Is conservatism biblical?

And what are the dangers of mixing Christianity and politics?

Welcome to the Roy's Report, a podcast dedicated to reporting the truth and restoring the church.

I'm Julie Roy's.

And today I'm going to address these issues head on with Coleman Luck, the author of The Curse of

Conservatism. He argues that we've equated biblical with conservative, and we've mixed

the kingdom of God with the kingdom of man. Though Coleman holds conservative, theological, and

political views, he warns against a syncretism that's been seeping into the church. Two thousand

years ago, Jesus Christ said that his kingdom was not of this world, Coleman

writes. His followers have been trying to prove him wrong ever since.

Coleman offers this perspective from a unique vantage point. In the 1980s, Coleman was a Hollywood

producer and worked on the hit TV series, The Equalizer, and Gabriel's Fire.

But prior to that, he was recruited to work for a small organization in Buena Park, California,

called the Christian Freedom Foundation. And in very short order, the leader of that organization

began meeting with evangelical and conservative political leaders to map out what eventually

became the moral majority.

And if you know anything about the conservative movement, you know that the moral majority was huge in the 1980s,

and it was credited for many political victories, including electing President Ronald Reagan.

Of course, no one is talking about the moral majority today.

We're talking about Donald Trump

and perhaps the most politicized pandemic ever. But the danger of mixing politics and Christianity

remain the same. And so I'm so excited to speak with Coleman today. But first, I'd like to thank

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