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Sunday, December 29. 2019

The sermon in full

We posted a bit of it a few days ago, but here's the entire excellent thing. Speaking with no notes, mind you:



Posted by Bird Dog at 14:09 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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Thanks for posting this BD. I think it's well worth anybody's time!
#1 mudbug on 2019-12-29 16:28 (Reply)
I remember when Tucker looked like he was 17 and wearing bow ties. He is a very quick wit and has a good heart.

One of his finer skills is rhetorical oratory. He could just as easily have taken the exact opposite theme and argued as persuasively.

That is a useful skill to have when contending with others for a living.

Hopefully, whatever inspiration Tucker may have found in that church will help him find his way out of the episcopalian structure. In the end, it is not brand of religion that will guide us but the faith and consistency of God's word as truth, of the form, that will deliver us from evil.

Epstein did not kill himself and Benny Hinn is not a Christian!
#2 NotKennedy on 2019-12-29 21:52 (Reply)
We enjoyed it as well, thanks BD. Methinks tho' that arguing the opposite would not be a sell, in spite of his charming skill at speaking off the cuff.
#3 mharko on 2019-12-29 23:27 (Reply)
He's a pretty good preacher for an Episcopalian. Can I get an Amen?
#4 Jim on 2019-12-30 13:24 (Reply)
I agreed with this up until the line about Pharisees.

The folks on the other side of this debate could just as easily be described as Puritans, Crusaders, or Inquisitors. There is a long history of intolerance and coercion in Christianity as well.

America itself was settled by Protestant sects that were unable to live among other Christians in Europe, and attacked each other here in the New World.

From a Jewish perspective - it is Christianity (and Islam) that claim exclusive salvation. Probably because of their early need to compete with the mother religion. There is no parallel doctrine in Judaism to match the Christian assertion that only faith in Jesus saves. I have been told to my face that my Orthodox practice of Torah-true Judaism (= living like Jesus did) is worthless in G-d's eyes unless I "accept Christ". Only the mother religion of Judaism teaches that righteous gentiles are beloved of G-d and inherit a portion in the World to Come.

So please don't lecture me about "Pharisees".
#5 Ben David on 2019-12-30 16:19 (Reply)

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