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Rod Holmes1 min

To all those who are calling this heresy because you can't vote for Biden and be a true Christian, this election isn't about policy. Biden has stated he will only be a one-term president. He isn't interested in trying to change policy. With a conservative majority on the Supreme Court, he won't be pushing a pro-choice agenda. He just wants to restore dignity to the office of the Presidency and stop the sociopath we have as a president from doing further damage to the integrity of our country. Should he win, in four years Kamala Harris will run for president and her agenda will be a radical, godless one that should be opposed by all Christians. But that is 4 years from now. Let take the Trump blinders off and vote the man out of office because he is a godless, soulless man who is only interested in promoting himself, and he's done it by catering to the religious right, pretending to be one of them. Nothing could be further from the truth and you all swallowed it hook, line and sinker. Signed, and Evangelical pastor.

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Dear Brother in Christ,

5,000 signatures = more lambs led astray and “little ones” caused to stumble (see Matthew 18:6; Mark 9:42-47). With your current stance upon this political issue, You ar, among many things not yet to be addressed and delineated here, are stamping upon the righteous and brave legacy, for example, of Diietrich Bonhoeffer and other of the pastors of the Confessing Church who knew well the danger of the position taken by the Lutheran ( State) Church seeking for what you et al call “biblical balance” as they sought so fervently, desperately yet so erringly and dangerously to appease Hitler and the Brown Shirts, then logically forward the Nazis.

Brothers, please, I plead with you: reconsider your thinking, more so your dangerous and wrong-headed preaching and coercive tactics: to cause to stumble is no small matter! Your pronouncement of and illogical (unethical) stance for “biblical balance” has no basis in God’s Word; rather, it is seminary’s version of what originates constantly from the “ivory towers” of sectarian IHEs—theory!

In truth, dear brothers in Christ, your current machinations ( theological or theoretical???) aimed at manipulating, thus controlling the minds and actions of fellow Believers in Jesus Christ as God Almighty and only Savior of humanity, votes in an unbiblical and ghastly, yea wicked direction (eg. close your eyes to mass murder of historical numbers in order to get government-controlled social programs) derive from your animus toward one man: Donald J. Trump, then candidate, now duly elected President because of some of his behaviors. How small-minded, yea childish; more to the point in regards to your current coercive calculations: dangerous, eternally so!!

Please, brother, re-think your erroneous, ruinous (eg “little ones”) position.

I am well aware of my failures in my journey of faith these 50+ years; well aware the damage caused by sin and rebellion and lackluster/slovenly attitude over the years. As Believers, we are/I am guilty of failing/forgetting my Savior, Who gave His All for me; but as with Peter, and multitudinous millions after know the powerful and sweet love of forgiveness! This issue brings afresh to my mind my failings—“my sins are ever before me” (ex.).

Again, dear brother, stop and consider what it is exactly that you and your fellow evangelical leaders for Biden/Harris are doing to Believers individually and, more importantly, the cause of Christ generally.

Yours faithfully on Christ,

Dr. Ronny Welborn, EdD, pHCLE

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This is what I would tell "reflexive Christians", who go along with the apparent consensus but don't consider the cost of real discipleship:

Judas Iscariot was a member of a political sect called the Zealots. The Zealots were, well, zealous about having political power over the Romans and would do anything to get it. Judas followed Jesus when he thought Jesus was seeking an earthly, political revolution, but when he saw that this was not the plan, he betrayed him. Any of us who abandon Christ and HIS teachings in favor of one who promises political power in exchange for loyalty is taking the road of Judas. There is no middle ground. Christ’s way, God the Father’s way, is love not hatred.

For some, Christianity has truly meant following Christ’s example of love and grace. For others, the “Christian” mantle is merely a vehicle for advancing a quest for power. They have sold out Jesus in favor of political power through Trump. Paul said that “they will know we are Christians by our love”. No real Christian could have anything to do with Trump’s doctrine of fear and hatred. No real Christian would ever lock a child in a cage away from his or her mother and father in order to “Make America Great Again”. If one claims allegiance to Christ, taking this path is an admission of apostasy. People in America who identify themselves as “Christian” need to consider that voting for such a person as Trump has something to do with their soul and salvation. An actual, real disciple of Christ knows what a demagogue is, cringes at the hatred and the apostasy, and could never support such a person.

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TDS has caused many to lose their minds and lose their ability to think logically, to the point that they would cut off their nose to spite their face.

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I agree with the endorsement of Joe Biden, but I have to push back (when opportunity like this provides) on the notion that abortion is a key political/public service issue. There are so many other really crucial pro-life issues--health care, climate crisis, gun violence--where your vote can make a difference that choosing an issue like whether to increase government limits on abortion is patently uncomparable.

No "pro-lifer" in office or on SCOTUS is going to save one unborn child by trying to legislate morality (what Republicans et al pro-lifers like to say to condemn legislation not related to abortion). The (Bill) Clinton formulation "safe, legal, and rare", while simplistic, is the proven better practical approach, inasmuch as no moralizing by any hypocritical party (esp on pro-life) will have the desired effect. If you want to stoke division, gridlock, and endlessly indecisive laws, support hard-line anti-abortion legalisms and laws. If you want to save babies' lives, discourage in any morally defensible way possible the practice of abortion and consistently practice pro-life policies.

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I am saddened and grieved that my brothers and sisters in Christ are hijacking the pro-life banner and using it to support a party that is completely opposed to its true meaning. You cannot equate the other matters with the deliberate killing of 60 million innocent unborn children.

If you are truly "pro-life" then where have you been the last 47 years, when we have marched, prayed, supported ministries such as AlphaCare, Every Good Gift, the Pro-Life Union, and laid down our bodies so that children would not die at abortion chambers? Will you really give your support to the Biden/Harris team, when Harris prosecuted those who exposed Planned Parenthood - a racist and evil organization - when it was selling body parts from babies?

Please rethink what you are saying. I can understand why you strongly dislike President Trump, but don't support those who encourage baby killing, undermining marriage and gender, and would move us towards socialism... unless that is what you really want for America.

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Amazing you think a list a notables adds to your deceit. SHAME, Shame, Woe to you!!!

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I am positive that all these people signing up were already voting for Biden. There is not a single truly prolife person who would cast his or her vote for Biden/Harris. What you don’t understand is that for pro life people there’s no such thing as “on the fence”. Instead there is a line in the sand. Biden will not get a single pro life vote and you can take that to the bank.

You say “ Above all, pray! I pray that all God’s people beg God to show them how to vote this year. And I pray that the outcome is shalom, well-being, for all God’s children and the earth.” All God’s children you say? What about those born alive and left to die after an abortion attempt? What about the partially born ones who have their brains sucked out while alive? What about the pain babies endure while their limbs are torn from their bodies? Biden/Harris are opposed to protecting those children of God, so what about them?

Your own words have shown you to be a total hypocrite.

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You do know you’re going to the lake of fire for this? Matthew 18:6: ““If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.”

‭‭Matthew‬ ‭18:6‬ ‭NIV‬‬

https://www.bible.com/111/mat.18.6.niv

What is sad is it is for nothing. Donald Trump is still winning, by God’s election of grace.

My suggestion is you should leave shepherding and join fellow wolves in politics.

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