tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301621142882601935.post4922656708272395680..comments2008-11-05T18:56:13.432+02:00Conrad Mbewehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560142646595019527noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301621142882601935.post-46469143494723749432008-11-05T18:56:00.000+02:002008-11-05T18:56:00.000+02:00Isaac,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your equally insightful comments. Thanks too for the idea from the Puritans to preach an "election sermon" on the eve of national elections. I can hardly wait to add your revived blog to my favourite websites. I did not realise just how valuable this was until I was thrown into the deep end las July. I found I could swim!<BR/><BR/>Conrad.Conrad Mbewehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00560142646595019527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2301621142882601935.post-36054845998687339672008-11-05T13:03:00.000+02:002008-11-05T13:03:00.000+02:00Thanks for the two blog postings on the Zambian elections. They were timely and definitely insightful for those who needed some jolt in their ribs as to why they should vote. <BR/><BR/>I regret that the last voter registration was done in my absence so my wife and I were, like many other Zambians, disenfranchised from this by election.<BR/><BR/>But being a preacher, I seized this opportunity to preach two sermons at my church to remind God's people about their civil responsibility to vote in this and any election in Zambia. <BR/><BR/>The tradition of preaching an "Election Sermon" dates back to the Puritan era in New England. We learn from this tradition that we have civil responsibilities as Christians and citizens of any country to give public expression to our faith through engagement with various political issues. <BR/><BR/>Now that we know who our new president is, it is our responsibility as believers to acknowledge God's sovereign control over what may appear as an ordinary casting of the vote. May we remember that behind this ordinary exercise of casting our vote in this election, there is a hand of providence that rules every action: "The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD" Prov. 16:33). <BR/><BR/>On a different subject, my blog, "Theologia Zambiana," which has been dormant for sometime is about to come alive as soon as High Speed Internet is installed at home.Isaac Makashinyihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562795325480628430noreply@blogger.com