This is problematic in many ways, but most pressing is the way in which it bifurcates our understanding of the gospel. For reasons that go beyond what I can explore in this section, American Christianity (particularly evangelicalism) has often lost sight of a holistic understanding of the gospel. There’s an emphasis on proclamation of the good news, but it tends to be theologically disconnected from demonstration of that good news. There’s an emphasis on loving God as expressed in the Great Commandment, but it’s theologically disconnected from loving neighbor. There’s an emphasis on being
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