Learning more about white ev history from new friends like @JohnFea1, @JemarTisby & @kkdumez, I’m struck by the use of fear over the last 50 years as the prime motivator of behavior.

Jesus says, “Do not fear.” We say, over and over, “Be very afraid.”

We are our own terrorists.

Phil's brief history of white evangelical fear:

1920s - Darwinists and Modernists! Look out!
1930s - Socialists! Look out!
1940s - (Distracted by Nazis. Hang on.)
1950s - Communists! Look out!
1960s - Socialists and radicals and feminists! Look out!
(cont'd...)

1970s - Gays! Look out!
1980s - Even more gays! And public schools! Look out!
1990s - Clintons! Look out!
2000s - Muslims! Look out!
2010s - More Clintons! And liberals! Look out!
2020s - Marxists and BLMers! Look out!