...”Perhaps the Southern Baptist Convention has its own swamp to drain. Just sayin’. This country is in the mess it is in because the churches have been fence sitting. President Trump and Vice-President Pence in my opinion have been put in office “for such a time as this.”...
You are exactly right! I am a Southern Baptist and in a politically divided church, wonderful in many ways, and I can safely say that my Pastor, Adult Pastor, Children’s and Teen’s Pastor are all conservatives, but they dare not speak too plainly about this because I live in the most liberal county in my state and quite a few of the very active people in my church do not like President Trump. Even I measure my words in my SS Class, for one of my SS Sisters is a retired school teacher and very liberal, yet, she is a good person otherwise, but very misguided after long years in an academic family and through her experience in the Teacher’s union, etc. The Southern Baptist Association has had this political conflict for years. It may be worse now because the leadership has grown up in a world of materialism and political correctness. I hope the SBC will not go the way of the Catholic Church. As long as we continue to love our neighbors and to understand that we are sinners saved by grace and to love God with all our hearts, perhaps we will not fail in the Great Commission. That remains to be seen, though.
I use prophecy newswatch http://www.prophecynewswatch.com/ to begin my adult ladies SS class (agse 23-93). I just do a quick run down using the graphics I get in the daily updates via e-mail. I call it “The Bible in the News”. When it comes right down to it. . . everything we think, say and do is connected to the Bible. The first time I used it, half the class’s jaws dropped. They did not have a clue what is happening in the world against God’s precepts. You can’t argue Bible. . .it is what it is. . .God’s Word, His road map of life. Politics is throughout the Bible. . look at the kings, rulers, those in charge of the court, people, etc. We just have to be a walking testimony wherever we go and it sounds like you are!