The Resurrection and the Return of the Kolbiters

We are announcing our official return to the internet. After a 2 year absence, Kolbiters will be posting again. Look for new posts starting this week from both Dale and myself.

The absurity of the religious left and right

Follow me here…if you are a republican and an evangelical you probably are very conservative.  Likewise, you probably are a part of the “Religious Right.”  Above everything else this means you understand America’s Christian Heritage and to some extent want America to remain a “Christian Nation.”  I have been in this camp for a while.  I at one time listen to Rush and Hannity religiously, and I did vote for Bush twice.  But here is the thing, I have become more and more liberal on economic issues and with regards to government.  I would venture to say that Rush, Hannity, and Joseph Farrah (worldnetdaily.com) would  label me a bleeding heart.   However, I have not come to this conclusion because I have backed off of my Christian Faith or even became less evangelical…it is because of my Christian faith that I have become much more liberal on economics issues.

If this nation claims to be a Christian Nation, not in name only but in action, then it must take care of the poor.  There are no ifs, ands, or buts about it.  To take care of the poor, the widow, the stranger, and the orphan…to be the hands and feet of Jesus; this is the Christian Faith.   Only those who want to continue to push the Church and State apart will say “this is only for the church not the Nation.”  If you say that about this very basic tenet of the Christian Faith (that the U.S. is free from its God-given duty to take care of the Poor),  though you have kept the name of a Christian Nation, then you have regulated America’s destiny to practical atheism.

On the other side, the religious left has drummed the beat of the downtrodden, the poor, the widow, and stranger.   They have championed the cause of Christ, but have hidden His name as if they are were so scared that someone might see their good deeds and worship the Father in Heaven.  They have walked the walk, but they have forgotten why they have even started down this path to begin with….and the reason bears the Name above all names.   Out of fear for the potential partnership of the Church and State the left has abandoned her God and witness to Jesus Christ for political pandering.  I don’t doubt that Christ influences some of their decisions, but I doubt they really understand that Christ is Lord of the World not just of their hearts.

The Right has the Name but has left Jesus outside knocking, the Left has the Heart but has thought it best to ignore the One who created it.

So what am I suggesting?  Well for the Right who wants to see a larger Christian Presence in American Politics, they need to support  Government programs that take care of the poor and champion them as a Cause for Christ.   Allow our government to act Christian and then it might possibly live up to the Name she supposedly bears.   And on the left, don’t fear the Christianizing of America.  The more Christian America becomes the better for everyone, Christian and Non-Christian.   Tear down the fictious wall that Jefferson and the Baptists put up  between the Church and State.  Then maybe the Right and Left can join hands and pray together: “Thy Kingdom come thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.”

Pax,
Br. Dale, C.J.

Pluralism and the American Pantheon

So I was thinking about five months ago when in Georgia Gov. Purdue had a day of prayer for Rain and it dawned on me that this was an odd thing to celebrate, as a Christian, mainly because of the other religions that were represented there as well. Other religious people were given opportunities to pray to their god(s). Is this not the establishment of an American Pantheon? The great Greek and Roman Pantheon’s were destroyed by the Christian Faith only now to be absorbed back into new Pantheon under the titles of “tolerance” and “plurality.”