Posted on 07/22/2010 4:57:16 PM PDT by mdittmar
When conservative broadcaster Glenn Beck warned churchgoers to "run as fast as you can" if their pastors preach about "social justice," was he also encouraging them to run from the Bible?
That's what some progressive Christian leaders are arguing as battle lines are drawn for the 2010 mid-term elections. They say Beck and his Tea Party followers are, in a word, unbiblical.
Not so fast, say Tea Party activists, who claim biblical grounds for a libertarian-minded Jesus. He didn't like tax-based welfare programs, they say, and encouraged his followers to donate from the heart.
The insurgent Tea Party movement threatens to usurp the political prominence of religious conservatives, whose focus on hot-button social issues has been overshadowed by the Tea Party's fight against big government.
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“risk his soul to hell in order to save the innocent.” Uhmm, having problems with the efficacy of the Cross? Jesus did everything necessary to save the innocent, and it was completed at Calvary. I care much more about your so-called innocents (who are a real as a unicorn) than to preach a gospel other than Jesus Christ. It was His command not to fear those that can destroy the body.
I don’t congratulate myself. Faith is a loving gift from a sovereign King. I didn’t earn it and I don’t deserve the grace that I access throught it.
I don’t know what the “this” is that you think I fail to grasp. All I know is that much of what has been said on this thread seems to run counter to things Jesus said, usually based on false assumptions and false teachings.
Real men of God don’t risk their souls in Hell. Real men of God worship God first, and everything else second. Real men of God know that true freedom and true prosperity cannot be bought by bullets or ballots.
Amen! Great post. It’s wonderful to read comments like this one just for the jolt that comes with hearing the truth so briskly and accurately portrayed. Thank you!
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