In a recent episode of the Unbelievable? podcast from Premier Christianity, Alex O’Connor hosted a conversation between Krish Kandiah and Megan Basham about Basham’s recent book Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded the Truth for a Leftist Agenda.
A bit after the 1:04:10 mark, Kandiah mentions that he wishes the points raised by Basham in her book had been an in-house discussion among Christians, including the individuals Basham cites as moving toward the left, before taking it before the wider world the way she did by writing and publishing the book. Kandiah wonders out loud whether a conversation between Basham and Karen Swallow Prior, or himself and Russell Moore, might have led to a way to find some common ground and a different way forward, rather than the online conflagration that has ensued the book’s release.
Basham responded that by that measure, we should be asking the Apostle Paul why he didn’t confront the Corinthians directly rather than in a letter that has been made available for the whole world to see.