The Democratic Agenda

During the congressional campaign, Democrats by and large were mum about their plans, hoping simply that voter dissatisfaction with Republicans would sweep them back into power. It did. Now today, as San Francisco Democrat Nancy Pelosi is sworn in as majority leader, they are making clear their plans: a higher minimum wage (pushing up union wages while cutting jobs for the nation’s lowest-paid), pressuring the president to “bring the troops home” (as we did in Vietnam, leading to a bloodbath and the consolidation of tyranny), and increasing funding for embryonic stem-cell research (opening the door to widespread destruction of nascent human life).

For all those Christians who went for the Democrats (and who hope that somehow you will retain some influence with this party), I fear you’re about to get a dose of reality.

About Stan Guthrie

Stan Guthrie is an editor at large for Christianity Today magazine and for the Chuck Colson Center for Christian Worldview. His latest book is God's Story in 66 Verses. He also is author of All that Jesus Asks: How His Questions Can Teach and Transform Us, Missions in the Third Millennium: 21 Key Trends for the 21st Century, and A Concise Guide to Bible Prophecy. He is co-author of The Sacrament of Evangelism. Besides authoring, writing, and editing books, Stan is a literary agent, bringing together good authors, good books, and good publishers. Stan writes the monthly Priorities colum for BreakPoint.org. He has appeared on National Public Radio's €œTell Me More,€ WGN's Milt Rosenberg program, and many Christian shows, including The Eric Metaxas Show and Moody Radio'€™s €œNew Day Florida.€ A licensed minister and an inspirational speaker, he served as moderator for the Christian Book Expo panel discussion, Does the God of Christianity Exist, and What Difference Does It Make?
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