What is ISRP?

ISRP is the Institute for the Study of Religion in Politics. ISRP was created by the founders of Antipas Ministries as a way to research, analyze and report on the alarming trend of Christian involvement in the political process. Antipas Ministries began this endeavour in the early 1990's and over the years, we have expanded our focus to include reporting upon the ominous direction America and Christianity have taken.

THE STRUGGLE FOR AMERICA
May 23, 2010
By S. Mayfield

There is a battle taking place in the United States and it is becoming more and more apparent that it is a battle for the United States in which there will only be one side standing at the end. Now more than ever it seems that every aspect of American life has become completely politicized. On issues as far-flung as taxes, what is taught in public schools, gay rights, the oil spill in the Gulf, Arizona’s immigration law, and the latest Supreme Court Justice Nominee – more Americans than ever before are being driven to embrace staunch ideological views that paint each issue as part of a larger struggle for the “soul of America”.

Regardless of whether or not he was being genuine; upon his election in 2008, President Obama made an impassioned plea to change the tone of America’s politics to bridge the divide between what has been simplified and narrowed down to two sides (the liberals and the conservatives). Yet the evidence overwhelmingly reveals that the President, along with moderate Democrats and Republicans have failed to do so.

Their failure in many ways is grounded in a naiveté that leads them to think that those on the extreme right are willing to seek out common ground for the good of the nation or at the very least acknowledge the “will of the people” in making the President’s party the majority. Obviously, this has not occurred and for the most part Obama and his allies face a right wing opposition that has defined the President, all moderates and liberals, as well as their plans and the direction of their governance as evil by nature.

Spending a day listening to Rush Limbaugh, Fox News, or Glenn Beck should make this pretty clear. In their view Obama and his socialist brigade are hell-bent on overturning democracy and free-market capitalism to establish a radical left wing dictatorship. And make no mistake about it – millions of Americans agree with the sentiments they express. In this sort of mindset every jot and tittle . . . every fine point of policy, every crisis and peril is defined as part of a larger struggle for the very fate of the nation. Those entrenched in this sort of hard right, its either us or them ideology will never honestly seek compromise, because they are fully committed to permanently establishing themselves as the ruling power. Additionally, they are just as fully committed to the total annihilation of the liberalism and the Left. Continue

Want to know the real reason why American Christianity has gone in the wrong direction? Check out "Greed is Good," a feature length documentary from Antipas Ministries.