it's not up to a pastor to fill the church; if people walk, they walk. It's the job of the church to speak against ANYTHING that furthers Satan's work. The day is here when we have to choose....life and the world, or God and His world. I choose God and that may mean losing something, or a LOT. The age of deception is with us NOW.
Our country needs a lot more theological sound, Bible believing pastor's like Eric Metaxes & Gary Hamrick to stand up & speak out against all of the evil taking over our country. ❤️❤️🙏
Brett Meador of Athey Creek is a through the Bible Pastor, Jack Hibbs of Real Lifehouse, Amir Tsarfati Behold Israel. They are WORKING FOR THE LORD! Oh also Gary Laurie!! Thank you Cornerstone, you are AWESOME, TY SO much for helping us understand the Bible wayyyy easier!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Amen two people who are filled with God's Spirit and boldly speaking truth to the evil forces.. God continue to bless guide and protect them and raise up many more willing to do what they are doing... Calling out the evil and preaching to those willing to listen and ultimately choose God... don't use the copout "I'm not here to judge" No you are not to judge but you are commanded by God to choose...
@@AfricanSheepM 15:22 etaxus may not be a "trained pastor" but he has heard God's call and like the apostles of Jesus he is preaching the gospel and trying to open the eyes of many 😢 he is definitely anointed and doing what Jesus commanded of his followers...
What about speaking in a quiet way? God's voice is often in a whisper. Teaching church classes, VBS, Christian camps, volunteering at crisis pregnancy centers, helping people 1on 1, volunteering at food bank, volunteer medical projects for the poor, what's wrong with doing those types of things instead of debating, protesting, rioting,or causing problems?
Just a lay/novice take on this - nothing is wrong with the things you suggest, especially instead of protests/riots, etc. The key for all of us - put God first and foremost, accept His Grace and Love through the Son and the continuing strength, wisdom, and guidance from the Spirit. Do not in any way put the ‘object’, event, issue, or objective in front of the Creator. But provide grace and especially personal forgiveness when any of us doesn’t get it quite right.
I bought 3 copies of this book. 1 is for me and the other 2 for the pastors of our local church. Finally wrote the inscription today and will deliver them tomorrow. And in case you missed it ~ "If pastors are silent in the pulpit, the people will be ignorant in the pews." Great quote. I added it to my inscription, with credit to Pastor Gary.
Just because John MacArthur, John Piper and Alistair Begg didn't sign the Manhattan Doctrine doesn't mean that they won't speak out against evil because they do! Look what John MacArthur did when COVID hit. Thank you for standing with Christ. I truly appreciate this interview.
@@Justaguywithtruth I have listened to some of Pipers sermons and seen him in Q & A with MacArthur. I find him to be sincere, but he gets over dramtic while trying to be truthful. That can get to be annoying.
@@eileenkhan2688 it is true we cannot expect perfection from other men, yet we must remember, study and talk with The Living God about various subjects.. As these last days approach Billions will lose their physical lives ( see Bill Gates, Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum) but we must protect our Spirit from Globalists and their Deception.. Anything men do or say which is not Biblical is against A Holy God,. Which means it supports the god of this world, Hasatan,,Satan.. This is why The Christ speaks of the days being shortened.. If not the very elect can be fooled. John Ramerize gets it correct, so does Charles Lawson, Voddie Baucham, Isaiah Saldivar, Gino Jennings and Russ Dizdar.. they to are human but by clinging to the Truth of God Alone the narrow road is possible for some🙏💪☝👍
I have listened to Eric's message about this book over and over when he speaks to different churches and it NEVER gets old. I want to memorize it. I totally agree and I just want to scream when pastors tell me "Christians shouldn't be involved in politics". .
I believe there has to be root to this Pastoral opinion. I wonder what is being taught in seminaries. Opinions of those who want to play it safe among their pastoral peers who because of cowardice, speak loudly and opiniated in order to convince others to take on the same stance.
Angie Wheeler ~ I feel the exact same way! It’s way past time. Bible believing, God fearing, Jesus following Christians… GET OFF THE FENCE AND TAKE UP THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD AND SPEAK TRUTH!! ❤️ I just love Eric Metaxas! This is the first time I’ve heard Pastor Gary but I like what he had to say as well!
Me too, there is a church in the Mpls area who have been anti politics for years! I talked to a leader in my denomination today, we don’t have anyone giving committee mtg testimony at our state capitol here in MN and we are passing liberal legislation like that of California! Nothing is being said from the pulpit. Our congregations haven’t a clue about the bills being passed by the Democratic trifecta.
Just wanted to point out - the reason why MacArthur, Piper and Begg didn't sign the Manhattan Declaration would have been that it was an ecumenical (multi-faith) document and would have seen it as a coupling with the Roman Catholic church, making the Gospel a secondary issue instead of a primary one. Just stating that they didn't sign it without giving context as to why, is an unfair mischaracterisation of these men. MacArthur is undeniably one of the most outspoken pastors on issues facing the world today, to his credit I've never seen him back down on anything.
