We’ve asked other members of the God’s Politics Blog team to respond to the question that Jim Wallis and Ralph Reed debated last week: “What should values voters value most?” When voting, I look for political candidates with a proven record of support for certain values. I also look for cautionary signs that lead me…

The consensus evangelical document (For the Health of the Nation: AnEvangelical Call to Civic Responsibility) says that “faithful evangelical civic engagement must champion a biblically balanced agenda.” And it then deals with seven areas: religious freedom, family, sanctity of human life, justice for the poor, human rights, peace and creation care. This document refuses to…

War and terrorism. “The Bush administration released portions of a classified intelligence estimate that says the global jihadist movement is growing and being fueled by the war in Iraq” Politics. “Democratic and Republican strategists said they expected over 90 percent of the advertisements to be broadcast by Nov. 7 to be negative.” Blogging Cardinal. “Launching…

I heard a thought-provoking commentary on “All Things Considered” last night by a woman named Caroline Langston. She talked about the fact that over the past decade or so her political views have changed, but not her religious views–and wondered whether that was acceptable to her newfound peers on the liberal end of the political…

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