President Barack Obama has gotten a lot of mileage out of his appeals to people of faith. He portrays himself as one of them, a convert who found Jesus and a new purpose for living through community organizing in Chicago.
His attempts to portray the audacity of hope, however, have been stymied by the manner in which he has responded to the nation’s economic crisis.
He may call it “investment,” but his stimulus package represents old-fashioned government spending. Our children will be left with the legacy of his spendthrift ways.
However, to hear Obama tell it, you would think that he was saving our nation’s poor by running up deficits. Don’t worry about the final bill, he’s telling us—let’s live for today.
He may even try to wrap his spending package in the guise of Christian charity.
I would suggest that the President would benefit by reading the writings of a true Christian leader, Dr. Adrian Rogers. Rogers, who died in 2005, has been called one of the greatest preachers of the 20th century. A pastor for 32 years at Bellevue Baptist Church in Memphis, Tennessee, Rogers saw his congregation grow to more than 29,000 members.
Interestingly enough, Rogers personally prayed with five Presidents. Before his death, he spent time with President George W. Bush at the White House on the day known as National Day of Prayer. He was also known for his leadership of the Southern Baptist Convention, the world’s largest Protestant denomination.
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