Can You Be A Christian And NOT Be An Activist?
Posted by truthtalklive on 27 July, 2010
Could you see yourself in the picture to the left?
The Reverend Flip Benham could because…well… he’s the gentleman in the yellow striped jacket being led away from a Roe vs. Wade rally back in January of this year.
Rev. Benham is director of Operation Save America and he’s today’s guest on Truthtalk Live.
He’ll be joined by our resident Christian activist Steve Noble, host of the nationally-syndicated radio program Called to Action This Week.
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7 Comments on “Can You Be A Christian And NOT Be An Activist?”
Jesus drove out those people in the temple (Matt 21) and Jesus was very controversial to many people and/or groups. One of the biggest problems we Christians face today is standing up and attesting to doing the right thing. And I mean standing up and doing the right thing outside of your church and home. To him that knoweth to do right and doeth it not, to him it is sin. That reinforces this way of thinking. For example, if I find out that someone is committing fraud within my company I now have an obligation to communicate this to the proper authorities. If I do nothing and I say nothing, then I’m just as guilty as the person or group committing the fraud. As Christians, we have no one to blame but ourselves for some of the wickedness prevelant in the world. It is prevelant because the Christian group has decided to say nothing and do nothing. For one reason or another we have conceded to believe the whole seperation of church and state and we have turned a bling eye to matters that we thought would never effect us. Boy, were we wrong or what?
As amusing as I find religious people arguing with each other as to whose god is real religions tension is the last thing that needs to be created and I feel that picketing Mosques saying you are there to kill/destroy their false god could create some serious tension.
The issue of the lower Manhattan arising again in this episode I would like to readdress it. How far away must the mosque be prior to it being acceptable?
sirwatermelon: How far away must the mosque be prior to it being acceptable?
From how far did the hijacked planes fly?
It seems like muslims could build a mosque wherever they normally would be allowed. If these particular muslims are terrorists (or somehow accomplices) and are guilty of treason (shown by trial?), then I can see why they in particular would be disallowed.
Muslims are provided freedom under the first amendment, I thought – so why would they be restricted in the absence of proven guilt? It doesn’t matter if people get offended, this is the law of the land that is so often praised…except when the other side gets their way, I guess.
Kevin: “One of the biggest problems we Christians face today is standing up and attesting to doing the right thing. And I mean standing up and doing the right thing outside of your church and home. To him that knoweth to do right and doeth it not, to him it is sin. That reinforces this way of thinking. For example, if I find out that someone is committing fraud within my company I now have an obligation to communicate this to the proper authorities. If I do nothing and I say nothing, then I’m just as guilty as the person or group committing the fraud. As Christians, we have no one to blame but ourselves for some of the wickedness prevelant in the world. It is prevelant because the Christian group has decided to say nothing and do nothing. ”
Very well said brother. The greatest fraud ever committed against the American people is the creation of the Federal Reserve. The very reason for its existence is an abomination and has provided a vehicle to expand sin and lead even the church away from God. Jesus drove the money changers from the temple but I dare say not one in thousand Christians understand exactly what these individuals were doing that led to Jesus resorting to violence. This scene in the temple is the only time Jesus reacted with force and did not even try to witness to them. He preached truth to the Pharisees, but did not seem to even giving that a thought when it came to the money changers.
A challenge. Can anyone here explain why Jesus reacted to the money changers the way He did?
b baggins: I am of the opinion that if you are in accordance with local zoning codes you should be able to raise a house of worship to any god/s you like I was asking the people who object to the lower Manhattan mosque to clarify how far away it must be for it to no longer be beyond the pail.
Mike: He was having a bad day and got pissed off. Happens to the best of us.