{"id":1490,"date":"2006-10-26T06:33:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-26T06:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/10\/hey-christian-political-blogge.html"},"modified":"2006-10-26T06:33:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-26T06:33:00","slug":"hey-christian-political-blogge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/reformedchicksblabbing\/2006\/10\/hey-christian-political-blogge.html","title":{"rendered":"Hey, Christian Political Bloggers!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I keep forgetting to tell you about the new blogroll that I&#8217;ve joined. It&#8217;s Philophronos Blogging and it&#8217;s a joint effort by a liberal blogger, Henry Neufeld of <a href=\"http:\/\/energionpubs.com\/wordpress\/\">Threads from Henry&#8217;s Web<\/a> and Laura of Pursuing Holiness.  It&#8217;s a blogroll that calls Christian bloggers to remember that we are <span style=\"font-style: italic\">Christian<\/span> bloggers:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Christian bloggers should purposefully express our political beliefs with gentleness and respect, with the intention of setting the example for non-Christians. We&#8217;re not all going to agree. We don&#8217;t need to agree. But we can debate the issues in such a way that the debate glorifies God and points people to Christ. We&#8217;re challenging Christian bloggers who write about politics to write at least one post a week until the election &#8211; and hopefully after it &#8211; that adheres to the following guidelines.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consistent with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gnpcb.org\/esv\/search\/?go=Go&amp;q=1+Corinthians+13%3A4-7\" title=\"English Standard Version Bible\">1 Corinthians 13:4-7<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gnpcb.org\/esv\/search\/?go=Go&amp;q=Ephesians+4%3A15\" title=\"English Standard Version Bible\">Ephesians 4:15<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Assume goodwill and good intentions for our political opponents<\/li>\n<li>Wherever possible list supporting reasons why they have good intentions<\/li>\n<li>Negative statements are not personal and are factual<\/li>\n<li>If negative statements are conclusions, the facts that led to the conclusion are referenced<\/li>\n<li> Negative statements support the argument and are not gratuitous<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Go <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pursuingholiness.com\/2006\/10\/20\/philophronos-blogging\/\">here<\/a> to read more about it and to join.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tag_list\">Tags: <span class=\"tags\"><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/Christian\" rel=\"tag\">Christian<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/blogroll\" rel=\"tag\">blogroll<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/religion\" rel=\"tag\">religion<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/political\" rel=\"tag\">political<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I keep forgetting to tell you about the new blogroll that I&#8217;ve joined. 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