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Where are you, Rev. Al "Not-so" Sharpton?  This is "big business" for big Al.

 

 

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2013 Chicago Violence Not Worthy Of Media Coverage

Posted on July 14, 2013 by Black & Right

Over two hundred young people have names, however they don’t seem to mean anything to MSNBC and CNN. One “white Hispanic” is all that’s on their radar.

Hannity: Bribe/Pay-off by Obama to Rev. Jeremiah Wright? $150,000? Benny Da' Man?

Bribe and  Pay-off to Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright by Mr. Obama?

     
          The ever-voluble, chatty, cheeky, pugnacious, churlish, country-music-lovin,' foot-stompin,' baccalaureate in the arts (B.A. only and nothing more), half-read, half-literate, noisy  and ever-confident Irishman, Sean Hannity, is reporting that Obama “bribed” his former Pastor, the Rev. Dr. Jeremiah, with $150,000 to keep silent during the Presidential campaign.  
          We routinely patrol the Irish enthusiast’s program, a service of vetting that is needed in/for the media, as well as theological arenas.  RA does not easily abide half-literates easily.  Yet, Sean has surfaced an interesting--perhaps, an important--story.

          Reformation Anglicanism abhors Sean’s weak and shallow academic credentials.  In fact, that applies to everything on FOX from 1900-2200,  Sean is a putz.  A minor. A B.A.  He needs to go back to school for several years. 

         Sean is a blue-collar loud-mouth who entertains “political enthusiasts” (like the MSN"BS" exhorters and like other bucolic, religious “revivalists”).  Further, we dislike the “shout-overs” and “shout-outs” on his unscholarly program of loud-mouths.  Where are the scholarly footnotes?  Yet, this Irish Romanist and enthusiast, this blue collar fella, of few notable attainments, other than entertainment on TV and radio, has raised some good issues about Obama and his black Pastor, Dr. Wright, another infamous loudmouth who exclaimed “God damned America” in a sermon following 9/11. 

           Even if we dislike Hannity, there are issues here worth reviewing.

          The Rev. Dr. Wright claims that Obama’s team offered $150,000 for him to bow out and go silent.  Klein, a new author, is claiming some revealing things from the Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright.  As an aside, where are these half-literates in the media?  CNN?  MSN"BS"?  ABC?  CBS?  FOX is on it, thanks to Hannity, but no others.
          Are we "elites" at Reformation Anglicanism?  Indeed, we are.  We are educated.  We insist on it.  We do so when visiting a Physican, flying on a jet, or taking a course in history at college.  We insist upon vetting media (and theological) elites.  We've earned that right and we insist on it.
          Here’s a brief roundup.   The story is developing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1gjfw4LUPqY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHnHG5ZDp-Q&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4G1g7RzAdU&feature=related

        So, what are the facts?  Was there a $150,000 payoff?

        We'll need to ask Benny, the Big Thinker and Big Reader in America, for his views.   Benny, what do you think, Dude?

A.A. Hodge, "Outlines of Theology," "Atonement," Princeton Seminary, and Benny

Outlines of Theology by the Rev. Dr. Archibald Alexander Hodge

http://www.monergism.com/updates/outlines_of_theology_pdf.php
http://www.davidcox.com.mx/library/H/Hodge,%20A%20A%20-%20Outlines%20of%20Systematic%20Theology.pdf .  This is a 551-page entry.  

          Years ago, upon graduation from high school, my father handed me two “brand new” volumes:   Louis Berkhof’s Systematic Theology and Charles Hodge’s (3 Vol.) Systematic Theology.   He said, “Read ten pages per day until you’ve finished them.  Also, read ten chapters daily from the Old Testament and ten chapters from the New Testament.”  I did as recommended.  Life was never the same.   Thanks, Dad, we still miss you.  Thank God for all faithful Fathers, Professors and Scholars…ever shining in the darkness and exile.

