http://www.transformmn.org/2010/02/interreligious-prayer-focused-on-jesus-good-or-bad/ the evangelical network Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:52:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.transformmn.org/2010/02/interreligious-prayer-focused-on-jesus-good-or-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-10 David Fenrick Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:59:29 +0000 http://www.transformmn.org/?p=537#comment-10 A very thoughtful reflection.... But I would not be too "encouraged" that so many titans of industry, political leaders, etc. claim to be devout followers of Jesus. Either there is a lot of "talk without the walk" (the definition of hypocrisy) or a complete misunderstanding of what it means to be a devout follower of Jesus. People whose direct actions oppress the poor, destroy God's good creation, build their "empires" on foundations of greed, oppression, abuse and misuse of power, the weapons of war, injustice.... are far from devout followers of Jesus. The church needs to stop being fooled by the religious rhetoric of the powerful. As a friend would say, "You're gettin' played!" A very thoughtful reflection…. But I would not be too “encouraged” that so many titans of industry, political leaders, etc. claim to be devout followers of Jesus. Either there is a lot of “talk without the walk” (the definition of hypocrisy) or a complete misunderstanding of what it means to be a devout follower of Jesus. People whose direct actions oppress the poor, destroy God’s good creation, build their “empires” on foundations of greed, oppression, abuse and misuse of power, the weapons of war, injustice…. are far from devout followers of Jesus. The church needs to stop being fooled by the religious rhetoric of the powerful. As a friend would say, “You’re gettin’ played!”

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