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Good Riddance, Evangelicalism Incorporated
American Thinker.com ^
| December 22, 2017
| Robert Oscar Roberts
Posted on 12/22/2017 9:25:27 AM PST by Kaslin
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This is an absolute must read
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posted on
12/22/2017 9:25:27 AM PST
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Kaslin
To: Kaslin
As the Pope hardly represents Christianity anymore, it should probably be clarified that Catholics voted in line with the Church’s official teachings instead of the political opinions (with no foundation in scripture) of the Pope du jour.
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posted on
12/22/2017 9:31:46 AM PST
by
kearnyirish2
(Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
To: Kaslin
Hillary famously called Christians “homophobes” and “deplorable.” In another speech she said they had to be “re-educated” to accept abortion. What did she expect would be the reaction?
To: kearnyirish2
As the Pope hardly represents Christianity anymore, it should probably be clarified that Catholics voted in line with the Churchs official teachings instead of the political opinions (with no foundation in scripture) of the Pope du jour. Couldn't agree more! Nearly all Western religions have become "Go Along to Get Along" organizations devoid of much of the moral compass guidance of yesteryear! "Transactional Morality" has been in vogue for many years! Just rationalize whatever the issue is without being "Judgemental"!
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posted on
12/22/2017 9:38:55 AM PST
by
ExSES
(the "bottom-line")
To: ExSES
That’s right, and my town now has plenty of empty churches from those other Western churches.
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posted on
12/22/2017 9:40:12 AM PST
by
kearnyirish2
(Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
To: Qiviut
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posted on
12/22/2017 9:44:31 AM PST
by
Qiviut
(Obama's Legacy in two words: DONALD TRUMP)
To: ExSES
Yep. I think that abortion an homosexual
“Marriage” are the moral issues that allow us to clearly see the truth...to see the goats from the sheep.
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posted on
12/22/2017 9:45:27 AM PST
by
Phillyred
To: Kaslin
Good post, Kaslin. "My patience has worn thin with people claiming to embrace a new liberal Christianity."
Unfortunately, we see this in the SBC and "bible-based" churches as well: the sad case of Jennifer Hatmaker, the guy that was run out of Mars Hill Church, Rob Bell, etc. Also never heard of Tim Keller....apparently not that famous!
To: Kaslin
For me, it was very easy to ignore the modern antipope, Francis.
To: kearnyirish2
“Thats right, and my town now has plenty of empty churches from those other Western churches.”
PCUSA is about as left wing as as it gets.
To: Kaslin
The 2016 race was defined mainly by racial issues, not religion.
To: Kaslin
What nonsnese. Black voters in Alabama will regret voting for Jones? No they won’t. Why does the author say that Evangelicals who voted for Trump were “defying” libertarians? Ron Paul supporters were at the core of Trump’s earliest supporters. Evangeliclas only got on board the Trump train when it was clear he was going to win.
To: Kaslin
Last name is Lopez not Roberts.
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posted on
12/22/2017 11:29:15 AM PST
by
pluvmantelo
(Americans, while occasionally willing to be serfs, have always been obstinate about being peasantry)
To: Bonemaker
A lot of the Protestant churches in my area (which far outnumbered the Catholic ones, because there were so many different groups) are now either closed or have been sold to Hispanic evangelical groups. One of them is rented out to an “Anglican Catholic” group that seems to be just former Catholics “playing Catholic” in an Anglican church; another is used by an “American National Catholic Church”, which is just former Catholics fabricating a church with all of the heresies demanded by American liberals (female “priestesses” and such).
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posted on
12/22/2017 11:35:14 AM PST
by
kearnyirish2
(Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
To: WatchungEagle
You're wrong about the evangelicals getting on the train late. Falwell Jr., Perkins, Graham, Dobson, Wildmon and others were on board from the very beginning of his campaign. He had a very aggressive outreach effort to evangelicals from the start.
To: Kaslin
libertarians, and self-professed moralists.
I couldn’t read this moralist self-professing screed in its entirety. It’s strange because I read Sinclair Lewis’s Elmer Gantry evangelical hoo-hah with pleasure. Must be a difference in writing skills.
As for this libertarian, I am delighted to have helped elect Trump to the presidency and imagine there are legions of libertarians like myself.
So while the author goes about his look-at-me-I’m-Christan charade of bashing those who do not sit entirely in his pew, I can only say, “We won. Enjoy the ride or get off the train.”
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posted on
12/22/2017 11:49:32 AM PST
by
sparklite2
(I hereby designate the ongoing kerfuffle Diddle-Gate.)
To: WatchungEagle
Evangeliclas only got on board the Trump train when it was clear he was going to win.
Sure, fair enough. Clearly, Trump was not the most conservative candidate going into the 2016 race. However when he locked the nomination, Christian conservatives fell in line. That said, he has exceeded the best of our expectations. Praise God!
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posted on
12/22/2017 11:59:14 AM PST
by
Jan_Sobieski
(Sanctification)
To: Kaslin
John 10:13 The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep.
Tim Keller is a hireling. Frightened by the how liberals view the fundamentals of Jesus Christ, repulsed by the conservatism of Christian Republicans, he has become the voice of the Christian moderate "middle." In other words a hiring, who flees when the wolf comes.
What is the Christian moderate middle? These are the social justice Christians. The multicultural Christians. The Christians who eschew divisive politics in favor of bridge building. Sounds great, right? Yes, but only until people realize that truth must be cast to the ground and stomped like pearls before swine! Why do they allow truth to be trampled in favor bridge building? Fear. Fear of the Zeitgeist. Never wanting to be the "bad" guys in the eyes of the LGBTQIXXX world we now live in.
This is the group that claims to not advocate LGBTQIXXXX practices, but they will never condemn them. Abortion was long ago sent to the issue trash heap by this group because it is a settled "non-issue". Its legal! This is the group that will strain the gnat of Donald Trump's locker room comments, but swallow the entire Obama-Clinton Chrislamic/Communist/Spirit Cooking belief system. They will reject good men like Judge Roy Moore/Clarence Thomas for questionable accusations, while tacitly endorsing infanticide murderers like Doug Jones.
It is because of hirelings like Tim Keller that the Church is precipitously sliding away from the Word of God. It is men like this who have shepherded the Church to apostasy, leading to the great "falling away" spoken of in 2 Thess 2. The good news is that the good shepherd is coming soon to judge all of us, including the hirelings. Pastor Tim will soon be relieved of duty, and the Good Shepherd, Jesus Christ, will take the place of all shepherds, good or bad. But only for those who cling to truth even at the cost of public opinion, convenience, and possibly their life!
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posted on
12/22/2017 2:16:01 PM PST
by
Jan_Sobieski
(Sanctification)
To: kearnyirish2
I don’t give a rip anymore...I quit organized religion about 55-60 years ago. I do sort of halfway follow and enjoy the downfall of all these various denominations. This doesn’t affect my underlying beliefs but I don’t suffer fools gladly.
To: kearnyirish2
I don’t give a rip anymore...I quit organized religion about 55-60 years ago. I do sort of halfway follow and enjoy the downfall of all these various denominations. This doesn’t affect my underlying beliefs but I don’t suffer fools gladly.
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