Posted on 06/04/2024 5:31:33 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
Abortion is one of the driving political forces of this current election cycle. Sadly, many ill-informed pastors and Christians refuse to get involved in things like the sanctity of life because of their politics. “That’s political stuff,” they say. Really?
Do you know how that happened? Politicians ran into the church, took the topic of abortion, and declared it to be a political issue, knowing that a weak, worthless, wimpy church would bow down and leave the scene. The political world ran in and said, “Marriage is not a church issue; it’s a political issue!” And the church just collapsed and folded.
As you can tell, I have no confidence at all in a church that is not a New Testament church. Why would I? Why would anybody? The church has to be the ground and pillar of all truth. The church has to be the entity by which the world is brought to the knowledge of God and also the conviction of God. The church is to be the most loved and the most hated people on Earth—just like Jesus.
If you are a pastor who says, “We just preach the gospel,” and neglects to get involved in the things your people have to live through six days a week, you are an idle Shepherd. You may have a degree. You may have your doctorate in ministry. You may come from a long line of preachers. That is irrelevant!
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Christian: This nation is dying, if it’s not already dead. Why? A dead church.
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Strange, I got sick of my last pastor’s constant talk about political issues....
I think God meant for us to be warriors....I don't think God intended for people to get slaughtered...abortion/war/violence/rape/etc...without a fight....
HE gave us brains and HE gave us muscles....
Too far right?
Too far left?
The True Christian Church should be heavily involved in politics.
Being a Christian isn’t for the weak.
Excellent & true article.
Christ was a “convicted felon.” He should be eliminated and His followers silenced. (Oh, wait . . .)
That being said, along with being concerned with political (which are often moral) issues that eventually impact all of us, we have to be careful not to neglect the core message of the Gospel.
Agreed
marriage is not a church issue?
LMAO
God created marriage!
Sad Shape indeed——
Tried for the Picket Fence,3,2 kids and a nice Church-—but Alas.
Now withe the ‘Expiration Date’ looming and all this Planet fixing to go up in smoke I’m only Happy sharing JESUS
with Strangers I meet.
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Make His Paths STRAIGHT!
Matthew 28:19-20
New International Version
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age
You can call them idle. I call them cowardly.
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As Christians, we are to be leaven in the culture.
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Leaven is a picture of sin.
Unleavened is the goal of the Church.
But, it’s probably not an accident that God had Unleavened Bread for Passover and 2 leavened loaves at the Feast of Weeks as an offering, given the birth of the Church was at the Feast of Weeks.
Politics is one thing.
Preaching about sin, like abortion and sexual perversion is another.
They are not political issues. The left labeled them as such to shut the church up about them. They are moral issues to which people must answer to God for.
I don’t want to pay for baby murder.
I don’t want to pay extra for health insurance in order to not pay for baby murder.
This is a task the federal government should take on?
He does use that word later in the article.
“ Strange, I got sick of my last pastor’s constant talk about political issues....”
There is a middle ground.
Pastors can make strong statements on these issues in the context of what the Bible says and then move on.
Churches also have foregone weekly prayer meetings.
Excuses abound. Nobody shows up. It’s too expensive to heat the church. Can’t find anyone who thinks prayer is important enough to invest the time.
There is certainly a correlation between the state of this nation and the lack of prayer meetings.
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