Huckabee Tweets: God is good. Evil is evil. And #Israel is our ally.

Former Governor Mike Huckabee just illustrated so much about what is wrong with shallow theology (or a lack of it) being taught in American churches today.

God is good. Evil is evil. And #Israel is our ally.

— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) November 9, 2015

Like a cheer written by the high school football coach, you almost have to admire the cocksure posturing of this little gem of a tweet.

Now, of course plenty of non-Christians are going to laugh at this, but a few of us Christians need to laugh too and not just roll our eyes.

“God is good.” Okay, true enough as long as that makes room for God to be God and not subject to our petty feelings. For example, scripture describes God as “terrible,” and that “It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.” (Hebrews 10:31)

“Evil is evil.” Seems okay at first, but then we ask, “Who is identifying this ‘evil?’ Who’s the decider, as it were? Christians who know the bible will remember, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?” (Jeremiah 17:9) Yes, even the heart of Gov. Huckabee.

“And #Israel is our ally.” You know you’re in trouble anytime someone over 15 uses a hashtag. Let’s assume Gov. Huckabee is referring to the governing aparatus of the State of Israel. What does “ally” mean? Does this mean our government should send Israel money? How much? Is it wrong to ever oppose these subsidies? Does this include the Knesset, Israel’s legislative body? Is Gov. Huckabee aware that the State of Israel funds the abortions of women age 20-33? He realizes that all funds are essentially fungible, right? So, U.S. subsidies (money and even weapons) sent to Israel allows it to allocate other funds for abortion, which Huckbee (and I) see as murder/infanticide.

(In 2014) $4.6 million earmarked by the (Israeli) Health Ministry committee will cover some 6,300 abortions for women who cannot afford the procedure. – Washington Post

This discussion and debate could go on and on, but I’ll leave it here for tonight. The Bible doesn’t use hashtags and slogans to explain doctrine and neither should we (Christians today) when attempting to interpret government policies in a biblical manner.