Associated Baptist Press: Drake, former SBC officer, says he’s praying for Obama to die
A former Southern Baptist Convention officer who on June 2 called the death of abortion provider George Tiller an answer to prayer said later in the day he is also praying “imprecatory prayer” against President Obama.
Wiley Drake, pastor of First Southern Baptist Church in Buena Park, Calif., and former running mate of American Independent Party presidential candidate Alan Keyes, said June 2 on Fox News Radio he didn’t understand why people were upset with his comments quoted by Associated Baptist Press from a webcast of his daily radio talk show.
“Imprecatory prayer is agreeing with God, and if people don’t like that, they need to talk to God,” Drake told syndicated talk-show host Alan Colmes. “God said it, I didn’t. I was just agreeing with God.”
Asked if there are others for whom Drake is praying “imprecatory prayer,” Drake hesitated before answering that there are several. “The usurper that is in the White House is one, B. Hussein Obama,” he said.
Later in the interview, Colmes returned to Drake’s answer to make sure he heard him right.
“Are you praying for his death?” Colmes asked.
“Yes,” Drake replied.
“So you’re praying for the death of the president of the United States?”
“Yes.”
“You would like for the president of the United States to die?” Colmes asked once more.
“If he does not turn to God and does not turn his life around, I am asking God to enforce imprecatory prayers that are throughout the Scripture that would cause him death, that’s correct.”
I have to wonder if he has ever read Romans 13? You know, pray for your leaders because God put them there? Whether you like President Obama or not, this kind of stuff is wrong.
June 9th, 2009 8:58 pm
Didn't someone say something about loving your enemies, too? I seem to think that I read that somewhere … must have been some crazy heretic with no respect for the Bible, huh?
June 9th, 2009 6:00 pm
No, Wickle, I don’t remember ready that. Is that in one of the commie bibles?
June 10th, 2009 12:55 pm
Hey, did you ever finish getting through the Patriot's Bible?
I was kind of wondering if it explained why Jesus would reject the cluster bomb treaty …
June 10th, 2009 1:28 pm
Ha! No, I haven't yet. Trying to this week
June 10th, 2009 9:39 pm
Well, I'm casting no stones.
I still haven't finished "Blue Like Jazz," which I've had for about two months now.