I write these one-liners for the blog as I come across them, but it takes a while to collect enough to make a post (or to have time to finalize and post). That may help you explain a couple of references below to Obama.
There are many reasons why I like living where we do. This is a minor one, but sure to make my California friends jealous.
Darrell Bock, probably the most well-known professor at DTS these days, voted for Obama. And he’s bragging about it to Newsweek.
An F-15 being flown by in the Israeli air force loses a wing in flight and still lands.
If this is the kind of change we ‘re going to see with Obama as president, I am all for it! (If you don’t understand, it’s because you aren’t with children at Christmas.)
Here is the five-word antidote to grumbling.
Sovereign Grace has a new album of hymns recorded live at the Together for the Gospel conference coming out next month. Now you can get three songs not on the CD for free.
Yesterday I finished one paper (perhaps more here related to that later) and began another. The next two weeks I get to study the “Servant” in Isaiah. What do you know about the “Servant”? If I had written everything I knew about this yesterday, I would have filled less than one page. After one day of reading, I am excited about yet more riches in the Bible that I was ignorant of. I went back and looked at an old Bible I have and those chapters (42-53) are there. Just think, all of these years that I have been deprived.
oh my goodness, that is hilarious…i hate those stupid twisties and dumb tape
can’t wait to hear more about your servant discovering
here and i thought it was great and miraculous that i saw gas in the SF bay area for $2.35 this morning
Nice to see the packaging change and hopefully more do it. It really shouldn’t be an issue for Amazon, since you’ve already paid for it and they cover you if it’s stolen in the shipping process anyway. I can understand having secure packaging at Wal-Mart, but it is not necessary for an Internet store (where I do most of my consumer spending).
As for Bock, I agree with the commentary in that article. For me, the social issues were not the big litmus test as they have been before (mainly because I was hugely disappointed with Bush in the end). Important issues, but I think you have to weigh ALL the issues when you vote. My understanding is that Obama actually picked up a fairly reasonable number of the evangelical vote (and apparently gained a better percentage than Democrats in prior elections). I guess the other thing that impressed me about Obama is that he does appear to live his faith more than others in terms of his family/personal life (character issues).
Thanks for the article on religious groups voting for Obama. I thought this was an interesting statement:
“Indeed, it [the vote for Obama] includes almost every committed person of faith except those whose church culture insists on a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.”
I wonder how that made Bock feel?
Jodi,
It wasn’t that Obama didn’t get any evangelical votes. That quote is a little misleading. Sure McCain had something like 76 percent of the evangelical vote and Obama probably didn’t have the full 24 percent. However, I would imagine he had a nice chunk of it.
You really should read the linked article (the same author wrote it) about Obama’s faith.
Brian
I agree with Brian that ALL the issues needed to be weighed. The problem is that the wholesale murder of millions of babies seems to me to weigh MORE than the other issues. I’m simply at a loss as to why solid evangelicals are voting for a man who has openly said that he will do nothing to change abortion across America. I guarantee that if older Americans, ethnic groups, Christians, fill in your people group, were being slaughtered by anyone who did not want them around that we as Americans would step up and put a hault to the killings. It just so happens that this people group doesn’t have a voice and the last time I checked, Christians were called to give a voice to those who have none. Bock should be ashamed of himself. Murder is murder. The saddest commentary in this whole thing is summarized by these 2 points: (1) I cannot believe that we have to choose between 2 candidates, 1 of which believes that murdering people is ok. (2) I cannot believe that a leading Christian who’s opinion matters deeply to thousands would believe that our economy “weighs” even an ounce compared to the “weight” of millions of children.
Look at it this way. We all face being murdered if we continue down the economic and foreign relations path we are on. Given that we owe many countries absurdly high amounts of money, many of them are starting to collect on their debts and I do not think you can ever rule out more egregious actions to do so. I know it might seem far fetched now, but the United States is in a precarious situation. Obama’s stance on THOSE types of issues is what won him the election.
My guess is that Obama does not change the existing laws, though at least one conservative state couldn’t change the law to favor our views. That is a telling sign right there.
It is the GOPs fault for not running someone we could rally around and for not picking a more favorable running mate. McCain was amazing in 2000, but he lost his luster completely this time around.
Had the GOP been smart, this is the year they nominate Alan Keyes. Sure Obama beat him in the Illinois Senate race, but I think nationally Keyes might have raised some eyebrows.