{"id":1010,"date":"2019-02-15T16:24:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-15T22:24:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/?p=1010"},"modified":"2019-02-16T16:37:43","modified_gmt":"2019-02-16T22:37:43","slug":"starting-a-new-book-for-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/15\/starting-a-new-book-for-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Starting a new book for 2019 &#8211; How Would Jesus Vote!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We have wrapped up Les Leopold&#8217;s book on Inequality and have learned a ton!&nbsp; Jesus would and will address inequality in His time.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, until He comes, we will have a very difficult time changing the underlying reasons behind inequality unless we first change some of the mechanics of our political system that systemically locks out such change.&nbsp; The answer to that lies with an organization we&#8217;ve come to love, <a href=\"http:\/\/uniteamericawi.org\">Unite America<\/a> &#8211; although we keep separate identities given our charitable work and their policy work even though both of us are non-profits.&nbsp; (We do know the leaders there so, if you are interested, please let us know and we will more than happy to connect you with them.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1011\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/thelight.com\/index.php\/2019\/02\/15\/starting-a-new-book-for-2019\/how-would-jesus-vote\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/How-Would-Jesus-Vote.png?fit=327%2C500\" data-orig-size=\"327,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"How Would Jesus Vote\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/How-Would-Jesus-Vote.png?fit=327%2C500\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1011\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/How-Would-Jesus-Vote.png?resize=196%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/How-Would-Jesus-Vote.png?resize=196%2C300 196w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thelight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/How-Would-Jesus-Vote.png?w=327 327w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/>Our next book moves us a little closer to that realm and is called, &#8220;How Would Jesus Vote,&#8221; by Darrell Bock.&nbsp; Dr. Bock is a professor at the well-respected Dallas Theological Seminary and has written extensively on faith and politics.&nbsp; We found the book well-rounded and comprehensive and a wonderful foundation for bringing intelligent discussion and dialogue to an intersection (faith &amp; politics) which tends to get swept under the rug in most places.<\/p>\n<p>So, we&#8217;ll start this series on Sunday and cover chapters 1-3.&nbsp; Looking forward to learning together with all of you!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have wrapped up Les Leopold&#8217;s book on Inequality and have learned a ton!&nbsp; Jesus would and will address inequality in His time. 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