After the tragic May 31 shooting in Virginia Beach, President Donald Trump arrived unannounced at McLean Bible Church in Virginia. The pastor, David Platt, brought Trump — still clad in his golfing clothes — on stage and prayed for him.
It was a striking moment that caught the eye of the nation.
But not everyone in the church was happy. Instead of being inspired by the unity of the moment, instead of thanking the Almighty that we can lift our leaders in prayer, instead of thanking their pastor for using that moment to share the Gospel with the world, some members of the church were incensed that Platt would dare pray for Trump.
The backlash was such that Platt issued a follow-up statement to explain why he did it.
But really, the problem isn’t with Platt or Trump. Leftist Christians can’t get over their politics long enough to see that God is one of mercy and redemption for all. Indeed, God actually commands us to pray for our leaders.
It is exactly this point that caused TheBlaze TV’s conservative commentator Allie Stuckey to issue a direct statement to those church members upset with the idea of their pastor praying for the president.
“I don’t see, if you are a Christian who believes in the Bible, how you can have any beef with this whatsoever,” Stuckey said. “The fact of the matter is, there is no biblical reason to have a problem with it.”
Stuckey, host of the podcast “Relatable,” wasn’t done yet.
“If you have a problem with this prayer and you call yourself a Christian, you have a problem with the Word of God,” she continued.
“You don’t have a problem with David Platt. You don’t have a problem with Donald Trump. You have a problem with the Word of God.”
Stuckey said that because that’s the case, they needed to “take that up with God.”
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“I would say, ‘God forgive me for not believing your Word, forgive me for not believing you, forgive me for not prioritizing the supremacy of scripture and change my heart,” Stuckey said. “If you are angry over this, you need to repent of that sin.”
Stuckey reminded her listeners that the biblical command to pray for our leaders applies regardless of partisan politics. “I promise I would be saying this if it were Barack Obama, if he were praying over Kamala Harris, if he were praying over Bernie Sanders, if he were praying over Pete Buttigieg, I would be saying the same thing,” she said.
“Any Republican, any conservative, who called themselves a Christian who had a beef about that kind of prayer being prayed over a Democrat, I would be saying the same thing to you — that your problem is with the Word of God. It has nothing to do with President Trump.”
Stuckey also lamented how politics have “infected” the progressive Christian’s minds, saying, “I think they really don’t want Trump to be saved — if he’s not already. They really don’t want his salvation … they don’t want that for him.”
Stuckey reminded her listeners that according to 1 John, you “cannot hate your brother and love God at the same time.”
She concluded the segment with her opinion about Platt’s statement. She correctly noted that while Platt didn’t apologize, his statement “came across as giving validity to the people who were angry.”
Stuckey then spoke directly to Platt. “Dude, if you got people angry in your church about you obeying the Bible and sharing the Gospel and praying for people in high places, then you’ve got to work to do. You got some theological work to do in your church. This should have been more of a rebuke than it should have been any kind of concession.”
Preach it, Allie.
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