Dobson is deluded!

Street Prophets: Faith and Politics

Read this whole blog. It is really good and has Dobson's number. Here is an excerpt: The last paragraph.

Dobson it appears believes he is the king of the evangelicals. Making candidates come to him, favoring those who believe as he does, damning those who do not. He believes that he controls the voting bloc, that people will unify behind him, and that his blessing is important. He has attacked the faith of Thompson and Romney, knowing what they believe and think before they do. Dobson's threats and actions don't carry the weight he thinks, but his words still have an effect. His thoughts and beliefs are gobbled up by thousands upon thousands on a daily basis, which makes it scary when he says things like this. Condemning someone you haven't met for what is in their heart is horrible. Dobosn's use of God and the Bible to justify his own prejudice, anger and lust for power is seen by all his followers. To them, hey, it must be good, Dr. Dobson does it. This is exactly the reason why he is so dangers. Not only is he politically active with his ideas and power hungry ways, but he is indoctrinating many many more, convincing them it is God's way. Thank you Dr. Dobson, thank you for boiling down the Christian message into Hate and Greed

King Maker! God Called ... James Dobson

I must confess that I have a hard time with my "gag" reflex when I see or hear this man speak. He is a big man in Republican politics and has the ear of the President and exercises great influence over people who, apparently, cannot think for themselves.

Focus on the Family founder James Dobson appeared to throw cold water on a possible presidential bid by former Sen. Fred Thompson while praising former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who is also weighing a presidential run, in a phone interview Tuesday.

Everyone knows he's conservative and has come out strongly for the things that the pro-family movement stands for," Dobson said of Thompson. "[But] I don't think he's a Christian; at least that's my impression," Dobson added, saying that such an impression would make it difficult for Thompson to connect with the Republican Party's conservative Christian base and win the GOP nomination.

Now for sure I love "Law and Order" and in his role I like Fred Thompson. But to go for a "scum bucket" like Newt Ginrich is beyond imagination. It is not likely that if Mr. Thompson got the nomination that I would vote for him because he is a Republican! But if he were the only choice over some of the other republican contenders he would have my vote. Then on the other hand Mitt Romney would probably be the best choice for the Repubs.

Dobson has all of the money in the world but I think that he is a seriously flawed man. As I shared with a friend of mine who is also a good friend of Dobson's, I think he is the most dangerous man in America and for that matter in the whole Kingdom of God maybe more so that the devil himself. JUST MY OPINION.

Welcome to Ethics Daily.com!

Welcome to Ethics Daily.com!

This article makes very good sense of the matter of the Resurrection of Christ. He (the Christ) is alive. This is a faith supposition that must be renewed Sunday by Sunday as we gather in worship to reaffirm our relationship with Christ. The wing-nuts on the religious right who want us to fear an attack on Christianity. As the ancient affirmation goes: "Christ is Risen, Christ is Risen, Christ is Risen! He is Risen indeed!

Chicago Tribune news: Falwell lauds Gingrich for repentance

Chicago Tribune news: Falwell lauds Gingrich for repentance Read Jerry Falwell pompous account of Newt Gingrich's confession and then listen to Bill Clinton's repentance speech at the September 11, 1998 Congressional prayer breakfast.

http://easylink.playstream.com/historyplace/thp-clinton-sinned.ra

Why would Falwell believe Gingrich who is now on his third wife and not believe Clinton who is still married to his one and only wife?

Americans Have Lost Their Country | BaltimoreChronicle.com

Americans Have Lost Their Country BaltimoreChronicle.com This article is a must read for any freedom loving person. Paul Craig Roberts is a former Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. As one can see from the article is well qualified to make comments on the present Bush Administration and his cabal of neo-cons.

