are we willing to stand up for what is right?
Christian Conservatives-- people who have given their lives to their Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and who, politically, believe in the foundational principles of the American Republic. Those foundational principles were first put into place, with a firm reliance on God, by our Founding Fathers and were later revived by The Great Communicator and The Great Conservative, Pres. Ronald Wilson Reagan.
As a Christian, I believe that…
1. God is our Heavenly Father, the Author of life, and the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. He created all people in His image.
2. Jesus Christ is God’s one and only Son, and one with God.
3. Jesus was born of a virgin, lived as fully human and fully divine on this earth, was crucified on the cross, died, was buried, and on the third day was raised from the dead. He did all of this as the Perfect Sacrifice for our sins, so that all who believe in Him could have eternal life in paradise.
4. Jesus gave us the perfect bluprint for living our lives. Specifically, He said that we were to love God with all of our heart, mind, soul and strength, and that we were to love and serve our fellow man just as much as we love and serve ourselves.
5. God sent His Holy Spirit to convict us of sin, righteousness and judgement of sin, to transform our hearts in God’s sight, to help us remember the Word of God, to help us lead godly lives, to give us spiritual gifts for the edification of believers, to guarantee our eternal life with God, and to empower us to be witnesses for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
6. we are commanded by our Lord and Savior to go into all the world and preach the Gospel. We cannot force anyone to believe, and, in fact, we are prohibited from trying to force belief. All people have free will, and they will either believe, or they won’t. We are to let God sort that out.
As a Reagan Conservative, I believe that…
1. the Constitution says what it means and means what it says. In other words, let’s have none of this rubbish about a “Living Constitution.”
2. our Constitution and our entire system of government is grounded in the belief that God made us all equal in His perfect sight and that He endowed us with certain natural rights which no man can take away from us. Those rights are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
3. the Constitution was written to protect us from the possibility of government taking those rights away from us.
4. the principles of federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances, popular sovereignty, majority rules, protection of the minority, and the rule of law are all woven into the very fabric of our Constitution and must be followed to the letter with no deviation.
5. the judicial branch was always intended to be the weakest of the three branches.
6. the republic cannot survive without a religious and moral citizenry who in turn elect virtuous leaders. We are not legally required, of course, to elect only Christians. We are better off, and freer, as a society, though, if our leaders worship and follow God.
7. life and liberty are only secure so long as our property rights are secure.
8. prosperity is highest in a free-market economy with minimal government regulation and low taxes.
9. government, for the most part, should leave us alone and stay out of our lives.
10. America is a “tall, proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, windswept, God-blessed, and teemimg with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace; a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity. And if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here (legally).----quote comes from Pres. Reagan’s Farewell Address, except for the word legally at the end. I inserted that because I think that’s what Pres. Reagan meant.
All of the above is a far cry from the beliefs of the 21st Century secular progressive (AKA "the modern liberal). Today's liberal believes that....
1. there is no room for traditional Christian beliefs in a modern society. The beliefs of Christians obstruct the right of the human to decide for himself/herself how best to live, and they qualify as no more than silly superstition.
2. society is best served if all expressions of Christian faith are eliminated from the public square. Any public expression of Christian faith is an affront to all rational, reasonable people.
3. humans are best guided by reason and logic, and not by an irrational belief in some sort of "heavenly ghost."
4. their political beliefs are a natural extension of their beliefs concerning religion.
5. the Constitution is a constantly evolving document which must be continually reinterpreted according to our current beliefs about right and wrong.
6. there is no such thing as "right and wrong." There is only valid progressive thought and invalid conservative thought. Sort of like--"Rule #1: The progressive is always right. Rule #2: Whenever the progressive is wrong, refer to Rule #1."
7. the powers of government must be centralized in an unelected federal judiciary populated by secular progressive judges.
8. the role of the federal judiciary is to ensure that the rights of the various special interest groups that have been assigned "victim status" are elevated above the rights of the "tyrannical" majority.
9. the central government must have the power to redistribute wealth and property so that the "disadvantaged" are properly cared for. This is best accomplished by imposing high tax rates on the "advantaged" in order to fund government entitlement programs.
10. all of our wants and needs can best be provided for by a large central government that creates taxpayer-funded programs which then dole out various goods and services to satisfy those wants and needs. After all, government has a limitless capacity for doing good, provided that everyone in government shares the same secular progressive beliefs.