          Then, years later I ran into A.A. Hodge.  Reformation Anglicanism recommends A.A. Hodge’s Outline of Theology, as per the above, as well as the two volumes by Berkhof and Charles Hodge.  But, a few facts are offered about A.A. and a few of his other volumes.

         

Archibald Alexander (A.A.) Hodge was born on July 18, 1823.  He died November 12, 1886.  He was young and died at age sixty-three.  He is buried in the cemetery at PTS with the “Hodges.”  He was the son of another august leader.  He was the son of that “Lion” of (of several “Lions”) at “Old” Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS), Charles Hodge.   

 

          Academic background. Hodge attended the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University). This was followed up with studies at Princeton Theological Seminary.

          Pastoral and missionary service.  A.A. served as a missionary to India for three years (1847–1850).  He held pastorates at Lower West Nottingham, Maryland (1851–1855), Fredericksburg, Virginia (1855–1861), and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (1861–1864).

          Academic duties.  In 1864, he was chosen and accepted a call to be a Professor of Systematic Theology at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary (where Dr. John Gersnter would later teach).  He remained in Pittsburgh until. In 1877, he was called to Princeton to assist his father, Charles Hodge.  A.A. Hodge served as the principal of PTS from 1878-1886.  He remained in the chair of systematics until his death in 1886.

         
          Two influential volumes. 

The first book by A.A. was his Outlines of Theology published in 1860.  It is available as per the above, but also at:  http://books.google.com/books?id=4QEDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA8&dq=a.a.+hodge&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kRa0T6TkLeWksQKQncmgAQ&ved=0CD8Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=a.a.%20hodge&f=false.  

 The Atonement is still one of the best treatments on the subject.  I cannot too lightly recommend this volume.  I am not sure it has been surpassed.  It is available here:  http://www.amazon.com/atonement-Archibald-Alexander-Hodge/dp/1177706385/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1337208992&sr=1-1

         
           In 1869, he produced a commentary on the Westminster Confession of Faith.  Regrettably, Reformation Anglicanism does not own this.  However,  this shall be remedied.  It is available at:  http://www.amazon.com/Westminster-Confession-Commentary-A-Hodge/dp/0851518281/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1337207257&sr=8-1.   We doubt if there are significant improvements by modern writers. 

         A.A. Hodge continued that old, admirable, deliberative, scholarly, Biblical,

Catholic, Reformed, and Confessional Churchmanship that we continue to advocate

here.   As instructed from the fifth commandment, we are to emulate the strengths of

others.  While we are not on A.A.’s level of skill, we follow his leadership and make

that effort. 

       Turning from an august scholar, A.A. Hodge, and that old Princetonian tradition,
we turn to our old friend, "Benny Da Big Thinker."  Benny, here are a few books with
which to get started.  You can meet Benny in a recent interview at: 
http://www.amazon.com/atonement-Archibald-Alexander-Hodge/dp/1177706385/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1337208992&sr=1-1

Benny, get readin', man!

(So-called) Bishop Eddie Long's Wife Ditching Eddie (Second Divorce for Eddie)

http://www.ajc.com/news/dekalb/bishop-eddie-longs-wife-1248978.html

Bishop Eddie Long's wife decides again to seek divorce

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The reconciliation of Vanessa and Eddie Long didn't make it through the day, as the wife of the charismatic New Birth Missionary Baptist pastor has decided against withdrawing her petition for divorce filed late Thursday afternoon.

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John Amis, APVanessa and Eddie Long, the beleaguered pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church, have been married for more than two decades.Related

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• Statement

"Mrs. Long continues to hope that this matter may be resolved expeditiously, harmoniously and fairly; however, she has determined that dismissal of her divorce petition is not appropriate at this time," Kilpatrick Townsend partner Michael W. Tyler said in a prepared statement.

"To avoid any undue confusion, Mrs. Long's future statements, if any, will be issued through her attorneys," he said. A spokesman for Kilpatrick Townsend refused further comment.

