“Cease striving and know that I am God;
I will be exalted among the nations,
I will be exalted in the earth.” -Psalm 46
So, tomorrow, you know, it’s a big day for a lot of people. And I understand why. From their perspective.
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Tag Archives: vote
No Christian Has a Moral Duty To Vote Anyone for President
I’ve heard it said that we have a duty to vote.
I hang my head.
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“You Didn’t Vote! You Can’t Complain!” Why Many Christians Don’t Vote
“The revolution will be drowned in the ballot boxes—which is not surprising, since they were made for that purpose.” —Jean-Paul Sartre
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Why So Many Christians Vote Libertarian
In the past 2 weeks my goal was to break down as simply as possible why many in Christians in general vote for either of the two major parties in elections. But what about third parties? The Libertarian party has grown more popular in recent elections. Why do so many Christians choose to vote for this third party? Christians who are staunchly Republican or Democratic may wonder why anyone would dare vote for a party that has yet to put a President in office.
[Click here for my treatment of Christian Republicans
here for my treatment of Christian Democrats
and here for Christian non-voters]
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Why So Many Christians Vote Republican
In the next 2 weeks my goal is to break down as simply as possible why many in Christians in general vote for either of the two major parties in elections. Christians who are staunchly Republican may wonder why someone who shares the same beliefs, values, and worldview would dare vote for a Democratic. Christians who are staunchly Democratic may wonder why someone who shares the same beliefs, values, and worldview would dare vote for a Republican. Christians who are neither of these may wonder the same about either.
[click here for my answer to why so many Christians vote Democrat
here for my answer to why so many Christians vote Libertarian
here for my answer to why so many Christians abstain from voting]
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Electing Faithfulness Part 10: About 5 More Issues to Examine
[back to part 9: Education]
“And other issues to consider”
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“Issues I may not care less about, but am squeezing together for time’s sake”
or
“Ok, Caleb Coy, let’s hurry up and wrap this thing up—I gotta vote in like 3 days.”
So, remember how I’ve been going on about Ron Paul because I’m writing his name in even though he’s not running? In this post I will get into things I disagree with him on, or am unsure about. This post will also cover other issues I have yet to mention. After this, I plan on having a final post to reflect on the whole experience before we all go and jump in those booths. It may be that I have a post after that to reflect on the results, and I already know that no matter what I will be reminding us all not to panic, because Christ will still be King when it’s all over.
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Electing Faithfulness part 9: Our Future is the Hands of our Students
[back to part 8: The War on Some Drugs]
“Our Future is the Hands of our Students”
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“High Stakes and Low Standards”
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“High Standards, but Low Barriers”
or
“Repeal NCLB already!”
Our school systems rank toward the bottom of the list when compared with those of other industrialized countries. Sure, we may be able to brag about churning out all kinds of Nobel winners and innovators, but most of our students are graduating without the knowledge they should have, meaning that those Nobel prize winners stand on the other side of a gap too far from most of our other students. Our schools pass a lot of kids because our schools are too easy.
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Electing Faithfulness: Part 1: Considering Third Roads
Considering Third Roads
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What’s Wrong with These Guys?
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Egyptians or Amorites? Who’s it Gonna Be?
You heard a debate the other day. It was between two guys likely to take the role of single individual holding the most official power in America. Seems like a big deal. It is, in a way, but when you look at the big picture, it ends up not being much of one at all. Still, a pretty big deal.
So many of you will likely think of picking choice A or B. I see why. I mean, this is how the game seems to work, right? People give you two choices and you pick one of them. And to be fair, in all likelihood, it will be one of these two fellas. That’s how the system tends to work. I will tell you now that I don’t intend on voting for either of these guys.
One way in which it has been explained is this:
CALEB COY 