I only got to catch parts of the forum between Obama and McCain last night (darn Olympics will suck you in!), but I was impressed with the format and questions. I liked the fact that each candidate got an individual slot to answer questions with Rick Warren. That cut down on the typical forum backbiting where a large component of many answers is simply criticizing your opponent. For a change, I learned more about why I should vote for someone versus vote against someone else. That was refreshing.
I also liked the fact that the questions weren’t prefaced with a whole lot of hullabaloo on the church’s official position on a matter. Typically, we are so well known for what we’re against and a closed-mindedness for discussion/debate that repeatedly hurts the Church. There are serious issues and 300 million people in this country. We are NOT going to agree on everything. And Christians shouldn’t expect non-Christians to arrive at the same conclusions we do, but if you come to the table realizing that we share 80-90% of life in common, well, that’s a whole different mindset that allows for a lot of agreement and progress.
Good job Saddleback! You did us proud and helped the country in this process.
Hi, I'm Scott and this is my bio attempt. God has a sense of humor... I work at a church. That's not the path I figured coming out of grad school, but when He called, thankfully I didn't try to win a battle of merits between my plan and His. So, how'd that play out? Well, in 2001 I left commercial real estate and went on staff at North Point Community Church in Alpharetta, GA. This place captured my heart the first time I walked in the doors. God, thanks for letting me do this for as long as you let me do it!