“Evangelical” Politicians
You may find it surprising that as a little “e” evangelical Christian I’m quite skeptical of politicians who claim the “Evangelical” moniker. Generally, as I understand the situation, Evangelical politicians are concerned with issues like prayer in public schools, public displays of the Ten Commandments, reclaiming America and other issues that have almost no connection to the Gospel, the very substance of evangelical Christianity.
Could it be that Evangelical politicians are really just proponents of America’s civil religion (which is vastly different from Christianity)? If that’s what they’re concerned about it’s fine with me (not that I share those concerns), but I would prefer it not be called Evangelical politics. I’m convinced that these politicians and their mouthpieces have misrepresented Christianity to America. It would be wise for us little “e” evangelicals to distance ourselves from these politicians so as not to convey to our neighbors that Christianity is just the religious arm of the Republican party.
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Political Litter
Today as members of our church left the building following the worship service they found their vehicles littered with promotial material for Howard Kaloogian. Mr. Kaloogian is running for Congress and obviously would like to receive the vote of the Christian community. I’m sure he was not directly related to today’s litter campaign, but I find this type of action to be quite annoying and it certainly doesn’t make me want to vote for him.
