rlr@pyuxd.UUCP (Professor Wagstaff) (03/23/85)
> [Merrill asks] "In light of your feelings about the Covenant and your > commitment to the Jewish People, how would you react to the statement that > was made at the National Affairs Briefing by Pastor Bailey Smith who said, > 'God Almighty does not hear the prayer of a Jew'?" > > [Jerry responds:] > "How would I respond to it? I've done it as least five times a day since he > made it! I think it was an unfortunate statement because it conveyed an > arrogant and belligerent spirit when carried by the national media. If he > had made that statement at First Baptist Church in Del City, Oklahoma, from > a theological perspective, no significant rupture would have occured between > Christians and Jews. I happen to know Bailey Smith personally and I want to > say this in his defense. He is a very gracious person. He is not > anti-Semitic. He is not arrogant. He has long since corrected this schism. > He has gone to the Jewish leadership and cleared the air. Forgive me: we've heard these statements before right here on this net. One's beliefs aren't epitomized by what one says but rather by how one act and what one does. -- "Right now it's only a notion, but I'm hoping to turn it into an idea, and if I get enough money I can make it into a concept." Rich Rosen pyuxd!rlr