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TRUE CHRISTIAN FAITH IS ICONOCLASTIC |
When we bow our knees to Christ, we are committing not only our private affairs to him but we are also committing to become engaged in the various aspects of the culture our lives touch. For all Americans, it means we are politically aware and politically active.
Politics in America touches our children's classrooms from kindergarten through the university.
We are a people who continue to expect a Christian label attached to our political and our ecclesiastical candidates. But other expressions of culture such as our child’s elementary school, high school, university, athletic team, or our place in industry or the professional world are, to the average American Christian, an odd place for Christ to rule. |
This cultural dualism is woven by the fabric of the creative human imagination and not the transcendent revelation from God to man via Scripture.
The only Christ who is able to meet our personal needs, to console us, and to ensure our eternal blessing is the Christ who has spoken through his prophets from Abraham to Jeremiah to the one who possessed the pen that gave us the book of Revelation.
All these spoke of the Christ who would rule the world and who would so sanctify the nations that national devotion to Christ would result in the elimination of international conflict and war.
That is why we find the word “nation” almost 650 times from Genesis to Revelation.
My Bible is about 1200 pages, so that is, on average, one mention every other page.
Christ is interested in more than the salvation of His people. He is interested in the flow of history and the salvation of cultures and the nations they build. So should our interest and the interest of the American pulpits be.
Now the word of the Lord came to me, saying: “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born, I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.”
~Jeremiah 1:4,5 |
The epistemological foundation of truth (Christ and Christianity) sets the lens through which we see not only the trajectory of our own lives but the trajectory of human history.
It is how we see the past, present, and future both on a personal level and on a societal level.
The foundation of our private devotional lives must match the foundation of our public cultural and political lives. It matched when, 250 years ago, the famed "Declaration" was written, signed and overheard by kings the world over.
Those foundations do not match in 21st century America and our lack of attention to and engagement in the political affairs of our cities, counties, state, and nation reflect Christian dualism and the social decay which follows.
We must understand that we have a part to play (along with the larger church) in bringing world history to the level described in Isaiah 2:2, 3, Micah 4:1,2,
“It shall come to pass in the latter days that nations shall come and say: “Come, let us go to the mountain of the Lord that he may teach us his ways and that we may walk in his paths.” ~Isaiah 2:2,3; Micah 4:1,2
“By the light of Christ will the nations walk.” ~ Revelation 21:24-26
Everyone has a “grand story” in mind into which they fit world events, national events, and private events. When we come to true faith in Christ, that grand story is the one in which Christ rules not only our own private life (and the life of the church) but also the life of the nations and their global affairs. |
As the nation’s 250th year celebration continues and as important Oklahoma political campaigns face August runoffs, the true and vibrant Christian will not be found in cultural and political hiding.
This past weekend, I finished organizing the books in my new library and, in the process, came across a book I had made notes in some time ago. In a book titled Essays and Reviews Chiefly on Theology, Politics, and Socialism, American intellectual, preacher, and activist, Orestes Augustus Brownson (1803-1876) wrote about the civic duty of a citizen even in times of military conflict.
He lived in the wake of the war for Independence and wrote his thoughts in the wake of the war between the American states. His comments on the duty of all citizens to participate in issues of national scope caught my attention. |
His comments on war were, I thought, germane to our celebration and appreciation for the men who gave their fortunes, their lives, and their well-being in order that you and I might have Christian liberty.
Brownson wrote:
The evils of war are great, but not the greatest.
It is a greater evil to lose national freedom, to become the tributaries or slaves of the foreigner, to see the sanctity of our homes invaded, our altars desecrated, and our wives and children made the prey of the ruthless oppressor.
These are evils which do not die with us but may descend upon our posterity through all coming generations.
The man who will look tamely on and see altars and home defiled, all that is sacred and dear wrested from him, and his country stricken from the roll of nations, has as little reason to applaud himself for his morals as for his manhood.
My point is that the life of the one who seeks to follow Christ is defined by the commitment to a private Christian life as well as a public (cultural and political) Christian influence.
THE GOOD AND VIBRANT CHRISTIAN WILL NOT BE FOUND MISSING WHEN IMPORTANT BATTLES RAGE
True faith in Christ was described by Gabriel Vahanian in his book No Other God when he said this:
Christian faith can be true to itself only if it is iconoclastic. |
This August, we will decide between two very different kinds of men who are asking to be Oklahoma's next Governor. The contrast between the two candidates for state superintendent is equally as stark.
The church needs to come out of its self-induced narcissism, grab an oar and help move the ship of state toward godliness. |
DR EVERETT PIPER from Sunday, JULY 19, 2026
STOP “JUST ASKING QUESTIONS” |
The preliminary hearings for Tyler Robinson are over, and Candace Owens continues to “just ask questions.” Why were there Egyptian planes in American airspace at the time of Charlie Kirk’s shooting? Was Erika Kirk’s somehow involved in the plot to kill her husband? Are all those campus security videos of Tyler Robinson really Tyler Robinson? Was the accused assassin’s own confession legitimate, or are the police, his parents, and his former roommate all colluding to make this all up? And then there’s the ubiquitous grandaddy question of them all: “Were the Jews behind the entire thing?” asks Ms. Owens.
