{"id":1987,"date":"2010-10-22T01:40:34","date_gmt":"2010-10-22T06:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/?p=1987"},"modified":"2010-10-22T01:40:34","modified_gmt":"2010-10-22T06:40:34","slug":"john-mark-reynolds-asks-why-republican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/john-mark-reynolds-asks-why-republican","title":{"rendered":"John Mark Reynolds asks: “Why Republican?”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. John Mark Reynold’s has an important essay at Crosswalk.com:<\/a><\/p>\n

Some noteworthy graphs:<\/p>\n

Nobody needs feel shame to be a Republican, because when it came time to confront the original sin of the nation\u2014slavery\u2014the Republican Party was on the Lord’s side. In the great battle of my time, the war against communist tyranny, the Republican Party led in the defense of free markets and freedom of thought.<\/p>\n

The Republican Party has always been the party of Evangelicals. Lincoln was elected by appealing to our beliefs and this has not changed in one hundred and fifty years.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

No Christian puts his trust in princes. We remember that no earthly party is God’s party, because He is never a Republican or Democrat, being a committed monarchist. No Christian votes simply for party, but is open to good men and women where ever they may be found. We are, at all times, first subjects of Christendom and only secondarily citizens of this Republic.<\/p>\n

But King Jesus has not yet come to rule and reign on the Earth and so we must go on living in anticipation of His coming. We live this side of Paradise and so have to spend centuries developing a political philosophy.<\/p>\n

The philosophy we develop might be wrong, so we hold it more loosely than doctrine. We know other Christians have not yet given up on socialism or a bigger government than we are willing to tolerate. It is not so much their goals we attack, but their means. We long to help the poor and believe in universal health care, but believe that bigger government will do neither well and will hurt our freedoms.<\/p>\n

We would give all our money in taxes if we thought it would end poverty, but have seen that it only enriches the state at the cost of liberty. We create statist masters and the poor are with us always.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

John Mark Reynolds\u00a0<\/strong>is the founder and director of the Torrey Honors Institute, and Professor of Philosophy at Biola University. In 1996 he received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from the University of Rochester. John Mark Reynolds can be found blogging regularly atScriptorium Daily<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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