Three statements regarding the divorce were sent to media outlets Friday. In the first, Vanessa Long announced she was seeking to end her 21-year-marriage following "a great deal of deliberation and prayer."

Then, around lunchtime, in a statement sent through New Birth's public relations firm, Vanessa Long was quoted as saying, upon further "prayerful reflection," she was withdrawing the divorce petition.

"I love my husband," she was quoted in the second press release. "I believe in him and admire his strength and courage."

Long, a New Birth elder, said her decision to seek a divorce was driven by "years of attacks in the media that frustrated and overwhelmed me." She and her husband "mutually agreed to find healing," Vanessa Long is quoted in the release.

Six hours later, her attorneys announced she was proceeding with the divorce "consistent with her original [statement] made this morning."

In the divorce filing, Vanessa Long, 53, said her marriage to the New Birth pastor was "irretrievably broken" and there was "no hope of reconciliation." The couple has been in a "state of separation," according to the petition.

"Vanessa is, and has always been, a loving, dedicated and committed wife and mother," Bishop Long said in a statement Friday night. "My love for her is deep and unwavering. It remains our sincere desire to continue working together in seeking God’s will in these circumstances."

Vanessa Long has kept a low profile since the September 2010 lawsuit filed against her husband by former New Birth members Anthony Flagg, Spencer LeGrande, Jamal Parris and Maurice Robinson alleging the bishop used his influence, trips, gifts and jobs to coerce them into sexual relationships.

Though she has never spoken publicly about the allegations, she provided her husband with a symbolic lift when she appeared by his side at New Birth the Sunday after the lawsuit was filed. The bishop, who told his congregation that day he planned to "vigorously" fight the allegations against him, reached a settlement with his accusers in late May after months of mediation.

A bio on New Birth's website describes Vanessa Long as "the quiet strength in the Long family ... an awesome woman of God in her own right. She is an inspiration to many of the women at New Birth as they watch her lovingly and quietly support her husband in every sense of the word."

This would be Bishop Long's second divorce. His first wife, Dabara S. Houston, alleged she was the victim of "cruel treatment" and claimed she was afraid of her husband's "violent and vicious temper," according to Fulton County Superior Court records. She and her son "had to flee [the couple's Fairburn home] in order to ensure their safety," the documents say.

The couple was married in 1981 and separated after a couple years, according to the documents. Long's first wife made the abuse allegation in a counterclaim after he petitioned for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences.

It's time to teach religion in schools - USATODAY.com

By Stephen Prothero

I know it's uncouth to say, "I told you so," but in this case I did.
Three years ago, in my book Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know — And Doesn't, I described the United States as a nation of religious illiterates. Though Americans are deeply religious, I argued, they know very little about their own religions, and even less about the religions of others.

I based this conclusion on scattershot data — a Gallup question here, an anecdote there, and a quiz I gave to my Boston University students — because there was no comprehensive national survey of U.S. religious literacy. Last week, however, the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life released the first nationwide survey of American religious knowledge, based on interviews with 3,412 adults who answered 32 questions on the Bible and the world's religions.

Not surprisingly, the nation as a whole flunked. Respondents got only 16 out of 32 questions right on average, for a score of 50%.

The release of this study has been catnip for atheists and agnostics, who rose to the top of the class on this survey. Non-believers answered, on average, 21 questions correctly, or five above the national average. Their score — 66%, or a D in my book — isn't much to write home about, but it does show that people who think religion is poison know more about it than people who think it is the antidote to our ills.

If atheists and agnostics are in heaven over these results, there is weeping and gnashing of teeth among Roman Catholics, who finished in the back of the class on this survey, with only 15 questions right on average. Prior studies have shown that Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD) classes are doing little to educate American Catholic children about their faith, and this study confirms that Catholic religious education is badly broken. Fewer than half of the Catholics surveyed (42%) were able to name Genesis as the first book in the Bible.

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It's time to teach religion in schools - USATODAY.com