Posted by
P.R.E.Z. on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 1:14:00 PM
With the way the word conservative has been demonized everywhere a 
liberal
has the forum to give an opinion, it's no wonder that people would get
the wrong idea of what it truly means to be a conservative, especially
a conservative that's a Christian (trust me, they're not the same).
Today, I'm going to begin to define what that means.
Because
I don't want there to be any misunderstanding, I'm going to take my
time with this. Even so, there may be some of you who wholly do not
agree with me and you're welcome to comment.
Though not widely popularized, there are many political parties: democrat, republican, libertarian, green , independent, constitution, falconist,
on and on. Each party has it's own philosophy. These philosophies
define the foundation of the party's core beliefs. They are liberal,
moderate, and conservative.
I'll explain in other posts why I'm not a democrat and why
I'm not a republican though I'm still registered as one. I am a
Christian that's politically conservative. Or a conservative Christian.
Take your pick.
What does that mean? Let me explain in my own words.
The Conservative Christian Creed
I believe in the Holy Bible, the Old and New Testaments. I believe that it testifies to who God truly is. I believe it is God's word and the final
authority for mankind and how He would want us to conduct ourselves as
His creation. I believe that His word is borne out of love and, so
being, works in the best interests of His creation.
I believe
that the laws of man are only beneficial when they agree with the
express law of God. I believe that everything should be tested by God's
law and that it is the foundation of true freedom.
I
believe that God, being eternal, reflects in His law that same
eternalness. That it is timeless and therefore applicable from
generation to generation.
I believe that the moral foundation of a nation defines that nation and the principles
by which they live. I believe that when the moral fabric of a society
strays away from God and His law, that society sets itself up for God's
judgment as history has shown repeatedly.
Why Conservative?
All of that being said, you may be asking why conservative. Aren't there Christians that are liberal? I suppose there are but I believe that they have got to have a crisis of conscious and doctrine if they kotow to an agenda that is anti-Christ.
The conservative philosophy is founded on a belief in things like limited government,
encouraging industry, personal responsibility (something that is just
straight from the pages of scripture), pro life, pro traditional
marriage (In other words, anti-gay marriage. Hey, call an ace and ace),
pro Constitution (freedom of religion, freedom of the press, personal
defense). These are the main tenets of the conservative agenda and line
up with the principles of scripture. Therefore I stand in that camp.
Now,
how are these things biblical? We'll look at each one through the eyes
of scripture and see if each can stand up in my next post.
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