Election 2012
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Campaigns start earlier and earlier each election cycle and seem to get uglier and uglier all the time. Here are articles, videos, and blog posts to help you keep perspective between now and November (and beyond).
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Articles Being Christian in an Election Year, Part 1
For political junkies, a presidential election year is a joy; it's Christmas, the World Series, and a snow day all rolled into one year-long celebration of democracy. For the rest …
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Product Hijacked
Rescue your church from the infiltration of partisan politics. The last thirty years have seen the political discourse within our country grow more rancorous and increasingly…
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Product The Bible in Politics, Second Edition
This second edition of Bauckham's wonderful work is essential reading for understanding the relationship between the Bible and politics. The enduring value of The Bible in…
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Blog Enemy-Loving Candidates
Presidential candidates often get asked questions checking whether they oppose the right people or ideas and if they oppose them enough. Socialism? Check. Illegal immigrants?…
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Blog Politicians and Private Morality
I’ve been checking out a recent survey from Public Religion Research Institute that indicates a greater willingness by Americans to give political figures a pass for sexual…
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Blog Faith in Politics
With the presidential race well underway, candidates are already trading barbs about religion. Mitt Romney is getting hassled for being a Mormon as his opponents posture about…
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Video Hijacked
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Articles Escaping the Ideological Bubble
American culture has been growing more and more polarized in its politics over the last few decades. Left and Right, Democrat and Republican, Coffee and Tea. One cause of this…
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Product In Defense of Civility
From "the big four" (abortion, homosexuality, euthanasia, and stem cell research) to war, poverty, and the environment, this timely book considers religion’s impact on moral…
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Articles Bridging the Partisan Divide in Church
In my thirty-two years of ministry at Ginghamsburg I had never asked anyone about their political affiliations, but I was ready to take the bold leap of faith and do so right in…
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Articles Politics and Faith
Young people may not have a vote just yet, but they can surely have a voice. Youth ministry professor and popular speaker Kenda Creasy Dean tells us that youth today are more…
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Articles Meeting the "Mormon Moment"
Although several primaries remain, Mitt Romney continues to be a front-runner for the Republican Party’s presidential nomination and the most viable Mormon presidential…
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Blog Political Questions for Christians
I’ve not been watching the battle for the United States Republican presidential nomination as closely as I did in previous election cycles, but I’ve seen enough to…
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Articles Being a Pastor in an Election Year
It’s hard enough to act like a Christian during an election year; trying to be a pastor while all this political hoopla is going on is downright hazardous. Because political …
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Articles Being Christian in an Election Year, Part 2
To everyone except political junkies, presidential election years have all the charm of an extended toothache. Ask why, and the average voter will tell you it’s because the…
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Articles Disciples in an Election Season
I guess I can’t really help it, but every four years I follow political races like they’re sporting events. Now you must know that my interest comes from the fact that …
This Sunday May 26, 2013
May 26th is Trinity Sunday. (Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; Psalm 8; Romans 5:1-5; John 16:12-15)
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