Evangelicals -- the Other Side of the Story

A reader alerted me to this story in today's WashPo, about progressive evangelicals who oppose the right-wing evangelical movement. The story focuses on Brian D. McLaren, a local progressive evangelical. Money quote:

"When we present Jesus as a pro-war, anti-poor, anti-homosexual, anti-environment, pro-nuclear weapons authority figure draped in an American flag, I think we are making a travesty of the portrait of Jesus we find in the gospels," McLaren said in a recent interview.

Refreshing, yes?

But the story goes on:

Noting that he [McLaren] fails to condemn homosexuality, one conservative Web site called him "A True Son of Lucifer" for ignoring "absolute biblical truth." And last year, Baptists in Kentucky revoked a speaking invitation after McLaren said that followers of Jesus might not be the only ones to gain salvation.

And now here is a quote of Jesus Himself, from Matthew, 19:19:

You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Hmmm...I don't see an asterisk that says "but only if your neighbor hates the same people you do." And I've got a study bible. You'd think that'd be in there.