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		<title>Steve Strang: After Election, Church Has Work To Do</title>
		<description>Discuss Steve Strang: After Election, Church Has Work To Do</description>
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			<title>Michelle A says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/kingdom-culture/19641-after-election-the-church-has-work-to-do#comment-3242</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Great article. I too have been shocked at how Obama has deceived the American people. His evil stance on abortion alone should be enough for Christians to vote him out. I feel liberalism has invaded the church and am so tired of hearing fellow Christians say "I'm not a one issue voter and I think we need to help the poor" Of course we need to help the poor but I would argue the Dems only succeed in keeping the poor more poor by making them dependent on govt and not providing ways for people to get out of poverty. Of course they don't want people independent because then why would they vote for the Dems. Christians need to wake up - we cannot remain silent any longer.It's time to take a stand for Christ and not let the world silence us through political correctness and the worry that we won't be liked. Jesus said "the world will hate you because of me" so why do we expect to be popular. We are to be salt and light.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Michelle A</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Nov 2012 14:31:16 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Pastor Wale Adewumi says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/kingdom-culture/19641-after-election-the-church-has-work-to-do#comment-3229</link>
			<description><![CDATA[[quote name="Pastor Wale Adewumi"] Auto correct problem in main response. Strang is correct spelling. Sorry for the techno glitch.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Pastor Wale Adewumi</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 10:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Pastor Wale Adewumi says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/kingdom-culture/19641-after-election-the-church-has-work-to-do#comment-3228</link>
			<description><![CDATA[(2) But it becomes very difficult to believe that those who demonised Obama, glorifed Romney, ignored the teeming multitudes who live across the railroad track really cared about all of America beyond their side of the track. The church in America is missing out on tremendous opportunities to reap a massive harvest of souls because of the divided mindset of the opinion shapers like Strang. Would Steve have been gladdened had Romney won? His article indicated he would have. But it would have been at the expense of that which is biblically expedient - expose cults and cult ideologies. There is need for a return to true Christianity and away political horse trading mumbo-jumbo that cluttered the horizon prior to November 6. We also need to do what Obama suggested in 2008 when interviewed by Rick Warren. He said, "We need work on removing the behavior that make women seek abortion." I think he meant that the church needs to reach hearts with the gospel and thus change morals. Was ignored.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Pastor Wale Adewumi</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 10:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Pastor Wale Adewumi says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/kingdom-culture/19641-after-election-the-church-has-work-to-do#comment-3227</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Steven Strange was saddened at the outcome of the election and rightly so. Who wouldn't be if you had staked your all on your expected outcome. That is like what lottery players feel when find out their combination missed the jackpot. Were the pre-election predictions based on Spirit-led convictions or race-biased concerns? Well, only who feels it knows it.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Pastor Wale Adewumi</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 10:06:08 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Rev. A. Mosley says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/kingdom-culture/19641-after-election-the-church-has-work-to-do#comment-3225</link>
			<description><![CDATA[to KWILL, you cannot say that Pres Obama is not a christian. You cannot judge his heart, only God can do that. If he says that he is a christian and has professed Jesus, we cannot judge him. If we judged most christians by the the fruit they are bearing, there are many left. Their moral policies may be biblical, but their actions and Love is far from God. Until we as a people learn to honor and respect our president as our leader we are not following Godly principles. Mitt Romney and most of the republican extremes don't honor and respect the president. That is not right, christian or not. We must honor, respect and continue to pray for our leaders. I would do it for Mitt Romney had he won the election. We have the President that we are suppose to have for this time.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Rev. A. Mosley</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Sat, 10 Nov 2012 01:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Clifford D. Tate, Sr says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/kingdom-culture/19641-after-election-the-church-has-work-to-do#comment-3214</link>
