Jesus called for nothing like this, and Pat Robertson sounded more like one of the radical imams.

If Jesus Christ is the head of the church and hence the source and goal of its entire life, true growth is only possible in obedience to Him. Conversely, if the church becomes detached from Jesus Christ and His Word, it cannot grow however active and successful it may seem to be.

Followers of Jesus who count the cost and are willing to take up their crosses after him must have broad shoulders.

At the supreme moment of his dying Jesus so identified himself with men and the depths of their predicament and agony that no man can now sink so low that God has not gone lower.