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		<title>By: Mel</title>
		<link>http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/11/07/from-me-yesterday/#comment-43015</link>
		<dc:creator>Mel</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 15:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Compromising on who created life and marriage is not a gray area that Christians can spend time debating. You either believe that God is the creator or you don&#039;t. It&#039;s simple truth but one that so many that want to be the ruler of their universe refuses to yield. 

The truth will be less and less popular. People that speak it need to be encouraged, not chastised by brothers.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Compromising on who created life and marriage is not a gray area that Christians can spend time debating. You either believe that God is the creator or you don't. It's simple truth but one that so many that want to be the ruler of their universe refuses to yield. </p>
<p>The truth will be less and less popular. People that speak it need to be encouraged, not chastised by brothers.</p>
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		<title>By: The Believer</title>
		<link>http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/11/07/from-me-yesterday/#comment-42909</link>
		<dc:creator>The Believer</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 09:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>One favorite columnist of the #1 daily broadsheet here in the Philippines once wrote, that we (the Philippines) deserve the government that we have (but that was still during the previous corrupt administration), and that was at the time when, Filipinos had become apathetic and indifferent, majority have lost hope for a better government, many no longer care to vote. But thanks be to God, He has sent a righteous president for our country now, albeit not an Evangelical believer but a devout Catholic, has the strong political will not to give in to traditional politics, who has the moral authority and leads by example. But I believe it’s got a lot to do also with the aggressive voices trumpeted by many church leaders (both the Catholic and the Evangelical church) against immoral and un-Biblical initiatives that are yet brewing, the churches here could never be silenced when it comes to issuing pastoral stances regarding divorce, same sex marriage, and abortion, that politicians have to concede or else they’d lose in the election. We’re still blessed somehow that the Filipino people still regard our church leaders highly, and have maintained a Biblically conservative positions in all controversial agenda being planned by some legislators.

The Philippines have patterned our Constitution with that of the United States, where we have placed an emphasis on God for the just and righteous governance of our people, and somehow by the grace of God, despite liberalism that’s also creeping into the current generation, majority still have maintained conservative views and positions.

Let’s pray that God will raise up new leaders for the American people who have genuine fear of the Lord, but while Obama is still in place, let’s not give up praying for God’s hand to move in his life, for unless he has a genuine encounter with God (however he consistently claims to be a believer), he will remain the same, or might even worsen.

As light and salt to everyone, it’s really the believers basic duty to show to everyone how to live righteously by the grace of God, never compromising godly principles, however strong and persistent the voice of the enemy may be.

