Take John MacArthur. The California pastor, long a leader in the conservative-but-sane lane of modern evangelicalism—someone who spoke passionately about eternal priorities trumping earthly ones—more recently began merging into the fast lane of fringe political advocacy. When Roys broke open the story that MacArthur and his leadership team had fostered a culture of abuse, ignoring the physical mistreatment of women and children in their congregation, people were outraged at Roys. A small army of Christian bloggers and influencers descended on her website, pummeling her for having the temerity
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