I wonder if Beckel became born again before or after he wrote that extortion check to that pro and her pimp?
Seriously, the only “justification” that libs ever give for reconciling liberalism with Christianity was that Christ advocated taking care of the least of us, and that one passage in Acts that states that they shared everything in common.
As for the first, it was an INDIVIDUAL duty, not a collective duty.
For the second, it was an observation, not a command, and it only applied WITHIN the Christian body.
And, as for the REST of the Bible, it advocates clearly “conservative” principles of private property (2 of the big 10 and fully 1/3 of the horizontal commandments), of requiring work to support yourself, and of the “bottom up” view of how a society works best (each doing his best within his talents, no one dictating from above).