Many people are mystified by â??evangelicals.â? Itâ??s a word the average non-religious person doesnâ??t often hear in the US â?? except for when it is time to nominate another GOP presidential candidate. Then we hear about who those millions of â??evangelicalsâ? are supporting, always under the assumption that all evangelicals are into politics and all will support a Republican.
As an evangelical myself, this is just one of the many misunderstandings of evangelicals that drives me up the wall. Itâ??s a problem Iâ??ve tried to address in several of my books, most recently Evangelical Ethics (Westminster John Knox Press).
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