Posted on 11/16/2020 1:32:46 PM PST by Jonty30
ohn Pavlovitz, who pastors North Raleigh Community Church in North Carolina, writes a heartfelt letter to white evangelicals:
Dear White Evangelicals,
I need to tell you something: People have had it with you. They’re done.
They want nothing to do with you any longer, and here’s why:
They see your hypocrisy, your inconsistency, your incredibly selective mercy, and your thinly veiled supremacy.
For eight years they watched you relentlessly demonize a black President; a man faithfully married for 26 years; a doting father and husband without a hint of moral scandal or the slightest whiff of infidelity. They watched you deny his personal faith convictions, argue his birthplace, and assail his character—all without cause or evidence. They saw you brandish Scriptures to malign him and use the laziest of racial stereotypes in criticizing him.
And through it all, White Evangelicals—you never once suggested that God placed him where he was, you never publicly offered prayers for him and his family, you never welcomed him to your Christian Universities, you never gave him the benefit of the doubt in any instance, you never spoke of offering him forgiveness or mercy,your evangelists never publicly thanked God for his leadership,your pastors never took to the pulpit to offer solidarity with him,you never made any effort to affirm his humanity or show the love of Jesus to him in any quantifiable measure.
You violently opposed him at every single turn—without offering a single ounce of the grace you claim as the heart of your faith tradition. You jettisoned Jesus as you dispensed damnation on him.
And yet today, you openly give a "mulligan" to a white Republican man so riddled with depravity, so littered with extramarital affairs, so unapologetically vile, with such a vast resume of moral filth—that the mind boggles. And the change in you is unmistakable. It has been an astonishing conversion to behold: a being born again. With him, you suddenly find religion.With him, you’re now willing to offer full absolution.With him, all is forgiven without repentance or admission.With him you’re suddenly able to see some invisible, deeply buried heart.With him, sin has become unimportant, compassion no longer a requirement.With him, you see only Providence.
And White Evangelicals, all those people who have had it with you—they see it all clearly.
They recognize the toxic source of your duality. They see that pigmentation and party are your sole deities. They see that you aren’t interested in perpetuating the love of God or emulating the heart of Jesus.They see that you aren’t burdened to love the least, or to be agents of compassion, or to care for your Muslim, gay, African, female, or poor neighbors as yourself.They see that all you’re really interested in doing, is making a God in your own ivory image and demanding that the world bow down to it.They recognize this all about white, Republican Jesus—not dark-skinned Jesus of Nazareth.
And I know you don't realize it, but you're digging your own grave in these days; the grave of your very faith tradition.
Your willingness to align yourself with cruelty is a costly marriage. Yes, you've gained a Supreme Court seat, a few months with the Presidency as a mouthpiece, and the cheap high of temporary power—but you've lost a whole lot more. You've lost an audience with millions of wise, decent, good-hearted, faithful people with eyes to see this ugliness.You've lost any moral high ground or spiritual authority with a generation.You've lost any semblance of Christlikeness.You've lost the plot.And most of all you've lost your soul.
I know it's likely you'll dismiss these words. The fact that you've even made your bed with such malevolence, shows how far gone you are and how insulated you are from the reality in front of you.
But I had to at least try to reach you. It’s what Jesus would do.
Maybe you need to read what he said again—if he still matters to you.
Oh, OK, thank you!
I was too lazy to look up the worthless bastard.
He’s white - his religion is leftism and socialism over God. Not God.
Just like the Pope.
Dear Rev. Pavlovitz, given that you consort with baby-killing barbarians and America-hating goon squads, I don't really want to hear you lecture me about choosing unsavory allies.
Take your self-righteous selective indignation and shove it where the sun doesn't shine.
Obama is an angel of death and destruction
He has caused chaos in many nations abroad, killing literally millions of people. In service to his deeply leftist politics at home, he constantly used his voice to agitate for racial division, and help establish “community organizer” groups and policies which are tearing apart American cities.
farcical
Never heard of him.
I could never attend a church presided over by such a dumbass.
Obama is a serial liar whose every decision was the polar opposite of what was needed to be good for the country. Even a dumb-ass gets something right every now and then . . . just by accident. It was very easy to conclude that he had evil intentions. After all that, he did everything in his power to frame and undermine a duly elected Trump. Whomever this guy is, he is clearly a leftist moron who doesn’t have a clue. No one of reasonable mind could listen to the Commie Rat/ media chatter and with a clear conscience take their side. . . oh yeah . . .I’m a hypocrite for opposing defunding the police, burning down our country and supporting those who assault innocent people . . . of ALL colors!!!!! In this guy’s eyes, I hope to ALWAYS be a reprobate!!!!!!
To John Pavlovitz,
GFY.
Spare me the fake self-righteousness.
‘Pod
Pastor John Pavlovitz is as evil as any criminal in prison. If he were given the power, he would help compile lists for socialist retribution while telling you he has Jesus on his side.
“You violently opposed him at every single turn”
To the Left mean words are considered violence that can be used justify actual violence, or even rioting and looting.
Meanwhile actual violence by Leftists isn’t considered a valid reason for self defense and people trying to do so are vilified as vigilantes and such.
So when you say “I think there is a change of mind” realize that for many there never was any such a thing.
They just didn’t yet think they could start pressing for oppression of all that isn’t them UNTIL they discovered they could as a community self-oppress their own who didn’t virtue signal their conformity loud enough and likewise terrorize cowardly business leaders who worship dollars and cowardly politicians who worship power (not not keeping faith with their voters) to bend to their will just by browbeating them.
The Left has learned that what I call a Douche-ocracy works well for them. It would only then be natural for them to extend it further and further so we should not be surprised to hear them speak of actual revenge.
So not a change of mind so much as revealing what was always there to begin with.
I searched on my search engine: north raleigh community church. You get 1417 Clifton St Raleigh, NC 27604 Then look this address on Google maps. It is listed as Temple Baptist Church. That’s strange.
But I got this on yelp:
https://www.yelp.com/biz/north-raleigh-community-church-raleigh-2
BE SURE TO READ the second review.....by Jane.
Pastor swears. No real sermons.
And through it all Barack Obama never once suggested that God placed him where he was, he never publicly offered prayers for you and your family, he never welcomed you to Ivy League universities, he never gave you the benefit of the doubt in any instance, he never spoke of offering forgiveness or mercy, his pastors never publicly thanked God for America’s leadership, his pastor Wright never took to the pulpit to offer solidarity with you, he never made any effort to affirm your humanity or affirm the love of Jesus to all humans in any quantifiable measure.
I don’t think he pastors at North Raleigh Community Church (now known as Common Thread Church, apparently). I believe at one time he was the youth pastor there, but was fired. As far as I know, he is a professional tweeter, does some talk circuit stuff.
One concern about this guy - he was included in several “faith” meetings held by Biden and Harris, so he may become an advisor to them. This is a concern - I can point to articles where he actually changes Biblical text to bolster his leftist crap.
This comes from a pastor who says that the Bible isn’t really that important. She basically stated that the Bible was irrelevant, that should tell you everything about this clown.
There is a fruit by which you can judge if a tree is good or evil given in Romans 1:18-32.
That fruit is shockingly common these days.
But when we see signs of things like the falling away we can take courage because we are told our salvation is not far away.
“People” are through with you == himself.
For your interest.
A witless, brainwashed fraud who hates Christ.
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