@scott_m_coley Some of the problems with the Church in America now:
- We’ve commingled faith and politics to the extent that people give equal weight to God’s Word and secular talking points.
- People justify breaking God’s Word (for example, lying) as a means to achieving a worldly goal.
@scott_m_coley And when I’ve thought about all the people who work for Trump, call themselves Christians but lie as much as he does, I think about something that too many of us are taught.
A lot of Christians seem to think professing faith in Christ means there are no consequences for sin.
@scott_m_coley Some think that once we claim to have accepted Christ, sin just doesn’t matter anymore and we’re free to do whatever we want to do.
There are a lot of passages in Scripture that should give pause to that line of thinking.
@scott_m_coley We can’t afford to forget Matthew 7:21-23 (NIV):
“Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in
@scott_m_coley your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’”
This passage is not talking about people who are atheists, agnostics or who profess another faith.
@scott_m_coley This passage is talking about professing Christians who, from the reading, seem to be quite sure that they are in Christ. The problem is that God doesn’t.
How many people does this passage say will experience this?
“Many.”
@scott_m_coley The Matthew 7:21-23 verse used to cause me a lot of confusion. And then I read a similar passage, Luke 6:46, in which the Lord just asks a question:
“Why do you call me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and do not do what I say?”
@scott_m_coley Salvation is free. We can’t earn it. Jesus Christ earned it by dying on the Cross and then rising again after paying for our sins.
But He calls us to be Disciples.
It’s not fire insurance that gives us the right to do whatever we want.
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The only reason that the election may even be close is because Donald Trump is singularly held to the most generous grading curve ever applied to any politician in U.S. history.
He is held to a different set of rules. The lowest standard ever applied to an elected leader.
Trump can lie, multiple provable lies every minute he speaks, and it’s not considered news. He’s just being Trump.
But if his opponents mess up even minor details in any statement they make - that becomes a matter of concern to the public.
Donald Trump is a man who cheated on his first wife with his second wife and on his third wife with a porn star and a playmate. The porn star testified under oath and the playmate stated on the record he told them they reminded him of his DAUGHTER.
The choice for President in 2024 is a really easy one when you look at some basic facts. It doesn't matter whether or not you're conservative, moderate or liberal. Republican, Independent or Democrat.
The question is, do you want a criminal who wants to be a dictator?
Suppose that Kamala Harris were to became the nominee.
Let me tell you exactly how that would play out. If it happens, let’s review this thread in a few months to see if I called it right.
In the same way that a canine absolutely cannot resist the smell of chicken, the bastardized mixture of white grievance and overgrown brattiness that makes up the most vocal and energized faction of “conservative” leadership cannot help but attack black women. It’s instinctive.
I think it’s because a lot of these Tucker Carlson/Marjorie Taylor Greene/Matt Gaetz/TPUSA types are both racist and sexist. And entitled. And, in spite of having been dealt a pretty good hand in life, still resentful.
7 of the 9 U.S. Supreme Court Justices Would Not Be on the Court if:
Presidential Elections in 3 or fewer states decided by less than 3% had gone the other way
AND/OR
If U.S. Senate Elections in 3 or fewer states decided by less than 3% had gone the other way.
Vote!
Here's how YOUR votes, just regular people deciding to vote or not vote in Presidential and U.S. Senate elections, affects who gets onto the Supreme Court for life.
Where they no longer have to answer to anybody and make decisions about all of our lives.
Clarence Thomas is currently the ninth longest-tenured Supreme Court Justice in U.S. history.
But if Republicans hadn't narrowly won these three Senate elections in 1988, he would not have gotten confirmed.
Both major political parties have l extreme factions.
I find the Democratic fringe more annoying than scary since they don’t tend to be planning a civil war.
I find the Republican fringe frightening because they seem to be daydreaming about it.
But there’s another difference.
The farthest-left Democrats do not control their party. There have been countless examples over the last few years of a more left-leaning Democrat losing a PRIMARY to a more moderate Democrat.
Ilhan Omar nearly lost the Democratic Primary in Minnesota in 2022.
But on the Republican side, the nuttiest talking, hang-em-high, arrest Fauci, blood of patriots lunatics might not win the General Election. But they’re probably gonna win the Republican Primary.
The Presidential Election, like every other election, is a job interview. We're down to two candidates, exactly one of whom is going to get the job next January.