In the report it was said that a California church did not pray for Trump by name becsues, it may cause a mental break down!i can quote it, but I am speechless.And If I was a pastor, I would feel privileged/blessed to be asked to pray for any leader, because they all NEED it.!!!this is strange…… At best!Strange how a church pastor must bend over backwards to EXPLAIN himself. But I am looking into a position I will never be in. I do nto envy the man!,…. BUT it is all too strange to the neophyte who has no idea the weight of a mega pastor. ________________Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/
What an honor to be called backstage because the POTUS has asked for prayer!But then he feels the need to go into damage control mode on the church website
are we seeing a fulfillment of 2 Thes: 2:11-12?11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.Certainly sounds like a definition of TDS to me.
What an honor to be called backstage because the POTUS has asked for prayer!But then he feels the need to go into damage control mode on the church website
Platt did a great job explaining the difficulty of suddenly finding out he would be praying for an ungodly man who uses Christ’s church as a cover and a prop, while working to instruct his congregation that Christians are not only to pray for such leaders, but especially so.
David Platt is a good and Godly man. Those Christians who throw stones at him should check out his history and find out a little about him. When you pastor a church, you pastor all the people and YES job 1is teacher of ALL of God’s word.
Isn’t that, like, job number one of a pastor? Job #1 as you put it for pastors is to care for all people …especially those who are in authority.Platt said, Put me at a greater security risk.Give me a break on all of this Platt protectionism & what a great guy he is.Platt saw that the prez was coming for prayer & he immediately went into self preservation mode …his mission sounds like he was covering the bases.At the end of the day the POTUS asked for a Christian pastor to pray for him & all of the never trumpers hate this & are trying to seek out the real motive for wanting prayer. Should have just called up Pastor Steve & asked the National Church of God congregation to pray for him. Maybe the liberal baptist in northern Virginia are too busy to be interrupted by our president. ________________Empty nest syndrome is for the birds!Email me at: [email protected] planters are focused on just one thing …introducing people to Jesus!
Isn’t that, like, job number one of a pastor? Job #1 as you put it for pastors is to care for all people …especially those who are in authority.Platt said, Put me at a greater security risk.Give me a break on all of this Platt protectionism & what a great guy he is.Platt saw that the prez was coming for prayer & he immediately went into self preservation mode …his mission sounds like he was covering the bases.At the end of the day the POTUS asked for a Christian pastor to pray for him & all of the never trumpers hate this & are trying to seek out the real motive for wanting prayer. Should have just called up Pastor Steve & asked the National Church of God congregation to pray for him. Maybe the liberal baptist in northern Virginia are too busy to be interrupted by our president. . When he said he was at a greater security risk, I believe him. Like it or not, Trump is a lightning rod. Yes, it is unfortunate that there are never Trumpers in Christian congregations who don’t know the word. Both of my kids are never Trumpers but they do know the word and the importance of praying for the president but there are people in the pews who are biblically illiterate. Some are even WoFers.
I hear ya diakoneo,We all have blood bought family members who don’t see eye to eye.For the record I didn’t vote for Mr. Trump with a Trump flag waving over my head …I kinda went in holding my nose lol.But I’m glad I voted for him because I’ve seen a lot of good things he’s done & I especially like the list of 289 accomplishments you cited that one time here on Acts.Mr. Trump is who he is & all the fussing & quarreling won’t change him – when his tenure is finished he’ll still be a lightening rod in the biz world.As far as his popularity goes, we have a lot of military people in our church & they all love him. It seems to some degree the ones who don’t like him have taken it to a personal level. My cousin Rick owns a trucking company in S/E Oklahoma & he says his business is booming like never before & he attributes most of it to certain conditions in the logging industry where Mr. Trump made changes that helped.As to the original post I would be elated to pray for the POTUS & I would have felt that way for Obama, Bush & maybe even Clinton (but I would have griited my teeth over Clinton) ________________Empty nest syndrome is for the birds!Email me at: [email protected] planters are focused on just one thing …introducing people to Jesus!
