Muslims “Relieved” by Obama Victory
The presidential campaigns of 2008 were colored with episodes that may have made American Muslims wince. A woman at a McCain rally stuttered that the feared Obama was a secret…
2008 Presidential Race Is Reshaping Conventional Wisdom on Evangelicals
The mainstream media has been under a microscope as it covers this year's election, but one thing is certain, the mainstream media is waking up to fact that Evangelicals are…
Presbyterian Leadership Takes up the Question of Homosexual Clergy
When the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (USA) opens tomorrow (June 20) in San Jose, CA they will again address the issue of gay and lesbian clergy. Currently the…
Methodist Swing-Voters Are Key In 2008
As a movement with roots going back to the eighteenth century, Methodism is hardly a new phenomenon on the religious and political scenes, but this year Methodists are playing a…
Liberal Evangelical Churches: Yes, They Really Exist
Ginghamsburg United Methodist Church in Tipp City, OH is not experiencing a renaissance, nor is it discovering missions work or volunteering. It is, to paraphrase its pastor, Rev. Mike Slaughter,…
Sympathy and Understanding for Conservatives
I joke with my wife that during my youth and college days I kept moving so far to the right that I woke up one day on the left. I'm…
A Sad Lack of Responsibility in the Florida Panhandle
But Lord, I was only exercising my constitutional rights. I'm surprised by how little attention a recent event has gotten in the American press. It seems that the Florida "pastor"…
FREEDOM!!! Braveheart Comes to the Middle East
As I drove to work this morning I listened to an NPR retrespective on the history of US relations with Gaddafi over the years. I was most struck by some…
An Untimely Response
Several months ago a visitor to LiberalEvangelical.org posted the following comment. I intended to respond, but the holidays got in the way and then world events interfered, and before I…
Am I my brother’s keeper?
We try here at LiberalEvangelical.org to avoid knee-jerk reactions. So often our immediate impulse, when faced with shocking events, is simply to lash out in an emotional and habitual manner.…