Of course he would never dream of blasting a Black Pastor because 
and the Pastor, his Black Congregation and every Black politician, pundit and SJW would attack him. So he attacks a safe target for publicity.
Posted on 10/24/2017 10:20:18 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Megachurch pastor and Donald Trump's spiritual advisor Robert Jeffress has fired back at Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska after he seemingly accused the pastor of politicizing Sunday worship by inviting conservative, pro-Trump Fox News host Sean Hannity to speak at First Baptist Dallas this Sunday.
Sasse posted his disapproval of Hannity being invited to speak at the 12,000-member megachurch during service this Sunday in a series of tweets on Saturday. In the first tweet, the senator asked: "Christians: Are we really this ignorant of the Scriptures?" He cited John 18:36: "Jesus answered, 'My Kingdom is not of this world.'"
In another tweet, the 45-year-old Sasse added: "By the way, we're talking about Sunday here... (You can be free from politics.)"
Sasse also retweeted a tweet from Michael Wear, who headed the faith outreach of President Barack Obama's 2012 campaign, which referred to the Hannity invite, "Politics as Religion, Religion as Politics."
"[T]ruly sad," Sasse wrote in response.
Both Jeffress and Hannity did not take too kindly to Sasse's tweets.
"Jesus also said His followers are to influence the world for good (Matt. 5:13-16)," Jeffress wrote in a tweet directed at Sasse on Sunday afternoon following the service.
"Time for you & do-nothing Senate to pass HB outlawing abortion after 20 weeks instead of spending your time criticizing @POTUS. Pathetic!" Jeffress argued in another tweet.
Hannity followed up with a tweet of his own.
"Mr Do Nothing Senator @BenSasse I was talking about my Faith and belief in Jesus Christ," Hannity wrote. "Worry about doing the job u were hired to do."
A video of Jeffress' on-stage interview with Hannity shows that Hannity's time in the spotlight during the Sunday service lasted less than 15 minutes.
Jeffress told The Christian Post that his interview with Hannity was just a small portion of the service and did not take away from worship.
"[The interview] was part of a bigger day," Jeffress told CP on Sunday.
During the interview, Hannity discussed the reason why he decided to leave Catholicism and stated that he identifies as a born-again believer. He also discussed his new Christian-themed movie, "Let There Be Light."
"We often have special guests who are Christians in the news," Jeffress explained. "We had Ainsley Earhardt from 'Fox and Friends' a couple of weeks ago and I did the same thing with her. I've interviewed Todd Starnes, Lauren Green and other Christians in the media. So, this is something we do on a regular basis."
Jeffress told CP that he lambasted the "do-nothing Senate Republicans" in his Sunday message to the congregation for inaction on legislation that was passed by the House of Representatives earlier this month and would ban abortions after 20 weeks of gestation.
"I sent a reply to [Sasse's] comment when he quoted Jesus as saying, 'My kingdom is not of this world.' Jesus also said in Matthew 5, which I preached from today, Jesus left us in this world to influence the world for good," Jeffress continued.
"If Senator Sasse doesn't believe that Christians are supposed to influence this world for good, and I am assuming he is a Christian, he ought to resign his Senate seat and give it to somebody who will try to influence the world," Jeffress asserted.
The Christian Post reached out to Sasse's office and will update this piece if a response is received.
Conservative writer and author Rod Dreher also criticized the Hannity interview in an op-ed posted to The American Conservative and accused Hannity of taking a theological misstep during the interview with Jeffress.
"So, Hannity is his own pope. If he were a properly formed born-again Evangelical, then he would say that Scripture alone is the ultimate authority to which he bows down. But he didn't say that," Dreher wrote. "He said that it was his conscience, and that conscience is the arbiter of whether what we do is right or wrong. The implication here is that if he feels guilty about something, it must be a sin. If not, not.
"The pastor of one of the biggest Southern Baptist churches in the country did not contradict Hannity," Dreher argued. "The congregation, which earlier applauded Hannity when he said, 'I hate liberals,' gave the Fox News superstar a standing ovation at the end."
The Christian satire site Babylon Bee also poked fun at the Hannity appearance at First Baptist Dallas by posting a satirical article titled, "Sean Hannity Leads First Baptist Dallas In Sincere Prayer To Donald Trump."
Sasse is insufferable. I can’t stand him.
1) Why would a senator give a fig about where and when a talk show host gives a speech?
2) Why is this guy making so much noise lately?
Is he a member of that church?
If not, it’s none of his business.
As Paul said:
1 Corinthians 5:12
What business is it of mine to judge those outside the church? Are you not to judge those inside?
RAT plant.
FOAD, Sasse.
I’ll wager that Ben sasse knows not what the pulpit was like in the Colonies circa 1700.
He, Capt. Queeg, Corker, Collins and Murkowski think they are royalty. They can’t stand to be criticized, especially on a Sunday.
Hypocrites the lot.
5.56mm
Sasse has a chip missing.
Our churches need to step up to the plate, more now than ever before, and become political.
Your conscience is your alarm system. A conscience informed by scripture and the Holy Spirit is a better one. If Hannity is a newly-born-again believer, he may not word things the way you would like him to. But I get what he is saying. I've been paying attention to him over the last few years; he is moving in the right direction. He isn't quite the same as he was. He was always a good guy; I think he is going deeper.
Of course he would never dream of blasting a Black Pastor because and the Pastor, his Black Congregation and every Black politician, pundit and SJW would attack him. So he attacks a safe target for publicity.
“Our churches need to step up to the plate, more now than ever before, and become political.”
Actually our churches just need to preach the Bible as opposed to pulling their punches like many do now. Let the chips fall where they may.
Sasse most likely didn’t protest when his left-wing buddies showed up in black churches for the last 20 years, spewing, “Ah ain’t no waze taaard” and similar.
The really sad part is Sasse was the tea party alternative in the Nebraska Republican primary.
Pharisee Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska said...
As I recall, he ran and won as a rock-solid conservative, and has been anything but since taking the oath of office.
Prominent Roman Catholic public figure goes to Dallas...last time out that didn’t go so well...
...and hits Sunday morning service at First Baptist...bet that’s never happened.
Sasse and Hannity have a Twitter feud that breaks out once a week or so. Sasse is a big Never Trumper, so he viewed this as a double bonus round: take shots at Hannity and a primary Trump religious advisor.
He is going to primary Trump.
” By the way, we’re talking about Sunday here... (You can be free from politics.)”
Didn’t see that in the Constitution. ...
And quoting your spiritual superiority doesn’t make you more worthy.
“There is none worthy no, not one” and then God never amended that statement.
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