{"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.&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 16:49:48","modified_by":"873","checked_out":"873","checked_out_time":"2021-09-24 16:47:50","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":2,"ordering":"0","metakey":"","metadesc":"","access":"1","hits":"0","metadata":"{\"robots\":\"\",\"author\":\"\",\"rights\":\"\",\"xreference\":\"\"}","featured":"1","language":"*","xreference":"","note":""}