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Featured Pastor disqualifies himself over Trump

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  1. Revmitchell

    Revmitchell Well-Known Member
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    Glad to see this. Now I will wait and see if he means it.
     
    #41 Revmitchell, Sep 5, 2019
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    I think Pastors if they're wise should stay out of the arena of political commentary. Not that all Christians should but it can be counter productive for Christian leaders in the pulpit in getting people to listen to you on the more important issues of spiritual things.
     
    #42 Rockson, Sep 5, 2019
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    Political issues are spiritual things too.
     
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    And add to that the various imprecatory Psalms....should they not have been written?
     
    #44 Ziggy, Sep 5, 2019
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    If you are the King of Israel, you are on solid ground. If you are a Christian professing to follow the commands of Christ, you are behaving in a shameful way that is contrary to the commands not to repay evil for evil and to pray for such people, not to pray they die of cancer. Shameful and disgraceful to the cause of Christ in the world.

    Peace to you
     
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    I disagree. For a pastor to focus on politics is to stray from the message of salvation in Jesus Christ and Him crucified.

    Peace to you
     
    #46 canadyjd, Sep 5, 2019
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    I have seen people say this before and I find it odd. Is it your position that the only thing a pastor should preach on is salvation?
     
    #47 Revmitchell, Sep 5, 2019
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    Unless there is a moral issue involved - ie abortion, acceptance of H0m0sex(you)als., and ect
     
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    I have to say, apologies go a long way with me. This was written recently, after his election tampering comments. He also mentioned Ferguson and Michael Brown by name. I'd like him to specifically mention Darren Wilson (the slandered cop), but hey, this is not bad. I'll be curious where he goes after this.
     
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    Imo, all preaching should focus on scripture and always make reference of Christ and Him crucified.

    Peace to you
     
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    And yet everything is a spiritual issue and can be found in scripture. Even what is considered political issues, race, abortion, sex, etc.
     
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    I don't necessarily disagree that all of those issues can be addressed in sermons, and shown to be informed by scripture with focus on Jesus .

    The problem I see is the attack on brothers and sisters in Christ, and others, over political beliefs, sometimes in sermons.

    Some are praying for people to die of cancer because of their beliefs. As you pointed out in the OP, at least one pastor is encouraging illegal behavior.

    It is all shameful.

    Peace to you
     
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    Paul preached Christ crucified to the Jews and God-fearing Greeks who already knew the Old Testament. Interestingly, in Acts 17, addressing the non-God-fearing Greeks he did not. He preached creation, history, judgment and even eschatology (v. 31). Then he left. Curious if you would also criticize Paul's approach on Mars Hill.
     
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    I don't do that. My focus is scripture and Jesus when I preach on these issues.
     
    #54 Revmitchell, Sep 5, 2019
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    Based on your posts, that I often read but don't respond to, I am not surprised we agree on this.

    Peace to you
     
    #55 canadyjd, Sep 5, 2019
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    To be fair, there's a world of difference between a TV personality calling for someone to die and a pastor calling for someone to die.
     
    #56 Hollow Man, Sep 6, 2019
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