We used to sing that old gospel song, “I will cling to an old rugged cross, and exchange it some day for a crown.” The scandalous scene at the Lincoln Memorial indicates that many of us want to exchange it in too soon. To Jesus, Satan offered power and glory. To us, all he needs offer is celebrity and attention.
A Mormon television star stands in front of the Lincoln Memorial and calls American Christians to revival. He assembles some evangelical celebrities to give testimonies, and then preaches a God and country revivalism that leaves the evangelicals cheering that they’ve heard the gospel, right there in the nation’s capital.
The news media pronounces him the new leader of America’s Christian conservative movement, and a flock of America’s Christian conservatives have no problem with that.
If you’d told me that ten years ago, I would have assumed it was from the pages of an evangelical apocalyptic novel about the end-times. But it’s not. It’s from this week’s headlines. And it is a scandal.
To continue reading: God, the Gospel, and Glenn Beck by Russell Moore, Dean of the School of Theology and Senior Vice-President for Academic Administration at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
“I feel as though I was prompted to gather His people to give them a last call”
Moore’s commentary is the best I’ve read on this yet. Since Mohler’s SBTS has been seen as a bastion of Americanism, I am very, very greatly encouraged to read this!
Mohler’s SBTS is a bastion of CHRISTIAN Americanism. Were Beck a Methodist instead of a Mormon, Mohler would have been a keynote speaker. Sorry, but it is true regarding Mohler, the longtime board member of James Dobson’s Focus on the Family.
Great point, Job. Thank you!
By the way, excellent piece of writing, PJ!
Sadly, not only Mohler but every Christian leader who signed the Manhattan Declaration.
What we’re witnessing with Beck is a prototype satan has put forward to “test drive” on American Christians. I felt the same way concerning Todd Bentley during Lakeland.
The astounding number of Christians who have willingly embraced one or the other as prophets of God, shows me satan’s ‘final model’ will deceive all but a small remnant who claim to be Christians Job.
I will not be surprised in the future at who aligns themselves with the next ‘model.’
May God strengthen us all….amen.
I agree, PJ. This may well be a test run. Beck is amazing; 100 times more attractive than goofy Todd Bentley. How can the False Prophet be any better? I don’t know how.