Politics Archives

An Open Letter to President-Elect Obama (November 6, 2008) - The following open letter to President-Elect Obama, written by Margaret Buckley, was posted on the Girltalk blog. Dear President-Elect Obama, Today I shed tears of joy, along with hundreds of thousands of Americans, for the great victory of your election.... ( Keep Reading » )

Praying for President Obama (November 5, 2008) - On Sunday I told my church that after the election half the country would be elated, confident that all would be right in the world because their candidate won; the other half dejected and sure that the world had ended... ( Keep Reading » )

John Frame on Christians and Political Choices (September 17, 2008) - My friend Tony Reinke shared the following quote by theologian John Frame over at my Church Blog. I think it's worth repeating here: "...in some cultures (like the ancient Roman, in which the New Testament was written) there is not... ( Keep Reading » )

Abortion and the Ballot Box (September 16, 2008) - Over at my "Church Blog" I've done a post entitled "Correspondence on Abortion and Voting." It addresses the issue of abortion and how it should affect the decisions Christians make at the ballot box. The post is composed of a... ( Keep Reading » )

Tears for Obama (March 7, 2008) - My five-year-old son, Joshua Quinn, has been following the presidential election with his dad. To him it's another sport alongside football and NASCAR. Someone wins. Someone loses. He can understand that. He has seen various candidates on TV and... ( Keep Reading » )

Interview: Professor Robert P. George (January 22, 2008) - Today is the 35-year anniversary of the Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion in our country. I encourage you to read Justin Taylor's interview with Professor Robert P. George on the topic of abortion and its politics. Professor George, a... ( Keep Reading » )

My Kid Brothers in the News (January 12, 2008) - This post is not an endorsement of any political candidate, but as a proud older brother, I have to pass this on... Today The New York Times has an article that extensively quotes my brothers, Brett and Alex, about their... ( Keep Reading » )

Politics and Perspective (January 4, 2008) - Al Mohler's commentary today on the results of the Iowa caucus closed with some helpful words:The rhetoric of the race—and the rhetoric of many evangelicals—is disturbing. This race is important and necessarily so. We are talking about the next President... ( Keep Reading » )

My Brothers Are Famous (December 17, 2007) - The Washington Post has a story today about the role of home-schoolers in boosting the campaign of Mike Huckabee and it specifically mentions my brothers and the role they played in getting Chuck Norris involved: For Norris's boost, Huckabee can... ( Keep Reading » )

American Holy War (December 9, 2007) - American Holy War: Newsweek has a cover story on Gov. Mike Huckabee that shares a lot of dirt being dug up on him, and an article that discusses the role of religion in the presidential election.... ( Keep Reading » )

Romney Speech Roundup (December 7, 2007) - Romney Speech Roundup: Collin Hansen collects responses to Mitt Romney's recent speech on his Mormon faith (HT:JT). And Justin Taylor comments and links on more reactions to Romney.... ( Keep Reading » )

My Brothers and Chuck Norris (November 30, 2007) - A friend from church emailed me today to tell me that Chuck Norris mentioned my brothers Alex and Brett and their website The Rebelution on Fox News. It turns out that Chuck took a look at Huckabee because of the... ( Keep Reading » )

Randy Alcorn on Politics (November 6, 2007) - This is a portion of a post that Randy Alcorn recently did. Randy was one of the pastors at the church I grew up in back in Oregon. I identify with and appreciate what he writes here and wanted to... ( Keep Reading » )

Huckabee on Hillary: A Healthy Respect (October 22, 2007) - Newsweek features an interview with presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee. Among other issues they talk about why conservative Christian leaders don't seem to be giving him a chance yet and about his viability against Hillary Clinton. The first argument they seem... ( Keep Reading » )

The "Bush-Clinton-Bush-Clinton" Trance (October 6, 2007) - Time for a little "political post" here on the blog. I'm reading Carl Bernstein's biography of Hillary Clinton A Woman in Charge. Very interesting. And I've noted that Mrs. Clinton is way ahead in the polls. So I was fascinated... ( Keep Reading » )

A Conservative That Isn't Angry...How Novel (August 31, 2007) - Today The Washington Post has an article about Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee in the Style section. The following are some quotes from it that caught my attention: On Being Pro-Life: "The pro-life movement has often been castigated for its... ( Keep Reading » )