Featured do you like Robert Jeffress?

Indeed, especially if you're specially calling someone out like Jeffress.

It's all about candidates man. It's misguided to think otherwise. You can't change anything unless you vote the right person into authority. Otherwise it's all talk.

Lincoln was necessary for the emancipation, and Christians got political and elected him into office.

The whole premise of your argument is naive. What makes you think you can separate issues from politicians? Wicked politicians would love Christians to do this, for it would ensure they would win every election. Thankfully most Christians don't buy the apolitical argument.

 

There is nothing mutually exclusive about doing what you say AND dominating the political landscape.

 

This country was founded on those political sermons. We need our churches involved in these very important political issues. So long as the sermons are expository in nature and stick to the context of scripture and the word is rightly divided then there is no problem with being "political".

 

I have seen quite a bit of evidence that Trump is a Christian.

 

I'm for preaching the issues. I just believe getting into the endorsement business is not good. Inevitably, people will let you down. We should preach the truth and let people make up their own minds on politics. I think if our preaching is well done we should expect a good result.

As for me, I'd prefer to just leave particular politicians out of the discussion.

 

I do not endorse anyone. Trouble with it is if I were to do so then later some skeleton in their closet comes out and I have mudd on my face. Having a politician at my church is not an endorsement.

 

At Jeffress’ First Baptist Church of Dallas, Trump Support Is Part of a 150-Year Tradition

I think this article is sort of lop-sided, but nevertheless makes the point that political support is not something new that Robert Jeffress started.

James Britton Buchanan Cranfill, an ordained Baptist minister, was the 1892 Prohibition party candidate for vice president of the United States. At some point in life he was a member of First Baptist, but probably not at the time he was running.

 

Candidate support and political sermons were a regular part of many churches at the founding of this country.

 

If I remember my Baptist history, Baptist preacher John Leland was an exceptionally strong supporter of Virginia politician Thomas Jefferson.

 

Exactly. That is my point. And of course personally we all vote and pray and hopefully seek God's will in all these matters.

 

I didn't know that much about the church and I don't mean to single out Jeffress as a singular example. Lot's of preachers get political. I don't think it helps the cause of Christ. I don't mean to pick on anyone in particular.