We can fix the labels later. Think of the church as a house. The decorators add flowers and skylights. If you leave the construction to the liberals, they may pay so much attention to carpet, paint, cushions and pictures the house will collapse from lack of framing and foundation. On the other hand, if you leave everything to conservatives, you may end up with a house sturdy enough to handle a 9.0 earthquake and a Class IV tornado but so uninviting the kids won t visit, much less live there.
Liberals don t build institutions.
Colleges, hospitals, publishing houses, summer camps, academies, and churches are all built by conservatives. But liberals are the ones flexible enough to bend the original vision to fit present reality. Conservatives are the ones with enough conviction to part with their hard-earned dollars and actually get something going. Liberals are the ones willing to ask hard questions about efficiency and effectiveness. Conservatives make the best evangelists.