Posted on 06/11/2021 9:24:37 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
“Bishop” T.D. Jakes blasted white evangelical Christians during a “woke” interview with the far-left magazine, “The Atlantic.”
Jakes, pastor of The Potter’s House Church in Texas, was interviewed for a story titled, “T.D. Jakes on How White Evangelicals Lost Their Way.”
“I think white evangelicals lost sight of “What would Jesus do?” because they only define Jesus in very narrow terms,” Jakes told the leftist magazine.
It sounds like something Jesse Jackson or Al Sharpton would say.
Is the black bishop simply misinformed or does he harbor bigoted feelings toward white Christians?
Following, is the pertinent portion of the interview:
Jakes: Can I be honest?
Green: Yes!
Jakes: That’s only a revelation to people who are far removed from it. [Laughs.]
Because the Church is a galvanizing place of all classes of people, this is something that we’re confronted with every week. It is amazing to me that we can live in the same city and have two completely different experiences. You can kind of be willfully blind to the pain of the people who are in your own city and have ladies’ meetings and come together to solve poverty around the world and not think a thing about poverty right in your own city.
Green: You know, when I hear you say that, I can’t help but hear an implication about the way certain other Christians—maybe white Christians in particular—live, with a kind of international orientation toward helping kids in Africa but not caring that much about helping people who are their neighbors in their own city. Am I hearing you right?
Jakes: [Laughs.] I think that’s true in some cases, but I don’t think that they are a monolith. I’ve met pastors who cared, and who have joined hands and tried to help and serve, and who were first responders in times of crisis. But by and large, it makes people uncomfortable to look at complicated problems. And the problems in underserved communities are complicated by poor education, poor access to medical care, crime, and the distance in culture. As a whole, I think white evangelicals lost sight of “What would Jesus do?” because they only define Jesus in very narrow terms.
Green: Well, you’re going to have to say a little bit more about that.
Jakes: [Laughs.] I think that social issues define the spaces where faith and politics and society intertwine—Roe v. Wade and same-gender-loving people. [White evangelicals] don’t always put the same level of weight on the poor, the disenfranchised, or criminal-justice problems. They don’t see that as important.
Green: Just to be clear, I take it that theologically speaking, you might not disagree with, say, a conservative Southern Baptist pastor on abortion or same-sex marriage. But you’re saying that there’s a difference in emphasis.
Jakes: Yes, there’s a great deal of difference—you’re exactly right. There’s a great deal of difference in emphasis.
To raise the concern for the unborn above the born—to fight for the life in the womb and not in the prison or in the school systems—if life is valuable, then after the mother pushes out the baby, that life should still be that valuable.
T. D. Fakes... 🤓 He is a fake pastor
Well, White folks who point out the root causes of so much of the rot in ‘black culture’ are just White Supremest, racist, crackers. So, they keep quiet.
Funny thing is, tithing is the ONLY OT practice that churches are downright legalistic about.
Paul says that we are to care for our own first. If a man does not provide for his family he is worse than an infidel. That way, by caring for our own, it frees up the church to minister to those who really are in need. It takes a huge burden off the church body.
A pastor I know related that a woman in his congregation approached him about the church helping a friend with rent. He knew she could manage it herself and he asked her why she didn’t do it herself.
She was shocked at the thought.
More than willing to use the church’s money but not her own.
The black church has failed the black race miserably. They have done so by embracing the very people who wish to keep them in bondage because they have failed to recognize false teachers. Instead, they have joined those false teachers.
Next week in Nashville, a group of black pastors plan to demand the Southern Baptist Convention adopt “critical race theory” as part of it’s teachings. They are threatening to create a schism in the group if it doesn’t. According to a story in the AP, this would be “progress”. Marx was the ultimate false teacher, an atheist and a virulent racist, yet the black church has embraced him.
T. D. Fakes... 🤓 He is a fake pastor. Just like Sharpton and Jackson..
I feel Jesus would join FreeRepublic and fight communism.
So, should I let everyone know ‘what Jesus would do’?
First: Fix the family!!!
Teach “Honor thy father and thy mother” and self-control, instead of honoring idols and blaming others for the self-caused consequences of NOT following God’s laws and His Wisdom.
Repent Rev. Jakes and do your job(!) and live up to your calling(!!) ... or there will be Hell to pay. Read it for yourself.
Americans have traded the pursuit of Enlightenment, for Glitzy Entertainment.
I feel Jesus would join FreeRepublic and fight communism.
So, should I let everyone know ‘what Jesus would do’?
= = =
First I ‘feel’ Jesus would let me win the 500 Mil lotto.
. . .
Really, I believe (not ‘feel’) that Jesus wants me to interact with and love the individuals I meet during my daily life.
And each one gets different response from me, hopefully as Jesus would. A kind word, an offer to help, money, a listening ear, a scripture - The Word of God.
Thank you, for your level headed report, Todd Starnes.
Is he still with Fox News?
I have no idea. It’s been awhile since I’ve seen him around to be honest.
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