American Spectator-
America was largely founded, substantially settled, and essentially established on Christian foundations. The models for colonies’ governments and the blueprints for “framing” documents were Biblical. Even Deists among the Founding Fathers generally acknowledged the Bible as their guide for designing constitutions and the governing documents.
America’s spiritual moorings were derived from more than such influences, however. The nation has often had “parallel leadership” from among Christian figures. Pilgrims came to the New World in search of religious freedom. Among them were Puritans. Before the Revolution — and helping to fuel its liberty-loving fervor — was the Great Awakening. Preachers like Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, and the Wesley brothers were enormously influential throughout the colonies and the new United States. In the next generations, the Second Great Awakening, and religious figures like Henry Ward Beecher and his sister Harriet Beecher Stowe persuasively argued against slavery and for social reform. Open-air revival meetings were conducted on Wall Street and other major sites.
… and so through much of American history. No matter the tenor of political changes and social trends, preachers, evangelists, and Gospel songwriters influenced broad swaths of American culture. Camp-meetings as Americans moved Westward, massive urban revivals, and new denominations. Clergy as best-selling authors and influential lecturers have always been prominent in public debates. The D.L. Moodys, Billy Sundays, Aimee Semple McPhersons, and Father Coughlins of yesterday prefigured “America’s Pastor,” Billy Graham. more
I don’t agree with most of the charismatic preachers but I praise the Lord that Jimmy like many others have brought salvation to us.
R.I.P. Jimmy
Rest in peace and I pray The Lord had mercy on your soul
Sourpuss
Tuesday, 1 July 2025, 16:58 at 4:58 pm
“I don’t agree with most of the charismatic preachers but I praise the Lord that Jimmy like many others have brought salvation to us.”
Only my Boss, the Lord Jesus Christ, brings salvation. The preacher’s part is to lead the lost to Him.
Never put the messenger ahead of the Message.
Not even me.
“8 And I John saw these things, and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell down to worship before the feet of the angel which shewed me these things.
9 Then saith he unto me, See thou do it not: for I am thy fellowservant, and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which keep the sayings of this book: worship God.”
Revelation 22:8-9
You can be sure God has already rewarded his efforts to bring His Word to us, and for that we angels rejoice.
But the messenger should always be hidden behind the Cross.
Always.
“Heaven is hotter than I thought it would be, and what’s with all that screaming?”
I THINK WE’VE FOUND SNS ABOVE ^^^^
His bawling schtick made him impossible to watch. Always looked like someone just stole his ice cream.
I would love to have been a proverbial fly on the wall when he finally came face to face with the truth of it all. What a conman.
At one point, TV was full of these guys. I have sinned!
I HAVE SINNED…I HAVE SINNED AGAINST THE LORD!
https://youtu.be/eraiowhmfiI?si=MP9M7cfJDVx7qnGb
“Jimmy Reptile and all his friends
Say they gonna be with you at the end
Burning records burning books
Holy soldiers nazi looks
Crocodile smiles just wait a while
Till the TV queen gets her make-up clean
I’ve lived in filth I’ve lived in sin
And I still smell cleaner than the shit you’re in
Holy Smoke Holy Smoke, plenty bad preachers for
The Devil to stoke
Feed’em in feet first this is no joke
This is thirsty work making Holy Smoke yeah
making Holy Smoke”
Judge not…
“Judge not…”
That’s exactly the kind of mindset that led to transing kids and faggot day parades in every city in the country. I used to wonder how anyone could ever get burned at the stake. Not anymore.
Thought his last name was swaggers.
RIP Jimmy Swaggart; you were there, amongst others, when I needed instruction and direction. Rest in His arms.
So long, say hello to your cousins, Mickey and Jerry Lee for me.
‘most prominent’ televangelist….
prominent like a hemorrhoid?
Unlike many of you, I have no idea what Jimmy Swaggart’s relationship with God, was at the end of his life, nor any other time. I don’t know his final thoughts either, so on judging him on the faults of his past, doesn’t fall within my purview
long ago suggestion for a bakker & swaggart magazine partnership, repenthouse
We are all fallen. We all sin.
The key is to know Jesus and to believe that he stands between us and the punishments we all deserve.
He was and is the sacrifice for all of our sins.
Have a relationship with Jesus. Ask for his help. Trust that he loves you more than you could imagine.
Pray in adoration and thanks for the life you have been given.
Pray in genuine sorrow for the sins and mistakes you have made.
Pray in gratitude and love for all your blessings.
Pray for people and situations you have no control over.