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​Advice for Evangelicals after the Election of Trump as President of the United States

11/9/2016

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              Today is November 9th, one day after an election where Donald Trump was elected president of the United States.  It is also a fact that he is president in large measure because he received over 80% of the Evangelical vote.  Since I was one of those who went through the agony of eventually voting for our president-elect, I also feel very qualified to offer the following article on the other side of the election.
 
                 Voting for Mr. Trump was one of the most difficult and excruciating things I’ve ever done.  In the end I did so primarily due to one issue – abortion.  After watching former Secretary of State Clinton coolly and confidently support abortion up until the last minute before a child is born, while also stating that an unborn child has no rights whatsoever – that was the turning point for me.  There was no sense of anything in her except great pride that we do this in America.  Because Mr. Trump had made it clear that he would oppose abortion (albeit with a promise – not exactly the most trustworthy currency in an election) I chose to vote for him.  I did so without a sense of great pride in my vote – without any kind of bravado – I simply did it to protect the unborn. Having said this – and having read far too many facebook posts from both sides that broke my heart after the election – I want to offer unsolicited advice to those who are evangelicals who voted for president-elect Trump. 
  
                 President-elect Trump needs our prayers (as does President Obama) as he faces the presidency.  First and foremost, it is my opinion, based upon his actions and words, that we need to pray for this man’s salvation.  I was never under any deception that he was or is a Christian – regardless of what the President of Liberty University says.  This man needs to repent of sin and receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior – period.  By the way, if that statement offends you, I believe all men and women need to repent and receive Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior because all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.  If you are a “true evangelical” then this is THE issue for us ultimately – is he (or anyone else for that matter) someone who has come to understand that he is a sinner by choice and by nature – has come to understand that Jesus is the God-man who came and paid for sin by His death, burial, and resurrection – and has come to repentance over his sin and now has put his faith in Jesus Christ to pay for his sin and make him acceptable to God. 
 
          President-elect Trump also needs our prayers to govern wisely as the chief executive and commander in chief over our armed forces.  Ask anyone who has ever held this office, there is tremendous pressure and responsibility associated with it.  And take it from someone who is only a father and pastor of a local church – the more authority you have – the greater the damage you can do by making unwise and ungodly decisions.  My unwise choices affect the 14 people in my family – and at least 175-200 people who attend the fellowship I am honored to serve.    Things like pride, ego, marital infidelity, foul language, caustic comments, and perverse treatment of women, are unwise and ungodly from a biblical perspective. Sorry if this offends you but I am a pastor who is responsible to teach God’s Word – and advance a godly and righteous lifestyle.  We can support him in some ways – but we need to be clear that these actions and attitudes are unacceptable.    Should we show our president-elect grace and love?  Absolutely.  But can we afford as evangelicals to just gloss over the clear elephant in the room when it comes to his character and ungodliness?  If we do – we will lose the moral authority to speak to our society – especially those who opposed him in the election who need the gospel so badly.
 
                   President-elect Trump – and our nation – need our prayers for healing and unity.  Only  someone who has lived under a rock for the last year and a half is unaware of the incredible rift that there is in our nation.  He is not responsible alone for this rift – but this past election cycle only made us aware of how wide it is.  I am painfully aware that much of this rift is due to vastly divergent worldviews.  Both sides of this divide view the moral stances of the other as moral bankruptcy.  He will face deep divides that will require wisdom, patience, and understanding to even begin to address.  As an evangelical there are issues within our nation where I have to take a stand that is unpopular – very unpopular with those who oppose it.  There are moral issues – issues about sexuality – issues about justice – issues about racism – issues about abortion and crisis pregnancies – issues about how to help those in financial need – so many issues that even trying to list them makes my head swim.  What makes it worse is that currently any discourse about them has become so incendiary that basic communication (where we respect one another) seems almost impossible.  We so quickly descend into sound bytes and insults at the drop of a hat.  Oh how we need to move away from listening to the talking heads and talk radio and actually listen to one another once again.  The rhetoric of the election has left us all battered and worn out emotionally.  Pray that our President – and our president-elect can begin to heal the fractures – rather than make them worse. 
 
