Progressive Hypocrisy and Religious Liberty:
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Progressive Hypocrisy and Religious Liberty
“Progressive Christians” seem to think it’s fine for government to:
Ban street preachers from public places, because open evangelism is “offensive”.
Intolerant “tolerance”
Bar side-walk counselors outside abortion clinics, because pro-life activists are “judgmental”.
Prohibit a fourth grader from reading her Bible in class, because she might become “close minded”.
Censure God from a valedictorian’s speech, because he can’t be “disrespectful” of other view points.
Force a bakery owner to cater homosexual weddings, because he’s an “intolerant” fundamentalist.
Compel an evangelical adoption agency to place babies with unmarried couples, because “discrimination” against other lifestyles is wrong.
Penalize churches that support marriage integrity referendums, because they’re engaged in “hate speech”.
Liberty and Christian Cynicism
I applaud my brothers and sisters in Christ who stood firm in Ukraine against oppression and earned with their blood the right to now rebuild their nation.
Cynicism and retreat are popular today among some Christians who have never suffered national tyranny, corruption and malaise, but enjoy the ease of privileged comfort because of past sacrifices by others.
They have not earned the right to criticize those – in Ukraine or elsewhere – whose faith is big enough to redeem cultures, affirm virtue, and establish liberty.
Religous Liberty and Parental Rights
German Homeschool Case May Impact U.S. Homeschool Freedom, by Michael Farris:
Michael Farris and I go way back. We worked shoulder to shoulder together in the ’80s on many issues – and have the battle scars to prove it.
For the last several decades, he has been on the forefront of homeschool and religious liberty issues. We would do well to heed his warning.
Life or Reaction?
So much of our “theology” (and we all have “theology”!) is forged these days by hurts.
The Bible has been used as a club to beat us into conformity, so we reject its plenary authority.
Our need for mercy has been abused, so we latch onto a concept of grace that excludes the Lord’s occasional rebuke and discipline.
We have suffered from authoritarian leadership or a controlling church, so we become autonomous and discount the need for healthy, accountable community.
We realize that some pet doctrines were wrong, so we seek a purely existential Jesus and cringe at objective truth.
In doing so, we are reacting to hurts, wrongs and mistakes – rather than embracing life.
Freedom
In return for a little less freedom, civil government ever seeks to solve problems we should be solving on our own through individual responsibility, family support, personal charity or voluntary associations. As we’ve continued to trade liberty for government “solutions” (which never in reality actually solve much, but often make things worse), little by little we’ve become increasingly enslaved.
Every American should watch this cartoon from 1948 and heed its warning about Utopian promises to fix all of our problems. It is more relevant today than ever before.
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVh75ylAUXY&feature=player_embedded%5DMay we once again find the courage, and the common sense, to stand tall as free men and free women.
For a related bog, take a look at The Growing Idolatry of Civil Government.
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