Alan Colmes Interviews GN Writer About Easter

by Jerold Aust

God blessed the Church with another opportunity to share the good news of Jesus Christ. Following the December 2007 interview, when Alan Colmes interviewed me about Christmas, the senior producer of the Alan Colmes radio show indicated they might want to interview me again about Easter.

He said they really enjoyed the first interview and "When Easter gets closer, notify us." After the March/April Good News was posted online at gnmagazine.org, I sent him the link. Within two hours he e-mailed me and said that Alan Colmes was very interested in interviewing me again, this time on "Would Jesus Christ keep Easter?"

I prepared for the interview, but I still had no idea the questions he would ask.

Friday evening, March 14, as the Alan Colmes show started and the interview time got closer, I noticed that he was focused on the subject of controversial comments made by Barack Obama's minister. The interview began with this topic. Mr. Colmes wanted me to comment on how unfair it was to label Senator Obama with his minister's inflammatory words. Finally I offered the concept of "guilt by association," which he accepted and we moved on to the topic of Easter and a variety of related biblical subjects.

As one person said, "You had to cover everything from the presidential election to the removal of Satan."

Mr. Colmes was cordial and respectful; I appreciated his approach. He allowed me to mention the gnmagazine.org Web site at least two times, as did he. Since my approach to Easter could be viewed as negative, I wanted to present some positive information about Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread. I'm grateful he allowed this.

Internet reports show that this interview helped the Church receive good attention; people were motivated to request or download the Easter article and other significant Easter material from the gnmagazine.org Web site. I was also asked to place the gnmagazine.org link on my personal jwaust.com home page. Peter Eddington said that we had an unusual number of requests about Easter after the interview.

Finally, I want to thank the brethren for their prayers and support. UN