The Dangers of Ecclesiastical Clannish Loyalty

Just before the Zelensky Oval Office fiasco last week, Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) posted this on X.“Just finished a meeting with President Zelensky here in Washington. He confirmed that the Ukrainian people will not support a fake peace agreement where Putin gets everything he wants and there are no security arrangements for Ukraine,”It is a shocking admission. While it is permissible for Senators to debate foreign policy and disagree with a sitting president, it is horrendous for a U.S. Senator to actively engage with a foreign official for the direct purpose of undermining and embarrassing the President of the United States. The President has responsibility for U.S. Diplomacy. This is about loyalty to the United States of America and not just to the office of the President. What he did was also likely a violation of the Logan Act, which usually exempts elected figures, but not when they are actively seeking to undermine official U.S. diplomacy. However, I am sure Senator Murphy feels his left-wing party loyalty justified his treasonous behavior.The event reminded me of when I was in college and was encouraged from the Chapel platform to be “loyal to my alma mater.” I took mild offense to that. I was a “first generation” student; not like many of my classmates whose parents, and sometimes grandparents had attended. I knew that other education institutions had strayed from biblical obedience, and any loyalty to a human institution must have qualifications. Also, I was intending to pastor a church someday. I knew that loyalty to my Lord, family, and congregation, must supersede any loyalty to an educational institution. …Read the whole post here — or just listen to the podcast. Get full access to the Proclaim & Defend Podcast at proclaimdefend.substack.com/subscribe