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Phoenix Pastor Tells Church He Prays for Obama's Death

sermonindex Sep 1, 2009

This is just pathetic. This pastor ought to be kicked out of the pulpit. Where is this taught in the Bible?? Where do we read of Paul praying that those in government would die and go to hell? If anyone ever had a personal reason to pray that it would be Paul!

Why doesn't he instead pray that God would save Obama and cause him to repent? Instead he prays he will go to hell?

Sometimes I just shake my head and wonder....

Krispy

[b]Phoenix Pastor Draws Protests After Telling Church He Prays for Obama's Death[/b]

FoxNews
Monday August 31, 2009

[i]A Phoenix-area pastor has started to draw protesters to his congregation after he delivered a sermon titled, "Why I Hate Barack Obama," and told his parishioners that he prays for President Obama's death.

Pastor Steven Anderson stood by his sermon in an interview with MyFOXPhoenix, which reports that the pastor continues to encourage his parishioners to join him in praying for the president's death.

"I hope that God strikes Barack Obama with brain cancer so he can die like Ted Kennedy and I hope it happens today," he told MyFOXPhoenix on Sunday. He called his message "spiritual warfare" and said he does not condone killing.

But a small crowd of protesters gathered around his church Sunday, calling Anderson's words "incomprehensible." And MyFOXPhoenix reported that the sermon, which has drawn widespread attention, led to death threats against the pastor.

Anderson's inflammatory message stems in part from Obama's abortion-rights stance.

In Anderson's controversial sermon, delivered at his Faithful Word Baptist Church in Tempe before Obama arrived for a speech in Phoenix earlier in the month, the pastor said he wants the president to "melt like a snail" with salt on it.

[b]"I'm gonna pray that he dies and goes to hell when I go to bed tonight. That's what I'm gonna pray,"[/b] he told his congregation.

The last time fierce opposition to Obama's abortion position drew widespread attention was when Obama delivered the commencement address at the University of Notre Dame.

The Anderson sermon also drew concern after it was reported that one man carrying an assault rifle outside the Phoenix arena where Obama spoke was a member of Anderson's church.[/i]

sermonindex Sep 1, 2009

Sadly people look at this stuff and paint us all with that same brush. Lord have mercy. Keep praying remnant saints.

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MaryJane Sep 1, 2009

Greetings Krispy

I read this last night and was so sad and angry afterwards. Sad that this man could be so deceived that he could ever think God would condone this kind of hate. Sad for those who this man might lead away from God with his hatred, and angry that real Christians will be grouped together with him. Real christian know that the Bible clearly tells us to love and care for others not spew hate. This preacher is guilty of murder in the eyes of the Lord and if he has any real understanding of what following Jesus means he will get down on his knees and repent. I do not agree with the president but this no way justifies this kind of hate. Hate that comes straight from the enemy and hell. We need to pray for Mr. Obama that he would repent and see his great need for Jesus. Is this preacher any less guilty of the sin that nailed Jesus to the cross, are any of us?

Thank you Krispy for posting this so that true Christians can stand up firmly against this kind of preaching and denounce it for the sin that it is.

God Bless
maryjane

sermonindex Sep 1, 2009

I could be totally wrong about this but I think this could possibly be a masters of chaos technique. I watched a video of him at his church as well as his members. I also checked out his statemnet of faith. The whole thing seems very manufactured and fake. This could be an elaborate propaganda exploit to make christianity look more foolish. Now if it is real then pretty obvious he has transgressed the basic teachings of our Lord.

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theopenlife Sep 1, 2009

It's true, the world will use such events to paint us all in the same shade.

Take heart, we serve Christ our Sovereign Lord!

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Leo_Grace Sep 1, 2009

Clearly this guy is a hypocrite. I wouldn't even believe that his anti-abortion stance is sincere. More likely he is trying to gain fame or notoriety at the expense of the true church.

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ccchhhrrriiisss Sep 1, 2009

Hi thingsabove...


thingsabove wrote:
I could be totally wrong about this but I think this could possibly be a masters of chaos technique. I watched a video of him at his church as well as his members. I also checked out his statemnet of faith. The whole thing seems very manufactured and fake. This could be an elaborate propaganda exploit to make christianity look more foolish. Now if it is real then pretty obvious he has transgressed the basic teachings of our Lord.

That is interesting. When I was in grad school, our university hosted a symposium on immigration. People on both sides of the aisle were invited to share their views on immigration. This included members of the Minutemen Project, as well as people who were for "open borders" between the United States and Mexico.

During the meeting, some very wild people who claimed to be a part of the Minutemen group were shouting things that crossed the line on racial insensitivity. They were using racial epitaphs regarding illegal immigrants (calling them "wetbacks") and kept saying that "[i]Mexicans who are breaking and entering into this country deserve to be shot[/i]!" I worked at the University at the time, and I ended up calling the police to make sure that they didn't get too disruptive since the potential for violence seemed so high. Ironically, the Minutemen leaders on the panel were claiming that they didn't know who those people were...and were urging them to "shut up." The Minutemen leaders on the panel claimed that they did not support shooting anyone.

It turns out that those loud "protesters" were actually AGAINST the Minutemen...and using this sort of chaos technique to supposedly draw attention to what they felt was going on along the border. In other words, they were only [i]acting[/i] like they were Minutemen in order to bring ridicule to their cause.

I suppose that this could be the same sort of act. There are people who would stop at nothing to bring ridicule to those who disagree with them.

Regardless, this "preacher" really needs to meet the authentic Jesus Christ.

:-(

sermonindex Sep 1, 2009

ccchhhrrrriiisss, good post I like how you checked with the minute men and they bore witness that they didn't know them.
Good job!!

