Some preachers encourage dangerous culture of victimhood

Tennessean
by Tim Alexander

04/02/08

As a pastor, I am saddened by the Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s wrong words. … Pulpits are filled with preachers who believe that they are speaking truth to the entrenched powers of the world. What they are actually doing is pandering. It is unseemly, not to mention unbiblical, for shepherds to encourage a culture of victimhood among their sheep. A victim is a dangerous person, for a victim rarely calibrates retaliation against reason. Jesus did not encourage victimhood. Jesus said persecution on account of his name was inevitable. He challenged his followers to repay evil with kindness, to turn the other cheek, to go the second mile and, above all, to demonstrate living faith in earnest discipleship. Christians were not to expect the world to genuflect in their direction. Respect from the world was to come with the purposeful life and the thoughtful answer...

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