I "Mus" Comment Says Sharpton On Imus

The following is AN EXCERPT of a discussion between the Reverend Al Sharpton and Don Imus on Reverend Sharpton's radio show regarding racial comments made on the Don Imus radio show, as recorded by The New York Times. To read the entire transcript, www.nationalactionnetwork.net.

SHARPTON. This young lady just graduated . . . , went to Temple. She is not a nappy-headed ho, she's my daughter.
IMUS. I understand that.
SHARPTON. And when I heard what you said, I've got to defend my daughter. This is not about whether you're a good man, it's about how you devalue, how my daughters and the daughters of a lot of people listening are going to be looked at in this world. You have anchormen from news, network news, you have senators, you have presidential candidates that come on your show. Are we now saying it's acceptable in the middle of these kind of candidates and these anchormen for you to sit up and call my daughter a ho? That's what we're talking about here?
IMUS. Absolutely not. But why aren't -
SHARPTON. But then, then how can we then say the answer to that is a good guy?
IMUS. Why listen to the same kind of outrage, let me ask you, in the black community when rappers and other people in the black community, athletes in the black community defame and demean black women?
SHARPTON. I am one of them that is outraged.
IMUS. And call them worse names that I ever did.
SHARPTON. I am absolutely outraged by it. I attack it, I disagree with it. I've had friends of mine that used bad raps on radio that was fired. And I do not think that there ought to be two standards. I think you ought to join them.
IMUS. O.K., I think what makes a difference in this context - and you can still call for me to be fired, that's fine - but I think what makes a difference, a crucial difference, is what was my intent? Am I some rabid, racist, vicious person who's on a rampage screaming and got on the radio and turned on the microphone and said, here's what I think these women are? That's not what I did. What I did is repugnant and repulsive and horrible. You know what's horrible about it is here are these young women, who, at the pinnacle of their life and their athletic accomplishment, they played for the national championship of basketball -
SHARPTON. And really suffered to do that, worked hard to do that.
IMUS. - and I ruined it.
SHARPTON. Yeah, and that's the point.
IMUS. Yes, sir, I know that.
SHARPTON. But the point is this: The question is not whether you're a rabid racist with intent. If you commit a crime, intent may be an element, but the crime is still there.
IMUS. I understand that.
SHARPTON. To go to court and say, Your Honor, I didn't intend it. I got up this morning and I really was going to go to work, but I got mad and killed a guy. You still are guilty. The question of intent, you yourself said it was repugnant and all of that. Here's what I hear you saying, Mr. Imus: It is repugnant, it is unbelievable - but let's get past that, go on to the next commercial and I live to curse another day.
IMUS. I didn't say that.
SHARPTON. What are you saying?
IMUS. I didn't say anything.
SHARPTON. That's exactly right.
IMUS. No, I'm -
SHARPTON. You and I agree, you're not saying anything.
IMUS. I'm not saying anything about firing?
SHARPTON. About what - if you don't think your resignation is in order, what do you think the price should be that you pay? Not that I would agree with it. I'm just curious. What do you think?
IMUS. I haven't thought about that.
SHARPTON. I know. Let's bring Reverend Buster Soaries up. Reverend Soaries, you talked with Mr. Imus last -[blip in transmission]
BUSTER SOARIES. . . . whether or not Mr. Imus is a good or bad person.
SHARPTON. Not at all.
SOARIES. And so I'm willing to concede that he's done some good things and perhaps did not intend to offend anybody. I think I'm a good father, but if I'm speeding on the turnpike and get a ticket, I still have to pay for the ticket. In other words, you don't get fined based on your previous good act; you get fined based on your current bad acts. And I think Mr. Imus has proven to be a progressive thinker, probably a liberal, you know, in philosophy. But it really doesn't matter if you slap me with your left hand or your right hand, I've been slapped. And so if Rush Limbaugh slaps me or if Don Imus slaps me, I've been slapped. And I think what we're having problems with is that Don Imus does not fully understand the depth of the impropriety because if he did, then he would understand why you and I can be civil but at the same time ask for his removal -
IMUS. Well, if I understood that, I wouldn't have said it in the first place.
SOARIES. Well, well, and that's our problem.IMUS. Yes, sir.
SOARIES. I mean if a person in your position -IMUS. Yes, sir.
SOARIES. - you've got about 10 million listeners; as Al said, president candidates stop by because they respect your ability to penetrate the marketplace. And if someone with you ideological bent and philosophy can say something that mean-spirited and that damaging, my God, then we don't need enemies.
IMUS. No, I know, you said that last night and I agree. I don't have a good answer.
SHARPTON. Mr. Bryan Monroe is also on, Mr. Imus, who is the head of the National Association of Black Journalists. Byron[as spoken].
BRYAN MONROE. Thank you, Reverend Sharpton, and thank you, Mr. Imus, for coming on Reverend Sharpton's show and standing up and -
IMUS. Yes, sir.
MONROE. - looking us in the eye and telling us what were you thinking.
IMUS. Yes, sir.
MONROE. Mr. Imus, I have a daughter. I think you have a daughter. What would you do if a 67-year-old man went in front of millions of people and called your daughter what you called these women? Mr. Imus, what do you think the consequences of those words should be? Should an apology be enough?
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Jesus Saves Ministries discusses the Imus firing, race, and gender in America Friday, April 13th with guests Rev. Robert Thomas, Director of Evangelism, St. Stephen Church, and Karen O'Bannon, author of A Song for You: Parables and Pearls on Jesus Saves Ministries LIVE! 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. on 1350 WLOU. Call 502-776-1350 and say, "I-Mus Comment" and let your voice be heard.
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Don Imus Fired: Licked By His Own Tongue

