At base, all countries are based on some form of religion/philosophy.  Politics is ethical principles applied to interactions between groups of people, and ethical principles are the core values established by religion/philosophy.  Our country was founded on Christian principles (albeit imperfectly).  By the turn of the twentieth century, the “cracks in the foundation” created by the imperfections allowed a foothold, then a takeover, by secular humanism.  The intellectuals of the Progressive Era changed the culture, and the politicians of the New Deal/Great Society applied the new values to the political scene.

Today, the Bible Belt areas have finally awakened to the understanding that the new culture spells the demise and destruction of their values.  But the Left has always understood their mission to mean the end of the Christian religion/philosophy.  The two cannot coexist as the core values of a country/government for long.  One Truth implies One Ethic implies One Politics.

For years I told my friends it was too early to get involved in politics; people’s values were not ready to support a political change.  Most disagreed with me.  Whatever, it appears (the first phase of) the political change is upon us.  What are conservatives/Christians to do?

The stock answer I hear to that, usually unasked, question is, pray.  That’s a necessary answer, yes, but it’s inadequate.  God also calls us to action.

It’s time we started working feverishly to “catch-up” the cultural values to the new political scene.  Every Christian needs to make a conscious effort to “take all thoughts captive” for the truth.  To search the Bible diligently concerning what it has to say about justice, oppression, and the role of government.  What does it say about materialism, the sanctity of both vows and contracts, and about nihilism and egotism?

My sense is that the current political “revolution” (which is more sparks than fire, I’m afraid) is riding more on warmed-over values and tradition, not a renewed vision of what Biblical values applied to today’s world would look like.  If that doesn’t change, the Trump era will be just a hiccup in the country’s drift to fascism.

Politics is the end-game.  It starts with our view on how we treat our fellow man.

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