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A prayer for this first day of Lent…
Just something I wrote and hope for.
Feel free to share if you’d like…
Will Satan help Rick Santorum win the Republican nomination for president?
In 2008, Rick Santorum told a religious group…
“Satan has his sights on the United States of America!”
“Satan is attacking the great institutions of America, using those great vices of pride, vanity, and sensuality as the root to attack all of the strong plants that has so deeply rooted in the American tradition…”
“…This is a spiritual war. And the Father of Lies has his sights on what you would think the Father of Lies would have his sights on: a good, decent, powerful, influential country – the United States of America. If you were Satan, who would you attack in this day and age?”
“He attacks all of us and he attacks all of our institutions.”
During that same speech, Santorum also had some harsh words about mainline Christianity…
“We look at the shape of mainline Protestantism in this country and it is in shambles, it is gone from the world of Christianity as I see it.”
It seems some Republicans (and perhaps media) are waging a bit of a soundbite war against Santorum, pulling lots of quotes from 2008 that paint the former senator as a fundamentalist Christian. While answering a question about President Obama’s faith, Republican Presidential candidate Rick Santorum said this…
But is there such thing as a sincere liberal Christian, which says that we basically take this document and re-write it ourselves? Is that really Christian? That’s a bigger question for me. And the answer is, no, it’s not. I don’t think there is such a thing. To take what is plainly written and say that I don’t agree with that, therefore, I don’t have to pay attention to it, means you’re not what you say you are. You’re a liberal something, but you’re not a Christian. That’s sort of how I look at it.
When you go so far afield of that and take what is a salvation story and turn it into a liberation theology story, which is done in the Catholic world as well as in the evangelical world, you have abandoned Christendom, in my opinion. And you don’t have a right to claim it.
Santorum comments about evolution (again, from 2008) are also making headlines:
I think there are a lot of problems with the theory of evolution, and do believe that it is used to promote to a worldview that is anti-theist, that is atheist.
This election for the Republican nominee for president has been very interesting (and often exhausting) to watch. Republicans can’t seem to make up their minds. All of the candidates that are left seem to fall short of attracting a broad base among Republicans. I can’t recall an election quite like this.
I’ve heard some compare it to the race between Obama and Clinton in 2008, and it might have a few similarities, but I think this current election is much different, because of the philosophy gaps that exist among the candidates: A “severely conservative” but actually sort of moderate candidate against a true “severely conservative” candidate against Newt.
What do you think, can Santorum win the Republican nomination for president?
Do you want him to?
I wouldn’t mind seeing Santorum become the nominee… but I admit, that not for very non-Republican reasons…
But seriously, does he have a chance?
You think Satan could/would help him?
‘Years of the Beast,’ an end times classic
Found at Christian Nightmares.
Everything you need to know about Ash Wednesday & Lent in two minutes…
The power of prayer in the valley…
I love reading the prayers of people. Prayers written down showcase belief, humanity, struggle, theologies (good and bad), history, and the power of faith.
A book I fell in love with back in college is called Valley of Vision: A collection of Puritan Prayers & Devotions
Puritans were known for writing down elements of their faith. Like much Puritan writings, their prayers are dramatic and deep and showcase a people’s faith in God.
I recently started reading through some of these prayers again.
This prayer below is one of my favorites from Valley of Vision
My dear Lord, I can but tell Thee that Thou knowest I long for nothing but Thyself, nothing but holiness, nothing but union with Thy will. Thou hast given me these desires, and thou alone canst give me the thing desired. My soul longs for communion with Thee, for mortification of indwelling corruption, especially spiritual pride. How precious it is to have a tender sense and clear apprehension of the mystery of godliness, of true holiness! What a blessedness to be like Thee as much as it is possible for a creature to be like its creator! Lord, give me more of Thy likeness; enlarge my soul to contain fullness of holiness; engage me to live more for Thee. Help me to be less pleased with my spiritual experiences, and when I feel at ease after sweet communings, teach me it is far too little I know and do. Blessed Lord, let me climb up near to Thee, and love, and long, and plead, and wrestle with Thee, and pant for deliverance from the body of sin, for my heart is wandering and lifeless, and my soul mourns to think it should ever lose sight of its beloved. Wrap my life in divine love, and keep me ever desiring Thee, always humble and resigned to Thy will, more fixed on Thyself, that I may be more fitted for doing and-suffering.
My favorite line is this one: enlarge my soul to contain fullness of holiness. What a beautiful idea, that God might make room in us that we might experience more of God.
Do you ever write down your prayers?
Pastor Ed Young endorses Spanx (and starts a fashion website for pastors)!
Pastor Fashion – Spanx from Fellowship Church on Vimeo.
Pastor Fashion is Pastor Ed’s new venture! And it’s all about what and who pastor’s wear…
He says, “Yes, we’re clothed in Christ…”
But Christ is not enough unless you’re also clothed in [insert name of trendy designer]…
See more of Pastor Ed’s crazy here.
Christian t-shirt…
‘The best nation on the face of this earth…’
Untitled from Darrell Dow on Vimeo.
