At a time when folks all over the world are having a test of faith in the God that Restores, Loves, Cares and Protects… Mr. Pat Robertson once again opens his mouth, speaking his opinion, and hurts the work of the Kingdom. What appears to many Christians as a man with no rational system of integrity and understanding of the truth of the Gospel is seen by many others as the CREDIBLE VOICE OF THE CHRISTIAN RIGHT.  Sadly to many of the Christian right – we simply think much like the public does – his comments are dumb, dumber and… dumberer…

The world hears the voice of someone like Mr. Pat Robertson as he speaks his opinions as if they are are right from the Mouth of the Living God and it makes the job of those who are doing serious Kingdom work that much more difficult.  Mr. Robertson, after inventing his new opinion, acts overly passionate about it – often to hide his ignorance.

Max Lucado writes – “The Universe’s Commander in Chief knows your name.  He has walked your streets… There is no person he won’t touch.  No place he won’t go to find you.  For even though he is in heaven, he has never left the neighborhood.”    To me that describes the Jesus I love and worship.  A Living God that never leaves nor forsakes (Hebrews 13:5).

As a pastor, perhaps one of the hardest tasks I ever had, was knowing what to say at a funeral.    I once had a District Superintendant in Pennsylvania for a Mainline denomination tell me that it was the wrong time to give an alter call…

“Sir, he is already dead…”

I simply replied – “This message, like all funeral messages is not for the dead … but for the Living – and so that they may Live Life More Abundantly.”  Christ declared “I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE…”  and for some reason Pat Robertson decides once again – during a tragedy Now is the time to show the gd of Punishment and Despair.

I believe the Christian Church, not just the Methodist, or the Baptist, or the Disciples of Christ, or the Church of Christ in Christian Union, (or place your denomination of choice here…)  should all call for Mr. Pat Robertson to simply do one thing… APOLOGIZE & THEN SHUT UP!

“Though the fig-tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no foot, though there are no sheep in the pen and no cattle in the stalls, yet I will rejoice in the Lord.  I will be joyful in God My Savior” – Habakkuk 3:17,18

The wilderness is a hard place to be,  I have been there.  As a homeless child, selling my body in order to have a piece of food or a warm bed.   The struggle has been a long hard road… BUT I have a God that is Victorious.   My Trials were so that God would have the ability to TRIUMPH in my life, my tests are HIS TESTIMONY.  There is always something to Rejoice in.   REJOICE THAT GOD IS STILL GOD – AND THAT HIS LOVE ENDURES FOREVER!

Mr. Pat Robertson – your opinions are not facts.   They are not representative of the Christian Population.  More important, they are not representative of the Loving, Living, & Forgiving Savior – The God that we Serve.  I am far from someone that believes in being Politically Correct.   Erwan McManus has an entire book that is worth reading for any man called the Barbarian Way…  We are not called to be Politically Correct – but we are called to be Morally and Spiritually Correct.

Mr. Robertson, you could have used this time of hurting the Kingdom for something much more…   Did you not stop to think about those who are on site, the many who have passed and their families?   The Christians who have allowed their world to be turned upside down to become the hands and feet of the King of Kings…

Did you not stop to think about the servants of the King who are missing – the churches and families who may never see their loved ones until Glory?

• Members of a Dallas mission team working at an eye-care clinic were injured in the Jan. 12 Haiti earthquake,
• Two Indiana churches are still waiting for news about their members…
• Sam Dixon, top executive of the United Methodist Committee on Relief;
• Clinton Rabb, head of Mission Volunteers (United Methodist)
• & James Gulley, an UMCOR consultant
• 21-Missionary team members from the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville NJ, Shiloh Baptist Church in Trenton and Kingdom Church of Ewing NJ
• Many Hoosiers with families in Haiti have not heard from them since the quake hit.
• Red cross estimages 50K have died… This is not something to rejoice in – but rather something to be sorrowful over… How many of them Did not know Christ?

Mr. Robertson – your heart seems to narrow to Contain the Joy of the Savior.    Paul tells us

“For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.” 2 Cor 1:5…

Mr Robertson, just as Paul and Silas were able to overcome less than favorable situations and worship God – so should we.   This is a time for Revival – not for judgment.   Your words, your pulpit, your show DIVIDES THE CHURCH – it HYPNOTIZES THE WORLD – IT IS A CHALLENGE OF EPIC PROPORTIONS for the unsaved.

Mr. Robertson I call for a public apology from you to the World, to the Unsaved and the Saved !

Do not let anyone treat you as if you are unimportant … Instead be an example other believers with your words, your actions, your love, your faith and your pure Life.  (1 Tim 4:12 CEV ) Sir, The world is sleeping in a dark that church is finding hard to fight… because people like you – who are Leaders but not leading are simply ASLEEP in the Light.  Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your father who is in heaven( Matt 5:16) NOT speak the persecution of a tyrant, ungodly with no remedy causing the world to fear and disdain the God of Love, Mercy and Justice.

Jesus told us that Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called sons of God.   Mr. Robertson – create peace and end the persecution of the Church your comments have caused time and time again.