The reason they “likely” didn’t sign-so you don’t really know why… it seems the most probable…did Catholics sign this?? What denominations did?? Need more information not just guessing
Thank you for this explanation. I figured if MacArthur didn’t sign that document, he had a darn good reason. Because John MacArthur fought the California Gov during lock downs & kept his church open! He stood his ground when the city fined him. He refused to pay it. He stood his ground when they removed access to a parking lot. He simply made different arrangements for the congregation! His church went to court & ultimately won. So I think MacArthur made it crystal clear, he’s not woke.
@@lindaphillips4246 under no circumstances could men like MacArthur be failing the church today - he's been one of the most vocal against abortion (did you see his open letter to Gavin Newsome?) and church closures during C-19, also maintaining the sanctity of marriage etc. You are in error if you believe otherwise, simply listening to a couple of sermons (which I highly suggest as he is excellent) or if you haven't got the time Googling him will reveal the truth. He simply doesn't join hands with non-Christians in causes if it compromises the Word of God in any way.
Two wonderful God fearing men who are not afraid to embrace the full counsel of God. Thank you Eric for your writings & words shared to a world & church that needs to hear this, and thank you to Pastor Gary for His faithfulness in preaching the word & God news of Jesus & how we as Christians can be bold & used by Him. God bless you both! 🙏
Amen from Adelaide South Australia!! So grateful to Eric!! He opened my eyes to American politics back in late 2019!! I was ignorant and apolitical before that. The Lord spoke to me in Oct 19 and said "This will be a time of separation and goodbyes." I went on YT at the time to see if anyone else was getting the word SEPARATION but there was nothing. Then covid!!! So when the plandemic happened I was prepared and could join the dots. I was led to study the rapture and learned sound dispensational theology and everything became clear. So few churches are politically engaged and prophetically aware. I have challenged several pastors but they are too busy to do research , ignorant on prophecy and scared to be "divisive". As if Christianity is not divisive on so many levels. For good reasons!! Truth is more important than being divisive. Unity cannot work when based on a lie!! Blessings and Maranatha from Australia!! Keep on truckin till we fly!!!
Pastor Gary you are America’s Pastor just like Billy Graham. Can you do an impersonation of him? I have been in the hospital for a very long time and the prognosis is not good. Your preaching has literally given me the will to go on! I hope the Lord will let me be in charge of washing your feet in Heaven!!!!! God bless you Sir John Gentry
The Left, radical Marxists have NO PROBLEM BEING BOLD & IN YOUR FACE WRONG! BUT WE ARE RIGHT & ARE THE TRUTH. WE HAVE TO BE ACTIVISTS ALSO. But it's SCARY! It's easier to just PRAY & DO NOTHING!
I listen to Eric's daily radio interview program at least once a week. He was on fire this evening! He was being interviewed, maybe that's the difference. I tuned in to hear Pastor Hamrick and got double blessed!
I readDietrich Bonnhoffer book. "Cost of discipleship" in the early 1990 when the Lord just saved me. I couldn't stop reading. I was baby Christian , but it was with the Bible a wonderful book written for followers of Christ. Amen
There are many in jails in China and Iran and other countries. They have stood strong to live for Jesus. It is now our turn, in their honour, to also speak up for Jesus. It is urgent, we must let people know who Jesus is and that he loves them. Jesus is coming soon, may he be proud of us went he snatches us up.
Terrific! Thank you both! ❤ We are British, pastors of a Christian gathering and have been actively speaking out for the last three years or more. This talk/ book is like nectar to our souls.
VERY WELL SAID!!! We have confused the meaning of 'political' and 'righteousness'. We've confused 'corruption' and 'evil' with truth and righteousness.
MY DEARLY, BELOVED BROTHERS AND SISTERS PRAY UNCEASINGLY. ACTIVATE YOUR FAITH, ACTIVATE FAMILY 👪 AND ACTIVATE FREEDOM, IN YESHUA HAMASHIACH'S NAME! HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH!
So right!!! actually, His true name Yeshua" that's the name with POWER...Bravery is what our Heavenly Father is looking for...we will experience persecution if we're doing it right...make every day count...we WILL be held accountable on judgement day...fear God not man...
Our passivity as Christians and citizens is why we are in this mess. We are being called to be bold and courageous to share our Lord’s love and promises.
AMEN AND AMEN. We were CALLEd to be SALT AND LIGHT. 11:34 YOU ASK, HOW DID THIS HAPPEN TO OUR Beloved country, planted by our GOD, LOOK AT MILKTOAST Shepherds and lifeless pew warmers.
Amen too many Christians want to pray and leave all the heavy lifting to God 😢 but as you said we in a battle and if you aren't willing to engage then you are surrendering to the evil one A battle requires volunteers to serve in Gods army...
