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How Should A Christian Act Under A President (or any Candidate) He Didn’t Want?

A lot of Democrats (or Republicans–including those of the Christian persuasion) have been making a lot of noise about Obama (or Clinton or Trump or Whomever) winning either the candidacy or the Presidency. Maybe they haven’t been making as much noise about a Democrat (or Republican) House and Senate but the noise has been there nevertheless. At points some of these same people (Christians included) come up to me and say “So what are you going to do now that such-and-such  lost?” My answer is exactly the same if such-and-such, (or any of my desired Candidates) had won.

My answer is exactly the same for any president in place that I didn’t want. And this post works on either side of the aisle or even within your party of choice.

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arminianism calvinism christ salvation

Rey’s Daffodil: What This Non-Calvinist Looks Like

At this stage in my life I have moved from a Calvinistic system (I didnt’ call it that) through an Arminian system (didn’t call it that either), back to a Calvinistic position (I still didn’t call it that though I knew I wasn’t Arminian which I didn’t call it that either) towards something else that I don’t know what to call but I know it’s not Calvinistic and some may even say it’s Arminian though I don’t know for sure at this point. I wanted to state with broad strokes what I think about TULIPPS (7 Point Calvinism) in particular without citing the verses (for now since they’re often the same verses that both Calvinists and Arminians cite but usually embedded in their broader context) while positively stating what I believe at this point of my development (I use the acronym DAFFODIL). This might make me a Big Hairy Tick but at this point this is what I think is generally closer to the teaching of Scripture. I will state the Calvinist position first, the Arminian position second and then my own position. I’ll reserve the WHY or the HOW for any discussion that might flow from this. I will also link to discussion threads where I’ve dealt with these issues as well.

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metas & memes

Christian Carnival is Up at Fish and Cans

Enjoy.

Some goodies which I may or may not agree with but are enjoyable reading.

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church current affairs

Should Christians Vote?

Some time ago I wrote about how a Christian who stands on the Gospel is to act in regards to the government. But I want to address a different aspect by asking the following to us American Christians: should Christians vote?

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metas & memes

Christian Carnival Is Up

Over at Rodney Olson’s blog. Some faves that you might want to check out:

Ehrman on John 1:18 posted at Parableman.

Success Professor on how to Simplify Your Budget.

Pseudo-Polymath on Ethics and the State.

Participatory Bible Study Blog with the post Sacrifice Then and Now