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…

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…

Last Monday, John Kerry did something many of us wish he’d done two years ago. He showed up at Pepperdine University—if not exactly the lion’s den, then at least a lair of sometimes snarling cats—and gave a long, open talk about his faith. (You can read the text of his speech here and watch the…

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?” This is a really worthwhile question – just to have dialogue about it is so much healthier than submitting to the monologue of a one-…

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