Politics and Nausea
Feb 13th, 2008 by jjp
A Christian friend sent me this link and asked me for my thoughts:
Well, I tried reading through this, but Gingrich’s “god-like” summary of each State in the Middle East is both vastly complicated and vastly simplistic (and vastly arrogant, I might add). What does God have to do with the kingdoms of men — the political scheming of overlords, etc? The reason I am pro Ron Paul is simple: He’s anti-globalist and anti-war — two principles clearly in line with the life of the Christian. He’s also a strong Constitutionalist (the only real advocate of the Bill of Rights) who believes that war must be “just” (and authorized by Congress, not by “executive order”) in order to be engaged in with one’s conscience. I have a hard time believing that a genuine Christian can be pro-war on any other terms.
What does Athens have to do with Jerusalem, in the truth of the Holy Spirit?
Indeed. As followers of the Messiah, how are we to engage in a culture that advocates war, that embraces the worldly propaganda of terrorism (used to further the globalist agenda and fund the war machine), etc. etc.?
A friend of mine in China wrote me today:
How can one love the enemy, love their enemy, if one kills them? That is not possible. If Christ did not love His enemy, He would never have died for us! We die now, we live later.
Tragically, it appears that American Evangelicalism has transposed this order.