Perry Stone
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I hadn't been listening to Perry Stone very long and so hadn't heard anything contrary to what the bible says. Since I like the historical information he gives to make the Word make more sense at times, I purchased a couple of tapes. Well, one set was on dealing with skeptics. He described atheists and agnostics and I was okay with that. THEN, he started describing liberals! Excuse me??? I am a democrat, have been saved for 50+ years, am spirit filled, and seem to experience more answered prayer than anyone I know, yet he puts me in the same category as atheists and agnostics! THAT made me mad! Preachers are not supposed to be politicizing - they are supposed to be preaching and teaching the Word of God. There are too many preachers nowadays who subscribe to the "religious right" and it is hurting the body of Christ. I know of people who are basically studying and praying alone or with a couple of friends because they feel ostracized by the church because they won't go along with the "religious right." Some people have told me their congregation was told that if a person is a democrat, then they are not saved. Oh, c'mon! Jesus was a liberal. I also know people who have switched to catholicism because the catholics don't politicize. I like the interesting historical information that Perry Stone gives in his messages, but I think he and others like him are doing a lot of damage to the body of Christ by putting their political views in the pulpit. As far as the "religious right" is concerned, a lot of people have been brainwashed by those people over the years, and frankly, many of us consider them to be the modern-day pharisees. I don't care what a minister's political affiliation is as long as he keeps it to himself. Yes, he should encourage people to pray about how to vote and to go to the polls because we have to live here, but a preacher should not be pushing one political affiliation over another. His job is NOT to convert his congregation in their political views - he's supposed to be preaching the bible.
