Robert's Blog

it’s nice to see that the vast majority of CHRISTian “talking heads” are handling robertson’s stupid comments correctly … condemning them.

here’s what the world evangelical alliance said about his statement:

This kind of statement, by this well known American Christian leader, is in complete contradiction to the teachings of Jesus Christ who evangelical Christians believe and seek to demonstrate,” says Geoff Tunnicliffe, WEA International Director. He goes on to add, “Robertson does not speak for evangelical Christians. We believe in justice and the protection of human rights of all people, including the life of President Chavez.

you can read the rest here.

CLICK HERE to read the new york times article – robertson is pilloried for assassination call
would some one please tell me how “assassination” fits into CHRIST’s plan for the kingdom?

i just can not get it through my mind how a supposedly CHRIST-honoring show can make bold statements about assassinating a non-hitler type ruler. chavez is no saint and personally i think it was great if he wasn’t in power. some say he’s driving his country economically into the ground. yet he’s not committing human rights violations on a huge scale. whose lives will be saved by killing such a man? the only thing that will be saved by assassinating him is money and oil. in my opinion this is not a very good reason for toppling a government and almost a blasphemous reason when it comes from someone who professes to be a follower of CHRIST.

i’m really ready for some sane CHRISTians to start being the public mouth-pieces of the religious right. i’m tired of being “lumped in” with these psychos.

i love when my youth have blogs and they don’t realize that i read them. anonymous reading of teens blogs gives me real, honest feedback concerning what we do. here’s what one of my teens posted today concerning the 24 hours of prayer we did today.

sooo… today i went up to the church to pray and man oh man! i was in there and it was just me and God. that was something i really needed. some one on one time with my Dad in a place that i love so very much. a place that i have seen Him move over and over again. i just got the reassurance that everything was going to be ok. that He is going to take care of us, of my family. it might take a little time, but He will make everything right again.

of course, sometimes the statements aren’t as positive. such as this one from the visiting preacher we had at church two sundays ago.

It was at this point I was getting enraged. i seriously almost lost it right in the middle of church. WHERE DID THIS GUY COME FROM? He was clever in using Louisiana terms to get people to buy it…even saying he lived in LA “way back when.” i seriously couldn’t believe such a false Christian could appear right in front of me and actually declare what he said to be true! I know what I believe…I know the truth, but I felt sad for the people who actually WENT and bought his book.

even the negative stuff helps though.

as a famous philosopher once said … “you take the good, you take the bad, you take them both and there you have the facts of life.” truer words have never been said.

our church is seeking GOD’s direction and doing it the only way we know how … an extended time of prayer. starting this morning at 12:01 a.m. i opened up the church sanctuary for prayer asking that church members would “man” it continually asking the FATHER for help in understanding HIS will. it’s been 4 hours thus far and during the roughest part of the 24 hour period the sanctuary has not been without at least one person in there praying. it’s been amazing. it seems that almost every other person that comes out of the sanctuary starts talking about how know they remember that GOD is in control. funny how spending time listening to GOD seems to calm us, HIS children, down.