11. America is the root cause of most of what's wrong with the world today. America is directly responsible for global warming, world hunger/poverty/disease, and Islamic terrorism. America is the single biggest human rights violator in the world today. America is evil because America is too rich, too powerful, too arrogant, and too big. It is absolutely vital that American power and sovereignty be reigned in by global rule, led by the United Nations. The world would be an infinitely better place with a weaker America that tried to fit in better with the global village.
Ladies and gentlemen, these two worldviews cannot be reconciled. There will be no unity or consensus between these two factions. There will be a war between the two sides, and there will be a winner and a loser. We must fight (non-violently) tooth and nail, in the manner of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in order to secure victory.
It is our duty as Christians to fight for the soul of America. Jesus told us, in His Sermon on the Mount,
"Let me tell you why you are here. You're here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? You've lost your usefulness and will end up in the garbage.
"Here's another way to put it: You're here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We're going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don't think I'm going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I'm putting you on a light stand. Now that I've put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand—shine! Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you'll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven."---Matthew 5:13-16
Dr. King told us, "There was a time when the church was very powerful. It was during that period when the early Christians rejoiced when they were deemed worthy to suffer for what they believed. In those days the church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society. Whenever the early Christians entered a town the power structure got disturbed and immediately sought to convict them for being 'disturbers of the peace' and 'outside agitators.' But they went on with the conviction that they were 'a colony of heaven,' and had to obey God rather than man. They were small in number but big in commitment. They were too God-intoxicated to be 'astronomically intimidated.' They brought an end to such ancient evils as infanticide and gladiatorial contest."
Can we bring an end to such "modern" evils as abortion and euthanasia? Gay marriage and the welfare state? How about the flagrant, willful and relentless violations of the 1st, 2nd, 5th, and 10th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution by our federal government? These are evils being perpetrated by the modern left that threaten to destroy the America that was envisioned by our Founders. It will take us becoming "Christian conservative warriors" to head off the disaster that will come as a result of these evils.
As a Christian, I believe that…
1. God is our Heavenly Father, the Author of life, and the Creator of everything in heaven and on earth. He created all people in His image.
2. Jesus Christ is God’s one and only Son, and one with God.
3. Jesus was born of a virgin, lived as fully human and fully divine on this earth, was crucified on the cross, died, was buried, and on the third day was raised from the dead. He did all of this as the Perfect Sacrifice for our sins, so that all who believe in Him could have eternal life in paradise.
4. Jesus gave us the perfect bluprint for living our lives. Specifically, He said that we were to love God with all of our heart, mind, soul and strength, and that we were to love and serve our fellow man just as much as we love and serve ourselves.
5. God sent His Holy Spirit to convict us of sin, righteousness and judgement of sin, to transform our hearts in God’s sight, to help us remember the Word of God, to help us lead godly lives, to give us spiritual gifts for the edification of believers, to guarantee our eternal life with God, and to empower us to be witnesses for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
6. we are commanded by our Lord and Savior to go into all the world and preach the Gospel. We cannot force anyone to believe, and, in fact, we are prohibited from trying to force belief. All people have free will, and they will either believe, or they won’t. We are to let God sort that out.
As a Reagan Conservative, I believe that…
1. the Constitution says what it means and means what it says. In other words, let’s have none of this rubbish about a “Living Constitution.”
2. our Constitution and our entire system of government is grounded in the belief that God made us all equal in His perfect sight and that He endowed us with certain natural rights which no man can take away from us. Those rights are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
3. the Constitution was written to protect us from the possibility of government taking those rights away from us.
4. the principles of federalism, separation of powers, checks and balances, popular sovereignty, majority rules, protection of the minority, and the rule of law are all woven into the very fabric of our Constitution and must be followed to the letter with no deviation.
5. the judicial branch was always intended to be the weakest of the three branches.
6. the republic cannot survive without a religious and moral citizenry who in turn elect virtuous leaders. We are not legally required, of course, to elect only Christians. We are better off, and freer, as a society, though, if our leaders worship and follow God.
7. life and liberty are only secure so long as our property rights are secure.
8. prosperity is highest in a free-market economy with minimal government regulation and low taxes.
9. government, for the most part, should leave us alone and stay out of our lives.
