Well, remember that the feds are not restricting what can be said. They are only possibly restricting what can be said by a church with tax exempt status. The pastor can say anything he likes.
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I don't know all that much about the 'early' Baptists in England, but it seems they would have "preached" about personal responsibility and against being required to support a state church, particularly with a head-of-state being automatically the 'head' of the church; and therefore they would have preferred the Whigs to the Tories. Would they have preached, per se, about this, or just let the doubletalk of debasing a state church stand on its own to show their political preferences?Originally posted by Pastor Larry:
But the point, Alcott, is that endorsing a political candidate is not preaching at all.
Read on with your own answer and you will see one way.Originally posted by Pastor Larry:
How in the world could I answer a hypothetical question about different culture and country some 4 centuries removed?
Exactly where does the Bible speak as to a state church? Book, chapter, and verse.If the question is about being required to support a state church, the Bible most certainly does speak to that issue and therefore,...
Thanks for your admission that political preaching can be the right thing to preach....it is a legitimate area to preach about
Again, where is the book, chapter, and verse about a state church?But when you stand in the pulpit to preach, preach what the Bible actually says.
Book, chapter, and verse?Originally posted by Pastor Larry:
The Bible is clear that churches are independent and autonomous, ruled only by themselves as they are led by a pastor.
Assuming something as "common knowledge" is usually not strict biblical adherance, and is often the opposite thereof. Book, chapter, and verse.Not sure why I have to answer that on a Baptist Board. That should be common knowledge.
Someone concerned about "what the Bible actually says" would cite where it says it, not say "That should be common knowledge..."(preaching from the Bible what the Bible actually says) is the only legitimate preaching material.
Ah, there's the escape clause! Biblical and political can cross, and where they do it's biblical, not political; or that should perhaps be 'common knowledge,' anyway. Okay.That leaves no room for political preaching. Where the two may cross, the preaching is still biblical; it is not political.