A.E.I: Is the Good Book Good Enough?!?

"When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice!" Proverbs 29:2

American Enterprise Institute had a fascinating seminar on Evangelical perspectives on issues in the news; I don't agree with everything here, but it's a lot of food for thought:

Highlights:

• We are 25% of the population.

• An Augustinian perspective -- The Kingdom of God and Man are always in conflict.
• As Christians, there will always be tension.

• Seek Justice, Love Mercy, Care for the Least, Love Neighbors.

• Words Matter
• What we say in Public really matters.
• Convicted Civility

• Prudence
• The perfected ability to make right decisions
• What are the ends we seek?!?
• Balancing competing goods and lesser evils. 

• Recover Natural Law
• Common-cause with people who don't share our theology.
• An ethical foundation that doesn't hit the unsaved over the head with the Bible.
• A bridge between the sacred and the secular.

• Our true home is the city of God.

• Real world possibilities will always be less than our utopian dreams.

• There are no final victories, but there are also no final defeats.

• It's easy for the educated to celebrate the demise of Christian culture; folks lower down the scale don't have the same margin for error.

• Capitalism and democracy only works on a Judeo-Christian foundation.

• Evangelicals ought to be known as the most honest people in politics.

• The good book is good enough if we're smart enough to apply it.