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Links For 10\/18\/12: <\/strong><\/h2>\n

Ryan Holmes: Why It\u2019s Time to Kill Email<\/a><\/p>\n

Timothy Dalrymple: We Need Better, Not Less, Religion in Politics<\/a><\/p>\n

USA Today: Debate a Split Decision<\/a><\/p>\n

New York Times Editorial: Obama Turns It Around<\/a><\/p>\n

New York Post Editorial: Mitt Wins on Points<\/a><\/p>\n

RealClearPolitics:<\/em> Crowley Says Romney Was Mainly Right about Libya Terrorism Critique<\/a><\/p>\n

Adelle M. Banks: Evangelicals for the Pill<\/a><\/p>\n

Peter Brookes: Al-Qaeda Again on Rise<\/a><\/p>\n

George Jonas: Sanctions Won\u2019t Stop Iran<\/a><\/p>\n

Ron Sider: War, Pacifism and a Third Option<\/a><\/p>\n

Fyodor Lukyanov: Remembering the Nuclear Red Line<\/a><\/p>\n

Quotations<\/strong>\u00a0\u0097<\/strong><\/h2>\n

When Christians Get Depressed<\/a>: \u201cMy raw material may be shoddy \u2013 my genetic code seemingly designed for depression \u2013 but God is using it to transform me. My pride was my downfall, but my faith is my salvation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brave Small World<\/a>: \u201cApplied to theology then, to observe is to\u00a0be disturbed\u00a0<\/em>by God. It is to have your eyes opened, your heart transformed, you spirit moved, your mind changed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Social Media and Privacy<\/a>: \u201cIn years past, if I were at a dinner party at your home, I would not take a photo of you, print multiple copies, and then send it to all of my friends without first asking your permission. Why, then, would I think it\u2019s okay to do this digitally?\u201d<\/p>\n

When Sunday School Is for Mommies<\/a>: \u201cSo what has been coming out of Mommy lately?\u201d<\/p>\n

Why God Loves Play<\/a>: \u201cFrom God\u2019s perspective, play is not a distraction from \u201creal life.\u201d Play is so important partly because it prefigures the final\u00a0state of affairs: the joy of the celebration of God\u2019s kingdom.\u201d<\/p>\n

Religion and Wooing Voters<\/a>: \u201cChurch affiliation has always been the way people in my hometown have identified themselves. California has the Crips and the Bloods. Georgia has the Baptists and the Methodists\u2026 It\u2019s a way of saying there\u2019s\u00a0me<\/em>, then there is\u00a0you<\/em>.\u00a0Us<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0them. Blacks\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Whites. Christians\u00a0<\/em>and\u00a0Muslims. The Anointed\u00a0<\/em>and the\u00a0Anti-Christ<\/em>\u2026Wearisome rhetoric devised to divvy up property rights to heaven.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Leave It There<\/a>: \u201cIt\u2019s ironic. People are always accusing politicians of being hypocrites, but in this instance we have a large segment of the population actually demanding it of them. \u201cGo to church all you want, but leave it there\u201d has nothing at all to do with separation of church and state.\u201d<\/p>\n

Your Money Or Your Life<\/a>: \u201cAll this talk about \u2018stewardship of God\u2019s resources\u2019. Jesus didn\u2019t talk like that. He said, \u2018It is very difficult for a rich person to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. That is to say, \u2018It is very difficult for a rich person to be saved.\u2019 or to put it another way, \u2018It is very easy for a rich person to go to hell.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Evangelization Needs Profanity<\/a>: \u201cOur example is Jesus. A very rude houseguest sometimes. The Rabbi who humiliates you in front of friends and company, then dies for you afterwards. This is love. Total madness. Christ.\u201d<\/p>\n

A Candidate\u2019s Religion Counts<\/a>: \u201cA good voter will take religion into account. A bigot will consider religious views with littler or no political bearing and refuse to vote for a man who has ideas he thinks are \u201cweird.\u201d Such a bigot misses the fact that his \u201cweird\u201d is another man\u2019s normal.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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