“Study the history of revival. God has always sent a revival in the darkest days. Oh, for a mighty, sweeping revival today!â€
— Adrian Rogers
Recently our church had a two-week revival conducted by Life Action Ministries. The revival leader Steven Canfield described revival as “the presence, power, and peace of God resting on a life, a family, a church, a nation.†Additionally, Dictionary.com defines revival as the “restoration to life, consciousness, vigor, strength, etc.†Finally, the American Heritage Dictionary’s second entry defines revival as “A restoration to use, acceptance, activity, or vigor after a period of obscurity or quiescence.â€
Election 2006 was a bloodletting for the Republican Party. Many conservative and evangelical Christian voters were disenchanted with the Party and its candidates: many decided to stay home; others voted for conservative Democrats. The GOP suffered a devastating blow and while the wound is still bleeding and the patient still groggy, it’s time to diagnose what went wrong.
The ABC’s of first aid calls for clearing the Airway, checking for Breathing, and then checking for Circulation. If the patient is not breathing and/or does not have a heart beat, then you must take measures to revive the patient. The GOP clearly needs to be revived and the first step is to clear out all foreign matter; in other words, the Republicans in Name Only (RINOs) must go!
Now this may sound exclusive and not of the “big tent†approach to politics, but if we going to have Republicans describing themselves as Reagan Conservatives, then they need to act like it. The GOP is too crowded with RINOs and with any narrowed or blocked airway, life as we know becomes difficult to maintain. A blocked airway causes a person to stop breathing, and a party blocked with wannabe, albeit counterfeit conservatives will cause it to lose its life.
Tomorrow, we’ll look at clearing the “airway†of RINOs!
Dave,
Let me be the first to comment on your wonderful blog by saying that it is simply wonderful to see your thoughts reach an ever broader audience. It is an honor to have you blogging at TheVanguard.Org.
Oh, and be sure to check this out.
Rod D. Martin
Founder and Chairman
TheVanguard.Org
Thanks Rod and I am honored to be a part of TheVanguard.Org!
Dave
Dave,
It would appear that I’m the second to congratulate you on your new blog! I simply wish to echo Rod’s comments and let you know that I’m really looking forward to getting “saltier and lightier”. I look forward to the discussion….THIS is my kind of stuff! Thanks Dave for taking the steps and to Rod as well for providing the walkway.
William R. Malley
Reader and man in Chair
Billy Ray!
Sorry, couldn’t help myself :>/
What many readers probably do not know is that William R. Malley, Reader and man in Chair, is the one and only co-editor of my book, Understanding Evangelicals: A Guide to Jesusland.
Bill has a brilliant political mind and more importantly is one of the godliest men I know, so he will be adding to the “Salt and Light” on this blog.
Welcome aboard my dear brother in Christ!
Dave,
Could agree with you more. Now how do we get there from here?!
The pleasure is all mine (and the check’s in the mail….you wrote it just like I asked….)
Davo,
This is a great steo forward for you. Wish you luck in this endeavor.