Story and how youre using them in the book . Sure, first conservatism. I think of conservatism as having a libertarian minded heart when it comes to federalism, governments be involved in peoples lives less and less and less. The reason im a conservative though instead of a libertarian is because i also feel a lot of kinship with conservative social values, which are often in line with evangelical values. Sometimes, if im feeling frosty, i might call it [inaudible] because even though im holding a big fan of the government we can get into that. But in terms of being an evangelical i believe the bible is an errant which i think is a prominent feature of evangelicalism. I believe in the holy spirit guiding you. I believe in most of the things you found in Southern Baptists denominations. And the fact i was southern helps. Did you grow up Southern Baptist . Yeah, we went to Southern Baptist churches that youve heard of Like First Baptist Church in dallas, texas and in lynchburg, virginia.
Nonfiction authors about their latest work. Congratulations on this book. It sounds like its out there now and i think you are making a statement about some things we really need to think about in here about especially about evangelicals and trauma. Congratulations. Lets try to situate you. I know we dont like labels but i think its clear from the book that you do write this book as both evangelical christian, self identified, and as a conservative. What do those two terms mean to you or how do you to find those two times in terms of your own story and how youre using them in the book . First with conservatism, i think of conservatism as having a libertarian minded heart when it comes to federalism, the government being involved in peoples lives, less, less, the reasons im a conservative though instead of libertarian is because i also feel a lot of kinship with conservative social values which are often in line with evangelical values. Sometimes im really feeling frosty i might call it
And as a conservative hell do you define those in terms of your own story and in terms of how you are using them in the book. I think with conservatism happening on the libertarian minded hearts when it comes to federalism the government being involved in peoples lives that hthereason im a conservative instead of a libertarian is because i also have a lot of kinship with conservative social baggage which are often in line with evangelical values. Sometimes if im feeling frosty i might call it comes to the very end and we will get into that. In terms of the evangelical is inherent which is a prominent feature. I believe in the holy spirit guiding you and most of the things and the fact that i was southern. We went to Southern Baptist churches in dallas texas and virginia. So you certainly had a pedigree. You have the conservative background and did you make no bones about that, that is the position you are coming from when you are here to critique donald trump. You start with several st
Congratulations. Lets try to situate but it is clear from the book you do you write this as the evangelical christian and as a conservative how do you define those terms . First conservativism is libertarian minded when it comes to less and less and the reason why im libertarian because i also feel a lot of kinship with conservative social values that are in line with evangelicals. Sometimes if im really feeling lucky i may be a conservative aryan. And as the evangelical and is a prominent feature i believe in the holy spirit guiding you the most of the things you find in Southern Baptist. Did you grow up Southern Baptist . Yes we went there for church in dallas texas. So you do have the evangelical pedigree and the conservative background and you make no bones about that in the book thats a position you are coming from to critique. So you start the book with several stories but one that caught my attention because you mention it as a window into how you feel of the evangelicals with d
Nonfiction authors about their latest work. Congratulations on this book, it sounds like its out there now and its again i think youre making a statement about some things the we really need to think about. Again congratulations. Lets just try to situate here if you will i know we dont like labels and so forth i think its clear from the book the you do right this book as both evangelical christian. In a conservative. One of those two terms mean to you. Or how do you define those two terms in terms of your own stories and how you are using them in the book. First with conservatism. I think that is as having a libertarian mind and heart when it comes to federalism and the government being involved in peoples lives. Los. The reason i am a conservative though instead of a libertarian is because i also feel a lot of kinship with conservative social values. Their awful inline with evangelical values. Sometimes if i am really feeling frosty i might call it conservatory in. Even though i hold