A review of my election-related blog posts

Last updated on: July 17, 2014 at 2:28 pm by Morgan Guyton

A review of my election-related blog posts 2014-07-17T14:28:10-05:00 Morgan Guyton

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

I thought I I would share a share a summary of the blog posts that I’ve written related to the election since it’s the day before. As I’ve often shared, I think Christians can find justification in our faith to vote for either Barack Obama or Mitt Romney. What I do hope is that you would not vote based on an ideological false narrative about a group of people that you’ve swallowed without thinking about it. I have been quite distressed, for example, by how easy it is for my friends who don’t know any poor people personally to make all sorts of generalized statements about their “laziness” and “dependency” that don’t have any correspondence to the reality I have witnessed first-hand. If your primary basis for your electoral decision is that you don’t want “those lazy people” to get “my tax dollars,” then I have a problem with you because you’re talking in ignorance about people I know personally and care deeply about. In any case, here are 15 pieces I’ve written about election-related topics over the past three months or so in case you’ve missed any of it.

1) I pondered whether the political divide in our country is a rift within Jesus’ Great Commandment in which love of God and love of neighbor are being pitted against each other and named some of the recognitions that need to be made to undo this rift.

2) I named the ten types of people who I want to “lose” or be humbled somehow through this election since they are the real problem with the political climate in our country even if all of us fall into at least one of these categories.

3) I looked at the question of whether projecting strength or integrity on the global stage is a more Biblical foreign policy.

4) I offeredSister Simone Campbellas an example of how to transcend partisan gridlock in the movement to stop abortion from happening.

5) I looked at the two different kinds of Christianity that were represented by Pulpit Freedom Sunday and World Communion Sunday which happened on the same weekend.

6) I asked whether the braces and knee surgery that two girls in my former youth group got through Medicaid is making them “dependent” on the government or giving them an equal chance at success.

7) I looked at the conflation of two kinds of fear that I think explains the theological foundation of much of evangelical Christian politics.

8) I wrote about an act of witness and penance that I would like to do in Israel and Palestine.

9) I wrote a rap called “Jesus is My Candidate.”

10) I looked at the question of the 47% of people who don’t pay income taxes through the lens of the debate between Augustine and Pelagius over whether we are self-reliant or dependent on God’s grace for everything.

11) I asked whether God needs to be politically endorsed by any political party when there was controversy after Obama got backlash for clumsily trying to hinge support for an exclusively Jewish capitol city of Jerusalem to the presence of the name of God in the Democratic party platform.

12) I said, “God built it; we didn’t” to talk about how the widespread ethos of self-reliance in the evangelical church is a contradiction of our core theological conviction of justification by faith.

13) I contrasted the gospel of Ayn Rand with the gospel of Jesus.

14) I asked whether Christians are supposed to be a special interest group or a kingdom of disciples and evangelists.

15) I asked whether we want to be advocates like Jesus or accusers like Satan in our response to our society’s never-ending culture war.

Uncategorized

Previous Post

November 2, 2012

This is my Father's world (a rap for Emily)

Next Post

November 5, 2012 A prayer for peace and integrity at the polls

Browse Our Archives

Select a Category Advent Beauty Will Save the World Bible Big Picture: Ephesians Bloggers Book Christian salvation and the Beautitudes Culture Daily Office Danceable Homiletics Deadly Sins Deep Roots: Genesis Devotions Dominican Republic May 2011 El Principio Misericordia (The Mercy Principle) Five verses God tattooed on my heart Fundraising FutureGospel Good Biblical Words Henri Nouwen Interview Jennings' Christian Imagination Jesus inside the beltway Jesus Is My Candidate Jesus vs the Pharisees Jesus vs. Plato Journey to Eternity Looking Back on 2012 Love Actually Monday Merton Monday Merton Music Occupy the manger On Earth As It Is In Heaven Original Sin Podcast Poetry Politics Prayer Psalm 119 Radical Jesus 101 Reviews Sermon on the Mount Sermons Spanish Bible study Special Series Spiritual but not religious Synchroblog Theology Things that made me think Thomas a Kempis Ugliness Into Beauty Uncategorized Viaje Dominicano 2013 Walking in the Valley (Lent) Welcome: It's More than a Mat Wild Goose 2013 Wrestling

Select a Month March 2022 January 2022 December 2021 September 2021 April 2021 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 May 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 December 2019 November 2019 October 2019 September 2019 August 2019 June 2019 May 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 January 2019 December 2018 November 2018 October 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 May 2018 April 2018 March 2018 February 2018 January 2018 December 2017 November 2017 October 2017 September 2017 August 2017 July 2017 June 2017 May 2017 April 2017 March 2017 February 2017 January 2017 December 2016 November 2016 October 2016 September 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011

TAKE THE

Religious Wisdom Quiz

What is the last word in the Bible?

Select your answer to see how you score.

Amen Jesus Hallelujah Forever