Jesus and john Wayne: A Christian can be a “good guy with a gun

Jesus and John Wayne: A Christian can be a “good guy with a gun

Thursday, September 24th, 2020

According to Kristin Kobes Du Mez, author of “Jesus and John Wayne: How Evangelicals Corrupted a Faith and Fractured a Nation,” the idea that a Christian can be a “good guy with a gun” is well-established in many white evangelical communities.

But critics wonder how people who claim to worship Jesus Christ – who taught his followers to turn the other cheek and warned that those who pick up the sword would die by the sword – can justify it. Read more

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