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Barry McCarty: What your vote does and does not do

September 6, 2016

By Barry McCarty, Christian Examiner

FORT WORTH, Texas (Christian Examiner) — A lot of you are confusing the “consent of the governed,” which is what happens in a political election, with some sort of absolute moral affirmation of everything the candidate you vote for has ever said or done.

Your vote does nothing of the sort.

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By Tara Dew, special to the Baptist Message NEW ORLEANS (LBM) -- This is the first of four excerpts Tara Dew has made available to Baptist Message readers from her newly released book, “Overflowing Peace,” a follow-up work to her best-selling book, “Overflowing Joy.” David begins Psalm 23 with “The LORD is … Read More

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