Are you a political stooge?
At the Southern Baptist Convention’s annual meeting this week in Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. JD Greear warns Christians to not take sides on the political spectrum. He states, “If we are known as the stooge for one party, we will lose all audience for the other”. Every action we do as Christians should be about proclaiming the gospel. Breaking down Dr. Greear’s speech to the Southern Baptist Conventions, he continues by claiming “we put an unnecessary obstacle in the way of the gospel for half of our mission field”.
Dr. JD Greear has also stated in the past that he, as a pastor, is a missionary at the pulpit. While, yes, Christians are to go out and make disciples of all the nations, pastors are to tend to the flock.
While keeping politics out of the pulpit sounds good in theory, it is almost impossible to do in today’s society. By no means is this a way to say “Republicans are superior to Democrats because they have backing by the Bible itself”. But, it is saying that the Republican platform is much better than the Democrats platform, which always and widely accepts abortion and gay-rights movements.
All in all, the Gospel and Politics go hand in hand in the world today. While keeping your personal views of issues out of your message is good, speaking on issues that the Bible clearly states need to be spoken on is still a need. Whether that means being a political stooge or not.
You can check out the entire message from Dr. JD Greear here – www.digitalpass.lifeway.com/live-event/sbc-2019-annual-meeting-live-and-on-demand/
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