A couple of days ago I was in my "office" reading my favorite magazine when I came across an advertisement for the Southern Baptist Environmental & Climate Initiative (www.baptistcreationcare.org). The ad is summed up with this sentence:
"As Southern Baptist, we love what God loves. And God loves this planet and its people."
Hillary Clinton visited our small western Kentucky town several days ago. I had a meeting and could not make her speech but went ahead and TiVo'd both CNN and MSNBC to see if they covered it. When I returned home I quickly fast forwarded to where they were showing Hillary here. I wasn't interested in what she was saying but who was in the background so I hardly was paying attention when the network went to commercial. All of the sudden Pat Robertson pops up on my screen sitting on a couch with of all people Al Sharpton talking about working together to fight global warming. At least he wasn't leg pressing 1000 pounds like he said he can.
A new crop of church leaders are sprouting all over the country. They may not agree on every theological talking point but the Rob Bell's and Mark Driscoll's seem to be less politically active/motivated and much more concerned about showing, living and sharing Jesus in places that the church has been relunctant to go for decades...
While writing a recent blog about the "Humanist Evangelical Crusade" I came across an article on "The Humanist" magazine's website which talked about how the Religious Right was losing it's power because of many of the factors described above. (Unfortunantly because this article is no longer available on the internet.) It's not everyday that I would agree with someone whose obvious agenda is to prove to the world that God does not exists but on this point I must.
As Foxy said in a previous blog, John McCain representing the GOP this fall has caused Evangelical Christians to pause. My guess is many will decide not to vote while others may get caught up in Obama's mastery of the English language.
Like what happened in 1980, I believe this will be the election that many in Evangelical circles will look back at as a dramatic change in the church's politics. One party will no longer rule over and count on the Religious Right.
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There was an answer that cried out to take on the challenge. His voice was faint becuase the media silenced his message and portayed him as a wacko. He is a believer and holds to all evangelical christian values, but still was ignored. I tried to speak up for him, but my warning was ignored. RON PAUL was the man...no wait...Jesus is the man and Ron Paul was the right choice. Oh well, maybe the next 4 years will suck so bad that it pushes people to repentance...
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