The onslaught from Charisma News marches on with two more article demanding your vote...

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Hear now my argument and listen to the pleadings of my lips. Will you speak falsely for God and speak deceitfully for him? Will you show partiality toward him? Will you plead the case for God? Will it be well with you when he searches you out? Or can you deceive him, as one deceives a man? He will surely rebuke you if in secret you show partiality. Will not his majesty terrify you, and the dread of him fall upon you? Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay. - Job 13:6-12 (ESV)

4 Keys that Put Trump in the White House - Charisma News

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Steven Strang remains one of the worst NAR dominionists today. His sole focus is to elect Republican candidates because all he worships is carnal politics. Sure, he wraps it up in Christianese and Charismaniacal buzzwords but at the end of the day he has been ordered to co-opt every Christian vote he can. That is why 80% of the articles run on Charisma today are all focused on getting churched people to turn out and vote for who he wants you to. Dissent is not allowed. Critical thinking is not allowed. All that is allowed is blind allegiance, regardless of how morally bankrupt his choices are. He sat down recently with Donald Trump for what sadly passes for an interview these days but was really just designed as a false advertisement. As we have said, vote or do not vote. It does not matter to God one whit. He will still be on the throne November 6^th, and does not need our help politically, to achieve His will. The interview summary is linked above and Charisma, which is Strang, outlines four areas he says reveals the core principles driving Trump. He cannot just say he thinks Trump is the better candidate. He cannot make intelligent or even vaguely Christian arguments. So, he resorts to the usual disinformation that Charisma is infamous for. Let us reason once more beloved.

"1. Religious Liberty and Evangelical Support - "Religious liberty is the foundation"without religious liberty, you don't have liberty," Trump tells Charisma's Strang, demonstrating his view that it is foundational to freedom. Trump reassures evangelicals and Catholics he will get the job done, after they felt they had been under attack by previous administrations, particularly regarding pro-life and marriage beliefs. Trump plans to repeal the Johnson Amendment, restricting churches and ministries from political engagement while maintaining tax-exempt status. He believes religious leaders should be free to express their views without fear of loss." - Charisma News

Churched folk are so na??ve. Strang counts on it. Trump counts on it. Perhaps no one remembers that Donald Trump ran on repealing the Johnson amendment back in 2016 and yet he never did it once elected. He lied and pretended that he had repealed it, but he never did. Why is that you might wonder? Because the president cannot repeal the Johnson Amendment. He does not have the authority. It can only be repealed by an act of Congress, or the Supreme Court. The larger point here however is the disturbing NAR waking dream that repealing the Johnson Amendment is somehow good for the cause of Christ. It is most decidedly not. Churches can express their view, but they cannot pick candidates and enjoy the tax benefit they have from getting in bed with the world. The pulpit is supposed to be a holy desk, reserved for the gospel of Jesus Christ. Not the gospel of any perceived political savior. It really does not matter as NAR churches across this land infer blatantly who they want you to vote for. NAR church leaders like Dr. Michael Brown and Mario Murillo have even said that you cannot vote for a Democrat and consider yourself a Christian. Murillo goes as far as saying you are going to hell if you are not voting for the three times married, three times unfaithful, the last time with a porn star, six times bankrupt, convicted rapist with 34 other felonies. Maybe the church should not be in bed with the politics of this world. Maybe those charged with pastoring, should I don't know, shepherd. It is because the NAR idolizes this world however, that they cannot focus on the gospel, and instead resort to lying for political expediency.

"2. Strong Family Values and Personal Guidance - Trump spoke about his strong bond with his adult children, attributing their success to his consistent guidance, especially in avoiding drugs and similar temptations. He also touched on the importance of loyalty, noting his close relationships with spiritual leaders, Graham and White among others, who supported him from the beginning of his political journey. He values loyalty and guidance from those who have been with him through thick and thin, particularly in matters of faith." - Charisma News

This is hysterical. Strong family values? From which ex-wife? Never mind that when Barron Trump was just born, Trump was having the affair with the aforementioned porn star. This is why the church has no credibility anymore with the lost. This is why 40 million people have left the church in the last 25 years. Because people like Steven Strang run a fake media outlet for the sole purpose of propping up failed politicians and platforming scriptural idiots who consign people to hell based upon their voting record. It is not enough to just say, I like this candidate better. Instead, they have to lie as the world lies. I am reminded always of the key verses from Job that ask three very pointed questions for us to consider today. Will you lie on behalf of God? Do you think you can deceive Him as you deceive man? Does not His majesty terrify you? Franklin Graham is not a "spiritual leader"; he is a political operative. Would it surprise you to know that Graham only endorsed Trump in 2015, and provided the initial bridge to the Evangelical community, after Trump had donated hundreds of thousands of dollars to his two "charities?" Or that Graham was pulling down a million dollars per year in salary from those two charities? That is before he changed their official status with the IRS to "a collective of churches" so he could avoid disclosing those salaries. It is no wonder Franklin worships this world. As bad as he is, Paula White? Seriously? The three times married huckster who has fleeced the church for over five million dollars in her fraudulent career? She once preached, and I kid you not, that God told her that 1Chronicles 22:9 meant that you should send her $229. Considering the blatant monetization his "spiritual advisors" engage in, it is little wonder they were selected. Yet Strang lifts them up as examples of some kind of inherent piety within Trump, when it reveals the exact opposite.

