John Stott, Not Jerry Falwell

The following is from a NY Times editorial from last November. I don't care for the use of terms such as "bozos" and "blowhards" and the crass sarcasm (would the Times editorial staff allow such language to describe anyone else but conservative Christians?). But, the editorial makes some good points.
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Tim Russert is a great journalist, but he made a mistake last weekend. He included Jerry Falwell and Al Sharpton in a discussion on religion and public life. Inviting these two bozos onto "Meet the Press" to discuss that issue is like inviting Britney Spears and Larry Flynt to discuss D. H. Lawrence. Naturally, they got into a demeaning food fight that would have lowered the intellectual discourse of your average nursery school.

This is why so many people are so misinformed about evangelical Christians. There is a world of difference between real-life people of faith and the made-for-TV, Elmer Gantry-style blowhards who are selected to represent them. Falwell and Pat Robertson are held up as spokesmen for evangelicals, which is ridiculous. Meanwhile people like John Stott, who are actually important, get ignored.

( Click here to read all of the editorial.)