I am a spirit-filled, evangelical, charismatic, non-denominational, “You want some of this here,” Child of the Most-High God. I also understand what it is to be a Christian and practice the attributes of my faith and belief in Christ according to the Word of God. While there are far too many who label themselves as “evangelicals” there seems to be a contradiction in the terms related to those who may defer to the basic tenets of evangelicalism. Upon further study of the term itself, there are those who aspire to the usage of the term, yet practice something otherwise. Case…
Author: Rodney Beard
Donald Trump is unfit to be the President of the United States. He is also unfit for a few other jobs that I can think of, and without disparaging anyone’s professions, I’ll just leave it at that (you be the judge). I don’t want to name call, but it is essential that I am honest and by describing his character does not mean that I am calling this pitiful, small, and hateful man anything other than what he projects about himself by his own words and actions. For instance, if I refer to Donald Dump as the Deplorable in Chief,…
I have to be honest and say most vehemently that I never dreamed that in a million years that Donald Trump would get anywhere near the White House to become president of this country. I thought he was a joke but now I must admit that the joke is on me and maybe even you right now, as this historic race is way too close to call and shouldn’t be. I must also admit that I really and truly, honestly thought that our country had come a mighty long way on issues of race, gender, decency, and tolerance. But I…
I watched the documentary on Hillary Clinton the other night and was pleasantly surprised at the way people who know her personally just had so much respect and admiration for the next president. It chronicled her life from a child with her family, her faith, her education, and her tenacity and love for children and families. Chelsea was my favorite of the night. But I also loved the testimony about her devout Christian beliefs from her childhood years, along with her values and faith. Mrs. Clinton is an amazing mother. She’s helped so many people. She has an incredible record…
Last week I talked about “Pastor” Mark Burns, the ‘Dump surrogate’ who disrespected Secretary Hillary Clinton by putting out a tweet that was shameful for anyone especially, a so-called ‘man of God.’ Little did I know that I made a prophetic statement at the end of the piece by saying to him that he was “burnt” Low and behold, he certainly was. Hopefully, now he’s finished both on and off the stage. He played on for a deservingly short time as a clown in the Trump clown car. In a few days after my piece ran, he was busted on…
I don’t like name calling and disparaging anyone’s character not, and it’s not because I am a man of God. I say this because it does no good, particularly among Christians, or even as a part political discourse. I also do not support or accept the fact that so many lies are being told and accusations are being flung around about people who are decent, even to “one up” any of them. But I will say this: What “pastor” Mark Burns says and does is so far beyond the pale and over the line, until it’s downright despicable! What “pastor”…
I don’t even want to talk about Trump. But the fact is that if we don’t talk about him and all of his destructive antics, insults, and policies, and then not VOTE, could be the gravest error in modern campaigns. We cannot think our campaign is in the bag. The Brown, Latino and women of the communities we share in common, will be the biggest losers if we are complacent and think that there is no way this serial ignorant liar, who doesn’t even understand the Constitution, would build a wall longer than the Great Wall of China. Or attempt…
I don’t want to sound like an alarmist but I have to say that we should all be alarmed at the very real possibility of losing this presidential election to someone who is obviously suffering from a mental disorder, as well as a personality disorder on top of that, right before our very eyes. If you think I am exaggerating the issue, look at what I found on the May Clinic website. Let me know who this sounds like to you and describes the undisputed symptoms of narcissistic personality disorder: “Having an exaggerated sense of self-importance…Expecting to be recognized as…
I have seen a lot of conventions in my life but NEVER one like the Republican National Convention last week. It began with flagrant plagiarism by Trumps wife. It got worse with lies and distortions, hate filled speeches by virtually ignorant, nobody “celebrities,” and progressed into the worst “diss” of a presidential candidate in all of history. It ended with a madman spouting nothing but even more all out lies. The hate generated by a bunch of clowns who are nothing more than racist “ranters” was palpable as they fed rancid, poisonous red meat to a base that knows this…