For his courage, he faces a firestorm of secular criticism. Please pray for this man of God.
(Topeka, KS)—On Saturday, December 8, several hundred Christians gathered beneath a large tent at a park near the governor’s mansion to worship and pray. The celebration, part of the ReignDown USA movement, was telecast around the world to an estimated 25-30 million people.
The event probably wouldn’t have drawn the attention of the nation’s mainstream press had it not been for the appearance of Kansas Governor Sam Brownback, who led a prayer for repentance.(Photo: Corey Jones/the Capital-Journal)
As reported in The Topeka Capital-Journal, Brownback spoke for about 10 minutes, during which he gave his personal testimony of coming to Christ in 1995 after being diagnosed with cancer.
In his prayer for forgiveness, the governor said, “I pray this as a child of God. I pray this as a sinful man. I pray this as somebody in the position of governor in the state of Kansas. I pray this in the name of Jesus.”
Secular news sources ran with the headline, “Secular Group Rips Gov. Brownback for Promotion of Faith Rally,” and “Kansas Governor Promotes Christian Prayer Event; Violates Constitution.”
Such accusations by the press are ultimately not only biased and misleading, but groundless on the basis of historical context. It would mean that President Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and nearly every American president who ever served in office, had violated the Constitution.
Thank you, Senator Brownback, for facing your critics with courage, class, and conviction. May God bless you and the great state of Kansas.
Source: Corey Jones – The Topeka Capital-Journal
via Kansas Governor Prays for Repentance.
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Amen, and God Bless you.
Secularist complaints about public displays of belief in God ignore much of American history. Most of the states in the early days of America had established church denominations longer after the founding. For example, Massachusetts only de-established the “Congregational Church” in 1780 and continued funding it until 1833. As can be seen from a plain reading, the First Amendment to the national constitution prevents the Congress from establishing a religion, but it does not prevent the states: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” It takes years of education to twist those words into any other meaning, but slowly, gloss upon gloss, the concept that Congress shall make no law to establish or prohibit the free exercise of religion has twisted into the idea that a governor of an individual state cannot pray to God publicly for himself, his state or our nation.
While “tolerant” secularists howl about Governor Brownback of Kansas leading a prayer of repentance for our national and individual sins, they ignore many similar prayers from the days of our national founding until recent times. Perhaps the most famous is the Thanksgiving proclamation of President Lincoln on October 3, 1863 which includes the following statement: “I recommend to them that while offering up the ascriptions justly due to Him for such singular deliverances and blessings, they do also, with humble penitence for our national perverseness and disobedience, commend to His tender care all those who have become widows, orphans, mourners or sufferers in the lamentable civil strife in which we are unavoidably engaged, and fervently implore the interposition of the Almighty Hand to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it as soon as may be consistent with the Divine purposes to the full enjoyment of peace, harmony, tranquillity and Union.”
The hypocrisy of secularists and multiculturalists is further revealed by their reticence to raise alarm at positive affirmations of the religion of Islam by our recent Presidents:
· “Islam is a vibrant faith. Millions of our fellow citizens are Muslim. We respect the faith. We honor its traditions. Our enemy does not. Our enemy doesn’t follow the great traditions of Islam. They’ve hijacked a great religion.” — President George W. Bush on U.S. Humanitarian Aid to Afghanistan (October 11, 2002)
· “Eid is a time of joy, after a season of fasting and prayer and reflection. Each year, the end of Ramadan means celebration and thanksgiving for millions of Americans. And your joy during this season enriches the life of our great country. This year, Eid is celebrated at the same time as Hanukkah and Advent. So it’s a good time for people of these great faiths, Islam, Judaism and Christianity, to remember how much we have in common: devotion to family, a commitment to care for those in need, a belief in God and His justice, and the hope for peace on earth.” — President George W. Bush in Honor of Eid Al-Fitr (December 17, 2001)
· “To the millions of Muslim Americans across the United States and more — the more than one billion Muslims around the world, Ramadan is a time of reflection and a time of devotion. It’s an occasion to join with family and friends in celebration of a faith known for its diversity and a commitment to justice and the dignity of all human beings. So to you and your families, Ramadan Kareem.” — President Barack H. Obama in Honor of third annual Iftar dinner at the White House (Aug 10, 2011)
Let us all hope and pray that Governor Brownback is not cowed into silence.