BRIT HUME TO TIGER WOODS: CHRISTIANITY

Allvoices Blog ^ | Jan 3 | J. Grant Swank, Jr.

[Cvengr]

Bill Clinton claims to be a Christian, so who can say if anything would have been different if he was a Christian?

Any believer in Christ, who turns away or lapses in their faith, also has the ability perform as antichristian behavior and thinking as possible.

Becoming Christian once, doesn't mean that person will no longer be immoral or even miss the mark by God's standards. Instead, the significance of Christianity is that it is what God provides to overcome sin, and still have a righteous, holy relationship with God on His terms.

Judgment and righteousness are preserved in Christianity, without corrupting either. By walking the Christian way of life, past, present, and future sins have already been redeemed by Christ, provided for by God to us, allowing us to face Him through faith in Christ, and then also have forgiveness in our relationship with Him.

Redemption and forgiveness from his wife is another matter. Through faith in Christ, that also may be healed.

I suspect that meaning was reflected in Brit Hume's statement.

[Future Snake Eater]

Bill Clinton claims to be a Christian, so who can say if anything would have been different if he was a Christian?

Bill Clinton claimed to be a lot of things, and if I claim to be a pirate, that doesn't make it so, either.

[malkee]

I think it’s great that Brit Hume spoke out. Freedom OF religion, not FROM religion, remember. It’s a nice change from the usual godlessness of the media.

[mgist]

Hitler was not a Christian, Catholic or otherwise. His upbringing was purported to be Catholic, but Hitler the adult, did not practice any faith.

The fact that people are born Jewish, does not automatically make them faithfull devotees of God. ie. George Soros. The same applies to Christianity.

A Hitler Youth marching song (Grunberger, A Social History) illustrates it:

We follow not Christ, but Horst Wessel, Away with incense and Holy Water, The Church can go hang for all we care, The Swastika brings salvation on Earth.

[JLLH]

Excellent post! You are right and I am constantly astonished by those who believe that Nazis were followers of Christ!! Standing in a garage doesn’t make me a car. Accepting Christ as one’s Savior involves the regeneration of a soul through the Holy Spirit. It does NOT involve working towards salvation, making up one’s own rules to get to God, etc...