How about the "Pastoral Silent Majority" that kept out of politics to "just teach the Word and preach the Gospel"?

There are millions of American Christians that rejected the "Obamafication" of American Christianity LINK - and that is to be commended! You resisted lie after Marxist lie! 

You may have also resisted being duped into "NeverTrumper" Christianity LINK - and thankfully you had more discernment than the millions of Christians that either refused to vote (helping the godless Left) and/or voted against Trump (MORE than helping the godless Left). You were able to realize that God had a purpose in Trump's elections (which now stand at 3!)

But what about your church's pulpit? What was your pastor saying from 2016 onward?

During Hitler's rise to power - it has been estimated that 33% of Germany's pastors supported Adolph Hitler, and 33% opposed him. And in the middle, 33% of the pastors SAID NOTHING!

It is this 3rd group that this blog post is about. In hindsight, almost every Christian I know would decry the pastors that remained SILENT. And I am sure they reasoned exactly as many of your pastors did saying, "We can't be political from the pulpit!"

I was speaking with a pastor friend recently who is on staff and attends exactly the kind of church I am talking about.

For example, I asked him if he had read Megan Basham's bombshell expose book, Shepherds for Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Trade the Truth for a Leftist Agenda LINK - He had not. I was SURE it was in his large church's bookstore (a very conservative Evangelical Reformed Church). His response was that "if it was political" it would NOT be in their bookstore. 

I went online and checked their bookstore - and lo and behold, NOT THERE!!! What was there however, was a book by one of the compromised Evangelical leaders who is outed in Basham's book, Gavin Ortlund. I can guarantee that many other of the "Shepherds for Sale" that her book exposes have books in that bookstore.

And here lies the fundamental problem - a problem at best was/is a misunderstanding of the Johnson Amendment and what pastors can say or not say in church so as to not violate their non-profit status. At worst, it is simply COWARDICE.  I would wager for most who have stayed silent about political issues that it is a mixture of both misunderstanding AND their own cowardice and/or fear of man.

In hindsight, I am sure my pastor friend and their lead pastor would decry the silence of a 1/3rd of Germany's pastors during the rise and reign of Hitler's Third Reich. But why they were unable to see the evil that Obama's terms oversaw in America (including the Supreme Court's decision to legalize Gay Marriage in America), is inexcusable.

And now, there are NO LIMITATIONS on what pastors can say from the pulpit regarding politics - LINK (I've even posted a link for an article from the ultra liberal NPR!). 

What is my prediction? Will the 33% who have remained silent begin to speak??? NO WAY. And this will reveal their primary motive - FEAR OF MAN/COWARDICE.

They will pride themselves - "We are a church that avoids talking about divisive political issues". And of course, such churches will attract certain people. But like the woman who attended the late Tim Keller's church for nearly 10 years until she realized they were a "pro-Life" Church, she felt betrayed and left disillusioned. She was a pro-infanticide and was never discipled into the Christian position. Silence was/is deadly. And being silent is NOT Gospel faithfulness, it is a betrayal of the Apostolic Faith.

So, this blog post is for those who think silence is the way to go. Silence is the spirit of the age! Silence on the issues at hand is demonic. 

If you have been silent, it is time to repent. 

Unlike the Obamafied Christians and/or the NeverTrumper Christian, you resisted Babylon. Now you MUST speak out against its tenets! Its falsehood. Its deception. Call it out in BOTH parties. But fair warning, the list within the current Democratic Party Platform (and NOT the one of your parents/grandparents/great-grandparents) is much longer than the one in the current Republican Party Platform. So, be a faithful Sherpherd (meaning a NON-SILENT ONE) - and start calling "balls and strikes". 

Do you want to hear, "Well Done, My Good and Faithful Servant"? Of course, you do! You will NOT hear that if you remain silent in the face of the evil that have been facing!

For such a time as this...