Christian podcaster Allie Beth Stuckey headlined Turning Point USA’s most recent “American Comeback Tour” stop on Monday at LSU in Baton Rouge.
Speaking before 1,500 attendees, Stuckey paid tribute to the late Charlie Kirk, identifying the five most controversial truths the slain commentator taught during his ministry career:
“What a movement that Charlie started,” Stuckey observed. “To be able to have a legacy that lives on and actually multiplies after you die, that is the most that any of us could ask for.”
Despite the death of the Turning Point USA founder, the organization’s previously planned events are drawing large and enthusiastic crowds.
One of the most popular segments of each gathering is the “Question and Answer” session, a free spirited, unscripted dialogue with students. Traditionally, Charlie would allow those who disagreed with him to go to the front of the line.
On Monday, one student asked Stuckey to address pastors who are reluctant to talk about “politics” from the pulpit.
“It’s not that our theology as Christians has become political,” Stuckey replied. “It’s that politics have become theological. We’re not just talking about the nitty-gritty of immigration and economic policy anymore or the benefits or the cons of unions. “
She continued,
“We are talking about things that the Bible directly addresses, like whether or not we should kill babies. The Bible directly addresses what a woman is. The Bible directly addresses what a marriage is. So when politics enters the realm of the pulpit, which is theology and the Bible, pastors better talk about it. When a pastor says, ‘I don’t want to talk about gender. I don’t want to talk about abortion. I don’t want to talk about the evils of Islam. I don’t want to talk about those things’ – it’s not politics you’re scared of. It’s the Bible that you’re ashamed of, because the Bible answers those things.”
Stuckey eventually drove to what she believes is the root of the reluctance or refusal to address these critically important and relevant issues.
“A lot of Christians and a lot of pastors believe that they are nicer than God, that God is too mean when it comes to defining marriage,” she said. “He’s too mean when it comes to defining gender. So, we just won’t talk about it.”
Those who make God one-dimensional are often guilty of either sloppy theology or short on backbone, fearful of either being disliked or ostracized.
You can’t point to the love of God without also acknowledging the wrath of God. Some incorrectly suggest the God of the Old Testament is different than the God of the New Testament, but that’s just not true. Even the Apostle Paul acknowledges His timelessness when writing to believers in Rome:
But because of your hard and impenitent heart you are storing up wrath for yourself on the day of wrath when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. (Romans 2:5)
Pastor Josh Howerton recently challenged other pastors reluctant to address the pressing issues of the day. He said, “There’s no way to read about Daniel, Esther, Joseph, Moses, Nehemiah, and John the Baptist and think Christians should avoid politics.”
On Monday at LSU, Stuckey relieved anyone of the notion that they’re to somehow outshine the Lord in attitude and winsomeness.
“You’re not nicer than God,” she said. “You can’t out-mercy Him. You can’t out-love Him. God is Love (1 John 4:8). The most loving thing that you can do is agree with God.”
Allie Beth Stuckey and pastor Josh Howerton are right. Holiness never conflicts with the grace of Jesus. Don’t try and outshine the Son of God.
Image credit: Allie Beth Stuckey / X
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Paul J. Batura is a writer and vice president of communications for Focus on the Family. He’s authored numerous books including “Chosen for Greatness: How Adoption Changes the World,” “Good Day! The Paul Harvey Story” and “Mentored by the King: Arnold Palmer’s Success Lessons for Golf, Business, and Life.” Paul can be reached via email: Paul.Batura@fotf.org or Twitter @PaulBatura
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