Last night, MSNBC did "the right thing" as Spike Lee has said and fired morning talk show host Don Imus of Don Imus In the Morning. I applaud MSNBC for listening to their staff, some of whom are African American and were very offended, advertisers, and consultants on this one as Imus certainly did not need to "go there" with his April 4th racist comments about the Rutgers women's basketball team. Sid Rosenberg should not escape punishment either since he was the one who started and instigated the comments and neither should Bernard McGuirk.

You can say what you want about Rev. Al Sharpton and Rev. Jesse Jackson. I applaud them, too for having the backbone and courage to stand up, not only for the Rutgers team, but for women of color everywhere. Rev. DeForest Soaries, Pastor, First Baptist Church of Lincoln Gardens, the pastor who will be "mediating" Imus' meeting with the basketball team was one of several guests on the Today Show yesterday. He said that had Imus called one of the white women executives at NBC at "white, ugly ho" he would be fired, and that to only suspended Imus for saying something worse about young, black women was a double standard. Thank you MSNBC for doing the right thing.

Here are the April 4th comments that led to Imus' firing and the youtube.com description.

watch video YouTube Video Description On the April 4 edition of MSNBC's Imus in the Morning, host Don Imus referred to the Rutgers University women's basketball team, which is comprised of eight African-American and two white players, as "nappy-headed hos" immediately after the show's executive producer, Bernard McGuirk, called the team "hard-core hos." Later, former Imus sports announcer Sid Rosenberg, who was filling in for sportscaster Chris Carlin, said: "The more I look at Rutgers, they look exactly like the [National Basketball Association's] Toronto Raptors." McGuirk referred to the NCAA women's basketball championship game between Rutgers and Tennessee as a "Spike Lee thing," adding, "The Jigaboos vs. The Wannabees -- that movie that he had." ------ Remember, it's not Mohammad, Buddha, Confucius, nor New Age that saves. Jesus saves.

Angela Lee Price Goes One-On-One With Dr. Julia Hare

By: Angela Lee Price

On March 23rd on Jesus Saves Ministries LIVE!, I went one-on-one with psychologist, author, and highly sought-after speaker Dr. Julia Hare, Executive Director of the Black Think Tank. Dr. Hare is the author of several books including The Black Agenda, and How To Find And Keep A BMW (Black Man Working).

