The Bible and the Major U.S. Political Parties

The following is taken from the main body of Episode 5 of my NUCLEAR PASTOR: Critical Mas podcast…

In this podcast we’ll explore the issue of the major U.S. political parties from a Biblical perspective, with those 2 parties being the Republican and Democrat parties.

And we’ll conduct that exploration by defining a topic, comparing that topic to the Scriptures, and then grading both of the major political parties against that topic, giving a grade for each on a scale of 0-10.  Then, at the end when the dust settles, we’ll see if Christians can honorably vote for both or either party.

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An Evangelical’s Response to Senator McCain Regarding Immigration

Dear Senator McCain

Last week you appealed to us Evangelicals in your need to garner support for the (supposed) immigration reform bill passed yesterday by your Senate with the help of your smiling vote.  This is my response to your request for aid from us. Continue reading

The Political Date Rape of Christianity

Spiking the WineBecause offering an alternative to the failed two-party system we see utterly destroying our constitutional republic is too deep an issue for blogging to handle alone, I have thus far resisted the near-necessity of encouraging Christians to abandon this system.  But now that my book (UNGOD: Unmasking the Dark Image of Hell) is available and outlines for us the Divine blueprint for appropriate human government, I shall hold off no longer. Continue reading

The Reelection of Barack Obama: One Pastor’s Perspective

There are times when any good shepherd recognizes that the need to comfort his flock outweighs all other concerns, and this seems to me to be one of those times.  This past week has found me dealing with a deep and foreboding sense of loss among a shocked Christian populace far beyond that which I’ve ever seen before in the wake of any election, forcing me to realize that something truly profound had occurred last Tuesday.  And so yesterday I took some time away from our normal Sunday morning study through Genesis, choosing instead to lend a shepherd’s focus upon the reelection of Barack Obama as President of the United States. Continue reading