Attorney General Jeff Sessions ignited a public theological debate last week when he used the Bible, specifically Romans 13, to justify the Trump administration’s policy of separating children from their parents at the U.S. border. He likely took his cues from the White House Bible Study (WHBS), a weekly Bible study for members of the president’s cabinet organized by Ralph Drollinger of Capitol Ministries. According to documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, significant staff time and resources go into coordinating the Bible study every week. Documents also show that Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, who defended the policy during a press conference Monday, is heavily involved with the WHBS. In fact, she’s the only cabinet official whose direct email address appears on the electronic invitations to the WHBS. https://thinkprogress.org/white-house-bible-study-group-trump-child-separation-policy-24de236c4824/
Earlier this year, a weekly Bible study session led by a far-right evangelical pastor and sponsored by nearly a dozen members of the president’s Cabinet tried to move its meetings to the White House, according to emails obtained by Gizmodo Media. Vice President Mike Pence was supposed to host the January 10 session in his West Wing office, but the location was changed at the last minute. <...> Pence, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have long sponsored Drollinger’s efforts, and their political ascent has meant a corresponding rise in Capitol Ministries’ influence. “The sudden rise of Pence, Sessions, and Pompeo—all men who are disciples of Jesus Christ—serve to vividly illustrate the truth of 1 Timothy 2:1-4!” Drollinger wrote in a blog post following his sponsors’ Cabinet nominations. Drollinger continued: “Suddenly these men who have been discipled by the Church are in prominent positions of authority to change the course of America in ways that are biblical.” https://splinternews.com/the-trump-cabinets-far-right-bible-study-group-tried-to-1826801065
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Date: 2018-06-25 01:09 pm (UTC)Удивляло, каким образом Кирстен Нильсен удаётся врать на голубом глазу https://yakov-a-jerkov.livejournal.com/1419621.html Больше не удивляет - выяснилось, что она является активным участником кружка по изучению Библии Ральфа Дроллингера https://yakov-a-jerkov.livejournal.com/1408814.html?thread=48067118#t48067118
Attorney General Jeff Sessions ignited a public theological debate last week when he used the Bible, specifically Romans 13, to justify the Trump administration’s policy of separating children from their parents at the U.S. border. He likely took his cues from the White House Bible Study (WHBS), a weekly Bible study for members of the president’s cabinet organized by Ralph Drollinger of Capitol Ministries.
According to documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, significant staff time and resources go into coordinating the Bible study every week. Documents also show that Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, who defended the policy during a press conference Monday, is heavily involved with the WHBS. In fact, she’s the only cabinet official whose direct email address appears on the electronic invitations to the WHBS.
https://thinkprogress.org/white-house-bible-study-group-trump-child-separation-policy-24de236c4824/
Earlier this year, a weekly Bible study session led by a far-right evangelical pastor and sponsored by nearly a dozen members of the president’s Cabinet tried to move its meetings to the White House, according to emails obtained by Gizmodo Media. Vice President Mike Pence was supposed to host the January 10 session in his West Wing office, but the location was changed at the last minute. <...> Pence, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have long sponsored Drollinger’s efforts, and their political ascent has meant a corresponding rise in Capitol Ministries’ influence. “The sudden rise of Pence, Sessions, and Pompeo—all men who are disciples of Jesus Christ—serve to vividly illustrate the truth of 1 Timothy 2:1-4!” Drollinger wrote in a blog post following his sponsors’ Cabinet nominations. Drollinger continued: “Suddenly these men who have been discipled by the Church are in prominent positions of authority to change the course of America in ways that are biblical.”
https://splinternews.com/the-trump-cabinets-far-right-bible-study-group-tried-to-1826801065
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Date: 2018-06-25 06:49 pm (UTC)