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February 2010
SOUPER BOWL SUNDAY: On Sunday the 7th our YOUTH are providing a soup luncheon following the morning worship service. This is a youth fundraiser, so please have a bowl of soup and donate generously. Following the soup lunch we will:
PRIORITIZE our DREAMLIST. In January the church developed a dream list of things we believe God would have us to do; at 12:30 on the 7th we will assign priorities and leader roles to our task list, to put the accomplishment of our list into action. We will have NO EVENING SERVICE on Super Bowl Sunday.
VALENTINES DAY BANQUET: Join us on Sunday the 14th at 5:00 pm for our annual banquet and program See the sign-up list in the hallway of you want to bring some of the refreshment, but please bring your sweetheart and be a part of this celebration regardless.
MEN: Join us on the 8th, 7:00-8:00 pm, as we continue our study of The Man Code. Need a study book? Contact the pastor.
You may have heard it: Fox News’ Brit Hume caused a firestorm by suggesting on air that Tiger Woods could find “forgiveness and redemption” through Christianity, rather than the casual Buddhism the golfer has said he practices. Woods, whose marriage and career are in meltdown because of his serial infidelities, should “turn to the Christian faith, and you can make a total recovery and be a great example to the world,” Hume said. Of course, in doing so the former anchorman committed several mortal sins in modern secular America.
The Atlanta Journal Constitution’s Jay Bookman attributed Hume’s remarks to “arrogance,” and posited that religious belief “is a private matter between that person and God, and is not a matter to be judged by some pompous TV anchor.” Bookman said Hume had been “crass and rude” for subjecting Woods’ Buddhist faith to “judgment and belittlement.”
MSNBC’s David Shuster suddenly became concerned for Christianity’s dignity, worrying that Hume had “denigrated” it. His colleague Keith Olbermann compared Hume to Islamic extremists and accused him of “threatening” Woods into converting. U.S. News & World Report’s John Aloysius Farrel said Hume’s suggestion was “creepy” and “stupid.”
When Hume subsequently remarked in a radio interview that “Jesus Christ” could be the two most controversial words in the English language, Time Magazine’s James Poniewozik accused him of “crying anti-Christian persecution.” All because Hume dared to suggest that Christianity offered an answer, and maybe one that another religion did not.
I was pleasantly surprised when I heard Hume’s remarks, but even more pleased with the loving and sincere way he presented his comments, almost pleading with Mr. Woods to come to Jesus. Isn’t it shocking, not what Hume said, but the way he has been attacked for his remarks? Isn’t it shocking, the way anyone can say anything they want in public discourse unless they come from a Christian perspective?
Please continue praying for our nation, that those from the faith community not be treated as outsiders, that we not be silenced. And do your part to keep your testimony of Jesus Christ alive in your own corner of society!
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