Have Christ, Will Travel
By:  Reed R. Heustis, Jr.
September 10, AD 2006

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Do you notice that tired and weary man standing on the side of the dusty road with an old, weathered suitcase in one hand and a tattered cardboard sign in the other? "Have Christ, Will Travel," the sign reads. I am he.

My political journey is exactly that - a journey. There will be no end until I go home to be with the Lord. Until that day and hour comes though, I shall continue to occupy myself in the political realm by pressing forward the Crown Rights of Jesus Christ wherever the Lord leads.

Once upon a time I was a Republican Party activist. I believed that the GOP was the key to fixing our nation's political problems, especially with the Democratic Party hell bent on pursuing godless Liberal policies. I was wrong. I soon learned that the Republican Party machine only cared about nominating "electable" candidates that could defeat Democrats regardless of whether Republican nominees held to Biblically correct principles. Consequentially, today’s Republican Party resembles the Democratic Party of 20 years ago, and can be expected to resemble today’s Democratic Party 20 years from today.

While a Republican, I began referring to myself as a Conservative. Being a Republican was not enough. I needed to differentiate myself from moderate Republicans who constantly belittled, ridiculed and mocked those of us who championed Principle above Politics, including the Life of the Unborn. A casual waltz through a Republican Party convention hall would confirm that it was only "acceptable" for certain issues like Abortion to be talked about, but just so long as those issues were kept to the sidelines so that the "real" issues, such as Taxation and Free Trade, were not interfered with.

However, soon I learned that even among conservative Republicans, when push became shove, Biblical beliefs were unwelcome, and I began to distance myself from the GOP, eventually leading to an outright divorce.

During that transition, I began referring to myself as a Paleoconservative. Being a Conservative was no longer enough. Conservatives were divided amongst themselves, and the prevailing view of Neoconservatism dominated the GOP hierarchy. While "Paleos" had a stronger reverence for traditional conservatism, it was Nationalism and Globalism that truly separated the two philosophies. Neos might be counted on to support traditional conservative positions, but not at the expense of godless Globalist ends. Because of this division, Paleoconservatism seemed to be the perfect political philosophy for me.

But once again, I soon discovered that even among Paleoconservatives, certain issues were expendable. Many of my Paleo friends appeared to be Pro-life champions – and they talked a good game – but when the pressure became great, their "more important" issues, such as Immigration and Economic Nationalism, would shove Life to the background. For them, it became "okay" to support Abortion of the Unborn in certain "exceptional" situations, as long as Paleos remain "united" on "true" Paleoconservative issues.

I arrived at my wit’s end.

By the Grace of God alone, I finally came to the realization that all of these philosophies - Republicanism, Conservatism, Paleoconservatism - are nothing more than vain imaginations rooted in the folly of Man. Not one of them is rooted in an immovable foundation. Not one of them is rooted in Christ.

This had been the problem all along. I just never realized it.

Why should Christians support Republican Party politics when the end product is enmity against Christ? Why should Christians support Conservatism if Conservatism means conserving Christless government? Why should Christians support Paleoconservatism if Christ is forced to the back of the bus?

Political philosophies are vain imaginations unless rooted in Christ. God ordains all power and authority for His glory and for the government and welfare of His creation. Any contrary philosophy is therefore a vain imagination of Man.

The Apostle Paul confirms this when he explains, "[T]he weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds," and exhorts Christians to cast down "imaginations, and every high thing that [exalts] itself against the knowledge of God, and [to bring] into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ...." (2 Cor. 10:3-5) (emphasis added)

Political philosophies that contradict the Sovereignty of Christ are "imaginations" and "high things" that exalt themselves against Christ. A Christian should have nothing to do with them.

In 2002 I joined the Constitution Party, the first party that I was aware of that proclaimed Jesus Christ in its national platform. At that time, I believed that I finally had found a true political home in the Constitution Party. I had been led to believe that this party was committed to putting Principle above Politics and pressing the Crown Rights of Jesus Christ in the legal and political spheres.

Four years later, I now realize that I was wrong. Before joining the Constitution Party and promoting it faithfully, I failed to research the 1992 founding of the Constitution Party, which had been a "coming together" - an unholy alliance, if you will - of Christians with many who embraced Christless philosophies. I discovered that the Constitution Party originally had been founded on a "rock" other than Jesus Christ, and that Christ’s Name originally was not proclaimed in its Platform. I learned that many that did proclaim Christ actually believed in a completely different "Jesus" – the Jesus of Mormonism. I learned that the party's founders, pursuing a Pluralist strategy in league with Mormonism, welcomed any newcomer who held to any Christless religion, just so long as he or she believed in "Constitutional government."

Gag me with a spoon! What good is Constitutionalism without the One True Christ as its foundation? Like all other "ism’s," Christless Constitutionalism is nothing more than a vain imagination. It is nothing more than a high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God.

Fourteen years after its seeding, the Constitution Party began to bear its godless fruits. At its 2006 National Committee meeting last Spring in Tampa, Florida, the Constitution Party voted to continue its affiliation with a Nevada affiliate, owned and operated by Mormons, that regularly supports pro-abortion candidates and officers. As a consequence of its pro-abortion, anti-Christian actions, eight Constitution Party state affiliates have disaffiliated from the Pluralist national party, and more are likely to follow.  Meanwhile, the entire western region of the Constitution Party has fallen into complete Mormon control.

Some National Committee members justified their votes on the grounds of "religious liberty." Others justified their votes on the grounds of "party growth." Others on "states' rights." Others on "family loyalty." Still others on demonic Mormonism itself. Vain imaginations. High things.

Had I known in 2002 that this apparently Christian party, along with many of its leaders that I once revered, would one day turn its back on the Unborn and the Sovereign Kingship of Jesus Christ in exchange for political gain, personal aggrandizement, and abominable Pluralism, I would have never given the Constitution Party a second look. At that time I had been a member of the Reform Party who was searching for an explicitly Christian home.

After spending years as a Republican, Conservative, Paleoconservative, and Constitution Party activist, it is now time for me to press forward the Crown Rights of Jesus Christ in a vehicle other than one that upholds vain imaginations and high things. It is now time for me to part ways with the Constitution Party.  Hence my sign: "Have Christ, Will Travel."

As of today, there exists one new national party that is founded by American Christians explicitly on the Gospel of Jesus Christ. There exists only one party that "affirms its belief in the triune God of the Holy Bible and acknowledges that the Bible is the highest and final authority to which all other authorities and ideas must ultimately yield." There is only one party that recognizes the truth that America's heritage predates the U.S. Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, and is rooted in deeply Christian principles.

That party is the party of America's heritage, the American Heritage Party.

The driver of the small vehicle caught a glimpse of me gripping my cardboard sign on the side of the road, and pulled over to give some encouragement. After four years in the Constitution Party, struggling with Pluralists, Mormons, pro-Aborts and Pragmatists in a futile pursuit of righteousness, it is now my intention to seek refuge with other Christian Constitutionalists who wish to promote America’s heritage in Law and Politics. It is my intention to seek membership in the American Heritage Party – a party in which I can proclaim, Glory to Christ in the Highest, and be welcomed because of it, not in spite of it.

In the Name of Jesus Christ our King, I pray that God bless this decision and that Christ's precious Name is glorified to the ends of the earth and beyond.

If you too have scribbled out your own sign on an old piece of cardboard, and are holding it up at the side of your street in your own familiar corner of the country, be cheerful! Look to the road, and keep your eyes peeled.

We’re on our way….

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