How do you know he doesn't?

John Combs of Garland takes issue with Dr. Robert Jeffress' stand on abortion. John says Dr. Jeffress should use his influence to fund social services. I wonder how Mr. Combs knows how much Dr. Jeffress contributes to the needy? I know FBC Dallas and the Southern Baptist Convention contribute to the needy through numerous agencies -- children's homes, soup kitchens, crisis pregnancy centers, hospitals, schools, disaster relief -- to name a few. I challenge Mr. Combs to tell us how much he contributes to charity.

Mr. Combs says Christians need to check their "Obama hatred" at the door. Mr. Combs is such a nice guy, I guess, that if we dare to disagree with him or the President with whom he is obviously enamored, it naturally follows that we must hate him. He says Christians should practice the love and caring for their fellow man that the Lord commands. How does he know we don't? Again, I point out all the benevolent services provided by Southern Baptists -- and I haven't even mentioned all the ones provided by Methodists, Catholics, Presbyterians, Lutherans, and others.

Mr. Combs uses the old trick that liberals tend to use a lot -- they add two and two and jump all the way to five then state their erroneous conclusions as fact. Here's how it works -- Dr. Jeffress opposes abortion; therefore, Dr. Jeffress does not do anything to help the needy. Many Christians don't believe government funds should go to Planned Parenthood; therefore, they hate Barack Obama. They do that with other issues as well. If we say homosexuality is wrong, then we hate and mistreat all homosexuals.

Mr. Combs says he is embarrassed by the lack of compassion shown by his fellow worshippers. Perhaps Mr. Combs should save his embarrassment for himself -- I'm sure he'll be using it in the great by and by when he answers for his judgmental opinions and his less than honest letters to the editor.

"Check your compassion." The Dallas Morning News; September 10, 2013; p. 10A.