Alabama gambling boss Milton McGregor and Alabama Education Association boss Paul Hubbert are once again attempting to sell the people of Alabama a "Big Lie"and a "Bill of Goods" under the pretense of increasing revenue for educatioin. Along with the gambling crowd and other powerful special interest groups, they are pushing legislation (House Bill 363 and Senate Bill 135) that would legalize slot machines and expand gambling across the state. Other expected legislation will include a Constitutional Amendment to legalize slot machines. An amendment would likely bring in less than one percent of the money we spend on education. In fact, SB135 and HB363 exempts some gambling operations from any taxes. If you really think gambling will help education, just look at Mississippi. Enough said!
This bill is disguised as a so-called "local bill" to authorize "bingo". In reality, the bill would unravel the current state laws that control gambling and allow slots machines and other forms of gambling to flood the entire state and Boss McGregor and Boss Hubbert know it! This is not about "local authority" or "education". It is about more crime, corruption, and misery in our state and our local communities. The "bosses" and their crowd will get rich while the rest of us suffer the consequence and pay the price for the increase in law enforcement and welfare programs to those who have everything they own devoured by the "Gambling Monster".
Don't sit back and allow the "Bosses" to tighten the strangle-hold they already have on state government in Alabama. Contact your Senator and House Member today
Senator Hank Erwin
Room 738-B
11 S. Union Street
Montgomery, AL 36130
Ph. 334-242-7873
Email: senatorerwin@aol.com
Representative Jimmy Martin
Room 220-B
11 S. Union Street
Montgomery, AL 36130
Ph. 334-242-7714
Email: jamesmmartin@bellsouth.net
NOTE: Governor Riley and Senator Erwin are leading the fight against gambling in our state. Encourage Representative Martin to join them.
Wednesday, March 04, 2009
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
Bizarre Times
The Southern Baptist Convention has set aside January 18, 2009 as Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. Southern Baptist churches across the nation will recognize this day in a variety of ways. However, simply setting aside one day a year is not nearly enough. We should use every peaceful means possible to stop this most horrible act of violence against the most innocent and helpless among us. If not, then we (and that includes all Christians) have blood on our hands as surely as those who work in and support the abortion industry. The most powerful weapon we have in the fight for life is our vote. Yet most professing Christians vote their wallet rather than biblical principles. Our 401K is more important to us than the life of these defenseless children.
Minority groups in our nation want more legal rights. The unborn want only one right. Gay couples want the right to same sex marriage. The unborn only want the right to live!
These are bizarre times when those who march in the parade to save the whale are also saying kill the baby. Nazi Germany's mass murder of 6,000,000 Jews under Hitler pales in comparison to the more than 45 million babies aborted since 1973 in the United States. Truly, we have lost a generation through mass murder, infanticide or more correctly, convenience killing of the unborn.
How can we answer the call on our nation to fight terrorism if we ignore the greatest act of terrorism in all of history, 3,846 abortions daily. The most dangerous place in America is in the womb. And the Church knows it!
Minority groups in our nation want more legal rights. The unborn want only one right. Gay couples want the right to same sex marriage. The unborn only want the right to live!
These are bizarre times when those who march in the parade to save the whale are also saying kill the baby. Nazi Germany's mass murder of 6,000,000 Jews under Hitler pales in comparison to the more than 45 million babies aborted since 1973 in the United States. Truly, we have lost a generation through mass murder, infanticide or more correctly, convenience killing of the unborn.
How can we answer the call on our nation to fight terrorism if we ignore the greatest act of terrorism in all of history, 3,846 abortions daily. The most dangerous place in America is in the womb. And the Church knows it!
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
Elections
"Elections belong to the people. It is their decision. If they decide to turn their backs on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters".
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln
Pray for Obama
Approximately twenty-eight months ago we began the campaign to elect a new President of the United States. Now, finally, it is over. Some of us are glad and some of us are sad about the outcome. Regardless how we feel, it is our Christian duty to pray for the new President. We should support him when we can, oppose him when we can't and pray for him always.
Friday, August 22, 2008
Bob Terry Gets It Right!
I have often been critical of Dr. Bob Terry and his leadership of The Alabama Baptist, the denominational newspaper of Alabama. One of my principle concerns has been in regard to his positive coverage(in my opinion) of the pseudo-denomination known as the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. However, if I am going to criticize someone when I think they got it wrong I should congratulate them when I think they got it right.
A case in point is the recent editorial by Dr. Terry entitled "He Would Not Be Popular in Ephesus" in the August 21, 2008 edition. The article focused on former Baptist professor John Killinger. Killinger, who is now the executive minister and theologian at Marble Collegiate Church in New York City, declared at a workshop in Memphis, Tennessee on June 19 of this year, "Now we are re-evaluating and we're approaching everything with a humbler perspective and seeing God's hand working in Christ but not necessarily as the incarnate God in our midst." He further stated that there is now "the tendency to go back to Mark and Matthew and Luke to see the more human side of Jesus, who was anointed at the time of His baptism to be the savior of Israel but not necessarily to be the pre-existent One that we find in John." Killinger continued, "There's an altered view of Scripture and of the role of Christ". In today's world, he added, "Christ is still Savior to most of us but maybe in a slightly different way than before."
