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Has politics poisoned the church?

A new Atlantic article claims this is the case, but are they right or is something more going on?

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I see the polarization of America speeding up day by day.
People cannot talk anymore.
And this is creating two opposite camps.
One camp ignores all the issues. I have heard many people say something like this, "I don't want to know what is going on. It is just to frustrating or emotional, or scary, so I just ignore everything."

The other camp engages but is overly aggressive.
This person just wants to start an internet fight constantly.

Neither of these camps is good or healthy.
We need to know what is happening in the world AND we need to maintain composure as we fulfill our purpose. This is a difficult task in light of the recent polarization, but it can be done.

What is a Christian is supposed to do in light of this cultural meltdown that we are a part of in real time.

Whether you like it or not, you will be forced to take a position. 
The time for sitting on the sidelines is coming to an end.

Here are two ways to deal with polarization as a Christian.

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Biden said, ‘I believe the rights that I have, not because the government gave them to me, which you believe, but because I’m just a child of God, I exist.'

For once, I agree with Biden. 
You are a child of God and you exist. 
Therefore, based on the Bible, morality, and even biology, the conclusion should be, I don't have a right to arbitrarily kill you.

Instead, Biden and the leftist death cult concludes that, 
As a child of God, I deserve to murder you.
You are an alien in my body and baby, you are out of here.

If there was ever a more theocratic assertion, I've not heard it.

This is what Christians are constantly being accused of, but right here, Joe Biden is making this exact claim! Because they exist and because they are born, they can take the place of god and kill whomever they choose, including babies, whenever they want. 15 weeks, 24 weeks, 9 months, 7 days after birth in California. Killing the baby is the mother's right. Because the mother exists. Because the mother is a child of god, they get to be god.

Well, I can say one thing for sure:
There is a God and you are not him.

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This is My Body my choice.

This is the religious mantra of the leftist death cult.
You are currently hearing it all over America in protest of the possibility of losing access to killing a baby any time for any reason.
And this mantra is the exact opposite of Christianity.

Jesus says, this is my body given up for you.
The left says, this is your body given up for me.

"While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, “Take and eat; this is my body.” Jesus in Matthew 26:26

Jesus says, I will sacrifice my body for you to live.

The leftist death cult says, "This is my body" 
You [tiny baby] will sacrifice your life so I can live.

This culture has everything backwards and now that there is even a hint that they will not be able to practice their religion of sacrifice and death, they are absolutely losing their minds

I'm Matt Odegaard and This is ChurchPublic!

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Late Monday night a draft decision was leaked to the press and reported by Politico, a leftist media outlet.
This decision concerns the Supreme Court case Mississippi v Dobbs regarding 15 week abortion ban legislation passed in 2018.

The decision was written by Justice Samuel Alito with the effect of removing the precedent of Roe v Wade and the subsequent cases like Planned Parenthood v Casey.

Does this mean it is settled?
Hardly?
But is this decision real?
Probably?
Why did this come out now and not in an actual decision in several weeks?
One word - intimidation.

This leak, most certainly by a leftist law clerk, risking reputation and employment to let everyone know that this decision is forth coming and they need to intimidate the 5 justices that have signed on to it with every means necessary to avoid the ACTUAL decision that would be forthcoming.

Let's get to some details and pray for peace and protection for the justices and of course the innocent baby lives that could be saved by this legistlation.

I'm Matt Odegaard and this is Church Public

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Your Children are Belong to Me?

Biden says that your children belong to the teachers, not to the parents?

Is that really true?
Is that right?

We have given our children to Caesar and expected them to come back belonging to Christ.

Now is the time. Train your child in the way they should go. Prov 22:6


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The free speech battle

We have an interesting convergence of stories today.
On the one hand we have a tech billionaire who has driven the radical left crazy by forcing free speech on a social media site.
Well, really, he hasn't done anything, but by the crazy, unhinged reaction by the media, celebrities, and randos on twitter, you'd think he sat people in a chair and forced them to say that a man is a woman or something.

Anywho, Elon Musk has purchased twitter in an attempt to free the speech that so clearly has been censored on one side of the argument.

In another story of religious liberty in America, a football coach was fired for praying on the field several years ago and now, just now, the Supreme Court takes the case and it looks like, perhaps he will win.

Elections matter because policy matters because people matter and those that rule over the policy, namely the Judges and Justices of the court, make a HUGE difference whether you really have free speech and free religion, or not.

I'm Matt Odegaard, Welcome to Church Public.

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More and more I am coming across seriously weird stories of churches, pastors and now divinity schools claiming God is queer or non binary or gay or some such nonsense.

So, reluctantly I feel the need to wade into the heresy and try and figure out what in the kingdom of God is going on.

Why? I know you are asking why. Why does this matter?
I don't go to these churches. I don't serve under these pastors.
I don't send my children to a weird college.

First, I have found that the majority of parents and students have NO idea what goes on at schools. Most think it is just like the party days of yore with animal house like toga parties and an occasional beer fest.
I am really sad to say, that is NOT AT ALL what is happening on campuses across America and increasingly in "Christian" or once upon a time Christian institutions.

More and more I am seeing stories like the one we will look at today of a "Divinity School" actively promoting the idea that God is in fact Gay or Queer or something. And the bigger issue is that they are preaching that God not only loves you, which he does, but he APPROVES of your lifestyle, which he does not. And I am not singling anyone out here. 

All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. Romans 3:23
That is the glorious message of the gospel. You are NOT good enough but Jesus loves you and died for you and if you follow HIM, HE makes you holy.

These pastors and leaders are preaching the opposite message as you'll see.
They are preaching that you are who you are and that is how you should STAY. That is not the gospel of Jesus. That is another gospel, one with a far different ending.

And this is unfortunately not surprising.
The youngest generation has been counted with at least 1 in 5 identifying as LGBTQAAIP+ and the numbers in some surveys are way higher than that.

So it is not surprising at all that this generation, raised on CRT and LGBT ideology in the classroom for years really wants to further that identity into a spiritual realm and unfortunately the Gospel of Jesus Christ does not contain that ideology. So what is a lost person, with an LGBT+ identity to do?
Well, petition the school to start a Divinity Pride cult at a 150 year old Christian school, obviously.

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Somebody LAND this Plane!

Florida with the win AGAIN!
Florida judge ends federal mask mandate on airplanes!

And a democratic representative questions freedom of religion, also on airplanes

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