Holy moly!
What in the name of all that is good and godly is going on?
In a season supposed to be filled with glad tidings of God echoing throughout the land, we have the president of the United States questioning the Bible's literal content and a major newsmagazine suggesting the Good Book has no problem with same-sex marriage.
In case you missed it, President George W. Bush was asked this week if the Bible is literally true.
"You know. Probably not," Bush told ABC's Cynthia McFadden. "No, I'm not a literalist, but I think you can learn a lot from it, but I do think that the New Testament for example is ... has got ... You know, the important lesson is 'God sent a son."'
He also said he thinks God's creation of the Earth could have taken place along with human evolution.
"I don't think it's incompatible with the scientific proof that there is evolution," he said.
And then there are the morons at Newsweek.
Next week's cover story titled "Our Mutual Joy" actually suggests the Bible argues in favor of homosexual marriage.
Huh? 
What Bible are these doofuses reading?
I don't know about you, but I am absolutely fed up with idiocy like this.
First, regarding Bush's statements, I don't know why he has such a problem with believing the literal truth of Scripture.
If he agrees a supernatural event took place when God the Father sent His Son to Earth by miraculously impregnating a young woman who never had sex, then why is it so hard to believe the rest?
If God can create the planet, then why can't He scoop up some dirt, shape it in the image of Himself and then breathe the breath of life into the first man?
Is it impossible? For us, yes. But obviously, not for the eternal Creator.
Why believe one miracle, and not any other? Are we supposed to just pick and choose which fantastic miracle to believe?
On Newsweek's ludicrous claim, here's the real truth. The Bible never mentions any case of same-sex marriage, but it soundly condemns homosexuality.
I know some people hear conflicting messages these days and rarely crack open their Bibles, so here's a quick lesson.
"Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination." (Leviticus 18:22, King James Version)
"Do not practice homosexuality; it is a detestable sin." (Leviticus 18:22, New Living Translation)
In fact, God finds homosexual activity so abhorrent, he called for the death penalty for it.
"If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them." (Leviticus 20:13, KJV)
Newsweek's Lisa Miller calls such verses "throwaway lines in a peculiar text given over to codes for living in the ancient Jewish world. ..." What kind of psychobabble is that?
Even the ancient city of Sodom was known for its sexual perversion, and was firebombed by God shortly after the homosexuals there demanded to have sex with two of God's angels who were appearing in the form of men:
"They shouted to Lot, 'Where are the men who came to spend the night with you? Bring them out so we can have sex with them.'" (Genesis 19:5, NLT)
If you've ever been to or heard of a "gay"-pride parade in recent times, keep in mind that flaunting perversion is not necessarily new.
"They parade their sin like Sodom; they do not hide it. Woe to them! They have brought disaster upon themselves." (Isaiah 3:9, NIV)
The New Testament brings up Sodom quite often, with examples such as:
"Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving themselves over to fornication, and going after strange flesh, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire." (Jude 1:7)
Ladies and gentlemen, I am fed up with people lying about the Bible.
I'm fed up with people twisting the words of Holy Scripture to fit some depraved, politically correct, anti-God agenda.
I'm fed up with fables and misconceptions about the Bible that have endured for centuries.
I'm fed up with people saying the Bible doesn't mean what it says.
It means exactly what it says and it says what it means.
And just in case you never heard the Good News, here it is:
God is coming back to put an end to this nonsense.
He will raise people out of their graves, granting eternal life to many to administer the kingdom of God – the actual government of God – here on Earth.
He'll finally oust the unseen reason behind this mess: the devil, the current "god of this world," "the prince of the power of the air," "the father of lies" and "the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience."
Mr. Bush, I pray you realize one day the message of the New Testament is a lot more than "God sent a son."
Yes, change is coming. A regime change the powers that be don't want.
The kingdom of God is on its way.
And God isn't bringing bringing democracy and the American system with Him. The true Messiah doesn't need to be elected.
Now that's some real glad tidings.
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