With age and experience often come insight and wisdom. This is the way it’s supposed to be. But what if an individual or an organization lost insight as it grew older? What if it forgot important truths that it used to know? What if the organization were less wise today than it was 25 years ago? Is this possible?
Unfortunately, this may be precisely what has happened with the National Association of Evangelicals (NAE)—an organization that claims the title Insight for its quarterly newsletter. In the 1980s the NAE came to prominence as a voice for the rising evangelical community. It spoke from the heart of that constituency on behalf of causes dear to it: in favor of the sanctity of marriage, the rehabilitation of prisoners, and freedom of religion domestically and internationally; against gambling, drunk driving, and abortion. The NAE was strong in affirming what it regarded as basic biblical teachings; it was more cautious about the nitty-gritty of partisan legislation. It was never a single-issue pressure group.
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