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we ll discuss it with their new pastor, ed litton. from nbc news world headquarters in new york, i m joshua johnson. welcome to the week. quote, the people of texas are informed that in accordance with a proclamation of the executive of the united states, all slaves are free. this involves an absolute equality of personal rights and rights of property between former masters and slaves and the connection heretofore between them becomes that of employer and hired labor, unquote. that was general order number 3, read in galveston, texas, on june 19th, 1856, and with that, the last state to learn of abolition got the news. that general order is the reason
scripture? that s a great question. as a pastor, here s where i draw the line. i have very strong conservative theology and strong political views. but i m called to make disciples of the people in my church and people of my community disciples of jesus, not of a party. i am to make disciples to follow jesus and follow his teaches. my job is to help people know the word of god and to know how it is to practically be lived out in their lives, which includes politics. we encourage our parishioners to give to candidates they prefer and believe have character and can lead, and that we serve our cities, we bless our cities, the places that god as put us. but when it comes to leading my people into a certain political direction, i have learned that that s something best left to them. when we marry politics with the church, it gets it causes trouble and it takes us off our
kindly and said i didn t vote for you, but i love you in christ and i will pray for you. i think, again, the fringe is loud right now in our culture on every level. what it means is we have to practice exactly what you re holding us accountable to, and that is what the word of god says. pastor ed litton, i d love to continue this conversation, but i appreciate you making time. thank you very much. thank you, joshua. there s much more ahead in our next hour. congressional republicans voted overwhelmingly to make juneteenth a federal holiday but will this turn out to be a symbolic gesture? we ll put that to our panel. up next, a western drought is drying up water reserves with no end in sight. we ll have the latest.
christ, which is essential to the southern baptist convention. where do you draw the line in the merging of and politics scripture? that s a great question. as a pastor, here s where i draw the line. i have very strong conservative theology and strong political views. but i m called to make disciples of the people in my church and people of my community disciples of jesus, not of a party. i am to make disciples to follow jesus and live by his teachings. my job is to help people know the word of god and to know how it is to practically be lived out in their lives, which includes politics. we encourage our people to be the best citizens possible, to vote, to give to candidates they prefer and believe have character and can lead. and that we serve our cities, we bless our cities, the places that god as put us. but when it comes to leading my people into a certain political
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