The Writer and the Christian

Wallis’s first official chapter is called “Revival Time,” and it repeats most of what was covered in the introduction, though in somewhat more detail. One of the things I have noticed about Wallis is that he brings up a topic like “social justice,” says that it is important and he’ll get into the details […]

We begin our look at Wallis’ book proper in the introduction, which is essentially the ideological equivalent of a drive-by. A lot of faces go by, there is a lot of noise, and when it’s over we wonder what exactly the point of the exercise was.
He opens the introduction like he does in […]

Nobody seems to be interested in dealing with the works of Jim Wallis, so I suppose it falls to me. Of course, part of the problem might be that almost no evangelicals have heard of Jim Wallis. You can try it at home. Next time you’re at church, ask anybody if they’ve heard of him. […]