Posted on 07/16/2024 1:43:20 PM PDT by Morgana
I dunno but I think I might have heard something somewhere about thou shalt no kill.
I thought we were suppose to pray for our nation in every service not just when something dramatic happens.
And there were the usual prayers for our nation and it's leaders.
But "preaching about it" is an entirely different thing.
And I am not sure why it should have "weighed heavily". If he had died or was in critical condition? Sure. But, thank God, not the case.
There have been several assassination attempts against political leaders in my life. Except for cases where they died, in which case we prayed for the family and in cases where they were severely inquired, in which case we prayed for healing, it was just not brought up in the service.
After the service was another story.
Yes.
The sexual perversion agenda is wrong.
Yes.
Assassination attempts are wrong, just as is any murder
Eh... Ehud ben‑Gera probably would disagree. Of course he did not just attempt.
But I will agree in general that you are right. However is the murder or attempted murder of every person suppose to be brought up in service? Mostly the only time such a thing is brought up is when the issue is local.
Starnes’ comment is interesting, but should probably be seen in context, that is, in his article.
Assassinating a past and perhaps future President is a big deal. So was the attack on Israel. I have mixed feelings about working current events into the church service. Who’s to say the pastor/priest/rabbi will get it right? Perhaps they are better off sticking to scripture.
If you are Methodist and at all conservative, I suggest you leave the United Methodist Church. :)
Todd Starnes said the attempt should have been addressed.
He did not say the sermon was to focus on this.
Addressing it can mean mentioning this in the prayer. Not hard.
That should not be divisive.
It is appropriate to refer to the evil in this world.
2 Tim 2:3-4 might pose an obstacle for some pastors, since it is a pastoral letter:
Share in suffering as a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No soldier gets entangled in civilian pursuits, since his aim is to please the one who enlisted him.
If Christians want to pursue political causes, go at it, it's our right, but not from the pulpit. If the Word of God is being faithfully and boldly preached from the pulpit no political messages should be necessary.
Churches run on $$$$.
It is surprising how much it takes.
Pull your funds and these pretend churches will die very quickly.
“If your pastor did not address the assassination attempt in today's service, you need to find another church. There is tremendous spiritual warfare being waged in this country. This is no time for limp-wristed wokevangelicals,” Starnes wrote on X Sunday evening.
Spiritual warfare is best waged by consistent preaching of the Word, and "due use of ordinary means".
Pastor here is starting into Matthew's gospel, lectio continua, and I don't expect him to stray from that. If current goings on come up it will be in the congregational prayer, or the Sunday evening prayer service.
I disagree with your hermeneutic. You must consider the whole counsel of God. I suggest you read Grudem and his explanation:
Weighing heavily based on the creeping sense of national chaos and that the powers that be wanted and still want ZlTrump dead.
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