{"id":19686,"date":"2010-10-14T11:25:08","date_gmt":"2010-10-14T15:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/dno\/?p=19686"},"modified":"2010-10-14T11:28:16","modified_gmt":"2010-10-14T15:28:16","slug":"too-many-churches-in-politicians%e2%80%99-pockets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/too-many-churches-in-politicians%e2%80%99-pockets\/","title":{"rendered":"Too many churches in politicians\u2019 pockets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-19688\" title=\"pastorRawles\" src=\"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/dno\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/pastorRawles.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/pastorRawles.jpg 200w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/pastorRawles-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Grace, mercy and peace from God through his son Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n<p>Today there are too many churches not doing what God send them to do. They have become puppets to so many politicians. God didn&#8217;t send pastors to kiss nobody\u2019s behind but to preach the good news to the world.<\/p>\n<p>Some of them let politicians, who have never attended their churches in years, to attend service when election is approaching and tell their congregation how good they are, and what they will do for them, knowing that most politicians are crooks.\u00a0 I said MOST POLITICIANS.<\/p>\n<p>They become enemies with other pastors because of politics. God didn&#8217;t send you guys to lick boot. Some of these politicians\u2019 tongues are as black as their hearts.\u00a0 Why do you pastors want to please this clowns instead of GOD? If you want to be a politician leave the church and go into politics.<\/p>\n<p>God doesn\u2019t need PUPPETS. He needs men\/women that are respecter of persons because respect of person is a sin with God. We cannot have it both ways. It\u2019s God or the devil, make your choice.<\/p>\n<p>May God keep blessing Dominica always.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Grace, mercy and peace from God through his son Jesus Christ. Today there are too many churches not doing what God send them to do. They have become puppets to so many politicians. 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