Friday, May 04, 2007

Double Dose Friday: Kingdom Come

…Lord, is this the time when you are restoring the kingdom …?
(Acts 1:6 – NET)

Interestingly enough, in the light of two of our recent posts on Christians and political endeavors, Patriotic Pietism and Cultural Crusaders

(yeah, as if we really had anything to do with it)

the Center For Reclaiming America has closed.

Here is an insightful commentary from Cal Thomas about this issue.

HT: Sharper Iron

5 comments:

Even So... said...

BTW, yes I vote, and no, I'm not suggesting Christians shouldn't be involved in politics...read the other articles, and the Cal Thomas piece as well....

Anonymous said...

Cal nails it with this one:

"To paraphrase a verse familiar to most Christians, what shall it profit a man if he gains the White House, but loses his own soul?

Even So... said...

Yeah, Steve, I thought Cal did a really good job with that whole article...

Even So... said...

I do hope people pray for Dr. Kennedy, by God's grace he has done much for the kingdom, despite the fact that I think he went too far in this aspect...

Anonymous said...

Yeah, pray for him today because you or I might also need mercy for pressing on in over exuberance in some way tomorrow. I should pour out grace & love abundantly to reflect the abundance I've received from above (& need to continue receiving).