he states his belief the aryan race was created by god and a sin to dill dilute it through racial mixing. he also professed in a speech that jesus was the one true god. well, one pastor who will be with us tonight told us of the story when hitler became chancellor of germany. he met with all of the leading pastors. he openly try stod reassure them tried to reassure them that the position of the church was secure. but he secretly was setting out to silence them. one of the men in the room was martin neimoler. he wasn t buying it at all. he wasn t buying it and he pushed his way to the front of the pastors. this was spooky dude. you have didn t go after this guy. he did. he went and he faced hitler right nose to nose. niemole told him, our concern is not for the church. jesus christ will take care of the church.
and a sin to dill dilute it through racial mixing. he also professed in a speech that jesus was the one true god. well, one pastor who will be with us tonight told us of the story when hitler became chancellor of germany. he met with all of the leading pastors. he openly try stod reassure them tried to reassure them that the position of the church was secure. but he secretly was setting out to silence them. one of the men in the room was martin neimoler. he wasn t buying it at all. he wasn t buying it and he pushed his way to the front of the pastors. this was spooky dude. you have didn t go after this guy. he did. he went and he faced hitler right nose to nose. niemole told him, our concern is not for the church. jesus christ will take care of the church. our concern is for the soul
it went more than the church of england. you had to pay tithe. it was a tax there. wasn t an opportunity to worship as you chose. that s why whitefield didn t go preach in the churches. he had to do it out in the fields. that s where our founders were trying to guard against. they knew what would happen when a state said hey, wait a minute. we have these people who will listen to anything because they re stupid, i guess. and they ll just listen to whatever their pastor says. so, if we can co-op the state, we can get them to do anything. that s what they were guarding against. almost like what is happening with social justice and the progressives. now, the worst example of this in the last century, is probably the best example of what a state interfering in religion can do. when hitler came to power in germany, he knew his
the state has no place in that. england had a state church. it went more than the church of england. you had to pay tithe. it was a tax there. wasn t an opportunity to worship as you chose. that s why whitefield didn t go preach in the churches. he had to do it out in the fields. that s where our founders were trying to guard against. they knew what would happen when a state said hey, wait a minute. we have these people who will listen to anything because they re stupid, i guess. and they ll just listen to whatever their pastor says. so, if we can co-op the state, we can get them to do anything. that s what they were guarding against. almost like what is happening with social justice and the progressives. now, the worst example of this in the last century, is probably the best example of what a state interfering in religion can do.