NAE Leader Says Evangelicals Feel Ignored By Bush
"King David accused of being a ruthless, homicidal scoundrel, and other stories from mainstream media sources around the world."
Ted Olsen | posted 3/01/2001 12:00AM
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Condemn me baby one more time
David Kelly, pastor of the First Baptist Church in Kentwood, Louisiana, is worried about one of his parishioner's recent behavior. It just so happens that that member is singer Britney Spears. "The foundation of the church is about living life as Christ did," he tells Heat magazine. "Smoking and drinking isn't what Christ wanted. It is disobedient. If Britney does things which are not in accordance with the Scriptures God will chastise her." Still, Kelly says, he thinks she can be a role model for youth. "She is such a well-known person that we want her to continue being a good example of what it is to be a Baptist." Weblog would like to see an unedited transcript of the interview, but even if there isn't a Matthew 18 violation here, there's at least something not right about a pastor using the press to warn his most famous member about her spiritual life.
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