			<description><![CDATA[We must understand that this is the judgment of God upon this nation for our sin as a nation. The nation has received exactly what it wants from God and that is to be left alone to indulge all of its sinful desires. No amount of prayer could have made this election outcome different, because God must give to every man and nation according to the desires of its heart. This is not a Christian nation and most of the people in this country who say they believe in God do not believe in the God of the Bible, but a false god of their own manufacturing. Just look at the programming line up every night on ABC, CBS, and NBC (not cable or satellite, free TV) and you will see that this is a pagan nation through and through. Never ever believe this is a Christian nation, it is NOT!!! :cry:]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Clifford D. Tate, Sr</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>KWill says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/kingdom-culture/19641-after-election-the-church-has-work-to-do#comment-3204</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Like many who have posted, I am most saddened because "we the people" have spoken. To Rev. Mosely and the like, it's not that I voted for Mitt Romney because he's a Christian, he's not. And neither is President Obama - and that's based on God's Word, NOT my feelings OR his skin color! Jesus said we WILL KNOW them by their fruit - you can't just say you're a Christian, what do your actions PROVE!? I was not voting for my pastor, for if I had, then I would have voted for neither. I voted for the person who most clearly reflects my Judeo Christian values, period! While Mitt isn't a Christian, he most certainly reflects Christian principles and THAT is why the majority of evangelicals voted for him. I suppose believing it's all because of race makes it easier for those "Christians" who voted to re-elect the president to justify themselves. I applaud the black & latino pastors who spoke out boldly against the unGodly principles of the far left. God help us!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>KWill</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:52:50 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Olaolu Adewole says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/kingdom-culture/19641-after-election-the-church-has-work-to-do#comment-3200</link>
			<description><![CDATA[If this last election showed nothing else, it showed that most of the people who we thought were Christians are simply closet racists. But then what is new? The same thing happened during slavery. The church in America is fast becoming irrelevant and exposed as racist, corrupt and dishonest. The problem is not the Bible or God. It is the so called leaders like Haggee, Strang, Graham, Hayford and their ilk.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Olaolu Adewole</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:33:21 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Bobby says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/kingdom-culture/19641-after-election-the-church-has-work-to-do#comment-3196</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Wake up America! They will know that we are Christians by our fruit and I always thought that the definition of Christian was "Christ follower". Is Obama a Christ follower? I think its very clear in Gods word that homosexuality is wrong. And I think Gods word says that murder is wrong. I don't know how a Christian can vote for anyone who supports either of these. I should not have to go arouind and tell others that I am a Christian I want them to be able to see it in my actions and the way I live my life. Rightousness is what I long for!!!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Bobby</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:29:56 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>KY says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/kingdom-culture/19641-after-election-the-church-has-work-to-do#comment-3178</link>
			<description><![CDATA[contd: I will agree that America and the American Church deserve to be "chastized" for our respective failures to honor God, uphold holiness and speak against endemic sin and spiritual indifference; you might agree or not re whether the re-election of Obama and many Democrats is cause for said chastizement, but the passage of four gay-marriage ballot measures cannot in any way pass the test of Rom 1:31. God doesn't love the shoplifter or street thug or embezzler any less or any more than the gay activist, but you don't see and I assume you wouldn't endorse "Madoff pride week" or other such affirmations of shoplifting or thuggery, you don't see campaigns to "love the alcoholic, buy him more whiskey". Again when the issue is lifestyle worship and the Freedom From Religion folks suppress it and politicians take FFR's side, or are themselves imposing similar restrictions, that can't be interpreted as any kind of loyalty to Christ.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>KY</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 09:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>KY says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/kingdom-culture/19641-after-election-the-church-has-work-to-do#comment-3177</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Folks, I'm non-white and I voted twice against Obama. Tell me to my face, in front of God and these witnesses, that I'm a racist white-supremacist and that my prime motivation is racism/hate against non-whites. "By their fruits you will know them" I won't claim concrete 100% proof that Obama is not a Christian, any more than you can claim that he is; but I will suggest that a person's response to an ACLU-type who tries to suppress direct acknowledgment of God, is a far more relevant measure of his submission to God than his caring for the poor, economic justice, "shipping jobs overseas", or even his stand on abortion. Whether Obama is Godly is a different question from whether God appoints kings etc: cf all those who conquered ancient Israel, often as God's instrument of judgment/correction for when Israel rejected Him. Yes Jesus died for REPENTANT gays, thieves etc but you can't stretch that to His approval of those who "gave hearty approval of those who practice them" (Rom 1:31).]]></description>
			<dc:creator>KY</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 09:09:01 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>ALDEN P JOHNSON says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/kingdom-culture/19641-after-election-the-church-has-work-to-do#comment-3176</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The color of their skin has nothing to do with their character or their political positions. Until and unless you stop accusing anyone who doesn't vote for President Obama as racist, you are the one(s) exhibiting racism by voting for someone BECAUSE of their skin color, while attempting to ignore their positions. Those of us who find abortion as a deal-breaker on the support of a politician are color blind; we did and would support ANY pro-life candidate whose skin color is darker than the one God gave us; e.g., Rep. Allen West, Gov. Bobby Jindal, Herman Cain, Mayor Mia Love, former Rep. Artur Davis. or anyone else who speaks truth to power such as, the late Arthur Ashe or Bill Cosby (although I have no idea about the last two's position on abortion). This continual straw man argument of racism is very tiring and completely BOGUS; it's time to face your own racism.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>ALDEN P JOHNSON</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 07:30:46 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>ALDEN P JOHNSON says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/kingdom-culture/19641-after-election-the-church-has-work-to-do#comment-3175</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Skin color has nothing to do with our opposition to the policies embraced by politicians who embrace death and destruction. President Obama only happens to be the latest president (or presidential candidate) who embraces the culture of death embodied in the Democrat party's platform. If you voted for President Obama this time or last, you embraced death. When and if we are ever faced with the choice of two candidates with equally heinous records on life, then and only then will some other position, not skin color, come into play in the choice between the lesser of two evils.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>ALDEN P JOHNSON</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 07:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>ALDEN P JOHNSON says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/kingdom-culture/19641-after-election-the-church-has-work-to-do#comment-3174</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I find it interesting that Steve and others who oppose President Obama and the Democrat party's positions are immediately accused of racism. Those of us who oppose abortion (including late-term and failed [born-alive]), homosexuality, same-sex marriage, etc., have opposed them regardless of the Democrat (or Republican) who embraces these ungodly and unbiblical positions; e.g., Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Sen. Schumer, Sen. Boxer, Sen. Feinstein, Rep. Pelosi, Rep. Hoyer, Mayor Rudy Guiliani, Secretary Powell, Secretary Rice.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>ALDEN P JOHNSON</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 07:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Frank George says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/kingdom-culture/19641-after-election-the-church-has-work-to-do#comment-3170</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Steve I have read your articles with keen interest and can not but observe that they are full of racial undertones.In most cases you begin by portraying Christian ideals but then quickly move against other races. A case in point is you not considering the will of God but judging and thinking about your friends winning elections. As Christians let us Think what God Thinks.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Frank George</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 06:10:29 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Em says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/kingdom-culture/19641-after-election-the-church-has-work-to-do#comment-3163</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Most of the Christians I know were spewing venomous hate filled words about President Obama trying to justify why you shouldn't vote for him. You so-called Christians have a lot of nerve saying he is not a Christian. Were any of you there when he had his experience with The Lord? Only him and The Lord were invited to that experience. Jesus died for our President, the gays and abortionists. Abortions and homosexuals have been around before Jesus made His entrance on the earth. I haven't read where He was organizing pickets or boycotts. God gave us all a free will and He will protect our will to go to Hell if we choose. I'm not saying either of those are right-they're not. The church still doesn't know how to walk in the authority God has given them. If they did they wouldn't be afraid of anything or anyone to the point of desperation that you would rationalize voting for a person who isn't saved and never claims to be.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Em</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 04:33:06 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Robby Myrick says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/kingdom-culture/19641-after-election-the-church-has-work-to-do#comment-3161</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Steve: As you have stated, I also am deeply concerned and even frustrated with the 'far left' agenda that our President so readily embraces and even 'pushes' upon our society. It is evident that We The People have, by majority rule, elected those leaders who in fact line up with this President's platform. That said, the Church must be diligent in our mission to realize that humanism, hedonism, and pagan belief have embedded their demonic talons into the fabric of our society. Thus, I'm convinced that the ONLY hope for America is a humble, heartbroken, and Holy Spirit empowered Church -- 'big C' church. The walls of division must come down. Denominational ritualism and prejudice must be broken. Christians of all 'brands' must become servant leaders each and every day, beginning in our homes. Thanks for Charisma and for your far-reaching ministry into marketplace and culture. May God richly bless you.