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The bible should rule in the MN Senate, says Majority leader Gazelka

“A lot of my job frankly is stopping the onslaught of the left from continually moving us in a way that we know is contrary to the Bible,” Gazelka told the extremist Christian evangelical leader Andrew Wommack during an interview in November on Truth & Liberty, a weekly extreme right Christian on-line broadcast.
Gazelka told Wommack that he is engaged in a spiritual battle as leader of the Minnesota Senate.

Wommack in turn told Gazelka that opponents of conservative Christians are with “the spirit of Antichrist. What they call political correctness is nothing but demonic inspired and so … I can get by with stuff maybe you can’t.” 

Gazelka didn’t disagree with the extremist opinion that opponents of conservative Christians are with the spirit of the Antichrist. He merely dissembled and claimed he was like Jesus who went among the sinners to convert them.

Gazelka has always seen himself as a minister who intends to convert Jews, Muslims, Catholics, Sikhs, Bahai, Hindus, Shinto, Native Americans, Rastafarians, agnostics, wican, atheists, and Methodists to his wacky brand of rigid and extremist Christianity.

In his book Market Place Ministers Gazelka applauds his wife for telling another woman that there is only one path to heaven and that is her way. It’s worth noting that in another part of his book Gazelka, who was selling insurance at the time, says he makes family decisions, not his wife. In other words, the one way path to heaven is a mans path. Women can follow or be damned. 

We reviewed Market Place Minister at Central Minnesota Political in 2018. It makes clear that Gazelka’s vision for a theocracy is completely authoritarian and patriarchal.

In John King’s review of the book he points out that Gazelka is preparing himself, and the converted for the end times - and, as far he’s concerned, they are near. I’d encourage you to read John’s review because Wommack repeatedly refers to the book in his interview. And Gazelka still believes everything that he wrote at the time.

We have a dangerous and extremist man in charge of the Minnesota Senate and we should know who he is.


I want to thank Al Doty for bringing the Wommack interview to my attention. You can find a summary of it, and a link to the actual interview at the Minnesota Reformer at https://minnesotareformer.com/2020/01/16/senate-leader-tells-televangelist-hes-in-a-spiritual-battle/

Tim

Central Minnesota Political

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  1. aunt sueJanuary 27, 2020 at 4:58 PM

    It's not the Liberal citizens who are moving away from Christ's teachings to "feed the hungry, welcome the refuge...." The Republicans have forgotten so many of Christ's teachings.

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