Politics

Rev. David Stokes will fill in for me on Monday and Tuesday of this week.
David Stokes has been a friend of my family for nearly 40 years. He grew up in my hometown of Taylor, graduated from high school with my older brother, and is still good friends with him (and me).
David is a pastor, [...]

Here’s the audio of my conversation with former Secret Service Agent Jerry Parr, the man credited with saving President Reagan’s life on March 30, 1981:
Former Secret Service Agent Jerry Parr

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Faith in Public Life points out that more people over 45 and less people under 30 voted in last Tuesday’s election:
Faith in Public Life crunched some exit poll numbers last night and asked experts on the intersection of faith and politics to provide some commentary. First, the numbers.
Eighty-seven percent of voters said they were worried [...]

Dr. John Mark Reynold’s has an important essay at Crosswalk.com:
Some noteworthy graphs:
Nobody needs feel shame to be a Republican, because when it came time to confront the original sin of the nation—slavery—the Republican Party was on the Lord’s side. In the great battle of my time, the war against communist tyranny, the Republican Party led [...]

According to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center, 61% of Americans say it is important that members of Congress have strong religious beliefs. 51% of Americans also say that churches should keep out of politics, though 43% indicated the church has an obligation to express its views on social and political questions.
The survey [...]