Bearer of Silver Strands, Co-Founder of MVP Leader Group, Encourager, Bible Teacher, Speaker, Slayer of Brownies and soon to be author!
Nashville, TN
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Samalee “Sam” Allen retweeted
If someone wonders what I’m doing when I post about politics, it’s this. I’m speaking on the biblical issues that some political powers say I must be quiet on. Won’t stay silent, too much is at stake.
Some have also said, “How am I supposed to win my Democrat friend to Jesus if you keep pointing out their Party’s platform and calling it evil? It offends them and they won’t listen.”
Nothing can be more offensive than “All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. If you don’t repent of your sins, you will spend eternity separated from Christ in hell. The Good News is you can repent and be forgiven because of the redemptive, atoning work of Jesus Christ! He paid the price for your sins with His death on the cross and His resurrection, but you must turn from your sins and repent.”
Somehow saying that is ok (although I doubt these people feel comfortable saying that either.) but saying, “It’s wrong, evil and sinful to abort children, to promote euthanasia, to castrate young confused children, to say there are unlimited genders, to restrict freedom of religion, to call good evil and evil good.” That’s the line that’s too far once you connect it to the people that are actually doing those things and promoting the policies that allow and encourage it? I reject that.
Some will then say, “What about immigration? What about immoral politicians, what about, what about?!” To which I say, let’s stop the complete moral decay from the bleeding artery we have with these life and death and high level issues and then look at the next level of problems. We can fix all of them but not until we stop the artery from bleeding.
This is “Spiritual Triage” for our Nation, stop the bleeding. Save the patient. Fix the next thing that ails them or could lead to serious infection and maybe even death. Let’s truly debate the other things, let’s fix them expediently, but let’s not protect policies that are sinful, destructive and evil, simply because lesser things exist.
Religion hasn’t become Political, Politics have become Religious.
If politicians can silence a pastor merely by calling a biblical issue "political," they can silence him on anything.
The murder of infants becomes "political." Marriage becomes "political." Canada euthanizing more people than die in America from gunshot wounds becomes "political." Even castrating kids: "political".
If a pastor can't speak to that stuff, why bother to have one at all? Honestly. This is the very definition of fiddling while Rome burns. It is Hananiah in front of Zedekiah (and you pastors should know that story).
The pastor who promised to preach the full counsel of God needs the Democrat Party's permission to finish his sermon? No.
Pastors too often act as though the Christian life extends no further than your church services, your life group, and your quiet time. Bunk. Not one word of Scripture supports that nonsense.
Scripture has a LOT to say about our individual responsbility to push back against evil. But it has LOT more to say about the King's responsibility.
Guess what: in America, the people are the King. We are ALL responsible, and our pastors MUST equip us.
Pastors owe their congregations moral instruction that reaches beyond their "private" lives (and what is that anyway?). Your children attend schools. Your business operates under laws. Your neighbors suffer when government protects evil or punishes good.
Loving those neighbors includes caring about what government does to them. And too often, the key phrase is "to them".
A Christian doesn't stop belonging to Christ when he enters a voting booth. The Ten Commandments don't expire at the statehouse door. Murder doesn't become acceptable when a legislature authorizes it. Theft doesn't become righteous because an official benefits.
Public officials need to hear what God requires of them. But public officials who are advancing evil need to be replaced. If you saw a criminal about to murder a woman you would be required to act. How is a politician who wants to castrate kids and murder babies (or old people) any different?
Church members are also citizens. They live in the world even if they aren't of it. They need to understand what they are supporting and vote accordingly. If they don't, they just hand power to people who hate them and hate Christ.
We know what is required of faithful believers when it comes to the King. Nathan confronted David. John the Baptist rebuked Herod. In America, we are the King. We must confront and rebuke our neighbors who support sin, and we must confront and defeat our leaders who advance it.
Pastors must also preach repentance and forgiveness through Jesus Christ. Your preferred candidate can win every election for the rest of your life and still never save your soul.
When pastors tell the truth about these things, some people will call that divisive. Some will leave.
They left Jesus too. Didn't stop him from preaching against the evils of the authorities, or of individuals, or anybody.
A shepherd cannot let the most easily offended person decide which parts of Scripture everybody else gets to hear.
Pastors answer to Christ for what they teach, but also for what they leave unsaid. When their people face public demands to approve what God condemns, those people should already know why they must refuse.
And if you're hiding behind your "tax status", you're a coward. The apostles weren't tax-exempt, and I'm sorry, but they were all better preachers than you.
Preach the whole Word. Apply it to the lives your people actually live. Christ's authority reaches all of it.
Samalee “Sam” Allen retweeted
If politicians can silence a pastor merely by calling a biblical issue "political," they can silence him on anything.