One Filipino pastor has once also said, that the state of our nation is the reflection of the state of the Church, that unless the Body of Christ would unite, set aside minor doctrinal differences and focus on the most essential, pray together and rally the members to live lives honoring God in their workplaces, schools, and wherever they may be, then we would not influence our nation.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>One favorite columnist of the #1 daily broadsheet here in the Philippines once wrote, that we (the Philippines) deserve the government that we have (but that was still during the previous corrupt administration), and that was at the time when, Filipinos had become apathetic and indifferent, majority have lost hope for a better government, many no longer care to vote. But thanks be to God, He has sent a righteous president for our country now, albeit not an Evangelical believer but a devout Catholic, has the strong political will not to give in to traditional politics, who has the moral authority and leads by example. But I believe it’s got a lot to do also with the aggressive voices trumpeted by many church leaders (both the Catholic and the Evangelical church) against immoral and un-Biblical initiatives that are yet brewing, the churches here could never be silenced when it comes to issuing pastoral stances regarding divorce, same sex marriage, and abortion, that politicians have to concede or else they’d lose in the election. We’re still blessed somehow that the Filipino people still regard our church leaders highly, and have maintained a Biblically conservative positions in all controversial agenda being planned by some legislators.</p>
<p>The Philippines have patterned our Constitution with that of the United States, where we have placed an emphasis on God for the just and righteous governance of our people, and somehow by the grace of God, despite liberalism that’s also creeping into the current generation, majority still have maintained conservative views and positions.</p>
<p>Let’s pray that God will raise up new leaders for the American people who have genuine fear of the Lord, but while Obama is still in place, let’s not give up praying for God’s hand to move in his life, for unless he has a genuine encounter with God (however he consistently claims to be a believer), he will remain the same, or might even worsen.</p>
<p>As light and salt to everyone, it’s really the believers basic duty to show to everyone how to live righteously by the grace of God, never compromising godly principles, however strong and persistent the voice of the enemy may be.</p>
<p>One Filipino pastor has once also said, that the state of our nation is the reflection of the state of the Church, that unless the Body of Christ would unite, set aside minor doctrinal differences and focus on the most essential, pray together and rally the members to live lives honoring God in their workplaces, schools, and wherever they may be, then we would not influence our nation.</p>
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		<title>By: Things of the Sort &#8211; 11/9/2012 &#171; Things of the Sort</title>
		<link>http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/11/07/from-me-yesterday/#comment-42824</link>
		<dc:creator>Things of the Sort &#8211; 11/9/2012 &#171; Things of the Sort</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 13:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Moore tells us to honor the President, and he’s right, we should. Collin Hansen has an excellent letter to his pre-election self. Trevin Wax gives us 3 things the church can learn from election 2012. Doug Wilson gives us seven [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] Moore tells us to honor the President, and he’s right, we should. Collin Hansen has an excellent letter to his pre-election self. Trevin Wax gives us 3 things the church can learn from election 2012. Doug Wilson gives us seven [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Weekly Links (11/09/2012) &#171; The Beacon</title>
		<link>http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/11/07/from-me-yesterday/#comment-42812</link>
		<dc:creator>Weekly Links (11/09/2012) &#171; The Beacon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 09:02:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] Collin Hansen from TGC wrote a let­ter to post-elec­tion Collin [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Steve Cornell</title>
		<link>http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/11/07/from-me-yesterday/#comment-42805</link>
		<dc:creator>Steve Cornell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 07:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Let&#039;s see this as a challenge to informed, gospel-postured conversations about what is good for us as a nation, remembering that, ”Politics is a field in which the consequences of culture play out; it is not the field in which the culture itself is formed.” (David Bahnsen)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Let's see this as a challenge to informed, gospel-postured conversations about what is good for us as a nation, remembering that, ”Politics is a field in which the consequences of culture play out; it is not the field in which the culture itself is formed.” (David Bahnsen)</p>
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		<title>By: Elections Reflections Round-Up &#8211; Pure Church by Thabiti Anyabwile</title>
		<link>http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/11/07/from-me-yesterday/#comment-42801</link>
		<dc:creator>Elections Reflections Round-Up &#8211; Pure Church by Thabiti Anyabwile</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 04:44:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] From Me, Yesterday (Colin Hansen at TGC) [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] From Me, Yesterday (Colin Hansen at TGC) [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Bob in IN</title>
		<link>http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/11/07/from-me-yesterday/#comment-42785</link>
		<dc:creator>Bob in IN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&quot;You believe a good politician can be a conduit of blessing from God to secure life, liberty, and the pursuit of true and lasting happiness.&quot;  I certainly don&#039;t believe that.  Take out the term &quot;true and lasting&quot; and replace it with &quot;worldly&quot; and I would agree with you.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>"You believe a good politician can be a conduit of blessing from God to secure life, liberty, and the pursuit of true and lasting happiness."  I certainly don't believe that.  Take out the term "true and lasting" and replace it with "worldly" and I would agree with you.</p>
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		<title>By: We Voted, Now We Pray &#124; Affected By Truth</title>
		<link>http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/11/07/from-me-yesterday/#comment-42783</link>
		<dc:creator>We Voted, Now We Pray &#124; Affected By Truth</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 20:15:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] for the Church in America is not irrational.  In From Me, Yesterday, Colin Hansen observed that we have a President who &#8220;will continue to restrict religious [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] for the Church in America is not irrational.  In From Me, Yesterday, Colin Hansen observed that we have a President who &#8220;will continue to restrict religious [...]</p>
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		<title>By: election aftermath &#171; Publican&#039;s Progress</title>
		<link>http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/11/07/from-me-yesterday/#comment-42756</link>
		<dc:creator>election aftermath &#171; Publican&#039;s Progress</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 14:14:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] letter to Post-Election self [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Tim</title>
		<link>http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/11/07/from-me-yesterday/#comment-42737</link>
		<dc:creator>Tim</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 04:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>In its overall sentiment, I really appreciate the message in this post.  Thanks for the reminder of who is orchestrating all of these events, and for pointing us to where our true hope lies.

That being said, I was disappointed when I got to this sentence:
&quot; You may be rightly concerned that President Obama, if re-elected, will continue to restrict religious freedoms that, while protected by the Constitution, conflict with progressive priorities to redefine marriage and fund abortion.&quot;

The gospel truth of your message would have been changed exactly zero if you had left that sentence out.  With it, unfortunately, you have alienated Christians and non-Christians alike who voted for President Obama from the truth of everything else you said.  The language of that sentence assumes that all Christians (at least true ones) agree with your stance on marriage equality and abortion, and that we&#039;d all agree that President Obama has actively worked to remove religious freedom in America.  Those things simply are not true.

That sentence colors everything else in the article, so that it reads with a tinge of &quot;it&#039;s OK that the bad guys won, because God is really in control,&quot; instead of &quot;don&#039;t put your hope in politics or the workings of this world - put your hope in Christ.&quot;  

I&#039;m pretty sure you&#039;d like the message to be the latter.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In its overall sentiment, I really appreciate the message in this post.  Thanks for the reminder of who is orchestrating all of these events, and for pointing us to where our true hope lies.</p>
<p>That being said, I was disappointed when I got to this sentence:<br />
" You may be rightly concerned that President Obama, if re-elected, will continue to restrict religious freedoms that, while protected by the Constitution, conflict with progressive priorities to redefine marriage and fund abortion."</p>
<p>The gospel truth of your message would have been changed exactly zero if you had left that sentence out.  With it, unfortunately, you have alienated Christians and non-Christians alike who voted for President Obama from the truth of everything else you said.  The language of that sentence assumes that all Christians (at least true ones) agree with your stance on marriage equality and abortion, and that we'd all agree that President Obama has actively worked to remove religious freedom in America.  Those things simply are not true.</p>
<p>That sentence colors everything else in the article, so that it reads with a tinge of "it's OK that the bad guys won, because God is really in control," instead of "don't put your hope in politics or the workings of this world - put your hope in Christ."  </p>
<p>I'm pretty sure you'd like the message to be the latter.</p>
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