A good source for the "Other Side" concerning history of the Civil War. As a Northerner, I need to hear it.
http://www.chuckbaldwinlive.com/c2010/cbarchive_20100106.html
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Ouch! This Russian Nails Us on the Head... Rightly So.
This article is from Russian News Sight Pravda, April 27, 2009 titled "American Capitalism Gone With a Whimper." It is printed in full.
It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American decent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I meant people.
True, the situation has been well prepared on and off for the past century, especially the past twenty years. The initial testing grounds was conducted upon our Holy Russia and a bloody test it was. But we Russians would not just roll over and give up our freedoms and our souls, no matter how much money Wall Street poured into the fists of the Marxists.
Those lessons were taken and used to properly prepare the American populace for the surrender of their freedoms and souls, to the whims of their elites and betters.
First, the population was dumbed down through a politicized and substandard education system based on pop culture, rather then the classics. Americans know more about their favorite TV dramas then the drama in DC that directly affects their lives. They care more for their "right" to choke down a McDonalds burger or a BurgerKing burger than for their constitutional rights. Then they turn around and lecture us about our rights and about our "democracy". Pride blind the foolish.
Then their faith in God was destroyed, until their churches, all tens of thousands of different "branches and denominations" were for the most part little more then Sunday circuses and their televangelists and top protestant mega preachers were more then happy to sell out their souls and flocks to be on the "winning" side of one pseudo Marxist politician or another. Their flocks may complain, but when explained that they would be on the "winning" side, their flocks were ever so quick to reject Christ in hopes for earthly power. Even our Holy Orthodox churches are scandalously liberalized in America.
The final collapse has come with the election of Barack Obama. His speed in the past three months has been truly impressive. His spending and money printing has been a record setting, not just in America's short history but in the world. If this keeps up for more then another year, and there is no sign that it will not, America at best will resemble the Wiemar Republic and at worst Zimbabwe.
These past two weeks have been the most breath taking of all. First came the announcement of a planned redesign of the American Byzantine tax system, by the very thieves who used it to bankroll their thefts, loses and swindles of hundreds of billions of dollars. These make our Russian oligarchs look little more then ordinary street thugs, in comparison. Yes, the Americans have beat our own thieves in the shear volumes. Should we congratulate them?
These men, of course, are not an elected panel but made up of appointees picked from the very financial oligarchs and their henchmen who are now gorging themselves on trillions of American dollars, in one bailout after another. They are also usurping the rights, duties and powers of the American congress (parliament). Again, congress has put up little more then a whimper to their masters.
Then came Barack Obama's command that GM's (General Motor) president step down from leadership of his company. That is correct, dear reader, in the land of "pure" free markets, the American president now has the power, the self given power, to fire CEOs and we can assume other employees of private companies, at will. Come hither, go dither, the centurion commands his minions.
So it should be no surprise, that the American president has followed this up with a "bold" move of declaring that he and another group of unelected, chosen stooges will now redesign the entire automotive industry and will even be the guarantee of automobile policies. I am sure that if given the chance, they would happily try and redesign it for the whole of the world, too. Prime Minister Putin, less then two months ago, warned Obama and UK's Blair, not to follow the path to Marxism, it only leads to disaster. Apparently, even though we suffered 70 years of this Western sponsored horror show, we know nothing, as foolish, drunken Russians, so let our "wise" Anglo-Saxon fools find out the folly of their own pride.
Again, the American public has taken this with barely a whimper...but a "freeman" whimper.
So, should it be any surprise to discover that the Democratically controlled Congress of America is working on passing a new regulation that would give the American Treasury department the power to set "fair" maximum salaries, evaluate performance and control how private companies give out pay raises and bonuses? Senator Barney Franks, a social pervert basking in his homosexuality (of course, amongst the modern, enlightened American societal norm, as well as that of the general West, homosexuality is not only not a looked down upon life choice, but is often praised as a virtue) and his Marxist enlightenment, has led this effort. He stresses that this only affects companies that receive government monies, but it is retroactive and taken to a logical extreme, this would include any company or industry that has ever received a tax break or incentive.
The Russian owners of American companies and industries should look thoughtfully at this and the option of closing their facilities down and fleeing the land of the Red as fast as possible. In other words, divest while there is still value left.
The proud American will go down into his slavery with out a fight, beating his chest and proclaiming to the world, how free he really is. The world will only snicker.
Stanislav Mishin
This Russian gets it better than most Americans... sad.
It must be said, that like the breaking of a great dam, the American decent into Marxism is happening with breath taking speed, against the back drop of a passive, hapless sheeple, excuse me dear reader, I meant people.