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Robby Myrick</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 03:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Rev. A. Mosley says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/kingdom-culture/19641-after-election-the-church-has-work-to-do#comment-3160</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I am a Spirit filled Christian and have walked with the Lord for a long time. Yes I did vote for President Obama and not ashamed. Why do conservative christians think they are the only ones right when it comes to elections. Some of you have such hate filled prejudice hearts until it's hard for God or anyone else to listen to you. Check yourselves instead of Pres. Obama. You are suppose to pray for him, How is it possible for you to believe Mitt Romney is a christian and not Pres. Obama. The Mormons don't believe Jesus as their saviour, nor read from the bible. Romney would have been the first non christian President elected in this country. God knows better than we do. He is our father and he looks out for all of us, not just a select group. Get rid of the old time prejudices and stop hating the president because he is black. It's all about skin color. The church has a lot to overcome and racism is one thing. They abused slaves in Jesus name. Walk in Love and God will do the rest.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Rev. A. Mosley</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 03:22:28 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Kirk says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/kingdom-culture/19641-after-election-the-church-has-work-to-do#comment-3159</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Why did Jesus pray and fast for 40 days? Not to change God's actions or mind but to hear from God and know God's plan / will for His life. Three years later Jesus said not my will but yours be done. We need that same spirit of seeking God's will and being obedient to His plan. Jesus lived during the Roman empire and in a Jewish nation but He came to invite us to join His Kingdom. He did not need or ask for anyone's vote but did give a personal invitation to join a Kingdom created for us but not created by us.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Kirk</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 03:16:08 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Atretes says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/kingdom-culture/19641-after-election-the-church-has-work-to-do#comment-3158</link>
			<description><![CDATA[I, too, am sad that you, Mr. Strang, don't understand that it is God who sets up kings and brings down a nation. God is sovereign and we, believers, know God is in control. You don't like President Obama's positions on some issues: same sex marriage, abortion, etc., but the same can be said of Mr. Romney who refused to be open and honest about his tax returns, who shipped jobs oversees, displacing and destroying families in the process, who has not been a fair employer. These are all biblical values as well. Jesus admonished us not to neglect the weightier matters: justice, mercy and faith. Both men are family men and both men loce this country. Some of President Obama's positions may cause you grief, but some of Mr. Romney's positions caused me grief as well. We cannot pick and chose what biblical value we will tout on one hand, and disregard other biblical values.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Atretes</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 03:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Jerry P says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/kingdom-culture/19641-after-election-the-church-has-work-to-do#comment-3157</link>
			<description><![CDATA[The church is the reason why we have come to this! The church has been too busy being a social club instead of doing what God wanted the church to do.]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Jerry P</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Lola says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/kingdom-culture/19641-after-election-the-church-has-work-to-do#comment-3156</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Steve said "Did God not hear our prayers or realize that tens of thousands fasted and prayed over the last 40 days? Or is this somehow God’s judgment against America". I find this very interesting; did you pray that God's will be done or did you pray that God should let your candidate win? I am begining to see why the nation is getting more secular!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Lola</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:40:29 +0000</pubDate>
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			<title>Lola says:</title>
			<link>http://ministrytodaymag.com/index.php/kingdom-culture/19641-after-election-the-church-has-work-to-do#comment-3155</link>
			<description><![CDATA[Steve Strang said Obama "seems to be a fine family man." I think Obama "is" a fine family man and father. We may not agree with his policies but we don't need to demonize him. We christians need to cry out to God for spreading misleading information about the president. He may not be born-again, but he is still a human being and God expects us to always speak the truth about others!]]></description>
			<dc:creator>Lola</dc:creator>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
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