President Obama professes Jesus as Lord

At a fundraiser in Los Angeles yesterday President Obama encountered a heckler who plainly stated Truth.  "Jesus Christ is God! Jesus Christ is God! Jesus Christ is God! Jesus Christ is the son of God!" To which the crowd immediately began to boo.  Of course I hope that most were booing at the perceived inappropriateness of the venue for such a proclamation: interrupting a political event.  (In Truth, should such a proclamation ever be considered "inappropriate"?)  Better yet would it be they boo due to a correct premonition of what would come next.  After his utterance of Truth the young man uttered a strong opinion too.  You can  listen here.  I'd like to suggest that such an opinion spoken is inappropriate, while at the same time being quietly watchful to the possibility of his suggestion is not.

It's probably not a wise thing to utter such opinion next to Truth.  If you've listened through the link you'll know that the heckler christens Barack Obama the anti-christ.  Now scripture encourages us to be on the look out for the anti-christ - and for those that would come before the True Christ in messiah-like fashion.  It even suggests that there will be One who eventually claims to be God.  I have to admit that I have wondered about this President.   I've kept a quiet mouth on the idea - but an open eye and mind to the possibility.  Anyone remember the photo to the right?  Or these?  How about Oprah Winfrey's pronunciation of him as "The One".  Yikes.  I've watched him(seemingly) cater to Muslims here, here and arguably suggest that all religions are Truth.  And admittedly, the deep policy differences that I hold with the President - particularly as it relates to abortion rights and social engineering on behalf of the gay agenda - led me to a knee jerk first thought, "...even the demons believe in God..." (James 2:19)
At the same time I've seen him profess a stirring and profound Christian testimony about coming to Christ.    The contradictions are too numerous to number in this space.  So this reminds me that throughout history the Christian public, including me, have speculated - and the contradictions existed - in the same way about other leaders.  Some thought Stalin was the anti-christ.  Some thought Hitler the anti-christ.  In my lifetime I can remember wondering about Gorbachev. (remember that sinister mark?) How about Amadinajad.  I have to admit that I even wondered about possibility of Clinton or the Bush family dynasty springing forth the one who is anti-God.  (We still have Jeb - and ALL grandkids kids.)  So it should be no surprise - and I would argue is a biblical mandate - that I should view any world leader that comes to the world stage as a conquering hero - to be a candidate.  Of course, we think these things knowing that most scholars believe the anti-christ will rise from eastern europe or the middle east.  So perhaps the President's response shouldn't surprise us and even may give those of us watching and in political disagreement something he's always promised: Hope. (he's certainly given us plenty of change).

President Obama claims Christ

Here we are again with President Obama Claiming the person of Christ as his only hope for redemption.  We saw this earlier in his campaign for the presidency as well.  Words that make the Christian believers that support the President and everything he does so proud.  And cause those of us who are concerned about his intentions and his policies stare drop jawed at our computer monitor.



While he did not mention the resurrection, I think if one heard this as a testimony from a member of our church we would be hard pressed to be critical of such a testimony.  While some may bicker with his inclusion of American's who celebrate Ramadan and Passover.  And many will argue from an evangelical perspective about whether President Obama's "fruit" is consistent with that of a believer - his words are quite clear: he counts himself among "us".  May God use the Truth he knows to lead him to just counsel and godly policy.  Let us pray daily for evidence of this answer to prayer.   

Walking with Lincoln: Spiritual Strength from America's Favorite President

Our flawed Constitution

So what about our fundamentally flawed Constitution?




I agree with President Obama. Our constitution is fundamentally flawed. It was created by man and reflects the specific bias of the time and the overall bias of human history. Self Interest. But, to re-apply a Winston Churchill truism, The American constitution is the worst of it's kind - except for all the others. The beauty of our constitution is how it uses self-interest against itself in order to come to the closest approximation to social justice in the history of the world. And offers a mechinism to (so long as we don't truncate it) get increasingly closer and closer to complete social justice-as close as we'll get this side of heaven.

Hear the entire audio here.

Our christian President's Testimony

I've mentioned in the past our President and his verbal ascent to being christian and simultaneous questioning of the US Christian Heritage. While I would argue there is not fruit, there are many others (my OPT partners) that would beg to differ. Here is one place they would go to offer proof to this skeptic. Maybe you are interested:



I take the President at his word and call him a christian. Like many American's "christian" with a small "c". Not Christian enough to let it change our lives or impact our policy, but not pagan enough (yet) to abandon our heritage altogether. Whether this testimony is true or fabricated I don't know. He delivers it well. I find it interesting that this testimony took place in January 2008 right after Iowa (the big win) and right before New Hampshire (his loss). I wonder if that explains why the pitch went away. In any case he (at best) knows the seed of the gospel and (at worst) has the seed sitting dormant. May God cause the seed to grow. May God Bless the United States of America.