- Update 1/7/10 - A lot of flak has been thrown at Brit Hume for his public endorsement of Christianity as a religion of redemption and forgiveness. Peter Wehner offers an extraordinary defense of Brit Hume. Update 1/8/10 - See also Mollie Hemingway's excellent round up of commentary including her own. From her I learned that 10 years ago Hume's son, Sandy, committed suicide at age 28. That moved Hume from being a merely nominal Christian to being far more deeply rooted in Christ. Another update: Today Christianity Today published an interesting interview with Hume: I don't want to practice a faith that I'm afraid to proclaim. I don't want to be a closet Christian. . . Christianity is a religion for sinners. Christianity is not about the salvation of perfect people. Christianity is a way for people who are not perfect to be saved. What Mark Sanford needs is not less Christianity. He needs more of it.
- (Original post) - Well, one thing's for sure. Brit Hume is a Christian and is willing to let everybody know it. Following up on a comment he made Sunday, last night Hume said to Bill O'Reilly, "He [Tiger Woods] needs something that Christianity especially provides and offers, and that is redemption and forgiveness... I think that Jesus Christ offers Tiger Woods something that Tiger Woods badly needs."