"Pastor Yanked From Capitol Over 'Jesus' Prayer"

A Baptist pastor in North Carolina was “relieved of his duties as an honorary chaplain of the state house of representatives after he closed a prayer by invoking the name of Jesus.”

He was told not to “use the name Jesus. We have some people here that can be offended.” Read the whole article here.

This baffles me. If Christianity is offensive to them, then why are they praying? It would be better to just stop the charade and give up the hypocrisy. They might as well pray to the naked statue of Lady Justice. It would probably offend less people.

Pastors pray. Pastors pray in the name of Jesus. That's their job, its what they do.

To ask a pastor not to would be like asking a structural engineer to design a building without using any math. After all, some people don’t understand math and are offended by it (especially fractions).

Or its like going to a doctor and asking him to treat you without using any of that offensive medicine stuff. It just don’t make no dadburn sense.

I am encouraged, though, by this pastor’s actions. He fought the good fight of faith in the face of persecution. I pray (in the name of Jesus Christ) that God will bless him for it, both now and in eternity.