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Monday, October 27, 2008
Harry R. Jackson, Jr. :: Townhall.com Columnist
An Open Letter to Evangelicals
by Harry R. Jackson, Jr.
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6. Satan is a real living entity.

7. Christians have an obligation to share the gospel with the unsaved.

8. The Bible is accurate in all of its teachings.

What did he find? Only 4% of the total population of American adults have a biblical worldview. The fact that only 9% of born-again Christians have a biblical worldview was almost beyond belief.

In light of these dispiriting statistics, Christians must return to emphasizing God’s truth and God’s love. America currently stands at a crossroad. Many of our national problems are a result of our churches abandoning truth. It is not the institution that needs to seek God – it is every individual in each one of the nation’s pews.

A truly repentant church will experience a spiritual renewal. A renewed church can once again be salt and light to the nation. A critical mass of godly Christians must be reached. If we use the imagery of today’s light bulbs we don’t yet have a high enough wattage light bulb to truly lighten our nation. Once we have reached critical mass, the Lord will pour out tangible blessings upon the entire nation in honor of a faithful church that lives and preaches biblical truth.

Although the media often calls the faithful “divisive,” we must defend truth without compromise. Schaeffer reminded his readers that absolute truth requires confrontation. One cannot simultaneously accommodate the culture and stand for truth. But he also challenged those who defend truth to simultaneously display God’s love.

Our penchant for truth must also be displayed with compassion. It’s America’s only hope. Join me this week in fasting and praying for God’s choice for the presidential, congressional, senatorial, and other elections. Pray that a third great awakening will arise out the ashes of our economic woes. Join me serving the lost, the least, and the last.

This article is an adaptation of an excerpt from Personal Faith, Public Policy, written by Harry R. Jackson, Jr. and Tony Perkins (FrontLine Publishing). Visit www.hilc.org or www.frc.org for more information.

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Bishop Harry Jackson is chairman of the High Impact Leadership Coalition and senior pastor of Hope Christian Church in Beltsville, MD, and co-authored, Personal Faith, Public Policy [FrontLine; March 2008] with Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council.

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Reply # 1
Date: Oct 30, 2008 - 8:32 PM EST
Obama Chaos
Edwin Vieira asks "Why doesn't Obama prove, with conclusive
documentary evidence, that he is 'a natural born Citizen' of the
United States who has not renounced his American citizenship?" Because
of his failure, America is potentially facing the gravest
constitutional crisis in her history. "The potential for chaos, both
domestically and internationally, arising out of this systemic
uncertainly is breathtaking." http://www.newswithviews.com/Vieira/edwin84.htm
It is crucial that people vote against Obama unless he produces proof
that he is eligible to be president. Dr. Vieira says "If Obama turns
out to be nothing more than an usurper who has fradulently seized
control of the Presidentcy, not only will the Constitution have been
egregiously flouted, but also this whole country could be, likely will
be, destroyed as a consequence."
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Date: Oct 30, 2008 - 2:52 AM EST
Sedona Man-re:saved by their own efforts
" If they receive the Gospel, then they are saved by their own efforts."

Extremely generally speaking, Calvinists would agree with your conclusion if I am assuming correctly what you mean by that. You are getting very Arminian (sp?) or free will responses.

Some basic info on the 5 main points of Calvinism sometimes referred to collectively as TULIP that deal with this can be found at:

http://www.calvinistcorner.com/tulip.htm

I am not assuming you will agree with what you read there, but it addresses your conclusion.

I will warn you now, this is an incredibly controversial subject and not at all worth discussing with anyone who does not genuinely want to listen to and understand both sides and have a serious and thoughtful Bible based discussion.
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