Well done Kevin Rudd
It is encouraging to read that a politician is advocating an alternative vision for Australia's future, based on christian values.
Spokesman on foreign affairs for Labor and chairperson of Labor's committee on faith, politics and values, Rudd has written a 5000 word essay suggesting a model for Christian involvement in political life.
Rudd has also been consistently seeking to move the support of Christians away from what he sees as conservative "tick-the- box" moral agendas. Rudd does not want to see Christianity used as the handmaiden of the conservative political establishment.
He reiterates from the Bible, that christians will be judged not by how pious they have been, but whether they have helped to feed the hungry, clothe the naked and visit the lonely.
Rudd's message is to christians of varying traditions - that they have a sense that they can have their express political view in politics but they don't necessarily have to vote conservative.
Souce: UCA Journey Nov. 2006
Spokesman on foreign affairs for Labor and chairperson of Labor's committee on faith, politics and values, Rudd has written a 5000 word essay suggesting a model for Christian involvement in political life.
Rudd has also been consistently seeking to move the support of Christians away from what he sees as conservative "tick-the- box" moral agendas. Rudd does not want to see Christianity used as the handmaiden of the conservative political establishment.
He reiterates from the Bible, that christians will be judged not by how pious they have been, but whether they have helped to feed the hungry, clothe the naked and visit the lonely.
Rudd's message is to christians of varying traditions - that they have a sense that they can have their express political view in politics but they don't necessarily have to vote conservative.
Souce: UCA Journey Nov. 2006
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