True, the situation has been well prepared on and off for the past century, especially the past twenty years. The initial testing grounds was conducted upon our Holy Russia and a bloody test it was. But we Russians would not just roll over and give up our freedoms and our souls, no matter how much money Wall Street poured into the fists of the Marxists.
Those lessons were taken and used to properly prepare the American populace for the surrender of their freedoms and souls, to the whims of their elites and betters.
First, the population was dumbed down through a politicized and substandard education system based on pop culture, rather then the classics. Americans know more about their favorite TV dramas then the drama in DC that directly affects their lives. They care more for their "right" to choke down a McDonalds burger or a BurgerKing burger than for their constitutional rights. Then they turn around and lecture us about our rights and about our "democracy". Pride blind the foolish.
Then their faith in God was destroyed, until their churches, all tens of thousands of different "branches and denominations" were for the most part little more then Sunday circuses and their televangelists and top protestant mega preachers were more then happy to sell out their souls and flocks to be on the "winning" side of one pseudo Marxist politician or another. Their flocks may complain, but when explained that they would be on the "winning" side, their flocks were ever so quick to reject Christ in hopes for earthly power. Even our Holy Orthodox churches are scandalously liberalized in America.
The final collapse has come with the election of Barack Obama. His speed in the past three months has been truly impressive. His spending and money printing has been a record setting, not just in America's short history but in the world. If this keeps up for more then another year, and there is no sign that it will not, America at best will resemble the Wiemar Republic and at worst Zimbabwe.
These past two weeks have been the most breath taking of all. First came the announcement of a planned redesign of the American Byzantine tax system, by the very thieves who used it to bankroll their thefts, loses and swindles of hundreds of billions of dollars. These make our Russian oligarchs look little more then ordinary street thugs, in comparison. Yes, the Americans have beat our own thieves in the shear volumes. Should we congratulate them?
These men, of course, are not an elected panel but made up of appointees picked from the very financial oligarchs and their henchmen who are now gorging themselves on trillions of American dollars, in one bailout after another. They are also usurping the rights, duties and powers of the American congress (parliament). Again, congress has put up little more then a whimper to their masters.
Then came Barack Obama's command that GM's (General Motor) president step down from leadership of his company. That is correct, dear reader, in the land of "pure" free markets, the American president now has the power, the self given power, to fire CEOs and we can assume other employees of private companies, at will. Come hither, go dither, the centurion commands his minions.
So it should be no surprise, that the American president has followed this up with a "bold" move of declaring that he and another group of unelected, chosen stooges will now redesign the entire automotive industry and will even be the guarantee of automobile policies. I am sure that if given the chance, they would happily try and redesign it for the whole of the world, too. Prime Minister Putin, less then two months ago, warned Obama and UK's Blair, not to follow the path to Marxism, it only leads to disaster. Apparently, even though we suffered 70 years of this Western sponsored horror show, we know nothing, as foolish, drunken Russians, so let our "wise" Anglo-Saxon fools find out the folly of their own pride.
Again, the American public has taken this with barely a whimper...but a "freeman" whimper.
So, should it be any surprise to discover that the Democratically controlled Congress of America is working on passing a new regulation that would give the American Treasury department the power to set "fair" maximum salaries, evaluate performance and control how private companies give out pay raises and bonuses? Senator Barney Franks, a social pervert basking in his homosexuality (of course, amongst the modern, enlightened American societal norm, as well as that of the general West, homosexuality is not only not a looked down upon life choice, but is often praised as a virtue) and his Marxist enlightenment, has led this effort. He stresses that this only affects companies that receive government monies, but it is retroactive and taken to a logical extreme, this would include any company or industry that has ever received a tax break or incentive.
The Russian owners of American companies and industries should look thoughtfully at this and the option of closing their facilities down and fleeing the land of the Red as fast as possible. In other words, divest while there is still value left.
The proud American will go down into his slavery with out a fight, beating his chest and proclaiming to the world, how free he really is. The world will only snicker.
Stanislav Mishin
This Russian gets it better than most Americans... sad.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Obama Care and His Lies
This is from copy/pasted from an email that I received from "The League of American Voters"
Dear Friend:
Are Obama and his friends taking you as a fool?
You have to wonder what they really think about the intelligence of the American people. Obama repeatedly has out-and-out lied about his healthcare plan. Here are just 5 of the big whoppers.
Lie #1: 'You Keep Your Doctor, You Keep Your Insurer'
This is a complete fabrication. Under plans Obama has backed in the House and the Senate, almost any business can opt their employees into the "public option" — the government health plan. That means you could lose your insurer. And if your doctor is worth his salt, you'll lose him or her as well. Why? Because great doctors probably will not want to get the very low rates the government will pay private doctors who are part of the new government system. So, without your consent, you very easily could lose your insurer and your doctor.
