If the media reports that a certain ministry has refused to respond to Senator Grassley’s “request for information,” and it turns out that ministry actually sent the good Senator a 3 page cover letter, a 23 page single-spaced response to every question, provided 291 pages of exhibits and formally REQUESTED that the IRS audit their books, would that be called a lie?
Archive for August, 2008
Aug
11
2008
It’s his way or the highway
Freedom in the United States is reeling!
It has been taking body blows for about 150 years and l’m not sure it can take much more before it falls.
Senator Charles Grassley, a Republican senator from the state of Iowa, is using his authority as a member of the Senate finance committee to demand that six Christian ministries turn over all of their financial receipts for the past five years.
You might think if I am overstating the problem.
I don’t think that it is a coincidence that all six of the targeted ministries happen to share the same theology. They are Pentecostal and preach what is known as “the word of faith.” They preach that God wants people to be healed, to prosper financially, etc.
What particularly bothers the good senator is that the leaders of these six ministries fly to their next speaking engagement in a corporate jet. He doesn’t think that is right. I don’t know how he explains away the fact that Billy Graham flew to his events in a private jet.
Oh, that’s right…Billy Graham is a Baptist!
Senator Grassley happens to be a Baptist. Surely, his version of Christianity is correct. And since the Lord has seen fit to made him a senator, he intends to use the power of government to at least intimidate people who believe differently than he does.
The United States was established primarily for religious freedom. The Pilgrims left the motherland to escape religious persecution. And now, a man who has personally benefited from this freedom is attempting to squash it.