Here is two of several questions:

Angela: There are some who say blacks are the cause for their own problems and they overlook systematic racism.

Dr. Hare: “The disturbing factor here is that you have too many blacks trying to blame the victim. It’s a simple thing to blame a victim for something. We like to blame all the sisters who are trapped in some form of public housing..., we blame the victim when our schools are sub-standard..., when we’re still the last hired and first fired..., we like to look at our federal government and we see there are about 18 female senators and not one is black..., when there are about six female governors and not one is black,...How are you going to blame the victim when the victim is not at the table?”

Angela: As a black nation, where do you see us in the 21st Century?

Dr. Hare: I see us exactly where we going to allow ourselves to be. See, the problem is that we are still sitting back waiting for the very people who helped to put us were we are to come and free us. It just doesn’t happen that way….Nothing can make your life work until you become the architect…. We constantly live under most of the stereotypes, we don’t want to work, and we’re the welfare queens,...they like to say something is wrong with our male-female relationships,... But, what they don’t tell you that in the highest rungs of the society, look at the White House, dysfunctionality there! But that’s never mentioned. It’s only us. They’ll talk about black people living in public housing. George Bush lives in public housing, too! Aren’t you paying for it?... Anytime the public is paying, that’s public housing. We only want to blame ourselves, but not look at some of the external factors.

Now, I realize a lot of this we can correct, and I am convinced that 99% of it we are going to have to correct, but you can’t tip through the tulips if you are going to do that….

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Remember, it is not Mohammad, Buddha, Confucius, nor New Age that saves. Jesus saves!

You've Got Mail From New Jersey!

By: Angela Corley

Angela Lee Price is such a phenomenal woman. She is diligent and intellectual not to mention my first cousin. I'm so blessed that the Lord has given us the opportunity to connect and subsequently establish relationships with each other. It will take some time for us to get use to each other however great relationships build over years. I'm sure my uncle, Angela's father would be so proud of his daughter. I believe that before he passed he asked God for forgiveness.

What makes the relationship I have with my cousin Angela so special, is the fact that we share the same name. Believe it or not, my mother, Carolyn's middle name is also Angela. As soon as I met Angela I was impressed as I told everyone I work with who she is and what contributions she has made. It's a great feeling to have successful individuals in your family.

Far too often, African Americans separate themselves from one another which is such a set back for the African American race. If we get together and unite we would have the potential to be a powerful race.

One of my goals, among many, is to become an advocate of unity among African Americans. I also would like to work with juvenile delinquents to assist in diminishing the ideology that they cannot achieve and are products of their environments. Far too many people have proven that theory wrong including myself.

I just want to thank Angela for acknowledging the family and to keep up the good work.

Angela Corley's comments are in response to Angela Lee Price's post The Women On My Father's Side.

Angela Corley is a Reading Coordinator, English Department, Middlesex County College in New Jersey. She has Associate's and Bachelor's degree in Criminal Justice. She will be pursuing a M.S. and Ed.S. in the fall.

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Remember, it is not Mohammad, Buddha, Confucius, nor New Age that saves. Jesus saves!

Meet Bond...Julian Bond on Jesus Saves Ministries LIVE!

Agent 007 has nothing on him. He's the real deal. He's Bond...Julian Bond, national Chairman of the NAACP, an activist who faced jail for his convictions, a warrior on the cutting edge of social change in the civil rights movement since 1960, a founder of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), a distinguished Professor at American University, and a Professor in history at the University of Virginia, and the holder of 25 honorary degrees.

He's Bond...Julian Bond, the voice of America's Black Forum, the oldest black-owned show in television syndication, the voice that's narrated several award-winning, documentaries including "Eyes On the Prize."

He's Bond...Julian Bond, the man who said, "Violence is black children going to school for 12 years and receiving six years' worth of education."

He's coming to Louisville Wednesday, April 4th for the grand opening of the Anne Braden Institute for Social Justice Research in the Ekstrom Library at the University of Louisville.

