sc wrote:
John 7:24
We are to judge with righteous judgment and we are to expose that which is false.
There are wolves in sheep's clothing.
Matthew 7:15
15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Better to follow the Word and pray for discernment.

Matthew 7:15

15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

Dolores wrote:
God’s job is to Judge
Holy Spirit’s job is to convict
My job is to love.
Billy Graham

sc wrote:
Well stated, Frank.
All those tight with the faux pa, however, including leaders close to us, are all just the other side of the same coin...all doing what they do in the name of "common good".
Distractions and deception have always proven to be very effective.

And let me just add that our Triune God doesn't need for people to compromise in order to help Him.

Jim Lincoln wrote:
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Nina Burleigh wrote:
But as younger members reject the vitriolic partisanship of the Trump era and leave the church, that base is getting smaller and older. The numbers are stark: Twenty years ago, just 46 percent of white evangelical Protestants were older than 50; now, 62 percent are above 50. The median age of white evangelicals is 55. Only 10 percent of Americans under 30 identify as white evangelicals. The exodus of youth is so swift that demographers now predict that evangelicals will likely cease being a major political force in presidential elections by 2024.
excerpt from, "Evangelical Christians Helped Elect Donald Trump, but Their Time as a Major Political Force Is Coming to an End"
https://tinyurl.com/yarx73p

Nina Burleigh wrote:
But as younger members reject the vitriolic partisanship of the Trump era and leave the church, that base is getting smaller and older. The numbers are stark: Twenty years ago, just 46 percent of white evangelical Protestants were older than 50; now, 62 percent are above 50. The median age of white evangelicals is 55. Only 10 percent of Americans under 30 identify as white evangelicals. The exodus of youth is so swift that demographers now predict that evangelicals will likely cease being a major political force in presidential elections by 2024.
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It’s a conundrum that the father of modern GOP conservatism, Barry Goldwater, predicted in 1994: “Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the party, and they’re sure trying to do so, it’s going to be a terrible ***** problem.”...

Matt 6:24 No man can serve two masters:"

Acts 5:29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men."

John UK wrote:
I don't think I'll commend this. Who needs the aggro?
But on the other hand, I might do, later on.

Dr. Tim wrote:
We have a Constitution? You’d never know it by the decisions of federal judges.

It ultimately comes down to a complete difference in who we see God to be. We see Him as the utterly holy and righteous God, a consuming fire as Dr. Tim recently reminded. The other side sees a god of their imagination, whether that be themselves collectively or an effeminate Jesus who just wants everyone to love one another and give everything we own to everyone else.

Dolores wrote:
Good idea, JohnUk. Thanks for going back to your real name. My I-phone recognizes that name. I’m not going there either besides everyone on here knows how I feel about the Grahams. If they think he’s too rich or too political or too whatever then they can take it up with God. That way I don’t have to try to prove to something to someone who sees different. Have a great day and many blessings. I’m getting ready for SS, we are in book of Mark. Even though I have read it many times, I never fail to find something that helps me with whatever God wants to teach me that I might need to learn.

David French wrote:
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All too many of our nation’s Evangelical leaders haven’t just “tolerated” serious wrongdoing by
Trump, they’ve rationalized and minimized it. Some have even given the “thumbs up” in front of a Playboy cover. (What would Nathan, who dramatically confronted David over his infidelity and murder, say?) In so doing, they’ve seared the consciences of the culture and the church, and granted their secular opponents all the ammunition necessary to question our sincerity as believers....

Franklin Graham is under fire today. He should be. His double standards have cost the church. This mistake should not define him — he has done much good and preached the Gospel faithfully for many years — but it should grieve him. Through his blatant hypocrisy, he has earned his critics’ wrath.