the7ones.comDobson: ‘I don’t think he’s a Christian’
Apparently, Dr. James Dobson is an authority on who is a Christian, and who isn’t. At least, that’s what he seems to imply in a U.S. News article in reference to potential conservative presidential candidates.
Sadly, the founder of Focus on the Family seems to disagree with the Bible on what makes a Christian. Dobson says he doesn’t get the impression that former Sen. Fred Thompson is a Christian because “has never known Thompson to be a committed Christian””someone who talks openly about his faith.”
I wonder how Dobson can claim to be an authority on whether Thompson is a Christian merely because Dobson hasn’t seen Thompson talking about his faith? Who, ultimately, is the definer of faith? Dobson? Or God?
Dobson seems to have let his power and position go to his head. The Bible says a Christian is one who believes that Jesus is the Son of God (John 3:16) who died for our sins (Romans 5:9). A Christian is also one who has repented of his or her past sinful lives (Luke 13:3; Rom. 10:9,10) and confesses Christ before men (Matt. 10:32-33). A Christian is also one who has been baptized into Christ for the remission of sins (Matt. 28:19; Mark 16:16; Acts 2:38; Acts 22:16; Gal. 3:26-27) and added to the church by Jesus Himself (Acts 2:47).
Can James Dobson take those requirements away? Can he add more? No!
Thompson is a Christian, baptized into Christ. Whether he is a “good” Christian or a “bad” Christian is between him and God. But one can say, without a doubt, if Thompson has obeyed the commands of God in relation to God’s plan of salvation, he is a Christian.
Dobson, seeking to clarify, said through a spokesperson, “We use that word””Christian””to refer to people who are evangelical Christians.”
In other words, members of the church of Christ, to Dobson, are not Christians, because we are not termed by the world “evangelical?” What right does Dobson have to reterm the word “Christian” and apply it to those who meet his requirements, and not God’s?
Dr. Dobson, I am so sorry to see you in stark disagreement with God and the scriptures. You have lost a great deal of respect in my eyes.
Of course, my opinion probably doesn’t matter to you, since I’m not an “evangelical Christian,” only a New Testament Christian, a member of the body of Christ.
May this be a wake-up call to the “evangelicals” to examine scriptures and speak only where the Bible speaks, especially in terms of “who’s a Christian.”
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I am constantly saddened by what “the world” thinks a Christian is. All they have to do is simply look at the Bible – at the scriptures you describe and they can tell. The problem is “the world” as a whole does not accept Christianity as described in the New Testament. Dobson as set himself up as “God” in determining who is a Christian and who isn’t. That is for God to judge. This is another example a man thinking he is something – when in fact. he is nothing.
Dobson is arrogant and has been for a long time. I suspect his dislike of Senator Thompson stems from the fact that Thompson believes in God in Heaven and not the god-wannabe from Coloradio Springs.