The Gospel According to Iowa City's Larry Baker and Pete Buttfucker

Not Larry Baker, but close enough

Non-archive link:  https://www.press-citizen.com/story/opinion/contributors/guest-editorials/2019/11/22/american-christianity-now-its-own-existential-crisis/4236644002/

Former Iowa City council member Larry Baker wrote an op-ed in the Press-Citizen that I largely agreed with until he completely stumbled at the end with this:

Commentators have noted with what ease and clarity — and persuasion — Pete Buttigieg talks about his faith. More importantly, he has confronted the Goliath of Republican religious bigotry and called it to task: I am a Christian, but you do not speak for me. That message, from a true-believer, will actually inspire wayward Christians wanting to come back home.  

Conservative Jennifer Rubin understands Pete’s appeal: “His progressive take on the Gospels combined with an ethic of public service seem to have generated some emotional uplift ... Buttigieg certainly stands out in the top tier as decades younger than his competitors, as the only one with military service, and the one who has managed to walk the line between realism and inspiration, progressive lead and national healer.” 

As I said at the beginning, I’m not taking sides in the God-question. Pete Buttigieg is a devout Christian, but that’s not a reason to vote for him. Vote for whomever you wish. 

Me, I’m going to relish the thought of Pete and Chasten’s first Sunday in the White House. I’ll still be an agnostic, but I’ll be a proud American too.

Jennifer Rubin isn't a "conservative".  She is a phony and a fraud and a cunt.

As for Pete Buttfucker:

It's the Gospel according to Pete Buttfucker! 

What does the Bible say?

The Bible teaches that our “righteous acts” are like a “polluted garment” or “filthy rags” before God, (Isaiah 64:6).

And we all need salvation because “all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,” (Romans 3:23, ESV). 

We “are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, who God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith,” (Romans 3:24-25, ESV).

And in case that isn't enough:

“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them,” (Ephesians 2:8-10, ESV).