Chuck Colson shares this anecdote about the Spiritual Activism Conference which was held recently in Washington, DC. It illustrates the problem that the political Left in this country will always have trying to speak the language of faith – because there is a dearth of faith among the Religious Left.

This conflict is not about political or social divisions. It’s about authority—specifically, whether or not Christians are willing to acknowledge that the Bible is our authority.

Tony Campolo certainly recognized this. Though Tony and I disagree on lots of things, I really like Tony. He’s honest, and he loves the Bible. He tried to explain at this conference the necessity of following Scripture. But one participant retorted, “I thought this was a spiritual progressives’ conference. I don’t want to play the game of ‘the Bible says this or that,’ or that we get validation from something other than ourselves.”

And therein lies the problem. Rather than talk about God and the spiritual imperatives of his divinely revealed word, the quoted participant effectively stated (in the words of Toby Keith) “I want to talk about ME.” Dare I suggest that such a theological stance is not religious faith, but is instead spiritual narcissism.

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