This blows my mind
I still cannot believe this was on national TV. How would you react?
There are so many things that we could talk about. I want to just bring up two that are the most important.
- More and more Americans agree with the idea that, as President-elect Obama is quoted saying, “there are many paths to the same place,” and that being a Christian is just one of those paths. Now it appears that even our President-elect has not taken heed of Jesus’ words, “No one comes to the Father except through me” (John 14:6).
- Many put the Word of God on par with quotes from religious experts. Just like we saw in this interview, they put the words of the Pope and Billy Graham on equal footing with the Bible. Now, I don’t expect someone who doesn’t believe in Jesus to put a lot of clout in the Bible, but this is important for us to realize, especially as we engage in intellectual debates with others and train our students to be effective in sharing their faith. The Word is true and powerful, “living and active, sharper than any double-edged sword” (Hebrews 4:12), and when we debate and discuss our faith, we need to go further than quoting scripture verbatum. We must dig in and work hard to understand the worldview behind what people say so that we can bring Biblical principles to life for them in a relevant way, while at the same time continuing to pray for guideance (Ephesians 6:12).
Please, share this video with your youth group. Talk about these issues. Carefully compare the worldview of the interviewer with the worldview of the pastor. And talk about how you would respond if you were in that situation.
Don’t just talk about the sign. The core issues here are not political. Ask questions like, how you would respond to someone who says that Jesus is just one way to heaven? What if someone told you that their beliefe in Buddha is just like Christianity because it all just helps us be better people? These are questions that the world is asking the church today. We need to have a good answer.
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Wow. That’s pretty incredible. I wish I could believe that many paths lead to God, it would certainly make things easier. However, without the foundation of absolute truth, we have nothing. Christ’s sacrifice was in vain.
Good stuff!! It’s hard to balance faith and politics…so many people twist the scripture to support a person and vice versa…. the great thing about God is that he is always right…he reveals his “rightness” through Christ and him alone!
Keep it coming bro!
Yes–praise God for ultimate Truth! It’s so good to know that we can rely fully on Him, and He’s not going to change. Thanks for the comments!
Praise God!
It is about time that a true representative of Jesus stand up and defend our heritage, honor our saviour and intellectually counter attack (with Christian love) someone who is openly trying to cause conflict. Let God be the truth and all others be a liar! I am proud of this pastor and his stand on America at this present and crucial hour. My only other issue are those quotes from the Pope and Billy Graham… Keep this coming! Good job! May the Lord richly bless you is my prayer…