The murder of infants becomes "political." Marriage becomes "political." Canada euthanizing more people than die in America from gunshot wounds becomes "political." Even castrating kids: "political".
If a pastor can't speak to that stuff, why bother to have one at all? Honestly. This is the very definition of fiddling while Rome burns. It is Hananiah in front of Zedekiah (and you pastors should know that story).
The pastor who promised to preach the full counsel of God needs the Democrat Party's permission to finish his sermon? No.
Pastors too often act as though the Christian life extends no further than your church services, your life group, and your quiet time. Bunk. Not one word of Scripture supports that nonsense.
Scripture has a LOT to say about our individual responsbility to push back against evil. But it has LOT more to say about the King's responsibility.
Guess what: in America, the people are the King. We are ALL responsible, and our pastors MUST equip us.
Pastors owe their congregations moral instruction that reaches beyond their "private" lives (and what is that anyway?). Your children attend schools. Your business operates under laws. Your neighbors suffer when government protects evil or punishes good.
Loving those neighbors includes caring about what government does to them. And too often, the key phrase is "to them".
A Christian doesn't stop belonging to Christ when he enters a voting booth. The Ten Commandments don't expire at the statehouse door. Murder doesn't become acceptable when a legislature authorizes it. Theft doesn't become righteous because an official benefits.
Public officials need to hear what God requires of them. But public officials who are advancing evil need to be replaced. If you saw a criminal about to murder a woman you would be required to act. How is a politician who wants to castrate kids and murder babies (or old people) any different?
Church members are also citizens. They live in the world even if they aren't of it. They need to understand what they are supporting and vote accordingly. If they don't, they just hand power to people who hate them and hate Christ.
We know what is required of faithful believers when it comes to the King. Nathan confronted David. John the Baptist rebuked Herod. In America, we are the King. We must confront and rebuke our neighbors who support sin, and we must confront and defeat our leaders who advance it.
Pastors must also preach repentance and forgiveness through Jesus Christ. Your preferred candidate can win every election for the rest of your life and still never save your soul.
When pastors tell the truth about these things, some people will call that divisive. Some will leave.
They left Jesus too. Didn't stop him from preaching against the evils of the authorities, or of individuals, or anybody.
A shepherd cannot let the most easily offended person decide which parts of Scripture everybody else gets to hear.
Pastors answer to Christ for what they teach, but also for what they leave unsaid. When their people face public demands to approve what God condemns, those people should already know why they must refuse.
And if you're hiding behind your "tax status", you're a coward. The apostles weren't tax-exempt, and I'm sorry, but they were all better preachers than you.
Preach the whole Word. Apply it to the lives your people actually live. Christ's authority reaches all of it.
Samalee “Sam” Allen retweeted
The last time I felt the urge to give a warning like this was in 2007, right before the 2008 crash.
Across Europe, governments are quietly issuing emergency "Be Ready" advisories, asking citizens to stockpile cash, water, and food. Add that to the Pentagon’s new FORTRESS initiative and it sure looks like... SOMETHING is coming.
They're preparing for impact. And you should too.
I hope and pray I'm wrong. But I think massive global conflict is coming... and here's why.
Samalee “Sam” Allen retweeted
Old Nissan is tiny compared to New Nissan.
A look at the Titans’ new home, opening in 2027 and set to host Super Bowl LXIV in 2030
(Via @NissanStadium)
Samalee “Sam” Allen retweeted
We live in a culture where a wife publicly trashing her husband is “relatable,” but Taylor Swift enthusiastically cheering for hers is somehow cringe.
That’s completely backwards.
The constant “my husband is an incompetent idiot” shtick isn’t funny, it’s corrosive.
Normalize actually liking your husband.
Cheer for him. Brag about him. Be embarrassingly proud of him.
Marriage could use a lot more of that.
Samalee “Sam” Allen retweeted
Again, this is what I was referencing in my sermon. The Left thinks they own your kids. Do not sit out this election, send a message that the Left has gone too far. Protect your family, your faith and your future.
Watch, homeschooling will be next. Sit out this election and we will all pay the consequences.
Samalee “Sam” Allen retweeted
Our Tennessee Home 🦋
#GBO 🍊
Samalee “Sam” Allen retweeted
Listen to this stirring rendition of God Bless America sung at Wrigley Field last night.
If this doesn’t give you goosebumps, there is something wrong with you.
Samalee “Sam” Allen retweeted
When you’ve already explained everything in the email and they reply, “Let’s get on a call and discuss this.”
Mondays can be a real bear. See below. Just remember to take breaks for snacks and naps, and try to avoid any “reply all” mishaps. Save that for Tuesday.
ALT Bear sitting in grass with “resting bear face” at Katmai National Park & Preserve.
