Tag Archive | Politics and Religion
Religious Right Threatens: Waver On Traditional Marriage And We Form Third Party
Oh goody. Just as long as the founders of this third party do not claim: (1)- It is “the” Christian party, and (2)- it represents (a) “the” Church or (b) America’s Christians. quote, Thirteen of America’s top religious right social conservatives this week sent Republican National Committee (RNC) chairman Reince Priebus an official letter warning […]
God in America: Part 6 – Of God and Caesar
God in America, a 6-part series made by PBS-Frontline is well worth watching. If you’ve not watched it you can find all 6 segments at PBS Last evening I finished part 6 (on my Netflix) and wanted to share it with you. So make your self a cup of coffee or grab a soft drink […]
Quote of the Day
Perhaps you’ll not see the humor in this like I did, From David French’s recent article in the National Review, The Biblical and Natural Right of Self-Defense The Democrats — ever vigilant for improper mixing of politics and religion— opened yesterday’s news conference announcing their proposed “assault weapons” ban with a prayer from the dean […]
American Evangelicalism and the Hebrew Roots Movement
Barth Notes has an interesting article up concerning the Presidential Inaugural Prayer Breakfast and Pastor Wiley Drake. You may recall Drake being in the news some time back for his “infamous devotion to “imprecatory prayers” against his political opponents, and his admission that he regularly prays for President Obama’s death” But what caught my attention were […]
Christian Activity?
Wading through some of my email today I came upon Andrew Strom’s recent letter to his subscribers titled, Do Christians Love Guns. He makes some excellent points. I am writing this because I continue to believe that US Christians are being “driven” toward something very ugly. There is a lot of nasty rhetoric flying around that […]
Kentucky: A Year in Jail for Not Believing in God?
This guy has hit upon the answer for insuring the myth that America is a “Christian” Nation continues; acknowledge God or go to jail. Seems I recall something similar…Oh yeah, the Roman Crusades when it was ‘convert or die’. In Kentucky, a homeland security law requires the state’s citizens to acknowledge the security provided […]
Graham: God Will Judge America for Re-Electing Obama Through a Massive Economic Collapse
I have a question for Franklin Graham: Does that also mean God was judging America when the latest massive economic collapse occurred (in 08) during George W. Bush’s time in the White House? Franklin Graham recently sat down with Newsmax where he reiterated his belief that America has turned its back on God by re-electing […]
Electionpocalypse
Interesting (2) part series from Religion Dispatches (Note: I don’t have to agree with every word in any article to find it interesting) Electionpocalypse, Part I – Christianity Electionpocalypse, Part II: The Mythical Jewish Vote (Watching the parties try to “out-Israel” each other)
Missionary Applications to LDS Skyrocketing in Preparations for Romney Presidency
A big thanks to Rick Frueh (Following Judah’s Lion blogspot) for passing along the link to this news item. And I also agree with what he posted concerning the story, I do not expect evangelicals who are blinded by politics and nationalism to even pray about this. But in anticipation of our first Mormon president, the […]
Board member at Rick Joyner’s Oak Initiative: Vote Romney Because He’s a Mormon
Some of the political endorsements coming daily now, are actually pretty funny. Case in point, As RWW has noted, most Religious Right leaders have cast aside whatever reservations they once had about voting for Mitt Romney, whose Mormonism many do not consider a Christian faith. Sure, they’d rather have a conservative evangelical or right-wing Catholic […]
Charisma’s Steven Strang, “I Urge You to Vote for Mitt Romney”….PLUS
Only surprise here is what took him so long With the election a week away our nation is at a critical point. There are many important issues including the enormous debt, energy independence, how to deal with national security and terrorism, and healthcare, to name a few. But as a Christian, it boils down to […]
Franklin Graham and The Little Foxes
Many Christians wouldn’t call it necessary but would see it as compromising the faith. Shortly after Mitt Romney met with Billy and Franklin Graham earlier this month, the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association quietly removed Mormonism from the list of religious cults on the organization’s website and then ran an ad in newspapers around the country urging […]
“Why I’m Voting For….”
