Is Conservatism Biblical?

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhFYe1x12d8Is conservatism biblical? And what are the dangers of mixing Christianity and politics?

In this edition of The Roys Report, join Julie in addressing these issues head-on with Coleman Luck, author of The Curse of Conservatism.

Though Coleman holds conservative theological and political views, he warns against a syncretism that’s seeping into the church. He argues that we’ve equated “biblical” with “conservative.” And we’ve mixed the kingdom of God with the kingdom of man.

“Two-thousand years ago, Jesus Christ said that His Kingdom was not of this world,” Coleman writes in his book. “His followers have been trying to prove him wrong ever since.”

Coleman has a unique vantage point. In the 1980s, Coleman was a Hollywood producer and worked on the hit series The Equalizer and Gabriel’s Fire. He’s also the author of Day of the Wolf, a book about wolves in sheep’s clothing, which was featured in an earlier TRR podcast.

But prior to writing and producing, Coleman worked for a small organization in Buena Park, California, called the Christian Freedom Foundation, which later became the Moral Majority.

If you know anything about the conservative movement, you know that the Moral Majority was huge in the 1980s—and was credited for many political victories, including electing President Ronald Reagan.

Discussion in the church today has moved on from the Moral Majority to Donald Trump and perhaps the most politicized pandemic ever. But the danger of mixing politics and Christianity remain the same.

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Coleman Luck

Coleman Luck is a Hollywood writer and executive producer known for such TV series as The Equalizer that starred Edward Woodward and Gabriel’s Fire that starred James Earl Jones.  He studied at Moody Bible Institute where his father was a professor of Bible, graduated magna cum laude from Northern Illinois University and did graduate study at USC. Founder of Thorncrown Studios, his next project Patterns of Supernatural Phenomena premieres soon. Coleman is a Life Member of the Writers Guild of America-West and a decorated combat veteran of Vietnam.

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SPEAKERSJULIE ROYS, COLEMAN LUCK

JULIE ROYS 00:04Is conservatism biblical? And what are the dangers of mixing Christianity and politics? Welcome to The Roys Report, a podcast dedicated to reporting the truth and restoring the church. I’m Julie Roys. And today I’m going to address these issues head on with Coleman Luck, the author of The Curse of Conservatism. He argues that we’ve equated biblical with conservative, and we’ve mixed the kingdom of God with the kingdom of man. Coleman holds conservative theological and political views. He warns against a syncretism that’s been seeping into the church. 2000 years ago, Jesus Christ said that his kingdom was not of this world, Coleman writes. His followers had been trying to prove him wrong ever since. Coleman offers this perspective from a unique vantage point. In the 1980s Coleman was a Hollywood producer and worked on the hit TV series, The Equalizer and Gabriel’s Fire. But prior to that, he was recruited to work for a small organization in Buena Park, California, called the Christian Freedom Foundation, and in very short order, the leader of that organization began meeting with evangelical and conservative political leaders to map out what eventually became the Moral Majority. And if you know anything about the conservative movement, you know that the Moral Majority was huge in the 1980s. And it was credited for many political victories, including electing President Ronald Reagan. Of course, no one is