Samson's Jawbone

By David L. Miner and Glenn A. Griffis Recently, we have been hearing reports of conservative Christians and even evangelical leaders, implying that patriotism, and especially the nationalism advocate by President Trump, is a polite and cleaned up version of idolatry. In other words the question seems to be, can a Christian be loyal to his country, and support the countries dominance in world affairs without being idolatrous? Should we honor a government whose leaders may be corrupt, secular or with whom we disagree. Is loyalty to a secular, godless leader or country the equivalent of worship of that leader or country?  After laughing a bit, and after realizing that these people are actually serious, we have decided to  rant about such a sincere but misled doctrinal viewpoint. So, to sincerely rebut this sincere position, we need to see what Scripture has to say about this. First, in our view, is the command to submit to and support our political leaders is ...

by Glenn A. Griffis. On May 31, 2005 a great mystery was solved. As many students of politics and history had long suspected Mark A. Felt was, Deep Throat. He was the secret source of information in Washington Post reporters Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein's Watergate investigations that turned the public against President Richard Nixon. Among other things Felt informed Woodward and Bernstein of a secret campaign-dirty-tricks fund in Nixon's re-election campaign office to finance operations like the break in to the Democratic National Committee's offices in the Watergate building. What Felt did not know was how much Nixon knew about the campaign skulduggery. Felt famously told Woodward and Bernstein “follow the money.” Woodard and Bernstein kept their source's identity from everyone except their editor, Ben Bradley, until Felt came forward personally near the end of his life . Confidential sources have become the holy grail of American journalism. The curren...

It would appear to many, especially the political pundits, that Donald Trump may very well be the Republican Candidate for President of the United States of America. And the Internet gives all of us plenty of opportunity to like or endorse or reject or hate the man. In doing any of the above, I suggest that Conservative Christians have the hardest job in many years of deciding which of the above options we should pursue. Is God calling Conservative Christians to refuse to vote for Trump? Can Conservative Christians endorse Donald Trump and look God in the eyes at Judgement? And can Conservative Christians support or vote for a man with the moral and spiritual failures that Trump clearly carries with him? And can Conservative Christians reject Trump's candidacy when knowing that action will result in less votes for Trump, when every vote for Trump cancels out a vote for Hilary Clinton. In other words, withholding a vote for Trump will almost assure four more years ...