"Conservative Christian" is an oxymoron, sort of like "Christian millionaire" or "Christian businessman".
Jesus had beliefs that, in the world of 2015, would characterize Him as a progressive socialist.
Jesus said, "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God."
Jesus said, “Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?"
Jesus said, “But whoever has this world’s goods, and sees his brother in need, and shuts up his heart from him, how does the love of God abide in him?”
This is what Jesus did and said (I could see Him doing this to a mega-church): “And found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting: And when he had made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen; and poured out the changers’ money, and overthrew the tables; And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father’s house an house of merchandise.”
Jesus said, “For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more."
Jesus said, “Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: For I was hungry, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.”
Not really. He also said if you don't work, you don't eat. And He was willing to die because of the conviction that God's Words should not be changed, watered down or made to fit someones life. It can't.
His point was to convert and save. He never gave anyone permission to sin. He broke through the jewish laws created by the Pharisees and brought the focus back to the Word of God.
He lived with the sinner to save the sinner. He also was not willing to concede any point on interpetations of God's law and it got him crucified.
The eye of the needle was a physical place. A camel could not fit through the opening. The issue of the rich is where ones heart lies. What do we covet? The desire for sexual gratification outside the walls of marriage is wrong. Christ said it was also better to not marry at all if we were going to do it.
The whole point of Christ is the crucifixion. We all get bent out of shape on all the other issues. Christ died to save us from sin. We can accept him or not. It really is that simple.
If he was willing to be beat unmercifully and crucified on a tree, the least I can do is read His Word and not try to make it fit my desires. I should make my life fit His. That is what he asked all his followers to do.
We spend a great deal of time telling him what he meant.
Just saying.
That is true Christianity.
