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Discussion of George Gillespie's Wholesome Severity Reconciled with Christian Liberty
Political microscopy was Re: WF: Deut. 13:6-9 
Subject: Political microscopy  was Re: WF: Deut. 13:6-9
From: Todd Pedlar 
Date: Wed, 07 May 1997 15:56:56 -0500

Raymond P. Joseph wrote:
> 
> At 02:09 PM 5/7/97 -0500, Ed Miles wrote:
> >>Drive through the church parking lots in your city on any given Sunday
> >>morning taking note of the various bumper stickers which address the
> >>subject of Bill and Hillary.   

> Doubtless we are responsible for much of the failure which
> indeed rests upon us.   However, when it comes to Bill and Hillary,
> God does not ignore the law of the land;  their character flaws are so
> obvious that even non-Christians can see the nature of what is needed:
> a trial and conviction for breaking the laws.   

This is surely drifting far off topic, but would you apply the same 
standards to Newt and his pals on the Republican side of the aisle?  
Or the venerable George Herbert Walker Bush and friends?  This kind 
of single-sided attack on the sitting president while pretending that 
the members of the other party are NOT into the same monkey business is 
absolutely ludicrous - it really gets my goat.

I'm not taking any sides here, because I'm sure that Democrats in 73 
were equally guilty of actions as offensive those as Nixon and his 
cronies at Watergate. I just think that if one is to suddenly call 
for squeaky clean ethics among our politicians, one should look at 
BOTH sides with the same lens.  Otherwise we look as ethically skewed 
as the objects of our derision (and rightfully so), which is not 
something I think we want as Christians.

> God has the list of the elect - we do not.  We are to pray for all men,
> and witness the Gospel to all men.    

Indeed - all glory and honor be to the Father.

> But we should not shirk from calling
> for justice to be done in the case of our president and his wife.

Absolutely - as long as we don't shirk from calling for justice in the 
case of "our" party as well.  I don't hear much of that from my more 
politically active friends in the church.

Peace,

Todd
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