in spite of the fact that I support Bush, I am not convinced that a
Christian can serve as President or leader of any earthly
nation. Not that God would disapprove, so much,
but that decisions have to be made that are not "Christian."
If I am one who believes in turning the other cheek, as President, I would be
imposing my belief system on an entire nation (my own). Death for a
Christian is something not to be feared. The death of a nation is of no
biblical concern of a Christian.
For heaven’s sake, John,
who BETTER to be President than a Christian? Perhaps you want Slick Willie
again???????????? A Christian Pres
does NOT have to impose his beliefs on the nation—only administer the
laws justly as they were meant to be administered!!! And only make the best
decision he can after prayer—the Lord answers the prayers of a righteous
man. If you don’t think so,
just reflect back on our nation’s history and all the decisions made by
godly men in high office that we are now so thankful for! Get a grip, John, there is nothing to
fear in leadership through godly men!
(What are you THINKING???) Furthermore!
If this nation dies so does all the good that Christians have been able to do
through this nation for the past 200+ years. (In spite of what our Canadian
friends think.)
I mean, look at the struggle Bonhoffer went thru dealing with his faith and the
conviction that Hitler must die. The answers that Lance gave are not the
answers of any of the political liberals in our country. But they
are (for the most part) answers from a Christian conviction. Bonhoeffer’s mistake was in thinking that God
would want an individual to take up arms apart from under his government’s
authority as an armed militia. Going out by yourself just makes you a
murderer. I applaud his good
intentions, but not his methods. (My opinion only!)
The quotes presented by Bill present an early church that did not consider
itself to be involved in the political circumstance of the day.
Should we? If the
early church had had the freedom to vote, don’t you think they would have
considered it their responsibility under God to do so???? Izzy
In fact, JudyT 's response was a faith response as well. We
keep coming back to that kind of response.
And how much time do we have to spend on politics and the secular struggle as
opposed to finding our nitch in the work of sharing the gospel to a dying
world?
a brother , John Smithson
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