Posted on 12/21/2015 11:50:15 AM PST by Isara
When establishment candidates are losing support with the voters, they often resort to their last subterfuge in the bag of tricks. They try to taint their conservative opponent as something less than a consistent conservative in the hopes of deflating the momentum of said opponent. I’ve seen this dynamic play out in almost every competitive primary. And this is exactly what we are seeing with the entire GOP establishment media that is suddenly concerned that Ted Cruz is not really a conservative.
To those of us who worked on the immigration issue in 2013, there was no secret as to who was pushing amnesty and who was fighting for American sovereignty. But who better than Jeff Sessions to set the record straight? Here it is straight from the mouth of the general that Cruz was standing with him “every step of the way”:
Jeff Sessions: Ted Cruz was on my side to defeat the Gang of Eight amnesty bill (Video)
“I believe without the vigorous opposition of Ted Cruz, this bill likely would have passed. So we need to thank him for that.”
Notice that Sen. Sessions speaks of the $1.5 billion spent on ads promoting the Gang of 8. Guess who starred in those ads for Mark Zuckerberg? Yup, the junior senator from Florida.
Sessions goes on to recount that day in May 2013, when the Senate Judiciary Committee met to mark up the bill and how Cruz was one of the first people he saw rattle Schumer’s cage.
You won’t see this video played on Fox News. They will continue to entertain themselves within their insular echo chamber. Unfortunately for them, the voters aren’t listening.
Yes, in fact, I read all of it, so did you. But you're too dishonest to quote it all.
No I'm always honest and you have a history of screaming liar when somebody doesn't agree with you. DON'T DO THAT. It makes you look like an ass.
If you see something in the article that supports your point than document it. Else STFU.
Yes, I’ve been with some Reformed folks who didn’t think of themselves as evangelicals. We eventually parted ways because they seemed to me to be elevating their confessions to the same level of authority as Scripture. The theonomists were fun too. Gary North’s book, “Crossed Fingers,” very good history lesson but too long.
In any event, sweeping generalizations are another great way to discredit your arguments. Mostly evangelicals are just Christians. Yes, there are disappointments. There always have been, always will be. But lumping them all together is a fallacy. I expect my brilliant Reformed siblings in Christ to avoid such obvious error.
Besides, it is not our job to look down on our brothers and sisters in Christ even when they do disappoint. Instead, it is our job to avoid disappointing them. Love rejoices in the truth, yes, but love is also kind, and patient, and not self-promoting, is not rude, or self-seeking, and doesn’t keep track of offences. I know that’s a really high standard, but it’s not as if we have a choice.
Peace,
SR
Bingo.
FYI, Cruz's Dominionism is theonomy, just a more retarded version.
Love rejoices in the truth, yes, but love is also kind,
Kindness is wasted on the prosperity gimps and worthless dogs of the modern day American church.
What is your evidence that Cruz himself supports Dominionism? He is a Souther Baptist. I know his father has been accused of being a dominionist, and maybe he is, but that wouldn’t prove Cruz was. My own father and I had serious theological differences that were never resolved, though we loved each other dearly.
As for dominionists, yes, that is problematic. There is an old Presbyterian church right next door to me that is owned and run by a gaggle of dominionists. Having been a Southern Baptist myself, I can tell you the two are quite different. My position, until I know better, is that Ted is a Southern Baptist, not a dominionist.
So then, what is your evidence? My own quick perusal found only guilt by association (Raphael), which as you surely know is a fallacy. I also saw some folks conflating a legitimate interest in godly governance with the bizarre eschatology of dominionism, and that too is a fallacy, a category error. What is your smoking gun?
Peace,
SR
He is a Souther Baptist.
Dominionism isn't a denomination. Cruz attends Houston's 1st Baptist, a megachurch associated with Beth Moore, a false prophetess, who has done ecumenical work with Joyce Meyer of the WOF cretins. Haven't finished my research, however, into all of the pastors of Cruz's church as of yet.
He doesn't have any evidence that Ted Cruz believes that other than allowing some church leaders to pray for him. He just believes that his "lax Presbyterian"(his words) candidate somehow has a better chance in the general election even though he polls worse head-to-head and has worst favorability numbers than all other major candidates.
He does seem to be drawn to all the Cruz threads to post about dominionism and some claim to know Cruz's true intentions in exposing the Gang of Eight's sticking point with the path to citizenship.
That, and his daddy and the church he attends.