Lie #2: The Elderly Will Not Face Rationing or Medicare Cuts
More baloney. In fact, just last week, The New York Times, a very liberal and very pro-Obama newspaper, admitted that fears of rationing for elderly patients are "not irrational." The truth is that Obamacare would almost 50 million new patients to government care. Who would pay for it. You would! Seniors on Medicare will be the first hit. Here's what the Times reported: "Bills now in Congress would squeeze savings out of Medicare, a lifeline for the elderly, on the assumption that doctors and hospitals can be more efficient." This means that faceless bureaucrats will decide the type and quality of your care. It is a very dangerous thing to give your life and well-being over to government bureaucrats! Imagine if you or a loved one is older than 80 years and critically needs heart surgery. Instead of getting the heart procedure, you or that loved one could be informed that you are simply too old. We at the League of American Voters have been warning of this danger and have a powerful TV commercial exposing the risks to seniors. You can see the ad by Going Here Now
Lie #3: There Will Be No "Death Panels."
More lies. Sure, they don't call them "death panels" in the legislation, but that's what their job will be. These committee members will set guidelines with which faceless bureaucrats will make decisions about you and your healthcare. They will decide who lives and who dies. They decide who gets critical procedures and expensive medicines. Again, according to the New York Times, the Democratic plans call for saving money by creating new oversight committees. The Times says that Medicare and insurers would be expected to follow "advice from a new federal panel of medical experts on 'what treatments work best.'” Again, this very liberal paper concluded: "The zeal for cutting health costs, combined with proposals to compare the effectiveness of various treatments and to counsel seniors on end-of-life care, may explain why some people think the legislation is about rationing, which could affect access to the most expensive services in the final months of life." Expose the lies — Go Here Now.
Lie #4: The Obama Plan Contains Costs
Absolute nonsense. The Obama plan will cost more than $1 trillion in new federal outlays, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. This past weekend, Sen. Joe Lieberman claimed that most of this cost comes from adding 50 million people, currently uninsured, to the government health system. But as Lieberman pointed out, we just don't have the money to do this right now. You can add only so many people to the government system by cutting medical care to seniors on Medicare and raising taxes. Democrats clearly plan to do both.
Lie #5: Illegals Are Not Covered by Obamacare
President Obama has stated time and again that illegal aliens are not covered under his new plan. Still, Democrats say they want to add almost 50 million uninsured. Yet almost one-quarter of these uninsured are illegal aliens. None of the Democratic plans excludes illegal aliens.
In fact, when Republicans proposed an amendment to the House plan to block illegals from getting free government healthcare, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her minions soundly defeated the motion. Many, many lies are emanating from Washington today. This is why the work of the League of American Voters is so critical now.
Dick Morris, the famous Fox News analyst and campaign strategist, says the League is the No. 1 organization today fighting Obamacare.
"Every American who wants to stop Obamacare should join with the League," Morris says. "They have the best strategy to stop it from becoming law." Just two weeks ago, the League's powerful new TV ad went on the air. Thanks to your help, it's already running in 12 states — and it is affecting millions of people. We believe it is one reason some Democrats are starting to retreat. But our job is not done. We must fight the lies. We must expose the dangers of Obamacare to all Americans.
Please act today by joining the League and donating to us today.
To Donate Go Here Now Thank you.
Sincerely,
Bob Adams Executive Director
P.S. Our TV ad, which Dick Morris crafted, is so effective that ABC News refused to run it. If you take a moment to watch the ad, you'll see why. It simply tells the truth, in the words of a respected medical doctor. Take a minute to watch it — and most importantly, help us continue this battle! To Watch the Ad and Donate — Go Here Now
Ok... take out the emotional language, and I really like the email. Someone is lying. Do you trust Obama, Nancy, Harry, Barney? How painful do they have to make it for you?
Dear Friend:
Are Obama and his friends taking you as a fool?
You have to wonder what they really think about the intelligence of the American people. Obama repeatedly has out-and-out lied about his healthcare plan. Here are just 5 of the big whoppers.
Lie #1: 'You Keep Your Doctor, You Keep Your Insurer'
This is a complete fabrication. Under plans Obama has backed in the House and the Senate, almost any business can opt their employees into the "public option" — the government health plan. That means you could lose your insurer. And if your doctor is worth his salt, you'll lose him or her as well. Why? Because great doctors probably will not want to get the very low rates the government will pay private doctors who are part of the new government system. So, without your consent, you very easily could lose your insurer and your doctor.
