20--URGENT Message To Churches About Voter Guides (fwd) -Reply

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At 02:11 PM 10/11/96 -0600, you wrote:
>Bro. Richard (and others),
>Thank you for confirming my suspicion upon reading the
>"warning" from Americans United for Separation of
>Church and State.  Folks that write such subtle influences
>will capture the congregations of many (and by extension,
>the nation) and keep them in ignorance...reeks of the dark
>ages.  If the truth were known, they would be called
>"UnAmericas United for the Separation of State from the
>influences of the Church"!
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>While all churches must be careful not to endorse a 
>candidate either directly or indirectly, there is MUCH a
>church can do (and ought, in my opinion) to educate its
>people.  All "political" issues (vs. people running for office)
>are open for discussion by churches.  In reality, aren't the
>political issues really moral ones?  It appears that once the
>issue is called political by the media, they expect the
>church to back off and not influence the public discussion.
>HOGWASH!  (That's a preacher cussing...)
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>When the lives of millions of unborn and partially born
>babies are at stake (abortion and infanticide), when the
>lives of the infirmed and elderly are threatened
>(psychologically: read pressured) by assisted suicide
>(euthanasia and patricide), when government branches and
>nationwide corporations posture themselves to legitimize,
>recognize, and promote a marriage composed of two
>husbands or two (or more) wives (same-sex marriage), the
>church cannot avoid the public forum in the name of the
>so-called separation of church and state.  These are really
>matters of the heart, propagated because of the sinful
>nature of mankind, and we must rise to the occasion and
>preach the truth whether in or out of the pulpit.
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>Too many believers have swallowed -- hook, line, and
>sinker -- the lie that Christians should not be involved in
>politics (read: influence with the authority of government to
>back it).  It wasn't until the faithful became intimidated by
>the outspoken and out-of-line media (and ceased to speak
>outside the walls of the church building) that our society
>started stumbling down the one-way slippery slope to
>national perdition.  God was "officially" removed from
>public life beginning in 1963 (US vs. Murray) and in 30
>short years, "You've come a long way, baby!"
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>Is there hope?  Absolutely, but it is not found in the
>institutions of government, education, or even religion. 
>Our *only* hope is in Jesus Christ, when He changes
>hearts one at a time.  Then, and only when, "the righteous
>are in authority, the people rejoice: but when the wicked
>beareth  rule, the people mourn" (Pro. 29:2).  These
>words coming from the son of Israel's king (the
>governmental figurehead) -- and ultimately from God
>Himself.  If godly, righteous, and charactered individuals
>don't get involved, government by the "wicked" results.
>
>I believe the pending lawsuit against Christian Coalition,
>filed just days before the party conventions, was intended
>for intimidation, pure and simple.  I encourage all (even if
>we don't agree) to speak out..before we all lose the right
>to speak at all.  
>
>Forgive me, please, if I've chosen the wrong forum to
>express something about which I feel quite passionate.  If
>you'd prefer to e-mail me your responses privately, I
>welcome them.
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>Bro. E. Cantu
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