            One final word though to those of us who are evangelicals – and it is a word of great warning.  If we choose to swagger through the next several months before and after the inauguration we are going to see the gospel itself face a terrible backlash.  If we act as if Mr. Trump has great moral authority after what we’ve learned about how he treats women and his own marriage – we will alienate a large group of women who need to hear the gospel.  They will see our joy over his election as an endorsement of his immoral actions – and will turn a deaf ear to the message of the gospel.  If we act as if it wasn’t a problem that he didn’t distance himself from the KKK and other white supremacist groups with the strongest words possible – we will alienate many in the black community.  They will see our joy in his election as an affirmation of what they already see as systemic racism and will turn a deaf ear to the gospel.  If we act as if Mr. Trump’s bravado and pride – and the many morally questionable insults toward his opponents – should be seen as just politics as normal – we should not be surprised to see a rejection of our gospel as if it is associated with such insults.  If we don’t at least attempt to see the political discourse toned down from its new lows in foul language that should offend people’s sensibilities - too many will deduce that we have come to endorse of this kind of talk.  They will mock us when we say that the Bible teaches us to reject “corrupt communication from our mouths.”  They will see such statements as just another way we’ve embraced hypocrisy as Christians.  This will, in turn, justify in their minds turning a similar deaf ear to whatever else we have to say about salvation and the gospel.  I’ve already seen too many posts by those on the other side of the political divide who are saying that if Trump represents evangelicalism – they are done with it. 
 
              Be careful precious saints of God – and be wise in the days ahead.  Our attitudes and our demeanor can do much to either advance the gospel or turn people off to it.  May God give us wisdom, especially in these days to prove ourselves true sons of God – who embrace both truth and our role to be peacemakers.  THE most important thing is that we, as evangelicals, see that what our nation needs most is the grace of God in the gospel of Jesus Christ.  These are the only things that will bring about the much-needed revival in the church and the even more-needed spiritual awakening among the lost.  So that these things may come to our nation may God give us grace to be men and women wise enough to navigate such a time as this.

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How to Speak Offensive Truth Less Offensively

7/1/2015

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            Anyone read facebook lately?  Anyone stop reading facebook discussions because of how offensive and incendiary they quickly become?  In the aftermath of the United States Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage there have been an avalanche of articles and posts on social media both for and against gay marriage.  This was inevitable because people on both sides of this issue are very passionate about what they believe.  What does not have to be inevitable is some of the vitriol that begins being exhibited by Christians as things begin to get heated.  Whether or not the “they started it first” argument is used or not, as those redeemed by God through Jesus Christ – and – as those who are called to manifest the fruit of the Spirit – we need to learn a very valuable spiritual lesson.  We need to learn how to share offensive truth less offensively.  Hopefully this article will be helpful in doing so.

               First of all – a true confession is in order.  I am a recovering offensoholic.  In my past I have kind of enjoyed being sarcastic.  The ability to slip in truth wrapped in little barbs of sarcasm and veiled insult is a “skill” I am wanting to unlearn as quickly as possible.  God is revealing to me that more often than not these verbal darts are not very effective when sharing truths that in themselves are going to be offensive to the person hearing them.  The proverb, “you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar,” has sparked repentance for the way I’ve said things more than once.  There are times when I finish writing a piece that I have to go through a Holy Spirit edit several times – before I have any peace in posting or sending it.  The problem is that in our current situation – barbs and sarcasm will quickly turn what could be a logical, profitable conversation into an all out verbal war.  After being nailed by the verbal shrapnel of several of these conversations, I want speak so that if there is a descent into ugliness, it is because of truth shared in love.  There is no gain when truth is shared in an effort to win – or to score points with Christians who quickly gather to “my” side.  The biblical fact is that God wins in all matters of truth.  If I speak His truth with love and a genuine desire to engage in an exchange of ideas, I believe God will use it to do deeper work in people’s lives. 

               One of the things we must understand is that our culture no longer has any clear authority by which it speaks.  Just like in the book of Judges we live in a society where every person is their own authority.  Judges 21:24 says, “. . . and everyone did what was right in his own eyes.”  That is where we are currently.  Therefore we need to grasp that everyone we speak with is an authority unto themselves.  Thus when we share the Scriptures, they will not accept them as an authority.  Now please understand that God’s Word was, is, and always will be truth.  Whether people agree with that or not does not matter – God’s Word is still true.  When you try to share this, people will be offended – and often will say things that will be offensive to you.  We will be accused of being someone who does not think, someone who holds to antiquated ideas, someone who is brainwashed, or as I was recently called . . . an idiot.  Are these things offensive?  Yes they are.  BUT – this is where we can become even more effective in what we share.  Let me explain.



            When we are insulted, we have a choice to make.  First, we should review what we’ve said to make sure that while sharing the truth, we did not descend into any kind of name-calling or inflammatory statements.  Remember, our message itself is offensive to the lost.  Paul spoke of the offense of the cross – and Jesus Himself told us that we would be treated like He was treated.  People who are already offended with our moral point of view, and who do not know Christ, will more often than not say offensive things.  Get used to it – and be ready for the temptation to say similar things back to them.  Also know that if you do – the opportunity will no longer be there to influence someone.  It will most likely deteriorate into stronger and stronger comments, insults, and end in a verbal barrage and a scorched-earth mental landscape.  Once we determine if we said something unnecessarily offensive, we can proceed in the conversation.  (By the way, if you said something you should not have said – apologize.  You’d be shocked how many times this begins to disarm the conflict allowing it to move back into a conversation.) 

