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Swank has BA and MDiv degrees with graduate work at Harvard Divinity School. Married for 49 years with 3 adult children. Author of several books and thousands of articles in various Protestant and Catholic magazines, journals, web sites, and newspapers. Writer of weekly religion column for PORTLAND PRESS HERALD newspaper, Portland ME. |
Sun Jan 24, 2010
CHRIS MATTHEWS LOSES OBAMA LEG TINGLE
J. Grant Swank, Jr.
Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC’s “Hardball,” was so adoring of Barack Hussein Obama that he exclaimed that when Obama talked, Matthews felt a “thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don’t have that too often.”
Imagine that. “. . .a thrill going up my leg. . .”
That anatomical surprise swooned Matthews during Obama’s presidential campaign.
The tingle thrill has disappeared since the Massachusetts Tuesday miracle putting Mr. Forty-first Scott Brown in the US Senate.
Once it dawned on Matthews that Brown headed toward DC, Matthews exploded to archliberal Rachel Maddow. He let loose on Tuesday evening when the Brown victory was sealed.
Per Newsmax here is Matthews uncovered publicly: “I look at the numbers and I’m worried.
“I’m worried about this government committing itself to so many entitlement programs and committing itself to such a level of taxation that supports those entitlement programs . . .
“The debt is too big. The government’s taking on too many responsibilities . . .
“We’re a dissatisfied people. We are easily drawn to a candidate who promises deliverance. Two years ago, we voted for deliverance with Barack Obama. We will vote for deliverance again in two years if we’re not happy.”
Then comes the leg thing. Let’s sound track back when Obama was thirsting for the White House. Matthews said then: “I have to tell you, you know, it’s part of reporting this case, this election, the feeling most people get when they hear Barack Obama’s speech. My, I felt this thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don’t have that too often.”
But times change, don’t they, Chris?
Chris adds his name to the disenchanted liberals. Some are still quagmired in the Dem dictatorship due to hubris entrenched. However, some are beginning to see the light.
Best wishes, Chris. Maybe there is hope for your recovery since Tuesday’s blustering confession.
AMERICA, TOO: CHRIST HOLDS IT TOGETHER
J. Grant Swank, Jr.
The world should have blown up by now. Why are we still here?
America is under attack again. Our democracy is in danger. Why does the Republic still exist?
The answer is in Christ. Christ created the planet. Christ contains the planet. Christ will climax the planet.
Throughout the universe, this Earth is Christ’s particular property. He is ultimately in charge, though it is spiritually damaged due to The Fall.
Colossians 1:17: “He is before all things, and in him all things hold together.” (NIV)
Therefore, praise and prayer given Christ is paramount in the Christian’s life. Praise the One who has our planet in the palm of His hands. Pray to that One for guidance and peace.
Scripture, time and again, teaches that deity is very much aware of the political leaders of this world. He allows them free will as mortals; however, even when the damaged sphere yields atrocities, He has the final surveillance.
With America, His oversight is special in that this nation was founded on the Bible as God’s Word. Believing settlers breathed out their faith in the biblical deity. This is the only country with that unique start.
God has watched over this nation with a special concern since that beginning. He continues that concern to this day, especially since a Marxist Muslim sits in the Oval Office.
A Koran abiding Allah-worshiping disciple has got into the White House—with a wife of like commitment. He is surrounded in his shadow government with these anti-American slugs.
All the more, with the battle waged being between Christ and Satan, Christ oversees the protection of America.
Obviously the conflict is fierce. Day by day, it is played out in the newscasts, there presented in a secular context. However, biblical students know that the whole scene is spiritual.
What then is the poise of the Christian in this present war? It is peace through praise and prayer to Christ who “holds all things together.”
We wait. We wait upon Christ’s next move. We wait in strong faith.
ADDENDUM:
CHRIST CREATED ALL THINGS
Psalm 24:1
Psalm 33:6,9
Proverbs 3:19
John 1:1-3,14
I Corinthians 8:6
Ephesians 1:10; 3:9
Colossians 1:16
Hebrews 1:1-2
CHRIST CONTAINS ALL THINGS
I Corinthians 8:6
“through whom we exist”
Colossians 1:15-17
“in Him all things hold together”
CHRIST CLIMAXES ALL THINGS
Ephesians 1:10
“will unite all things in Christ”
Philippians 3:21
“subdue all things unto himself”
Matthew 28:18-20
“all power is given unto Me”
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