Obama-Rama in London
July 26, 2008 by Alex Loginow
Filed under Politics
Check out what Gerard Baker of The London Times has to say about Barack Obama.
Why are Evangelicals flirting with the Democratic Party?
July 1, 2008 by Brady Martin
Filed under Politics
There is a lot of discussion on the cable news channels about the evangelical voting block. The NY Times has an article Obama Courts Evangelicals. CNN has an interview with Shane Claiborne on this as well. Some pundits say that evangelicals will vote in the same numbers for McCain as Bush, but most disagree. Many think that a significant number of evangelicals will stay at home or vote for Obama. So why are evangelicals suddenly flirting with leaving the Republican establishment? I would like to suggest a few reasons why this might be.
- The young evangelical community was born in the post Roe v. Wade decision.
- It is easier to vote “values” when one’s bank account is filled with cash.
- The politics of the moral majority is often tied with a pessimistic eschatology and therefore seems to always be support negative politics (i.e. against abortion, against gay marriage) rather than a progressive agenda for the poor or to end AIDS.
- There has not been significant policy change that excited the younger generation of evangelicals.
- Many evangelicals feel that their votes have been hijacked by the Republican party. They feel that the Republican party has its own agenda separate from theirs.
- The War in Iraq is not popular even among evangelicals. In the middle of the country where evangelicals are mostly located the reaction against the war took longer to grow, but nevertheless has.
- The Evangelical agenda has expanded from 2 issues-Abortion and Sanctity of Marriage to a whole host of issues from poverty to global warming.
- Many evangelicals are tired of the politics of James Dobson and are looking for a new alternative, and Obama is the new kid on the block talking about faith.
Conclusion
With all of this “new thinking” about politics going on among evangelicals, it is important that we keep clear heads about the issues that are facing the nation as it goes forward. It is important to have a holistic agenda; however, it is also vital that Christians are able to see that not all issues are equal. This requires an honest conversation concerning the most pressing issues of our time.
Political Philosophy?
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Iowa: Huckabee in the lead
Not many people thought that Mike Huckabee had a chance at winning the Republican nominanation for president a few months ago. Now that Mike Huckabee has taken the lead in the polls in Iowa, many political commentators are changing their tune. Chuck Norris has endorsed and recently on CNN said that he found out about Mike Huckabee through Alex and Brett Harris’ blog (Josh Harris’ teenage superblogger brothers). Huckabee showed off his wit and command of the issues during the recent debate. He faced difficult questions such as “What Would Jesus Do about the death penalty?” and “Do you believe the bible is true word for word?” Huckabee is a rising start in the political scene in America.
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I <3 Huckabee
As the 2008 election draws near the conversation continues on who our next President will be. Clinton? Obama? Romney? Edwards? How about Mike Huckabee. The former Governor of Arkansas (man that sounds familiar) was the “comeback kid” in Iowa (deja vu).
Now this isn’t to say that Huckabee (R) will catch up to Mitt or Rudy but he’s alive. To be honest, as of now, I don’t feel like I’d want to vote for any of the front runners, and I would be fine with not voting at all. But for the record I did order the “Alex supports Mike Huckabee” pin last spring and if given the opportunity he has my vote for sure. Where does Mike Huckabee stand on all the issues?
Quick Hits!
August 28, 2007 by Brady
Filed under Politics, Quick Hits, TheologyHits from around the web.
- All Dogs Go to Heaven: Vick Finds Jesus?
- The trends are favoring whom for president? Mike Huckabee?
- Kim Riddlebarger refutes John MacArthur on Amillenialism.
- Josh Harris says, “Facebook should be Courtbook.”
- Attorney General, Alberto Gonzalez resigns.
There have been some articles on infant baptism posted at Westminster West.
- Dennis Johnson, author of Him We Proclaim, writes: Infant Baptism, How My Mind has Changed.
- Scott Clark writes, A Contemporary Reformed Defense of Infant Baptism.