They have been supported by their media shills at the Weekly Standard, National Review, Fox News, New York Times, CNN, and the Wall Street Journal editorial page and by "scholars" in assorted think tanks such as the American Enterprise Institute

Initially, the 9/11 attack was blamed on Osama bin Laden, but after an American puppet was installed in Afghanistan, the blame for 9/11 was shifted to Iraq's Saddam Hussein, who was said to have weapons of mass destruction that would be used against America. The regime sent Secretary of State Colin Powell to tell the lie to the UN that the Bush-Cheney regime had conclusive proof of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.
Having conned the UN, Congress, and the American people, the regime invaded Iraq under totally false pretenses and with totally false expectations. The regime's occupation of Iraq has failed in a military sense, but the neoconservatives are turning their failure into a strategic advantage. At the beginning of this year President Bush began blaming Iran for America's embarrassing defeat by a few thousand lightly armed insurgents in Iraq.
Bush accuses Iran of arming the Iraqi insurgents, a charge that experts regard as improbable. The Iraqi insurgents are Sunni. They inflict casualties on our troops, but spend most of their energy killing Iraqi Shi'ites, who are closely allied with Iran, which is Shi'ite. Bush's accusation requires us to believe that Iran is arming the enemies of its allies. On the basis of this absurd accusation--a pure invention--Bush has ordered a heavy concentration of aircraft carrier attack forces off Iran's coast, and he has moved US attack planes to Turkish bases and other US bases in countries contingent to Iran.

'Thanks Lotz,' say global Baptists, Billy Graham to retiring BWA head

'Thanks Lotz,' say global Baptists, Billy Graham to retiring BWA head

Denton Lotz is a great person and I am proud to say a friend of mine over the years. I had the joy of knowing him as a professor at Ruschlikon and then in his early years with the BWA He will be sorely missed by world Baptist.

In responding, Lotz expressed his appreciation and issued a plea for unity. "One of the great doctrines of the Christian faith is unity," he said. "Therefore, I would pray with you and plead with you to work for the unity of Baptists. Jesus prayed that we might be one and this was an evangelistic prayer. Why should we be one? That the world might believe! Our lack of unity means that the world cannot believe."
That unity was sorely tested in 2004, when the Southern Baptist Convention voted to withdraw from the BWA. The denomination's conservative leadership alleged that the global group had become too open to moderate Baptists in the United States, Western Europe and elsewhere in the world. However, the SBC convinced only a handful of fundamentalist Baptists in former Soviet-bloc countries to join their crusade.
In concluding, Lotz told the story of when he decided to retire from BWA. He referred to a night when his wife, Janice, was out of town on an overnight trip. Feeling lonely and somewhat uneasy about being alone, he began to reflect on the nights he had left her alone as he traveled. Realizing that he had spent the equivalent of 10 years of their marriage away from her, he decided it was time for him to retire so they could be together.

Go to the BWA cite to learn more about BWA. http://www.bwanet.org/

Go to this link: http://www.bwanet.org/default.aspx?pid=438 to read Dr. Lotz's retirement statement.

Thomas and Christina Wedding

This is Thomas and Christina. They are going to get married on July 7, 2007 ...777 ... The actual "legal" marriage ceremony will be done in the City Hall by the town mayor. The marriage will be blessed in the church with a special wedding service. I have been asked to preach during that special service. I am really looking forward to sharing in this very special time in their young lives. He is (will be?) twenty and she is twenty-two.

They have asked me to preach in German! I am not sure I can do that. My eldest daughter will be with me and has agreed to interpret for me. This should be fun!

A Faithful Response to the War

Jim Evans03-01-07

Here's what we know. First, our reasons for going to war in Iraq were almost entirely based on fabrications and fantasies. There were no weapons of mass destruction, there was no connection between Saddam Hussein and the 9/11 attacks, and there was no threat of Iraq acquiring nuclear weapons.
That Saddam was a bad man is beyond doubt, but we cannot make it our practice to wage war against every despotic ruler that comes along. The bottom line here is this war did not even come close to meeting the criteria for a Just War.

A Faithful Response to the War is one of the best of Jim Evan's columns. I have never met this Baptist minister ... but I am certainly looking forward to the day when I do! Read this article and see what you think.