Freedom From Religion Foundation Asks IRS To Investigate Lakepointe Church After ‘How to Vote Like Jesus’ Sermon
The hive of scum and villainy known as the Freedom From Religion Foundation (FFRF) is “demanding that the IRS take away the nonprofit status of an electioneering Texas church that has Josh Howerton as its senior pastor,” according to a press release from the organization.
The prominent anti-Christian group’s purpose is to “promote the constitutional principle of separation of state and church, and to educate the public on matters relating to nontheism.” Put another way, they launch tons of lawsuits that have “removed Ten Commandments and Jesus paintings from public schools, stopped city/school board prayer; halted school subsidy of child evangelism, removed nativity scenes and Christian crosses from public property, and stopped censorship of freethought displays, literature distribution, license plates and invocations.”
During a recent sermon at Lakepointe Church, Howerton preached on the importance of voting and lamented the lack of political engagement and silence from church leaders on political leaders, saying the choice to be silent is “completely and utterly unbiblical.” He also compared and contrasted the views of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris on several issues, including abortion, immigration, and religious freedom, and intimated that while Trump is not a perfect candidate, he ought to be preferred.
The FFRF summarizes the sermon this way:
Speaking to a congregation of about 20,000 members and 340,000 Instagram followers, Howerton identified three types of biblical leaders during his sermon: 1) the righteous King Josiah 2) the unrighteous Ahab and Jezebel and 3) the flawed King Jehu.
While mostly refraining from naming candidates, Howerton seemed to cast Kamala Harris and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as “unrighteous” while depicting Trump and his vice presidential pick Sen. JD Vance as merely “flawed” in this scenario.
“We all want a King Josiah. But sometimes, God uses a flawed leader for good purposes,” Howerton said to applause. “A flawed leader used to do some good things is better than suffering under wicked leaders.”
As a result, the FFRF is “flagging this as an election endorsement on Lakepointe Church’s part” and reporting them to the IRS because they have “improperly used its status as a religious organization and 501(c)(3) entity to intervene in the U.S. presidential election.”
They are asking the IRS to “immediately investigate Lakepointe Church and ensure that it no longer receives the benefits of 501(c)(3) status and that donations made to the church are no longer treated as tax deductible.”
In response to the actions of the FFRF, and whether or not he was worried, Howerton told Protestia:
I’m sleeping great. We’re unconcerned with selectively-deployed lawfare tactics whose purpose is to intimidate pastors into silence.
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Is this the same “flawed leader” that said it’s common sense to not want transgender surgery “without parental consent”?
By all means, vote for Trump, but don’t minimize what he really is.
I’m not about to endorse, or cast a “vote” for, the wickedness of either side of this fight either. His sermon was very sinful. He twisted scripture, and falsely accused millions, including myself, of being in rebellion against God because we rightly refuse to endorse the wickedness of the platform and agenda of either major political party. It was deceitful in that it intentionally omitted and ignored the wickedness of the platform of one side, even portraying it to be the opposite of what it really is. He can hang out on that limb by himself, along with the half-dozen other “scholars” worldwide who twist scripture to such a degree they wrongly and sinfully claim that not voting is rebellion against the Lord. He strayed wildly away from scripture. Sin has consequences. And my eye shall not pity …
I abstained from voting in the 2012 presidential election because my choices were Obama or Romney. I thought that I could not vote for a Mormon in good conscience, and certainly could not vote for the moral and ethical depravity of Barack Obama, the racist reprobate. Then a brother shared with me that I should always vote for the candidate that is most favorable to the protection of the American Christian church so that her mission and influence could continue without interference and persecution. There may not have been a true Christian candidate in my lifetime, and there is not one running in this election either. But it is clear which candidate is far more favorable to the Christian church and desires to uphold far more morality in the governance of the country, so Trump definitely gets my vote. I hope you can put on your big boy pants and vote for Trump too.
You can read my comments under the previous article about Howerton’s sermon. You’ll find my response there. I’m not going to waste time retyping it all. Except to state, yet again, that it has nothing to do with any candidate, but rather platform, and your deceitful, falsely accusatory, attempt to make it about trump, is duly noted.
“The prominent anti-Christian group’s purpose is to ‘promote the constitutional principle of separation of state and church…'”
They know there is nothing in the constitution that declares “separation of state and church.” So they shrewdly do not write it as a quote, and, instead, the allude to “the constitutional principle” of such. This, too, is nonexistent.
All of this exposes their deceitfulness and/or their personal level of being deceived. Is it any wonder, then, that all of their actions are anti-Christ and anti-America?