 helping conservative candidates, organizations, causes?
Or are they conveniently “conservatives” now because they need us?
Ted Cruz has been a part of the movement since the start of his career in Texas. No other candidate – none – can say this.
Ronald Reagan was with us decades before he was elected president. He shared our cause not just politically, not just philosophically, but in his heart. For that he was despised by the establishment of both parties. He was undeterred. He ran for the presidency not be president but to change the world. And did.
But can he win?.
The Left knows this reality too. This is why the vicious, personal attacks against Cruz are underway. He’s been through this before, and all the establishment-led character assassination attempts in the past have failed. This time they will be more malicious than ever.
Make no mistake: Cruz isn’t just surging right now—he’s winning the Republican primary. As political analyst Nomiki Konst observed at The Hill, “All the focused polls in early primary states this week show Cruz’s momentum growing, a reflection of his formulaic long-term strategy centered on fundraising, investment in ground game across the country, key endorsements and messaging to a coalition of conservative voters.”
Konst adds,.”
It’s time for every conservative leader to stand and be counted.
It’s time for the movement to rally around Ted Cruz, to make him the next president of the United States.
Comment count on this article reflects comments made on Breitbart.com and Facebook. Visit Breitbart's Facebook Page.It’s sometimes more difficult than we might think to actually know what should cause us to be heartbroken. Typically, our heart breaks without much thinking about it. It’s a natural response to a burden or sorrow. But I’m convinced there should be some things in the life of a Jesus person that would drive us to pray for and pursue a broken heart. That is, intentionally pursuing to possess a passion and compassion about something so much that our hearts are crushed by the weight of it. And the only way I know to discover what those passions should be is to study what the Bible says they should be. Ultimately, it’s a desire above all things for the glory of God. But day to day, it’s much more difficult to prioritize what should burden me the most.
The last couple of weeks, I’ve been weighed down (to a fault) by the latest online discussion/debate.
It feels way too loud and proud. It’s the present “bake-a-cake debate”.  I succumbed to social media pressure (yes, it was self-induced) and I have spent way too much mental and emotional energy on the words and attitudes demonstrated through comments and opinions. Recognizing my angst, my most wonderful person both gently and firmly urged me to take a break from this self-inflicted torture. So I made efforts to turn it all off… and I prayed … and I paused for a bit.
First of all, I don’t want to be “Lot’s wife” – a nameless character known only for her disobedience (Gen. 19, Luke 17). I don’t have any desire to be so enamored with causes, or even relationships, that I’m unable to passionately run forward toward holiness and run fast and far away from blatant unrighteousness. Jesus’ teaching in Luke 17 regarding how we deal with those who refuse to repent is serious business. So as my heart is broken for sinful humanity, my prayer is for myself to really want His glory in the world most of all.
I realize that in the grand scheme of things, I’m kind of not a big deal. A few people follow my blog and are interested in my thoughts, but when I weigh in on any issue it has little impact on this great big world. I’m writing this particular post more for myself than for anyone else. That’s probably best because it’s really wordy and way too lengthy, and I’ll lose even my most loyal fans after a paragraph or two. More than anything, I’m providing for myself a reference point. On this day, as I’m talking to my soul to remind myself what I’ve concluded as of today, my thoughts are documented on this page so I can find them and reread them.
I realize that there’s WAY more to this debate than covered in these paragraphs, especially within the Christian community of bible students. My most recent mind dialogue is more about how Christians should respond than the actual hermeneutics of certain passages. (You will notice, however, that my presupposition is to believe the Bible is clear on sexual sin, specifically homosexual sin. And yes, I realize that many people do not have that same presupposition).
In this particular post, I’m borrowing many words from others who are studied and in the trenches much more than I. In fact, I’ve actually been on a search for days to find someone to verbalize my thoughts for me because I have been at a loss to find the way to communicate my feelings. So as I share my thoughts, it’s a mix of my words and the words of others who have influenced my thinking and have worded it in such a way that I just can’t improve it. I’ve tried to put quotes where necessary as to not plagiarize.
The subject of homosexuality has become the most recent lightning rod of conversation and is unfortunately bringing out the worst in some Christian bloggers, tweeters, and such. Years ago, abortion was a hot topic in politics and the Church. Before social media, it was discussed in magazine articles and tv interviews. Bible-believers tried to find the balance of ministering to and serving mothers in difficult situations, while hoping to communicate the possible devastation that often accompanies making the immoral choice of abortion. It got out of hand … people were killing people in the name of God and righteousness. People claiming to value life carried gory signs and shouted cruel things at women and doctors going in and out of clinics. I remember how heartsick I was sitting across from young girls who walked into the Crisis Pregnancy Center where I volunteered, wondering how they would face what was next in their lives. Whether they chose to give life to their babies or whether they chose abortion, it was going to be life altering for them either way.
Now we are here: And with this more prevalent and ongoing debate surfacing, again many are left broken and bruised. The Church has most certainly taken a hit, as has the gay community. I continue to be deeply disturbed and even distraught at times at how some ‘Christians’ have publicly interacted with those within, or supportive of, the gay community. It has become a source of extreme burden for me. “As fellow believers, we may share theology, but the application of that truth has become a disconnecting point with many of my fellow sojourners who also claim to be striving for holiness. While Scripture does command us as believers to ‘speak the truth in love’ (and social media is, in my opinion, the worst place to exercise that practice), that is not the end of our biblical responsibility.” In fact, I have tried to practice refraining from comments if I can’t speak both love and truth in the same sentence. One without the other falls short of God’s standard in our relationships and communication.
Also wounded on the side of the road, are misrepresented and misquoted Christians who sincerely love God and people and believe homosexuality is a sin, but have been lumped unfairly with the mean-spirited folks. Painted as hateful and intolerant, they are actually kind and loving and are simply trying to be faithful to their conviction and commitment.
It’s time for those who possess a real religion (James 1:22-27) to stand up and to be the hands and feet of Jesus. To speak kinder words and to act justly, to love mercy and walk humbly with God and before others. It’s time to pick up our bloodied and beaten community (damaged by pornography, sexual promiscuity, divorce, homosexuality) and bind up their wounds. If it is God’s kindness that leads us to repentance, we should start offering His kindness to a hurting world.
For all of us, at the heart of our sinful condition is a deep loneliness and a natural human hunger for mutual love. We are all searching for significance. We desire to discover our identity, and we all long for completeness and community. “For those trapped in sexual sin, there’s an especially growing need to find a place they can express with honesty what they are feeling. If homosexual people cannot find these things in the local ‘church family’, we have no business using the expression ‘family’. The answer is not a warm physical relationship of homosexual intercourse nor is it the pain of cold isolation. All relationships, both same-sex and opposite-sex, need to be developed within the family of God. Each local church should be a warm, accepting, and supportive community. By ‘accepting’ the people, I do not mean we should acquiesce to an unbiblical viewpoint or stance.  And regarding this present debate, neither am I condoning an unbiblical/sinful event (e.g., homosexual marriage). In our attempts not to compromise truth, the church has often failed to show God’s mercy to the people enslaved to sexual sins.
The bible says that Jesus came for the sick and the lost. He led with mercy and He often made religious people uncomfortable. He came near so that we could be redeemed and transformed into His likeness. I