Monday, March 04, 2019

Trouble in Paradise

 The information I have is just second hand information so please don't quote me as a factual source but scuttlebutt has it that preacher /preaching is no longer allowed at the Senior Center at the Randleman Community Center.  To tell the truth I was surprised to learn several months back that is was allowed but that another story all together.  The Randleman Community Center and the Senior Center are operated by the City of Randleman and is therefore government property.  It seems that the other night one of the preachers that holds services there mentioned something about a former Democratic President of the United States of America  and one of his listeners was a member of that particular Presidents party was upset by the preacher's remarks and complained to the proper authorities about the remark.  As per the Constitution of the United States of America which guarantees us freedom from religion (wait that is freedom of religion)  all preaching is now forbidden at the Senior Center.
   I had thought about starting a prayer group at the Randleman square but I suppose that is know forbidden too.  Fortunately this incident does not affect my bible study group that meets at 5 pm every Tuesday because we meet at the Randleman Commons which is a privately owned facility.
I understand the man objecting to a discussion on politics, especially since the preacher was of the opposite party but I would have thought that he might have been a Christian also.  If he was his actions were not Christian at all because the scriptures teach us how to deal with people that we are offended by and that we are to keep ourselves out of judgement by the secular world.
  If the man was not a Christian, and judging by his actions it is hard to believe he was a knowledgeable one, if one at all, then he should be ashamed of his actions and seek God's forgiveness.  As for the preacher, he should learn to limit his speech to that which God called him to and that is preaching the Word of God as contained in the bible.  The only two things the bible has to say about government and politics is that Christians are to support government regardless of which party is in power or even in spite of the system  in place and the second is that we render unto Caesar what is Caesar and to God that which is His.  

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