AND PLEASE Let’s not confuse Ann’s political message with evangelizing the lost.As I posted on the OTHER thread -- to someone who was also apparently aware of what Ann has written more recently than 9/12/2001:The closest Ann has gotten to evangelizing is her comment on coverting them or killing them (much more inline here w/ islamic culture rather than christian culture).
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I understand.
I have an unfair advantage, having actually READ almost all of Ann's columns. :o)Try THIS one:
IF YOU CAN FIND A BETTER DEAL, TAKE IT!I have rarely seen ANYONE (in or outside of the traditional "four walls" of the church) deliver the Great Commission as powerfully as Ann did in this one (nominally POLITICAL) column.
(January 6, 2010)
The whole thing is GREAT (and relatively short) -- and it ends, wonderfully, this way:
-- snip --ANYONE that "preaches the Word" so eloquently gets a LOT of grace from me......You can be washing the dishes or walking your dog or just sitting there minding your business hating Susan Sarandon and accept that God sent his only son to die for your sins and rise from the dead ... and you're in!
"Because, if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." Romans 10:9.
If you do that, every rotten, sinful thing you've ever done is gone from you. You're every bit as much a Christian as the pope or Billy Graham.
No fine print, no "your mileage may vary," no blackout dates. God ought to do a TV spot: "I'm God Almighty, and if you can find a better deal than the one I'm offering, take it."
The Gospel makes this point approximately 1,000 times. Here are a few examples at random:
"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16.
"For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God." Ephesians 2:8.
"For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord." Romans 6:23.
In a boiling rage, liberals constantly accuse Christians of being "judgmental." No, we're relieved.
Christianity is also the hardest religion in the world because, if you believe Christ died for your sins and rose from the dead, you have no choice but to give your life entirely over to Him.No more sexual promiscuity, no lying, no cheating, no stealing, no killing inconvenient old people or unborn babies -- no doing what all the other kids do.
And no more caring what the world thinks of you -- because, as Jesus warned in a prophecy constantly fulfilled by liberals: The world will hate you.
With Christianity, your sins are forgiven, the slate is wiped clean and your eternal life is guaranteed through nothing you did yourself, even though you don't deserve it. It's the best deal in the universe.COPYRIGHT 2009 ANN COULTER
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...even if I do not always understand (or agree with) EVERYTHING that she says and does.
Good post and I agree w/ most all of it. BTW I do tend to read Ann Coulter 99% of the time and always appreciate anyone anywhere willing to present the true gospel message.
The problem is you can not have your cake and eat it too. If you are a christian you must be in the world but not of the world. You must not love worldly ways and the filhty lucre associated with worldly ways. You must be like a ship at sea - willing to sail anywhere the wind (Holy Spirit) takes you w/o allowing the water (world/sin) to enter into your boat and eventually sinking it.
Any christian can lose his voice (power of evangelizing) through hypocrisy, thru trying to emulate world, thru willingly erasing distinctions and discriminations against sin, thru accepting the idea of ‘when in Rome do as the Romans do’, OR basically thru compromising and rationalizing (rationing lies).
The best way to sum it all up is the quote ‘to preach the Word to all the world and when necessary even use words.’