Compassion Is Not a Substitute for Justice
In a recent post, "Don't Mess with John Lofton," we linked to an excellent interview with John Lofton of The American View and James Winkler of the UMC on C-SPAN. In this interview James Winkler refused to site any biblical or constitutional basis for wanting the federal government to provide cradle-to-grave security for the people. What he proposed over and over again was not only a social gospel, but a Socialist State. Here is a direct quote from Mr. Winkler: "I think what is moral and just is that we demand of those who have more, what they can provide" (emphasis added). He also said in response to Romans chapter 13 that "the government ought to address evil and I think when you have a situation where you have in a nation as wealthy as ours, so many poor, so many without health insurance, so many in need, that's an evil, that's a form of evil." The only problem with this is that neither Mr. Winkler nor the UMC is God. They do not determine what is good and evil, rather it is God and God alone via His Holy Word. The only basis Mr. Winkler gives for anything he espouses is "I think" or "I believe" or "the American people believe."
Shortly after listening to this interview, I listened to R.J. Rushdoony's lecture on the case laws given in Exodus 23:1-8. In this lecture, Rushdoony provides an excellent response to Mr. Winkler's socialism. You can listen to Rushdoony's lecture online here: http://www.chalcedon.edu/radio/Godsjustice.php.
This lecture is one of the many lectures found on the
Shortly after listening to this interview, I listened to R.J. Rushdoony's lecture on the case laws given in Exodus 23:1-8. In this lecture, Rushdoony provides an excellent response to Mr. Winkler's socialism. You can listen to Rushdoony's lecture online here: http://www.chalcedon.edu/radio/Godsjustice.php.
This lecture is one of the many lectures found on the
