Category Archives: Christianity and politics

Sticking out like a sore thumb

Posted on January 22, 2020 by

How does it feel to be a sore thumb? Notice I said to be a sore thumb? We’ve all had a sore thumb before but I’m talking about being one. If you care for the hurting, the hungry and the … Continue reading →

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Burning (Straw) Man

Posted on December 4, 2019 by

  I’m having a hard time getting rid of something I don’t want anymore. I may need your help. It’s my evangelical awareness. It haunts me like a small cloud that follows me everywhere, or like a straw man who … Continue reading →

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Big Game Rivalry Week

Posted on November 21, 2019 by

Rivalry week has come a little early here in southern California. Most of the west coast intra-state rivalries (Washington vs Washington St., Oregon vs Oregon St., Arizona vs Arizona St.) are having their games next weekend. But here in southern … Continue reading →

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Whose side are you on?

Posted on November 5, 2019 by

Now when Joshua was near Jericho, he looked up and saw a man standing in front of him with a drawn sword in his hand. Joshua went up to him and asked, “Are you for us or for our enemies?” “Neither,” he … Continue reading →

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Countercultural faith

Posted on July 24, 2019 by

One of the greatest injustices we do to our young people is to ask them to be conservative. Christianity is not conservative, but revolutionary.  – Francis Schaeffer You have been strategically placed right where you are for one reason: to … Continue reading →

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Wisdom from the first President

Posted on July 23, 2019 by

Excessive attachment to political parties agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one party against another, and opens the door to foreign influence and corruption. – George Washington Where is George when we need … Continue reading →

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A long and winding road

Posted on July 19, 2019 by

I’m one hundred times more passionate about creating Christians and churches that will be faithful, biblical, countercultural, and spiritually minded in a socialist America, in a Muslim America, in a communist America, than I am in preventing a Muslim America … Continue reading →

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The experiment lives on

Posted on July 3, 2019 by

  I think we often forget that America was and is an experiment. At no other time in history has the setting and the resources been so right to begin a democracy. And the fact that the country is still … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity and politics, kingdom of God, Religious freedom | Tagged , , | 22 Comments