Unfortunately I haven't had the chance to read your book,but reading this young woman's letter parallels my own frustration with Christians and the media, both how we represent ourselves and how the media represents us and the political effects of this representation. Because of the power of the media in our lives i find that when i am talking to non-christians i have to cut through their media induced impressions of christians, before i can engage in any meaningful dialogue. When i am talking to disillusioned christian i have to spend a great deal of time showing them the middle way, i.e it is possible to combine the Gospel with a more liberal political bent. In my opinion the root cause of this problem is the evangelical tendency to forget its history. If we took even a brief look at our history, we might have a better understanding of the underlying forces that are motivating our current batch of evangelical leaders and perhaps be in a better position to engage the media and give younger christians more options in terms of faith and politics. After all for the generation of christian leaders that are starting to be raised up in our churches the name Elmer Gantry has no meaning and Harvard and Yale have always been bastions of liberal theology. Many of these young adults will simply walk away instead of fighting.If we are unable to give them a sense of where we(evangelicals)came from how can these young adults lead our churches in a world where we have moved from the sidelines into the middle of the political fray.

Posted by: Fogster | December 4, 2006 7:01 AM

David Kuo, Thank you for continuing to share the Good News, no matter how politically-incorrect it is! Keep up the good work!

Posted by: Tenoch | December 4, 2006 4:08 PM

Such a great letter. This accurately describes how I felt when I first became aware of David's blog and book as well. It really is such a sense of relief.

Posted by: Terry | December 4, 2006 7:02 PM