Posted on 06/29/2015 5:49:23 PM PDT by Patton@Bastogne
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An Open Letter to Pastor Franklin Graham and the Christian "Watchmen on the Wall" organization.
Pastor Franklin Graham,
First, I have the utmost respect for your father, Rev. Billy Graham.
Second, I am an unapologetic sixty (60) year old Evangelical Christian, who believes in the inerrancy of scripture.
Thirdly ... I stand aghast TODAY at the (I am so sorry to say this) the "abject moral cowardice" of America's Christian churches.
Today ... 29 June 2016 (Monday evening) is the third day since the "Day of Infamy" when the U.S. Supreme Court defecated on America's Judeo-Christian heritage ...
and declared that Sodomite Marriage (as Moses, King David, Christ and Peter and Paul would call it) is legal.
Pastor Franklin Graham, you clearly know the Scriptures, so I will now present a few concise points, which you certainly know are true.
1) Every Good Gift is from God.
2) Every God-given Gift is considered a "Talent" to be wisely invested
3) Christians in Cuba, North Korea and Iran DO NOT have the God-given Gift of "Voting"
4) Christians in The United States of America DO HAVE the God-given Gift of "Voting"
5) Jesus Christ wants American Christians to use the "gift" of voting for Righteous Purposes
6) Jesus Christ wants American Christians to use proper STEWARDSHIP of their God-given right to Vote in America
7) Jesus Christ DOES NOT WANT American Christians to "bury their talent in a hole in the ground" (poor STEWARDSHIP) and either NOT vote at all, or vote for evil leaders who pursue the EVIL of abortion, sodomite marriage, etc.
8) Moses, King David, and Paul would all agree with this simple logic.
9) It is the SPIRITUAL DUTY of American Christians to VOTE AGAINST issues like abortion and sodomite marriage.
10) "Any" declared American Christian Pastor who says otherwise is a flagrant False Prophet.
11) Pastor Franklin Graham, are you a False Prophet ... who claims to be a "Watchman on the Wall" ... and yet refuses to SOUND THE ALARM for American Christians ?
12) Pastor Franklin Graham, King David (as a young man) was blessed by The LORD with using a Slingshot as a DEADLY weapon. Would you agree ?
13) When the evil Goliath appeared and Blasphemed the Holy One of Israel ... did (young) King David (to be) simply call a "Prayer Meeting and Bible Study" ?
14) When the evil Goliath appeared and Blasphemed the Holy One of Israel ... did (young) King David (to be) simply organize a national teleconference in a beautiful air-conditioned Cathedral ?
15) No
16) Young King David (to be) used his GOD-GIVEN GIFTS of using a Slingshot for DEADLY effect to KILL Goliath ... and then cut-off Goliath's head with Goliath's own massive sword.
17) Pastor Franklin Graham ... I believe that The LORD has used this SCOTUS sodomite marriage decision to CHALLENGE American Christians to VOTE -- VOTE -- VOTE.
18) For (politically defeated) American Christians to POLITICALLY DEFEAT those who MOCK Jesus Christ just as Goliath MOCKED The LORD.
19) Should American Christians demonstrate compassion, love, and patience to the Abortionists and Sodomites who attack us, DESTROY our family businesses ?
20) Yes, absolutely, as Jesus Christ commanded ... 70 x 70 x 70.
21) Should American Christians VOTE for RIGHTEOUS LAWS and RIGHTEOUS GOD-FEARING LEADERS ?
22) Yes. Absolutely.
23) Pastor Franklin Graham, should American Christian Pastors LEAD THE CHARGE INTO THIS POLITICAL BATTLE ?
24) Yes. Absolutely.
25) Pastor Franklin Graham ... will you give up your IRS 501-C3 tax-exempt status to FIGHT FREELY against America's FORCES OF POLITICAL EVIL and NATIONAL DESTRUCTION ?
26) Pastor Franklin Graham ... will YOU be the "Watchman on the Wall" that the Prophet Ezekiel called for in Ezekiel Chapter 33 ?
27) Pastor Franklin Graham ... I desperately PRAY that you ... and 100 million American Christians do precisely that.
So ... what does Christ's American Christian Church do in 2016 ?
