The objects of the National Council for Christian Standards in Society, the governing charity of Christian Voice are ‘the promotion of the principles of historical biblical Christianity and the information and education of the national public and of responsible authorities on the basis of these principles in particular.’
What better place to inform and educate ‘the responsible authorities’ than the Conservative Party Conference?
The Conference was scheduled for 1st to 4th October 2023. Our National Director went to Manchester on Monday 2nd to give out leaflets (‘tracts’ if you like!) outside:
1 The Conference itself at the Manchester Central Convention Complex, Windmill St, Manchester M2 3GX.
2 Bruges Group Fringe Meeting at the Friends’ Meeting House, 6 Mount Street, Manchester M2 5NS.
The leaflets set out some of our national sins and government incompetence and called for humility and wisdom in our rulers, for them to govern for the Lord and for the people, the two great commandments, instead of for themselves and the elites:
Luke 10:27 And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
When we pray and do the little things that only we can do, we can trust the Lord to do what only he can do. Yes, that’s the miraculous. Who knows what doors he is going to open as a result of this small effort.
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Text of leaflet:
Are you for wisdom or absurdity? For people or elites?
Because you can’t have it both ways.
The political philosopher John Gray says we have moved into an age of absurdity. For example, he says, ‘in Germany, the result of their closing down of nuclear and going for renewables has been an increased reliance on the dirtiest kind of coal’. Germany, it appears, is not alone in such absurdity. The Lord Jesus asked:
Luke 14:28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?
The answer is, ‘British politicians and their civil servants’. They never counted the cost of their net zero policies. They commanded that all vehicles sold after 2030 should be electric. They may now be pushing that back five years.
That decision alone makes Professor Gray’s point. It is policy made up on the hoof. 2040 became 2030, then 2030 becomes 2035 overnight. The policy has no rational basis. Did our leaders ever think net zero through as the Lord Jesus assumed any normal person would?
Did they count the cost of the necessary infrastructure, assess generating capacity and cover for wind and solar, the environmental impact of EV batteries, the effect on UK security and jobs if it were all made overseas, or the effect of heavier vehicles on our roads? Did they ask the public if they wanted to pay thousands of pounds a year for net zero? Did such a demand ever appear in a manifesto? The answer to these questions is ‘No’.
They allow solar panels on good farmland and pay speculators to plant trees on it, so a better tree is cut down in Brazil to provide the food we should have raised. It is beyond incompetent.
Politics of absurdity
At his coronation just five months ago, King Charles reaffirmed our Christian constitution. His Majesty promised to ‘maintain the laws of God and the true profession of the Gospel’. Are his ministers honouring that pledge?
Archbishop Welby reminded the king to be a servant to the people. Is impoverishing the population and enriching the elites by absurd policies part of that job description?
G K Chesterton said: ‘When men stop believing in God they don’t believe in nothing; they believe in anything’.
Politicians can now believe that a man may declare himself a woman or that a woman can sport male genitalia. Once more, it is the politics of absurdity. Leading civil servants say it runs all through the corridors of power. Indeed, the MOD’s JSP 889 shows trans ideology is now the policy of His Majesty’’s Government. Who allowed that to happen? The Bible says it is God who decides the sexes, not us:
Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
Why do the Government not allow parents to see Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) materials taught to their children? Who thought it would be a good idea to allow sex educators to tell children bare-faced lies or encourage them to ‘socially transition’ to the opposite sex?
The Government promised guidance to stop that. They have failed to publish it because it may contravene the Equality Act. They have been in office for thirteen years and they have only just noticed the absurdity of the Equality Act? And they are too weak to do anything about it?
Arrogance, stupidity and dishonesty
The Equality Act compels public authorities to promote homosexuality and gender reassignment. We legalised abortion in 1967 but earlier this year parliament sided with those shedding innocent blood by enacting buffer zones around all abortion facilities in England and Wales.
Not only are those who lead us so arrogant that they legalise things God says in his word are evil and even promote them here and abroad, not only are they so lacking in humility they distort the market by banning things God never banned, but they are so stupid they do not even cost it out and so lacking in wisdom they fail to think any of it through.
On top of that, they lack the honesty to admit it. The same cocktail of arrogance, stupidity and deceit meant that they imposed Covid-19 lockdowns and restrictions in opposition to the laws of God. They imposed mRNA vaccines on healthy young people who never needed them. There was no cost-benefit analysis for any of it. Instead, those in office and their advisors gave contracts for largely unnecessary protective equipment to their friends. To the previous mix of arrogance, stupidity and dishonesty they added corruption. Bribery and corruption are specifically condemned in the word of God:
Exod 23:8 And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Government doesn’t have to be like this, but the only way out is for those in office to recognise they are human not divine, seek the Lord in humility and ask for his wisdom. It is written:
Prov 9:10 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding.
God longs to bless us
As we are a Christian group, you’ll expect us to take this opportunity to bring you up to speed with what we believe.
We serve a God concerned about the whole of life, about nations, families and individuals, who gave us righteous laws to live by and to ensure a stable society. Men may think they know better than God, but trying to go another way brings upon us instability and destruction. In the Bible we read about King Rehoboam, who, like today’s rulers, made a stupid decision which cost him dearly. But he came to his senses, and we read:
2Chron 12:12 And when he humbled himself, the wrath of the LORD turned from him, that he would not destroy him altogether: and also in Judah things went well.
We love our nation and we want things to go well, so we pray our leaders will humble themselves and seek the Lord, by the grace of God.
A bit of good news
At a personal level, Christianity teaches that your sin separates you from God, but that if you believe in the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, he will forgive your sin and give you the power of the Holy Spirit to live a new, better, forgiven life. The first public words of Jesus, recorded in Mark’s Gospel, are a command:
Mark 1:15: ‘The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent ye and believe the Gospel’.
The Gospel of Jesus Christ brings forgiveness and salvation, healing and deliverance. Whatever sin or spiritual power is holding you back, you will find release and freedom in Jesus to live life to the full. Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ today, make him your Saviour and Lord and he will show you his purpose for your life.
Reverse side
Politicians in our constitutionally-Christian United Kingdom have ditched Christianity, wisdom and ’love thy neighbour’ and are now floundering in absurdity and what they can get away with.
Whether it’s net zero, the trans debate, sex education, buffer zones or Covid, those who lead us lurch from one disaster to the next, clueless and only out for themselves.
We call on our politicians, their advisors and civil servants to turn away from godlessness and stupidity and honour the King of kings. Only then will our nation be blessed.
If you agree with us, or if you want to talk about it, please get in touch.
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October 2023
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