Elephants in the Church: Courageously Confronting Today's Tough and Controversial Issues
Where Are the Truth-Tellers?

Our world is facing serious problems that pose genuine threats to our safety, our economy, our health, and our very survival. Sadly, partisanship and allegiances to special interests are preventing our nation from taking the needed action on such matters.
And where is the church at this perilous time in history? Instead of proclaiming God’s wisdom on the issues of our day, many of us are either too blinded by political affiliations or too afraid to let our voices be heard.
While resisting the predictable labels of Democrat and Republican, Bishop George Bloomer holds both sides accountable by boldly examining some of the most polarizing yet important issues of our time:
  • Abortion
  • Poverty and income inequality
  • Gay marriage
  • Racial relations
  • War and the military-industrial complex
  • Gun control
Christians will never succeed in impacting the culture if they remain emasculated by political correctness and afraid to speak the truth. Change is possible only when brave and audacious men and women are willing to confront evil and injustice through their words and their actions.
 
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Elephants in the Church: Courageously Confronting Today's Tough and Controversial Issues
Where Are the Truth-Tellers?

Our world is facing serious problems that pose genuine threats to our safety, our economy, our health, and our very survival. Sadly, partisanship and allegiances to special interests are preventing our nation from taking the needed action on such matters.
And where is the church at this perilous time in history? Instead of proclaiming God’s wisdom on the issues of our day, many of us are either too blinded by political affiliations or too afraid to let our voices be heard.
While resisting the predictable labels of Democrat and Republican, Bishop George Bloomer holds both sides accountable by boldly examining some of the most polarizing yet important issues of our time:
  • Abortion
  • Poverty and income inequality
  • Gay marriage
  • Racial relations
  • War and the military-industrial complex
  • Gun control
Christians will never succeed in impacting the culture if they remain emasculated by political correctness and afraid to speak the truth. Change is possible only when brave and audacious men and women are willing to confront evil and injustice through their words and their actions.
 
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Elephants in the Church: Courageously Confronting Today's Tough and Controversial Issues

Elephants in the Church: Courageously Confronting Today's Tough and Controversial Issues

by George Bloomer
Elephants in the Church: Courageously Confronting Today's Tough and Controversial Issues

Elephants in the Church: Courageously Confronting Today's Tough and Controversial Issues

by George Bloomer

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Where Are the Truth-Tellers?

Our world is facing serious problems that pose genuine threats to our safety, our economy, our health, and our very survival. Sadly, partisanship and allegiances to special interests are preventing our nation from taking the needed action on such matters.
And where is the church at this perilous time in history? Instead of proclaiming God’s wisdom on the issues of our day, many of us are either too blinded by political affiliations or too afraid to let our voices be heard.
While resisting the predictable labels of Democrat and Republican, Bishop George Bloomer holds both sides accountable by boldly examining some of the most polarizing yet important issues of our time:
  • Abortion
  • Poverty and income inequality
  • Gay marriage
  • Racial relations
  • War and the military-industrial complex
  • Gun control
Christians will never succeed in impacting the culture if they remain emasculated by political correctness and afraid to speak the truth. Change is possible only when brave and audacious men and women are willing to confront evil and injustice through their words and their actions.
 

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781629112367
Publisher: Banner Publishing
Publication date: 07/01/2014
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 304
File size: 723 KB
Age Range: 3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

BISHOP GEORGE BLOOMER is founder and pastor of Bethel Family Worship Center in Durham, North Carolina. He has been featured in Charisma magazine, in Jet magazine, and on CNN’s “Faces of Faith,” and has appeared regularly on TBN, The 700 Club, Radio One, and others. Bishop Bloomer is also host of the TV program Rejoice in the Word and travels internationally as founder of G. G. Bloomer Ministries.
BISHOP GEORGE BLOOMER is founder and pastor of Bethel Family Worship Center in Durham, North Carolina. He has been featured in Charisma magazine, in Jet magazine, and on CNN’s “Faces of Faith,” and has appeared regularly on TBN, The 700 Club, Radio One, and others. Bishop Bloomer is also host of the TV program Rejoice in the Word and travels internationally as founder of G. G. Bloomer Ministries.

Table of Contents

Part I A New Paradigm for Transforming Our Nation

Introduction: Where Are the Truth-Tellers Today? 13

1 The Conscience of a "Concern-ative" 22

2 Superficial Solutions to the World's Problems 29

3 Angry God or Smiling God-Do You Get to Choose? 37

4 Embracing the Four Faces of Jesus 44

5 Haters or Truth-Tellers? How to Tell the Difference 50

6 The Perils of Standing Out 57

7 Wanted: True Radicals 65

8 WWJD and the Radical Middle 73

9 What's Wrong with Washington? 79

8 The Blind Men and the Elephant 87

11 The Humility of Truth-Tellers 96

12 Why Do So Many Ministers Fall 109

13 Back to the Old-Time Religion? 124

14 Strangers in a Strange Land 136

15 Do You Have Skin in the Game? 143

16 Turning the Bitter Waters Sweet 150

17 The Earth Is the Lord's! 155

Part II A Recent History of Christian Activism in America-the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

1 Who Hijacked MLK's Dream? 163

2 Rejecting the Race-Baiting Business 169

3 Free at Last? Breaking Out and Breaking In 174

4 Children of the Woman at the Well 182

5 Was the "Moral Majority" Truly Moral…or a Majority? 188

6 Jeremiah Wright: Right All Along? 195

7 Beware of Pied Pipers-of Whichever Jersey 204

8 Reclaim What the Enemy Has Stolen 214

Part III Applying Kingdom Principles to the Hot-Button Issues of Our Day

1 Are You Consistently Pro-Life? 221

2 Trayvon or Zimmerman: Who Was Right? 232

3 Is the Income Inequality Debate a Ruse? 241

4 Who Won the War on Poverty? 247

5 Does God Approve of Gay Marriage? 258

6 Do Women Need an Emancipation Proclamation 266

7 Is God a Member of the Military-Industrial Complex? 275

8 The Only Gun Control Law That Will Work 283

9 Should Pastors Live in (Very Big) Glass Houses 287

10 Is the Prosperity Gospel Heretical? 292

Epilogue: Can We Turn Things Around? 296

About the Author 303

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