Tag: Politics

This Week @ GSB

This should be an interesting week.

The wife and I were invited to the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., scheduled for February 2, 2012.

We are leaving for Washington Wednesday to attend a related event and will be staying through the week to see the sights.

So, my plan for the week is to blog on politics and the breakfast and to tweet @kingdomtweets throughout the week.

I will not be presenting you a partisan perspective. That stuff comes a dime a dozen and is stale as a 3-day old doughnut.

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A Question For American Christian Voters

You own a gas station and you want to hire someone to manage the station and its employees.

One applicant has a good resume but has been accused of sexual harassment by four women. Would you hire him? Of course you wouldn’t. No one in their right mind would.

And yet, well-meaning committed Christians across America are still debating whether to entrust Herman Cain with the most important job in the country.

When Bill Clinton was accused of sexual harassment and marital infidelity Christians were quick to remind the world that character mattered. The Clintons blamed the “vast right wing conspiracy.” Today it’s the secularists who are talking about character while Christians blame the “biased media” for smearing Cain.

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Patriotism In Perspective

It is the 4th of July, a time when American patriotism is front and center, and rightly so.

However, I’m concerned that during the other 364 days of the year patriotism has become too cherished by American Christians.

Much has been written about the dangers of an American civil religion, and on the balance I agree, but that is not where I’m headed here. I’m more interested in the impulse than the outcome.

I’m not suggesting Christians shouldn’t love their country, but I do think the patriotism exhibited in the modern American church is born out of a political impulse rather than a Kingdom one.  Patriotism (and nationalism) are encouraged by governments because they are necessary to the preservation of the state.  They are necessary because if your government goes to war it needs you to be willing to fight, and if necessary, die for it. Continue reading “Patriotism In Perspective”

On Weinergate

This story is apparently not going away any time soon, so I thought it time to comment on the trials and travails of Congressman Anthony Weiner.

The popular opinion seems to be that Weiner sexting young girls was no big deal; it was the cover-up that crossed the line.

In other words, there is nothing immoral so long as you are authentic about it.

Lady Gaga was interviewed on 60 minutes last Sunday.  She said she does drugs like other celebrities did but she was different because she didn’t lie about it.  It was apparent she believed her authenticity the equivalent of holiness. Continue reading “On Weinergate”