Morals and Oil

Rod Dreher opened a post today with: Whatever you do today, you have to read this stunning blog entry from the Southern Baptist theologian Russell D. Moore, who just returned from a visit to Biloxi, Miss., his hometown. He’s right.  I’m not an evangelical, and Moore and I would probably disagree about a great number [...]

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The premise of social conservatism

If you sift through the laundry list of issues, at its heart social conservatism makes the following comparisons between past and present: 1. Families are less stable than they used to be. 2. Communities are more transient. 3. Social mores regarding behavior have deteriorated. 4. There is less deference to previous generations or their values. [...]

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Can I be a pacifist in the culture wars?

I rarely weigh in on social or cultural issues. If all connotations of labels could be removed, I would definitely consider myself a traditionalist. I believe in strong families, in the value of putting family responsibilities above personal desires, and a culture that doesn’t worship at the altar of the individual and their unending freedom. [...]

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Volleyball and Jesus

Fun with conventional wisdom!  [sidenote: Ok, my mockery of conventional wisdom is about to gain a bit of irony; I'm prefacing this entire thought on the new - as in, last 48 hours - "conventional wisdom" that Tim Kaine is the most likely running mate for Obama.] But what’s with this conventional wisdom Olympic roadblock?  [...]

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Jesus vs. The Prince of Darkness

Bob Novak has influence. Alright, maybe that overstates a bit, but Novak wrote a column in today’s Washington Post about McCain’s troubles with Evangelical voters. Same day, the New York Times describes Evangelicals as “wary” of McCain. Then Chris Matthews invited David Kuo and Tony Perkins on Hardball tonight to debate “McCain and the Evangelical [...]

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Old Time Religion

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 have [...]

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Red Letter Christians

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 the [...]

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