Side Bars – R.L. Dabney on Secular Conservatives – Rethinking Public Schools – The Bible and Private Property – The Bible and Possession Laws – Deuteronomy 4:5-9 – Lord Acton Quote – The Bible and Gambling – Closing Exhortation – Our Obligations – The Purpose of Civil Government

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Help Us Expand the Ministry of the Biblical Ballot Measures Voters Guide!!

In 1996, we helped Oregonians evaluate 23 ballot measures from a biblical perspective. This 1998 Guide brings you what we hope to be Scripturally reasoned positions on the fourteen Measures we will vote on this year.

We are committed to bringing the Bible to bear on the Oregon political scene. We are committed to providing a consistent biblical testimony on the issues of our day. We are committed to bringing you our understanding of Scriptural truths in an effort to help you evaluate 1998’s Ballot Measures.

Of course we don’t have the last word on the issues. But we do think it is high time that Christians engage in the public dialogue over public policy issues, asserting the supremacy of Christ and His Word.

The Parents Education Association stepped up in 1985 and has been advocating successfully for Christian home and private schoolers ever since. Now, PEAPAC is speaking to a much broader range of issues. But our standard is the same - the Word of God as contained in the sixty six books of the Bible. Our goal is the same - the exaltation of Jesus Christ in the power of the Spirit in every arena of life. And our need is the same - you.

Without the support of people like you, our voice will not be heard. We need biblically-reasoned feedback on the issues we address. We need the help of iron sharpening iron as we formulate biblical positions on the issues of our day. We need help distributing the Biblical Ballot Measures Voters Guide. Our distribution network is growing, but it is still small. And we need financial help to publish more and more Voters Guides.

Please see the need to use your Oregon Political Action Tax Credit. The first $50 (single) or $100 (couple) you give to a PAC such as ours costs you nothing! It results in a direct dollar for dollar tax credit on your Oregon income taxes. Don’t let your money be kept by the State of Oregon. What would you rather see? $100 of atheistic public school textbooks persuading children that God is irrelevant, or 200 Biblical Ballot Measures Voters Guides, challenging Oregonians to think biblically, asserting the relevance of God in all things?

If you want to help us write biblically based analyses of public policy issues, give a call or write. If you can help distribute Guides, call or write. And if you can help us financially, send us your financial help now.

This voters' guide produced by Parents Education Association, PAC.