Excellent article Adam. Actually, I doubt that Willis is a Christian at all. She was raised in a family with a father who was a Black Panther with far-left politics. If this was a white politician in a predominantly white Bible-believing church, the media would raise hell. However, the AME went political a long, long time ago and is far more political than Christian.
"Her performance was another example of what is wrong with America’s churches, especially black churches, as they’re always trying to serve two masters when there is only one." Great sentence. It brings to mind Jesus going to the temple and finding the money lenders, etc. etc. "My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you make it a den of robbers." (Matthew 21:13, ESV)
Shame is good for the soul, and we are missing shame in our culture. The antics and entitlement displayed by one first son is another recent example. Then we have Menendez, Boebert, Gibson and the 51 former "intelligence" officials. One would think if you're prosecuting a former US POTUS and all the cameras are pointed at you, you would have the marbles in your head to stay squeaky clean and not put the snuggie on payroll. But as we know from the Gary Hart campaign, humans will be humans and here we are.
Thank you for sharing your perspective; you are so right. Her action (using a church pulpit to make a case for herself) speaks much louder than her words.
Good article, Adam. It is sadly both a condemnation of Fani but also victimhood churches. Victimhood clouds and distorts our thinking. Makes us bitter and unproductive! To truly be successful, we have to rise above victim thinking and fix our problems, not hide behind victimhood or blaming others. I want to go to "victor" church, not a victim church! Victors! Not Victims! I think someone wrote a great book about that :) Once again, thanks Adam for being a voice of sanity in our world. Keep planting those seeds of truth, brother! And do not let yourself be discouraged on your journey! You are a great mission and adventure!
Willis represents everything wrong in our society. What is worse is her boss, the attorney general of GA, is not prosecuting her precisely because of her skin color.
It seemed like a campaign speech. She was, in a cloaked way admitting guilt to whatever she might be guilty of, while at the same time discussing how flawed she is. Code for "I'm a flawed vessel, so you have to excuse my sins." Churches in general, but mainly black churches, seem to have no issue allowing the devil to speak from their pulpits.This church event was similar to Al Sharpton's "Claudine Gay" protest. At his protest, it seemed he was only able to round up a handful of nursing home residents to participate. At Miss Willis' event, one of the camera angles of the church, showed it to be less than full. If Fani had anything of substance to say, the church was not the place for her to say it.
You make some great points Adam...as usual. Ms. Willis indeed seeks to insulate herself from criticism, something that she should expect as an elected public official, by using her race, her sex and her Christianity. I won't try to assess the sincerity of her faith, but her cynical use of race and sex to shield herself from legitimate questions and criticism from the public puts her character and her intellect into question. A public leader of character who is intellectually honest will address the substance of such criticism or complaints rather than employ the party-trick of smoke and mirrors deflection using race and sex. If she had a legitimate substantive response she would use it to blunt her critics, but she apparently does not. It's the same old tripe...if you have no legitimate answer for accusations of wrongdoing and corruption, call your accuser names, in this case racist and misogynist. It's actually pathetic and laughable. Her criminal case against Trump et. al. is equally laughable, her ethics are questionable, and her morality...well, that's something between her and her god, whomever or whatever that might be.
This whole situation is about nothing more than advancing Fani Willis. She wants to be the next great "black hope" for leftists in Georgia, since Staci Abrams has apparently been ignominiously tossed from that seat. It's about Fani Willis getting elected Governor. Her political speechifying in a church, given the accusations, is equal parts ironic and pathetic. Quite frankly I don't like politicians of any stripe, Republican, Democrat or otherwise, appearing in a church to give political speeches. And make no mistake, the Office of District Attorney for counties across Georgia is a political office, so frankly anything she does pursuant to carrying out the duties of her office is political.
Again, great work...your hot streak of topical, important and interesting things to write about continues unabated and remains uniformly high quality. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and insights on many of the important questions of the day with us.
That was one of the more disgusting displays of narcissism I've ever seen
It was a complete "me me me" show mixed in with saying "God".
Took the exact words out of my mouth. Enabled by the sycophantic congregation.
