What was in times past the bastion of conservatism, the Republican party has seemed to denigrate into a moderate-to-right system of espoused beliefs and adherences, but without any true conviction. Many will say the right thing at the right time to appease the conservative block of people, albeit Catholic, Evangelicals, Moralists, etc. All the while, without any conviction or moral compass of their own, they will concede and compromise when the heat is turned on from the left.

Democrats, on the other hand, taking the cue from the ilk of Saul Alinsky, stir up angst and feelings of disenfranchisement among their constituents and voters, thereby assuring the votes from the non-thinking left. They play to the whole “why is your lot in life keeping you back – don’t you know the ‘MAN’ is out to get you?”

“Theology” in it’s simple definition (as I see it) is the “Study of God”. (I know it’s a conglomeration of two Greek words “Theo” – God, and “logos” – word, but bear with me.) The “theology” of these Republicrats is more of a “system” or “religion” of sorts. Their “god” in this sense is a Utopian society. This Utopia is different depending on who you talk to.

To Democrats, it’s a place where magic fairies visit children and give them $20 for each tooth lost, (which never goes up due to inflation which should never happen). It’s a place where everyone owns their own home, everyone earns 6 figures, everyone has this, that, and the other. It’s a place where there’s no “mean old Wall Street men” and no “cursed Capitalists”, but a safe place where all is happy and rosy. There’s this big, benevolent government in the sky that pours money onto it’s citizenry like rain, with no thought of where this money comes from. When one looks at this, one has to indeed look for the man behind the curtain.

To today’s Republicans, it’s a place where all people become “moralists” and will have the same definition of “goodness” and “badness”, regardless of religious or social background. A good Mormon, Catholic, Baptist, or Jew will have the same Deistic view of God and/or religion, and will view society through the same lens. There’s a broadbrush of sorts onto “spirituality”, and with a nod and a wink at election time to the right people, they usher into office their own sense of foolish views.

The issue here is that these views are a house of cards, once examined with an open mind and a critical eye. The democrats’ view of utopia is just one of a socialist state. IF all people were the “haves” in an equal and moral society, it would be just a pipe dream, because the biggest thing “worshiped” in that society is the government itself. Necessarily then, you will have “haves” and “have nots”. Those in government (haves), those not in government (have nots). You can keep this version of Utopia, I don’t want it. Jesus said, “the poor you will always have with you”. Does this excuse us from lending a hand to the poor? No, but He said something very interesting. There will ALWAYS be “have nots” in whatever society man creates for himself. That’s the truth, no matter what is done.

Today’s republicans are not far better. This “wink and nod” business to the different conservative voting blocks is very bad indeed. For example, how does a “moderate” (really a democrat who is registered as a republican in name only) all the sudden become “conservative” at election time? This is what we had in the last presidential election. Even with the nomination of Bush in 2000 the RNC set up a moderate as a conservative. Bush had pluralistic views of God (in that Christians and Muslims worship the same God – see Nightline interview, Dec 2008), strange fiscal ideas (bailouts, etc), and militarily was incompetent at best.

This republican “wink and nod”, and broad-brushed, pluralistic religious view is very telling. Jesus said that there is a “narrow way that leads to eternal life”. Are these words hard to hear for many? Yes, they are. That’s why He also said, “but there is a broad way that leads to destruction”. It is interesting to note when Republicans identify themselves as Christian, they seem to not want to take the “exclusive” role that Jesus espoused and taught. At least many of them today are like that. I was shocked (but shouldn’t have been), when Cynthia McFadden from Nightline asked George W. Bush, “Do you pray to the same god as the peaceful Muslims?” to which he replied, “Of course, God is a god of Love”. Upon further questioning, she asked Bush, “Does bin Laden pray to the same god?” Bush replied, “Oh no…he prays to something else, because our god is a god of peace.” And there you have it. This view of “God is Love and Peace” is this moralist “high ground” of sorts that is the Utopian view of Republicans. God help us. The road is indeed narrow, not broad as the “Utopian Republicans” would have you believe.

I believe there’s a proverbial “rolling in the grave” by our founding fathers. This country is denigrating rapidly into a socialist, secular, pluralistic, God-hating state. It all is caused in my opinion, but the theology of Republicrats. I guess voting “the less of two evils” is truly what one has to do.

