One of the most significant revelations to emerge from the 2006 election is the Democrats’ enormous success with faith-based outreach. Democrats who were willing to share their faith with voters consistently exceeded expectations. Lost causes became close races. Close races became solid victories. Solid victories became landslides. (more…) Read more
By Jesse Lava, 11/07/06 At FaithfulDemocrats.com, we believe God longs for a politics of compassion and social justice. We believe all of God's creation must be restored and exalted. We believe war may be taken only as a necessity and last resort. We believe families are best served by a society that promotes the common good, not selfishness and materialism. (more…) Read more
The question becomes, "What does it actually mean to follow Jesus, especially in modern times, or in middle- or upper-middle class North America?" If you're going to take the words of Jesus seriously – those ones about "losing your life for his sake" and "denying yourself" – well, what's your life going to look like? (more…) Read more
The best way to reduce the number of abortions is by overturning Roe v. Wade. I plan to vote for PRO LIFE candidates on Tuesday! In Lava's email (today) he asked, "How Would Jesus Vote?" The Jesus I know, the One who lives in me in the person of the Holy Spirit, is telling me to vote PRO LIFE. James 4:17 says, "Therefore, to one who knows the right thing to do and does not do it, to him... Read more
The Ted Haggard scandal gives grassroots evangelicals something to ponder as they enter the voting booth on Tuesday, and it will have reverberations for evangelicalism and for the Religious Right far beyond the mid-term elections. (more…) Read more
Drum roll please…. (more…) Read more
Anyone who will or can be in the D.C. area on Friday afternoon, November 17th, is invited to attend a conference titled "Challenges Facing Young African American Men, Their Families, and Their Communities: The Role of Policy Culture, Culture, and Faith." The conference will be held at the D.C. Convention Center, room 145A, from 1:00 – 4:30. (more…) Read more
It wasn’t too long ago that this country experienced the so-called “Republican Revolution” and Americans were told by those like Newt Gingrich that their newly elected officials would be as “pure as the driven snow”. (more…) Read more
Why has the "Faithful community" here tried so hard to justify homosexuality? You make claims that the Bible will only condem that which is forced but not that which is consensual and "loving". This is just plain rubbish. Where else do you want to see lines blured for the sake of being politically correct? Guess what fokes, the Bible isn't politically correct. It calls sin, sin. The Bible can be our only guide to that which is true. Feelings cannot... Read more
Saddam’s execution cannot become the tableau against which anyone dares to proclaim “Mission Accomplished”: it will rather be only the sad, and sadly unavoidable, end to an individual career of tyranny. (more…) Read more
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