I guess you've set this up so that anyone who disagrees with you has "become desensitized to having our faith fused with partisan politics." I'll just flip that and say that you have become so invested in politics that you struggle to discern clearly. Perhaps you should take a break from watching politics if you find offense so easily.
In that moment, Graham was speaking to Donald Trump, who no doubt, and rightfully so, "thought it was pretty dark" during the last four years. He had the most powerful justice system in the world weaponized against him, subjecting him to possibly spend the rest of his life behind bars and costing him millions of dollars. The freedom and wealth of his children was threatened, too. In those same four years, he survived an assassin's bullet and was one golf hole away from another. During those same four years, the MSM and many of those you are concerned for - Biden, Schumer, Clinton, Obama, and their staffs, labeled him fascist, dictator, and Hitler, which surely gave energy to the injustices acted upon him. No doubt it looked pretty dark.
Why should a prophetic voice be quiet just because the offenders are sitting near by? I think you are protesting too much on this one.
You made an accusation, I asked you to substantiate your accusation. Rather than helpfully answer my question, you doubled down by saying I'm a blind partisan.
In my world, injustice, murder, and character assassination are all gospel issues. That is to say that all of them are sins against God and their intended recipients. I believe the soul that sins shall die and that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God as I have done. However, the Apostle Paul said, "Whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." He meant by that what Jesus meant when he told Nicodemus "You must be born again." And as the great hymn says, "Amazing grace! How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now am found, was blind but now I see" Amen. By God's amazing grace, I found forgiveness of my sins in the one who said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life." I'm thankful for the indwelling of the Holy Spirit who convicts the world of sin, judgement, and righteousness, and empowers me to walk in righteousness. I'm thankful that the triune God that I worship and seek to serve has helped me to recognize that injustice, murder, and character assassination are in fact gospel issues long before they are political issues.
Amazing Grace was written by John Newton, a former slaver. It was his song of testimony of conversion to Christ and from slaving. He believed the Atlantic slave trade was a sin because it was an injustice. Note, however, that this injustice was both a gospel issue and a political issue. It was political because it was supported by politicians. But it was never less than a gospel issue. God used the political activity of the abolitionists to eradicate an injustice.
Let me re-frame my question: How is mentioning some of the events that made Donald Trump's days dark - injustice, assassination attempts, and slander - listing worldly political gripes?
I guess you've set this up so that anyone who disagrees with you has "become desensitized to having our faith fused with partisan politics." I'll just flip that and say that you have become so invested in politics that you struggle to discern clearly. Perhaps you should take a break from watching politics if you find offense so easily.
In that moment, Graham was speaking to Donald Trump, who no doubt, and rightfully so, "thought it was pretty dark" during the last four years. He had the most powerful justice system in the world weaponized against him, subjecting him to possibly spend the rest of his life behind bars and costing him millions of dollars. The freedom and wealth of his children was threatened, too. In those same four years, he survived an assassin's bullet and was one golf hole away from another. During those same four years, the MSM and many of those you are concerned for - Biden, Schumer, Clinton, Obama, and their staffs, labeled him fascist, dictator, and Hitler, which surely gave energy to the injustices acted upon him. No doubt it looked pretty dark.
Why should a prophetic voice be quiet just because the offenders are sitting near by? I think you are protesting too much on this one.
All you've given is a listing of your worldly political gripes and not a word about the gospel. You've telegraphed what you give more energy towards.
Being subjected to injustice, assassination attempts, and slander are political issues? What makes them political issues?
I’m surprised that you’re unable to see the partisan nature of your writing here. I’m still waiting for you to mention the gospel.
You made an accusation, I asked you to substantiate your accusation. Rather than helpfully answer my question, you doubled down by saying I'm a blind partisan.
In my world, injustice, murder, and character assassination are all gospel issues. That is to say that all of them are sins against God and their intended recipients. I believe the soul that sins shall die and that all have sinned and come short of the glory of God as I have done. However, the Apostle Paul said, "Whoever calls upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." He meant by that what Jesus meant when he told Nicodemus "You must be born again." And as the great hymn says, "Amazing grace! How sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me. I once was lost, but now am found, was blind but now I see" Amen. By God's amazing grace, I found forgiveness of my sins in the one who said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life." I'm thankful for the indwelling of the Holy Spirit who convicts the world of sin, judgement, and righteousness, and empowers me to walk in righteousness. I'm thankful that the triune God that I worship and seek to serve has helped me to recognize that injustice, murder, and character assassination are in fact gospel issues long before they are political issues.
Amazing Grace was written by John Newton, a former slaver. It was his song of testimony of conversion to Christ and from slaving. He believed the Atlantic slave trade was a sin because it was an injustice. Note, however, that this injustice was both a gospel issue and a political issue. It was political because it was supported by politicians. But it was never less than a gospel issue. God used the political activity of the abolitionists to eradicate an injustice.
Let me re-frame my question: How is mentioning some of the events that made Donald Trump's days dark - injustice, assassination attempts, and slander - listing worldly political gripes?
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