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Very strange night of cult leader Johnny Robertson’s usual broadcast on WGSR this evening. The first hour was a recording of this morning’s “service” at Martinsville Church of Christ. And that in itself was notable because to the best of my knowledge, this is the first time that I’ve ever seen Johnny Robertson praying. Except that his “prayer” was straight out of Luke chapter 18, in that it was practically the same as that of the Pharisee in the temple who prays “God, I thank you that I am not like other men—robbers, evildoers, adulterers…” etc. Yes folks, that apparently is the substance of “prayer” among the cult (which again, is not the real Churches of Christ at all).

Then Robertson went on a vicious rant, boasting about how his “church is the most authoritarian!” among other things, and then devoted much of the rest of the “sermon” to evolution ...

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Focus on the Family is going broke. The ministry ummm… “organization” is being forced to lay off 202 employees, supposedly after campaigning for Proposition 8 (the “gay marriage” ban) in California cleansed its coffers of over half a million dollars. It still has 950 employees though.

(What does any outfit like Focus on the Family need with more than a thousand employees?! I know of a few others who get by with much less overhead.)

Maybe if Focus on the Family was more responsible with its own house, it might have some legitimate clout. That’s been pissed-away though, and a lot of it has to do with silly stunts like “boycotting” businesses that don’t use the word “Christmas” enough (read Kevin Bussey’s thoughts on that, which I agree with him on most things anyway but on this point I especially have to concur.)

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