First, a quote from Andrew Sullivan’s “America’s New Religion”

“Now look at our politics. We have the cult of Trump on the right, a demigod who, among his worshippers, can do no wrong. And we have the cult of social justice on the left, a religion whose followers show the same zeal as any born-again Evangelical. They are filling the void that Christianity once owned, without any of the wisdom and culture and restraint that Christianity once provided.”

https://nymag.com/…/andrew-sullivan-americas-new…

In response to this article, Al Mohler, in his Dec 19, 2018 “The Briefing” says:

“Now that’s incredibly insightful, it reminds me of a column that Ross Douthat wrote some time ago echoing themes I’ve talked about on The Briefing. It comes down to this, if secularists thought that they disliked the religious right, just wait until they are faced by an irreligious right.”

https://albertmohler.com/2018/12/19/briefing-12-19-18

I remember being chilled by that last sentence.

Does the progressive worldview understand the right? I don’t think they do. Do they understand their zeal for the nation they consider themselves patriots for? Do they know how often that small percentage of people quote the line from Jefferson’s 1787 letter, “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.”

I don’t think they do. I don’t think they understand the zeal of nationalism and patriotism without the “wisdom and culture and restraint of Christianity.”

What we are seeing today is the irreligious right… or those on the right who have made politics their religion. Are there infiltrators who are making it worse? I wouldn’t be surprised… (I have friends who are there who said that the transition from peaceful to aggressive was very strange and felt staged to them) but even peaceful, Christian conservatives who have not been exposed to the irreligious right don’t have a complete enough understanding.

Like mobs on any side, they are worshipping at the altar of their hope. They are practicing their religious sacrement.

For the secular left, their religion is personal autonomy and their main sacrament seems to be destroying anything sacred to others. For the irreligious right, it is freedom, and their sacrament is anger. Without Jesus, this anger is not godly, even if it seems justifiable.

Protests are important. How they are practiced is important. It is a wonderful expression of American freedom that we can and ought to protest at times. Of course, protests are uncomfortable. If you are feeling uncomfortable about the legal, or at least peaceful, protests – well then probably you are part of what is being protested.

I thought that this backlash might come in two years at the ballot box. I hope once tempers calm down, the legal processes will take back over. Violent protests have no place in America. Even illegal protests should be very carefully considered for those who believe in the rule of law (republicans).

Beloved, the US government is not our hope.

As patriots, we may and ought to stand up for what we believe is our nation’s best, but Christ’s Kingdom is not of this world, which is why His followers didn’t even mob and protest when He was wrongly convicted of crimes. (John 18:36).

At best, much of this is hot-headed and premature (for a Christian). I get it, I do… but, at least as Christians, we must live in the peace that passes understanding.

Instead, go home and tell your friends what the Lord has done for you.