I know a very kind, intelligent Christian who cannot vote for Trump because of Trump’s past “character”...I look at it as I would any other transaction with any other person...we’re not voting for a pastor of our church.....
Compared to the other candidates...there is no other choice...
The left and the “compassionate” christians(lower case purposely) will not get much from me since they are playing into satan’s plan.
God is interested in us as individuals, not in government, Jesus preached to individuals about where their heart needs to be, he did not go to Rome to implement a government policy, it is the internal conversion and worship of God from us individually that matters, not government programs.
First of all we need to remember...quit calling it empathy...the bible calls for Compassion...not “empathy”!
Empathy might have you feel sorry for a wounded robbed man...it’s compassion that leads one to bind his wounds and pay for his upkeep while he heals!
“argues that empathy has become a tool of manipulation b”
It’s about damn time!!!
Christians are sometimes taught to believe that the main cause of poverty is victimhood or lack of compassion. That can be a cause of of poverty, as in slavery, monopoly or feudslism.
But here in the USA, poor people are all too often their own worst enemies. Things like substance abuse, gambling, lack of education, lack of respect for authority, won’t save even small amounts, divorce, illegitimate kids, won’t plan for the future, and many unhealthy personal habits. (Any others?)
The left exploits Christians period.
And Christians let them because too many are too concerned with someone thinking they are not nice. Ands if the left thinks we’re *nice*, then maybe they can be receptive to hearing the gospel.
Except it doesn’t work that way with bullies. They despise those they perceive as being weak.
Ann Barnhardt on *niceness*. (Poor quality video but excellent content. Eleven minutes long)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2ugh_DuYMM
HeGetsUs
ABSOLUTELY.
They ignore, dismiss, and trample on the fact that theologically Christian charity as it comes from scripture is about you personally, vouuntarily, indpendently or voluntarily with others, doing something charitable. It is 100% not about government compulsion to be charitable, and not about 51 out of 100 of us telling the other 49 that the law, the government is going take money from you and do with it as the 51 out of 100 want. That is Marxist socialism not Christian charity.
Christian charity does not seek to make a serf of the government out of the recipient. Morally the recipient knows the Christian charity is not an entitlement, it is gift lovingly, voluntarily given to them. The difference in how this affects the inidividual is that the Christian charity builds moral people and the creation of government serfs is morally debilitating.
‘Love is love’ is the mantra of pedophile groups. Run from Democrat narratives.
It is up to Christians to determine when they’re being played by the LEFTISTS and to respond appropriately. If a homeless, druggie dude, shows up at a church, then, yes, do whatever you can to turn his life around.
But if some nice, charismatic guy, tells you to NEVER eat meat again, deal with him appropriately and send him back to the Unitarians. We are a DIFFERENT people, and they can try to penetrate, but we’ll fight them off.