J Walking

An amazing article from John W. Whitehead, head of the Rutherford Insitute — a conservative legal organization that, at one point, represented Paula Jones — has just been published. Take a quick look at his bio and you will see what a serious man he is. The following paragraph is such a powerful synopsis of…

A very insightful reader emailed me this: “If the assumption of many is true that Judas Iscariot was a Jewish Zealot, then we can perhaps discern – even allegorically – that the political solution is not the worthy or productive one. According to the gospels Jesus was King of the Jews, yet never is he…

Why am I, the advocate of a Christian fast from politics, writing blog posts on politics? In Tempting Faith, I argue that Christians should take all of the time, money, and energy they have been expending on politics and expend them on the poor for a period of time–I suggest two years. Christianity in America…

From President Bush’s press conference today: “And so I’m not exactly sure what you’re talking about, but I can tell you that I believe the faith-based and community-based–the faith- and community-based initiative–is a vital part of helping solve intractable problems here in America.” Ummm, Mr. President? It is called the Faith-based and Community Initiative. There…

The Christian response? Hey guys, how about that political fast for a bit?

Here are the central talking point coming out of the RNC this morning: + We need to refocus on our conservative principles of less government, lower taxes, less regulation, strong national defense, judicial restraint, and fiscal conservatism. We have a very vibrant and strong party and a philosophy that works. We just have to recommit…

…in the House is now on the Democratic hand. It is hard to say right now how many seats Democrats will win. The speeches of Rahm Emanuel, Harry Reid, and Nancy Pelosi speeches were thrilling in the way that election night victory speeches are always exciting. They promised a new America, a better world, salvation…

Rod Dreher, Crunchy Com author and bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/img/gl.link.gif here at Beliefnet, says it very well: “I have to admit that I’m excited about this next era of American politics, which’ll start tomorrow morning. The Dems will take the House, and maybe the Senate, and their Congressional delegation will be more socially conservative than the Dem leadership.…

Despite some of the excitement about evangelical voters moving to the Democrats, the latest figures are a bit more modest – a little south of 30% so far. John Kerry garnered 21% nationally in 2004. Send me your thoughts on the evening – davidkuo@beliefnetstaff.com

on MSNBC… and see former President Bill Clinton behind her… is it just me or is he fidgeting and twitching just enough it looks like he is about to seize the podium and microphone?

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