Bless you all. Thank you. Thank you. You may be seated. First of all, i want to say what a tremendous honor it is to be here with all of you. There is something very encouraging about getting together again, and especially with people who love america, that love god, who love the church, who love jesus, who love worship, who love the bible, who still believe jesus is the answer. Ive just come tonight to, first of all, say what an honor it is , and i made a. Ecision in 2016 paula and jonathan, who are just some of the greatest people that we have known for many, many decades we have known you, paula, and now jonathan, and the more that i know jonathan, the greater my respect gets for him. They are just a power couple in the kingdom of god. They really are. Dr. Jackson is here and ralph is here and dr. Lee is here, and im leaving somebody out very important, im sure, but youre all here not to lift ourselves, not to talk about ourselves, we our time ited in weve got five minutes, and ill
Americas pastors, lets give it up for pastor franklin. Thank you all. You may be seated. First of all, first of all i want to say what a tremendous honor it is to be here with hall of you. Theres been very encouraging about getting together again. And especially with people love america, who love god, who loved the church and who love jesus. ,love worship. Who love the bible. And still believe jesus isthe answer. And ive just come tonight to first of all say what an honor it is to be here and i made a decision in 2016, paula and jonathan are just some of the greatest people that we have known for many many decades. Weve known you paula and now jonathan and the more that i know jonathan the greater my respect gets for him. Because hes just, theyre just a power couple in the kingdom of god, they really are and doctor jackson is here and wrap is here and doctor lee is here and im leaving somebody out there important im sure we are all here, not to list ourselves, not to talk about ourselv
If you think yes, call this number 202 7488000, and if you think no, you can also call 202 7488001, and you can also send a text, 202 7488003. And if you cannot wait in on social media, you can post a comment on facebook. Before we get to your calls this sunday morning, we wanted to stunning front page to the New York Times this morning. 100,000, sonearing there is no traditional news story on this front page this morning. This is a series of names where they are from, folks who have passed away or died from the coronavirus, and they have published 1000 of these names, just 1 with biographies or Something Special about those people. They write that the numbers alone cannot possibly measure the impact of the coronavirus on america, whether it is the number of patients treated, jobs interrupted or lives cut short. As the country nears a grim milestone, the times scoured obituaries and death notices of the victims, the 1000 people reflect just 1 of the total, they were not simply names on
More complicated than the closing seem to have been. There has been a back and forth going on behind the scenes between the cdc and the white house about whether there should be kind of a federal guidance for houses of worship. It just a couple of days before the president made that announcement on friday, we and others reported that the white house was saying there was going to be no plans for any federal guidance in part because they did not want to give the impression that they were adding more regulations to whatever was going on at the state and local level to what houses of worship have to do to figure out how to reopen. For reasonsersed that are not completely clear, said whatesident also your listeners heard. He does not have the authority to override governors on that kind of thing, but he is speaking for a minority, but a passionate and engaged minority of americans who feel disrespected. He is focusing their on the issue of being essential, the status of houses of worship. I
Ton post to explain how the president ultimately got to that announcement on friday. The vast majority of houses of worship in the United States have been up until now pretty conservative and closed, but as we have been talking about reopening, it has become evident that the reopening is more complicated than the closing seem to have been. There has been a back and forth going on behind the scenes between the cdc and the white house about whether there should be kind of a federal guidance for houses of worship. It just a couple of days before the president made that announcement on friday, we and others reported that the white house was saying there was going to be no plans for any federal guidance in part because they did not want to give the impression that they were adding more regulations to whatever was going on at the state and local level to what houses of worship have to do to figure out how to reopen. For reasonsersed that are not completely clear, said whatesident also your l