"3. Israel and Alliance with the U.S. and the West - Trump reaffirmed his strong support for Israel, noting his personal connection to Israel through his Jewish son-in-law. Setting his positions apart from the Obama administration, Trump believes in being a strong ally of Israel, which resonates with evangelical Christians who hold pro-Israel views." - Charisma News

Strang knows what button to push on the church, that has been bred and fed that supporting the politics of man, means supporting Israel. Never mind that Israel was out of God's will for the vast majority of the Old Testament, specifically because of corrupt leaders. As for his Jewish son in law, Kushner negotiated a two-state solution in 2020, but once Benjamin Netanyahu, who does not want to relinquish power for fear of prosecution, spoke about annexing Palestinian territories, Trump quickly changed his mind. The "I know someone who is Jewish" defense is like when racists say they are not because they have a black friend. What Christians have been sold about Israel is not biblical. We are to pray for the peace of Jerusalem, not the wars of man. The US under every president in my lifetime has been pro-Israel. Trump is no different.

4. Immigration Policies and National Security - For national policy on immigration, Trump affirms his view that immigration is a good thing for any country, when in an orderly, lawful manner, "I think that's good, but we have to be careful," pointing to conflict and turbulence affecting several European countries in recent years, singling out both Germany and France. Trump cites the lack of proper documentation and potential security threats posed by unvetted immigrants. - Charisma News

I know it is an inconvenient truth, but we had a border bill, drafted by conservative Republicans that was actually agreed to by the other side. Everyone said it would have been the most comprehensive attempt to fix the border, ever. Basically, the Democratic side conceded every point on the Republican wish list. Even the president said he would sign it. Do you know who killed it? Donald Trump. Because he wanted to leverage the issue in his campaign, he told his party to kill their own bill and of course they did. So, spare me the crocodile tears about how he is the guy that is for fixing immigration. There is no question that our immigration system is broken and has been for a long time at the fault of both parties. The policies that Trump is advocating for are based in xenophobia. Deporting 16 million people already here is not "Christian." These people work with us. They live in our neighborhoods and go to our churches. We are blessed to have hit the geographical lottery of being born in America. We did absolutely NOTHING to deserve it or earn it. If you think the Son of God is going to be thrilled at your defense of hating and demonizing people who were not as blessed to have been born here, good luck with that. Before people start confusing things. I do not play whataboutism games. My pointing out that something is un-Christlike, does not mean I am supporting something else. It does not mean that I support open borders. It means I support people, especially if they might not be as blessed as I am.

So, once again Steven Strang provide a free infomercial for his candidate. Listen, he has every right to say that he believes Trump is the better choice and he could make cogent arguments as such. He does not because he knows at the end of the day he is not right. The second link above is from one of Strang's minions. Dr. Michael Brown. In this article posted today, Brown spends the first half correctly pointing out that Trump "hardly" demonstrates honesty, moral purity and the highest character. To his credit, Brown cites the glaring hypocrisy of the church leadership position today for Trump compared to the "character counts" days of Bill Clinton. He actually asks if our consciences have been seared and asks what happened to our moral convictions! Then after this correct analysis, Brown spends the second half of the article arguing against himself and twisting himself into a theological pretzel to then say, yeah, you should still vote for him! He has to of course because he went on the record a month ago declaring that there is no way a Christian should vote otherwise! That pretzel unraveled when Brown concludes:

"In the end though, it all may come down to this: A vote for Trump is, more than anything, a vote against Harris." - Dr. Michael Brown

So, we finally come to it. This is the quintessential "lesser of two evils" argument and I commend Brown for at least being far more honest than his boss, Strang. The problem of course is not that you conclude which is the lesser evil but that you openly peddle that evil. You openly endorse that evil. You spend 80% of your efforts in making sure that evil is elected. You condemn to hell those that disagree with you, as Charisma has done multiple times already this election season. To make matters worse you demonize those that conclude that when presented with the choice of two things evil, we decide to not choose either evil. When you try to "Christianize" your secular vote, you bring disrepute to the name of Jesus. When you pull that curtain shut, you should vote as you feel led. It is not "Christian" however to openly lie and provide a patina of piety for as Brown points out, a highly immoral man. Strang has had Charisma declare Trump was the second coming of King Cyrus, with an Elijah mantle and a Deborah anointing. Just this year he was compared to King Jehu. That is far beyond concluding which is a lesser evil. It is embracing and selling that evil. Dr. Brown may disagree with all of those false equivalencies, but he still writes for Strang and by doing so, tacitly endorses such nonsense. Brown concludes:

"And if we do choose to vote for him, a choice that the vast majority of conservatives will make, we must remember to keep our focus on Jesus and the gospel and to be sure that, to the extent Trump's character deficiencies are a negative example, we distance ourselves from those deficiencies while setting the bar high in our lives and our conduct. We can vote for him without becoming like him." - Dr. Michael Brown

No Michael, we can't. We could if all we were doing was voting but your boss is running 80% of his media empire as an extension of Trump's campaign. Guys you openly defend and exalt have said that if you do not vote for their choice then you are not Christian and going to hell. You have not gone to that extreme, but you have danced around it by declaring there is no way a Christian should vote for any Democratic candidate. You have not only perceived the lesser evil choice, but your arrogance prevents you from even considering you may not be right. You cannot accept that other Christians can read the word of God and think that impoverishing people and not taking care of widows and orphans is still pretty important to God. This is what is so frustrating about Dr. Brown. He spends the first half of an article correctly telling the truth and then the second half utterly dismissing it. To change an analogy I used recently, if the devil was running as a Republican in 2028, I am pretty sure Brown would pen an article declaring how bad the devil is for about half the page and then proceed to tell us how as long as we somehow do not become the devil we are dancing with, that it is still ok to vote for him. Be not deceived beloved. Pray, vote, but stop defending evil. Any evil.

Reverend Anthony Wade - August 27, 2024

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Credentialed Minister of the Gospel for the Assemblies of God. Owner and founder of 828 ministries. Vice President for Goodwill Industries. Always remember that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose.