On Dr. Dobson's show today, he played excerpts from an Obama speech where Obama dismisses the Bible, conservative Christians, and Jesus, for that matter! It was really quite chilling to hear the condescending way he spoke and then the cheers he received for it! Unbelievable!
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Now immediately there are James Dobson attacks and even a site JamesDobsonDoesntSpeakForMe.com! I checked it out. It's supposedly "a coalition of pastors and other Christians, led by Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell, who are standing up for their Christian faith and supporting Barack Obama." What Christian faith? Their fruits are showing! Now I know nothing about Pastor Kirbyjon Caldwell, but I don't see how any true Holy Spirit-led, Jesus as Lord of your life, Christian, could support someone who not only supports the murder of the most innocent, but goes further than most and won't even vote to save the life of a baby actually born alive after a failed abortion! This guy believes we should leave the baby on the shelf and let it die! How do you get more evil than that? But Pastor Caldwell supports him! Obama supports same-sex unions, homosexuality that God calls an abomination, but Pastor Caldwell supports him. Obama actually once used Jesus's Sermon on the Mount to justify same-sex unions! But then again in the excerpt I heard today he ridiculed the Sermon on the Mount as "a passage that is so radical that it's doubtful that our own Defense Department would survive its application." But Pastor Caldwell has no problem with that. While Pastor Caldwell on his site says James Dobson doesn't speak for him when he "denigrates his neighbor's views when they don't line up with his", he doesn't mind Barack Obama speaking for him when he denigrates Jesus and the Bible!
Interesting to note a few things Jesus DOES say in the Sermon on the Mount. How about Matthew 5:19 which says "Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven." How about 7:13-14 that speaks of the narrow way that leads to life and the broad way that leads to destruction. Hmmm. Dr. Dobson and those radical conservative Christians who are so narrow-minded as to believe there is only one way to eternal life? But Obama wants us to have a broader view, in his own words, "universal, rather than religion-specific, values". Okay, so Obama wants the broad way, and Pastor Caldwell supports him! And 7:15-16 that states, "Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. You will know them by their fruits." Once again, I say Obama's and Pastor Caldwell's fruits are showing!
And for Dr. Dobson, who can speak for me anytime, I say that he is being salt and light, and I thank him for it! And "Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for Jesus's sake."
Also on Pastor Caldwell's site: "James Dobson doesn't speak for me when he uses religion as a wedge to divide." Interesting that Jesus said in Matthew 10:34-36 "Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to 'set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law'; and 'a man's enemies will be those of his own household.'" Hmmm, Jesus used His religion to divide families.
He also said Dr. Dobson doesn't speak for him when he speaks as the final arbiter on the meaning of the Bible or when he uses the beliefs of others as a line of attack. Well, I know who IS the final arbiter and I'll believe HIS words and I'll take HIS beliefs, thank you very much! And I believe Jesus did use His words to attack with the sword of His mouth!
I love this one! "He doesn't speak for me when he seeks to confine the values of my faith to two or three issues alone." That's what every so-called Christian follower of Obama has to tell himself to make himself feel better about his choice. He has to change the moral dynamics of the debate. He has to tell himself there are more important moral issues - like the awful war where we have lost as many soldiers in the duration as we killed babies in one day! How about the moral issues of global warming and environmentalism where we worship and must not touch the pristine wasteland of Alaska and must save the trees and the spotted owl, but have no problem polluting the land with the blood of innocent babies! Besides, we aren't supposed to be looking to the world, but to Jesus! And of course, there is the important moral issue of the poor whom Jesus said we would have with us always.
You know, I am not at all happy with the Republican candidate for President. For a long time I have been quite disgusted about it and feel this country has already lost the election, whoever wins. But when it comes down to making a righteous decision based on Godly principles, I had to ask myself what the most important issues were. I had to say they were life, God-ordained traditional marriage, and God in the public square. We know how the two candidates stand on life and marriage, and how long God remains in the public square will probably depend on who is on the Supreme Court. While I can't be sure that McCain will appoint a Roberts or Alito, I CAN be sure that Obama would appoint a Ruth Bader Ginsburg. It's not that difficult a decision, although many try to pretend it is.
I have to continue with Pastor Caldwell's list! These are impossible to pass up and not comment on! "What does speak for me is David's psalm celebrating how good and pleasant it is when we come together in unity". Does he really believe David would be celebrating the watering down of His Lord's Word? I believe the unity he speaks of is one with His Lord, not of the "universal" world! And these great quotes of Pastor Caldwell's: "the Lord requires us to act justly"and to "defend the cause of the vulnerable", like perhaps justly supporting someone who would defend the lives of the most innocent among us??? And the reference to Nehemiah cracks me up! Does Pastor Caldwell remember Nehemiah? The same Nehemiah who fought with, cursed, plucked the hair of, and killed some of the Jewish people because they were marrying outside the faith?? I guess Obama was right, even Pastor Caldwell doesn't appear to read his Bible! And YES, YES, YES, we must speak the truth in love! But Obama lies and distorts in a pretense of love, and Pastor Caldwell supports that! We can know them by their fruits and we can test whether they are of God, "because many false prophets are gone out into the world".
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