From Worldnetdaily, we've got news that Hal Lindsey is leaving TBN because they're wanting him to stop speaking out against Islam.

It seems to be a case of political correctness run amuck. Lets take a closer look. John Casoria at TBN had a familiar sounding statement on Islam:

On the other hand, Casoria told WND he believes the extremists are not Muslims at all but have "hijacked the religion."

Does that sound familiar at all? It should. Consider the following quote from September 20, 2001:

The terrorists are traitors to their own faith, trying, in effect, to hijack Islam itself.

Or this one from October 28, 2003.

The quote comes from President Bush. He uses it a lot. On Google, there are more than 167 hits of Hijacked religion and Whitehouse.gov. So, are we being hypnotized by Karl Rove. Its almost enough to make me quit bathing, go to the next Camp Casey, and write a conspiratorial post. However, I just tend to think that the General Counsel for TBN is and I mean this in the nicest possible way, a sheep.

So, moving on, we get TBN's rationale for pulling out of the program:

"TBN is a worldwide ministry; we have an entire channel that airs 24 hours a day, seven days a week in Arabic," he said. "We are trying to reach the Islamic world and open a dialogue with them regarding Christ and Christianity."

Yes, that makes sense-

Lindsey argued, however, his program is not shown in the Middle East.

Or maybe not. It seems that TBN has gone soft and become PC with a PC Gospel. The goal of the network is to be utterly non-offensive to anyone. (After all Muslims have credit cards and can give love gifts, too.) So, this is the new Gospel of TBN, but its not the Gospel of Christianity.

Michael Card said it best in a song a few years back:

He will be the truth that will offend them one and all
A stone that makes men stumble
And a rock that makes them fall
Many will be broken so that He can make them whole
And many will be crushed and lose their own soul

TBN couldn't even cite a specific example where Lindsey stepped over the line. Lets be clear. Not all Muslims are bad people, not even the majority. But, you have to wonder who Hijacked the religion? Consider the vast majority of Muslim Countries persecute Christians (Jordan is the only one that I'm aware of that doesn't). It has advanced by the sword. We're told the people who blew up the Twin Towers aren't the true face of Islam, we're told the people who beheaded the school girls in Indonesia aren't the true face of Islam, the Suicide Bombers aren't the true face of Islam, the car burning terrorists in France aren't the true fadce of Islam. Who is it? Maybe, its the people who are trying to live in peace who've actually hijacked the religion.

TBN could talk about the Persecuted Church. I confess to wasting many hours on that network and never once hearing the Persecuted Church. It could mention the needs of Christians suffering overseas. They might need food, clothing, and Bibles even more than Paul Crouch needs another Sattelite beaming Binny Hinn across the globe, so he can part a few Africans of their hard earned money. But, the persecuted Church might offend someone, as true Christianity does.