What’s A Conservative Christian? – Part I
With the way the word conservative has been demonized everywhere a 
liberal has the forum to give an opinion, it’s no wonder that people would get the wrong idea of what it truly means to be a conservative, especially a conservative that’s a Christian (trust me, they’re not the same). Today, I’m going to begin to define what that means.
Because I don’t want there to be any misunderstanding, I’m going to take my time with this. Even so, there may be some of you who wholly do not agree with me and you’re welcome to comment.
Though not widely popularized, there are many political parties: democrat, republican, libertarian, green , independent, constitution, falconist, on and on. Each party has it’s own philosophy. These philosophies define the foundation of the party’s core beliefs. They are liberal, moderate, and conservative.
I’ll explain in other posts why I’m not a democrat and why I’m not a republican though I’m still registered as one. I am a Christian that’s politically conservative. Or a conservative Christian. Take your pick.
What does that mean? Let me explain in my own words.
The Conservative Christian Creed
I believe in the Holy Bible, the Old and New Testaments. I believe that it testifies to who God truly is. I believe it is God’s word and the final authority for mankind and how He would want us to conduct ourselves as His creation. I believe that His word is borne out of love and, so being, works in the best interests of His creation.
I believe that the laws of man are only beneficial when they agree with the express law of God. I believe that everything should be tested by God’s law and that it is the foundation of true freedom.
I believe that God, being eternal, reflects in His law that same eternalness. That it is timeless and therefore applicable from generation to generation.
I believe that the moral foundation of a nation defines that nation and the principles by which they live. I believe that when the moral fabric of a society strays away from God and His law, that society sets itself up for God’s judgment as history has shown repeatedly.
Why Conservative?
All of that being said, you may be asking why conservative. Aren’t there Christians that are liberal? I suppose there are but I believe that they have got to have a crisis of conscious and doctrine if they kotow to an agenda that is anti-Christ.
The conservative philosophy is founded on a belief in things like limited government, encouraging industry, personal responsibility (something that is just straight from the pages of scripture), pro life, pro traditional marriage (In other words, anti-gay marriage. Hey, call an ace and ace), pro Constitution (freedom of religion, freedom of the press, personal defense). These are the main tenets of the conservative agenda and line up with the principles of scripture. Therefore I stand in that camp.
Now, how are these things biblical? We’ll look at each one through the eyes of scripture and see if each can stand up in my next post.
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I can see how it would be hard for a Christian to be a left-winger (unless one was liberal on every point except abortion). The bible is silent on all political issues save three (1) the sanctity of the life, hence opposition to abortion to suicide (2) the sanctity of marriage as that being one man and one woman bound in a unconditional and holy relationship and (3) To care for the poor, the needy, the infirm, the outcasts.
There are many Christians like myself who are right-wing on social and moral issues but left wing on fiscal and economic issues. That is why we saw the need for a ideology and party that was also such. That is why we founded the Falconist Party.
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However, you’re wrong on one point because the Bible is not silent on fiscal issues whatsoever. As a matter of fact, the Bible is quite clear about freedom in giving, not in being forced to give through distribution of wealth, if that’s what you’re talking about.
The Bible says:
But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver. (2 Corinthians 9:6-7)
They key phrase is “according as he purposeth”, not as the government purposeth through a mandate of law. That is what the Bible calls oppression (Micah 2:2).
This is not talking about taxes though overtaxing is also oppression. We should pay our taxes but because we have the freedom in this country to have a voice when it comes to that, we should raise our voice for the good of others (Galatians 6:10). It is always a bad idea to have man rule over man in his sinful state (Jeremiah 17:9). Therefore, we need to stand for the freedom in accordance with God’s word (2 Corinthians 3:17).
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