KEEP Uncle Sam's MONEY ... and Shut-The-Heck-Up about Uncle Sam's evil ways ...
or "SPEAK GOD'S TRUTH without RESERVATION" ...
and TRUST Jesus Christ for the money needed to buy all those bibles for the Christian missionaries to China ?
Muster up the courage to do the free IRS download of "Pamplet P1828" which specifies the legal details of your tax-exempt church's servitude to it's U.S. Government Masters.
Heck, I'll even do you the favor of providing the internet link:
IRS Legal Obligations of Tax-Exempt Christian Churches and Pastors" - (click)
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IRS & Church Marriage vs. "Render Unto Caesar" ...
IRS & Church Marriage vs. "Render Unto Caesar" - (click)
America's Spiritual Revival and Healing - The Obstacle ...
.America's Spiritual Revival and Healing - The Obstacle ... - (click)
Pro-Life Victory vs. "Render Unto Caesar" ...
Pro-Life Victory vs. "Render Unto Caesar" - (click)
Tea Party Christians and "Render Unto Caesar" ...
Tea Party Christians and "Render Unto Caesar" - (click)
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Et al?
That’s me and us.
Should have been before now.
most didactical and with lots of detail. i did an earlier post that merely said when churches sever themselves from the government evil nexis, God will pour out his blessings, power and revival will begin. I’ll add the healing of this land.
This kind of rhetoric should be targeted to those who are running scared. And there are plenty of them.
From what I’ve seen Reverend Graham is head and shoulders above what anyone else is doing, in terms of sticking his neck out to return this country to Christ.
Okay, the tax issue. There’s a case to be made to rid yourself of coming to depend on the extra money generated from current tax law. But is there evidence Rev Graham is toning down his message to appease the IRS?
I think this open letter to Franklin Graham is uncalled for.
What is your problem and what is your point?
Graham is way out in front on this issue.
How many souls have you led to Jesus today?
Your diatribe against Franklin Graham is vile.
He is front and center with this ..!He puts his beliefs on the line!
... I’m embarrassed you’re on this forum with such nonsense!
As evil as sodomy is, and “gay marriage,” how is it that for forty-five years, hardly anyone, including in the pro-life movement, has grasped that the answer to an evil USSC decision is NOT a Constitutional amendment, but DISOBEDIENCE. All of a sudden people are getting it. Ted Cruz gets it. Ben Carson, Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, and several others DO NOT GET IT! They think what the USSC vomits out is “the law of the land.”
And how many times have you risked arrest?
There are hundreds, if not thousands in the prolife movement who have.
Risked arrest? Eight. Arrested four times. Served time, three times.
Never ask a “gotcha” question unless you already know the answer.
Kasich, Rubio, Carson, and Perry have all eliminated themselves as candidates. All of them called the Supreme Court’s abolition of marriage “the law of the land.”
Somebody please notify them that they are no longer running for President. Time to shut down.
You are so right!
Please accept my apology and also respect!!!!
No problem!
Arrested eight times. Convicted four times, acquitted four times.
About 2000 arrests at lunch counters, etc., in the Civil Rights movement.
About 60,000 arrests at abortion clinics. Movement rejected by all Republican politicians, almost all Catholic bishops. This shows that abortion is a vastly greater evil—and is MORE ACCEPTED—than racial segregation.
Only one Catholic bishop (René Gracida) in the entire country instructed the police that it was a mortal sin to remove obstacles (including, of course, human bodies) from the doors of abortion clinics. Many bishops condemned the Rescue Movement, most vociferously Archbishop John May of St. Louis. He announced that “the police have to enforce the law, no matter what it is,” thus putting himself in solidarity with Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Goering, etc.
Franklin Graham is not a pastor.
Franklin Graham has done infinitely more to fight evil than you.
Shut up.
With respect, my words were more harsh than I should have used.
We’re all struggling and hurting with this latest announcement that will fundamentally change our lives
There are good people on this forum.....and we’re reacting in different ways...
Franklin Graham is a good good man, who is trying to hold the faith for himself, his family and those who look to him for answers.
There are plenty of people to genuinely get mad at....
let’s not roll over one of our own.
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