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I agree with you wholeheartedly that Jesus is above politics. However, it is indeed true that liberals ARE at war with the Jesus Christ depicted by the Bible and want to "redesign" God in their own view. This war IS a war within the Church and has been going on since Paul took his first missionary journey.

The attacks come on the person of Jesus Christ, the existence of God and His providential intervention in this world, and the authority and reliability of the Bible.

C.S. Lewis wrote a book about this war entitled: "God in the Dock". Lewis contended that liberals were using humanistic criteria to question God rather than accepting Him at His word.

One of my family members recently presented me with a liberal book which contended that the "real" Jesus was the person depicted in James and that therefore the the Gospels; i.e., the first four books of the Bible, had been corrupted. This particular author came to this conclusion because Jesus was a member of a Jewish sect which would NEVER converse with sinners or disobey the Sabbath. Therefore, those accounts must have been made up!!

Of course, the Jesus of James is a Jesus insisting on works. Therefore, the conclusion is a denial a the basic tenet of Christianity: Our reconciliation with God is based solely on the Grace offered by God to sinners which was enabled by the shedding of the blood of Jesus Christ on the cross.

In the Gospels, Christ made it quite plain that the Gospel was being offered to the sinners, because the righteous would not accept the truth.

Clearly, the "righteous liberals", those who will not accept God on HIS terms, still will not accept the truth!

It was no accident that the pursuit of President Clinton resulted in the political left orchestrating a media campaign to justify "lying"; i.e., not adhering to the truth.

God is ALWAYS on the side of TRUTH.

So, while I certainly agree that Jesus Christ is far above politics, I feel I must point out that the war being fought in the Church parallels the political wars and it turns out that those who call themselves "liberals" seem to be on the same side for both.

Yes, you are correct and your points worth noting, especially here:

In the Gospels, Christ made it quite plain that the Gospel was being offered to the sinners, because the righteous would not accept the truth.

Clearly, the "righteous liberals", those who will not accept God on HIS terms, still will not accept the truth!

My point was simply that standing around claiming that Jesus/God is on our side politically is close to blasphemous imo. God is on the side of all mankind. He is as much the God of liberals as he is of conservatives, and that NONE of us should try to remake Him in our image. He is far greater than that.