tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601946653328882528.post1259700128524084199..comments2023-09-15T08:54:19.379-04:00Comments on New England Pastor: Excuse My PoliticsShawn Bracehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10603380405719498288noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601946653328882528.post-36646230861277876552009-01-22T15:11:00.000-05:002009-01-22T15:11:00.000-05:00Thanks everyone for your comments! Glad that no on...Thanks everyone for your comments! Glad that no one has been offended all that much. Thank you DAG, for your thoughts! Are you saying that I'm really a conservative, deep down underneath?Shawn Bracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10603380405719498288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601946653328882528.post-54647483211297632172009-01-20T20:40:00.000-05:002009-01-20T20:40:00.000-05:00I can see it now... Willkommen in der New England ...I can see it now... Willkommen in der New England Pastor. <BR/><BR/>And by the way... Sie sind einer konservativen Definition vonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601946653328882528.post-38775357313669211362009-01-20T18:30:00.000-05:002009-01-20T18:30:00.000-05:00Shawn,I know from previous discussions that your a...Shawn,<BR/><BR/>I know from previous discussions that your assertion about your limited passion for politics is true. As both of the major parties have been acting in a similar fashion I have found it difficult to champion the actions of either. However I would like to point out that the term "Independent" seems to be more of a mitigating position between the two parties. Which leads me to Kyle Baldwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10242332718552395078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601946653328882528.post-74961412840841293942009-01-20T17:37:00.000-05:002009-01-20T17:37:00.000-05:00Welcome to being an "independent". Which is somet...Welcome to being an "independent". Which is sometimes a lonely place to be. :) <BR/>You're right that His Kingdom is not of this world, and I think that today, if we all stepped back from the politics, from the hype, from the excitement (or despair) and thought about God's true Kingdom, maybe we would feel a tiny little bit like Jesus did when he looked down at Jerusalem and the temple from girlwithmoxyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03094299472289086809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601946653328882528.post-44373482492153047092009-01-20T16:28:00.000-05:002009-01-20T16:28:00.000-05:00Hi Ursula,Thanks for the question! It is a very ap...Hi Ursula,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the question! It is a very appropriate one, and perhaps I should have been a little better at explaining what I meant. And perhaps a little more sensitive. Essentially, what I am saying is that I do not believe in war, but I also wonder what would have happened had the United States never entered into World War II and Adolph Hitler had been allowed to continue his Shawn Bracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10603380405719498288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3601946653328882528.post-26824965299604418112009-01-20T16:15:00.000-05:002009-01-20T16:15:00.000-05:00Hi Shawn, as a German Adventist I've been reading ...Hi Shawn, as a German Adventist I've been reading your blog and wondering what it means when you write: "I don't believe in war, in theory, but wonder what it would be like to speak German." I don't understand this and, being an English teacher in Germany, would appreciate it if you could explain the meaning of this sentence to me. My E-Mail address is UrsulaWeigert@aol.com. Thanks a lot and God Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com