This article talks about the Obama administration vetting the prayers given at presidential events. Putting that aside, one quote from the article really got my attention. One of the pastors who gave a prayer decided to "self-censor" his prayer by removing the word "Jesus" from it. He gives this as his reason:
No, this reaction is not limited to "this country." The name Jesus will always be "like pouring gasoline on fire for some people" but the Christian is not called to "work around that." How could you, after all?
"For some strange reason, the word Jesus is like pouring gasoline on fire for some people in this country," he said. "You learn how to work around that."
No, this reaction is not limited to "this country." The name Jesus will always be "like pouring gasoline on fire for some people" but the Christian is not called to "work around that." How could you, after all?