Meet Bond...Julian Bond, a civil rights trailblazer on Jesus Saves Ministries LIVE! Friday, March 30th, 4:00-5:00 PM. Jesus Saves Ministries LIVE! It's more than just a talk show. It's an experience on 1350 WLOU!.

Remember, it's not Mohammad, Buddha, Confucius, nor New Age that saves. Jesus saves!

Oh, Taste And See Chicago Mass Choir LIVE!

Chicago Mass Choir President and CEO Dr. Feranda Nero-Roberts (photo right) will be one of my guests Friday on Jesus Saves Ministries LIVE! We will discuss the history of Chicago Mass, Fernanda's background, her thoughts on the direction gospel music is taking, and how Chicago Mass Choir maintains the purity of the gospel in their music. We will be giving away their latest CD, Project Praise: Live in Atlanta.

Join me, Angela Lee Price for an eye-opening conversation with Dr. Fernanda Nero-Roberts, and experience great gospel music with Chicago Mass Choir St. Stephen Church, 1018 South 15th Street, Saturday night, March 31st, 7:00 P.M.

Taste and See this YouTube.com video clip of the live recording of Project Praise: Live in Atlanta.

For more, visit the Chicago Mass Choir website at www.chicagomasschoir.com.

Remember, It is not Mohammad, Buddha, Confucius, nor New Age that saves. Jesus saves!

Listen for Jesus Saves Ministries Live on WLOU

You've read Jesus Saves Newsletter! Now, listen to Jesus Saves Ministries Live on the radio Fridays, 4:00-5:00 p.m. on 1350 WLOU, Louisville's Praise and Worship Station. Jesus Saves Ministries Live, sponsored by Ray Terry with Independent Auto Brokers and the Ninth Street Market, addresses topics of concern to the Black Church and African American communities, and educates listeners on aberrant and heretical teachings adversely affecting Christians and non-believers, false teachings, cults, and the occult.

The show features national speakers as well as local religious, political, and civic leaders, pastors, and policymakers, and ordinary people who are doing extraordinary works for God. Join me, Angela Lee Price for Jesus Saves Ministries Live Fridays at 4:00 P.M. Jesus Saves Ministries Live, it's not just a talk show. It's an experience on Louisville's Praise and Worship Station, WLOU!

COGIC Bishop Patterson Fought Good Battle - Dies at 67

AP -- G.E. Patterson, the presiding bishop of the Church of God in Christ and a minister for almost 50 years, died of heart failure Tuesday, the church announced. He was 67.
The predominantly black Protestant denomination, headquartered in Memphis, claims 6 million members worldwide and traces its origins to the 1870s.
The church said in a statement that Patterson died at Methodist University Hospital in Memphis.
Patterson was hospitalized in January for an undisclosed illness. He told his followers in 2005 that he suffered from prostate cancer. Click link COGIC Bishop G.E. Patterson Dies At 67 for more. Click Funeral Arrangements for G.E. Patterson for details on memorial services Thursday-Saturday, March 29th-31st. All services will be held at Temple of Deliverance Church Of God In Christ at 369 G. E. Patterson in Memphis, Tennessee.

In this three-minute sermon except posted on youtube.com on January 27, 2007, Patterson shared Advice Before the Battle. He said,

"We all have issues, but don't become preoccupied with life's issues. You have a battle to fight. If there is anything at all that messes up the body of Christ and local churches, and religious organizations, we get in mind it all about me. But the Lord said you gotta deny self... Realize the battle is bigger than your issues...When the battle is raging, give glory to His name. While pain is in your body, praise Him! When it looks like the enemy has won and their shouting over your defeat, praise the Lord. Praise Him! He'll send an angel on the run...."

Bishop Gilbert Earl Patterson: Absent from the body; present with the Lord.

Remember, it is not Mohammad, Buddha, Confucius, nor New Age that saves. Jesus saves!

Was Jesus Made Sin and Twice Born?

