December 9, 2014|8:53 am
In America many people claim to be something they are not and get away with it, which explains why Al Sharpton continues to use the title Reverend. However, he is as much a reverend as I am a black man.
By age ten Sharpton was "ordained" by Pentecostal minister Bishop F.D. Washingtona man with no training or education. Regardless of education, no one in his or her right mind can ascribe the title of minister to a 10 year old.
Most professions require relevant credentials and skills. For teachers this includes a masters degree, certifications, and background checks. For police, graduation from police academy and ongoing job training and evaluations are required. Attorneys and judges must also not only have a law degree and passed the bar, but follow a code of ethics and maintain accreditation standards to keep their license.
Al Sharpton never finished college. He has less education than a kindergarten teacher. He possesses a high school level knowledge of English. And his version of history speaks for itself. He famously quipped: "White folks was in caves while we was building empires.... We taught philosophy and astrology and mathematics before Socrates and them Greek homos ever got around to it."
Most Christian ministers earn a MA degree and learned the now non-spoken languages of Greek and Hebrew originally used to write the Bible. Additionally, PhD's require fluency in French, Latin, and German to understand translations from original texts to the vernacular.
Granted, someone can earn numerous degrees and still be neither a Christian nor a minister. Which is why, what one says and does reveals their motivation and conviction about Biblical authority and the Gospel.
Sharpton claims to have preached his first sermon at four years oldwhether the topic was potty training or a popular song, it undoubtedly was not about Jesus Christ. To state the obvious, toddlers cannot read. They also do not have the capacity to gain knowledge or wisdom from years of prayer and studying the Scripture.
Sharpton has never professed a testimony of conversion, nor has he ever led a church. He has written no books about the Bible, and any language of grace, salvation, forgiveness, repentance, restoration, the Gospel of Jesus Christ or even Jesus are consistently absent from his remarks.
Sadly, Sharpton's life exemplifies everything that Christianity is not.
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Al Sharpton Is As Much a Reverend As I Am a Black Man