Rob Boston Rolls the Log in Richard Land's Eye

Rob Boston, Assistant Director of Communications for Americans United, refers Richard Land, head of the Southern Baptist Convention's political action committee, to Jesus' Sermon on the Mount in his blog today. He addresses Land's critique of Jimmy Carter's work to unify Baptists around a New Baptist Covenant (Scroll down the page at this link) by saying:

So please, Dr. Land, spare us the lamentations over possible political work by Jimmy Carter’s new group. There isn’t any evidence that Carter plans such activity, but even if there were, you’d be in no position to call him on it. We advise you to take some advice from the holy book you claim so much to treasure, specifically Matthew 7:3: "Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye?"

Stop obsessing over the political mote in Carter’s eye and work on getting the log out of your own.

Like the prophet who came down from the hills of Tekoa, Boston does not mince words when denouncing hypcrisy. He says:

Land’s hypocrisy is so audacious as to be breath-taking. Under Land and his fundamentalist cronies, the SBC has more or less become a Religious Right organization and an arm of the Republican Party. Land is so intertwined with the GOP that he is openly quoted in the media on internal Republican Party politics and handicaps candidates as if he were a ward boss.

Preach on Brother Boston. You'll get an "Amen!" here.