Southern Baptist, Christmas and Presidential Politics

Merry Southern Baptist Christmas!

• Gretchen Neisler
  • gives us her Christmas reading picks.
  • Lets us in on the dregs-of-ETS pallet sale at the Campus Lifeway.
• Kevin Larson wonders why Christmas season seems to turn into ‘boycott season’ for evangelicals.
• Josh at the Tiffinian repeats a brilliant C.S. Lewis essay on “crissmas” and “exmas”.
• Dr. Moore participates in the Festivus rite of the airing of grievances by responding to the grievances some of his sunday school students have aired against him. We anxiously await his class’ feats of strength.
• Adam Winters has been photoshopping again, and this time, it is his Christmas dream books.
• Doug Wolter
  • is anti-satan santa, and gives some good reasons why.
  • asks whether Christmas is about giving or receiving?
• Dustin Benge has a wonderful post on the incarnation, including a quotation from the Theologian Who Must Not Be Named. (I’ll give you a hint, it’s J. Calvin… No, wait! That was too obvious. It’s John C.)
• Trevin Wax has a Prayer for Advent.
• That Jeremy Guy shows how our view of Santa can be God-like, and also how our view of God can be Santa-like, and how both are wrong.
• David Dunham similarly tackles the question of “God-Claus“.
• Brent Thomas
  • continues to marvel in wonder at the Gospel according to Linus in this ACLU-dominated age.
  • also chimes in on Santa Jesus.

Merry Presidential POLITICS!!!

• Steve Weaver likes Mike Huckabee.
• David C. Price
  • likes Huckabee on Evolution.
  • finds himself wondering what Romney believes about Jesus.
• Mark of Reactions and Worship responds to Rick Warren’s political pontifications.
• Ryan Sanders likes Mike.
• Aaron O’Kelley (aka the Infamous FENDERPOO) likes Mike.
• W. Hank Balch
  • reminds us that Romney is an enemy of the Gospel.
  • tells us of Ron Paul’s identification with Christ.
  • (likes Mike)
• Ben Bartlett
  • says the abortion genie is out of the bottle, and therefore Christians should not be single-issue voters.
  • crossposted at Christ and Pop Culture. (A vigorous comment thread!)
• Denny Burk is surprised at Mike’s sudden lead in Iowa.
• Just in case, in the wake of Romney’s speech, you thought Mormonism was a Christian religion, Steven Cavness has compiled a useful list of aberrant Mormon doctrines.
• Jon Cyrus wonders, can anything good come from Massachusetts? (He also likes Mike)
• Brent Thomas analyzes Romney’s speech.
• Don’t forget to VOTE in the S@S Presidential poll. There’s still time. (I’m still waiting for the Ron Paul supporters to find this web poll and swamp it. There’s a reason some of them have earned the nickname ‘Ronulans‘.)
• G. F. McDowell
  • wonders whether Huckabee’s failure to release his old sermons is a sign that he is ashamed of the gospel.
  • raises red flags about Huckabee’s time as Governor of Arkansas.
  • links to a Robert Novak piece asserting that Huckabee never was an ally of the Conservative Resurgence.
• Matthew Hall muses about whether Huckabee is bad for the GOP.
• Alex Forrest regrets having liked Mike, and now has picked Ron Paul.
• Alan Noble takes a hard look at satire in this election cycle.
• Kevin Hash is having a fun best/worst Christmas campaign ad poll.