MEMBER BLOG TAG: jeremiah
| Wednesday, November 19, 2008 12:06PM | | | | John the Baptist Needs Help | Tags: Jesus, Jeremiah, Herod, Sunday School
| | | | John the Baptizer needs help
Matthew 11:1-6
Many years ago a friend of mine was supply preacher at a small Baptist Church in West Texas. Sunday night he read the text for his sermon, “Vanity of vanities, saith the preacher, vanity of vanities; all is vanity.” A deacon stood up at the back of the church and said, “Brother Preacher, I don’t believe that’s in the Bible.” My friend assured the good deacon that it was not only in the Bible, it was in the King James Baptist Bible. The... | | | | | | | Wednesday, April 30, 2008 11:50AM | | | | Obama's Pastor | Tags: Jeremiah Wright, Barack Obama, genocide, slavery
| | | | Rev. Jeremiah Wright said some ugly things about America: that some of us
put America first with God a distant second. For some that god is Mammon
say God bless America and turn Your head from the slavery, racism and oppression that made us rich
say God bless America and forget our genocide against Native Americans and the theft of their land and that of others that gave us our country
say God bless America and overlook our wars for profit that gave us power
say God bless America and ignore our torture of helpless captives that makes us feel manly
luxuriate in our wealth and power, know nothing of mercy, justice and humility but proudly call upon Mammon to give us more.
Thank God there... | | | | | | | Sunday, March 23, 2008 8:33PM | | | | All Politics is Personal | Tags: Barack Obama, Reverend Jeremiah Wright, politics, campaign 2008
| | | It was Tip O’Neill, the former Speaker of the House, who once said that all politics is local. With apologies to old Tip, I will go one step further. All politics is personal.
Whatever one’s political preferences, who cannot admire Barack Obama’s verve, spirit, and oratorical skills? But the words of his pastor, the Reverend Jeremiah Wright, who Obama has revered and trumpeted as his inspiration and spiritual advisor, make one shudder with embarrassment for the candidate... | | | | | |
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