Top military commanders in Seoul have been ordered to speed up preparations to protect South Korea from the nuclear-armed regime of Kim Jong-un today as tensions in the region soar. In the past he made bigoted comments against Muslims, Catholics, Mormons, gays and former President Obama.
Tillerson went on to say "I do not believe that there is any imminent threat" from North Korea, adding "Americans should sleep well at night".
'Some Christians, perhaps younger Christians, have to think this through, ' Jeffress said, anticipating a possible backlash for his controversial statement.
"Most of all, it is important to secure capabilities that will ensure our victory in modern warfare and prepare us against North Korea's developing nuclear arms and missiles".
Attitudes about North Korea among evangelicals are unclear, he said.
Trump said that if Kim follows through on his threat to Guam or any American land, he "will be met with fire and fury".
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But Farkas advised calm in response to the heated rhetoric: "The reality check is, that right now, I don't think there's a reason to panic", she said, before pointing out that Kim Jong-un grew up in Switzerland, and is somewhat more tethered to reality than his father.
Jeffress, who delivered the sermon at the official preinaugural worship service in January, is alluding to a brief passage in the 13th chapter of Paul's Letter to the Romans that calls secular authorities "God's servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer". And he is finally making Pence a power player in the warring Trump White House.
Jeffress is unusual for an evangelical pastor because most pastors do not speak about specific foreign policy issues from the pulpit, except sometimes about Israel, said Amy Black, a political science professor at Wheaton College, an evangelical institution in IL.
Jeffress last met with Trump in July when a group of pastors laid hands on the president in the Oval Office. However, I have found the tone of The News Tribune to have become increasingly offensive towards Trump, and thus, offensive towards those of us many voters who support Trump's policies. Many evangelicals now look to leadership from pastors like Rick Warren in California or Tim Keller in New York City, though Warren and Keller do not speak about politics very often.
Yesterday two Air Force B-1B fighter jets took off from the United States base on Guam alongside bombers from Japan and South Korea, in a blatant display of American military strength.
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