Posted on 10/21/2004 7:57:32 AM PDT by truthandlife
"IF JESUS were voting in next month’s presidential election, Pastor Jim Henry frequently tells his congregation"
What is with these ministers who claim Jesus would drive this car or would not buy this ect ect?? They should stick to preaching His word. Period.
We won't be able to preach his word if the liberals get their way. Vote for the candidates who don't promote ungodly principles. That's all they're saying.
Honestly, if Jesus were to vote in this Presidential election, who do you believe he would vote for ?
That's because they're fundamentalist liberals.
I've been hearing a lot in the press lately about evangelicals supporting Bush. Since when does the press pay attention to evangelicals? I think the MSM is playing this up to try to marginalize Bush and his supporters the way Clinton did in 92. I'm not encouraged by articles proclaiming Jesus would support Bush. Personally, I don't believe Jesus would have registered to vote.
Question about polling samples. How would the stay at home 4 years ago folks be treated by telephone bank callers trying to identify registered/likely voters?
I fail to see the problem with relating His Word to real-life situations. Do you doubt the insinuation that Jesus might lean more toward a man of faith vs. a man of sham-faith? As a Christian, I am made to understand that it is my DUTY to fight evil on every front. I happen to believ that Kerry is more closely aligned with evil than with God; if a minister doesn';t feel this way, he shouldn't be a minister.
What? Please cite some evidence of this. I despise liberals, but this sounds absurd to me.
I'm not going to make the same mistake these ministers make - namely claiming to KNOW what Jesus would do. I'll simply repeat an applicable line from the NT - Render unto Cesar what is Cesar and render unto God, what is God's.
If Jesus was an American in our day and age, yes I believe he'd vote for the candidate who holds Godly principles.
My wife and I were discussing this last night, and I'd be interested to hear your thoughts. My position is that Jesus wouldn't be too concerned with politics, that saving souls is more important to him than lowering taxes. Nonetheless, I believe that the War on Terror and Bush's role in it is God's will. I believe for the Islamofascists this is clearly a religious war. Do you think Bush is "an agent of God" or is he merely a man trying to do God's will? Any thoughts?
Actually, I heard Jesus IS registered to vote in an Ohio County.
Three times.
Can you think of portions of the New Testament that liberals might want to censor?
Applying hate speech codes to religious speech is a common goal of many people.
I think he'd vote for the candidate who would not be for legalizing the murder of unborn children...I truly do. I know Jesus' concern was not political...but Paul said that we were to honor our leaders and our governments in order to live peaceable lives. In our country, WE are the government. I believe Jesus would vote.
They are. It is a Christian's responsibility to be informed on what the Word has to say about all issues and then vote that way. Waving Kerry/Edwards fans and banners, and calling Kerry President is a different matter. In fact God is not in a million miles of those churches.
I don't think Jesus would give a hoot about the taxes, but I'm pretty sure He would find a lot of fault with pro-abortion and pro-gay marriage folks as leaders. I also believe that Bush is trying to be within God's Will as much as he can and that anyone who does this is an agent of God by that very virtue. I prefer lower taxes and a lot of other Bush policies, but those are not the sum of my reasons for backing Bush; as a Christian, I cannot contemplate backing someone like Kerry.
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