Posted on 10/17/2017 1:51:16 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
The Christian nationalists Trump has emboldened pray in public and prey on the people in private.
On Friday, President Donald Trump went before the annual Values Voter Summit and declared America "a country that never forgets that we are all, everyone one of us, by the very same God in heaven."
Trump invoked the name of Jesus just a day after he announced his executive order to stop the federal government's Cost Sharing Reduction payments, which subsidize health care for lower-income families under the Affordable Care Act.
The Christian nationalists Trump has emboldened do not follow the Jesus I know and preach. Their values stem not from Christ, but from cash; theirs is the gospel of greed, not grace. As the Princeton historian Kevin M. Kruse chronicled in his book "One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America," these preachers are the heirs of the corrupt religious leaders who spoke against Rabbi Abraham Heschel and the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during the civil rights movement.
Corporate sponsorship has bloated the public image of extremism. But there are far more people of faith and conscience who want to revive the heart and soul of our democracy than there are those wishing to pollute it.
Last week, the men and women who crowded into that D.C. ballroom claimed to be attending a values conference. But instead, they proved yet again how morally bankrupt a vocal segment of Christianity has become.
And so today, we invite the millions of people who truly believe in the teachings of Jesus to stand up and speak out for a true #ValuesRevolution. Let's show America what a true moral majority looks like.
(Excerpt) Read more at nbcnews.com ...
Another commie behind the pulpit spreading hate by twisting the Scriptures to fit his wicked ideology.
I always turn to the Christ hating NBC News when I want a good solid opinion on Christianity
“The Rent is TOO DAMN HIGH” wing of Christianity.
Blow it out your ***, “Reverend.”
Does Comcast have anything nice to say about Trump and his base which happens to be half the Country?
“Thou shalt not steal” is no longer a Christian value?
Socialists always crow and cry about “democracy.” Unfortunately for them, this is a republic.
If a man does not work, then neither shall he eat.
Sure Reverend, because in your mind, real Christians support the party that has made baby killing a sacred right. Instead of the guy who put Gorsuch on the Supreme Court.
“Let he who has no sin cast the first stone”
I confess to being a Pharisee and hypocrite as a religious conservative, political activist.
The Good Lord spoke of Sadducees and Pharisees in his time, various liberal and conservative types debating meaningless questions instead of choosing to follow Him.
The Left-Right Republican-Democrat debate is such a dead end.
Those who take the liberal side and cast stones are no better than the right ones.
We are all ‘sinners’.
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Thanks for the pic.
Oh, and nice of NBC Fake News to publish his tripe....
That's simply wrong.
And if I see another invoke "the least of these" without its context, I'm gonna puke.
I’d love the see the Mercedes that this “humble” farce of a minister drives.
Paging Rev. Al and Rev. Jesse
He’s known as the Buffet Slayer.
He seems to be a disciple of the Execrable Ralph Abernathy.
The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II is senior pastor of Greenleaf Christian Church.
“You may make donations to the work of Greenleaf Christian Church here: Donate”
He likes cash too.
Ugh. This Quasimodo could be seen menacing NC for years...
Big into the NAACP scene. That pretty much sums up where he is coming from politically. Leftist religious type you could say the very same things about his type of Christian.
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