Articles I Have Been Reading Lately
Here are links to a few articles I have read recently that have got me to thinking...
'Life is Bigger Than Politics', by Rebecca Hagelin
'No Longer a Christian', by Karen Horst Cobb
This second article I think articulates well the left's version of morality that is the core difference between the two major parties this election. I have read several articles and blogs of people who voted for Kerry who don't understand the 'values' that cause people to prefer Bush over Kerry. They seem to feel the same way as this Ms. Cobb. They have no synthesis of the God of the New Testament with the (same) God of the Old Testament. While she points out some legitimate grievances with professing Christians (none of whom I believe would claim to be perfect), and she certainly seems to have a grasp of the New Testament (although Jesus never said that you would know Christians by the fruits of the Spirit), she doesn't recognize that God does indeed allow for capital punishment (Ananias and Sapphira?). I don't doubt that what she has seen and heard from a few Christians is true. But I think she lacks an understanding of the true nature of sin and death.
It's this lack of understanding that is the problem for democrats who can't comprehend this difference in 'moral values' between Kerry supporters and Bush supporters. They are perplexed. They don't acknowledge an absolute literal God, and they base their values on what seems right to them. They think that education will solve the world's problems - witness the failure of sex education in the schools. To them, ignorance is the problem, education is the answer. But the truth is, sin is the problem, and Jesus is the answer.
'Life is Bigger Than Politics', by Rebecca Hagelin
'No Longer a Christian', by Karen Horst Cobb
This second article I think articulates well the left's version of morality that is the core difference between the two major parties this election. I have read several articles and blogs of people who voted for Kerry who don't understand the 'values' that cause people to prefer Bush over Kerry. They seem to feel the same way as this Ms. Cobb. They have no synthesis of the God of the New Testament with the (same) God of the Old Testament. While she points out some legitimate grievances with professing Christians (none of whom I believe would claim to be perfect), and she certainly seems to have a grasp of the New Testament (although Jesus never said that you would know Christians by the fruits of the Spirit), she doesn't recognize that God does indeed allow for capital punishment (Ananias and Sapphira?). I don't doubt that what she has seen and heard from a few Christians is true. But I think she lacks an understanding of the true nature of sin and death.
It's this lack of understanding that is the problem for democrats who can't comprehend this difference in 'moral values' between Kerry supporters and Bush supporters. They are perplexed. They don't acknowledge an absolute literal God, and they base their values on what seems right to them. They think that education will solve the world's problems - witness the failure of sex education in the schools. To them, ignorance is the problem, education is the answer. But the truth is, sin is the problem, and Jesus is the answer.
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