A new evangelical political alignment: The Liberty Party
astor Steven Wedgeworth suggests a new third party to advocate a more thoughtful Christian view of politics and society. It’s a good view he describes, but there aren’t that many thoughtful Christians, and it would be a fringe party with zero influence. Some defender. I think Christians—white and black evangelicals, Catholics, and Orthodox—need a broader coalition centered on a liberty agenda, a party with clout that will defend us as a matter of core principle.
Americans in general can still appreciate their interest in individual liberty against the encroachments of an insatiably controlling state. The chief interest of Christians in particular is religious liberty. This is not only the freedom of worship that President Barack Obama ordinarily concedes, but also parental rights, including the freedom to discipline and educate one’s children as one sees fit, and property rights, including the...
Dr. Joel Beeke | 11/11/2012
