This election has really brought home how bitter and mean many Christians are.

I’ve seen the same line of thought on freerepublic.com in the last couple of days. 

Obama is evil, and we should pray for this country to go down the tubes in order to teach people a lesson about voting for a Democrat.

When Republicans and Christians pray for God to hurt this country, they are neither patriots nor Christians.

Here’s the deal with praying that Obama fails:

-Do we want him to be successful in his promised goals of overturning all legislation and policies designed to restrict abortion (e.g. parental notification, partial birth)?

-Do we want him to be successful in passing legislation that could boost immoral practices (e.g. homosexual education in schools)?

-Do we want him to be successful in legislation that has the potential of hurting the ability to preach the whole of Scripture and sharing the Gospel (e.g. hate-crimes, fairness doctrine)?

I know, some of the above have not happened yet, but would we want someone who is inclined to support such policies to be successful in getting this stuff through?  And, the same question would also apply to conservative Republicans passing laws with similar destructive effects.

I would pray that, yes, these endeavors fail, and that God gives Obama the wisdom to make right decisions and repent of his errant ways.

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CS

sgillesp:

“for example, how many times does the man have to refute the accusation that he wants to reinstitute the fairness doctrine for people to believe him??”

While he says he rejects the Fairness Doctrine, he also says he supports a doctrine that would encourage fairness.  On the change.gov website, he says that he and Biden will, “clarify the public interest obligations of broadcasters who occupy the nation’s spectrum.” Sorry, I’ll believe it when I see it.

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And with regards to the, “Queermergent,” article, I noticed the same thing that many false converts like Ray Boltz have said:

“Hell was one of the topics being preached, so at the end of the evening I went forward for the altar call to ‘receive’ Jesus into my heart. “

Like Paul Washer says, this is probably the greatest heresy in the American church today.  Nowhere in the Bible are people asked to ask or receive Jesus into their hearts.  And so many of these people who do then go on and follow sin and heresies along the way.  The same is true for, “Queermergent.”

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CS

Peter,

Ha Ha!  You make me laugh!  People actually cut RW some slack?  Ha Ha!  What planet do you live on?

Okay, pardon my sarcasm.

I’m a big RW fan and make no apologies for it.  It was huge on his part to accept the invitation.

At first I was a bit taken back when he used “Isa” when using the different names for Jesus, and then I had to remember that in my efforts to reach Muslims, I had to show them that the “Isa” referred to in the Quran is not the “Isa” described by the Bible.

And I also have to remember that “Jesus” isn’t his name, either.  His name is “Y’shua.” (my apologies to my Jewish friends if I butchered the spelling).  Jesus is the Greek form of Joshua.

Anyway, I was grateful for the way RW prayed today.

Queermergent:  I’m glad to see a place where “civil” dialogue can take place.  I personally would like to have more insight on the struggles of those in the gay community.  Only through understanding can we effectively reach people.\\

Obama:  “nowhere does the Bible ever suggest evil rulers are to be obeyed.” Wow, even if you don’t like Obama’s politics, I think it’s a little early to assume that he’s evil.

CS - I agree with you.  Although the term “ask Jesus in your heart” is not in the bible word for word, it does come from Rev 3:20.

There are many examples in the bible where we pray for people in the “nice”, “loving” way that some people think we ought to.  In fact Jeremiah was told by God to not even pray for Judah because judgment was coming.  His ideology really matters and we need all the prayer there is to be against it.  So the only thing left to pray for Obama is only what God can provide - repentance, salvation, and wisdom.

completely agree with the above comment, the internet is with a doubt growing into the most important medium of communication across the globe and its due to sites like this that ideas are spreading so quickly.