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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP) – A prominent African American pastor, Dwight McKissic Sr., has publicly accepted Richard Land’s apology for remarks he (Land) made about the Trayvon Martin killing.

“I fully accept his apology – without hesitation, or reservation – and appeal to all Christians, regardless of color, who were offended by his remarks to accept his apology and forgive him,” McKissic wrote in a May 10 post at the SBC Voices blog (http://sbcvoices.com).

Chuck Colson (1931-2012) was a giant among Christians in America. If there was an Evangelical Mount Rushmore, Chuck Colson would be on it.

Those of us privileged to know Chuck only this side of his conversion to personal faith in Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior found it hard to fathom that this was the same Chuck Colson who was President Nixon’s ruthless master of dirty tricks and political hardball. The Chuck Colson we knew and loved was one of the kindest, gentlest, humblest, most generous people you could ever know.

FROM THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE ETHICS AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY COMMISSION OF THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST CONVENTION

“On occasion I have failed to provide appropriate verbal attributions on my radio broadcast, Richard Land Live!, and for that I sincerely apologize. I regret if anyone feels they were deceived or misled. That was not my intent nor has it ever been. Clearly there has been no attempt to deceive the public or we would not have posted the articles that are used on the air.

Richard Land Live! is a live radio show. While I do not use a script, listeners familiar with the program know that both the audio of the program and material I reference during the program are posted on the program’s Web site during or immediately following the broadcast. During the program I encourage listeners to share these links and content among their circle of influence. This has been standard operating practice for the program since its launch in 2002.

I am grateful this oversight was brought to my attention. One can always do better and I certainly pledge to do so.”

Full story in Baptist Press…

We hear much discussion these days on the subject of the economy. Why is our economy in the doldrums and what needs to be done to restore our once prosperous business and job climate? Are the problems merely cyclical or are they systemic?

As a Christian I believe the Bible reveals truths about the nature of man which speak to these basic economic issues…

Currently, the Senate has 51 Democrats, 47 Republicans, and 2 Independents, both of whom caucus with the Democrats. The House has 242 Republicans and 192 Democrats (1 vacancy).

In brief, here are the congressional numbers under Bush 43:

In total, Bush’s GOP controlled both the House and Senate concurrently for roughly four years and five months. Neither the Republicans nor the Democrats ever had a veto-proof majority in either house during Bush’s presidency.

Senate:

Republicans held the Senate from January thru May 2001, with a 50-50 makeup (VP Cheney cast tie-breaking votes).

Effective June 6, 2001, Sen. James Jeffords (VT) switched from the Republican to Democratic Party, handing the Senate majority to the Democrats thru 2002 (49 R; 51 D).

From 2003-2006, Republicans controlled the Senate (2003-2004: 51 D; 48 R; 1 Ind.) (2005-2006: 55 R; 44 D; 1 Ind.)

From 2007-2008, Democrats controlled the Senate, since two Independents broke the 49-49 split by caucusing with the Democrats (49 R; 49 D; 2 Ind.)

House:

2001-2006: Republicans controlled the House.

2007-2008: Democrats controlled the House.

Courtesy, Infoplease.com

The following articles have been referenced on RLL during 2011. Richard mentioned them during a summer institute on the theology of work & economics.

• FDA to breast cancer patients: Shut up and die
• Pain And Suffering
• Death Panels And Job Losses
• Where’s Our Waiver?
• The False Advertising Of ObamaCare
• ObamaCare Can’t Be Reconciled
• The CBO’s Fuzzy ObamaCare Math
• ObamaCare’s Reality Deficit

Also,

• The Lancet: Principles for allocation of scarce medical interventions (PDF) - by (Ezekiel) Emanuel (Rahm’s brother)
• The Hastings Center Report: Where Civic Republicanism and Deliberative Democracy Meet (PDF) - by Emanuel

Join us on air on Saturday January 28 as we broadcast live from the SBC offices on Capitol Hill.

Likely fodder…

• ERLC Legislative Agenda 2011
• The Trouble with High-Speed Rail - Policy Review

This was an historic election by any objective standard. It promises to change the country’s political landscape for at least a decade.

American voters punished the Democrats, but did not embrace the Republicans. Instead, they have decided to give the Republicans one more chance to rein in spending, repeal ObamaCare and lessen the role of government intrusion in their lives. The Republicans had best remember they are on probation…

Continue to the complete column at The Hill

There has been some misinformation and distortion of Dr. Richard Land’s work in some online reports recently. This document is an attempt to set the record straight.

Click through the break for the complete post…