I believe the “basis” of one’s worldview is the thing that doesn’t change or shift in their lives.  It is the thing or the “lens” by which one sees the world around him, the way in which he interprets the “why” questions in life.

Now I want to turn to those that claim Christianity as their “worldview”.  If we were to take a person with no bias – that is – a person that’s not a Christian, Muslem, or any other religion – one with no baggage, no experience, effectively no worldview;  and place them in front of a TV set for one day, let’s imagine what he sees.

I think that he would see many in America claiming Christianity as their worldview.  He would see that many politicians are actually even devout according to what they’re saying, and what their admirers say.  He’d even see that this person named “Jesus” was actually a good person, even a good teacher.  He’d say that there are a whole lot of followers (or disciples) of Jesus in the world even now, according to many news reports.

He’d see something else.  He’d see the obvious problem that arises because of our earlier definition of “worldview”.  He’d see that some “Christians” would say that unborn babies are lives that need protection.  He’d see other “Christians” who say that the liberty of a woman is more important than this little life, and trumps the rights of the unborn.  He’d see folks claiming Jesus as their Lord defending the definition of marriage being between a man and a woman, as well as others who equally and emphatically claim Jesus as Lord defending the rights of two men to marry. (Or two women, or a man and a boy, or a man and an animal, or a woman and herself, etc, etc, etc).

I would say this hypothetical observer would be very confused.  And I’d say that he’d be right in being confused.  Can Christianity be a worldview if it’s not based on the sacred text known as the Bible?  Can two people who claim the same worldview be as diametrically different as this?

Here’s the truth of the matter (and I might offend some reader out there):  If you claim Jesus as your Lord – yet YOU DO NOT obey, nor have a desire to honor Him – you are NOT a Christian, it’s as simple as that. This is not my opinion – it is scripture:

John 3:36 Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him.

This is not a verse taken out of context, nor is it something that is left up to “interpretation”.  It’s quite simple really:  If Jesus is your Lord – then you are His slave.  You are bought with a price.  You will strive to honor Him and do what He desires.  If you don’t like this, nor don’t understand it, then you’ve never entered into life, and your sin abides on you.  You need to repent and believe the Gospel.  You may say that you’re Catholic or Baptist or Methodist or whatever; but you’ve never been brought from death to life.  You need to repent and believe.

Ask yourself the question regarding your worldview:  Are you REALLY a Christian?  Can you REALLY say that you have a Christian worldview?  If you do, you HAVE to acknowledge that you cannot be your own standard – that the Bible IS the standard that never changes.  Now – there are many who read that last statement and say, “No, I don’t have to acknowledge that.”  Understand this – that “Christian” literally means “Christ – like”, or “Little Christ”.  It was a derogatory term for Jesus’ followers in the first century because they looked like Jesus.  Does your worldview look like His?  Can you be accused of being a Christian by your worldview?

I see all over the news about how Obama is a Christian, so we “Christians” can vote for him.  Let me ask this question:  Is what Obama believes about abortion and gay marriage consistent with Jesus?  If not, then his worldview is not Christian.

You may say, “Well, McCain isn’t a Christian either, then!”  To you I say, “I don’t know if he is or not.”  I really don’t like McCain a whole lot, myself.  I think some of his views are idiotic.  I am not at all a defender of McCain.  I AM, however, a defender of human rights – that is – the unborn – the ones who can’t speak for themselves. I WILL vote for McCain, because the alternative is far worse.

If you are a Christian, in this election season, please vote with the candidate’s worldview in mind.  Which candidate’s worldview is MOST consistent with that of the Bible?  Let that be your guide, not economic or foreign policy, nor any innate charisma.

If you say you are a Christian, but know that you don’t follow Christ, nor desire to honor Him, then you’re actually NOT a Christian, so you have really only two choices to get off of the fence:

1.  Repent and believe the Gospel.

2.  Stop claiming my Lord as having changed you.  You’re making a mockery of the cross. The kingdom of God is hurt by folks claiming Christ, yet living however they want to.  I urge you to stop claiming Christ if you are not His.  Please just say to folks that you are a pagan or heathen, or Muslem, or an unbeliever, or Wiccan, or whatever; just stop claiming Jesus as your Lord.