{"id":370,"date":"2008-01-17T23:56:37","date_gmt":"2008-01-18T03:56:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/godandculture.wordpress.com\/2008\/01\/17\/mea-culpa\/"},"modified":"2008-01-17T23:56:37","modified_gmt":"2008-01-18T03:56:37","slug":"mea-culpa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/mea-culpa","title":{"rendered":"Mea Culpa"},"content":{"rendered":"

mea cul\u00b7pa<\/span> noun<\/em> Latin, through my fault
\na formal acknowledgment of fault or error<\/p>\n

On Wednesday’s program I was speaking with Joe Carter from the Evangelical Outpost<\/a> (who himself is in no way implicated in what follows) about the Michigan Primary and specifically Mike Huckabee’s campaign rally in Warren, Michigan the evening before. Joe and I were talking about how the media and people who are outside the mainstream of the church sometimes do not understand the language of Mike Huckabee, to which I responded:<\/p>\n

“That meeting in Warren (Michigan), his big rally ending his long day campaigning throughout Michigan the day before the primary, it had a feel of a revival service, quite honestly. I’m an evangelical pastor and I love Jesus with my whole heart and I agree with the governor when he said on my program on Monday that his “neck is red, his collar is blue, and his Bible is black.” I get all that. But you know what, even I was cringing a bit when they bring out a guy from Christians for Life (or something like that) in Michigan, somebody that split off from the Right to Life of Michigan, and they present Governor Huckabee with a certificate, their Life Achievement Award, or something, and this is a no name organization. And then another guy gets up (to introduce Luther Elliss) who quotes scripture after scripture after scripture, and basically says, you know, we need Mike Huckabee as the appointed Theologian-in-Chief, and I’m cringing at this. I mean, I’m just saying why, with national media on the platform behind me filming all this, would Governor Huckabee tolerate these kind of yahoos introducing him.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

First of all, I want to make it clear that I was not referring to Luther Elliss as the one who was quoting scripture after scripture, etc., but rather to the person who was introducing Luther Elliss. Nor did I mean to infer that Luther Elliss is “a yahoo.” Luther Elliss is a godly man, a great Christian leader in our community, and in no way did I intend to impugn his reputation. Upon listening to the audio, however, I can certainly see how anyone hearing it could certainly interpret that I was referring to Luther. I deeply regret that and I offer my sincerest and deepest apologies to Luther Elliss.<\/p>\n

Secondly, while I do believe the speeches of the two gentleman prior to Luther contributed to a revival atmosphere, it was inappropriate for me as a Christian minister to call them yahoos or to in any way impugn their characters. I wish to also clarify that at no time did either of these men refer to Governor Huckabee as “Theologian-in-Chief.” That was merely my paraphrase of the sense of their speeches that Christians should be voting for no one else but a Christian. I sincerely apologize to those two men, as well.<\/p>\n

And finally, I apologize to my audience who I know expects better of me. No excuses. Just a plain and simple mea culpa and the hope that you will find the grace to forgive me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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