Posted on 11/13/2017 9:38:52 AM PST by SeekAndFind
There are some Bible stories that really stick with you. Heres one thats challenged me my entire life.
Centuries before the birth of Christ, the tiny and vulnerable kingdom of Judah faced an existential threat from the Assyrian empire. The prophet Isaiahs message to the Judean king, Hezekiah, was clear: Trust God for your salvation. He alone can and will protect his people. The demand for trust was so absolute that Isaiah unequivocally condemned any quest for a military alliance for protection. His words echo through the ages:
Woe to those who go down to Egypt for help and rely on horses, who trust in chariots because they are many and in horsemen because they are strong, but do not look to the Holy One of Israel or consult the Lord.
Consider the challenge here: A king is told to shun a military alliance with a pagan power and to face death and destruction alone, trusting solely in Gods deliverance. I never forgot the lesson. I remembered the admonitions of Sunday-school teachers, my Bible professors at college, and my pastors: Christians, never forget, our ultimate hope is in the Lord. Be wary of an alliance with evil, even when the need seems overwhelming.
Obviously, these fools didnt understand the importance of electing a junior senator from Alabama to fill out a partial term of office. Sure, Hezekiah faced the Assyrians, but by golly we face Doug Jones. Weve got no choice but to ally with a dangerous, unfit man a man who proclaims Christianity while systematically violating the law, seeks to deny the most basic civil rights to his fellow citizens, and now faces heavily sourced and corroborated claims of past sexual misconduct with minors.
I keep hearing these words from Evangelicals: Weve got no choice. The Democrats are after our liberties. Theyre seeking to destroy our way of life. Some even go so far as to say that even if the allegations against Moore are true, theyll still hold their nose and put him in office to keep Jones from serving three years in the Senate.
Im sorry Evangelicals, but your lack of faith is far more dangerous to the Church than any senator, any president, or any justice of the Supreme Court.
Im sorry Evangelicals, but your lack of faith is far more dangerous to the Church than any senator, any president, or any justice of the Supreme Court. Do you really have so little trust in God that you believe its justifiable no, necessary to ally with, defend, and even embrace corrupt men if it you think it will save the Church?
Though I didnt agree with the decision to vote for either Donald Trump or Hillary Clinton, I also didnt doubt the sincerity of Evangelicals who expressed real worry about putting the awesome power of the presidency in Clintons hands. But what now? Theres no defensible argument for choosing the lesser of two evils in Alabama. Yet I see friends and allies excuse and even defend sins in Moore (and Trump) that theyve never, ever excused or defended in any Democrat. And for what? To win the news cycle? To gain influence?
This disease is spreading, too. The Family Research Council, to its great shame, invited Steve Bannon to address its so-called Values Voter conference. Bannon, by his own admission, helped make Breitbart a platform for the vile alt-right, a violent and viciously racist movement that has time and again threatened even the FRCs Christian friends and allies. What crisis could possibly demand an alliance with such a man?
Im beginning to realize that countless older Christians misled their kids and grandkids. They said that moral character matters in politicians. They said they were building a movement based around ideas and principles, not power and party. They said those things right up until the moment when holding firm to their convictions risked handing Hillary Clinton the presidency, and at that point the dam broke. Now, theyre willing to sell out for a lousy Alabama Senate seat.
The bottom line? Through word and deed they chose to trust bad men and not a holy God. Some apply double standards, granting the benefit of the doubt to ideological allies even as they condemn their opponents. Others distort biblical stories to rationalize their alliances. It was bad enough to see Donald Trump compared to King David. Now we have to endure an Alabama officials comparison of Roy Moore to Joseph.
Yes, I know there are many instances in which godless kings did good things for Gods people. God can turn the heart of any man. But there is a vast difference between seeking favor from an unrighteous ruler and choosing, defending, and embracing the same unrighteous ruler from the start. Evangelicals, youre putting people like Donald Trump and Roy Moore in office. Youre declaring to the world, Hes our man.
In graver times, Gods people have demonstrated much greater faith. We stumble when the stakes are comparatively low. Our failures will come back to haunt us. There will be woe to those whove compromised with evil through lack of faith. A reckoning is coming. May God have mercy on us all.
Just donated to Judge Moore’s campaign. Thanks for your insight, Nat’l Review.
Alabama has to choose between a man assaulted by unproven allegations and a died in the wool pro-abortion/woman's right to choose Democrat apparently totally in line with Dem platform .
Politics art of the possible. There are no saints running anywhere, much less God.
David French french kisses babies. I saw him do it! He should resign immediately.
King David really DID all the stuff Moore is being accused of, and he turned out okay.
There is considerable evidence of unwanted French kissing.
Therefore, this guy should step down from the National Review.
On the bright side the fact that he feels compelled to write this indicates that Alabama Evangelicals aren’t falling for the scam.
RE: Hummmm, my bible says you dont convict somebody except on the word of at least two, or three, witnesses.
The four women that came out don’t count?
RE: I personally dont have a problem with him kissing an 18 year old once or twice, which is what she stated.
If she’s 18, she is considered an ADULT, eligible to MARRY.
It’s the 14 year old’s story that must be debunked.
From another thread.
“Mike Lee and the other Mormons dont think their 40 year old so called prophet kissing and having sex with 14 yo girls is creepy...the youngest he came onto was only 12, he kept after her until she was 15...
in fact they revere him so much they sing worship songs to him in their religious ceremonies...”
As far as I know none of these women claim to be witnesses for one of the others. In fact, two of these women make claims of acts that are not illegal. Each, though, is it's own case and none of the these cases has a witness.
Her own mother appears to have debunked it.
I’ll stand with Charles Martel any day of the week ... He went up against those who wanted to destroy Europe ... The phrase, “No greater Love ...” comes to mind here ...
yowza. commenting at the source with Chrome is horrible. Just replied to a post, not about the article.
The article? Frenchie doesn’t believe in being innocent until proven guilty and voting for someone who is an accomplice in the national abomination of child sacrifice is not gonna happen.
We called women like her LIARS and TRAMPS!
Hey David you ever read the story of Joseph and Potiphors wife? You know about women bearing false witness?
This was a total hit job by the Republican establishment, you know your partners in corruption French. Go back to your Republican slime pit and wail and moan you elitist ahole.
Former friends of her's are saying that she was older than 14.
Her own mother said she lied about having a phone in her room.
She's accused 3 pastors of molesting her and tried to get financial settlements.
SHUT UP, David French. I will crawl over BROKEN GLASS to vote for Roy Moore, and yes, I am a Christian who is a leader in my church.
NO THEY DO NOT COUNT. Their testimony DOES NOT AGREE.
Where is your evidence?
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