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nasekom Sep 1, 2009

Praying for that preacher's repentance.

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jlosinski Sep 2, 2009

I took a look at his website, it's the same dead *extreme* fundamentalist drivel that prides itself on an [i]un[/i]biblical doctrine of seperatism and straining at gnats. This mp3 sermon by Phil Johnson is an excellent critique of such ideology, it's the third sermon down on the list.
http://www.thegracelifepulpit.com/PJ-CDA01.htm

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jlosinski Sep 2, 2009

What's really sad is that he may very well claim persecution and hold even tighter to his abberant theology.

sermonindex Sep 2, 2009

I could be totally wrong about this but I think this could possibly be a masters of chaos technique. I watched a video of him at his church as well as his members. I also checked out his statemnet of faith. The whole thing seems very manufactured and fake. This could be an elaborate propaganda exploit to make christianity look more foolish. Now if it is real then pretty obvious he has transgressed the basic teachings of our Lord.

This is an interesting thought. Hadn't considered this before. I wouldn't put it past the world to do things like this.

My question is why hasn't the Secret Service paid this guy a visit? This could be construed as a threat, or inciting someone to carry out violence toward Obama. As far as I know they have done nothing. Which makes me wonder if this is simply a sham, as you suggest.

Could be.

Krispy

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White_Stone Sep 2, 2009

Krispy says: My question is why hasn't the Secret Service paid this guy a visit? This could be construed as a threat, or inciting someone to carry out violence toward Obama. As far as I know they have done nothing. Which makes me wonder if this is simply a sham, as you suggest.

Excellent point. Perhaps 'they' do not want him silenced to serve their purpose.

After typing this I realized it can be taken that the powers that be orchestrated the incident [b]or[/b] they support it!!!?!?!?!? Yikes, I'm staying out of this one.

white stone

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ginnyrose Sep 2, 2009

My question is why hasn't the Secret Service paid this guy a visit?

I would guess they know all about it. They are not that ignorant.

Mind if I share a story?

Several years ago at CPC I got a call from an adoption agency. They got a client in who was 8 1/2 months pregnant and she wanted to put her child up for adoption. She fled an abusive male in AL so all the clothes she had was what was on her back and they were meager. They were asking us for assistance. I said sure, come ahead..

They came in ten minutes. This lady was obviously very pregnant and her dress was a couple sizes too small - she definitely needed clothes. I brought her into the office and proceeded to interview her like we usual and I worked to make the client feel comfortable. I went through our clothes closet and found some nice clothes, gave them to her and she went to the rest room to put them on. She came back out, looking very nice. They left.

The next day 'they' took her to the welfare office to help her get set up for medical assistance and other benefits. While they were standing in line waiting until an official could help them the lady from the doption agency went around the corner to get some food from a venting machine. It was noontime and they were hungry. They did not want to leave the line because they would lose their place. When she came back, this woman had disappeared. She looked all over for her but could not find her. There were no places she could go to and not be found.

Later this adoption agency got word from other agencies of a similar incident. Who was she? We never did find out...obviously it was not an angel...

My perspective - I was the one who took care of her....I saw red flags in dealing with her. She did not act like a client in a crises. For one thing, she was very comfortable in our office. Unusual. But I treated her with cheerfulness and love and just like I did all the others...And no one ever saw her disrobe...some seem to think she was not even pregnant.

Now, who was she? To me she was a spy but for whom? Good question.

My point is the government knows, I am sure. We just do not know who their spies are. And I would guess they also spy out this website and who knows? there may be a poster here who posts a lot that works as a spy...but if we walk according to the WORD what do we have to fear? It is God who we should fear and not man.

Y'all have a blessed day!

ginnyrose

sermonindex Sep 2, 2009

On one of the early morning TV shows they said that the SS, oops, Secret Service had paid a visit and that the guy tread the thin line where he actualy hasn't "threatened" the Pres. life.

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jlosinski Sep 2, 2009

I checked around his site, as well as the links on his page and it doesn't seem to be fake, unless there was an informant in the independant, fundamental baptist church that talked to the feds...

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ChrisJD Sep 3, 2009

Hi everyone.


I wanted to share a couple of passages here.

I [b]do not[/b] mean for them to be taken as directed to Krispy or anyone else here. I understand the desire to talk about something like this. If it is true, this and other things like it are a terrible grief and blotch for us and I can understand wanting to talk about it.


The one passage that has come to mind often is the portion of the proverb that says [b]hatred stirs up strifes[/b].


The other, which I read today, says that an ungodly man digs up evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.


Wish you all well.

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MaryJane Sep 3, 2009

Greetings ChrisJD

I was wondering who or what the scripture you posted were in regard to? Hope you do not mind me asking, just trying to understand what you might be seeing and sharing.

God Bless
maryjane

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ChrisJD Sep 3, 2009

Hi Mary, I'm sorry about that and I don't mind you asking at all!

I thought the verses were appropriate to the comments that were made by the pastor, [b]if[/b] these things are true.

I think they also say something about the kind of people that might try to use things like this to start trouble for Christians.


The devices that are available to wicked people seem like they have no bounds and no end. And it may look like they are always wining. But they haven't considered the end.

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nizero Sep 14, 2009

Ive heard of this preacher many years ago when he did a very horrible video reply to a great message on youtube by paul washer.

What is interesting is that the preacher has the entire New Testament memorized and actually has some beneficial techniques in helping people memorize the word. Yet, this does no one any good if its applied and twisted in the wrong way :-o

He is very strict fundamentalist and reminds me of fred phelps and the westboro baptist racist , hatred centered fellowship. The twist of the true nature of Jesus and his gospel is so perverse it is baffling.

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