Patriarch, Phil Robertson, alias 'Duck Commander', has been suspended by A&E and the future of his long running reality show 'Duck Dynasty' is now question.
It was only a matter of time..
Grandpa Phil is an outspoken individual of unshakable Christian faith.
Filled with pithy comments, American folk lore and Old Time Religion he has made no bones about his convictions or his faith.
Asked this week about his views on SIN, quoth Uncle Duck:
"We would start with homo-sexuality and morph out from there"
Further pressed to explain himself, he went on:
"The Bible says that adulterers, fornicators, homosexuals, drunkards and the like will NOT inherit the Kingdom of God"
For such temerity A&E have suspended him from his show, avidly watched by over 15 million fans.
The president of A&E said " Robertson's opinions are unchristian and un-american"
Astonishing , since in the first, Uncle Duck quoted the words of the Apostle Paul and, in the second, his views on homosexuality are shared by at least 50% of Americans.
I suppose it all comes down to which half of America you live in and which Bible you read.
Fly on Uncle Duck and Merry Christmas to you and your family.
Ian
The star that led the Wise Men to the inn at Bethlehem was probably the first ever recorded Global Positioning Satellite.
The Wise Men were not guided by a map or a dash-board compass but by something IN THE SKY.
They had studied, conferred and then concluded that a momentous event was about to take place in Palestine and that they had better not miss it.
When they obeyed their inward prompting and set out, God put the G.P.S. in place and, BINGO, they were right on time and right on target at the birth of Jesus.
I have a G.P.S. in my car. Pauline calls it DORA. This lady's voice has got us to our destination many times, BUT there have been occasions when she has been wrong.
God NEVER is and never will be.He is ALWAYS RIGHT.
We have His Word to study. We have others with whom to confer.
We have the gift of His Holy Spirit to inwardly teach us. If we are truly wise, we will add our OBEDIENCE to His Voice and we will get safely to Heaven. Right on time. Right on target. BINGO.
Jubilate.
Ian
We will forgive Mary for asking the Angel Gabriel exactly how she was going to bear a child since she had had no relationship with a man.
The Angel replied: "Simple. God will do this by His power and wisdom. For with Him NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE"
Mary embraced the word from the Angel and nine months later gave birth to a Son with "NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE WITH GOD" stamped into His genetic make-up.
Thirty years later He was healing the sick, opening the eyes of the blind and raising the dead by way of proof.
I have listened to the positive-thinking gurus, the Tony Robbins, the Brian Tracey's and others of like ilk. None of them has remotely approached the glorious promise of Jesus Christ that we could have his DNA spliced into ours. That we could, indeed, be the "ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE" people. (Mark 9:23)
The Virgin Mary gladly believed the promise of God.This Christmas you can do the same, receive the Lord Jesus into your heart and enroll with the "all things are possible' people.
Jubilate.
Ian
Is there any body out there? Christmas gives the clearest of answers.
"YES "..........and more of them than we could ever imagine.
There are none on the moon or on Mars: the Rover would have seen them by now. But there are plenty on Earth and never too far away.
I'm speaking about Angels of course.
Zechariah, the priest was accosted by one in the Temple and told of the birth of John Baptist. Mary was visited by Angel Gabriel in her living room to inform her of her imminent pregnancy and a whole host of angels visited the shepherds in the fields to announce the birth of Jesus.
Nobody has to go into outer space to discover whether "There is any body out there"
The message of Christmas is that God comes into OUR space to declare wonderful things to us if we are prepared to listen.
Jubilate.
Ian
