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Husband,Dad,Hunter,Gardener,Ex-GOP,Ex-#arleg Politically Homeless Conservaterian I try to follow Christ. I fail. #OffGrid #PrinciplesFirst #RuleofLaw I ❤️ AR
Aug 30, 2020 6 tweets 2 min read
A short thread quoting Reverend Billy Graham on Jerry Falwell & Moral Majority:
"I told him to preach the Gospel. That’s our calling. I want to preserve the purity of the Gospel and the freedom of religion in America.
1/? "I don’t want to see religious bigotry in any form. Liberals organized in the ’60s, and conservatives certainly have a right to organize in the ’80s, but it would disturb me if there was a wedding between the religious fundamentalists and the political right."
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Mar 17, 2020 9 tweets 3 min read
Thread:
I hope you'll take time to read it, even though it's long.
"Why are they shutting everything down? I'm going to keep on living life as normal. That ain't nothing worse than flu. It doesn't scare me. It only has less than 3% fatality rate and much lower in USA."
1/? I hear it daily.
I don't think many of my friends respond well to abstract numbers so I'm going to do a little local more personal math to help y'all understand why social distancing and flattening the curve are critical to avoiding catastrophe.
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Apr 28, 2019 9 tweets 5 min read
Thread:
The following are my thoughts, a bit of baring my soul, & some general social commentary. This has been a tough week as I watched @FranklinGraham be justifiably ridiculed for his hypocrisy regarding @PeteButtigieg while simultaneously venerating a serial philanderer.
1/? @franklingraham @PeteButtigieg I grew up in a pastor's home with church attendance mandatory AT LEAST 3 times a week. As an adult, my wife and I attended church with our kids every time they opened the doors.
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