Mohler on Robertson

Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, says of Pat Robertson's advocacy of assassination,

More importantly, he brought shame to the cause of Christ. This is the kind of outrageous statement that makes evangelism all the more difficult. Missing from the entire context is the Christian understanding that violence can never be blessed as a good, but may only be employed under circumstances that would justify the limited use of lethal force in order to prevent even greater violence. Our witness to the Gospel is inevitably and deeply harmed when a recognized Christian leader casually recommends the assassination of a world leader.

It's good that other Christian leaders recognize this. Mohler concludes, "He has brought embarrassment upon us all."