Excellent article Adam. Actually, I doubt that Willis is a Christian at all. She was raised in a family with a father who was a Black Panther with far-left politics. If this was a white politician in a predominantly white Bible-believing church, the media would raise hell. However, the AME went political a long, long time ago and is far more political than Christian.
"Her performance was another example of what is wrong with America’s churches, especially black churches, as they’re always trying to serve two masters when there is only one." Great sentence. It brings to mind Jesus going to the temple and finding the money lenders, etc. etc. "My house shall be called a house of prayer, but you make it a den of robbers." (Matthew 21:13, ESV)
Exactly
Apparently certain churches are just fine with taxpayer-funded adultery and graft if it's going after Trump.
You are on a great journey and adventure with your writing. Keep it up! And don't forget to enjoy the ride. :)
The journey has been fantastic thus far!
The church as a whole in the US has lost itself in our cult of Individualism and money. It is heart breaking and disgusting to attend most churches.
Shame is good for the soul, and we are missing shame in our culture. The antics and entitlement displayed by one first son is another recent example. Then we have Menendez, Boebert, Gibson and the 51 former "intelligence" officials. One would think if you're prosecuting a former US POTUS and all the cameras are pointed at you, you would have the marbles in your head to stay squeaky clean and not put the snuggie on payroll. But as we know from the Gary Hart campaign, humans will be humans and here we are.
Thank you for sharing your perspective; you are so right. Her action (using a church pulpit to make a case for herself) speaks much louder than her words.
My pleasure
Good article, Adam. It is sadly both a condemnation of Fani but also victimhood churches. Victimhood clouds and distorts our thinking. Makes us bitter and unproductive! To truly be successful, we have to rise above victim thinking and fix our problems, not hide behind victimhood or blaming others. I want to go to "victor" church, not a victim church! Victors! Not Victims! I think someone wrote a great book about that :) Once again, thanks Adam for being a voice of sanity in our world. Keep planting those seeds of truth, brother! And do not let yourself be discouraged on your journey! You are a great mission and adventure!
Willis represents everything wrong in our society. What is worse is her boss, the attorney general of GA, is not prosecuting her precisely because of her skin color.
It seemed like a campaign speech. She was, in a cloaked way admitting guilt to whatever she might be guilty of, while at the same time discussing how flawed she is. Code for "I'm a flawed vessel, so you have to excuse my sins." Churches in general, but mainly black churches, seem to have no issue allowing the devil to speak from their pulpits.This church event was similar to Al Sharpton's "Claudine Gay" protest. At his protest, it seemed he was only able to round up a handful of nursing home residents to participate. At Miss Willis' event, one of the camera angles of the church, showed it to be less than full. If Fani had anything of substance to say, the church was not the place for her to say it.
You make some great points Adam...as usual. Ms. Willis indeed seeks to insulate herself from criticism, something that she should expect as an elected public official, by using her race, her sex and her Christianity. I won't try to assess the sincerity of her faith, but her cynical use of race and sex to shield herself from legitimate questions and criticism from the public puts her character and her intellect into question. A public leader of character who is intellectually honest will address the substance of such criticism or complaints rather than employ the party-trick of smoke and mirrors deflection using race and sex. If she had a legitimate substantive response she would use it to blunt her critics, but she apparently does not. It's the same old tripe...if you have no legitimate answer for accusations of wrongdoing and corruption, call your accuser names, in this case racist and misogynist. It's actually pathetic and laughable. Her criminal case against Trump et. al. is equally laughable, her ethics are questionable, and her morality...well, that's something between her and her god, whomever or whatever that might be.
This whole situation is about nothing more than advancing Fani Willis. She wants to be the next great "black hope" for leftists in Georgia, since Staci Abrams has apparently been ignominiously tossed from that seat. It's about Fani Willis getting elected Governor. Her political speechifying in a church, given the accusations, is equal parts ironic and pathetic. Quite frankly I don't like politicians of any stripe, Republican, Democrat or otherwise, appearing in a church to give political speeches. And make no mistake, the Office of District Attorney for counties across Georgia is a political office, so frankly anything she does pursuant to carrying out the duties of her office is political.
Again, great work...your hot streak of topical, important and interesting things to write about continues unabated and remains uniformly high quality. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and insights on many of the important questions of the day with us.