Glenn Ballard
2 min readJan 24, 2021

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Lucas said, "I was wondering if you have any sources for some of the claims you made about Keller (i.e. he promotes the democratic party; he is a socialist; etc)."

Fair question, Lucas. A few responses.

(i) My assessments of Keller and his followers, with whom I have had much personal interaction, is based on personal experience. But it's quite easy to google search articles by Keller in which he encourages Christians not to vote Republican (which logically leaves only one other viable option). Here's one: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/29/opinion/sunday/christians-politics-belief.html . Although he's coy, and doesn't come right and say it, it's obvious to anyone who knows Keller that he is discouraging Christians from voting Republican (especially since most Christians do vote Republican). Keller operates in a Democratic Party stronghold, and he pretty much drifts along with that political stream.

(ii) Regarding Keller being a socialist, the article I copied in above also shows Keller having a positive view of the Scottish socialists (as he refers to them). But the term "socialist" obviously is a subjective term. I used it in the sense that Keller tends to favor at least some government action to solve society's problems - and more than I do. "Socialist" is a relative term. George W. Bush was more of a socialist than Ronald Reagan, who was more of a socialist than Dwight Eisenhower. From my perspective, Keller is a "socialist" because he shows too much confidence in government to help heal society's ills. However, my strongest complaint about Keller is that he does not ever rebuke the government's (and especially the Democratic Party's) positions on abortion and sexuality, which are clearly flagrantly against the moral law of God. Keller acts like Republicans and Democrats are equally flawed in their positions, and that is very, very far from the truth.

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