We want the truth!

"We want truth" - That was the title given to the sermon done by Lorenzo King of Andrews Memorial Seventh Day ok forget all that and lets get to the juicy part 'Give the full stinking truth, PM' and then below that it says "Adventist pastor issues advice to Golding". Just based on that it sounds as if the Pastor had a vendetta against Golding, be honest, after the first couple of lines one would think along with the up-tight churchgoers "what is going on with this pastor?", or "what is the church going to?" And the editor/reporter INTENTIONALLY used the word "stinking" on the front page along with the pic of the Pastor, and then automatically you start questioning what kind of language is being used in the church (and then there are those that are glad to see this so they can throw more stones at the SDA church, or church body in general). So did he use the phrase "stinking truth" in church? Yes - Oh silly me, I should have told you earlier, I attended Andrews Church that day, so I have some authority to flex on this issue ;) When Pastor King spoke of the "stinking truth" he was telling the story of Lazarus of Bethany, as it relates to the truth and how the stench of his body was offensive to the people and it hit them when Jesus asked them to roll away the stone, then as they smelt the corpse Jesus ordered Lazarus to come forth. That's the analogy the Pastor used to represent the nature of any truth and the stench of it being repulsive to those who come in contact with it. Not necessarily an advice for the PM Bruce Golding, but an advice or lesson as it relates to THE TRUTH of any kind generally speaking. I say this because he spoke of both political truth and spiritual truth, spiritual truth as it relates to spiritual leaders from and outside the SDA(seventh day Adventist) church not telling or teaching the whole Biblical truth; like the Pastor he mentioned by name who leads church on a Sunday and preaches against the Sabbath but he himself observes and keeps the sabbath. As it relates to Political truth he preached on the basis that a Government's objective not the Government's objective, but a Government's objective (highlighting that he was just not speaking of local Government) is not to tell the truth but instead its objective is to retain power. Here he highlighted the Secrets Act of the constitution. He also quoted Winston Churchill  "In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies.", and how its on such grounds the United States launched the second Gulf War lying to the people about weapons of mass destruction which up to this very day at the cost of billions of dollars and thousands of lives have not been found. I must declare that while the sermon was a very hard hitting one, it was not a gift wrapped sermon for PM Bruce Golding handed over at a surprise party. The Pastor prayed for Mr. Golding and his family and asked that whichever direction or results that come of the situation God should oversee. Ask yourself this question, when since has any tabloid been interested in a good sermon? Never, a good story, always!