Great discussion. Thank y'all for wisdom and speaking biblical TRUTH. What a great example of making sense in this wicked and perverse generation. Eric is SO right. In God's Word, the Lord & prophets over and over gave warnings to be obedient, and do what's was (is) right in the eyes of God.
Powerful! Christian pastors worldwide need to hear this and take action against deceit, tolerance of evil and apathy in the Name of Jesus. God, bring upon us all a move of the Holy Spirit that brings about a holy militancy to fight the good fight and to finish the race to Your glory for the sake of the truth.
Our faith is our shield. The Bible is our sword. Christian life is a daily discipline. We can't hide behind vain religion. God does not reward cowardice. He gives courage when we need it. We must stand up to these wicked lies.
Thank you, Eric! And your Bonhoeffer book to me was a page turner. God bless you, and let’s keep praying for the Church to stand courageous in this moment!
I sometimes feel we tend to forget the last part of Rev 12:11 They triumphed over him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony; they did not love their lives so much as to shrink from death. We forget that sometimes our fight requires to not fear death as long as we testify
Ordered my copy. He is right, we are called to action. Jesus sent the apostles out into the world to speak the gospel, to live in truth, to show the world, to prove to the world, to live in faith, to live in such a way. Paul's letters speak a lot about this.
100% agree the church needs to take a stand . I am thankful I am in a church that believes the Word of God is Truth , it has not changed . So thankful for these two men willing to stand against all the sin and evil in America. Prayers for courage and protection for the remnant church.
Thank you for putting up this interview. We have a geat Christians in politics , ACL in Australia. Doing a fantastic job. Saying the same things that was on the interview but relating to issues in Australia. God bless.
I read this book and thought it was excellent and totally scary. Absolutely sobering. He’s an excellent writer and guest. I saw him on the Kurt Cameron show and he was being interviewed about his books and I immediately ordered his books.
Here's a simple "bottom line..." As I worked managing church outreach and grassroots training in California years ago for an affiliate of Focus on the Family, encouraging pastors to urge their congregants to PRAY for our leaders and ELECT God-fearing leaders, I sat across the desk from MANY pastors, some of whom would say to me, "Mark, we don't want to divide the church along partisan lines..." to which I would reply, "I AGREE with you, Pastor, BUT that I'm not talking about 'partisanship' OR 'politics' -- rather, we MUST URGE the church to FULFILL her BIBLICAL DUTY to PRAY for our leaders (I Tim. 2: 1-4), and ELECT God-fearing leaders (Exod. 18:21) who will STAND for Biblical ideas including LIFE, MARRIAGE, and RELIGIOUS LIBERTY for freely share Christ." It's BIBLICAL DUTY, not political pursuit!
Excellent disucssion. I've also heard arguments by pastors against speaking out about political issues. I kind of went back and forth on this myself until politics invaded the church by forcing them to close in 2020 and now with "Pride" propaganda, CRT, etc. But pastors can take a stand without signing a joint declaration that includes people who differ radically on the foundations of their faith; it can give the appearance that they're in agreement theologically. Recently, I read where a group of Muslim parents protested "woke" policies by their local school board. Many Christians applauded them, even though they differed in belief. Otherwise, it was a very thought-provoking and timely subject.
This is an excellent message/interview! Yes….. the culture in America has gone insane! What’s good is deemed evil and what is evil is deemed as good…… Jesus told us this would happened in the last days! God bless you both for standing for the TRUTH!! I agree 💯% that we need to call out TRUTH versus lies from the pit of hell… as Christians, we’re called to do so!
Thank you. Pastor Gary for doing this for your church and maybe even more importantly for the church at large. My Bible study group is using your teaching of the book of John and we so appreciate your down to earth presentations and your sense of humor. May God continue to bless you, your family, and your congregation as you seek to do His will.
Merry Christmas from Orlando. May the grace, mercy and love of our most beautiful Lord Jesus Christ richly bless all who believe with peace, understanding, satisfaction, courage, a desire to engage and joy now and forevermore.
In this push for unity within the church, we are mistaking unity with accepting all doctrine. Some doctrine doesn't matter so much (i.e. the gift of tongues) if we agree but some certainly does and we should absolutely speak up. We don't want to be unified with darkness and we don't want to be unified with false teaching and false teachers. We simply HAVE to pray for discernment so we can know what is God's truth and we MUST read our Bibles so we know. Excellent discussion. I have listened to both of these gentleman alot and as much as I love Eric Metaxas, he does have a habit of interrupting.
Satan never changes his tactics. I sent out a message to our church regarding the demon goats head on the Christmas wreath at the white house. I received one reply!
He should get a pen and paper and make a quick note. I reckon they interrupt to make a point immediately, because they fear they will forget to make the point later.
