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The fundamental error is the assumption that we are good, deserving of good. We so take for granted the goodness and forbearance of God that when He sends judgments upon us we see it as an injustice. A matter of bias, really...

Hi Lexinom,
I just listened to Franklin Graham on Hannity & Colmes. He offered that God is Love, but that God is also Angry, intimating that this was a judgement. He went on to say that Satan is in control of the world right now, implying that it was Satan's work. Last he said that this is a sign of the end times. What can you make of all that? He was all over the place.

The predominance of such weak doctrine is a sign of the end times: "When the Son of Man comes, will he find faith upon the earth?"

What else can they say? The alternative is to accept the sovereignty of God. Next they'd be saying God punishes/hates sinners...

We in Athens are not used to such frank talk; everything must be sugar-coated, massaged... Many value the orator more than the achiever/doctor/expert, which is why so many spoke during the campaign such things as "You idiot! Can't you see Kerry is obviously smarter?" As you know, it's the same way in most of the churches (and hence in religious aspects of life): style over substance.

I just listened to Franklin Graham on Hannity & Colmes. He offered that God is Love, but that God is also Angry, intimating that this was a judgement. He went on to say that Satan is in control of the world right now, implying that it was Satan's work. Last he said that this is a sign of the end times. What can you make of all that? He was all over the place.

Though there is reason for concern with Franklin Graham, it is clear he has not yet followed his father Billy into apostasy.

I think it is fair that we continue to hold some hope that Franklin Graham will hold to Christian orthodoxy over his career and offer proper doctrine. In the theological muddle over 9/11 and all the false ecumenism at the time, he was a rare voice among the best known clergymen who condemned the false ecumenism with Islam being promoted by his own father and by our theologically muddled president who seemed to think that Allah is the God of Bible. But to embrace Islam is to deny Christ Himself, something that Billy Graham certainly knows and even our president should know.

Franklin Graham has pretty good instincts and has resisted considerable pressure to join in the false ecumenism that is rampant among the clergy and the political/media class.