Reminiscent of the 1980 remarks of Ronald Reagan to a group of evangelical pastors and leaders gathered at Reunion Arena in Dallas, Donald Trump has formed an evangelical “advisory board” which, according to his website, “represents Donald J. Trump’s endorsement of those diverse issues important to Evangelicals and other Christians, and his desire to have access to the wise counsel of such leaders as needed.” None of these leaders were required to endorse his candidacy although several of them unmistakably have already done that. The list of these leaders is as follows:
Cultural Reformation
How Can This Many People Be Wrong?
The now infamous Jerry Falwell Jr. picture with DT.
Every parent has heard (and I suspect many of them said as a child), “Hey Dad (or Mom), everyone is doing this and if everyone is doing this, how can it be wrong?”
And the classic response from the parent has been, “If everyone was jumping off a cliff would you do that too?”
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Responses to Criticisms of the “No Lesser of Two Evil Movement”
If you have followed social media then you have likely ran across a growing number of Christians who have decided that voting for the lessor of two evils is no longer a viable strategy for national reformation. This blog is not intended to articulate the philosophy of the movement except to say that the foundation is formed in a couple of simple points: (These are not exhaustive)
1. Whatever you do (that includes voting) you do to the glory of God. (I Cor. 10:31, Col. 3:17)
2. There is a biblical qualifying standard and process for civic leaders to embrace. (Ex. 18:13-24; Romans 13:1-6; I Timothy 3, Titus 1)
3. We are to agree not only with the GOALS of reformation, but obey the Scriptural pattern and process for electing those leaders stewarding our nation.
4. Empowering unrighteousness will never produce a righteous outcome.
Is it Time to Get Out of Babylon?
“Get out of Babylon! Run from the Babylonians! Shout the news. Broadcast it. Let the world know, the whole world.”
Isaiah 48:20 MSG
If anything can be said that is remotely good about President Barak Obama, it is that he is good to his word. During the presidential campaign of 2008 and including his election night victory address, he was clear when he said that he was going to “fundamentally transform America”. Like it or not (and I suspect most who read this blog absolutely loathe it) he has kept that promise. It is so blatantly clear concerning the change he has advocated and implemented that giving you a list would simply prove the obvious. This is no longer your granddad’s nation. In fact, your granddad would barely recognize it.
Reformation Goals v. Reformation Process
I’ve been noticing lately a whole lot of tension between “Christian” people with regards to how this nation’s ills are going to be addressed. I put the quotation marks around the word “Christian” because there is a broad definition at work as to what that truly means and how one is defined. My purpose, at the moment, is not to untangle the use of the word “Christian”, but rather speak to the tension of how a Christian is to go about reforming a nation and engaging a culture. Let me give some quick illustrations as to what I mean…