Praise God for Eric Metaxas' HEART for Truth and Righteousness! For Jesus Christ and His church! I pray for this man and his family a lot. May God protect him as he travels all over the nation and boldly makes a stand for the Truth. Yes, sad to say, many churches are either apathetic or afraid to rock the boat and lose membership, or simply NOT getting it! So blind! Disappointed with Andy Stanley, J MacArthur, Alistair Begg, etc who refused to sign the Chuck Colson's Manhattan Declaration in defense of life and other basic moral issues.
Like what he said about the v-ax. We were threatened many times with our jobs. We were willing to move away, retire or find another job. We never missed a paycheck praise God. We never did get that ja-b. We just prayed and asked God to support us.
How can we take our belief to a corner - it is a life lived in love and understanding! The Lord came for the broken - not the ones that were already whole! Love not your own life unto death.🙏❤️
I don’t believe you can have Faith without works, the two go hand in hand. We can only be saved by Faith and Faith alone, if we are saved then we have faith and therefore will seek God through His Living Word!
I’m guessing very few bc many have already sold their souls for wealth and are trafficking children thru their underground tunnel systems!!! How do you think they got so big, live in mansions and fly around in their private jets??
The government had the church frightened to speak out about abortion, homosexuality, divorce, affairs, lying, cheating, theft! The church became milk toast!! They were afraid to speak up! They were threatened with lawsuits if they did speak up! But we are to be salt and light to our generation!!
When political has become evil then you must address it and do what you can to engage and remove the people influenced and demanding evil be the laws we must honor...
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it's not up to a pastor to fill the church; if people walk, they walk. It's the job of the church to speak against ANYTHING that furthers Satan's work. The day is here when we have to choose....life and the world, or God and His world. I choose God and that may mean losing something, or a LOT. The age of deception is with us NOW.
You can no longer sit on the fence.
If you're not serving God, then who are you serving ✨️
I'm sorry it's all of our duties to go after lost sheep but ultimately it IS THE ELDERS RESPONSIBILITY.
No.we are his priestly nation. We are all his (Christ) priests
Look ask
Our country needs a lot more theological sound, Bible believing pastor's like Eric Metaxes & Gary Hamrick to stand up & speak out against all of the evil taking over our country. ❤️❤️🙏
Brett Meador of Athey Creek is a through the Bible Pastor, Jack Hibbs of Real Lifehouse, Amir Tsarfati Behold Israel. They are WORKING FOR THE LORD! Oh also Gary Laurie!! Thank you Cornerstone, you are AWESOME, TY SO much for helping us understand the Bible wayyyy easier!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Metaxas isn’t a pastor, he’s a social commentator
Amen two people who are filled with God's Spirit and boldly speaking truth to the evil forces.. God continue to bless guide and protect them and raise up many more willing to do what they are doing...
Calling out the evil and preaching to those willing to listen and ultimately choose God... don't use the copout "I'm not here to judge"
No you are not to judge but you are commanded by God to choose...
Eric you see it this administration is determined to crush the church and remove The Worship of God from our nation 😢💔
@@AfricanSheepM 15:22 etaxus may not be a "trained pastor" but he has heard God's call and like the apostles of Jesus he is preaching the gospel and trying to open the eyes of many 😢 he is definitely anointed and doing what Jesus commanded of his followers...
This was excellent. It’s time for all Christians to speak up for Biblical truths. Time is short. Timidity is not allowed.
What about speaking in a quiet way? God's voice is often in a whisper. Teaching church classes, VBS, Christian camps, volunteering at crisis pregnancy centers, helping people 1on 1, volunteering at food bank, volunteer medical projects for the poor, what's wrong with doing those types of things instead of debating, protesting, rioting,or causing problems?
Just a lay/novice take on this - nothing is wrong with the things you suggest, especially instead of protests/riots, etc. The key for all of us - put God first and foremost, accept His Grace and Love through the Son and the continuing strength, wisdom, and guidance from the Spirit. Do not in any way put the ‘object’, event, issue, or objective in front of the Creator. But provide grace and especially personal forgiveness when any of us doesn’t get it quite right.
People get ready,there is a train a coming.
Holy Spirit Lead US!🇺🇸
Holy Spirit. Almighty God please forgive USA
Thank you for having the courage to speak up biblical truth that not many Christian leaders dare. So helpful.
I bought 3 copies of this book. 1 is for me and the other 2 for the pastors of our local church. Finally wrote the inscription today and will deliver them tomorrow. And in case you missed it ~ "If pastors are silent in the pulpit, the people will be ignorant in the pews." Great quote. I added it to my inscription, with credit to Pastor Gary.
Just because John MacArthur, John Piper and Alistair Begg didn't sign the Manhattan Doctrine doesn't mean that they won't speak out against evil because they do! Look what John MacArthur did when COVID hit. Thank you for standing with Christ. I truly appreciate this interview.
