Christian Politics X http://www.christianpoliticsx.com Therefore go and make disciples of all nations...not nations of all disciples Tue, 05 Mar 2013 04:04:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Isn’t Politics the Governance of Culture? With the Merely… http://www.christianpoliticsx.com/2013/03/04/isnt-politics-the-governance-of-culture-with-the-merely/ http://www.christianpoliticsx.com/2013/03/04/isnt-politics-the-governance-of-culture-with-the-merely/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 04:04:55 +0000 Marc Schooley http://www.christianpoliticsx.com/?p=210 This is a follow-up to the last post, considering politics as merely the governance of culture. Perhaps what is meant by the inclusion of the word merely is that in some way, politics exists in some form of neutral—dare I say Pelagian—manner that is only corrupted by fallen humanity, and by injecting the light of Christ into it, [...]

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]]> http://www.christianpoliticsx.com/2013/03/04/isnt-politics-the-governance-of-culture-with-the-merely/feed/ 2 The Governance of Culture, Excluding the Merely http://www.christianpoliticsx.com/2013/03/02/the-governance-of-culture-excluding-the-merely/ http://www.christianpoliticsx.com/2013/03/02/the-governance-of-culture-excluding-the-merely/#comments Sun, 03 Mar 2013 04:28:49 +0000 Marc Schooley http://www.christianpoliticsx.com/?p=204 Isn’t politics merely the governance of culture? Unsurprisingly, I’m sure, I do not agree with this proposition. I’d also be quite willing to wager that within the intellectual economies where this phrase is briskly traded, its creators would sell off a reduction of the governance of culture to politics. They have a staggeringly more dynamic [...]

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]]> http://www.christianpoliticsx.com/2013/02/16/questions-on-politics/feed/ 4 If Gandalf says it… http://www.christianpoliticsx.com/2013/01/28/if-gandalf-says-it/ http://www.christianpoliticsx.com/2013/01/28/if-gandalf-says-it/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 03:47:37 +0000 Marc Schooley http://www.christianpoliticsx.com/?p=186 Saw The Hobbit with Shema this weekend. Exceptionally well done, thoroughly enjoyed it. “Saruman believes it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found.  I found it is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay:  small acts of kindness and [...]

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]]> http://www.christianpoliticsx.com/2013/01/28/if-gandalf-says-it/feed/ 1 They’re starting to see it… http://www.christianpoliticsx.com/2012/11/20/theyre-starting-to-see-it/ http://www.christianpoliticsx.com/2012/11/20/theyre-starting-to-see-it/#comments Wed, 21 Nov 2012 04:33:20 +0000 Marc Schooley http://www.christianpoliticsx.com/?p=177 I’ve returned from the ice planet of Hoth that is North Dakota and the Narnia of Canada. We did it up right at the fourth installment of the WestMan Bible Conference. Some great preaching and teaching occurred, as did some fine fellowship. And, since Shema survived her return trip running-out-of-gas ordeal unscathed, thanks to some [...]

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]]> http://www.christianpoliticsx.com/2012/11/20/theyre-starting-to-see-it/feed/ 2 Politics and Religion: Oil and Water http://www.christianpoliticsx.com/2012/11/13/politics-and-religion-oil-and-water/ http://www.christianpoliticsx.com/2012/11/13/politics-and-religion-oil-and-water/#comments Wed, 14 Nov 2012 03:32:02 +0000 cldyck http://www.christianpoliticsx.com/?p=157 This week, the news media is spurring speculation about the petitions for secession on the White House petition page. One of them, for the state of Texas, has well exceeded its required minimum of 25,000 signatures; last I checked, it was clocking along over 80,000. For the record, I question whether it would be if [...]

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]]> http://www.christianpoliticsx.com/2012/11/08/the-plague-of-war/feed/ 3 Congratulations President Obama http://www.christianpoliticsx.com/2012/11/06/congratulations-president-obama/ http://www.christianpoliticsx.com/2012/11/06/congratulations-president-obama/#comments Wed, 07 Nov 2012 05:21:17 +0000 Marc Schooley http://www.christianpoliticsx.com/?p=151 The verse below is a reminder for us, not the President. To him, we say congratulations and offer him our prayers. I, for one, am repulsed at the copious helpings of Christian animosity and rancor cast in his direction. One can cast the lots, but the decision comes from the Lord. “Your Majesty, the Most High God gave your father Nebuchadnezzar [...]

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