Comments on: McLaren and Psalm 109:8…

By: Andrew Comings

Andrew Comings — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:16:17 +0000

What I found interesting was Franky Schaeffer’s response to this whole thing (he is the son of Francis Shaeffer, and has publicly repudiated basically everything his father ever stood for). His comment was that because of the Psalm 109 thing, if something happens to Obama, “it will be on their heads”–referring to the religious right.

So…while we are unwilling to ascribe real terrorism to the Muslims who perpetrate it, we are quite willing to ascribe an imaginary assassination attempt to the “religious right”. Sweet.

Having said that, I think it is wrong-headed of believers to use such scripture–even in jest–about a sitting (or, in Obama’s case, globetrotting) US president. I think our prayers for him should be sincere, beginning with the prayer for a true work of Grace in his life–something more than the “Bless and keep the Tsar…far away from us.”

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:09:17 +0000

I’m not convinced it’s not about politics since Brian appears to be the lefts version of James Dobson. But if/when Brian responds to my email I’m willing to be corrected…and even post it here.

So…Ps 109 reflects poorly on Christians but Rev. Wright doesn’t? Christians have had to deal with bad press for years…while the Ps. 109′ers may not be helping they can’t make it any worse than it’s been for the past 2000 years.

By: joelkurz

joelkurz — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:13:41 +0000

Me thinks thou dost protest too much.

You have too seriously be looking for ways to criticize my boy, Brian, to protest his protest of what has to be one of the dumbest ways I’ve seen Scripture used. This is bigger than politics. I have nonChristian friends who hate evangelicals and believe they could never be one because of asinine moves like Psalm 109. This kind of stuff hurts my own ministry.