CAL THOMAS COMMENTARY JUNE 25, 2017
WHEN A FAMOUS PERSON DIES IT IS A GOOD TIME TO REFLECT ON THINGS THAT MATTER. THAT WAS THE TITLE OF CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER’S LAST BOOK, A COLLECTION OF COLUMNS. I INTRODUCED THE BOOK AND CHARLES AT A WASHINGTON DINNER JUST BEFORE IT HIT THE MARKET. I TEASED HIM THAT HE STOLE THE TITLE FROM AN EARLIER BOOK OF MINE TITLED “THE THINGS THAT MATTER MOST.”
CHARLES WAS A GREAT WRITER WHO LOVED AMERICA AND WISHED TO SEE ITS ORIGINAL VISION PRESERVED. I KNEW HIM A LITTLE FROM MY YEARS AT FOX NEWS. WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT MATTER? THE ANSWER FOR ALL OF US IS NOT HOW WELL WE DO ON EARTH, BUT WHERE WE WILL SPEND ETERNITY.
PEOPLE SAY SOME RIDICULOUS THINGS ON THAT SUBJECT WHEN SOMEONE DIES. ONE PROMONENT JOURNALIST CLAIMED THAT CHARLES IS IN HEAVEN HOLDING FORTH ON A PANEL. THAT IS THEOLOGICAL IGNORANCE.
CHARLES HEARD ABOUT JESUS, THE ONLY GUARANTEE FOR HEAVEN FOR ALL OF US. I HOPE HE MADE PEACE WITH HIM BEFORE HE DIED. IN THE END THAT IS ALL THAT MATTERS. I’M CAL THOMAS.