Her hordes of sycophantic antisemitic trained seals sit up and clap in unison. |
Responding to this line of inquiry, the Christian apologist and pastor, Samuel Sey, posted the following on X: “Candace Owens and the growing number of demonic people like her on the Right should be a reminder that Satan isn’t just a leftist. He’s also a Christless conservative.” |
“But we just want to get to the bottom of all of this. We’re just asking questions that need to be answered. What’s wrong with that?” shout the acolytes of Conspiracy Candy.
Well, the answer is pretty simple: It’s because the “questions” being asked are slanderous and/or completely nuts.
For example, Candace Owens is on record saying she’s “just asking questions” about the Earth being flat. Is that “investigative journalism?” Is that “just asking questions?” No; it’s just kind of dumb and, frankly, if I were doing the same, many would rightfully conclude that I’m just a little crazy. |
The same goes for when Ms. Owens “just asks questions” about dinosaur bones being manufactured in some factory in the Appalachian foothills, or whether men have really landed on the moon, or whether Brigitte Macron is really a man and not a woman.
Candidly, these kinds of “questions” are delusional at best.
And then there are Candace Owens’ ongoing “questions” about Israel. Well, all of that is nutty too! After all, what is her deal with “the Jews?” Why is she so fixated on these people, and why does she think there is a Mossad agent hiding behind every bush just waiting to jump out and kidnap Christian children, to then sacrifice and drain their blood for the Jewish Passover matzah? A proven Nazi trope if there ever was one. When someone continues to traffic in this kind of junk, they are either an unhinged lunatic or simply a very evil person who intentionally commits slander for profit. “Asking questions” that do harm to innocent people when there is zero evidence to support your rhetorical claims betrays either your stupidity or your vile bigotry. You want proof? Just replace “the Jews” with “the blacks,” or “the Mexicans,” or “the European white males,” and the obvious bias of what Candace Owens is asking is exposed. Here’s another test.
The fact that all of these “questions” are little more than a grifter’s shameless slander all becomes obvious if we just personalize it a bit. Let’s say your neighbor dies today, and I immediately start “asking questions” about you possibly killing her. I have zero evidence other than you happen to live next door, so of course, you must have done it! Or let’s say every time you work late at the office, I start “asking questions” about you having an affair? Again, I have nothing other than you just aren’t home by 5:30 for dinner, so it’s clear you must be cheating on your wife, right? These are not legitimate questions. They are slanderous and sinful. Pure and simple. The bottom line is that Candace Owens’ “questions” are evil and wrong, and Samuel Sey’s appropriate scolding should strike fear in the hearts of many so-called conservative Christians who continue to peddle this vile nonsense.
Frankly, the lack of discernment from such a large swath of those claiming the banner of Christ is stunning. Using the Candace Owens dodge of “I’m just asking questions” should be beneath any rational human being. Anyone with any moral sense knows that when the question assumes malicious intent and a false premise, you shouldn’t ask it. There’s a simple definition for all of this. It’s called gossip . . .
Samuel Sey is in pretty good company in condemning it: “I urge you to… stop paying attention to myths… [These people] have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy… strife, deceit and malice. They are gossips [and] slanderers, [and] they have no understanding, no love, and no mercy… They not only continue to do these very things but also approve of those who practice them.” Saint Paul The take home is this:
Everyone who continues to parrot the “myths” and “malice,” and sin of Candace Owens should read these words and repent. |
Find Dr. Piper's complete article here. |
Find more Everett Piper here: Everett Piper (dreverettpiper.com, @dreverettpiper), a columnist for The Washington Times, is a former university president and radio host.
He is the author of “Not a Day Care: The Devastating Consequences of Abandoning Truth” (Regnery).
He can be reached at epiper@dreverettpiper.com.
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NOTES FROM MARCH: TEENPACT |
THIRTY YOUTH Home Schoolers from Elgin, Oklahoma TPUSA Students |
Grace Reformed Baptist Church Homeschoolers from Elgin, Oklahoma led the Pledge of Allegiance |
KENDRA WESSON JOINS RYAN WALTERS AND TEACHER FREEDOM ALLIANCE |
Kendra Wesson is stepping aside from other responsibilities to work full time with Ryan Walters and the Teacher Freedom Alliance (TFA) with a goal of providing teachers a pro-America Christian environment within which to work.
Thus far, the effort has been massively successful as thousands of teachers are fleeing the pro-Marxist teacher unions including the National Teachers Association (NEA).
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DECEMBER 3 MEETING: SAMANTHA FULNECKY INTERVIEW With OCPAC Foundation President Bob Linn and Senator Shane Jett |
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Shane Jett's first question begins at: 9:38 mark. Shane's blistering salvo to the University begins at the 11:21 mark.
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LEGISLATIVE COMMENDATION GABE WOOLEY |
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SHANE JETT MESSAGE TO POLITICAL CLASS |
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Our Spring finally will also feature a July 4 celebration as well as the gubernatorial panel.
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