Easter Sermon

Obama’s church is certainly under the religious, political and social spotlight. The topic for the Easter sermon at Chicago’s Trinity United Church of Christ was, ‘How to Handle a Public Lynching’. I can’t even begin to imagine how a preacher could possibly stretch that title so it would actually wrap itself around a resurrection message. Either the preacher is a really creative guy, or else the congregation is satisfied listening to political and social messages rather than the gospel. Today’s ministers, so unlike the John the Baptist type, preach what our itching ears want to hear. During the same sermon, Fox News reported that this pastor also took the opportunity to ask the congregation for money because there was a need to ‘defend the church’. Now that’s what I call a unique ploy for soliciting donations. I think someone should tell him that Obama and others have already been defending the church in the national media...and without the need for a designated defense fund.