By COLEEN SHARP

When  Michael Spencer (The internet Monk) recently predicted a Coming Evangelical Collapse, while many agreed, there were also many horrified at such a prediction.  While Mr. Spencer  has only said out loud what many of us have been thinking, he may have gained more attention because of the specifics of his predictions.  Much of what is in his articles is just a rehashing of other things that have been floating around for about the past 20 years.

It was in 1990 that CURE, Christians United for Reformation came along.  Out of CURE came the radio show, The White Horse Inn and the magazine Modern Reformation.  Both of which still continue to this day.  One of the reasons that CURE came about was out of a concern for the direction of the American Evangelical Church, which was displaying a fall from the original tenants of the Protestant Reformation.  While there are differing theological  persuasions represented by the radio hosts, and contributors to the magazine, the one thing that remains consistent is a  commitment to the principle slogans of the protestant reformation, the five solas.  As proclaimed at the beginning of each WHI radio show by Michael Horton, the host is “Know what you believe and why you believe it,” which is something that has been lost in the Evangelical movement.

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By K. L. KRAEMER

Cher was on national television a while back sincerely asking why anyone would want to be a Republican. She seemed to think that if you were poor, black, or gay there was no place for you in the GOP. There are so many others like Cher, whose life isn’t largely political, who have concluded the same thing based on tidbits heard here and there.

It is to the Democrat advantage to keep people unenlightened, keep them armed with cliches and poorly aimed emotions and jealousies or anything else to muddy true Republican intentions. When anyone speaks out in defense of conservatism, then that anyone becomes an easy smear target. Fortunately, I know while writing behind my typewriter I won’t need to pick up and run from a pie.

First off, for those of you who despise Republicans, please realize the Republican party doesn’t divide Americans into categories and then claim to have a big tent because of all the compartments people can fit into. No, instead they truly do have a big welcoming tent that all Americans qualify to fit into regardless of race, class, or sexual preference. The only qualification involved is personal philosophy. Your own choice of personal philosophy, nothing else, is what should determine whether or not you will become a Republican.

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