Once again, the evangelical vote seems to have won the day.
I have been voting since the late 70's. In that time (especially since the Clinton years) it seems like every election reporting cadre is surprised by the groundswell of the 'evangelical vote'. Rush Limbaugh said last night that the spectre of these passionate voters makes the politicos very nervous. He said they are no longer able to sniff about us being 'one issue voters', but need to start taking us seriously.
There is something interesting going on here. Something is happening in America. Yes, 'evil men and seducers are waxing worse' in certain circles, and there is much to be done to be redemptive in this society. May God help us reach the 6-8 million people in Penn-Del who do not attend church currently.
But one of my weaknesses in the past, has been to not celebrate the good things enough. As a goal driven, type-A person, I charge from goal to goal, not taking enough time to thank God for what he has done (usually in spite of me) already. I'd like to repent by taking time today to celebrate that the 'evangelical vote' in Iowa flexed it's conscience yesterday and caused the nation to notice for about 30 seconds.
No wonder church shootings are on the rise! (ever Google 'church shootings'? It will make you want a gun permit) The devil better stop these people one way or another, or this nation has potential to actually become affected (infected?) by them!
Friday, January 4, 2008
The evangelical vote
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Gerry, I'm not sure that this is a good thing, since I've returned to more of the kind of non-political stance that early Pentecostals shared with the Anabaptists.
I'm not sure that we are yet ready to handle the reigns of earthly power, this side of the Second Coming/Millenium.
I agree Paul about not being ready to handle earthly power. We need to be servants, and vote for servant leaders. Not handlers of the reigns.
But I've grown up Amish, remember? I'm not going back, not even for someone I respect as highly as you.
I was taught years of weak theology about what now seems like abdication of responsibility. I am now convinced that while we Christians make a lot of mistakes and get a lot wrong, yet not doing anything puts us in danger of being that servant who buried his talent in the ground for fear of doing something wrong, -and reaped the Master's most vehement judgments.
Thanks, Gerry, for your kind words.
I realize that you've changed much, but I would hope that converted Mormons wouldn't start smoking; converted Catholics wouldn't stop going to church; and converted JW's wouldn't stop witnessing, but we can save this for another time.:)
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