Many aspects play a role in “The Great Sin of the Evangelical Right,” by Dan Olinger. These aspects allow him to believe that people do not behave like God has control over every situation. This appeals to the ridiculed Christian for living out their faith in modern society. It also requests the attention of those who see others in the world who claim, but do not let God take control. This article highly depends upon levels of formality, imagery, choices in the use of his language, and evidence.
To begin his writing, Dan Olinger uses a strong intro; which includes a rhetorical question, which says “How does it do this?” This question refers to how Christians should live a “doxological” life.” Right off the back, he writes a rhetorical question …show more content…
Instead, he intends to mock the Christian for believing and doing whatever the government says. Sarcastically, he proves his point by making fun of a lady from his church, who voted for Barak Obama twice. She reminds him of God’s grace, as if her votes would have everyone fearing that God would tear this Christian world apart if Barak Obama came into power. On the other hand, he portrays himself as the ‘good guy’ in this scenario, for not voting for our former president. He tries to make the point that the world needs more ‘good guys,’ like himself, consisting of Christians and just good Godly people in …show more content…
By using this formality, he tries to express that even though the government puts down Christianity, believers cannot lash out at the government every time they get ridiculed. This just allows the government to gain the ammo it needs to use against Christians. The government officials will say that God’s followers will not live out what they believe. This becomes a very controversial topic for much of the world, so most of the time, they have the tendency to ignore that fact and pretend as if it does not even
To begin his writing, Dan Olinger uses a strong intro; which includes a rhetorical question, which says “How does it do this?” This question refers to how Christians should live a “doxological” life.” Right off the back, he writes a rhetorical question …show more content…
Instead, he intends to mock the Christian for believing and doing whatever the government says. Sarcastically, he proves his point by making fun of a lady from his church, who voted for Barak Obama twice. She reminds him of God’s grace, as if her votes would have everyone fearing that God would tear this Christian world apart if Barak Obama came into power. On the other hand, he portrays himself as the ‘good guy’ in this scenario, for not voting for our former president. He tries to make the point that the world needs more ‘good guys,’ like himself, consisting of Christians and just good Godly people in …show more content…
By using this formality, he tries to express that even though the government puts down Christianity, believers cannot lash out at the government every time they get ridiculed. This just allows the government to gain the ammo it needs to use against Christians. The government officials will say that God’s followers will not live out what they believe. This becomes a very controversial topic for much of the world, so most of the time, they have the tendency to ignore that fact and pretend as if it does not even