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| How Would Jesus Vote?: A Christian Perspective on the Issues | 
 enlarge | Authors: D. James Dr Kennedy, Jerry Newcombe
Publisher: WaterBrook Press
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (9 reviews)
Sales Rank: 85999
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 272
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.1
Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.2 x 1
ISBN: 1400074061
Dewey Decimal Number: 261.70973
EAN: 9781400074068
ASIN: 1400074061
Publication Date: January 15, 2008
Release Date: January 15, 2008
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Product Description
The 2008 election is shaping up to be one of the most important political contests in American history. In fact, Dr. D. James Kennedy believes it will be a watershed moment that could impact our very survival as a nation under God.
Values voters?people whose political views and votes are based on their faith in God?are being targeted as never before. As we move forward in the campaign season, the significant players will debate terrorism, radical Islam, nuclear threats, global warming, social issues, gay marriage, immigration, education, health care, and many other essential issues that can create sharp ideological divisions.
Into this overwhelmingly complex political situation, Dr. Kennedy and Jerry Newcombe bring a clear, compelling, and nonpartisan exploration of what God?s Word has to say on these critical matters. How Would Jesus Vote? isn?t intended to tell you which candidates to support; rather it offers you a Christ-centered understanding of the world to help you draw your own political conclusions.
This election, don?t cast an uninformed vote that fails to reflect your values. Instead, learn how to apply your faith and obedience to God to your ballot. This timely, helpful, and hopeful book will enable you to do just that.
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 The author's perspective on the issues... September 20, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I'm giving this book two stars instead of one because it isn't the worst book imaginable, but, as others have stated, it is pretty bad. In what I believe to be an honest attempt to instruct the reader where Jesus would stand regarding certain issues, it gives a very one-sided evaluation of an issue, followed by a concluding paragraph that states (literally) "Jesus would vote for (insert position)." Amazingly, Jesus ends up taking the Republican stance on every issue, and the author's "evaluation" of the issues do nothing more than give the author's reasoning for why he believes that Jesus would take said stance. This is basically a book telling you the author's stance, and his [weak] arguments for why he believes Jesus would agree with him.
For instance, the author states that Jesus would not believe that global warming is caused by humans, and the support he gives to this argument is that most evangelicals do not believe so. The author argues that scientists are divided on the issue of whether or not global warming is caused by human activity, and that it is only due to the [liberally] biased media that we aren't aware of this. On the "issue" of education, the author forgets about the premise of the book and spends a chapter trashing public education. Using a few random statistics that are supposed to show why he believes the American education system is completely ineffective (and let's admit, we aren't world leaders in public education, but his statistics are weak support for his argument) and he then claims that the downfall of public education lies in its secularization. According to the author, any good Christian who can afford it should home-school their child or send them to a private Christian school. The author concludes that Jesus wouldn't be happy with the American public education system, and ends the chapter saying little more that that Christians will be held responsible for the education that their children receive.
I'll stop with the examples, but read this book for yourself and you'll see how clearly biased it is. The author gives no perspective whatsoever on these issues, many of which are far more complex than he would ever lead you to believe, and clearly argues from a very conservative standpoint why, in his opinion "Jesus is on our side." We all know these arguments, and this book is not what America needs. We need truth and earnest dialogue; this is not conversation, this is a soapbox.
 How Would Jesus Vote? September 17, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The mailing was prompt. The book was in excellent condition. The description was accurate and I appreciate the seller's service.
How Would Jesus Vote? September 1, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is an excellent book for those looking for a Christian perspective on the issues of the upcoming election. It does not tell you for whom to vote, but rather lays the groundwork of what the Bible says about the issues and then encourages you to align your vote accordingly.
 Wow. This is indescribably misleading. July 21, 2008
9 out of 14 found this review helpful
I am an evangelical Christian. I am conservative on many social issues (especially abortion), moderate on most civil liberties and foreign policy, and liberal on a few economic issues. I thought I'd check this book out, based on its claim of nonpartisanship, to see what scriptural wisdom might be applied to political issues that have an element of ambiguity, like entitlement programs or the minimum wage.
Well, there's little help in that regard here. On moral issues, things are pretty clear but whenever there's no scripture to directly back up a claim (some chapters quote no verses to support their position) the authors merely default to a conservative position and try to make it sound like God agrees with them. This is especially true when it comes to economic issues.
I think many honest Christians unconsciously mistake a cultural influence toward conservatism for a scriptural position without really examining it. This book either falls victim to that or takes advantage of it.
How would Jesus vote, according to this book? Straight ticket Republican.
Excellent biblical perspective of today's political issues June 24, 2008
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
If you are looking for a resource to help you understand the Christian perspective of today's political issues, this is one. It is an easy-to-read, strictly on-topic treatment of the myriad of issues we face in our country today. In reading the additional comments on this book, I see those that rated it poorly complained it was too 'conservative'. This book illustrates what the Bible ~ God's Word ~ has to say on the various topics. The authors do an excellent job of keeping it grounded to scripture, and not personal opinion. In fact, Dr. Kennedy had a long record of never saying 'Democrat' or 'Repulican' from his pulpit - the book does the same; it goes out of the way to expose God's thinking on these matters.
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