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When the truth becomes a liability May 24, 2007

Posted by reformedville in : culture, Government, Theology , trackback

With the death of Jerry Falwell last week, a man who like or dislike him,  you must recognize his undisputed legacy was to get the Christian out of the pew, out of the church and back into the public square. He broke the silence of Christians in the political arena. Today you have others that will have a mixed review but whose legacy will be getting Christians to be members of the community again, rather than cloistered in the church.

For Christians though, many have bandied to the republican party, and relied on the republicans to be conservative and to represent their values. However last week we certainly had a apex where people are going to have to make a choice. The truth became a liability in South Carolina and very clear that it is not welcomed in the republican party.

Rather than rehash work, and links already done, Vic (link) and Andy(link) have two excellent pieces and articles on the subject.  Just as  the climate for spiritual abuse is set by biblical illiteracy; so is the climate in every other arena. Failing to hold our political leaders to account and first to be truthful, rather than parrot a line, then to assault truth and call it unwelcome, or term it unpatriotic is inexcusable.

The truth is an unsettling matter and tough to deal with. A song comes to mind from years back from  Fleetwood Mac: Tell Me Lies. We should be very careful of who we lend our support to publicly when we don the title Christian and associate it with ourselves.  Don’t be used as a stooge and parrot lines, it reflects on the body of Christ.

Do you feel like the republican party has been honest with the American public? Do you in any way equate someones political affiliations with their Christianity? Are you comfortable with political messages from the pulpit? Do Christians really have a public voice that represents them or are they just thrown a bone now and then to keep them in line and quiet?

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