| | some items worth checking out:1. my senior pastor decided not to watch the superbowl out of bitterness because his favorite cowboys were eliminated. he liveblogged and i can say humbly and bodly, he is way cooler than yours. :)
http://www.sovgracechurch.com/blog/?p=512
2. if anyone has read my blog for any length of time, you have noticed my thoughts changing about politics. i liked politics, i didn't like politics. well i still dont but i wrote the following about super tuesday:
I mentioned a couple of months ago, that I was distancing myself from
the whole political arena. well, i still don't have the full one
hundred percent zeal i had, but i do have some thoughts on the matter
as a registured indepentant, i cant vote on tuesday but here are my thoughts:
gop
I'll admit I like watch to Huckabee in debates, but on issues, I tend
to distance myself from him. He kind of scares me with his far fetched
ideas. Rommey, the whole mormon becoming president isn't a factor for
me, but this guy reminds me of a used car salesman. i think he did
handle business situations well but the job of president of the united
states is not like a business. McCain is my gop favorite because, he is
conservative, maybe not ultra conservative but he is a conservative who
does not change his ideals as time goes on. He is also committed to
working on both sides of the asle, polling numbers have been displayed
that whoever is elected on in the oval office will be working with a
democratic congress. Playing together is something the president will
have to do and McCain has done it. But also, from the mutiple poll data
I have read, McCain is the only gop candidate that could beat either
hillary or obama.
my gop pick: mccain.
on the democratic side, hillary and obama. i find it funny that nobody
calls obama by his first name. that aside, i think the democrats have a
strong chance of being elected in the white house. however, i think it
is good to weight both politcal parties before jumping on the bandwagon
on any particular candidate.
hillary: before i get hazed for saything this, keep this thought in
mind: we have to be mindful of our allies. right now alot of countries
dispise us, which doesn't bother me, but as a man who wants to protect
his family from the possiblity of a terroist attack, having a female in
office, not good idea. we have to think of the effects this could have
on our middle eastern allies although she does have a strong foreign
policy but we must think through.
obama: maybe why we call him obama instead of barrack, is it reminds us
of iraq. either way, i like this kid, his wisdom but also his ability
to stir up a crowd and protray hope. we are looking for a candidate
that unites our country and even though i may not agree with most of
his policies, i think that he could do a good job bringing the usa back
to the UNITED states of america. however his lack of experience does
scream loudly to me and the voice of my ultra conservative breathen
saying he's the anti-christ screams in my ears too.
my dnc pick: obama
i think we as christians cannot let this election go by because we
don't find a candidate who matches up clearly with our platforms. in
fact, i was talking with a friend of mine who recalled the '96 election
and when james dobson told everyone not to vote because bob dole wasn't
conservative enough. then what happened? we got bill clinton. both were
not ideal but one could have done a better job than the other.
so let's not do that again. but my main overarching idea comes fromt
the pen of Al Mohler, which i think is something we need to keep in
mind:
"The rhetoric of the race -- and the rhetoric of many evangelicals --
is disturbing. This race is important and necessarily so. We are
talking about the next President of the United States, after all. But
evangelicals have invested far too much hope in the political process.
No government can make people good, transform humanity, or eliminate
sin. The political sphere is important, but never ultimate. Jesus
Christ is Lord -- and He will be Lord regardless of who sits in the
Oval Office."
3. even though i have many things on my mind, one thought remains:
the Lord is faithful.
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