10. America is a “tall, proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, windswept, God-blessed, and teemimg with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace; a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity. And if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here (legally).----quote comes from Pres. Reagan’s Farewell Address, except for the word legally at the end. I inserted that because I think that’s what Pres. Reagan meant.
All of the above is a far cry from the beliefs of the 21st Century secular progressive (AKA "the modern liberal). Today's liberal believes that....
1. there is no room for traditional Christian beliefs in a modern society. The beliefs of Christians obstruct the right of the human to decide for himself/herself how best to live, and they qualify as no more than silly superstition.
2. society is best served if all expressions of Christian faith are eliminated from the public square. Any public expression of Christian faith is an affront to all rational, reasonable people.
3. humans are best guided by reason and logic, and not by an irrational belief in some sort of "heavenly ghost."
4. their political beliefs are a natural extension of their beliefs concerning religion.
5. the Constitution is a constantly evolving document which must be continually reinterpreted according to our current beliefs about right and wrong.
6. there is no such thing as "right and wrong." There is only valid progressive thought and invalid conservative thought. Sort of like--"Rule #1: The progressive is always right. Rule #2: Whenever the progressive is wrong, refer to Rule #1."
7. the powers of government must be centralized in an unelected federal judiciary populated by secular progressive judges.
8. the role of the federal judiciary is to ensure that the rights of the various special interest groups that have been assigned "victim status" are elevated above the rights of the "tyrannical" majority.
9. the central government must have the power to redistribute wealth and property so that the "disadvantaged" are properly cared for. This is best accomplished by imposing high tax rates on the "advantaged" in order to fund government entitlement programs.
10. all of our wants and needs can best be provided for by a large central government that creates taxpayer-funded programs which then dole out various goods and services to satisfy those wants and needs. After all, government has a limitless capacity for doing good, provided that everyone in government shares the same secular progressive beliefs.
11. America is the root cause of most of what's wrong with the world today. America is directly responsible for global warming, world hunger/poverty/disease, and Islamic terrorism. America is the single biggest human rights violator in the world today. America is evil because America is too rich, too powerful, too arrogant, and too big. It is absolutely vital that American power and sovereignty be reigned in by global rule, led by the United Nations. The world would be an infinitely better place with a weaker America that tried to fit in better with the global village.
Ladies and gentlemen, these two worldviews cannot be reconciled. There will be no unity or consensus between these two factions. There will be a war between the two sides, and there will be a winner and a loser. We must fight (non-violently) tooth and nail, in the manner of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., in order to secure victory.
It is our duty as Christians to fight for the soul of America. Jesus told us, in His Sermon on the Mount,
"Let me tell you why you are here. You're here to be salt-seasoning that brings out the God-flavors of this earth. If you lose your saltiness, how will people taste godliness? You've lost your usefulness and will end up in the garbage.
"Here's another way to put it: You're here to be light, bringing out the God-colors in the world. God is not a secret to be kept. We're going public with this, as public as a city on a hill. If I make you light-bearers, you don't think I'm going to hide you under a bucket, do you? I'm putting you on a light stand. Now that I've put you there on a hilltop, on a light stand—shine! Keep open house; be generous with your lives. By opening up to others, you'll prompt people to open up with God, this generous Father in heaven."---Matthew 5:13-16
Dr. King told us, "There was a time when the church was very powerful. It was during that period when the early Christians rejoiced when they were deemed worthy to suffer for what they believed. In those days the church was not merely a thermometer that recorded the ideas and principles of popular opinion; it was a thermostat that transformed the mores of society. Whenever the early Christians entered a town the power structure got disturbed and immediately sought to convict them for being 'disturbers of the peace' and 'outside agitators.' But they went on with the conviction that they were 'a colony of heaven,' and had to obey God rather than man. They were small in number but big in commitment. They were too God-intoxicated to be 'astronomically intimidated.' They brought an end to such ancient evils as infanticide and gladiatorial contest."
Can we bring an end to such "modern" evils as abortion and euthanasia? Gay marriage and the welfare state? How about the flagrant, willful and relentless violations of the 1st, 2nd, 5th, and 10th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution by our federal government? These are evils being perpetrated by the modern left that threaten to destroy the America that was envisioned by our Founders. It will take us becoming "Christian conservative warriors" to head off the disaster that will come as a result of these evils.
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