           The second thing I am going to suggest may seem very hard, but it will allow you to be able to converse with the person so much better.  In order to share it though I need to ask a question.  Do you want to know what they think?  Please re-read that question because I did not ask if you want to convert to their way of thinking – but – do you want to know what they think.  What I’ve found over several conversations is that when I genuinely try to hear what they are saying and thinking, it helps me to share truth with them more effectively.  Too many of the conversations I’ve read recently have made a quick trip to the most commonly used arguments against each other.  I can almost predict what will be said in the first two or three rounds of statements.  What I cannot predict is the reasoning behind them – or the hurts that a person has because of previous barbs thrown their way.  If you don’t want to genuinely hear what they have to say – you won’t have any genuine ministry to offer them.  But if you go deeper – even being willing to listen or read things you won’t agree with – you will be able to discern what needs to be discussed.  You may even find room to offer an apology for how they’ve been dissed and dismissed.  If they know you care enough to listen – they may start listening to you. 



            Once you begin the conversation in earnest – listen for statements that reveal serious conflicts with the message of the gospel.  I usually read and listen looking for their source of authority (usually themselves in the end), their view of Who God is (this usually is a hodge-podge of ideas from self, internet sites, and on some occasions actual study of the Bible), and what they see as the problem with things as they are currently.  This last concept is basically what they see as sin (which is a word they will almost never use as you do) and what offers redemption or salvation from the problem (again two words they will tend to avoid).  From this point I begin to engage the person with questions involving these things:  1) What or who is their authority?  (Who or what has the final say in their life)  2) What determines if something or someone is good or bad?  3) What is the problem or problems in life?  And then finally, 4) What is the answer or answers to these problems.  As I ask questions about these things, I respond to their answers with the gospel – sharing lovingly, graciously, and usually with reference to my sin and how God saved me from the penalty for it.  I make a beeline to the gospel – and seek to eventually draw things in that direction.  That does not mean that I try to share the “plan of salvation” at every turn.  Instead it means that I deal with issues concerning salvation such as: Who is God?  What is sin?  Who or what has the right to call something sinful?  How can a sinful person know a holy God?  How can a righteous and holy God love us without being a hypocrite about His righteousness and holiness?  What did God do to pay the price He demands as the penalty for sin?  These are the things I head to in the end – because they are the things that matter.  But in the meantime I also try to understand where they’ve come from – and if there are serious hurts and problems in their past.  When these things come up – I want to genuinely care for them, apologize when Christians have been unloving and unkind, and offer real love to them in praying for and empathizing with their offenses. 


            The goal in all this is to truly love them and share and show them Jesus.  This is not hard . . . actually, apart from God’s grace it is impossible!  I cannot tell you how many times I have to stop and pray – back up – and deal with wanting to offend back because I’m offended.  I thank God that He did not deal with me in this way – because I would have been consumed in wrath very early in His gracious dealings with me.  We cannot back up from sharing that sin is sin.  We cannot back away from being honest about what the Bible proclaims.  This is not love – it is dangerously stepping away from God’s righteousness and truth simply because it may offend.  We share the truth – but we do so without the verbal barbs – without referring to the most offensive examples of homosexual activism (or any activism for sinful activity).  We speak the truth without name-calling (even if we’ve been called and are continuing to be called names).  We choose to ask penetrating questions not just so we can probe their thinking – but hopefully so that they will probe their own thinking as we lovingly share what the Bible has to say. 


            I go back to John chapter 4 and how Jesus addressed the Samaritan woman at the well.  Let’s be honest saints – that situation was made for some serious name-calling.  She was a Samartian – she was guilty of adultery – she was an outcast from her own society – she held errant spiritual views – and she was currently in a sexually immoral relationship.  Wow, what a list of potential names that provides.  Yet Jesus did not use a single one of them.  He asked questions – made biblical statements boldly yet lovingly – and eventually through hearing and understanding her – was able to address her deepest spiritual needs.  Her need, by the way, was not to be proven wrong in an argument.  She needed living water.  The result of that conversation was that her sin was boldly and lovingly addressed, she was drawn to admit her sin and turn to God, and finally – she became a witness to others of God’s grace as she was saved.  Now that is where I want to see a conversation go in the end!  Just one more comment though – as you learn to do this not everyone will be converted instantly – or possibly even at all.  But the sound of loving, biblical, redemptive conversations will ring further than you think.  Imagine what one would look like on facebook?  We’ve all seen the ones that turn nasty – with both sides eventually walking away with verbal bloody noses.  Imagine one where the believer does not descend into name-calling of any kind – but – where they endeavor to do their best sharing the truth in love.  That, my precious saints, will look very different.  It is also what we need to begin seeing more and more as the grace of God is expressed in love through us by the power of the Holy Spirit.  So share the truth, precious redeemed ones!  Share it even if it carries with it the offense of the cross – the offense of seeing ourselves as sinful and lost – the offense of being in need of God’s forgiveness – and the offense of being available only through the death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.  Just DON’T do this one thing – share this wonderful message in an offensive way that adds to the offense of the cross – and does NOT reflect the love and patience of God or the fruit of His Spirit.  


