Posted on 03/27/2010 5:18:42 PM PDT by Steelfish
Christians Stand Up To Glenn Beck
By Jim Wallis Saturday, March 27
Glenn Beck has picked a fight with me, but he recently started a more troubling battle with the nation's churches with his criticism that "social justice" is "code" for "communism" and "Nazism," and that Christians should leave their churches if they preach, practice or even have the phrase on their Web site.
While Beck initially claimed that "social justice is a perversion of the Gospel," he now suggests his concern was really the association of the phrase with "Big Government." He even adds that when "social justice" refers simply to individual charity, it is permissible to him. But for millions of people, this is not a joking matter. Christians across the theological and political spectrum believe that social justice is central to the teachings of Jesus and at the heart of biblical faith. Because Christians couldn't "turn in" their pastors to "church authorities" as Beck suggested (the pope would turn himself into . . . himself), many have started turning themselves in to Beck as "social justice Christians" -- 50,000 at last count.
Journalists, cable and radio talk shows, and even Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have reported on or spoofed Beck's attempt to discredit this concept. What might be lost in all this are the facts that a commitment to social justice unites Christian churches of different doctrinal and political beliefs. Even leaders in Beck's own church and scholars of Mormonism have made it clear that they believe social justice is integral to their faith and that they want it known he doesn't speak for the church.
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Fact is you have the ability to try and go win souls because of the country you live in.
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WRONG. We have the ability to go win souls because of CHRIST. I grew up in a family that preached the gospel in countries where it was not allowed, we risked our lives to share Christ and take bibles behind the Iron Curtain during the Cold war.
Christ WILL be preached regardless of political action.
You seem to assume that we cannot multitask and fight for this country and serve our God.
We are not fighting over ‘creeds’ we are fighting for our country and for our God. Anyone who would put politics over Christ doesn’t have my back.
You are RIGHT!!
(And, reaganaut did NOT say that - it's YOUR strawman.)
You are right, of course. The problem, of course, occurs when the clergy make good works the end all and be all of their mission. Preach the gospel. God will supply the needs.
But I fail to see why I split hairs over who can win the most souls. indeed there is not hair to "split" it is not like picking sides for a dodge ball game.
Either one has the courage of their convictions or they don't.
I cannot live 50% as a person of faith and 100% as an American, nor vice versa.
I am called by God to do both in fact. Love my country and fight for it 100% and live for God and fight for him 100%.
I think that is one of the things that is killing us. We are willing to compromise our standing with the almighty out of fear of offending and we find other fights to hide that fear behind. "We have a nation to save, get with the program and worry about God later" is not going to save a nation that God ordained, indeed it will have the opposite effect in the long run.
Indeed the concept is counter productive to the goal. We will not save this nation without saving our brothers.
As far as it hanging on what Beck says, then why the issue with a Conservative who has issue with Beck. It is a small part of the game. One can fight for what this nation stands for and not always like the style of one of the pundits on your side...
The Bible gives us the Mind of God.
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I am called by God to do both in fact. Love my country and fight for it 100% and live for God and fight for him 100%.
I think that is one of the things that is killing us. We are willing to compromise our standing with the almighty out of fear of offending and we find other fights to hide that fear behind.
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Well said.
This isn’t the Religion forum.
God bless America and God bless Glenn Beck!
We must have different glasses.<
Well, of course we do. Everyone looks out of his/her eyes in his/her own way, depending on their own experiences.
This is not a Religion forum<
I didn;’t think it was either.
You do know you put up a picture of Austrian film director Erich von Stroheim, don’t you?
I thought this thread had been moved. oh, goody, now I can have some fun.
Knock yourself out.
Jim Wallis is to Christianity what Harpo Marx is to classical music.
Isn’t your tag line a little misleading??
"Says Wallis, 'Weve [he and Obama] been talking faith and politics for a long time.'"
Charlatan. Marxist. Masquarading "Christian". Nearly as radical as Rev. Wright. Social Justice Code Pinko. Yawn.
That's a good one, boss!
Tell me more about this Erich von Stroheim character?
von Stroheim was brilliant, but crazy. He played the butler of Gloria Swanson in “Sunset Blvd.”
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