One Reason I Don't Listen to Dr. Robert Jeffress, Pastor of the First Baptist Church in Dallas, TX

Paul Chappell had Dan Quayle come to his Church but he was the FORMER VP and I do not think he was candidating for office (this was around 93 or 94, right before I got there). He also had JC Watt speak and often had other government dignitaries making appearances during special events and so forth. I was going to say that I never heard anyone actively "Candidating" for office but then I remember LA County Sheriff Lee Baca who was up for reelection at the time and was DEFINITELY doing some political posturing as he was addressing the congregation!

I said all that to say this: My personal view is that I would not have someone who was an active candidate for political office addressing my congregation. You are just asking for trouble especially if you are a conservative, fundamentalist church hosting a conservative political candidate.

In this day and age, I believe it best to avoid anything even resembling political posturing and especially with the Trump candidacy. This may not be popular but I am also for removing the flags from our auditoriums and forgoing "God and Country" Sunday and so forth. Christianity is not an "American" or "Western" thing nor is it exclusively a "Republican" thing! We need to express solidarity with our Christian brothers and sisters around the globe and ESPECIALLY those in countries that are adversarial to the United States! I believe it is good to express our support for Israel but we also need to acknowledge the fact that there are Palestinian Christians (genuine brothers and sisters) who are caught in the middle and suffering greatly as a result of the current warfare! Same goes for the Christians in Iran, Russia, China, and so forth!

Off my soap box now...