"On July 20, 2008, the pastor of Vice Presidential candidate Sarah
Palin’s home church, Larry Kroon, delivered a sermon called “Sin Is
Personal To God.” Kroon, the senior pastor of the non-denominational Wasilla Bible Church
in Wasilla, Alaska, used the book of Zephanaiah as his reference point
for discussing “that great day of the Lord when God will finally bring
closure to human history… a day of wrath.” According to Kroon, “all
things and all people” are going to bear the brunt of God’s “intense
anger.” “There’s anger with God,” he proclaimed. “He takes sin
personal.”
Kroon placed Zephaniah in a modern context, warning that the sinful
habits of Americans would invite the wrath of God. “And if Zephaniah
were here today,” Kroon bellowed, “he’d be saying, ‘Listen, [God] is
gonna deal with all the inhabitants of the earth. He is gonna strike
out His hand against, yes, Wasilla; and Alaska; and the United States
of America. There’s no exceptions here — there’s none. It’s all.’”"
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