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A Pastor’s Encounter with the ‘Demonic’ at Trump’s Florida Rally
Religion News Service ^ | 2/22/17 | Lauren Markoe

Posted on 02/22/2017 6:05:21 PM PST by marshmallow

RNS) The vitriol of the president’s supporters at a Trump rally has moved a Florida pastor to write a much-shared Facebook post about the mockery of religion he believed he witnessed.

“I have been in places and experiences before where demonic activity was palpable,” wrote the Rev. Joel Tooley, lead pastor of Melbourne First Church of the Nazarene.

The pastor said he felt the “power of the Holy Spirit of God” protecting him and his daughter as he sought to shield protesters from angry Trump fans.

Tooley had brought his 11-year-old to the rally Saturday (Feb. 18) in Melbourne, he wrote, in hopes of exposing her to some of the grandeur of the presidency, despite his own distaste for Trump’s politics.

It began to go badly for Tooley very quickly, when first lady Melania Trump read the Lord’s Prayer to the crowd.

“I can’t explain it, but I felt sick. This wasn’t a prayer beseeching the presence of Almighty God, it felt theatrical and manipulative,” Tooley wrote in the post, published on the day of the rally and since shared more than 14,600 times

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TOPICS: Evangelical Christian; Religion & Politics
KEYWORDS: joeltooley; lordsprayer; melbourne; mlbfl
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To: marshmallow

Shame on this deceiver who indulges in slander and gossip about a child of God. What a poor example of a Christian he is for his daughter.


21 posted on 02/22/2017 7:05:01 PM PST by txrefugee
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To: marshmallow; PrairieDawg; seekthetruth; Wilhelm Tell; BlueYonder; thingumbob; amzgirl; 75thOVI; ...
Brevard County, Florida ping.

Seriously? From the pastor of the biker church?

Let me know if you want on or off this low volume ping list.
(not associated with the county government)


22 posted on 02/22/2017 7:07:13 PM PST by NonValueAdded (#DeplorableMe #BitterClinger #HillNO! #MyPresident #MAGA)
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To: marshmallow

Remember the parable of the muster seed. I think this pastor might be one of the fowl who nest in the branches.


23 posted on 02/22/2017 7:42:45 PM PST by the_daug
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To: marshmallow

Doubting this story.


24 posted on 02/22/2017 8:18:40 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: Cobra64

Not for me to judge but he could be treading into blasphemy of the Holy Spirit.


25 posted on 02/22/2017 8:26:48 PM PST by kelly4c
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyV7kwMRzdo&feature=youtu.be

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOz3yD-wtwg


26 posted on 02/22/2017 9:24:49 PM PST by Salvation ("With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26)
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To: marshmallow

And I felt the Holy Spirit among the folks at the event I attended - is this guy blaspheming the holy Spirit.......


27 posted on 02/23/2017 3:41:47 AM PST by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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