Really good piece on the subject from David French: http://www.nationalreview.com/2019/06/of-course-christians-should-pray-for-president-trump/
From the article:
In the report it was said that a California church did not pray for Trump by name becsues, it may cause a mental break down!i can quote it, but I am speechless.And If I was a pastor, I would feel privileged/blessed to be asked to pray for any leader, because they all NEED it.!!!this is strange…… At best!Strange how a church pastor must bend over backwards to EXPLAIN himself. But I am looking into a position I will never be in. I do nto envy the man!,…. BUT it is all too strange to the neophyte who has no idea the weight of a mega pastor. ________________Some facts but mostly just my [email protected]/
What an honor to be called backstage because the POTUS has asked for prayer!But then he feels the need to go into damage control mode on the church website
are we seeing a fulfillment of 2 Thes: 2:11-12?11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:12 That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness.Certainly sounds like a definition of TDS to me.
What an honor to be called backstage because the POTUS has asked for prayer!But then he feels the need to go into damage control mode on the church website
Re: Why do you have to explain to your people to practice
Platt did a great job explaining the difficulty of suddenly finding out he would be praying for an ungodly man who uses Christ’s church as a cover and a prop, while working to instruct his congregation that Christians are not only to pray for such leaders, but especially so.
David Platt is a good and Godly man. Those Christians who throw stones at him should check out his history and find out a little about him. When you pastor a church, you pastor all the people and YES job 1is teacher of ALL of God’s word.
Isn’t that, like, job number one of a pastor? Job #1 as you put it for pastors is to care for all people …especially those who are in authority.Platt said, Put me at a greater security risk.Give me a break on all of this Platt protectionism & what a great guy he is.Platt saw that the prez was coming for prayer & he immediately went into self preservation mode …his mission sounds like he was covering the bases.At the end of the day the POTUS asked for a Christian pastor to pray for him & all of the never trumpers hate this & are trying to seek out the real motive for wanting prayer. Should have just called up Pastor Steve & asked the National Church of God congregation to pray for him. Maybe the liberal baptist in northern Virginia are too busy to be interrupted by our president. ________________Empty nest syndrome is for the birds!Email me at: [email protected] planters are focused on just one thing …introducing people to Jesus!
Isn’t that, like, job number one of a pastor? Job #1 as you put it for pastors is to care for all people …especially those who are in authority.Platt said, Put me at a greater security risk.Give me a break on all of this Platt protectionism & what a great guy he is.Platt saw that the prez was coming for prayer & he immediately went into self preservation mode …his mission sounds like he was covering the bases.At the end of the day the POTUS asked for a Christian pastor to pray for him & all of the never trumpers hate this & are trying to seek out the real motive for wanting prayer. Should have just called up Pastor Steve & asked the National Church of God congregation to pray for him. Maybe the liberal baptist in northern Virginia are too busy to be interrupted by our president. . When he said he was at a greater security risk, I believe him. Like it or not, Trump is a lightning rod. Yes, it is unfortunate that there are never Trumpers in Christian congregations who don’t know the word. Both of my kids are never Trumpers but they do know the word and the importance of praying for the president but there are people in the pews who are biblically illiterate. Some are even WoFers.
I hear ya diakoneo,We all have blood bought family members who don’t see eye to eye.For the record I didn’t vote for Mr. Trump with a Trump flag waving over my head …I kinda went in holding my nose lol.But I’m glad I voted for him because I’ve seen a lot of good things he’s done & I especially like the list of 289 accomplishments you cited that one time here on Acts.Mr. Trump is who he is & all the fussing & quarreling won’t change him – when his tenure is finished he’ll still be a lightening rod in the biz world.As far as his popularity goes, we have a lot of military people in our church & they all love him. It seems to some degree the ones who don’t like him have taken it to a personal level. My cousin Rick owns a trucking company in S/E Oklahoma & he says his business is booming like never before & he attributes most of it to certain conditions in the logging industry where Mr. Trump made changes that helped.As to the original post I would be elated to pray for the POTUS & I would have felt that way for Obama, Bush & maybe even Clinton (but I would have griited my teeth over Clinton) ________________Empty nest syndrome is for the birds!Email me at: [email protected] planters are focused on just one thing …introducing people to Jesus!