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The other half of my general session, in which I told my story of faith and theology, went better, I think.\u00a0 I also gave a couple seminars and got to hang out with friends.\u00a0 It was, all in all, a great time with little sleep.\u00a0 I\u2019m home a couple days \u2014 long enough to vote and to spend a day buying furniture at IKEA \u2014 then I\u2019m off to Greenwich, CT, to speak at Trinity Church<\/a>, which will include time with two of my favorite persons: Ian Cron and Pete Rollins.<\/p>\n

But, of course, today\u2019s election takes precendence.\u00a0 Yesterday, in a last ditch effort to sway a voter or two, I went on Way of the Master Radio<\/a>, described by someone on my Facebook page<\/a> as an even more sarcastic, Christian Rush Limbaugh.\u00a0 We spoke about abortion, and I was asked to defend how a pro-life Christian (which I am not, at least by the usual definition) can vote for Obama.\u00a0 I found both Todd, the host, and Scott, my opponent, to be gracious \u2014 at least while I was on the air.\u00a0 The last 15-minute segment got cut, which is too bad, but you can listen to the podcast starting about halfway in here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Photo Credit: Adam Berry\/Bloomberg News<\/p>\n

So, now today begins.\u00a0 I am convinced that the day will end with a landslide win by Obama.\u00a0 The real question, it seems to me, is whether the Democrats will reach 60 in the Senate.\u00a0 I won\u2019t be helping on that account, since I\u2019ll be voting for Independence Party candidate, Dean Barkley<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"