You ignored the point I made.
We know that you only voted for candidates that meet the high moral secret standard that you have for all candidates.
It isn't directed at Trump. It is directed at the church.
What exactly does it mean to be “unequally yoked with a worldly system”?
I agree. I am part of a staunch politically conservative congregation. Political discussion frequently arises and even though I would be inclined to agree with fellow congregants, I find such discussion to be draining and not very edifying. To our pastor's credit, political rhetoric is non existent from the pulpit. He won't avoid social issues but he frames them in biblical terms.
Charles Spurgeon clearly made the gospel the central theme of his life and ministry and yet he spoke often of political things taking place at his time in history. In 1859 word had gotten out that he supported chattel slavery and although it had been outlawed in England he realized that many Americans read his sermons and felt compelled to address the issue from his pulpit in London. He also praised John Brown saying, “If Brown was in fact executed he would be a Christian martyr.” These things caused his sermons to be burned in America. Spurgeon was also a firm defender of women’s suffrage, and was open about his own allegiance to the Liberal Party.
The problem with that is that political issues are sometimes Biblical and moral issues.
Ok, apply my question(s) to "the church". Give some contemporary examples of churches violating Tozer's admonition(s).
Maybe I’m wrong but it seems there is some confusion about Christians wanting moral laws to be passed that is being conflated as an attempt to bring about a theocracy. Most Christians believe in freedom of religion as well as the freedom to allow things they themselves may find personally objectionable. Blue Laws and dry counties used to be very common across the United States but some communities did allow such things. I believe every community should be allowed up to a point to have laws that reflect its own values. Since the Democratic Party has turned hard left in connection with any kind of morality and promoting laws that attack religious freedom, most Christians have turned to the Republican Party but that doesn’t mean they support a theocracy and it certainly doesn’t mean that just because they may support Donald Trump for President they blindly support everything he says or does. It isn’t staining the gospel by speaking out on moral issues and wanting leaders that aren’t working to restrict the freedom of religion and basic morality such as abortion. It is dishonest to suggest that. There are always going to be fringe groups that want to apply Old Testament civil laws to modern society but I don’t believe the vast majority of evangelical Christians fit in that category.
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Bump.
Surgeon's statement about England being shielded by the sea is myopic because it ignored the role of naval power in war. No, soldiers wouldn't march across the channel but ground forces don't stand alone.
Well said.
It almost sounds like Donald Trump on this issue doesn't it. Seriously though, I'm no neocon and even though I no longer attend an IFB church I believe you could probably find many Christians of nearly all persuasions that don't advocate for Crusades. The military should be for defending our country, not sticking our noses into every conflict around the world. I agree with President Trump though that Iran should never be allowed to have nuclear weapons since they vow to destroy us by any means possible. Christians can disagree on many different things.Charles Haddon Spurgeon was also a pacifist. He would definitely not be acceptable in any IFB church today.
Christian War Fever - LewRockwell
Some time ago, Laurence Vance published a compilation of excerpts from the famed British Baptist pastor, Charles Spurgeon, on the subject of the proper Christian attitude regarding war and peace. These sermon excerpts are as germane to Americans today as they were to the citizens of Great...
“Long have I held that war is an enormous crime. . . . The church, we affirm, can neither be preserved nor can its interests be promoted by human armies. . . . If tyrants fight, let them fight; let free men stand aloof. Why should England have aught to do with all the coming battles? As God has cut us off from Europe by a boisterous sea, so let us be kept apart from all the broils and turmoils into which tyrants and their slaves may fall.”
Why do you think that is?
Why do I think Iran wants to destroy us? I don’t know, maybe its because Iran is based on a theocratic Islamic government that is fundamentally opposed to Western values, and hates anyone who doesn’t hate Israel since they don’t believe Israel has a right to exist. Just guessing.
Let me go find my hate-filled, Nazi-loving, foul-mouthed, Jew-hating, racist friend and I’ll try to get back with you on that ignorant question.
I'd prefer you find a friend who can think (if you have any) before getting back to me, but if all you have are hate-filled, Nazi-loving, foul-mouthed, Jew-hating, racist friends, I guess that will have to do.