Issue
The Christian Voters Guide
Vol. 13, No. 5 • Sep/Oct 2004
Political life continually confronts the contemporary Christian. Newspapers and television newscasts are filled each day with the latest acts and foibles of our government leaders, and in election years the stream of political information becomes a torrent. Bumper stickers, billboards, and lawn signs congest the quietest neighborhoods. Most believers would readily assert that Christianity cannot […]
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Ministers of God for Our Good
Political life continually confronts the contemporary Christian. Newspapers and television newscasts are filled each day with the latest acts and foibles of our government leaders, and in election years the stream of political information becomes a torrent. Bumper stickers, billboards, and lawn signs congest the quietest neighborhoods. Most believers would readily assert that Christianity cannot […]
“One Cheer”for Civil Religion?
The pastor of my local church caused no small stir several years ago when he removed the American flag from its perch just behind the pulpit. Indeed, he removed it from the sanctuary entirely. As you might imagine, this provoked some consternation among at least a few members, who no doubt wondered if this brash […]
Have You Received Your Biblical Scorecard?
We’ve all seen the “biblical scorecard” literature that floats about during election seasons, grading candidates based on their voting record. The criteria are usually the same: pro-life, pro-family, pro-morality. Most of us would hopefully agree that one is safe in concluding that these are indeed biblical objectives. The problem comes when a whole series of […]
Can a Christian Be a Yankee’s Fan?
Every four years, I get nervous as election day approaches. Inevitably, well-meaning ministers publicly announce their endorsement of a presidential candidate and call on all “professing Christians” to elect (or re-elect) the nominee. Church leaders on both right and left confidently answer the same question (“What Would Jesus Do?”) with different answers (“re-elect Bush!”, “vote […]
Christianity and Politics
The year was 1926. The issue was Prohibition. J. Gresham Machen, assistant professor of New Testament at Princeton Seminary, had just voted against a motion in his presbytery to support the Eighteenth Amendment and the Volstead Act, the federal legislation that made illegal the sale and distribution of alcohol between 1918 and 1933. Machen’s denomination, […]
Christians and Political Action: An Interview with Michael Cromartie
Michael Cromartie has been a leading spokesman for the relationship between Christian ethics and public policy through his work at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, where he directs the center’s Evangelical Studies Project. You’ll often see him quoted in the leading news magazines around this time of year and we’re happy to have him […]
