QFD Episode 5 - God On Our Side

Episode 5 - God On Our Side

Should we beware of identifying God's politics too closely with our own? Is God on our side, or their side? Or...

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Biblical stories: Joshua 5:13-15 and Mark 9:39-40

In case you're wondering about my politics, in the last 4 US Presidential elections I've voted for people on the Republican, Democrat and Libertarian parties. I'm all over the map :-) I believe that Christians can vote Republican or Democrat or Libertarian or even Green. I STRONGLY believe that people should exercise their faith in the political realm, but I think it's helpful to see that we're following God; He's not following our political ideologies.

And that works beyond the political realm as well.

Happy Veterans' Day! To all those who have served in the armed forces, thank you for your sacrifice. To those in the military now (including my brother-in-law Mike), our prayers are with you. Thank you for serving at such a difficult time.

Links

CNN: Pat Robertson warns Pennsylvania voters of God's wrath

CNN: U. S. Death Toll in Iraq reaches 2,000

A survey of the Jewish political parties in the day of Jesus

GO: Interview with Jim Wallis - I'm not going to directly link to this one so that the feed won't get multiple enclosures. Go visit the Conversatio Fide podcast's blog and you'll see the Jim Wallis interview. For another fun Jim Wallis interview, check out his video clip from The Daily Show with Jon Stewart on this page.

[Update: Of course! After I post the podcast, I remember the great ol' Bob Dylan song, "With God On Our Side". It would have been an interesting thing to clip from. Sigh. Here's a link to Bob's lyrics. ]