by Bret Capranica | Jul 22, 2008 | Culture, Presidential History
Eric Redmond posts an excellent article describing why some African Americans will vote for someone with whom they may have fundamental spiritual and philosophical differences. How Can Any Christian African American Vote for Obama? Throwing the Race Card on an All Black Table – A Man from...
by Bret Capranica | Jun 26, 2008 | Presidential History
Recently I finished reading Joseph P. Ellis’ Founding Brothers. It is an excellent look into some of the most fundamental relationships and issues that shaped our country in its formative years. Here are a few excerpts I found interesting from the book: What in retrospect has the look of a foreordained unfolding of God’s will was in reality an improvisational affair in which sheer chance, pure luck – both good and bad – and specific decisions made in the crucible of specific military and political crises determined the outcome (5). So is Ellis’ attempt to rub deity out of the nation’s historic beginnings. Obviously, Ellis is not writing from a biblical perspective. Instead, he chastises the Founder’s religious outlook from a purely secular world-view. Here’s how I think this should be re-written: What in retrospect has the look of sheer chance, pure luck – both good and bad – and specific decisions made in the crucible of specific military and political crises was in reality a foreordained unfolding of God’s will that determined the outcome. Ah – the very look of God’s providence every time. Regarding Aaron Burr: His grandfather, the great theologian Jonathan Edwards, had once said that we were all depraved creatures, mere spiders hanging precariously over a never-ending fire. But Burr’s entire life had been a sermon on the capacity of the sagacious spider to lift himself out of hellish difficulties and spin webs that trapped others (21). Compare this to Ian Murray’s account from his biography of Jonathan Edwards: “In a career as a soldier, lawyer, and politician – becoming Vice President of the United...
by Bret Capranica | Jun 25, 2008 | Culture, Presidential History
Don’t bother wasting time discussing the gospel – that’s the sense you get when reading the quotes from the more liberally aligned Obama supporters who express their regret that more weighty issues were not dealt with during a recent meeting with the presumptive Democratic nominee for President. It seems however, that Obama took the time to answer gospel oriented questions – whether you agree or disagree with his answers. Pastors Focus On Faith, Morals In Private Meeting –...
by Bret Capranica | Jun 20, 2008 | Catholicism, Presidential History
Tony Blair did it after he left office (perhaps to due to his wife’s Catholicism). Will President Bush convert to Catholicism? This article seems to think so. George W Bush meets Pope amid claims he might convert to Catholicism –...
by Bret Capranica | May 19, 2008 | Presidential History
Thabiti Anyabwile points us to a recent article detailing Hillary Clinton’s desperate attempts to win the Democratic nomination for President, and doing it by playing the race card. How she is still in the race after these comments is mind boggling. Pure Church: The Clintons Are Bad for Race...
by Bret Capranica | Dec 16, 2007 | Culture, Presidential History
Posting articles I marked while on my blogging hiatus: Wayne Grudem says we should vote for a Mormon to become President – and that’s no small endorsement in my book. Townhall.com::Why Evangelicals Should Support Mitt Romney::By Wayne Grudem Search for Romney at Justin Taylor’s blog for more up to date articles and discussion. What do you...
