At this time of year, we think about celebrating Christmas, which to many folks is anything but spiritual. It’s a time to eat, get drunk, and insult the relatives you haven’t seen in a year. I realize lots of folks don’t like all this “religious” stuff, so I expect my readership for this article and others like it will be down. That’s okay. I have to say what I say and I’m not out to win a popularity contest. Spiritual things are important, even if many don’t want to admit that.
I had a friend in the East who passed away at this time of year a few years ago. He was devoted to the cause of Southern heritage and truth in history, yet to the best of my knowledge, he passed from this life with no knowledge of how important the Lord Jesus Christ was and is to the human race. He admitted theology was his weak point but that was as far as he would go.
Well, theology is a weak point for most of us. I don’t have too many friends who are gifted theologians, a few maybe, but not many, but I do have a lot of friends who recognize that they are sinners and know that they need to trust the Lord Jesus Christ for their eternal salvation, and they realize that the Lord Jesus is the only way to God, contrary to what the world says. My friend never seemed to grasp this. He didn’t have time for church, as he always had something “more important” to do. The fact that worshipping God is one of, if not the, most important things you can do, never reached him. There was always something “more important” to be done and church was a distraction from that, especially on Sundays.
I’ve known others in the Southern Heritage Movement who had the same attitude. When the Lord’s Day came around, they always had something “more important” to do than worship the Lord. The Southern Heritage Movement seems in disarray at this point. It certainly does not seem to have the potential it once did. Our flags and monuments have come down in rapid succession in the last few years and nothing seems to abate that trend. I have often wondered if the fact that a goodly number in our movement always seemed to have something “more important” to do on the Lord’s Day than worshipping God might have had anything to do with that.
Our Confederate ancestors were mostly Christian men, not all, but mostly. You had Christian revivals throughout the Confederate armies during the war and Christian chaplains were encouraged to preach to the soldiers and they were mostly orthodox Christian men, not tainted with the Unitarianism so prevalent in the North. I wonder if we, today, have followed in their path. As important as Southern history and heritage are, especially in this day of historical apostasy, the worship of God is more important.
When we celebrate Christmas, we should really take note of the fact that Jesus Christ came to earth to save men from their sins, and He shed His blood on the cross to do that and rose on the third day to show that he’d accomplished it. How many in the Southern Heritage Movement have grasped that – and if not – why not? Over the years I’ve run into several in the movement that want nothing to do with religion – they are totally secular. If I might be permitted to say so, that is a horrendous mistake. Our Confederate ancestors would not have appreciated that, and we shouldn’t either. Those who have no time or place for the Lord should not expect too much back from Him. It’s only by His grace that we even exist, and we need to remember that – especially at Christmas.
-By Al Benson Jr.
O I’m a good old rebel, now that’s just what I am. For this “fair land of freedom” I do not care at all. I’m glad I fit against it, I only wish we’d won, And I don’t want no pardon for anything I done.
Amen!
I’m a Christian, and I can’t stand going to church. I finally realized that even if the sermon is researched and interesting, the absolute omission is repulsive. They never talk about what tv you’re exposing your children to, or whether you send them to anti God state schools. They don’t talk about Christian activism, divorce, career women, debt.
I’m a foreigner in those places.
I empathize with you and realize how blessed I am to have found a sound church. We are truly a small flock, but our pastor doesn’t shy away from giving us the whole counsel of God. I don’t know where else I’d go otherwise. I agree that most churches are worse than nothing, but you can always log on to sermonaudio.com and find some good stuff. Chuck Baldwin may make you feel more at home. Merry Christmas sir!
Great article! Certainly Lee and Jackson were both exemplary Christian men. You’re no doubt familiar with ‘Christ in the Camp’ by J.W. Jones and ‘The Great Revival in the Southern Armies’ by W.W. Bennett. Every Southern dissident should read them and be inspired!
Well said. However, bear in mind the message Jesus had John deliver to the church at Laodicea: “I know your deeds; you are neither cold nor hot. How I wish you were one or the other! So because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to vomit you out of My mouth!” Rev 2:15,16
This fits most of our churches to a T, spiritually shrunken, Disneyfied, architecturally bereft, headed by pastors who refuse to speak against the worst appetites of our age in fear of losing their 501 c (3) tax status, an ‘Amen Corner’ for every form of government overreach. Little wonder that many attend services only to catch up with their friends or blow it off altogether.
Well said.Good work.I agree with you.I want no part of anyone who rejects the good Lord and His Son.I find atheists/rejectors to be odd creatures who belong in the category of my enemies because they cannot be normal White folk if they deny the Father who created them.Those stupid or crazy enough to embrace nothingness or bizarre idols are merely Satan in disguise to me.Once I find out someone I know is not a believer I immediately put up a barrier between myself and that person.I may be polite to them but I never trust them or view them as being on my side.Merry Christmas everyone.Christ is King! Also I would add that to allow an atheist into the White Southern movement gives this individual a say so and an equal footing with White Christians.I say no,to reject our Lord disqualifies one from fellowship with decent Whites.They may some day reconsider their folly but I will not align myself with the demon possessed in hopes that they do.
@ German Confederate
Thanks.