I have made some scattered comments in recent months in relation to this past election cycle and the candidates for president. I think I made it clear that neither was anywhere close to an ideal. Especially was this true for Christians looking honestly at each candidate. I am sure we can all point to severe […]
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Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the […]
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Why? And What Now?
09 Nov 2016
At about 3 AM last night we were informed that Donald Trump would be our 45th president. My daughter photographed the screen and we all went to bed. But now the next phase in all this process begins: governance–which is very different from winning a campaign. Before I get to that, let me say a […]
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Pence Video is Troubling
07 Nov 2016
https://youtu.be/KBA75ySaN1E Blasphemous or Noble? Defensible or Disturbing? The RNC produced the above video, especially for churches, with hopes it would be played on Sunday, two days before the presidential election. Gov. Mike Pence, the GOP VP candidate, and the only speaker, closes with a quotation of 2 Chronicles 7:14: “If my people who are called […]
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A Response on Immigration
02 Nov 2016
My Bereans colleague Bert Wheeler has written compelling piece here essentially in favor of open immigration. In theory and in essence I agree with his conclusions, but I would not take such a seemingly broad stance on the issue. Several things are important to understand. I believe he would also affirm at least most of […]
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Candidates: Step Down; Voters: Step Up
31 Oct 2016
Republicans from George Pataki to sitting members of Congress to theologian Wayne Grudem have called for Donald Trump to step down as GOP presidential candidate in recent weeks. Now, the tables have turned. The recent announcement by FBI director, Jim Comey to reopen the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s email improprieties has led to calls for […]
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Open Borders / Open Immigration
26 Oct 2016
I am in favor of open immigration. I believe an open immigration policy is consistent with free markets and the Christian worldview. I also believe the policy is consistent the political philosophy which gave birth to the United States of America. Over the past several years, I have posted my rationale for my support of open […]
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Political Virtue: It’s Time to Begin a Movement
24 Oct 2016
No matter who you plan to vote for I am seeing some things that really disturb me. One recent development is the new Wikileaks (not Wikipedia) trove of John Podesta showing communications between Democratic operatives and poll agencies in which the Democrats requested ways to manipulate polls by oversampling certain groups and under-sampling others. A […]
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Donald Trump – Poster Child
19 Oct 2016
All people are created in the image of God. Some people are granted the grace to believe. Most of our connection to and interaction with one another is because of our basic humanity – defined and formed by the image of God. Most of Christian’s relationships with people who are not believers is grounded in […]
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The Real Battle
11 Oct 2016
The revelation about Donald Trump’s vulgar and pretty ugly statements about women has certainly generated heated discussion. I am not here to either defend his statements or to persuade anyone to vote for him. I will merely state the obvious: Christian voters find themselves in quite a quandary. On the one hand, I am convinced […]
Bert Wheeler
Jeff Haymond
Marc Clauson
Mark Caleb Smith
Tom Mach