Pastor Perry Noble, now of Second Chance Church and formerly of NewSpring Church in South Carolina, has hit back against a text message that someone was praying for him, and explained why it provoked “real, pure anger.”
Noble wrote on Facebook Monday that the text that got him riled up read “Hey Perry, I just wanted to reach out and let you know I am praying for you.”
The former megachurch pastor did not reveal who the text was from, but admitted that he felt “anger…real, purge anger….confusion…disbelief.”
“Why? Because the person who sent me the text has not spoken to me in 18 months; in fact, they ignored my calls to them during that time — and I know for a fact they have gossiped, even told flat out lies about me!” he explained.
“So why in the hell did they text me to tell me they are praying for me? It’s quite simple (and, unfortunately the reason far too many ‘Christians’ tell others they are praying for them!),” he stated, before suggesting a number of reasons.
Noble argued that sending such a sentiment helps relieve a person’s conscience, including in cases where they don’t actually care about the subject.
“It places them in a place…
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