Engaging Christians in Politics: Understanding the U.S. Government and Voting with Purpose
The WallBuilders Show
Tim Barton, David Barton & Rick Green
4.8 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 1 October 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the intersection of faith and culture. This is the Wall Builders Show where we take on the hot topics of the day from a biblical historical and constitutional |
| 0:13.5 | perspective. I'm Rick Green America's Constitution coach here with David and Tim |
| 0:16.4 | Barton and we're going to jump back into the election special programming that David and Tim |
| 0:20.9 | did. This is good stuff to share two folks that we're just a few weeks out from this huge election. |
| 0:25.3 | Take today's program. Share it with as many friends and family as you possibly can. Let's jump in. |
| 0:29.2 | Here's David and Tim Barton with our election special programming. |
| 0:32.1 | Elections are a core foundation of our American government. |
| 0:35.0 | In the early days, political debates were held in theaters and lecture halls across America, |
| 0:40.0 | like this one, drawing large crowds from every corner of society. Now we engage with the |
| 0:44.8 | candidates through TV screens and Twitter feeds watching as the elections unfold. |
| 0:49.4 | The spotlight may be on the top contenders but it's really about the people. |
| 0:53.2 | Today we're going to talk about our role in this important election process. |
| 0:57.0 | By understanding where elections came from and how they work, you can help determine |
| 1:02.0 | who will be in the room when our nation's most important decisions |
| 1:04.6 | are being made. Today's lawmakers or tomorrow's history shapers. |
| 1:09.1 | I'm David Barton. |
| 1:10.3 | I'm Tim Barton, and this is elections. |
| 1:13.0 | We're going to talk about elections, |
| 1:17.0 | we're going to talk about elections, |
| 1:22.0 | but before we really can even get there, we have to ask the question, |
| 1:25.0 | how does government really work? Because we know in America we have three branches of government, but are they really co-equal or is one more powerful? |
| 1:32.8 | Can the president just make laws, executive orders, |
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