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Senator Barak Obama and His Pastor

Posted At : March 19, 2008 12:24 AM | Posted By : Dr. Chuck Betters
Related Categories: Politics,Black Liberation Theology

I was just interviewed by the Wilmington News Journal asking for my reaction to the speech on race relations delivered by presidential candidate Barak Obama in Philadelphia on the heels of his pastor's racially incendiary and divisive sermons. Here are the points I tried to make:

  1. From an oratorical perspective his speech was brilliant in that he was able to weave his theology with his brand of politics and his left wing world-view. He is undoubtedly the most gifted political orator since Ronald Reagan.
  2. The content of his speech was terribly flawed because he failed to truly distance himself from the inflammatory rhetoric of his pastor. He has been sitting under this preaching for 20 years. Thus, it is incredulous that he did not know of these Marxist positions until it was publicly exposed in this campaign. It would be akin to my people never hearing me say that I believe God is sovereign and you can trust Him.
  3. His pastor holds to an extreme form of Liberation Theology from the 60's known then and now as Black Liberation Theology, a religious form of social Marxism. I was raised in seminary under this theology. It was wrong and divisive then and it is wrong and divisive now. This is a theology that teaches the true Gospel is the removal of social injustice and oppression. That is not what the Gospel is. It must be the result of the Gospel but it is not the Gospel. The Gospel is the personal relationship with Christ a man or a woman has as the result of the life, atoning death, burial, and physical resurrection of Jesus Christ. This relationship is achieved only through personal repentance of sin and in faith embracing Jesus as one's Savior and Lord. Then and only then is one forgiven and granted the free gift of eternal life.
  4. Nobody should be held responsible for everything his or her pastor says or believes. But everyone who sits under such preaching without voicing their objections has personal culpability, especially when he or she is running for president.
  5. His comparison of his relationship to his pastor, Jeremiah Wright, to that of his white grandmother's personal prejudice is foolish at best. His grandmother did not call America El Qaida, the inventors of the AIDS virus to commit genocide against African Americans, nor did she damn America. His pastor did!
  6. Barak Obama stands for very little of what I, and many Bible teaching men, stand for in his politics. He is proudly a left-wing liberal who is also pro-abortion, pro-homosexual, and pro-big government.

Hopefully, this is what will be reported.

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Denis's Gravatar I noticed that when you wrote Mr. Wrights name that you left the title of Reverend out. Would this have anything to do with his calling or a fall from his calling?
# Posted By Denis | 3/22/08 2:04 PM
Denis's Gravatar To be more clear, When a pastor drifts from the teaching of the word to further their own social agenda, do they surrender the title or the respect of the title "Reverend"? There are those that believe that you shouldn't challenge or judge a pastor based on what happened in Numbers 12 with Miriam & Aaron. Then we have Matthew 7:20 Thus, by their fruit you will recognize them.
# Posted By Denis | 3/22/08 6:51 PM
Chuck's Gravatar Last night, Clinton and Obama spoke at Messiah College of all places. Who would have thought that we would see the day when an evangelical college applauds two people who stand against the basic moral law of God? Obama was asked if he believes in a literal six day Creation. He said that he believes in a Day-Age sort of Creation (or something like that). He went on to talk about how important Creation is, how strongly he believes in Creation, etc. He was applauded by the students. Then he said something crazy. He said, "I also believe in Evolution." How is it possible for one to believe in both Creation AND Evolution? It seems we are back to the time of the Judges when "every man did what was right in his own eyes." Obama and Clinton (probably McCain too) are revalists. "Everything" is true as long as it caters to MY goals. I was also very disappointed in the leaders of evangelical organizations who stood up and asked softball questions about global warming. I don't understand why these politicians are not pressed when they don't answer the questions or they contradict themselves. This country is in big trouble.
# Posted By Chuck | 4/21/08 1:51 PM
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