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Recently, there came a great change in the political landscape of our neighbour to the South. The Republican Party lost its hold on Congress to a very radical Democratic Party.
How did this happen? The media seems to think that it has something to do with the voters disapproval of the War on Terror, or perhaps the recent scandals among Republican officials swayed voters. However, none are mentioning the sharp drop of support from those voters who identify themselves as Evangelical Christians. And while they have noted the fall of Ted Haggard, few are linking him to the election.
And yet, even before his sordid personal life came to light (effectively ending his ministry), he had delivered the Evangelical vote into the hands of their enemy, the Left wing of American politics.
In this devastating and insightful book, Dr. Charles McVety exposes the cause for which Haggard betrayed his political allies and how it is linked to the great falling away predicted in scripture.
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Barak Obama and
liberation theology
By John Clarke
June 5th, 2008
Any politician running for office can expect to be attacked by his ideological opponents, and Barak Obama is no exception. In the early days of his campaign for the Democratic nomination for president, he was criticized for not putting his hand on his heart during the American National Anthem, for his liberal voting record and for the possibility that he was Muslim.
He was able to counter the last one by pointing out his involvement with his Christian church, and his close relationship with the Pastor of his church, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright. It was when excerpts from Wright's sermons came to light that Obama faced a major crisis in his campaign.
From his assertion that America deserved the 9/11 attacks, to his contention that the American government created aids in order to commit genocide against black people, to his loud proclaimation, "...but I say God Damn America!"
While it is not uncommon for preachers to rail against the government, there is something more biting here, something that does not have it's roots in either Christianity or even out of the resentment of an abused people.
The Roots of liberation theology
Civil rights abuses in South America are legendary. As is often the case, some people found the only hope for equality to be in revolutionary communism. Encouraging these violent revolutionaries were Catholic Priests who felt that Jesus not only wanted the poor fed, he wanted them freed from social injustice, and the only way to achieve that was through violent revolt. They preached Marxism with a Christian gloss, salvation through class warfare. The philosophy behind such a message is known as Liberation Theology.
In America, the message found a receptive audience among the black community. There was an enemy here as well, a resented abuser, the white people. Once again Christianity became secondary to resentment of the white ruling class, and the scriptures milked for what could be found to support a Marxist viewpoint. And so class war became race war.
It is also why Louis Farrakhan, the race-baiting anti-semitic Black Muslim leader, has found a friend among the Christian supporters of Black Liberation Theology. He is welcomed because he is percieved as an enemy of the enemy and thus a friend.
Marxism and Christianity
One of Marx's most famous comments was that religion was the opiate of the masses. One thing he meant by that was that a religious person was more likely to be content in difficult situations, and so less likely to revolt against the system. Christians are no friend tocommunism due to communisms' faith in an all powerful government, as well as the way communist ideology pits itself against religious believers.
Part of the reason is that no Christian is a victim. All Christians are victors, even living in poverty or under oppression. We have been granted a glorious gift, and can await our reward in the next world.
Can you imagine the difficulty in getting a people who feel that way to rise up against their oppressors? The only way to do that is to water down the Gospel, and mix it with exhortations from Che, and by constant reminders of victimhood.
No matter how oppressed you have been, if you have faith you are not a victim.
And that is where Liberation Theology fails as both a theology and a form of liberation.
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Books on this topic
Theology in a New Key: Responding to Liberation Themes
By Robert Brown
In this book, McAfee Brown explores how we can respond to liberation theologians without condescension, arrogance, or co-optation. He surveys in detail the kind of challenges to North American Christians issued by South American theologians. He then calls upon the church to work to make itself what it ought to be and to take sides politically in support of human rights. The Westminster Press, 212 pages. Paperback. |
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Mere Christianity
By C.S. Lewis
Arguably the 20th century's most influential Christian writer, C.S. Lewis sought to explain and defend the beliefs that nearly all Christians at all times hold in common. His simple yet deeply profound classic, originally delivered as a series of radio broadcasts, is a book to be thoroughly digested by believers and generously shared with skeptics. |
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