Posted on 04/18/2015 1:43:01 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
On Tuesday night, Franklin Graham announced he will embark on a 50-state tour of the United States next year. He made the following announcement on his Facebook page:
America is in trouble. At 62 years of age, I’ve lived long enough to learn that neither the Democrats nor the Republicans can turn this country around; no political party or politician is the answer.
The only hope for this country is Almighty God and His Son Jesus Christ.
Next year I am planning to travel to all 50 states to conduct prayer rallies—we are calling this the Decision America Tour. I want to challenge Christians to boldly live out their faith and to pray for our nation and its leaders. I want to encourage Christians to get out and vote, and to cast their ballots for candidates who uphold biblical principles.
I want to strongly urge Christians to run for public office at every level—local, state, and federal. We will not be endorsing any political candidates, but I will be proclaiming the truth of God’s Gospel in every state. More details will come later. I hope you will start praying with us now.
The more Christians we have, then the more conservative voters that we have, the fewer atheists, and drifted away Christians, then the fewer voters the left has.
No intelligent conservative would have a problem with that.
No, he’s not a fool, but doing exactly what a Christian should do, which is to call Christians to prayer and call the unsaved to Christ.
The time prayer is way past... maybe 20 years..
Obama is PUNISHMENT to United States... that “it” deserves..
Don’t pray........ “DO”...
Try decaf dude.
You mean calm down?.... NO..
Urge them to repent, Mr. Graham.
I’d say he’s got quite a realistic handle on the situation. The problem is a spiritual one.
Have you noticed how few people even realize they’ve all but lost their liberty, their rights, much less fight for them? Most people have either been bought out, have sold out, or are down and out (quote from Gerald Celente), and either cannot fight or are unwilling to fight. Too many are soft in the belly. It is delusional to think these same people will get up and fight with the vigor and endurance necessary to set this country right.
I see wait until the theater nukes start going off..
DUH...
It is good to want to increase the Evangelical voter turnout, since they are the most conservative and republican voting people in America.
In 2012 for instance, they were the most republican voting group, with 79% of them voting GOP.
He can say Vote for the guy that is pro-life.
Vote for the guy that is against marriage for homosexuals.
Vote for the guy that believes in the constitution that our Founding Fathers, guided by God, created.
Vote for the guy that won't be forcing immoral behavior on our school children. Vote for a guy that calls for pastors to pray for the Supreme Court as they look at gay marriage rulings.
II Chronicles 7:14......could happen and I pray it does!!!
Thank you Franklin Graham for pointing to the true problem in America!!! GOD BLESS your efforts!!
You have called God’s servant a fool..... you really need to repent!....REALLY!
Franklin is not god’s servant.. just a decent man like many..
but as I see it.. DELUDED...
The liberals WILL ONLY release power from their COLD DEAD HANDS..
Time for that to happen..
You aren’t grasping what he is doing, and what his release is telling you.
He is going to run a 50 state campaign for conservatives to turn-out, vote, and run for office.
“Next year I am planning to travel to all 50 states to conduct prayer rallies—we are calling this the Decision America Tour. I want to challenge Christians to boldly live out their faith and to pray for our nation and its leaders. I want to encourage Christians to get out and vote, and to cast their ballots for candidates who uphold biblical principles.
I want to strongly urge Christians to run for public office at every level—local, state, and federal. We will not be endorsing any political candidates, but I will be proclaiming the truth of God’s Gospel in every state.”
Prayer is never “over” or “past”. Those are two primary duties for Christians, prayer and spreading the Gospel.
As I said, God is concerned primarily about an individual’s personal salvation, as that was the primary command given by Jesus (spreading the Gospel, for salvation of each person who will accept).
Then, when it comes down to how Christians are to deal with and interact with their government (and this would be any government) ... we are told ...
Romans 13 NKJV
1 Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God.
2 Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgment on themselves.
3 For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same.
4 For he is God’s minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God’s minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil.
5 Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience’ sake.
6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for they are God’s ministers attending continually to this very thing.
7 Render therefore to all their due: taxes to whom taxes are due, customs to whom customs, fear to whom fear, honor to whom honor.
8 Owe no one anything except to love one another, for he who loves another has fulfilled the law.
9 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery,” “You shall not murder,” “You shall not steal,” “You shall not bear false witness,” “You shall not covet,” and if there is any other commandment, are all summed up in this saying, namely, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.”
10 Love does no harm to a neighbor; therefore love is the fulfillment of the law.
In all due respect to you I disagree with you here. The reason Republicans lost in 08 and 12 was due to very poor campaigns, and rampant voter fraud.
Sure, many registered Republicans did not vote, but that is not the reason McCain and Romney lost.
No, the finger should be pointed at the highly paid advisors who ran the primaries and made the campaign decisions. And the rest of the GOPe.
You do realize that on of the factors that was driving the run-up to the Revolutionary War was the preaching of George Whitefield up and down the east coast?
YES.. a different time demanding different tactics...
The public was not brain washed as it is currently..
Most americans have no idea democracy is a BAD THING..
Mob rule by mobsters..
Meanwhile I’m listening to John Stossel flapping his gums about that fact that there is no war on Christianity. Now he’s complaining about states that don’t sell alcohol on Sunday.
Seems to me that the true libertarian stance toward those states would be to live and let live. When I lived in Hillsdale county MI. it was illegal to hunt on Sunday so on Sunday’s I left the county to hunt.
And if that doesn’t work, then perhaps God will raise up a leader motivated to lead a revolution - perhaps you.
Revolution requires a STAMPEDE of the sheep...
to wit: Make some noise to scare the sheep..
You just made a FOOL out of yourself.
How so.?..
The more Christians we have, then the more conservative voters that we have, the fewer atheists, and drifted away Christians, then the fewer voters the left has.
Good point... EXCEPT for the massive voter fraud...
you know.................. like in 2012... only WORSE this time..
NOTHING was done about “IT”..
You obviously have a secular view that you’re advocating here. It’s definitely not the view that the Word of God takes, and “thusly” what Christians take.
I would say that this is a clear indicator that you are not a Christian, because a Christian would be heeding God’s Word on the matter. You would also know that things are getting bad only because of the severely declining spiritual condition of our society and not because of politics.
You won’t be convincing any Chriatians here that what is being said here from Graham is foolish ... :-) ...
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