I Contend That, In Spite Of All

Perhaps Because Our Culture And Politics Have Gone So Off Course, With Values So Contrary To Those Of Jesus, More And More People Intuitively Recognize That His Vision Of God's Kingdom-a New World Of Compassion, Justice, Integrity And Peace- Is The Good News They've Been Searching And Waiting For.

While I Can See How The Government Has, At Times, Wasted Taxpayers' Money, And I Can Admit That Too Often Its Programs Are Ineffective, I Also Can See The Good That Government Does.

I, For One, Am Quite Willing To Join The 'forgive, Forget And Move On' Crowd, But It Does Make Me Wonder If Evangelicals Are Going To Sound Believable When They Say That They Tend To Vote Republican Because Of Their Religious Commitments To The Family.

It Has Taken Countless Hours Of Prayer, Study, Conversation And Emotional Turmoil To Bring Me To The Place Where I Am Finally Ready To Call For The Full Acceptance Of Christian Gay Couples Into The Church.

What We Need To Affirm Is That Jesus Is Neither A Democrat Nor A Republican. Whenever We Marry Jesus To A Political Party, We Are Committing The Sin Of Idolatry. We Are Making Jesus Into The Image Of Our Political Party.