{"id":6497,"date":"2016-10-04T18:07:17","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T23:07:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.twocities.org\/?p=6497"},"modified":"2016-10-04T18:07:17","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T23:07:17","slug":"random-reflections-on-insanity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/?p=6497","title":{"rendered":"RANDOM REFLECTIONS ON INSANITY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This bizarre and disheartening election cycle makes me recall the title of a book by Kent Hughes: <em>Are Evangelicals Born Again? The Character Traits of True Faith<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>During one of the major talks at the Republican Convention there was much more cheering for upholding the Second Amendment than remaining strong on Pro-Life.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Are some \u201cChristian leaders\u201d like Grape Nuts cereal? No grapes and no nuts in that cereal.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>If you think the previous point is provocative, try this one on for size: The Bible makes it clear that you can cast out demons (Mt. 7: 21-23) or have your body burned (I Cor. 13:3), but not be a believer. If that\u2019s true, then you can certainly have a seminary degree from an evangelical school and not be saved.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you think every professor at Liberty University agrees with Jerry Falwell\u2019s gushing endorsement of Trump? I think it is safe to say, \u201cNo way.\u201d So why the utter silence? Ousted board member Mark DeMoss could probably shed some light.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What has happened to people like Mike Pence, Paul Ryan, and Ben Carson?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lot thought Sodom and Gomorrah looked good. What looks good may be horrendous. So did going into exile in Babylon. Jeremiah was one of few who knew differently. We need more Jeremiahs today!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Watching people place their loyalty and hopes in any political candidate is one of the most pathetic things imaginable for a Christian. It wouldn\u2019t matter if its George Washington or James Buchanan.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This bizarre and disheartening election cycle makes me recall the title of a book by Kent Hughes: Are Evangelicals Born Again? The Character Traits of True Faith. During one of the major talks at the Republican Convention there was much more cheering for upholding the Second Amendment than remaining strong on Pro-Life. Are some \u201cChristian [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[90,43,53],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-character","category-christianity","category-politics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6497"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6497\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6498,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6497\/revisions\/6498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.twocities.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}