conservative christians

Barack Obama's "faith adviser" was in Nashville a few days ago to try to convince conservative Christians that Obama's in their corner.

A strike in favor of the constitution. No one is stopping conservative Christians in Wilson County from praying if they want to, but they shouldn't be guaranteed special favors that no other groups have in a public school.

Out of curiosity, I just spent a few seconds behind enemy lines -- namely, the website of Americans United for Supression of Church to the State -- to see what the Reverend Barry Lynn had to say about Jeremiah Wright. A search on Reverend Wright turned up zero responses, so I did some googling to see whether the Reverend Lynn has made any statement regarding Reverend Wright.

VeggieTales creator Phil Vischer, who very publicly lost control of his company, has some great thoughts about the intersection between Christianity and culture at his blog. A couple of excerpts:

Political activism has been the rallying cry of the church for the last 30 years. As a result, we conservative Christians managed to remake congress, reshape the Supreme Court, and elect a President. Twice. We have engaged our cultu

Who would have ever thought that there would be a relationship between payday lenders and Christian conservatives? (via) But, it’s apparently a pretty damn strong one.

Jeff Woods correctly discerns (in my humble opinion) why Fred Thompson's campaign never gained traction. (Nashville Scene - Pith in the Wind - "Why Fred Lost"):

"But here’s the most important reason Thompson’s campaign never caught on—social conservatives weren’t buying it. Evangelicals were turned off by Romney, McCain and Giuliani, and didn’t think Huckabee could win.

Jeff Woods explains why he believes Fred Thompson failed to catch on: he wasn’t who the right thought he was:

by Nathan McIntyre

Would whoever is advising Mitt Romney to blame the Iowa loss on evangelicals please keep up the good work?