Pastor to politician: Don’t use prayer as an excuse to shirk your responsibility | Opinion
And Christians, whatever else we say about the power of prayer, have the duty to see that our elected leaders fulfill their obligations. My own Lutheran tradition holds that the church is obligated to bring the Gospel to all people in the words of preaching and the sacraments, and that we are similarly obligated to relieve human need, both with our actions and with our prayers, wherever we find it.
If Self believes that a comprehensively funded mental health system with the power to intervene with citizens before a crime has even been committed would work to reduce mass shootings and survive constitutional challenges, he is free to propose legislation to that effect. So are our leaders in Austin.
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