Piper isn't that the Grave Soaking Church??😳😕
@@Justaguywithtruth I have listened to some of Pipers sermons and seen him in Q & A with MacArthur. I find him to be sincere, but he gets over dramtic while trying to be truthful. That can get to be annoying.
@@eileenkhan2688 it is true we cannot expect perfection from other men, yet we must remember, study and talk with The Living God about various subjects.. As these last days approach Billions will lose their physical lives ( see Bill Gates, Klaus Schwab and the World Economic Forum) but we must protect our Spirit from Globalists and their Deception.. Anything men do or say which is not Biblical is against A Holy God,. Which means it supports the god of this world, Hasatan,,Satan.. This is why The Christ speaks of the days being shortened.. If not the very elect can be fooled. John Ramerize gets it correct, so does Charles Lawson, Voddie Baucham, Isaiah Saldivar, Gino Jennings and Russ Dizdar.. they to are human but by clinging to the Truth of God Alone the narrow road is possible for some🙏💪☝👍
@@Justaguywithtruth no, I think that is Bethel church.
This right here.
I like pastors in the pulpit speak to the people in the pews, Gary! Yes pastors HAVE to speak of the evil in our culture!! Great job Eric
I have listened to Eric's message about this book over and over when he speaks to different churches and it NEVER gets old. I want to memorize it. I totally agree and I just want to scream when pastors tell me "Christians shouldn't be involved in politics".
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You are so right...God bless these who speak the full truths & full counsel of God. Watchmen on the wall...as All Pastors should be. 🙏
I believe there has to be root to this Pastoral opinion. I wonder what is being taught in seminaries. Opinions of those who want to play it safe among their pastoral peers who because of cowardice, speak loudly and opiniated in order to convince others to take on the same stance.
Angie Wheeler ~ I feel the exact same way! It’s way past time. Bible believing, God fearing, Jesus following Christians… GET OFF THE FENCE AND TAKE UP THE SWORD OF THE SPIRIT OF GOD AND SPEAK TRUTH!! ❤️
I just love Eric Metaxas! This is the first time I’ve heard Pastor Gary but I like what he had to say as well!
Thank you, both of you, for the dialogue ! Thanks for reading excerptsfrom Eric's book.
Me too, there is a church in the Mpls area who have been anti politics for years! I talked to a leader in my denomination today, we don’t have anyone giving committee mtg testimony at our state capitol here in MN and we are passing liberal legislation like that of California! Nothing is being said from the pulpit. Our congregations haven’t a clue about the bills being passed by the Democratic trifecta.
"In the last days, sin will be rampant and the love of many will grow cold..." 🙏
Grow cold!
this speaking about the unsaved just to be clear ... thats why the gospel message is important message not what position we take
Matthew 24 is on the news right now
Just wanted to point out - the reason why MacArthur, Piper and Begg didn't sign the Manhattan Declaration would have been that it was an ecumenical (multi-faith) document and would have seen it as a coupling with the Roman Catholic church, making the Gospel a secondary issue instead of a primary one. Just stating that they didn't sign it without giving context as to why, is an unfair mischaracterisation of these men. MacArthur is undeniably one of the most outspoken pastors on issues facing the world today, to his credit I've never seen him back down on anything.
Yes. I have seen him preach. Thanks 4 pointing this out.
as Eric said often, many who are failing the church today are truly good men.
The reason they “likely” didn’t sign-so you don’t really know why… it seems the most probable…did Catholics sign this?? What denominations did?? Need more information not just guessing
Thank you for this explanation. I figured if MacArthur didn’t sign that document, he had a darn good reason. Because John MacArthur fought the California Gov during lock downs & kept his church open! He stood his ground when the city fined him. He refused to pay it. He stood his ground when they removed access to a parking lot. He simply made different arrangements for the congregation! His church went to court & ultimately won. So I think MacArthur made it crystal clear, he’s not woke.
@@lindaphillips4246 under no circumstances could men like MacArthur be failing the church today - he's been one of the most vocal against abortion (did you see his open letter to Gavin Newsome?) and church closures during C-19, also maintaining the sanctity of marriage etc. You are in error if you believe otherwise, simply listening to a couple of sermons (which I highly suggest as he is excellent) or if you haven't got the time Googling him will reveal the truth. He simply doesn't join hands with non-Christians in causes if it compromises the Word of God in any way.
Two wonderful God fearing men who are not afraid to embrace the full counsel of God. Thank you Eric for your writings & words shared to a world & church that needs to hear this, and thank you to Pastor Gary for His faithfulness in preaching the word & God news of Jesus & how we as Christians can be bold & used by Him. God bless you both! 🙏
Amen from Adelaide South Australia!!
So grateful to Eric!! He opened my eyes to American politics back in late 2019!! I was ignorant and apolitical before that.
