Brit Hume: faith advice for Tiger Woods

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Brit Hume: Tiger Woods Needs To Accept The Forgiveness And Redemption Of The Christian Faith

JobK
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Tiger Woods and Brit Hume

So, Brit Hume will say this about Tiger Woods but not his own employer, Rupert Murdoch, who presides over a lucrative pornography empire? Oh, but since Murdoch is a political conservative, I guess his faith doesn't matter? Second, of all the known adulterers out there, why all the focus on Tiger Woods? Is Hume similarly concerned about the eternal fates of gangsta rappers, NBA and NFL players and so forth?

Also, this is just another example of how this "celebrity Christianity" just takes the book of James and ignores it. We are so concerned about the rich and powerful (especially when they are preachers). So a famous billionaire golfer ... so many Christians are discussing how he needs to give his life to Jesus Christ. You can hardly go a day without hearing or seeing Christians speak or write on the issue. But the adulterers who are working class and underclass ... them we pass by and ignore.

Well, that John Edwards post on the front page is very relevant, because the great awakening revivals didn't come about by preaching to the rich and powerful, or even to the upper classes. Instead, they came about by preaching to the poor, working and lower classes. And one of the main issues addressed by the great awakening revivalists was rampant adultery. How quickly we forget history - and the Bible.

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follow-up

Below is a link to a follow-up article regarding the criticism that Hume has been receiving. He is a journalist. Journalists cover contemporary issues. It should not be surprising that he jumped on the "Tiger Woods infidelity" bandwagon. He used this as an opportunity to talk about Christianity.

The fact that Brit Hume is well-known or that SharperIron chose to link to the piece is not sufficient evidence to indict it or Christianity as a whole as being concerned only with "celebrity Christianity" or forgetting history and the Bible. There are pastors every week who are dealing with adulterers in the working class and underclass in their counseling and/or preaching.

http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=M2EyZDc1ODc4ZmEzNTk2YzM1NzI0OTJlOTF...