Featured Tax Status and Freedom of Pulpit. Has it come down to this?

Agreed....

However, that would be no fun. Ask Jeremiah Wright? Obama's pastor.

Actually ctb , we should be able to preach the Gospel, and there are times it will relate to political issues. And don't forget American churches are responsible for getting out the vote, and serving as polling stations. But, it's a two-edged sword?

 

I agree,

.... and my pastor saw the error in his ways, although it took a few years to come to head. He no longer does this, and he is better for it! Still, any pastor worth their calling is going to point out the needs or problems in the country and how God is the answer to those needs.

I can't see how a pastor can just avoid preaching the need to keep school prayer in school; or to keep In God We Trust as our motto! There are also so very good histroy lessons that tie nicely into a spiritual lesson.

On national holidays like the Fourth of July, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, etc., those are days to preach a patriotoc message, and is that wrong?

I think the church needs to be free enough to address the evil in drugs, sex crimes, corruption etc., and how the believer should react to such things! Was it wrong on the sundays post 9/11 for pastors to preach and pray in order to lift up the morale and spirits of a frightened people?

During WW2, was it wrong to whip up the people to support the needs of the nation by bying bonds or vounteering, or spending time at hospitals talking and praying with injured veterans?

If the church were to preach a sterile, 100% separated message from the country and it's problems, it would be strange to say the least.

There is nothing more inspiring than to see the colors brought to the front of the church on Memorial Day, and here the peope recite the pledge and sing God Bless America! And what is wrong with that?

How about the many churches thougthout the land who have lost sons and daughters in Viet Nam, Iraq and Afghanistan? Was it wrong for the pastor and church to pay a tribute to a fallen son or daughter?

There is no way the church can be 100% ignorant or passive to what is going on in the nation in which they exist. To do so is as impossible to do as it is to not preach on sin, or a popular mode today, not to preach n hell!

I'd like to think you are right p4j, but, I do not belief the church of Jesus Christ can or should remain silent when it comes to issues the people are going through as citizens. To do so is to miss opportunities to bring a stronger understanding of God in country, and in doing so, make for better Americans, Americans who lve the country that God has given them to live in as God fearing, respectable citizens!

 

Do you know ....

... this as fact [how much he spent]? And do you iknow if he used Obama cash or government cash to pay the bill? :flower:

 

Are you ....

.... you a preacher?