The Lord spoke to me in Oct 19 and said
"This will be a time of separation and goodbyes."
I went on YT at the time to see if anyone else was getting the word SEPARATION but there was nothing. Then covid!!!
So when the plandemic happened I was prepared and could join the dots. I was led to study the rapture and learned sound dispensational theology and everything became clear.
So few churches are politically engaged and prophetically aware.
I have challenged several pastors but they are too busy to do research , ignorant on prophecy and scared to be "divisive". As if Christianity is not divisive on so many levels. For good reasons!! Truth is more important than being divisive. Unity cannot work when based on a lie!!
Blessings and Maranatha from Australia!! Keep on truckin till we fly!!!
2w2ww2 we need
Pastor Gary you are America’s Pastor just like Billy Graham. Can you do an impersonation of him? I have been in the hospital for a very long time and the prognosis is not good. Your preaching has literally given me the will to go on!
I hope the Lord will let me be in charge of washing your feet in Heaven!!!!!
God bless you Sir
John Gentry
The Left, radical Marxists have NO PROBLEM BEING BOLD & IN YOUR FACE WRONG!
BUT WE ARE RIGHT & ARE THE TRUTH.
WE HAVE TO BE ACTIVISTS ALSO.
But it's SCARY!
It's easier to just PRAY & DO NOTHING!
@@johngentry5982 I am praying for you. God has you in the palm of His mighty hand. Blessings from South Africa.
I listen to Eric's daily radio interview program at least once a week. He was on fire this evening! He was being interviewed, maybe that's the difference. I tuned in to hear Pastor Hamrick and got double blessed!
every church needs to hear this and act, as an individual i need to hear God and act, Lord give me ears to hear, lead me in you Your way
I readDietrich Bonnhoffer book. "Cost of discipleship" in the early 1990 when the Lord just saved me. I couldn't stop reading. I was baby Christian , but it was with the Bible a wonderful book written for followers of Christ. Amen
What a great start to your new found faith. 💜✝️
Ourn small church shows Christian Themed Movies every other month. Got one about him coming in November.
There are many in jails in China and Iran and other countries. They have stood strong to live for Jesus. It is now our turn, in their honour, to also speak up for Jesus. It is urgent, we must let people know who Jesus is and that he loves them. Jesus is coming soon, may he be proud of us went he snatches us up.
I am going to ask for Christmas that my family watch this together. Beautiful!!!
I miss this. What will be going on at Christmas. Is this about his book?
Thank you my friend for speaking the truth. God-bless your brother and keep up God's work.❤❤❤
Terrific! Thank you both! ❤ We are British, pastors of a Christian gathering and have been actively speaking out for the last three years or more. This talk/ book is like nectar to our souls.
Amen! What a conversation! I am so encouraged and want to make efforts to live out for Christ! Thank you so much... Blessings!
He is refreshing!!!! Open up your ears people and hearts
VERY WELL SAID!!! We have confused the meaning of 'political' and 'righteousness'. We've confused 'corruption' and 'evil' with truth and righteousness.
Excellent hosting of Eric. Some really wry humor among profound take aways. A must view for pastors.
MY DEARLY, BELOVED BROTHERS AND SISTERS PRAY UNCEASINGLY. ACTIVATE YOUR FAITH, ACTIVATE FAMILY 👪 AND ACTIVATE FREEDOM, IN YESHUA HAMASHIACH'S NAME! HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH HALLELUJAH!
So right!!! actually, His true name Yeshua" that's the name with POWER...Bravery is what our Heavenly Father is looking for...we will experience persecution if we're doing it right...make every day count...we WILL be held accountable on judgement day...fear God not man...
Our passivity as Christians and citizens is why we are in this mess.
We are being called to be bold and courageous to share our Lord’s love and promises.
AMEN AND AMEN. We were CALLEd to be SALT AND LIGHT. 11:34 YOU ASK, HOW DID THIS HAPPEN TO OUR Beloved country, planted by our GOD, LOOK AT MILKTOAST Shepherds and lifeless pew warmers.
Amen too many Christians want to pray and leave all the heavy lifting to God 😢 but as you said we in a battle and if you aren't willing to engage then you are surrendering to the evil one
A battle requires volunteers to serve in Gods army...
Outstanding Pastor Gary and thank you Eric!! God is so proud of you two. Bless you both.
We need solid pastoral leadership here in Ontario, Canada
We sure do.
God continue to bless you Pastor Gary Hamrick for your boldness in proclaiming the truth gospel of Our Lord and Savior.... God bless you
Great discussion. Thank y'all for wisdom and speaking biblical TRUTH. What a great example of making sense in this wicked and perverse generation. Eric is SO right. In God's Word, the Lord & prophets over and over gave warnings to be obedient, and do what's was (is) right in the eyes of God.
