BARACK AND HIS BLASPHEMOUS CHURCH

If you haven't been living under a rock over the last couple of weeks, you have to be somewhat informed about the controversy centering around Barack Obama and his church Trinity United Church of Christ (TUCC) in Chicago, IL. Over the past couple of days, I've been hearing things like "It's a cult" and "Barack doesn't agree with all the teachings of the church"(which I find very interesting, especially in light of him running for the presidency. One would wonder if Obama would be as resistant to these claims if he were not running!!!)

Well, today I went to the church's web site and found some interesting things about its makeup. Personally, I find it hard that Obama could not know what this church promotes. His pastor is not shy in declaring what he believes, and the following proves it. This is taken from part of the church's doxology:

We are a congregation which is Unashamedly Black and Unapologetically Christian... Our roots in the Black religious experience and tradition are deep, lasting and permanent. We are an African people, and remain "true to our native land," the mother continent, the cradle of civilization. God has superintended our pilgrimage through the days of slavery, the days of segregation, and the long night of racism. It is God who gives us the strength and courage to continuously address injustice as a people, and as a congregation. We constantly affirm our trust in God through cultural expression of a Black worship service and ministries which address the Black Community.

In addition to this statement, TUCC has five women ministers on staff, has one male minister that specializes in the area of Social Justice, support other religious leaders such as Louis Farrakhan, and sells a book by author Iyanla Vanzant, who is part of the New Thought

cult.

However, the saddest part about all this is that most of the blacks, that I know who support Obama, will not be affected by the aforementioned things or any other unbiblical ideas that come from this church, even those who claim to be self-professed Christians. This is because some of them fit right into the mindset that this church expresses. Already, I have gotten into debates with some who say that they find no problem with Obama's pastor's messages saying, "You can't blame him! He grew up in the times of segregation, and he is just preaching against the things he has experienced all his life. If you grew up during that time you would understand". In short, they cheer Obama's pastor in his sin because they themselves have yet to overcome the slavery in their own minds.

And while, in no way am I trying to cheapen segregation, racism, and social justice in this article, I also am not a believer that these subjects should be the main focus of God's church. Christ and His work on the cross should be! And this goes for Obama's church and any other church that promotes racial unity and/or has strayed in the area of true Biblical orthodoxy. So, in conclusion, we as Christians (whether you're white, black, red, green, etc.) need to wake up and realize that our loyalty should be with Christ. We should support the candidate that will uphold the banner for our LORD and Savior, and not the one who shares our skin color.