So, you’re saying that First Baptist Church in Houston supports dominionism?
http://houstonsfirst.org/news-updates/thank-you-beth/#sthash.T1emcgAz.dpuf
"Today the beliefs some Christians hold contain a good deal of New Age/New Thought ideas borrowed from Eastern mysticism. Bible teacher, conference speaker and founder of Living Word Ministries Beth Moore is one of those teachers.
Article title: "BETH MOORE WORSHIPS AT JOEL OSTEEN'S CHURCH AS PASTRIX CHRISTINE CAINE PREACHES" (Link also contains video of Beth and her revelations that the Roman Catholics are just another Christian denomination-- a classic Dominionist claim)
http://apprising.org/2013/12/23/beth-moore-worships-at-joel-osteens-church-as-pastrix-christine-caine-preaches/
"To thank her [Beth Moore] for her 29 years of teaching at Houston's First, Pastor Gregg Matte and his wife Kelly presented Beth with a gift from the church..."
http://houstonsfirst.org/news-updates/thank-you-beth/#sthash.T1emcgAz.dpuf
"Today the beliefs some Christians hold contain a good deal of New Age/New Thought ideas borrowed from Eastern mysticism. Bible teacher, conference speaker and founder of Living Word Ministries Beth Moore is one of those teachers.
http://www.newswithviews.com/West/marsha254.htm"
Article title: "BETH MOORE WORSHIPS AT JOEL OSTEEN'S CHURCH AS PASTRIX CHRISTINE CAINE PREACHES" (Link also contains video of Beth and her revelations that the Roman Catholics are just another Christian denomination-- a classic Dominionist claim)
http://apprising.org/2013/12/23/beth-moore-worships-at-joel-osteens-church-as-pastrix-christine-caine-preaches/
Cruz was asked in a debate if he received any word from God and he replied:
Well, I am blessed to receive a word from God every day in receiving the scriptures and reading the scriptures. And God speaks through the Bible.
Are you going to condemn him for that too?
She's claiming divine revelation for her ecumenical crap. She's into new age mysticism and mumbo jumbo. She partners with Dominionists such as Joyce Meyers, or prosperity gimps like Joel Osteen, to get Christians to give up their "labels," like Protestant, Baptist, Presbyterian, Catholic, "we're all One church!".
This is Ted Cruz's church!
She's up the creek without the paddle. No going back for her.
As far as those that are doctrinally sound, are we not all one body of believers in Christ?
I found one website that labeled Billy Graham a false teacher alongside Beth Moore. Do you have a website that provides more details on Moore's heresy?
Not with Papists, barely with our modern day Pelagians masquerading as Evangelicals (the Charismaniacs and other freaks of nature). There's no problem working politically with other groups-- but doctrine matters and trumps all from the Christian perspective. You do not try to change Christian truth for deceptive unity.
Just a Sunday school teacher? No, not really.
Show us where Ted says he believes it is necessary for Christians to conquer earth before Christ can return.
Replace Ted with "Obama" and "conquer earth before Christ" etc. with "anti-American Liberation theology," and you'll understand the fallacious nature of denying that the sermons of Ted Cruz's own father, working as an agent of Cruz's campaign, along with Cruz's church culture, don't matter.
No, the Black Liberation Theology of Wright was taught from the pulpit. It was core to the teaching ministry of the church. That is profoundly different from having a controversial Sunday school teacher.
As for Rafael, you are not privy to the relationship going on there. Like I said, my own dad and I differed over the doctrines of grace. Had I been a political figure while he was alive, I am sure he would have supported me, and the theological differences we had would not have been a factor. You do not have evidence that Ted Cruz is anything but a typical Southern Baptist. No conviction for you. :)
Peace,
SR
Yup, and so does Beth Moore, despite your "she's just an obscure sunday school teacher!" BS:
"That Fall Beth was re-taping Living Beyond Yourself and I sat up on the left-hand stairs near the top of Houston’s First Baptist Church. (Well, my left, her right.) I’d never, in all my years in church, seen somebody teach with such passion and authority. Needless to say, it was contagious. So contagious, in fact, that I went home and devoured my homework. I did it at night propped up in my bed because let’s be honest, I had no interest in setting aside an hour each morning, but that worked really well for me."
http://blog.lproof.org/2014/03/a-journey-through-bible-study.html
As for Rafael, you are not privy to the relationship going on there.
Then Cruz should probably stop sending him to CAMPAIGN ON HIS BEHALF TO DOMINIONIST/EVANGLICAL AUDIENCES and NOT RECEIVE HANDS ON ANOINTING BY DOMINIONISTS.
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