House Church Talk - a lesson from the election

[Dan Beaty]

David,

You have a point there, my good buddy. It looks like the toleration for
things that are abominable to God turned out to a disadvantage for John
Kerry and others. Many people evidently felt the time had come to stand up
and say enough is enough.

In looking at the maps I really realized how the country was divided up
between the larger cities and the rural areas and smaller cities, from which
most conservative votes came.

In fact, my city, which some still view as a "cow town" gave more of its
votes to the liberal side.

Like many other Christians, my interest in the political side of America has
increased in recent years. For a some years I doubted that Christians had
any business in this arena. I still do not know much about what goes on, but
believe that we should at least express our convictions on the more serious
issues.

Dan B.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Anderson" <david at housechurch.org>
To: <House Church Talk  at housechurch.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 3:51 PM
Subject: House Church Talk -  a lesson from the election


>
>     Hi all,
>
> Obviously, it is beyond the scope of our list to analyze things political
> on a regular basis. I would like, however, to relate something from the
> elections to our life beyond traditional churches. With your permission,
> of course...
>
> All truth has a certain connectedness, by the way. ALL things are of,
> through, and to God. Thus, there is really no separation of the
> sacred/secular.
>
> I keep noticing that institutions such as religious denominations, their
> colleges, and even political parties, over time, drift away from their
> founding principles. Why is this?
>
> Be that as it may, I suspect that the Democrats just lost ground because
> they have come to stand for "tolerance" more than much else. Imo. As a
> result, many formerly complacent Christians came out to vote them out.
> (Now, I know that I am painting in LARGE strokes and that there are fine
> Democrats in their party and in the church. One size doesn't fit all.
> There are plenty of Republicans, too, who seem to be dispossessed of
> common sense. The US Senate contains a number of such specimens.)
>
> But I do believe that many voters viewed the cultural war in America -
> not the War on Terrorism - as a threat to their welfare and as motivation
> to vote.
>
> Certainly, when it comes to the church, we observe that the older
> denominations are losing millions of members because of "tolerance." With
> these things in mind, don't feel that a house church has got to
> accommodate everything and everybody. Certain things were meant to be
> intolerable among the saints. It is a lie to believe that by accepting
> everything, people will like you - they may eventually hate you.
>
>     David Anderson
>
>
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