tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post2889794552791604620..comments2024-03-27T15:47:46.091-05:00Comments on Pastoral Meanderings: Our country needs us. . . Pastor Petershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10653554256101480140noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-73958066974925472832016-09-28T10:36:24.657-05:002016-09-28T10:36:24.657-05:00Mr. Gray dose No true Scotsman mean anything to ...Mr. Gray dose No true Scotsman mean anything to you?<br />Good day Richard Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-74395769065826744672016-09-27T16:06:48.711-05:002016-09-27T16:06:48.711-05:00Who said anything about supporting Trump?
But no ...Who said anything about supporting Trump?<br /><br />But no Christian can properly vote for Clinton.David Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11966977894876326659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-67309038654046236212016-09-27T15:47:40.087-05:002016-09-27T15:47:40.087-05:00David Gray
The problem is look at abortion as th...David Gray<br /><br />The problem is look at abortion as the only issue while ignoring other serious issue with the opponent. it comes across as a red herring to me; the premise is support Trump because Hillary support abortion without looking at Trump in governance, immigration and trade. Trump over the years has been pragmatic,inconsistent in the abortion issue.Richard Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-43891537953367930492016-09-27T13:36:51.283-05:002016-09-27T13:36:51.283-05:00Pretty hard to describe a focus on the willful mas...Pretty hard to describe a focus on the willful mass murder of tens of millions of Americans as myopic. David Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11966977894876326659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-18547133603326426182016-09-27T13:22:47.366-05:002016-09-27T13:22:47.366-05:00I listen to your interview on Issues Etc. I have...I listen to your interview on Issues Etc. I have to disagree. Why not a Christian be engaged yet show dissent and vote none of the above or a third party candidate like Gary Jonson? I adamantly with my conscience that both choice between leftist Hilary and a populist and borderline fascist Trump is voting for different side the same statist coin. It more close for me to say voting ether or is like choosing between a hitler or a stalin like figure.<br /><br />Yes I head you bring up Hillary and the Democrat in roundabout fashion but neglect Trump. This comes across as a myopic focus on abortion and ignore other areas of concern with Trump. In fact using the lesser of the two evils, one can make a logical choice that Hillary is the lesser of the evils. Richard Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-88707398313730694112016-09-21T17:27:04.275-05:002016-09-21T17:27:04.275-05:00I' m afraid that a church in which a large por...I' m afraid that a church in which a large portion of voting-aged members vote Demonocrat - thereeby repudiating any Christian weltanschauung or Gospel claim - has little if anything to say to our culture. If what we believe, teach, and confess is tossed out at election time, then it's game over.Kirk Skeptichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06142889734004402296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329600504016968888.post-73492118512715111652016-09-20T06:42:56.326-05:002016-09-20T06:42:56.326-05:00The saying goes, "When the going gets tough, ...The saying goes, "When the going gets tough, the tough get going." A very honest appraisel of our history as a nation and a mixed variety of people and cultures reflects the fact we did not arrive where we are today without continual struggles and unrest. Wars and civil disorder have been as common here on our own native soil as elsewhere in the world. Where I live in upstate New York, near Saratoga and in the Mohawk Valley, was the scene of bloody battles between native tribes, between the French and English colonists, between natives and Europeans, and the area is dotted with battle fields and sacred fields where men fought one another over land, natural resources, and political power. During the American Revolution, not everyone was a patriot. The colonists were divided fifty fifty between those who were loyal to the English Crown and those who supported Independence. English soldiers, loyalists, and patriots, most of whom were Christian, prayed each night for victory over the other. Some native American Indian converts to Christianity never understood how European Christians could be so brutal in war even as they worshipped the same God. In short, the soul of our country has always been tenuous. The moral decline today is evident, but the dynamic of human society constantly changes, and I believe Revival is possible in our country. We as Christians must be tough, and we must get going. There are lost souls to reach.John Joseph Flanaganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06596324816480709495noreply@blogger.com