Do you know this man?

One step forward...a mile of steps backwards

I'm listening to Jeremiah Wright's rants and raves to the National Press Club, and all i can think is how far our country has come in racial harmony...and how far back he is willing to take us. He claims he wants "reconciliation", yet his speech is nothing more the divisive hate mongering based on bad theology, incorrect exegesis of Scripture and attacks on those whose skin color looks more like mine than his.

I find it hard to believe that the "black church" that he so brags on is really like this...and those i know who are leading traditionally black churches and the few i have been in are nothing like what i see with him.

Yet through it all i hear nothing about the sin of mankind...only the sins of white America. And i hear nothing about Christ's death on the cross for my sins and his sins...but i hear him pull the words of Christ out of context to support is ridiculous positions. And finally there is nothing about salvation coming by grace through faith alone in Christ...but only that Christ is for him and his false assumptions based on bad theology.

He is a mockery to the pastoral ministry that i have given my life in service to God in and the worst enemy of real racial reconciliation to our great country.

There will be more on this later when i read more of the transcripts so that i can give specifics on how WRONG he really is.

What is Black Liberation Theology?

With the recent revelation of Barack Hussein Obama’s long time pastor, spiritual advisor and mentor, Jeremiah Wright preaching a message from his church pulpit that was anti-American, full of hate and had very strong political leanings…I thought it was necessary to consider the basis for what he was doing. Mr. Wright claims to be a student and practitioner of this so called “Black Liberation Theology”, a biblically unsound doctrine that found its beginnings in the racially sensitive decade of the 60's.

According to Wikipedia this racially divisive teaching "...seeks to interpret the gospel of Jesus against the backdrop of historical and contemporary racism. The message of black theology is that the African American struggle for liberation is consistent with the gospel--every theological statement must be consistent with, and perpetuate, the goals of liberation." What is missing from this "gospel" is the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Apostle Paul said in 1 Corinthians 15:1-4, "Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you--unless you believed in vain. For I delivered to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins in accordance with the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures" (ESV). This means that in this so called theology you will hear about the freedom of the black man as they would define it, but you will not hear about the true freedom that comes with knowing Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior (John 8:31-32).

James Cone is considered to be the leading "theologian" (and i use that term loosly since theology is really the study of God and knowing God...which isn't what this black liberation theology is about) in this field. His book, A Black Theology of Liberation is considered the foundational work for what amounts to being nothing more than a racial and political bias that fuels hatred and anger. It is in this book that Cone wrote, "Black theology refuses to accept a God who is not identified totally with the goals of the black community. If God is not for us, if God is not against white racists, then he is a murderer, and we had better kill him. The task of black theology is to kill gods that do not belong to the black community." (Page 27) This is the "god" that is being proclaimed from the pulpit of Jeremiah Wright and that Barack Hussein Obama has listened to for the last 20 years.

Cone also writes, "The black theologian must reject any conception of God which stifles black self-determination by picturing God as a God of all peoples. Either God is identified with the oppressed to the point that their experience becomes God's experience, or God is a God of racism...The blackness of God means that God has made the oppressed condition God's own condition. This is the essence of the Biblical revelation. By electing Israelite slaves as the people of God and by becoming the Oppressed One in Jesus Christ, the human race is made to understand that God is known where human beings experience humiliation and suffering...Liberation is not an afterthought, but the very essence of divine activity." (Page 63-64) While God is all about liberating mankind, Cone and Wright are greatly mistaken to think that it is about liberating one race for political gain.

God's liberation is for mankind from the penalty of their own sin. The sins of one race are no greater than another in God's eyes, because sin is sin...and all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; apparently this fact is ommited from the black liberation pulpits since the "sins of white America" are the only ones that truly matter in their warped opinions. Once again the Apostle Paul said, "But now the righteousness of God has been manifested apart from the law, although the Law and the Prophets bear witness to it-- the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ for all who believe. For there is no distinction: for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins." (Romans 3:21-25).

For 20 years Barack Obama has sat under the teachings of Jeremiah Wright...and for 20 years he had every opportunity to leave the Trinity United Church of Christ if he disagreed; but he didn't. Is this really what we are looking for in our next president?

Obama's duck and run

Finally people are starting to realize with Barack Hussein Obama that all that glistens is not really gold. With so many on the right being criticized for keeping and maintaining traditional and Biblical values that are no longer considered "politically correct" by many on the left, i was wondering if Sen. Obama would continue to get a free ride based on his membership for the last 20 years at a church that preaches against the United States of America, seeks racial division and uses the bully pulpit to make political statements.

I've personally been annoyed with the constant emails telling me that Obama is a muslim or Obama is the anti-Christ...to the point of actually having to defend the man; but his membership with the racially divisive and hate mongering Trinity United Church of Christ is indefensible. His pastor Jeremiah Wright, a self professed follower of the "liberation theology" of the 60's (which is no where near being Biblical or Christian theology) has turned his worship services into anti-American rants, attacks on our national leaders and even attacks on Bill and Hillary Clinton. Now keep in mind, that if a conservative Southern Baptist pastor were to do such a thing, not only would they be hung in effigy, they would quickly lose their tax exempt status and have the IRS locking the doors quicker than you can say "tithe".

Obama apparently has thrown his spiritual leader under the back of the segregated bus because in an effort to cover his backside and do damage control Sen. Obama went as far as to allow himself to be interviewed by that "evil, right winged, conservative mouth piece" Fox News...pretty desperate, huh. You can watch the clip here: Barack Obama Fox News Interview

I do want to point out one thing Obama mentions in this interview, "If I had thought that was the tenor or tone on an ongoing basis of his sermons, then yes, I don't think it would've been reflective of my values or my faith experience...If I had heard them repeated, I would've quit."

He is the member of a large and very well known church where all one has to do is a simple search on You Tube to find videos from Jeremiah Wright from up to a year ago...with the same hateful and race baiting filled venom we have seen clips of over the last couple of days. All Obama had to do was contact anyone at this so called church to find out what kind of propaganda was being proclaimed from the pulpit of Jeremiah Wright...or better yet, does a church this side not put out a newsletter? How about the church website Sen. Obama? In short, only an idiot would have not known what kind of filth was coming from the mouth of Jeremiah Wright on Sunday mornings.

I pastor a church where we have 80-100 people on most Sunday mornings, and apparently news travels pretty fast as to what i preach. I maintain our church website personally and it will tell the casual seeker what we believe, why we believe it, and what i am preaching on. Even 20-30 miles away people seem to know what i preach, and if i were to preach something controversial it would get around even quicker. So i really find it hard to believe that Barack Obama had no idea that Jeremiah Wright was preaching such rhetoric and propaganda being a 20 year member of this organization.

I hope this is not over just because Jeremiah Wright has allegedly left the Obama campaign as an advisor; because i think Barack Obama still has a lot of explaining to do. "I'm not there enough" is not nearly a good enough excuse and does not excuse the fact that Barack Obama has said in public that he is "proud" of his race baiting pastor.

And just for the record to all of you well intentioned (but misguided) liberals out there wanting to split hairs, John McCain being endorsed by John Hagee whose end of times theology might appear to be anti-Catholic fails in comparison to Obama's relationship with Jeremiah Wright. John McCain was endorsed by Pastor Hagee, a basic political endoresment...John McCain has not supported the ministry of Hagee for the last 20 years; so don't try to compare apples and oranges. I'm sick of the double standard and the hypocrisy of the left, and i think it is about time this is coming to light!