The Fox News Channel show, The Five, on November 15, 2017 opened with the Alabama Roy Moore story. Why not? Almost fifty percent of the show focused on this story.
But what was interesting to me was an all-so-brief comment (hopefully a slip-of-the-tongue) by co-host Juan Williams, a Democrat and an Episcopalian. If I had not been listening closely I would have missed it.
At about the 15 minute mark Williams said:
"... You apparently have, according to the polls, ... a very close race [in Alabama] in which Evangelicals in the state really like Roy Moore and the fact that he [Roy Moore] puts God above all, including our [United States] Constitution, which rankles me ..."
To be rankled means to be annoyed or to be resentful.
Really? Is Juan Williams's Christian faith subservient to the United States Constitution? For him, it sounded so.
This statement by Mr. Williams is a perfect example of how "mainstream" American Christianity has descended to, and has become beholden to, secularism. Mainstream Christianity strives to become relevant to society instead of being the life-giving counter-culture.
Who would believe, for example, that "Christian" clergy would celebrate abortion clinics? Last week several did so. There are clergy who suggest and preach that abortion is a "gift from God." What an abomination!
Christ is life, not death.
The large cultural problem is that well-meaning church-goers are not thinking about their actions and/or do not know the Gospel. The secular environment will always win out when Christians dilute their faith intentionally (called Christian Progressivism), or by outright ignorance of the Gospel.
The United States of America was/is a gift from God, but our nation is being abused by direct attack from progressives, and from Christian ignorance and compliance to the forces of secularism.
I pray that Juan Williams misspoke.
WENjr 16Nov2017
Woody Norman expresses his opinions on this blog. Many of the posts are written in verse.
Thursday, November 16, 2017
Wednesday, November 15, 2017
The Alabama Political Conundrum
The Alabama Political
Conundrum
(Actually, there is no conundrum)
Subject
Person
Former Chief Justice of Alabama Roy
Moore
Republican Candidate for the United
States Senate
What
Do We Know?
·
Anything
can happen, politically, between today and December 12, 2017 (special election
day in Alabama)
·
Allegations
of sexual misconduct have been made against Moore
·
The
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives has affirmed the
credibility of the allegations against Moore
·
The
Major Leader of the United States Senate has declared Moore unfit to serve in
the United States Senate
o If Moore is elected, the
Majority Leader says expulsion from the United States Senate will be a priority
·
Republican
Candidate Roy Moore has not been convicted of sexual misconduct in a court of
law
o This does not matter within
America’s reigning plausibility structure
Alabama
Democratic Voters
·
Will
vote for their candidate for the United States Senate on December 12, 2017
·
Will
stick together
·
Are
a minority in the Alabama electorate
Alabama
Republican Voters
·
Would
be wrong to avoid voting on December 12, 2017
·
Would
be wrong to “write in” another Republican name on December 12, 2017
·
Should
vote for the Republican candidate regardless of prevailing circumstances
Alabama
Independent Voters
·
Will
vote how they feel/believe on December 12, 2017
·
Are
an unknown quantifiable voting block currently
The
Significant Differences Between Alabama’s Political Parties
·
Republicans
are the majority party
·
Democrats
are the minority party
·
Republican
Party is generally pro-life
·
Democrat
Party endorses
o Abortion
o Multi-gender identities
o Other progressive social movements
(socialism, et al)
Knowing
All of the Above
·
Republican
voters in Alabama can elect the Democratic candidate by
o Staying away from the
polls on December 12, 2017 or by
o Writing in another
Republican name on the ballot
Summary
·
The
Majority Leader of the Senate of the United States has already stated that he
would expel an unfit member
o The Majortity Leader of the
Senate of the United States is a Republican
·
The
Governor of the State of Alabama is a Republican
·
The
Alabama Statehouse is Republican-dominated
·
If
Alabama Republicans should vote Republican on December 12, 2017, then under
most scenarios a Republican Senator from Alabama, and not a Democrat, would continue to hold that seat.
Disclaimer: I am not a Democrat
WENjr 15Nov2017
Thursday, November 9, 2017
Remembrance
Anamnesis
(Remembrance)
Eat this
And drink this, too.
I am true bliss.
I love you.
Do you recall
Who I am?
My love never small,
I am love. I, the Lamb.
My Father knows you.
He promised after the flood
That all He slew
Be redeemed by the Blood.
Remember me and
Know I have always remembered you.
I know every grain of
sand,
And everyone through and
through.
Come to me
All you who fear.
Come and see
How my love is so near.
So, drink this cup.
Swallow Me all.
My body in you, sup.
Our love. We entrall.
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