Powerful! Christian pastors worldwide need to hear this and take action against deceit, tolerance of evil and apathy in the Name of Jesus. God, bring upon us all a move of the Holy Spirit that brings about a holy militancy to fight the good fight and to finish the race to Your glory for the sake of the truth.
If politics is violating the Bible it’s not political is God’s true that is been discussed 😊I love it ❤
The issues are NOT POLITICAL!!! The issues are MORAL!!!
Amen and amen in Jesus righteous name✨🪔🌈👆🏼👑🌾🎺🕊
Our faith is our shield. The Bible is our sword. Christian life is a daily discipline. We can't hide behind vain religion. God does not reward cowardice. He gives courage when we need it. We must stand up to these wicked lies.
Thank you for courage of the lion!
Pastor Gary I so appreciate you and your teaching. You are real and genuine and I appreciate that. To God be the glory!!!! Thank you for all you do!
Thank you so much gentlemen, what a blessing to hear this vital conversation.
YES speak against what hurts people!❤
This is excellent.
Thank you for speaking truth in this time of tyranny. Come what May, God wins.
Thank you, Eric! And your Bonhoeffer book to me was a page turner. God bless you, and let’s keep praying for the Church to stand courageous in this moment!
“Therefore to him that knoweth to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.”
James 4:17 KJV
Let us take heed to those spoken words inspired by the Lord Jesus Christ
I'm not willing to sit this one out,let's get this going ,what can I do ?
Thank you for this message.
This is so good - I will pray what can I do ? Lord send me…
I sometimes feel we tend to forget the last part of Rev 12:11 They triumphed over him
by the blood of the Lamb
and by the word of their testimony;
they did not love their lives so much
as to shrink from death.
We forget that sometimes our fight requires to not fear death as long as we testify
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That is powerfull
❤Thank you 👏 very inspiring and encouraging!👍
Ordered my copy. He is right, we are called to action. Jesus sent the apostles out into the world to speak the gospel, to live in truth, to show the world, to prove to the world, to live in faith, to live in such a way. Paul's letters speak a lot about this.
In God we trust 🙏🙏
yea , in $$$ almighty we trust, this is church today
100% agree the church needs to take a stand . I am thankful I am in a church that believes the Word of God is Truth , it has not changed . So thankful for these two men willing to stand against all the sin and evil in America. Prayers for courage and protection for the remnant church.
Reminds me of the quote, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." So sad.
Excellent! Thank God for Eric Metaxas and Pastor Gary Hamrick!
🇺🇸 ONE NATION UNDER GOD✝️
it will never happen , its utopia
Great interview. I love Eric. So glad you guys speak truth in love. The American church needs a wakeup call and I'm afraid C19 didn't do it.
Thank you for putting up this interview. We have a geat Christians in politics , ACL in Australia. Doing a fantastic job. Saying the same things that was on the interview but relating to issues in Australia. God bless.
The completely "blind" and those given over to a reprobate mind will not be reached. But, we should share the Truth when given the opportunity!
And continue to pray for their salvation 🙏
God touches me, anytime, I watch you, pastor Gary. God bless your ministry.
I read this book and thought it was excellent and totally scary. Absolutely sobering. He’s an excellent writer and guest. I saw him on the Kurt Cameron show and he was being interviewed about his books and I immediately ordered his books.
So accurate. Thank you
Erick you got strong faith and you are the good soldier of Christ may God bless you always.
God bless you all. Thank God. He is good.
Here's a simple "bottom line..."
As I worked managing church outreach and grassroots training in California years ago for an affiliate of Focus on the Family, encouraging pastors to urge their congregants to PRAY for our leaders and ELECT God-fearing leaders, I sat across the desk from MANY pastors, some of whom would say to me,
"Mark, we don't want to divide the church along partisan lines..." to which I would reply,
"I AGREE with you, Pastor, BUT that I'm not talking about 'partisanship' OR 'politics' -- rather, we MUST URGE the church to FULFILL her BIBLICAL DUTY to PRAY for our leaders (I Tim. 2: 1-4), and ELECT God-fearing leaders (Exod. 18:21) who will STAND for Biblical ideas including LIFE, MARRIAGE, and RELIGIOUS LIBERTY for freely share Christ."
It's BIBLICAL DUTY, not political pursuit!
Dear God please strengthen our faith in action by your holy spirit in Jesus Christ Amen?? Blessings Maria x 💛 ❤
I agree! God bless Cornerstone n Eric
Excellent disucssion. I've also heard arguments by pastors against speaking out about political issues. I kind of went back and forth on this myself until politics invaded the church by forcing them to close in 2020 and now with "Pride" propaganda, CRT, etc. But pastors can take a stand without signing a joint declaration that includes people who differ radically on the foundations of their faith; it can give the appearance that they're in agreement theologically. Recently, I read where a group of Muslim parents protested "woke" policies by their local school board. Many Christians applauded them, even though they differed in belief. Otherwise, it was a very thought-provoking and timely subject.
