Since the day black smoke came out of Vatican, we haven’t been able to stop talking about him. He still wears hats and robes and prays with Mary, but we love him anyway. In an evangelical culture starved for meaningful examples of the way of Jesus, Pope Francis is the new Billy Graham.
All branches of the Christian faith are dealing with an identity crisis. With their social capital and political power waning, evangelicals specifically have struggled to find themselves. For many the answer was to rediscover the church’s call to social justice. Suddenly everyone wanted to build a well or adopt a kid.
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