Does Anyone Finish the Race Anymore?

   Ed Dobson, pastor emeritus of the mega-Calvary Church in Grand Rapids, Michigan, is the latest older Christian man I have watched apostatize. On January 4th, 2009, Dobson, with beaming face, proudly told the world on ABC’s Good Morning America that he voted for Barack Obama.  You can see the whole sorry affair at:
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Weekend/story?id=6573818
   Dobson said that he voted for Obama because “I felt that he more than any other candidate represented the teachings of Jesus, so I voted for him.”  Right.  Do we really believe a man who publicly calls for the murder of the preborn and openly supports sodomy best represents the teachings of Jesus? 
   If you are not familiar with Ed Dobson, let me bring you up to speed.  Dobson was one of the leaders of the Moral Majority back in the 1980s. He and Jerry Falwell used to regularly visit Ronald Reagan at the White House at Reagan’s behest. He was also an associate pastor at Falwell’s Thomas Road Baptist Church.  But in the late 1980s, Dobson broke off from Falwell and the Moral Majority.
   In 1993, Dobson wrote a book entitled Starting A Seeker Sensitive Service.  Later in 1999, he co-authored a book with Cal Thomas entitled, Blinded By Might: Can the Religious Right Save America? - a retreatist work which encouraged Christians to have nothing to do with politics. Yet now here he i ...

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