If You Can Find A Better Deal, Take It!

As a followup to a previous post about Britt Hume's remarks concerning Christianity and Tiger Woods I share this item

This item is well put by Rocky Henriques, who compiles The Timothy Report, which is a source of information and illustrations for preachers. Here is his article verbatim:

It is so rare these days to find a public figure taking a stand for Christ, that when it happens, it is worth noting. You may have heard that Brit Hume recommended that Tiger Woods try Christianity if he really wants forgiveness for his misdeeds. This was his exact quote:

"The extent to which he can recover, it seems to me, depends on his faith. He is said to be a Buddhist. I don't think that faith offers the kind of forgiveness and redemption that is offered by the Christian faith. So, my message to Tiger would be, 'Tiger, turn to the Christian faith and you can make a total recovery and be a great example to the world."

As you would expect, not everyone appreciated his comment. Tom Shales, writing in The Washington Post, demanded that Hume apologize, saying he had "dissed about half a billion Buddhists on the planet."

Regardless of what you may feel about Ann Coulter, you need to read her reaction. I don’t usually follow her, and would not have seen this had not one of my church members brought it to me. Currently on her website, http://www.anncoulter.com/, you can read her article entitled, “If You Can Find A Better Deal, Take It!” I heartily recommend that you read this for yourself. You certainly won’t agree with everything she wrote—I didn’t. But please read the entire article before you click off to somewhere else. You will find that she makes some very good points—pretty good for someone who does not claim to be a Christian apologist—even quoting some very pertinent Scriptures along the way.

She concludes her article:

“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.”
--Rocky Henriques, www.timothyreport.com