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Related: About this forumGod is not against building walls! The sermon Trump heard from Robert Jeffress before his inaugura
Source: Washington Post
God is not against building walls! The sermon Trump heard from Robert Jeffress before his inauguration.
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey January 20 at 11:15 AM
Donald Trump heard a sermon Friday morning from a Southern Baptist pastor who has history of inflammatory remarks about Muslims, Mormons, Catholics and gays.
The sermon was delivered by Robert Jeffress, senior pastor of First Baptist Church, who compared Trump to the story of the biblical leader Nehemiah who helped rebuild the city of Jerusalem and its walls after the people of Judah had been exiled from the land of Israel.
Israel had been in bondage for decades, Jeffress explained, and the infrastructure of the country was in shambles, and God did not choose a politician or a priest but chose a builder instead. The first step of rebuilding the nation, Jeffress said, was the building of a wall around Jerusalem to protect its citizens from enemy attack.
You see, God is not against building walls, Jeffress said in his sermon at St. Johns Episcopal Church in D.C.
Nehemiah, according to the biblical account, completed the project in 52 days. Why was Nehemiah so successful in building the wall and rebuilding the nation? Jeffress said that Nehemiah refused to allow his critics to distract him, noting how some people still dont believe Trump will succeed in his agenda.
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By Sarah Pulliam Bailey January 20 at 11:15 AM
Donald Trump heard a sermon Friday morning from a Southern Baptist pastor who has history of inflammatory remarks about Muslims, Mormons, Catholics and gays.
The sermon was delivered by Robert Jeffress, senior pastor of First Baptist Church, who compared Trump to the story of the biblical leader Nehemiah who helped rebuild the city of Jerusalem and its walls after the people of Judah had been exiled from the land of Israel.
Israel had been in bondage for decades, Jeffress explained, and the infrastructure of the country was in shambles, and God did not choose a politician or a priest but chose a builder instead. The first step of rebuilding the nation, Jeffress said, was the building of a wall around Jerusalem to protect its citizens from enemy attack.
You see, God is not against building walls, Jeffress said in his sermon at St. Johns Episcopal Church in D.C.
Nehemiah, according to the biblical account, completed the project in 52 days. Why was Nehemiah so successful in building the wall and rebuilding the nation? Jeffress said that Nehemiah refused to allow his critics to distract him, noting how some people still dont believe Trump will succeed in his agenda.
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God is not against building walls! The sermon Trump heard from Robert Jeffress before his inaugura (Original Post)
Eugene
Jan 2017
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dhill926
(16,337 posts)1. jesus christ...
pkdu
(3,977 posts)2. But Cheeto Jesus has a twitter account - his favorite distraction....nt
TBA
(825 posts)3. Jesus only approved of and hung out with perfect Lilly White people like himself
Never prostitutes, lepers, Samaritans (people from other countries), the poor or downtrodden....
Ligyron
(7,629 posts)4. Where's Joshua when we need him?
time to crank that horn up, no?
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)5. I guess Trump is just one step from god
rug
(82,333 posts)6. Why was a Baptist preaching to a Presbyterian in an Episcopal church?
okasha
(11,573 posts)8. Cardinal O'Malley, who once led a Mass
at and across the fence in Arizona, would disagree. So does Pope Francis. So do many of the mainline Protestant Churches and liberal Jewish congregations, not to mention Native American elders.
That said, I think Jeffress and his ilk ought to donate their salaries and labor to building the wall if they really believe what they're saying.
Bretton Garcia
(970 posts)9. Fundamentalists quote the violent :Old Testament lots
Because they don't really understand the milder New Testament