There is a pastor in Arizona who openly preaches his personal hatred of President Obama. He claims that his hatred is righteous and uses passages from the Bible to prove it. You can hear some of his venom from the Youtube clip, below. It is no wonder that some claim religion is the greatest evil in our world today and no wonder many others are cynical about faith and the Bible. What is paradoxical, however, is that a man who considers himself "pro-life," is so bent on visiting death on someone who doesn't agree with him. There is nothing of Christ in this preacher's words, except maybe in the protests they have sparked as even neighboring businessmen challenge his loveless message.
And that is, perhaps, the importance of this kind of false prophet. He and others like him remind us of what Christian faith is actually all about and what it means to follow Christ, the Prince of Peace. "Whatever Christian faith is," he affords us the opportunity to say, "this is what it most definitely is not."
