04.25.08
Posted in Bruce at 10:40 am by ebenezer
A little girl asked her mother, ‘How did the human race appear?’
The mother answered, ‘God made Adam and Eve and they had children and so was all mankind made.’
Two days later the girl asked her father the same question.
The father answered, ‘Many years ago there were monkeys from which the human race evolved.’
The confused girl returned to her mother and said, ‘Mom, how is it possible that you told me the human race was created by God, and Dad said they developed from monkeys?’
The mother answered, ‘Well, dear, it is very simple. I told you about my side of the family and your father told you about his.’
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04.14.08
Posted in Bruce at 10:40 pm by ebenezer
Monday, April 14, 2008
Addendum -
This young woman finally made it home, though for just a short time, before she went into eternity. I never got to speak to her again. How I hope she realized her sinfulness and looked to Christ as her savior before she passed on from this life.
ba
I visited today [09-04-07] a young lady (young compared to me) in the hospital. She is suffering from a very aggressive cancer. Her outlook is not that great. I spoke to her concerning spiritual matters. The usual comment from her, “I believe in God.” I then spoke to her about her need (as well as all of us) of Christ. I spoke to her about her possible pending death and that she would either face eternity in Christ or on her own. I encouraged her to think about these things, prayed and then soon left.
Believeing in a soverign God sometimes makes it hard not to just grab someone and shake them and say to them, “Don’t you understand!” “You may soon be gone from this world - do not leave it outside of Christ!” Sometimes they do not understand. Yet we are still to warn and leave the understanding in God’s hands. This is when we need to trust the Lord emphatically. The young lady is hoping to go to her house soon (she has been in the hospital for 2 months now). I am hoping that the young lady will soon see her need of Christ as her Savior. May the Lord be pleased to bless in that manner.
ba
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04.10.08
Posted in Bruce at 2:09 pm by ebenezer
Dear …,
Regional Association Minister
I received an email today from Judson Press promoting Jeremiah Wright’s sermons. I am not sure what this extension - “the publishing arm of the National Ministries, American Baptist Churches USA” and its publisher, Laura Alden, hopes to accomplish by promoting any published works from this gentleman’s pen! It may be that only “sermon bites” are being used in the media, but that does not negate the fact that it was Jeremiah Wright who was making those offensive and very divisive remarks concerning this country and her citizens in the name of religion while in the church’s pulpit.
As a Christian, I was highly offended by Jeremiah Wright’s irreverent remarks when taking God’s name in vain! As an American, I was highly offended by Jeremiah Wright’s unpatriotic remarks when he blamed our government for the destruction brought about on 9-11! As a stepfather, who’s stepson is serving in the US Air Force, I can assure you that Jeremiah Wright’s right to his freedom of speech is being protected by young men and women like him who serve despite those individuals like Jeremiah Wright who disrepect the uniform that my stepson wears! As a man of a different race than Jeremiah Wright, I am highly offended that he has the audacity to accuse me, someone he does not know, as being a racist bigot who owes him because he is of a different race than I. Truly, somewhere this man - “of God” - has forgotten the second of the greatest commandments - “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Jeremiah Wright’s actions show little love displayed at all towards those who are different than he.
As a pastor of an American Baptist Church and with their consent, I urge you as our Regional Association Minister of the Indiana-Kentucky Region Association and the Association to strongly condemn Judson Press and its publisher, Laura Alden, of their untimely and uncalled for promotion of such.
Pastor Bruce Allen
Underwood Baptist Church
Underwood, Indiana 47177
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Judson Press Offers Jeremiah Wright Sermons
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In the wake of negative media attention surrounding the “sermon bites” of Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright Jr., Judson Press offers the more contextualized Good News! Sermons of Hope for Today’s Families and What Makes You So Strong? Sermons of Joy and Strength from its backlist. The larger context of Wright’s preaching can be placed in what Temple University Professor Molefi Kete Asante has called Afrocentrism (i.e., Africentrism). Wright, and other Africentrists, seek to bring together Christian theology and African culture in a meaningful way. (See Africentric Christianity: A Theological Appraisal for Ministry by J. Deotis Roberts, Judson 2000).
Contained in What Makes You So Strong? is “The Audacity to Hope,” the sermon from which presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama drew the title of his recent best-selling book.
Jeremiah Wright has long been part of a well-respected and leading group of African American preachers and authors associated with Judson Press, the publishing arm of National Ministries, American Baptist Churches USA. For a complete list of African American Christian resources from Judson Press, visit www.judsonpress.com.
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| Judson PressLaura Alden, Publisher800-458-3766
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