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Digital or Biblical Identity?

5/20/2014

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     Greetings in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.  May the Lord grant that your  identity is firmly rooted in the fact that you are made in the image of God.  May that truth, along with the fact that Jesus Christ died for your sins be all you need to know that you are worth infinitely more than our culture could ever offer you in its petty ways of establishing identity and worth.

     Ours is a culture that is obsessed with the idea of self-image.  We labor constantly to make sure that our children – and indeed even adults – feel like they are worth something.  Rather than base our view of ourselves on sound biblical footing, we’ve decided instead to manufacture worth for human beings out of thin air.  The reason I say this is because the view of origins of those who seem to be consumed with giving people self-worth is more often evolutionary theory.  That very theory makes it clear that there is no inherent meaning or purpose for our lives.  We are just the latest in a series of very lucky accidents that have lead to our current state.   What I find somewhat funny is that those who hold to this view of our origin give themselves to a frantic effort to make people feel like their identity is something truly special.

     In keeping with this frenzied search for meaning I bring up a New York Times article entitled, “How Young is Too Young for a Digital Presence?”  by Molly Wood.  Much of the article is spent debating how young is too young to allow your child to participate in facebook, Twitter, Instagram and every other digital social network.  But what is fascinating to me is Ms. Wood’s final paragraph in which she comments on our children’s need for such a historical digital presence.  Her comments are not intended to encourage us to allow our children to participate in these social networks, but rather speaks of how we do need to make sure that they are represented on them by our own posting. 

Let me quote her last paragraph to help you see the ridiculousness of her statement. 

“if anything a child today who grows up and discovers that he has no photos on facebook or Instagram, might think of himself as an unloved anomaly.  In an age of obsessive digital detailing if a child grows up unrecorded what is his identity at all?”

     Evidently to be absent from social networking is to have no identity whatsoever - what a horror!  Please understand that I enjoy seeing pictures of my granddaughter Emily on facebook just like any other proud grandfather would.  But to think that her identity would be wrapped up in how many posts were made on her behalf is utter silliness.  What about the child who grows up in a poor home where these things could not be afforded?  Are they an unloved anomaly?  Are they identity-less phantoms who must spend the rest of their lives wondering if they have any meaningful existence? 

     This is nothing more than the continued efforts of a society that is slowly losing their ability to reason.  Having rejected God as creator, we desperately search for something . . . anything that can make us feel like we have value.  Yet, searching for this in an online presence is little more than a fool’s errand where our true worth is measured in little more than how many pictures – how many “likes” – and how many reposts we can garner for ourselves.  This kind of self-obsessed existence gives rise to a generation where we bury ourselves in our electronic devices – rarely looking up for any kind of real interaction with the person who is sitting across from us at a table.  And to actually look even further up – seeing the glory of God in creation and realizing that if God made us we have ultimate meaning and purpose – well, that is just crazy talk. 

     Let me encourage you to do something for your children.  Take time to talk to them – personally – not by text.  Take time to affirm them as something more than an electronic signature going out into the electronic ether desperately searching for one more “thumbs up” to make them feel loved.  Let them know that they are the special creation of God.  Tell them God knit them together in their mother’s womb – and knew all their days, even before one of them came to pass.  Let them know that God loves them with an everlasting love.  They are not made in the image of Mark Zuckerman (thank God!) or little more than a Twitter in the night.  Tell them they are made in the image of God Himself and were made to fellowship with Him and know Him.  Let them know that they are seen as more than a brief flicker of pixels on an instagram – that they were graven on the hands of God’s very Son as He gave His life for them.   Inform them that their lives are not measured by how often they are found on Vine, but rather that their live because by God’s glorious grace they have been grafted into THE VINE.  Reject this goofiness that glorifies one’s digital presence as the end-all be-all of their purpose and identity.  They are more than the sum total of their flashes of electronic 1’s and 0’s.  They are made in the image of God – redeemed by the blood of the Son – and given life by the very Spirit of God Himself.  That, dear saints, is how to help your child know that they have, not only an identity that will last until your hard drive dies, but one that goes on for all eternity.  


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