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Thread: Donald Trump, the Johnson Amendment, and the Question of Christian Cowardice - Michael Brown

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    Donald Trump, the Johnson Amendment, and the Question of Christian Cowardice - Michael Brown

    If President Trump succeeds in removing the oppressive Johnson Amendment, which limits freedom of speech from the pulpits, will Christian leaders be more outspoken on controversial moral, cultural, and political issues? I have my doubts, since I don’t believe it is the Johnson Amendment that has muzzled preachers across America.

    I believe it is the fear of man that has muzzled us and it is our desire to be affirmed by the world that has silenced us. Until we repent of these sinful, carnal attitudes, our tongues will not be loosed. We have been paralyzed from the inside, not the outside, and the removal of outward hindrances will not set us free within.

    Let’s be honest about this. The Johnson Amendment, as wrong as it is, is quite limited in its scope, primarily prohibiting “certain tax-exempt organizations from endorsing and opposing political candidates.”

    It does not prohibit pastors from speaking out against political corruption.

    It does not prohibit pastors from speaking out against LGBT activism.

    It does not prohibit pastors from speaking out against abortion.

    It does not prohibit pastors from speaking out against a host of other moral and cultural issues, yet it is here that we have seriously failed our people – I say “we” because I too am a ministry leader, although not a pastor – since these are the very issues so many of us studiously avoid.

    Who needs the controversy? Who wants to be vilified? Why stick your hand into a hornet’s nest? Why ask for trouble?

    You might say, “Maybe some pastors think like this, but that’s not the real issue for them. The issue is that they don’t want to distract from the gospel. They just want to tell people about Jesus.”

    Unfortunately, this line of reasoning doesn’t hold water, since Jesus Himself was tremendously controversial...

    http://townhall.com/columnists/micha...rdice-n2270089

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    I agree..fear of losing the almighty dollar....our pastor shared a story just last night of a pastor friend, Baptist, who admitted believing that holy Spirit baptism may be real but when asked if he would begin to move in that direction with the congregation he stated absolutely not because he would be fired by the board and he was too close to retirement...

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