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 ...

Introduction: Our current political climate has presented Americans with issues not faced for at least 200 years. The very foundations of our national identity and what America was founded to be have been changed and modified over the past one hundred years, leaving millions of Americans feeling that these united States are heading in the wrong direction. A mounting set of global philosophies and policies are being put into place which control our nation’s future. Many believe these policies have gone beyond what the Constitution allows, and some believe things have gone too far to reverse. Further, many conservative Christian churches and denominations see the new millennium as the initial stages of the biblical events surrounding the end of time as we know it. "End Times" messages are the norm in our Sunday services. The Tribulation is suggested as beginning either January 1 st , 2000 or shortly thereafter. It has even been suggested that the Rapture...