giving their attention not only to individuals but also to the redeeming of larger-scale structures such as Planned Parenthood and schools’ sexual education programs. Unfortunately, evangelicals have retained the separatist reputation of their fundamentalist forefathers. “But here is a movement vigorously and often creatively speaking to the needs of contemporary society and simply refusing to retire to its assigned
Pastor Lee suggests that evangelicals tend to focus on personal sin more than corporate sin. They underemphasize the sin that affects structures as a whole in lieu of going to the root of seeking out a Christ-centered relationship with the individuals that make up that structure in order to change it. For example, issues like sexuality and abortion may seem like more of an individualized private issue than, say, global warming or natural disaster relief efforts. However, through the way that evangelicals have passionately represented sexuality and abortion issues through the pro-life movement, organizations such as these acknowledge that there is a structural aspect to their reforms, giving their attention not only to individuals but also to the redeeming of larger-scale structures such as Planned Parenthood and schools’ sexual education programs. Unfortunately, evangelicals have retained the separatist reputation of their fundamentalist forefathers. “But here is a movement vigorously and often creatively speaking to the needs of contemporary society and simply refusing to retire to its assigned