Stealing this topic from F16. I wanted to chime in there, but I didn't really want to get into it in that environment. Wanted to get some opinions from you all on this. In the moment, I was probably emotionally charged up and feeling good about the day in general, but after re-listening to some of it, I get pretty turned off.

There was one moment where Graham was paralleling those around Trump holding up his arms like those who did for Moses while in battle (this happens to be one of my all time favorite pictures that is painted in scripture). This seems like a complete overreach in applying sacred scripture to our broken and Godless political world we live in. They aren't trying to fight the schemes of the devil - they are fighting simply against flesh and blood and things of this world.

This country is in dire need of turning to the LORD, and that simply really wasn't the message from anyone. It was all watered down and bended to fit into a weird narrative of simply appealing to God and him making us prosperous once again.

I'll hang up and listen a bit.

Well, church attempting to influence state is nothing new (or portray the Current Ruler as God's choice-Orthodox and Catholics could probably fill in the history a lot better than I) and the current Episcopal bishop (of DC) lectured Trump this morning at the National Cathedral during prayer service over immigration and gender-changing.
Jesus said His Kingdom was not of this world and we apparently refuse to believe Him. .

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They aren't trying to fight the schemes of the devil - they are fighting simply against flesh and blood and things of this world.

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can't these be one and the same?

While I love Samaritan's Purse, I really soured on Graham after he proclaimed that Jesus wants me to get the covid shot.

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Graham receives at least $750,000 in income from Samaritan's Purse. While there are many arguments justifying that amount, I am always uncomfortable seeing people getting rich off of ministry. Many of their donors are people living off of social security.

It is rare to see the head of any large ministry who is not making off like a bandit.

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I see your point but these folks work really hard at doing the most important job there is, spreading the good news of the Gospel.

We just found out yesterday where our Christmas box went--to a child in southern Sudan. Probably not too many ways for that little one to hear the Gospel.

When they don't return to that church at the next inauguration, nobody should be surprised or complain about it.