... of God. It is precisely our foolish trust in our own places, devices, and schemes which turns this world of God's into a living hell both now and forever. Perhaps some of you remember General Alexander Haig, a great military leader in the war in Vietnam and political leader in the Reagan administration. Now, General Haig was not exactly what you would call a great theologian. He once said something which on the surface sounded utterly stupid, and he was roundly criticized by the media for saying it. He said ...
... us. That essentially is what was said an one of the highest courtrooms in America when Richard Nixon’s chief aide, Alexander Haig, was testifying in Judge Sirica’s court. He was explaining why there was an eighteen-minute gap in one of the ... force." The moral standards of our society, as of Ezekiel’s, are threatened by our refusal to be accountable for our actions. Actually, Haig’s "evil sinister force" has become the scapegoat for a number of us who claim to be Christian. Our sins, we declare, are ...
3. Something Even Worse
Mark 13:1-8
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Steven E. Albertin
Perhaps some of you remember General Alexander Haig, a military leader in the war in Vietnam and political leader in the Reagan administration. Now, General Haig was not exactly what you would call a great theologian. He once said something which on the surface sounded utterly stupid, and he was roundly criticized by the media for saying it. He said, "There are worse things than a nuclear war." That sounds like he stuck his foot in ...
... the enslavement of Eastern Europe, a totalitarian government, a monolithic national defense establishment, the bomb -- in the name of security and order. A peace movement arising out of terror is as idolatrous as peace based upon the bomb. As that great theologian, General Alexander Haig, said, "There are worse things than a nuclear war.'' A stupid statement. But in a way, that's what Christians believe. We fear not only war, but peace based upon idolatrous self-love, peace based upon the lie that it is up ...