He urged pastors to reflect this cultural shift by preaching about Jesus' human side rather than insisting that He is God and always existed.
Dr. Terry eloquently took Killinger to task using several Scriptural references to make his point and using the church at Ephesus as an example. The following paragraph by Dr. Terry says it so well, "Had Killinger announced his conclusions in Ephesus, he would have been branded for what his teachings indicate--one who claims to be an apostle but is not. He went on to say, "What makes this incident particularly sad is that one who started with a bright future and a sound Baptist foundation has drifted so far off course as to deny the foundation of salvation--that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself" (2 Cor. 5:19).
The declarations of John Killinger are nothing less than heresy and Dr. Terry is to be commended for pointing that out so clearly. I do wish that he had also pointed out that the statements made by Killinger were made at the 2008 Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly where Dr. Killinger was a workshop leader. Yes, he was one of the leaders!
Killinger is an excellent example of the so called diversity the CBF aggressively welcomes and criticizes the SBC for rejecting. This is a prime example of who and what the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is all about and why they don't deserve positive coverage in The Alabama Baptist.
Thank you Dr. Terry. You got it right this time. Keep up the good work!
A case in point is the recent editorial by Dr. Terry entitled "He Would Not Be Popular in Ephesus" in the August 21, 2008 edition. The article focused on former Baptist professor John Killinger. Killinger, who is now the executive minister and theologian at Marble Collegiate Church in New York City, declared at a workshop in Memphis, Tennessee on June 19 of this year, "Now we are re-evaluating and we're approaching everything with a humbler perspective and seeing God's hand working in Christ but not necessarily as the incarnate God in our midst." He further stated that there is now "the tendency to go back to Mark and Matthew and Luke to see the more human side of Jesus, who was anointed at the time of His baptism to be the savior of Israel but not necessarily to be the pre-existent One that we find in John." Killinger continued, "There's an altered view of Scripture and of the role of Christ". In today's world, he added, "Christ is still Savior to most of us but maybe in a slightly different way than before."
He urged pastors to reflect this cultural shift by preaching about Jesus' human side rather than insisting that He is God and always existed.
Dr. Terry eloquently took Killinger to task using several Scriptural references to make his point and using the church at Ephesus as an example. The following paragraph by Dr. Terry says it so well, "Had Killinger announced his conclusions in Ephesus, he would have been branded for what his teachings indicate--one who claims to be an apostle but is not. He went on to say, "What makes this incident particularly sad is that one who started with a bright future and a sound Baptist foundation has drifted so far off course as to deny the foundation of salvation--that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself" (2 Cor. 5:19).
The declarations of John Killinger are nothing less than heresy and Dr. Terry is to be commended for pointing that out so clearly. I do wish that he had also pointed out that the statements made by Killinger were made at the 2008 Cooperative Baptist Fellowship General Assembly where Dr. Killinger was a workshop leader. Yes, he was one of the leaders!
Killinger is an excellent example of the so called diversity the CBF aggressively welcomes and criticizes the SBC for rejecting. This is a prime example of who and what the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship is all about and why they don't deserve positive coverage in The Alabama Baptist.
Thank you Dr. Terry. You got it right this time. Keep up the good work!
Monday, February 11, 2008
A New Baptist Covenant?
I have received numerous questions regarding a meeting of various Baptist groups and denominations (not Southern Baptist) on January 30th in Atlanta, GA, as reported in The Alabama Baptist, February 7th Issue. The meeting was titled Celebration of a New Baptist Covenant. It was organized and led by a former United States President and a host of political and religious leaders. Many of these leaders are proponents of such things as abortion and same-sex marriage. Most of them deny the inerrancy of Holy Scripture and the existence of absolute turth. These leaders are asking us all to over-look our theological differences, tolerate what the Bible calls sin and join arms and work together in the areas we do agree on.
All of this may sound well and good to some folks. However, I am reminded of the words of the late Dr. Adrian Rogers who said, "better to be divided by truth than united in error." Amen!
All of this may sound well and good to some folks. However, I am reminded of the words of the late Dr. Adrian Rogers who said, "better to be divided by truth than united in error." Amen!
Thursday, December 06, 2007
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
Americans Favor Partial-Birth Abortion Ban
According to a Washington Post-ABC News poll 55 percent of the public supports a ban on Partial-birth Abortion. The Supreme Court has upheld the ban in a 5-4 decision.
On July 27 a Washington newspaper, The Plitico, reported Senator Charles Schumer responed by saying, the Supreme Court "is dangerously out of balance". It seems to me that Senator Schumer is out of balance and out of touch. Partial-birth abortion is nothing less than an act of horrendous, cold blooded murder of the most innocent and helpless members of society. The majority of Americans understand that.
I call on all Americans of both political parties to refuse to vote for anyone who is not pro-life. To do otherwise makes us an acomplice to this most horrible form of murder.
On July 27 a Washington newspaper, The Plitico, reported Senator Charles Schumer responed by saying, the Supreme Court "is dangerously out of balance". It seems to me that Senator Schumer is out of balance and out of touch. Partial-birth abortion is nothing less than an act of horrendous, cold blooded murder of the most innocent and helpless members of society. The majority of Americans understand that.
I call on all Americans of both political parties to refuse to vote for anyone who is not pro-life. To do otherwise makes us an acomplice to this most horrible form of murder.
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