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re: “There is no left/right political discourse in the Kingdom of heaven... Its the only Way, the only Truth and the only Life.... all the rest is babel...and when you reach that maturity in your life, you will turn the radio and tv off and leave the babbling babels to their own devices...”

You are correct when you say “there is no left/right political discourse in the Kingdom of Heaven”, but there is right and wrong. Until the visible coming of Christ, we live in this world and God expects us to live our lives to glorify Him and to be a witness to our fellow human beings.

Part of that living and glorifying God in this life, in regard to government, is to do as Paul says in Romans 13:1 “Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.”

When you reach that maturity in your life where you understand that in order to “be subject to the governing authorities” is to be a Godly citizen of that county you find yourself in. Being subject to the governing authorities in this nation is to participate in the government - that is, we are expected to vote, to uphold its laws, to support it with taxes, to help protect it by serving in the military. It may even be that “being subject” for some Christian believers is to participate in our government as an elected official.

In the First Century, there was no such government that allowed its citizens to participate - except to obey. But our form of government, in order to function in a Godly way, requires its citizens to participate. To NOT do so is “resisting the governing authority” that has been established by God.

Now, what does this have to do with talk radio hosts?

Nothing. Except that, whether you agree with their methods or not, they are attempting to speak the truth in regard to sound, Godly economic principles that we not spend what we do not have, in promoting the sacredness of life (pro-life vs. abortion, euthenaisa), in promoting the Godly principle of personal responsibility for one’s actions in working for a living and taking care not only of oneself, by also one’s family - these are all principles that our government was established upon, set up to protect and promote.

Rush and others may be imperfect vessels in expressing those truths, but to simply condemn them as all hypocritical, and deserving of hell (which is your implication), then you are guilty of judging as expressed by Jesus - only God knows the hearts of other men as to whether they go to Heaven or hell - you do not have that ability to judge that. We have the ability to judge a person’s character by their actions, but we do not have the right nor the ability to know the ultimate destination of an individual’s soul.