Pennsylvania lawmaker criticized for praying publicly to Jesus
The Daily Article
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🗓️ 3 April 2019
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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR APRIL 3, 2019
More and more Americans are questioning whether they need God to be good. Today's podcast responds with biblical truth that calls us into an intimate relationship with the transformative Spirit of God.
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| 0:00.0 | Pennsylvania lawmaker criticized for praying publicly to Jesus. |
| 0:05.8 | This is Dr. Jim Dedison's The Daily Article podcast for Wednesday, April 3rd, 2019. |
| 0:10.8 | I was asked to deliver the invocation some years ago before a session of the Texas House of Representatives. |
| 0:16.2 | As a Christian minister, I prayed to Jesus in the name of Jesus. |
| 0:19.5 | Those present thanked me for my invocation, and my host gave me a tour of the Capitol. That was then. This is now. Stephanie Borowitz is a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. When she was asked to deliver the invocation at a house session recently, she prayed to Jesus in the name of Jesus. She mentioned our Lord's name more than 12 times and gave thanks that President Trump has stood beside Israel unequivocally. |
| 0:40.3 | Her prayer has been roundly condemned. |
| 0:43.3 | One critic claimed that during her invocation, prayer was weaponized. |
| 0:46.3 | A Muslim lawmaker who was inducted into the house that day alleged that her prayer blatantly represented the Islamophobia that exist among some leaders. |
| 0:57.0 | She called on the General Assembly to censure Borowitz. |
| 1:01.8 | Numerous media outlets are carrying the story and criticizing Borowitz for praying so overtly in the name of Jesus. However, few are reporting that a Muslim cleric followed her Christian |
| 1:06.5 | prayer by praying in Arabic and quoting the Quran. Here's one of our questions for today. Can we |
| 1:11.7 | be good without God? The uniqueness of Jesus and the necessity of faith in him are prominent |
| 1:16.1 | themes woven throughout the New Testament. However, in our culture that tolerates everything |
| 1:20.3 | but perceived intolerance, such doctrines are anathema to many. One of the most common rebuttals |
| 1:25.9 | to the biblical proclamation that everyone needs |
| 1:27.7 | Christ is the claim that we can be good without God. This was a prominent declaration in the |
| 1:33.0 | Washington Post commentary I discussed yesterday. The writer stated that he will not pass his parents |
| 1:37.5 | Christian faith to his children, but he claims to be teaching their values. He believes that he |
| 1:42.0 | learned far more about being a good person from my mom than from any of the priests, nuns, or teachers I encountered during my time in Catholic school. |
| 1:49.0 | In his mind, he can be as good as his mother without being committed to her Christian faith. |
| 1:54.0 | The writers by no means alone. According to Pew Research Center, |
| 1:57.0 | 56% of Americans say it is not necessary to believe in God in order to be moral |
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