Pastor's Blog

Pastor Travis Northcutt took a fall during the night and has been transported to a Charlotte, NC hospital with a small bleed on his brain.  I have spoken to his mother via the phone and have basically shared everything I know about the situation at this point.

Tena Hovel’s mother is having emergency surgery this morning.

Lisa Thompson is having a biopsy of her liver.

Pray for each of these situations.

Danny & Julie’s dad had two stents placed in his heart Monday afternoon.  He is doing well but remains hospitalized.

John Curl’s mother is also in the hospital.  Rob Nevin’s mother remains hospitalized too.

We are on a regular schedule today/tonight.  Lisa is cooking poppy seed chicken casserole for the 8:00PM Bible study group.  Includes beans, corn, rolls, dessert and drink all for the low price of “free” so come and get it!

Chris Broussard is a reporter on ESPN.  Read below to see what transpired this past Monday and then take whatever action you feel appropriate.  I will be calling ESPN this morning (phone lines open from 7:00AM – midnight Central time).

“Personally, I don’t believe that you can live an openly homosexual lifestyle or an openly … like premarital sex between heterosexuals…It says that, you know, that’s a sin,” he explained. “If you’re openly living in unrepentant sin, whatever it may be, not just homosexuality — adultery, fornication, premarital sex between heterosexuals — whatever in may be, I believe that’s walking in open rebellion to God and Jesus Christ.”

In 2010, he co-founded K.I.N.G., an organization dedicated to empowering men to become godly role models.

ESPN released a statement late Monday noting its regret that the discussion became a distraction from the day’s news.

Broussard released a statement Monday.

“Today on OTL, as a part of a larger, wide-ranging discussion on today’s news, I offered my personal opinion as it relates to Christianity, a point of view that I have expressed publicly before,” he said. “I realize that some people disagree with my opinion and I accept and respect that. As has been in the past, my beliefs have not and will not impact my ability to report on the NBA.”

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Please contact ESPN and ask the cable network to protect Chris Broussard’s First Amendment rights: free speech and religious freedom.

You can call ESPN at 1-888-549-3776 (ESPN). Press #3 for television programs.