You know, as soon as Sarah Palin was nominated for VP, the first thing I did (after reading up about her) was run to my husband and we both blurted out the same thing - Doug Phillips and his crew are probably frothing at the mouth.

And they were. . . um. . . are!

If it weren’t so sad, it would be utterly laughable. And since Psalms does tell us that God laughs at the nations, maybe that’s just what we ought to do. Have a Laughfest at the Patriarchialists.

I wonder, sometimes, if these Phillips-huggers ever consider that the picture they portray to the world is not one of being “set apart” or “holy” or “devout.” The picture they paint is one of being spiritually snobby, holier-than-thou and extremist. They certainly do nothing to encourage fellow believers to join together in accordance with the teaching of Christ.

Paul teaches in 1 Corinthians that “all things are lawful.” He continues to say that “not all things are profitable.” But, just in case we missed something, he repeats it: “all things are lawful, but not all things edify.”

You know, this is so much like when Mrs. Palin turned to a heckler yesterday and after blessing him, lets him know that her son is paying the price in a foreign land to protect the right for that heckler to make an idiot out of himself.

Jesus did the same thing for us. When He paid the ultimate price, He paid it to fulfill the Law. Not to erase it (the end hasn’t come, yet), but to fulfill it. So, for Mrs. Palin, “all things are lawful.”

Including running for Vice President.

Including her husband Todd being the “Mr. Mom.”

And, it isn’t really up to us, or the Phillipies, to decide if it is profitable for the Palins or not.

One thing I do know – even if it is wrong for Mrs. Palin to run for and become VP, as a Christian, the price has already been paid for her forgiveness. And if God no longer condemns her. . . well, I wouldn’t want to be the one slinging mud.

No one will get everything 100% correct in this lifetime. Not even Doug Phillips. But that shouldn’t put us as Christians at each other throats. Perhaps it would do Mr. Phillips and his gang some good to spend some time at the eye doctor before they try to see what the Palins’ ailments are.