By Tom Jenkins on 8/26/2008 2:40 PM

The presidential election campaign is now with us. The Democrats’ Convention is meeting this week and the Republicans will meet next week. Each party’s nominees will be paraded by adoring delegates before millions of people who will watch by television. Surfing the television channels will reveal multiple venues vetting the conventions. In the following weeks we will be bombarded with ads telling us why one specific candidate and his platform represents our best interests. None of us will be surprised, though dismayed, if the campaign turns ugly. Some political strategists believe that negative campaigns hook the unsure voter so they try to present their opponent representing the antithesis of what is best for America. What is a Christian to do?

            First, Christians should vote. Dismay over the marketing of the presidential candidates should not keep us from voting. In fact, that’s another reason for voting. Vote with the hope that reforms may ultimately reverse the negative trend in politics.

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By Tom Jenkins on 8/7/2008 3:55 PM

  Larry and Dawn Sanders will be with us  Sunday morning. They are missionaries to Milan, Italy.  They serve in a country where witchcraft is openly practiced. The Catholic Church in Italy, as in other parts of the world, is struggling to have enough priests to serve its churches. But witchcraft is flourishing.    These are challenging days for Christian ministry. Some leaders of the Southern Baptist Convention have declared that the convention is becoming irrelevant. They cite decline in baptisms for support and predict a steady decline for the convention if the present course continues.    Polls consistently show that most Americans believe in God. But polls also suggests a wide gap exists between our belief in God and our practice of it. It's the old problem of our "walk" not matching our "talk."    We must continue to advance the Gospel in places like Milan, Italy and Creedmoor, North Carolina. In addition, we must help the people we reach with the Gospel understand that being a Christian is a religion that places demands on us. Saying "Yes" to the Gospel is saying "Yes" to a radical lifestyle when Christianity is compared to the mores of secular culture....

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