This past Sunday, October 29, Ted Haggard gave what only God knew would be his last sermon from the pulpit of New Life Church as head pastor. It is a remarkable message given the week that would follow. (I will figure out a way to get the audio here but in the meanwhile, click the link, go to Sunday mornings and then to the 10/29 sermon by Pastor Haggard)
He began the sermon with a prayer that included these words:
“Heavenly Father give us grace and mercy, help us this next week and a half as we go into national elections and Lord we pray for our country. Father we pray lies would be exposed and deception exposed. Father we pray that wisdom would come upon our electorate…”
I wonder sometimes how many prayers we pray without ever thinking that God may answer them. Perhaps Pastor Haggard didn't realize what he was praying. Perhaps, however, the deepest part of his soul knew exactly what it was praying
I was tempted to try and pull out pieces of the message here but the more I listened the more I was struck by how much God was in his message that centered around the story of King Saul and themes of obedience.
Throughout the message you will hear pride and pleas and a political seduction that is breathtaking. Listen.
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Just another example of not practicing what you preach. Christianity makes people not humble but feel superior to others. People commit crimes, become born-again in prison, and Christians say, "isn't that special!" How many times have you heard people say "good Christian woman" or "good Christian man" as if every non-Christian is bad. Haggard will be back preaching again just like Swagert and Bakker.
IT IS AN HYPROCRESY OF CONSERVATIVE AND SO RELIGIOUS PEOPLE - LOT OS THEM- ARE HIDDING DEEP IN SECREET. JUST BE REAL AND BE WHAT YOU ARE. THE GUY IS HANDSOME THOUG
Good thread...I abhor his hypocrisy but I pity the fool. What a tangled web we weave..... BTW I tried to listen to the sermon, but its Saying "access forbidden." Did newlifechurch somehow block it?
Too bad the sermon has been blocked by New Life. Damage control, spin doctoring: instead of being honest with the public, they whiten their sepulchre more, but within there are still dead men's bones and the reek of corpses.
As a former charismatic and fundamentalist, I am not at all surprised. There are many heavily closeted gay men and women within the fundamentalist churches.
I can't believe that some respondents here still stick to the old "gay agenda" angle and claim that Haggard was persecuted in some way by the mysterious "liberal media." He got caught, that's all. He was no more persecuted than Nixon was.
YOu anti-religious people may me sick. You omit the crimes of Atheism for killing millions in the 20th century. You falsely label one man's mistakes as representative for all religious people. No wonder there can be no real dialogue between us. For decades, Christians compromise and compromise. Yet, you don't compromise a thing of your precepts. Mixing religion and politics? Get me a break. People mix religion and politics constantly. Presidents for centuries invoked God in their speeches. Using your logic, all religious references should be banned in all public speeches. Liberal Christians have free reign to make political speeches about the environment and health care. That's no differenct any conservative Christians talking about abortion. There is nothing unConstitutional about religious speech. You hypocrites claim that we're intolerant, yet you're intolerant of firm dissent of your views in public.
By TruthSeeker24
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