Once again, the NAR struggles to misunderstand history as much as they do not understand the bible. The American Revolution was not driven by Presbyterians fighting some kind of holy war. It was economic, pure and simple. It was actually rebellion according to Romans 13. Slavery was indeed abolished and we were one of the last countries to do so, and only then after a bloody Civil War over the matter. I would remind Mr. Howerton that for every abolitionist I can point to five southern men who used the bible to justify slavery, so spare me the revisionist history. Perversion, indoctrination, godlessness, and lawlessness? That describes the NAR apostate church to a tee, that Howerton is gleefully a part of.
"Both candidates are ungodly. Of the lesser of two evils, choose neither." Because there has never been a sinless candidate or perfect party, every election is a choice between two 'evils.' A vote for someone is not condoning everything they've done. A vote is your power to pick the best available path forward. Christians are called to be the "salt of the earth" (Matt 5:13). The purpose of salt is to SLOW DECAY. When voting, a Christian shouldn't ask, "Is there a candidate that perfectly embodies my values?" A Christian should ask, "Which candidate's policies are most likely to slow societal decay?" - Josh Howerton
This is a clever sleight of hand. The bottom line is it is a choice between two evils, so why are you advocating so passionately for evil, no matter how "lesser" you have determined it to be? Voting for one carnal candidate over another is NOT what God meant by being "salt." Even if it was, how in the world is the guy with 34 felony convictions and an adjudicated rapist the one to slow moral decay? The bottom line here is these are typical NAR arguments but what they really amount to is spiritual bullying to serve their political masters. We can spend a temporal eternity discussing the political whoredom of Josh Howerton and the NAR but I found one more interesting thing when researching him. He was accused of plagiarism, which in and of itself is not unique for false teachers. What is unique is Howerton's full throated defense. Here is the link we will be reviewing, which is from Howerton's own words:
On "Sermon Plagiarism" Accusations - Josh Howerton
'Ok, let me start with a funny story that illustrates a point: Last week someone online accused me of "plagiarism" in a sermon, and their example was 4 separated sentences out of a 40 minute, 7,000-word sermon. Their first two examples were the sentences"
"Become the type of person the person you're looking for is looking for." They said I got this sentence from Andy Stanley.
Then later in the sermon I said, "Whoever you idolize, you'll eventually demonize." They said I got this sentence from Mark Driscoll.
FUNNY PART: I didn't hear either of those sentences from either of those people, but I did hear similar ones from two totally different nationally-broadcasted Bible teachers! There are phrases that are similar to phrases other preachers have said in basically every sermon you'll ever hear, because as one pastor of ~40 years recently told me, "Every sermon I preach is a collaboration of 40 years of listening and learning."' - Josh Howerton
