Uncivil religion contrary to Christ's kingdom

[FreedomAngel82]

Link: http://www.baptiststandard.com/postnuke/index.php?
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Snip: <7/08/05
Uncivil religion contrary to Christ's kingdom, Texas pastor insists
By Robert Marus

Associated Baptist Press

GRAPEVINE--American Christendom has become infected with a disease,
and free and faithful Baptists hold the cure, Pastor Charlie Johnson
of Trinity Baptist Church in San Antonio told a group of Baptist
Joint Committee for Religious Liberty supporters.

Johnson addressed the annual meeting of the agency's Religious
Liberty Council during the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General
Assembly in Grapevine.

Proponents of a creeping "uncivil religion" are trying to politicize
churches and sanctify politicians, but such tactics are at odds with
the principles of Christ's kingdom, Johnson said.

"The goal of uncivil religion is not to recognize God in our civil
life but to represent God," he said. "God has been kidnapped, co-
opted for political ambitions. Houses of worship have been turned
into precincts of partisanship, and the goal of uncivil religion is
for government to make converts, not citizens." >

[jeff30997]

1. I'm not a religious guy but I say Amen to that !

[jeff30997]

2. Ooops !Dupe.

[chalky]

3. In the Baptist Standard???? From a Texas pastor??!!?!??

I feel faint....