Comments on: The Alliance of Evangelicals and Conservatives http://tritonelife.com/2009/10/21/the-alliance-of-evangelicals-and-conservatives/ Thu, 02 Feb 2012 06:25:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The Political Role of Churches « Tritone Life http://tritonelife.com/2009/10/21/the-alliance-of-evangelicals-and-conservatives/#comment-651 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:22:25 +0000 http://tritonelife.com/?p=1382#comment-651 [...] a series of posts (starting here), I have rejected all three [...]

]]> By: Reverse the Decline of the Local Church « Tritone Life http://tritonelife.com/2009/10/21/the-alliance-of-evangelicals-and-conservatives/#comment-638 Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:29:10 +0000 http://tritonelife.com/?p=1382#comment-638 [...] Politicization: the alliance between evangelicals and the religious right has confused the purpose of church life. Many now view churches as centers of political activism to [...]

]]> By: Wit Ackman http://tritonelife.com/2009/10/21/the-alliance-of-evangelicals-and-conservatives/#comment-629 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 20:59:32 +0000 http://tritonelife.com/?p=1382#comment-629 I think one of the worst things for a Christian to do is to turn their back on the world; for there are many people suffering in the world, and the Christian work is the work of alleviating suffering. In fact, it could be put stronger: the Christian work is the work of creating and defending brotherhood between all people. This being so, why would any Christian support a Capitalist society in which people are alienated not only from each other, but from themselves, where separation and atomization are the law, and all community militated against? Many on the Left, since the 1930s, have critiqued Stalinist bureaucracies; in fact, the best critique of this type of communism is from the left. As is the best critique of our current society. Look around and take note: America is in the hands of Conservative forces, and as a result we see pervasive repression and unfreedom, not liberty. And look beyond America and you will see that the cost of this pseudo-liberty is the enslavement of vast tracts of the third world.

The Christian work, then, is to oppose Capitalism and Conservatism. The difficulty, though, is that in America the Conservatives and the Christians are very often one and the same people.

Jesus said, “For judgment I have come into this world, so that the blind will see and those who see will become blind.”- John 9:39

“If you were blind, you would not be guilty of sin; but now that you claim you can see, your guilt remains. – John 9:41

“And no one pours new wine into old wineskins. If he does, the wine will burst the skins, and both the wine and the wineskins will be ruined. No, he pours new wine into new wineskins.” – Mark 2:22

“No one sews a patch of unshrunk cloth on an old garment, for the patch will pull away from the garment, making the tear worse.”- Matthew 9:16

Wit

]]> By: The Erosion of the Religious Right By Divorce « Tritone Life http://tritonelife.com/2009/10/21/the-alliance-of-evangelicals-and-conservatives/#comment-625 Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:20:24 +0000 http://tritonelife.com/?p=1382#comment-625 [...] new ones to replace them. Regardless of whether the alliance between evangelicals and conservatives should continue, I question whether it [...]

]]> By: The Declining Economic Viability of the Religious Right « Tritone Life http://tritonelife.com/2009/10/21/the-alliance-of-evangelicals-and-conservatives/#comment-614 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:43:44 +0000 http://tritonelife.com/?p=1382#comment-614 [...] reevaluating the alliance between evangelicals and the conservative movement, I have moved from asking whether it should continue, to asking whether it will. Conservatives are [...]

]]> By: The Bible, the Market, and the Meltdown « Tritone Life http://tritonelife.com/2009/10/21/the-alliance-of-evangelicals-and-conservatives/#comment-595 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 01:03:34 +0000 http://tritonelife.com/?p=1382#comment-595 [...] I started this series on the evangelical alliance with political conservatism, I noted three questions to explore biblically. Evangelicals should acts as citizens from a biblical framework, not an ideological one. So, does [...]

]]> By: mraley http://tritonelife.com/2009/10/21/the-alliance-of-evangelicals-and-conservatives/#comment-591 Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:12:35 +0000 http://tritonelife.com/?p=1382#comment-591 The vocation issue is EXACTLY right! We have lost it almost completely.

]]> By: A Biblical View of the State « Tritone Life http://tritonelife.com/2009/10/21/the-alliance-of-evangelicals-and-conservatives/#comment-587 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 22:32:16 +0000 http://tritonelife.com/?p=1382#comment-587 [...] The question we opened last week is whether evangelicals should continue to identify with conservatives. [...]

]]> By: Richard http://tritonelife.com/2009/10/21/the-alliance-of-evangelicals-and-conservatives/#comment-586 Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:02:12 +0000 http://tritonelife.com/?p=1382#comment-586 Pastor Raley,

I think mixed in this may be a recovery of the doctrine of vocation. Our men’s group at church recently went through an outstanding book by Gene Veith, “God at Work,” which encouraged us a men to see our vocations as citizens, fathers, husbands, and workers (which is a Reformed/Lutheran concept). We have vocations as citizens to participate in the political process. But this is different/distinct from our roles in the church.

]]> By: mraley http://tritonelife.com/2009/10/21/the-alliance-of-evangelicals-and-conservatives/#comment-585 Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:46:28 +0000 http://tritonelife.com/?p=1382#comment-585 Both useful comments. As to the question of the alliance, I am thinking specifically of the organizational links and strategic coordination between grass roots political operatives and parachurch orgs like Focus on the Family. These do, I think, constitute an alliance that affects local churches. I think it has been a disaster, and yet, there are many conservative beliefs that I think are important to uphold. So the dual citizenship Roger describes is what I want to explore.

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