Posted on 08/27/2010 7:44:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Around 2,000 ministers and religious leaders are expected to attend Glenn Becks Divine Destiny event Friday night ahead of the television and radio personality's more publicized Restoring Honor rally on Saturday.
Beck will hold Fridays faith-based event at the John F. Kennedy Center in Washington to rally conservatives of different faiths around their shared values, principles and strong belief that faith can play an essential role in reuniting the country.
Whether we care to believe it or not, our country is in our dangers hour, says Beck. And theres only one answer.
For the event, Beck spent the past year trying to reach out to some of the biggest names in faith an effort he says has been extraordinarily difficult because of my faith and because of who I am.
Beck, a Mormon who had been raised in a Catholic home, has become increasingly popular among social conservatives for his political commentaries but has not been so easily embraced by Christian theological conservatives who regard Mormonism as heresy or, at best, non-Christian.
Before deciding to stand by Beck, evangelical megachurch pastor Jim Garlow said he had to do a lot sorting and watched Beck as closely as he could.
I have listened and watched very carefully regarding clues to Glenns spiritual condition, said the lead pastor of Skyline Wesleyan Church in La Mesa, Calif.
I have interviewed several people who have been with him and have talked very specifically with him regarding his own personal salvation, he added.
And according to Garlow, Beck has said unequivocally that that he relies on the atonement of Jesus on the cross for forgiveness for his sins.
[A]nd those are almost the exact words, Garlow recalled in a five-page memo released this past Tuesday. Few people use the term atonement. Glenn did.
Garlow also credited Beck for laying out the clearest explanation of the crucifixion and the resurrection that I have ever heard on national TV about a month ago.
Even prominent Southern Baptist leader Richard Land was reportedly surprised to hear the Gospel so clearly on secular television.
I have interviewed persons who have talked specifically with Glenn about his personal salvation persons extremely well known in Christianity and they have affirmed (using language evangelicals understand), Glenn is saved, Garlow reported. He understands receiving Christ as savior.
Still, Garlow made it clear that he doesnt see eye-to-eye with Beck on a number of things, including theology. But the megachurch pastor noted that everyones theological understanding is off and that only the most arrogant would say that its 100 percent perfect.
Here is my question: if your theology is off slightly, but you still trust exclusively in Jesus Christs death on the cross for your salvation, and in his resurrection, are you still saved? Going to heaven? Yes, Garlow argued.
How far off might your theology be and yet still trust exclusively in Jesus Christs death on the cross for your salvation, and believe in his resurrection and still be saved? Is it 10% or 15% or 20%? Or what?
That said, Garlow expressed his belief that Beck is being used by God mightily.
Glenn is not perfect. (For the record, neither are you or I.), he wrote. But his expose on Americas sins is stellar. I am convinced his motives are pure. His research department is profoundly skilled, checking footnotes down to the last detail.
So, based on all he knows about Beck, Garlow said he is proud to stand with Beck at the Restoring Honor rally this weekend.
It (the rally) is about Restoring Honor. That is the issue, concluded Garlow, who will also attend Friday's event. It is much bigger than Glenn Beck and he knows it. And God knows, we need it.
According to organizers of the Divine Destiny event, Fridays gathering will feature uplifting music and messages from nationally-known religious figures from all faiths that will be reminiscent to those given during the struggles of Americas earliest days.
The event will kick off at 8p.m. and be broadcast live on Becks Insider Extreme website, www.glennbeck.com/extreme/.
The next day, the "Restoring Honor" event will be held on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington. The three-hour event is intended to celebrate America by honoring its heroes, its heritage and its future.
Few people use the term atonement. Glenn did.
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Again, there was something added ...
and definitely misunderstood and lacking in a knowledge of what mormonism teaches...
“atonement” is one of the main code words of mormonism...
These people havent studied the cult...
But what about my EXALTATION?
My BECOMING a GOD?
My WIVES in Heaven?
28. Then they asked him, "What must we do to do the works God requires?"
29. Jesus answered, "The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent."
MORMONs have three levels of 'heaven'.
I agree wholeheartedly!
for some reason, the "exclusively" part is a huge stumbling block for some who claim to be Christian.
Jesus said...
"Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it."
(Matthew 7:13)
The dichotomy you’ll see in the doctrine is that some believe in a “works based” salvation and others in grace based salvation.
Gal 2:21
I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could be gained through the law, Christ died for nothing!”
>>MORMONs have three levels of ‘heaven’.<<
I don’t believe in that. I don’t really care if they believe it.
Do not fill my inbox with your cut and pastes.
I don’t care at all about them. If you want to get them onto the thread, reply to someone else.
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