Rush Limbaugh-Thinking Pastors

Rush Limbaugh is a conservative political commentator and entertainer who makes no profession of being a born again Christian, to my knowledge, but many Baptist pastors don’t seem to be much wiser than he is on political and social issues. Limbaugh understands the problems and he understands politics, but he doesn’t understand the root issues and the fundamental elements of how to solve the problems, because these are spiritual rather than political and social. Problems such as the homosexual agenda, abortion rights, feminism, liberal economics, racial disharmony, Islamic terrorism, and the gross lack of wisdom in the political realm can be effectively addressed only if one understands the underlying causes and spiritual realities. One must understand such facts as God’s holiness and justice, His hidden activity in world events toward the fulfillment of His eternal program, man’s fallen nature, the reality of the devil and demonic powers, the Great Commission and the church as God’s program for this age, and the mystery of iniquity, the end times, and other elements of Bible prophecy. It is my understanding of such things that makes me dramatically different in my thinking than any unsaved conservative American pundit, from Rush Limbaugh to Shawn Hannity, from Breitbart to Fox News. I see the same problems that they see, but I know that the solution is beyond the reach of politics and social action. I don’t share their frustrations, because I know that God is ultimately in control and that His plans cannot be thwarted. I have His promises for today and His prophecies of the future. I am well informed about current events, but I know that I can do more to help America by keeping my focus on fulfilling the Lord’s Commission of world evangelism and building sound churches and being a prayer warrior than the efforts of all of the conservative political action committees and news agencies combined.

(Friday Church News Notes, November 20, 2015, www.wayoflife.org, fbns@wayoflife.org, 866-295-4143)

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