This was a (2) part series featured recently at The Christian Post… “The Iron Room” is a forum featuring analysis from an exciting new panel of CP commentators on areas where the Christian faith and public policy intersect. The name of the new CP political forum is inspired by Proverbs 27:17: “As iron sharpens iron, […]
Evangelicals: Out of the Closet
Don’t know how much time you spend online visiting Christian News Organizations, but I’ve noticed a definite rise in the number of articles posted in which Evangelicals (In twist, evangelicals now backing Mitt Romney) – (Evangelical support grows for Romney) and Evangelical leaders have openly “emerged from the closet” in support of a Romney presidency. […]
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association Addresses Critics on Support for Romney
But, notice there is no statement directly from Billy Graham. Woe upon these folks (especially his son Franklin) who are using Billy Graham’s name, reputation, and ministry to promote their right-wing political agendas! I believe its safe to say they will answer to God for this one day. quote, The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association […]
“Fear Not, Little Flock”: The King’s Promise that Presidents Can’t Match
Good article by Michael Horton, If our hopes indicate what we value most—what keeps us going, then our fears reveal the same in reverse. What do we need (or think we need) so much that we would be unable to go without it? And what do we believe in so much that if it doesn’t […]
Perry Noble’s Remarks, Not So Noble
You may recall a post earlier this week, the Quote of the Day, which contained a small excerpt from an article by Perry Noble, “It’s sad,” Pastor Perry Noble of NewSpring Church in South Carolina wrote in his blog published Wednesday. “…[B]ut I believe that there would be way more celebration in many mainline churches […]
A Gospel Greater Than Political Cynicism: A Defense of Billy Graham
From Political Jesus, The Bible Says Respect and Honor our elders, not Manipulate Them, “My concern is that here’s how things like this continue to work: Franklin Graham (or Franklin and his sister Anne Graham Lotz) have an agenda (in all three of these cases, “traditional marriage”), they get a BGEA copywriter to draft the […]
Should Christians Force The Government To Serve As Their Savior?
I read this yesterday… By E.L. Beck Just as there is a wide swath of American voters who continue to believe that a single man in the office of the U.S. presidency can redeem the U.S. economy, so too are there American voters who believe the U.S. government can be a savior of the moral […]
Mormonism ‘cult’ claim vanishes from Billy Graham site
Did Billy Graham himself, 93 yrs old and frail in health, order this be removed? I don’t know. But irregardless of who gave the order, its been removed. You can view a picture of what exactly was removed along with an article on the topic here: Mormonism ‘cult’ claim vanishes from Graham site
FRC joins with Church to ‘Actively Pray and Work for the Defeat of Barack Obama’
Right Wing groups like the Family Research Council, along with more and more Churches, have really stepped up their fight to do away with the separation of Church and State. In their goal to “restore” America they are working hard to change America’s form of government from a Democracy to a Theocracy. Rick, at Following Judah’s Lion, […]
NAR in the Political Limelight: A Theocratic Dominion Apostle Gains Political Exposure at the RNC
Excerpts from Dr. Orrel Steinkamp’s newest commentary, In the past decade a new convert to the Latter Rain movement, missiologist C. Peter Wagner, has welded together a movement he has called the New Apostolic Reformation (NAR). The NAR is a world-wide network of several hundred apostles with the stated goal of taking dominion over society and […]
Election Day Communion vs. Pulpit Freedom Sunday
Don’t know anything about Election day Communion, but the article is interesting. A few weeks ago, I started getting spam from Jim Garlow, the pastor of the Skyline megachurch in Lemon Grove, Calif., about the Pulpit Freedom Sunday initiative that he has been spearheading with Glenn Beck. This Sunday, about 1,500 pastors across the country […]
Et tu, John MacArthur?
See: John MacArthur: ‘The Democratic Party has Become the anti-God Party, the Sin-Promoting Party’
Survey: Pastors reject pulpit endorsements
NASHVILLE (BP) — Nearly 90 percent of pastors believe they should not endorse candidates for public office from the pulpit, according to a survey by LifeWay Research. The survey, released Oct. 1, also revealed that 44 percent of pastors personally endorsed candidates, but did so outside of their church role. The survey of 1,000 Protestant […]
Commentary: Putting Politics before God
CNN Religion News Blog, (By Stephen Prothero: Boston University religion scholar and author of “The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation,” is a regular CNN Belief Blog contributor) Why are evangelicals like Billy Graham and Ralph Reed stumping for Mitt Romney? And why are roughly three-quarters of white evangelicals inclined […]