By: Angela Lee Price

“Herein is love: not that we loved God, but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” 1 John 4:10

On Sunday, March 17th, my Sunday School class, Learning About Jesus and I got into a discussion concerning the word “propitiation” in 1 John 4:10 about which I want to elaborate further. The word “propitiation” as defined in our Sunday school book means “to atone or take on the sins and punishment of another.” This means Jesus Christ paid the penalty for sin, not that he became sin as Word of Faith preachers Kenneth Copeland, and others claim. I gave an example of one sibling taking a punishment for a second sibling even though the first sibling was innocent. This is what God’s first born Son did for us, His children.

A member pointed out that 2 Corinthians 5:21 says, “For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin; that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.” This is true; however, does it mean Jesus was “made into” sin? No. This is the verse often quoted by Word of Faith preachers to prove that Jesus actually became sin, and was born again in hell. They say Jesus took on the nature of Satan in hell. Word of Faith preachers claim that Jesus was not fully God and fully man while on earth, but that He was a twice-born man. Christians can perform miracles, call things into existence, “name it and claim it” they say because we are the same as Jesus Christ, i.e. twice born beings. This is not true.

Listen to Kenneth Copeland's mis-interpretation of Scripture in this youtube.com video:

Interpreting Scripture requires that we rightly divide the Word of God. This means that one must compare all relevant passages on a subject in order to arrive at the meaning of any one passage. One should also look at the context which which verses are written. Verses in the lesson, Romans 3:24-25, l John 2:2, and l John 4:10, use the word “propitiation” in the King James, or “sacrifice” in the NIV. Another word often used for “propitiation” is “imputed.”

Here now are additional passages that corroborate that Jesus was “without sin” and was not “made sin” while on earth:
Malachi 3:6
Hebrews 4:15
Hebrews 13:8
1 Peter 1:19
1 Peter 3:18

I suggest again purchasing the book, When Cultists Ask: A Popular Handbook On Cultic Misinterpretations by Norman Geisler and Ron Rhodes. It is a great reference book that lists often-misinterpreted passages in the Bible with explanation of their correct interpretations. On pages 244-45, is a lengthy explanation of 2 Corinthians 5:9. In summary, Jesus did not become sin himself, personally, actually. He paid our sin debt for us substitutionally, and judicially by dying on the Cross.

Concerning Jesus’ unique nature, Colossians l:15 (NIV) declares Jesus “is the image of the invisible God, the first born over all creation. For by Him all things were created: things in the heaven and on earth…,” Colossians 2:9 (KJV) says “For in him dwelleth all the fullness of the Godhead bodily,” and John 1:1-3 (KJV) state, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by Him and without Him was not anything made that was made.” Jesus is God, and He lived a sinless life on earth. Although we are children of God, we do not possess the same nature as Jesus Christ. We are not "gods" as Word of Faith proponents Kenneth Copeland, Creflo Dollar, and Eddie Long propose.

In my next post, I will correct the mis-interpretations of Psalms 82, John 10:34, and Philippians 2:5-8, the "you are gods" passages.

Remember, it is not Mohammad, Buddha, Confucius, nor New Age that saves. Jesus saves!

666 Cult Growing in Followers

It is called Growing in Grace Ministries. It is the a latin-born cult headed by Jose Luis de Jesus Miranda, the man who says he's Jesus. Click on the picture to view CNN news story posted on youtube.com on March 4, 2007.

Here is what this cult believes: Leader Miranda, 60, is God in the flesh, the Second Coming of Jesus Christ. There is no sin. There is no devil. Prayer is a waste of time. Everyone should be rich. Members tatoo "666" on their bodies. Members give cars, estates, companies, and more to Miranda. All religious leaders are liars except Miranda. Cult raised $1.4 million in donations last year. Following growing in the United States. Why do you think this cult is growing in followers? Enter your comments at the bottom of this post.

Why do you think this cult is growing in popularity? Post your comments at the bottom of this post.

Remember, it is not Mohammad, Buddha, Confucius, nor New Age that saves. Jesus saves!