The Christian Testimony of Condoleezza Rice

The Layman, October 2002, via Rice2008.com ^ | October 2002 | Condoleezza Rice, Ph.D

[B-Chan]

"They said they were looking for someone to play the piano at church. It was a little African-American church right in the center of Palo Alto. A Baptist church. So I started playing for that church. That got me regularly back into churchgoing. I don't play gospel very well - I play Brahms - and you know how black ministers will start a song and the musicians will pick it up? I had no idea what I was doing and so I called my mother, who had played for Baptist churches. 'Mother,' I said, "they just start. How am I supposed to do this?' She said, 'Honey, play in C and they'll come back to you.'"

LOL! Not a bad sense of humor for a Calvinist! (For those who don't get it, the key of C is the easiest key to "fake it" in on the piano -- it has no sharps or flats!)

More and more I begin to like this Condoleezza Rice!

[princess leah]

Did A.C. Green ever get married? I think he and Condoleeza would be an AWESOME TWOSOME!

[SternTrek]

Amen to that.

[sauropod]

Why, then is she "pro-choice?"

[tiki]

Isn't she pro-abortion?

[Hila]

Huraay for Ms. Rice - a woman of values, faith and strength.

[JohnGalt]

Yes, she is laissez-faire abortion, regulation for everything else.

[B-Chan]

Well, she is a mainstream Protestant, after all. What can one expect? She probably takes the Pill, too. Find me a conservative, intelligent, Catholic black woman politician and I'll support her. Until then, I'm cautiously optimistic about Dr. Rice.

[SwinneySwitch]

I love her like a daughter!

Viva la Revolucion!

[EggsAckley]

I laughed at the same paragraph! I've always found that when someone doesn't know the key they want, just go to "C" and they'll all follow. LOL!

[sauropod]

Must be PC USA, not Pres Church PCA. That is a huge difference.

[rwfromkansas]

bump

[Hila]

It seems she is pro-abortion! Hopefully, she'll have a revelation that her faith is all about life and not the "right" to kill, especially the most innocent of citizens. Otherwise, hooray for Condoleezza in her acknowledging her Creator.

[B-Chan]

Well, in these troubled times, we Christians have to find allies where we can, so long as we do not compromise our own beliefs in the process. God often uses those outside the letter of His Will (and which of us may cast the first stone in that regard?) to further His purposes. Remember that the emperor Constantine wasn't baptized until just before his death -- but he followed the Lord's command in hoc Signo vinces and converted the most powerful nation of his day to a Christian nation.

[newgeezer]

I do find it curious that this 'testimony' is completely devoid of the words "Jesus" and "Lord." The word "Christ" is used, but only in referring to the lesson of "Doubting Thomas."

I'm not jumping to any conclusions; just pointing out my own puzzlement. I hope and pray her faith is in the saving work of the Lord Jesus Christ on her behalf, and not in simply believing in the mere existence of a "Creator" and His Son. (Even the devil himself knows they exist.)

[B-Chan]

Well, she is a mainstream Protestant, after all. What can one expect?

[sauropod]

We are on the same side here.

Rectitudine Sto. Sauropod

[2sheep]

Mt 7:20

[No.6]

*bump* for later reference.

[lady lawyer]

Me too. In fact, she reminds me of my daughter-in-law. A black woman with very high standards of behavior and a strong work ethic, who doesn't see race, just character.