The Gospel According to Ann Coulter How Coulterism Corrupts Christianity and Conservatism Daniel J. Borchers Citizens for Principled Conservatism The Gospel According to Ann Coulter: How Coulterism Corrupts Christianity and Conservatism © 2012 Daniel Borchers First printing: June 10, 2012 All rights reserved. Written permission must be secured from the publisher to use or reproduce any part of this book, except for brief quotations in critical reviews or articles. Citizens for Principled Conservatism believes that the nature and use of the photos, cartoons, and graphics provided in this book which are not in the public domain or not the property of the publisher constitutes “fair use” of any such material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Act. This material is intended primarily for educational purposes and is distributed freely. Unless otherwise noted, all Scripture quotations are taken from the New King James Version. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. 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Box 506 Odenton, MD 21113 www.CoulterWatch.com [email protected] 240-476-9690 Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth? – Galatians 4:16 Table of Contents Preface: My Faith Journey. ................................................................................................. ix “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.” – John 10:27 Introduction: Speaking the Truth in Love. ......................................................................... xii “But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ.” – Eph. 4:15 Chapter 1: Roots: Ann Coulter’s Christian Heritage. .......................................................... 1 “You will know them by their fruits. … every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree bears bad fruit. A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. … Therefore by their fruits you will know them.” – Mt. 7:16-20 Chapter 2: Faith: Once Delivered For All. ......................................................................... 5 “Beloved, while I was very diligent to write to you concerning our common salvation, I found it necessary to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.” – Jude 3 Chapter 3: Creator: The Author and Finisher of Everything. .............................................. 9 “looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God” – Heb. 12:2 Chapter 4: Forgiveness: Required for All Believers. ......................................................... 12 “For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.” – Mt. 6:14-15 Chapter 5: Redemption: The Power of His Blood. ............................................................. 17 “In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of His grace.” – Eph. 1:7 Chapter 6: Transformation: By His Spirit. ......................................................................... 21 “I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit within you; I will take the heart of stone out of your flesh and give you a heart of flesh.” – Ezek. 36:26 Chapter 7: Love: God’s Desire and Goal for Us. ............................................................... 27 “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; as I have loved you, that you also love one another. By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.” – John 13:34-35 Chapter 8: Truth: True Freedom in Christ. ......................................................................... 32 “And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free. … Therefore if the Son makes you free, you shall be free indeed.” – John 8:32,36 Chapter 9: Reconciliation: Our Ministry as Peacemakers. ................................................. 39 “Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation.” – 2 Cor. 5:18 Chapter 10: Equality: Self-Evident Truths. ........................................................................ 43 “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female; for you are all one in Christ Jesus.” – Gal. 3:28 Chapter 11: Life: Choosing an Abundant Life. .................................................................. 52 “I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.” – John 10:10 Chapter 12: Hypocrisy: Defaming Our Lord and Savior. .................................................. 61 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! For you pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have neglected the weightier matters of the law: justice and mercy and faith. These you ought to have done, without leaving the others undone.” – Mt. 23:23 Chapter 13: Heresy: Appearing as an Angel of Light. ....................................................... 66 “having a form of godliness but denying its power. And from such people turn away!” – 2 Tim. 3:5 Chapter 14: Godless: Exhibiting the Works of the Flesh. .................................................. 73 “Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are … of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.” – Gal. 5:19-21 Chapter 15: Religious Right: Warriors for Truth. .............................................................. 79 “God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” – John 4:24 Chapter 16: Religious Left: Ambassadors for Love. .......................................................... 85 “My little children, let us not love in word or in tongue, but in deed and in truth.” – 1 John 3:18 Chapter 17: Perfected: The End of Sanctification. .............................................................. 91 “For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.” – Heb. 10:14 Chapter 18: Victimhood: Christian Persecution Complex. ................................................. 99 “These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” – John 16:33 Chapter 19: Confessions of Faith. ...................................................................................... 106 “And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony, and they did not love their lives to the death.” – Rev. 12:11 Chapter 20: It Really Is a God Thing .................................................................................. 112 “And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” – Rom. 12:2 Chapter 21: Prayer. ............................................................................................................. 119 “Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.” – Jas. 5:16 Appendix 1: Sampling of Coulter’s Elimination Rhetoric. ................................................. 122 “I think we ought to nuke North Korea right now just to give the rest of the world a warning. Boom! … I just think it would be fun to nuke them and have it be a warning … to the world.” – Ann Coulter Appendix 2: Selected Doctrines of the Religious Right. .................................................... 129 “The Religious Right [is] nonexistent … a bogeyman … a meaningless concept … the left’s imaginary enemy.” – Ann Coulter Appendix 3: Selected Doctrines of the Religious Left. ........................................................ 130 “All liberals are atheists. Only the ones who have to stand for election even bother pretending to believe in God.” – Ann Coulter Appendix 4: Living the Resurrected Life. ............................................................................ 132 “That I my know Him and the power of His resurrection.” – Phil. 3:10 Acknowledgements ............................................................................................................. 143 Author Bio ........................................................................................................................... 144 Preface My Faith Journey “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me.” – John 10:27 A Little Lamb Before addressing the spiritual, historical, and political issues which form the substance of this book, it is only appropriate that I introduce myself to my readers. I was born in the mid-1950s and raised a Christian. When I entered college, I turned away from God and remained a prodigal until my