Politics: June 2008 Archives
"Since taking steps to make his home more environmentally-friendly last June, Gore devours an average of 17,768 kWh per month -1,638 kWh more energy per month than before the renovations - at a cost of $16,533. By comparison, the average American household consumes 11,040 kWh in an entire year, according to the Energy Information Administration."
Pyromaniacs: Christian citizenship out loud: another perspective?
Should Christians restrict engagement with the culture to evangelism? Dan Phillips thinks not: "Now, let me say first and clearly that the very best thing a Christian can do for the health of his nation is to grow in godliness, and to disciple others to Christ for all he's worth.... But by this same token, this will also necessarily mean Christian involvement in civil life. Why? Because God isn't segregated. He has something to say about every area of life.... So what is the Christian to do? Is he to clutch those truths to his breast, and let his country go to ruin as he coyly refuses to tell it anything except how to be saved? Is that love for his neighbor?"
Pulpit Magazine: The Gospel and Politics - Part 2
"Today's evangelical political activists seem to be unaware of how much their methodology parallels that of liberal Christians at the start of the twentieth century.... Evangelical activists in essence are simply preaching a politically conservative version of the old social gospel, emphasizing social and cultural concerns above spiritual ones....The political strategy becomes the focus of everything, as if the spiritual fortunes of God's people rise or fall depending on who is in office. But the truth is that no human government can ultimately do anything either to advance or to thwart God's kingdom. And the worst, most despotic worldly government in the end cannot halt the power of the Holy Spirit or the spread of God's Word."
Ace of Spades HQ: I Count Dead People votes.
"I Crave the Flesh of the Living -- and I Vote!" Connecticut journalism class turned up 8,558 dead people on the state's voter rolls, and more than 300 had voted since passing away. Somehow I don't think this is what G. K. Chesterton meant by "the democracy of the dead."
