Posted in Politics, Religion, tagged Barack Obama, Christians, David Kuo, Democratic Primary, evangelicals, Hillary Clinton, Jim Wallis, Joel Hunter, John DiIulio, John Edwards, John McCain, Republican Party, Ronald Reagan on April 14, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Last night, Obama and Clinton participated in a “compassion forum” hosted by Faith in Public Life, a non-partisan, faith-based organization whose stated mission is to pursue “justice and the common good.” As I posted a few months ago, I’ve always had an appreciation for “Red Letter Christians,” and this year, the Values Voters who [...]
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So, yesterday, the Vatican released an updated version of the seven deadly sins — sins they consider more relevant to modern society. Now, I didn’t know this until I read it today, but the original seven were defined in the sixth century by Pope Gregory the Great. As far as I can tell, [...]
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Posted in Politics, Religion, tagged Bill Maher, Christian Left, E.J. Dionne, evangelicals, Jim Wallis, Jimmy Carter, poll, Red Letter Christians, Tony Campolo on February 16, 2008 | 5 Comments »
An interesting Zogby poll that came out last night showed that on Super Tuesday in Missouri and Tennessee, 1 out of every 3 white evangelical voters voted in the Democratic Primary (Clinton overwhelmingly won their support). Also interesting, evangelical voters in both parties want to see more issues — such as poverty, AIDS, and [...]
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