But not my thoughts. Well, they are "my thoughts" but Mr. Piper delivers them much more clearly, succinctly, and eloquently than I ever could.
To me, while who wins tomorrow is important in the temporal sense, God is God. One election in the US history is not going to dethrone Him, shock Him, perplex Him, or confuse Him. Heck, it won't even slow Him down.
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From Phil Johnson, of Grace to You (John MacArthur)...
"Nothing in the past half century has done more damage to the evangelical cause than the notion that the best way for Christians to influence society is by wielding our collective political clout. If you think the most important answer to the ills of our society is a legislative remedy; if you imagine that political activism is the most effective way for the church to influence culture; or if you suppose the church is going to win the world for Christ by lobbying in the halls of Congress and by rallying Christians to vote for this or that type of legislation—then both your trust and your priorities are misplaced.
Personally, I think the tendency to seek legislative remedies for every social ill is one of the absolute worst tendencies of contemporary secular society, and it disturbs me greatly to see Christians more or less follow that pattern blindly. To borrow a thought from the title of John MacArthur’s least-popular book ever, Government Cannot Save Us. The only power that can truly and permanently rescue human society from its own spiritual ills is the transforming power of gospel of Jesus Christ. And that happens through the regeneration of individual human hearts, right? We need to remind ourselves of that fact often, and put more of our energies into the task of evangelism."
http://www.gty.org/Resources/Articles/10207
Karma: I linked to your post with John Piper in my blog but don't see it showing up here. Just wanted you to know. I think you will find that I said virtually the same thing (though definitely not as eloquent) as John Mac at this post:
http://billgrandi.ovcf.org/wordpress/?p=1093
Hope you and B are doing well.
Bill - Trackbacks with blogger are kinda weird sometimes, I think.
We're doing good, thank you :)
Yea, I've tried to do the "Trackback" thing, or whatever it is called, but it doesn't seem to work. :/
Thanks for reading and posting!
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