New Man endorses Huckabee

I don't like New Man magazine's endorsement of Mike Huckaby for president. "New Man thinks he's the right man for the job." New Man magazine is published by Strang Communications who also published Charisma magazine. It's a magazine aimed at helping Christian men.

Here's my problem with this. When a Christian magazine endorses a candidate you're also endorsing the policy positions of the candidate. And then what happens is that the name of Jesus gets attached to a particular set of political positions.

For example, Mike Huckabee is a big supporter of gun rights. He claims to be the first governor to have a concealed gun license. He proposes that the gun owner rights are there to oppose government tyranny if it were ever needed. When Jesus announced the Kingdom of God, He didn't include anything about the rights of the Jewish people to carry swords against Roman oppression.

So, does New Man magazine support strong gun rights as a Christian position? Probably not, but when you endorse a candidate then most people assume you also support their positions on the issues.

I do appreciate the fact that they're letting people know about one of the presidential candidates that looks to be a good, solid leader but isn't getting much attention. I just wish that they had not endorsed him.