11.04.2004
Zealots are not only the 'province' of the right
Frequent commentator 'Pecheur' is chasing an unreported aspect of this election. Religious zealots on the Left.
It would seem, contrary to the plethora of NPR stories I heard this afternoon, that the Left has its own wing of Christian punditry, so to speak. Bill Keller, not to be confused with the NYT reporter of the same name, made bold statements of his own. Pecheur, a thoughtful student of Christian theology, is a conservative-leaning man. He inhabits a world where he finds himself in the midst of 'left-leaning' students and intellectuals. Pecheur should be, and I bet he is, comforted that a majority of Americans have borne out his own deep-seated sentiment.
He has a post concerning Bill Keller, vocal, activist leader of Bill Keller Ministries, which owns LivePrayer. Pastor Keller stated that he strongly believed Kerry would be our next President. Bill Keller "heard from God that Kerry will win." Pecheur emailed him: "[T]hat is that you feel strongly that our next president will be Kerry, what will happen if you are wrong?" . . .
Pastor Keller to Pecheur (prior to the big day): "Bush will lose for failing to do what God allowed him to be elected to do..if by some chance he win..no excuses form me..I am someone that is not to be heard.."
Well, as we now know, Pastor Keller was WRONG. You must read all said in Pecheur's post.
Well? Has Bill Keller been heard from again? What do you think? Will Pastor Keller follow his self-stated biblical mandate? Brother Bill's own testimony is interesting. Insider trading, inter alia. United Methodist background...(I identify) today, he is 'non-denominational'.
Just goes to show: The Left belittles we grounded, center-right folk for our traditional theology, while, in the silence of the left-wing airwaves, liberal religiosity is alive and well. My bet is that the dynamic, enigmatic Rev Keller will keep talking, despite his biblically-based contrary assurance to Pecheur, which begs the question: is something else motivating this preacher?
Frequent commentator 'Pecheur' is chasing an unreported aspect of this election. Religious zealots on the Left.
It would seem, contrary to the plethora of NPR stories I heard this afternoon, that the Left has its own wing of Christian punditry, so to speak. Bill Keller, not to be confused with the NYT reporter of the same name, made bold statements of his own. Pecheur, a thoughtful student of Christian theology, is a conservative-leaning man. He inhabits a world where he finds himself in the midst of 'left-leaning' students and intellectuals. Pecheur should be, and I bet he is, comforted that a majority of Americans have borne out his own deep-seated sentiment.
He has a post concerning Bill Keller, vocal, activist leader of Bill Keller Ministries, which owns LivePrayer. Pastor Keller stated that he strongly believed Kerry would be our next President. Bill Keller "heard from God that Kerry will win." Pecheur emailed him: "[T]hat is that you feel strongly that our next president will be Kerry, what will happen if you are wrong?" . . .
Pastor Keller to Pecheur (prior to the big day): "Bush will lose for failing to do what God allowed him to be elected to do..if by some chance he win..no excuses form me..I am someone that is not to be heard.."
Well, as we now know, Pastor Keller was WRONG. You must read all said in Pecheur's post.
Well? Has Bill Keller been heard from again? What do you think? Will Pastor Keller follow his self-stated biblical mandate? Brother Bill's own testimony is interesting. Insider trading, inter alia. United Methodist background...(I identify) today, he is 'non-denominational'.
Just goes to show: The Left belittles we grounded, center-right folk for our traditional theology, while, in the silence of the left-wing airwaves, liberal religiosity is alive and well. My bet is that the dynamic, enigmatic Rev Keller will keep talking, despite his biblically-based contrary assurance to Pecheur, which begs the question: is something else motivating this preacher?
// posted by HunterByrd @ 5:18 PM 
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Thanks for the great story and follow up. I hope to do a little more investigation on this and have additional comments.
This post hits home with me. As a member of the Presbyterian Church USA I know all about left-wing Christianity. Although I now attend a different church, I retain my PCUSA membership and follow the doings of their national leadership. They take the leftmost position possible on all issues. Interestingly, most or many local denominations are conservative. Most members are totally unaware of how left the national leadership is, which is how they get away with it.
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