Very quickly here.....Patton wanted to go into Russia.....and MacArthur wanted to go into Red China. Eisenhower put an end to the former.....Truman put an end to the latter. Strengths and eccentricities warred within both generals. On a similar note but a different scale.....Bannon wanted to go after the establishment elites in the Congress.....and Trump put an end to that.
The conservative movement over the past almost four decades....particularly over the past decade....was a coalition made up of different types of Americans,....and we are finding that out now....in spades. If Donald Trump was who he said that he was he wouldn't have establishment elites and globalists all around him.
Oliver Cromwell knew that the treasonous king had to go. He would first take on the elitist leaders of the parliamentary army if he had to. I think that in like manner Steve Bannon came to find out that he would have to go through Donald Trump if he had to. He didn't want to....he wanted President Trump to be who he said that he was....but it didn't turn out that way. In retrospect he should have left the White House much sooner.....and challenged from the outside where President Trump was going. Instead he was forced out.....and then chose to continue to support the President.....in hopes that he would show some true resolve.
The following was first posted four years ago. The Cromwell element of the conservative movement has....as of now....been isolated. We are forced to sit and watch what is happening.
The Republican Party And Its Discontents
.......Mr. Boehner...and Mr. McCain...and Mr. Mitchell....and Mr. Graham....and Mr. Rove...and Mr. Bush......we are not alone. We are Americans who trust in their God and recognize His hand in all of creation, His omniscience and omnipotence in forming this people, His power in sustaining us though we often strayed far away, and also His warnings to us after years and years and years of our increasingly ignoring Him..... the continuance of which you are advocating..... your third and most egregious mistake. You have become impervious to common sense, to wisdom or to any light in your darkened halls of power.
America's future does not lie in these elections that the Republican Party is selling more than its birthright for; and the winners of these elections will have no power that God does not permit and no wisdom that God does not give, for His purposes and to His glory! Our duty is to elect God-fearing leaders and pray for God's mercy knowing that His will is perfect, and that it may or may not include the United States of America as a source of stability in the world or even an entity in itself.
Celebrate your polling figures all that you want. We'll celebrate a risen Savior and a returning King. Yes, we'll follow Luther's advice to 'plant a tree,' to continue to work, even if we knew for certain that Jesus was returning the very next day, but you might want to take notice of Oliver Cromwell's words to the 'establishment' of his day in:
"I had rather a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that you call a Gentleman and is nothing else."
Folks, if you are concerned that evangelicals are being drawn in by men who wouldn't darken the doorway of a church unless there is political gain.....and that our real hope is now in an earthly prince and not Jesus Christ.....then please pass these posts along......for the real dangers of the day cannot be dealt with in executive orders.......but will require wisdom.....which comes from humility and a genuine and reverential fear of the Lord.
Note: Consider this before dispatching all of us as 'Never-Trumpers'.....there is no way to know if Ted Cruz would have also won a general election.....but this much we do know.....we who did not particularly like or trust Donald Trump....showed up in force on November 8th, 2016 to push him over the top. Had Ted Cruz won the nomination would those who are not real big on God or 'social issues' shown up? Quite possibly not!
The conservative movement over the past almost four decades....particularly over the past decade....was a coalition made up of different types of Americans,....and we are finding that out now....in spades. If Donald Trump was who he said that he was he wouldn't have establishment elites and globalists all around him.
Oliver Cromwell knew that the treasonous king had to go. He would first take on the elitist leaders of the parliamentary army if he had to. I think that in like manner Steve Bannon came to find out that he would have to go through Donald Trump if he had to. He didn't want to....he wanted President Trump to be who he said that he was....but it didn't turn out that way. In retrospect he should have left the White House much sooner.....and challenged from the outside where President Trump was going. Instead he was forced out.....and then chose to continue to support the President.....in hopes that he would show some true resolve.
The following was first posted four years ago. The Cromwell element of the conservative movement has....as of now....been isolated. We are forced to sit and watch what is happening.
The Republican Party And Its Discontents
.......Mr. Boehner...and Mr. McCain...and Mr. Mitchell....and Mr. Graham....and Mr. Rove...and Mr. Bush......we are not alone. We are Americans who trust in their God and recognize His hand in all of creation, His omniscience and omnipotence in forming this people, His power in sustaining us though we often strayed far away, and also His warnings to us after years and years and years of our increasingly ignoring Him..... the continuance of which you are advocating..... your third and most egregious mistake. You have become impervious to common sense, to wisdom or to any light in your darkened halls of power.
America's future does not lie in these elections that the Republican Party is selling more than its birthright for; and the winners of these elections will have no power that God does not permit and no wisdom that God does not give, for His purposes and to His glory! Our duty is to elect God-fearing leaders and pray for God's mercy knowing that His will is perfect, and that it may or may not include the United States of America as a source of stability in the world or even an entity in itself.
Celebrate your polling figures all that you want. We'll celebrate a risen Savior and a returning King. Yes, we'll follow Luther's advice to 'plant a tree,' to continue to work, even if we knew for certain that Jesus was returning the very next day, but you might want to take notice of Oliver Cromwell's words to the 'establishment' of his day in:
"I had rather a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that you call a Gentleman and is nothing else."
Folks, if you are concerned that evangelicals are being drawn in by men who wouldn't darken the doorway of a church unless there is political gain.....and that our real hope is now in an earthly prince and not Jesus Christ.....then please pass these posts along......for the real dangers of the day cannot be dealt with in executive orders.......but will require wisdom.....which comes from humility and a genuine and reverential fear of the Lord.
Note: Consider this before dispatching all of us as 'Never-Trumpers'.....there is no way to know if Ted Cruz would have also won a general election.....but this much we do know.....we who did not particularly like or trust Donald Trump....showed up in force on November 8th, 2016 to push him over the top. Had Ted Cruz won the nomination would those who are not real big on God or 'social issues' shown up? Quite possibly not!
