Land: Why I am not signing the ‘Evangelical Manifesto’
posted by Matt Hawkins on 05.13.2008
Topics: evangelicals
Richard Land fleshes out why he has not signed An Evangelical Manifesto (aside from that fact that he hadn’t been asked):
Brief excerpts:
“I saw the Manifesto for the first time that same Wednesday [May 7] afternoon when I stepped off a plane in Washington, D.C. I have done my best to read it carefully in the days that have followed…”
“…Let me say at the outset that I am in full agreement with at least 90 percent of what An Evangelical Manifesto has to say. I certainly agree that Evangelicals “should be defined theologically, and not politically, socially, or culturally.”
So why am I not going to sign An Evangelical Manifesto? As usual, the devil is in the details. As I grow more mature in years I am more and more aware of just how wise Billy Graham’s policy is of never signing statements you haven’t written yourself…
Related content:
- An Evangelical Manifesto
- Albert Mohler expresses his concern over the Manifesto and…
- …follows up those concerns by interviewing Manifesto framer Os Guinness.