I recevied the latest issue of Presbyterians Today this morning and had to see what the leftist Veronon Broyles had to say. I must admit, he did not disappoint. Broyles writes a regular column for the magazine called The Church in Society. However, he seems only able to discuss politics making me wish he would rename it The Church in Politics, or be completely honest and title it Reasons Why Bush and America are Wrong and Vernon Broyles is Right. I’ve emailed the man before and he is unwilling to listen to reason and seems a little on the cocky side (coming from me, that says a lot!)

This month’s column whines about the Are you safer now than you were before 9-11? question. Broyles pretens to give the pro and con arguments of the question and does neither side justice. He also never answers the question. By the way Vern, Yes, I do feel safer today thanks to the efforts of Gerogre W. Bush and our Soldiers, Sailors (of which I am one), Marines, and Airmen. i might add I feel safer in spite of all my church has done to undermine our country’s President and the war of terrorism.

Broyles does make a good argument, namely that the question should be are we afraid of dying and are we confident in our faith but his liberalsim even gets in the way of this argument. He states “No president, no military force, no intelligence system can save us from any of these. In the final analysis, our only hope is our confidence in the God who made us, the Christ who redeemed us from death, and the Holy Spirit who is present to comfort us.” He is absolutely right but what does the “Do you feel safer” question have to do with this argument? I am confident in my faith and am not afraid of dying, however, I still wear my seatbelt, I do not juggle with sharp knives, and I still look both ways before I cross a street. Is Broyles tryingto say we should not be fighting the war of terrorism? Given his other articles, I think he is.

I love the Presbyterian Church, I really do, but each day I give thanks that our country has leadership willing to make the tought choices and do the hard things; something the leadership of the PC(USA) is not willing to do.