Saturday, September 17, 2011

"It's Nazis or Nazirites"



New Apostolic Reformation preacher Lou Engle envisions the Biblical Nazirite vow as a transformative spiritual discipline, as described in his book Nazirite DNA. When Lou Engle spoke at the Empowered gathering in Tulsa, Oklahoma, he had this to say at the 1:04 mark.
"The doom of a nation can only be averted by a storm of glowing passions. Let me say it again. The doom of a nation can only be averted by a storm of glowing passion, but only those who have it can give it away. [Cheers from audience] I would clap as well to that sound except this is who spoke those words. His name was Adolph Hitler. And if God doesn't find the Nazirite burning man in a culture that is filled with lethargy and boredom, mediocrity, sexual immorality, God is looking for a burning man to attract once again a generation to the fires to the love of Jesus. And if God will not find his Nazirites, he'll find the alternative. It's Nazis or Nazirites. They said about Hitler's rallies, people would go to his rallies as skeptics and return as blazing fanatics. It is time once again to have a generation that has the flaming tongue because they have the flaming heart for Jesus. There is no alternative."
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7 comments:

  1. Donna BantaSeptember 17, 2011 at 4:02 PM

    Good Lord, this guy's a nutcase, and seems to have a substantial following. Thanks for reporting on this!

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 17, 2011 at 4:27 PM

    So Hitler brought people to Jesus? Yeah, that sounds about right. Hitler and Engle seem like birds of a feather, both non-empathetic sociopaths blinded by their self-righteous bigotry and lack of rationality.

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  3. AhabSeptember 17, 2011 at 10:07 PM

    Donna -- In typical fundamentalist fashion, Engle frames faith in black-and-white terms. You either follow his interpretation of Christianity, or you'll usher in the Nazis. Jeez.

    Cognitive Dissenter -- And both scapegoated vulnerable groups. For Hitler it was Jews, and for Engle it's mostly LGBT people.

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  4. Tristan VickSeptember 18, 2011 at 1:26 AM

    Around 6:36

    "Let your children burn and go for the flame."

    I sure hope that's a metaphor.

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  5. Tristan VickSeptember 18, 2011 at 1:40 AM

    Just look at the size of that crowd! Does he really need to take the 89 year old lady's money?

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  6. AhabSeptember 18, 2011 at 2:10 AM

    Tristan -- I hope it's a metaphor too!

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  7. AnonymousOctober 9, 2011 at 11:49 PM

    May God have mercy over america!

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