{"id":790,"asset_id":1072,"title":"\"You Are Now a Wartime Pastor\"  Mario Murillo, Reno, Nevada","alias":"you-are-now-a-wartime-pastor-mario-murillo-reno-nevada","introtext":"<div align=\"center\">\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>\"You Are Now a Wartime Pastor\"<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Mario Murillo, Reno, Nevada<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elijahlist.com\/words\/display_word.html?ID=26159\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img src=\"https:\/\/images.elijahlist.com\/faces\/freephoto_Mario_Murillo_2020_600px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"186\" height=\"150\" style=\"float: left;\" hspace=\"10\" align=\"center\" \/><\/a><\/div>\r\n<div id=\"word-truncate\">\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pastor, you believe you have a choice, but reality and circumstances have made the choice. You can try to stay out of the war, but you will be labeled a traitor.&nbsp;<em>I'm<\/em>&nbsp;not calling you a traitor \u2013 but the&nbsp;<em>situation&nbsp;<\/em>will. Things are deteriorating fast; the battle lines are drawn so clearly. Your silence will label you a&nbsp;<em>turncoat.<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">There is a powerful pull to remain a 'peacetime' pastor. Nostalgia and the yearning for simpler times are strong temptations, but there is no going back.<strong>&nbsp;Like it or not, reject it or not, you are now a wartime pastor.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p class=\"subtitle\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">What Should a Wartime Pastor Be Doing?<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">So, what should a wartime pastor be doing right now?<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em><strong><em><strong><img src=\"https:\/\/images.elijahlist.com\/email_images\/freephoto_afghani_refugees_2021crisis_Orlir.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" style=\"float: right;\" hspace=\"10\" vspace=\"10\" border=\"0\" align=\"left\" \/><\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/em>One: A wartime pastor will face the fact that our nation is being led by evildoers.&nbsp;<\/strong>The same villains who led the disastrous exit from Afghanistan are in control of the pandemic. They do not care about people's lives. They do not care that they are despised by most of America. They are dedicated to their Marxist agenda and are bent on destroying this nation. They are reckless and depraved.<em>&nbsp;(Photo via Orlir)<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When a pastor realizes that those who are in power now are totally evil, it is then that they will make the right choices for the good of their own people.<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Two: A wartime pastor will educate their congregation on the evils of Critical Race Theory, transgenderism, and abortion.&nbsp;<\/strong>They will do this early, emphatically, and will not back down. They know that it is better to cut their losses now than to allow a congregation to fester in cultural compromise. Proverbs 28:23 says, \"He who rebukes a man will find more favor afterward than he who flatters with the tongue.\"<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Three: A wartime pastor will organize his people, immediately.&nbsp;<\/strong>They will get EVERYONE down to the school board meeting, the county commissioner's meeting, and the city council meeting. Because this is war, you will get your people to start working together.&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Pastor, they are looking to you, and you must lead them!<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Four: A wartime pastor will deal with the hard questions \u2013 the unavoidable questions.&nbsp;<\/strong>What will you do when your unvaccinated members are no longer allowed to be treated at the hospitals \u2013 when they won't even be allowed inside the front door?<em>&nbsp;It is already happening.&nbsp;<\/em>The Church will have to take care of them. Are you ready for that?<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Some of your people are going to be fired from their jobs. They may have trouble finding any gainful employment. They'll need help \u2013 a kind of help you haven't ever dealt with before \u2013 and there could be a lot of them. Are you prepared to take care of them?<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Five: A wartime pastor realizes that they will soon be coming after your money.&nbsp;<\/strong>They failed to keep the Church locked down; the church came roaring back. Now they will go after your money. How will they do this?&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/elijahlist.com\/words\/display_word.html?ID=26159\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">READ MORE AT ELIJAH LIST &gt;&gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\r\n<\/div>","fulltext":"","state":1,"catid":"8","created":"2021-09-24 16:47:50","created_by":"873","created_by_alias":"","modified":"2021-09-24 16:47:50","modified_by":null,"checked_out":null,"checked_out_time":null,"publish_up":"2021-09-24 16:47:50","publish_down":"0000-00-00 00:00:00","images":"{\"image_intro\":\"\",\"float_intro\":\"\",\"image_intro_alt\":\"\",\"image_intro_caption\":\"\",\"image_fulltext\":\"\",\"float_fulltext\":\"\",\"image_fulltext_alt\":\"\",\"image_fulltext_caption\":\"\"}","urls":"{\"urla\":false,\"urlatext\":\"\",\"targeta\":\"\",\"urlb\":false,\"urlbtext\":\"\",\"targetb\":\"\",\"urlc\":false,\"urlctext\":\"\",\"targetc\":\"\"}","attribs":"{\"article_layout\":\"\",\"show_title\":\"\",\"link_titles\":\"\",\"show_tags\":\"\",\"show_intro\":\"\",\"info_block_position\":\"\",\"info_block_show_title\":\"\",\"show_category\":\"\",\"link_category\":\"\",\"show_parent_category\":\"\",\"link_parent_category\":\"\",\"show_associations\":\"\",\"show_author\":\"\",\"link_author\":\"\",\"show_create_date\":\"\",\"show_modify_date\":\"\",\"show_publish_date\":\"\",\"show_item_navigation\":\"\",\"show_icons\":\"\",\"show_print_icon\":\"\",\"show_email_icon\":\"\",\"show_vote\":\"\",\"show_hits\":\"\",\"show_noauth\":\"\",\"urls_position\":\"\",\"alternative_readmore\":\"\",\"article_page_title\":\"\",\"show_publishing_options\":\"\",\"show_article_options\":\"\",\"show_urls_images_backend\":\"\",\"show_urls_images_frontend\":\"\"}","version":1,"ordering":null,"metakey":"","metadesc":"","access":"1","hits":null,"metadata":"{\"robots\":\"\",\"author\":\"\",\"rights\":\"\",\"xreference\":\"\"}","featured":"1","language":"*","xreference":"","note":""}