I listened to a discussion this morning between Greg Garrison and Dan Coats on my way to work. His argument for backing down was that we were losing popular opinion and therefore would lose elections going forward. That there was, yet again, a good reason to compromise and let the left pull us further left. His promise was that the ACA would be its own undoing and we’d have an easier time of repealing it after the country feels pain for which the public can blame the other side. I had to shut off my radio before I crashed.
My point in relating this... sounds like the SBC is now operating with the same fear. The position is unpopular so lets abandon it. In effect they are accelerating the move towards the very thing that they supposedly are against by fearing the ramifications of standing firm for the right reasons.
After watching this country creep down the slippery slope on many issues I’m done compromising. Any elected official that doesn’t understand that I want them to fight where it’s really important will lose my vote. If there isn’t a viable candidate I won’t cast a vote. I’m sticking a stake in the ground - no more socialism... period.
Somehow I seriously doubt there will be a viable candidate. Except perhaps in a not-so-viable third party attempt.
Martin Luther supposedly said that he would rather be ruled by a competent Turk than an incompetent Christian. Whether Luther said it is open to dispute, but the sentiment is reasonable.
There is no easy balance between total capitulation to the liberal agenda, a position that can be characterized by "Christians are not part of "this world" so who cares what happens with the government," and the opposite position where self-described Christians are looking forward to the day when things fall apart so they can start shooting liberals.
Moore may not have found that balance, but it does look like he is trying. But these days, simply attempting to seek balance draws fire from both extremes.
We can only hope the Lord returns before things get uglier than they are now. But in the meantime, we can expect more people on all sides to confuse political ideology with faith in Christ.
What is a viable candidate?
Hopefully that doesn’t mean “moderate”