From the days when the pulpits were not filled with bearded women

Swanson has done a pair of back to back shows, one promoting McCain (Gary Demar) and one where a Mr Lofton Says no way should a believer vote for McCain.

Both are interesting and a good exercise to try and see what is the foundational principles behind what is being said. What drives the decision?

I think Kevin is correct when he notes that it would appear that we are laying the first layer of bricks of the walls with Nehamiah. We have found the foundation that was lost. We are ceasing the frantic sand castle building.

Mr Lofton mentioned a book of sermons that had been preached in the past called political sermons of the founding era 1730-1805 from the liberty fund. Two volumes in paperback for $22 My wife found me a copy for $7.50 on half.com with $2.50 shipping.

Dont you want to just run down to the christian bookstore and buy it? Yah, I dont think they will have it either. Shoudn't that disturb us? Why wont they have it? We are talking reconstruction from the ground up.

It is a recent discovery that pastors must not mention politicians names. This is a collection of election sermons, pastors guiding their congregation’s on who to vote for!?! the following is a description of the book.

“The early political culture of the American republic was deeply influenced by the religious consciousness of the New England preachers. Indeed, it was often through the political sermon—the "pulpit of the American Revolution"—that the political rhetoric of the period was formed, refined, and transmitted. And yet the centrality of religious concerns in the lives of eighteenth-century Americans is largely neglected. This has created a blind spot regarding the fundamental acts of the American founding.

Political sermons such as the fifty-five collected in this volume are unique to America, both in kind and in significance. This volume thus fills an important need if the American founding period is to be adequately understood.”

Christmas is coming and every pastor should have this set in their library. No I dont think Joel Osteen or Rick Warren have read it yet.