Thank you guy's for this great information God bless you both
Yes and Amen. Silence is relinquishment. Lord makes us brave. IJN.
Excellent discussion God Bless your ministry
YES
That’s a very powerful messaged we need to stand up for our faith and fight the wrongs and promote Christ to the unbelieving world.
Love your humor and your teaching Pastor Gary
This is an excellent message/interview! Yes….. the culture in America has gone insane! What’s good is deemed evil and what is evil is deemed as good…… Jesus told us this would happened in the last days! God bless you both for standing for the TRUTH!!
I agree 💯% that we need to call out TRUTH versus lies from the pit of hell… as Christians, we’re called to do so!
Amazing teaching
So refreshing to hear the truth. Pastor Gary is the best
Thank you. Pastor Gary for doing this for your church and maybe even more importantly for the church at large. My Bible study group is using your teaching of the book of John and we so appreciate your down to earth presentations and your sense of humor. May God continue to bless you, your family, and your congregation as you seek to do His will.
Merry Christmas from Orlando. May the grace, mercy and love of our most beautiful Lord Jesus Christ richly bless all who believe with peace, understanding, satisfaction, courage, a desire to engage and joy now and forevermore.
Thank you, thank you
Thank you from Australia
In this push for unity within the church, we are mistaking unity with accepting all doctrine. Some doctrine doesn't matter so much (i.e. the gift of tongues) if we agree but some certainly does and we should absolutely speak up. We don't want to be unified with darkness and we don't want to be unified with false teaching and false teachers. We simply HAVE to pray for discernment so we can know what is God's truth and we MUST read our Bibles so we know. Excellent discussion. I have listened to both of these gentleman alot and as much as I love Eric Metaxas, he does have a habit of interrupting.
Satan never changes his tactics. I sent out a message to our church regarding the demon goats head on the Christmas wreath at the white house. I received one reply!
He just wants people to hear to save our lives and country. We all don't do all things perfect at all times.
He should get a pen and paper and make a quick note. I reckon they interrupt to make a point immediately, because they fear they will forget to make the point later.
Amen! Amen! And Amen!!!
Thank You! Stand UP American CHURCH!!!😍😍🙏👆☝👍🙏🙏
Thank you for a very good interview and content.
Thanks you 😇🇬🇧❤️🇮🇱
We have no excuse for not taking a stand knowing what happened in Germany!
Wow, so inspiring, i pray that i may glorify you in all things
Fantastic interview. I love Eric. I’m smarter for watching him. Thank you Eric!!
We URGENTLY need a companion book by Eric on Letter to the British church....
Opened my eyes
Praise God for Eric Metaxas' HEART for Truth and Righteousness! For Jesus Christ and His church! I pray for this man and his family a lot. May God protect him as he travels all over the nation and boldly makes a stand for the Truth. Yes, sad to say, many churches are either apathetic or afraid to rock the boat and lose membership, or simply NOT getting it! So blind! Disappointed with Andy Stanley, J MacArthur, Alistair Begg, etc who refused to sign the Chuck Colson's Manhattan Declaration in defense of life and other basic moral issues.
MacArthur, Begg and Piper don’t yoke themselves with unbelievers and call them believers. That’s why they didn’t sign it.
Eric, I have your book and love it so far! Enjoy watching your program on TBN. Thank you for writing this book! May God bless you!
Thankyou for the truth.
Amen!
Excellent interview!
Like what he said about the v-ax. We were threatened many times with our jobs. We were willing to move away, retire or find another job. We never missed a paycheck praise God. We never did get that ja-b. We just prayed and asked God to support us.
Excellent presentation, and you are 100% right. Forget "politics"!
How can we take our belief to a corner - it is a life lived in love and understanding! The Lord came for the broken - not the ones that were already whole! Love not your own life unto death.🙏❤️
Gary Hamrick, “ if pastors are silent in the pulpit, the people will be ignorant in the pews.”
I don’t believe you can have Faith without works, the two go hand in hand. We can only be saved by Faith and Faith alone, if we are saved then we have faith and therefore will seek God through His Living Word!
Wonderful interview!
Let’s just see how many pastors will really start speaking up about these issues after hearing this warning.
I’m guessing very few bc many have already sold their souls for wealth and are trafficking children thru their underground tunnel systems!!! How do you think they got so big, live in mansions and fly around in their private jets??
‘ I see no ships’ Admiral Nelson said this whilst holding his telescope to his blind eye
The government had the church frightened to speak out about abortion, homosexuality, divorce, affairs, lying, cheating, theft! The church became milk toast!! They were afraid to speak up! They were threatened with lawsuits if they did speak up! But we are to be salt and light to our generation!!
Thank you Eric for writing and speaking out on these topics..
When political has become evil then you must address it and do what you can to engage and remove the people influenced and demanding evil be the laws we must honor...