Ernest Lee has known a bunch of preachers who believe businesses should give churches and padres a discount off the normal price. “Its for the Lord,” the beggar pleads with the merchant. “Our church is poor and can’t afford to pay the full price,” the mooch cries. Such action reveals an ignorance of both the …
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THE SUN STILL CAME UP!
Donald Trump won the general election. Republicans ran the table- got control of the Senate, kept control of the House. So called trifecta- unified government. Conservatives are ecstatic. Liberals are depressed. Trumpsters are saying God had mercy on America. Liberals are claiming God abandoned the country. Some are saying they will leave the United States …
POLITICAL PASTORS
Ernest Lee saw this Facebook post (yep, Ole Ernest Lee is on Facebook) from this yeh who Eric Metaxas, who said if ‘your pastor doesn’t make it clear to vote against the Democratic ticket, you should leave the church and take your tithe with you.’ Metaxas is a writer, calls himself a ‘Mere Christian,’ like …
HELP!
Does ‘God help those who help themselves?’ Ernest Lee has heard that idiomatic expression all his life. ‘Pull yourself up by your bootstraps,’ his pappy used to say. But neither of those phrases (or concepts) are in the Bible. Ole Ernest Lee ain’t one for Wikipedia, but here is a link on the origin of …