Lie #2: The Elderly Will Not Face Rationing or Medicare Cuts
More baloney. In fact, just last week, The New York Times, a very liberal and very pro-Obama newspaper, admitted that fears of rationing for elderly patients are "not irrational." The truth is that Obamacare would almost 50 million new patients to government care. Who would pay for it. You would! Seniors on Medicare will be the first hit. Here's what the Times reported: "Bills now in Congress would squeeze savings out of Medicare, a lifeline for the elderly, on the assumption that doctors and hospitals can be more efficient." This means that faceless bureaucrats will decide the type and quality of your care. It is a very dangerous thing to give your life and well-being over to government bureaucrats! Imagine if you or a loved one is older than 80 years and critically needs heart surgery. Instead of getting the heart procedure, you or that loved one could be informed that you are simply too old. We at the League of American Voters have been warning of this danger and have a powerful TV commercial exposing the risks to seniors. You can see the ad by Going Here Now
Lie #3: There Will Be No "Death Panels."
More lies. Sure, they don't call them "death panels" in the legislation, but that's what their job will be. These committee members will set guidelines with which faceless bureaucrats will make decisions about you and your healthcare. They will decide who lives and who dies. They decide who gets critical procedures and expensive medicines. Again, according to the New York Times, the Democratic plans call for saving money by creating new oversight committees. The Times says that Medicare and insurers would be expected to follow "advice from a new federal panel of medical experts on 'what treatments work best.'” Again, this very liberal paper concluded: "The zeal for cutting health costs, combined with proposals to compare the effectiveness of various treatments and to counsel seniors on end-of-life care, may explain why some people think the legislation is about rationing, which could affect access to the most expensive services in the final months of life." Expose the lies — Go Here Now.
Lie #4: The Obama Plan Contains Costs
Absolute nonsense. The Obama plan will cost more than $1 trillion in new federal outlays, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. This past weekend, Sen. Joe Lieberman claimed that most of this cost comes from adding 50 million people, currently uninsured, to the government health system. But as Lieberman pointed out, we just don't have the money to do this right now. You can add only so many people to the government system by cutting medical care to seniors on Medicare and raising taxes. Democrats clearly plan to do both.
Lie #5: Illegals Are Not Covered by Obamacare
President Obama has stated time and again that illegal aliens are not covered under his new plan. Still, Democrats say they want to add almost 50 million uninsured. Yet almost one-quarter of these uninsured are illegal aliens. None of the Democratic plans excludes illegal aliens.
In fact, when Republicans proposed an amendment to the House plan to block illegals from getting free government healthcare, Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her minions soundly defeated the motion. Many, many lies are emanating from Washington today. This is why the work of the League of American Voters is so critical now.
Dick Morris, the famous Fox News analyst and campaign strategist, says the League is the No. 1 organization today fighting Obamacare.
"Every American who wants to stop Obamacare should join with the League," Morris says. "They have the best strategy to stop it from becoming law." Just two weeks ago, the League's powerful new TV ad went on the air. Thanks to your help, it's already running in 12 states — and it is affecting millions of people. We believe it is one reason some Democrats are starting to retreat. But our job is not done. We must fight the lies. We must expose the dangers of Obamacare to all Americans.
Please act today by joining the League and donating to us today.
To Donate Go Here Now Thank you.
Sincerely,
Bob Adams Executive Director
P.S. Our TV ad, which Dick Morris crafted, is so effective that ABC News refused to run it. If you take a moment to watch the ad, you'll see why. It simply tells the truth, in the words of a respected medical doctor. Take a minute to watch it — and most importantly, help us continue this battle! To Watch the Ad and Donate — Go Here Now
Ok... take out the emotional language, and I really like the email. Someone is lying. Do you trust Obama, Nancy, Harry, Barney? How painful do they have to make it for you?
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Obama Care, Nationalized Health and Euthanasia
Sounds like an oxymoron, doesn't it? Health & Euthanasia. Well, it is. So why does the potentate, our high priest of humanism, feel it necessary to redistribute the wealth... I mean the health? He lives (as do most Christians) in a world that excludes God from the equation. Most Christians will give some statistics, or testimonies for reasons why we should not nationalize health care.
So, with Bible in hand, we must share the gospel (good news) with the world. This means that God has good news concerning, yes, Health Care. God's ways are not man's ways. The gospel is the good news calling all to repent and affirm what God says... in every realm of living. A Christian is not one who "prays a prayer," but one who is a "disciple" (learning all that Christ commands - Matthew 28.18-20). These commands include principles that affect the way that we look at health care.
As so many Christians, and pagans do, the "Christian Creed" on health care is one that falls WAY short of God's perspective. To see that which any atheist/polytheist could affirm click here. It is typical within Christianity today, for Christians to "emote" rather than present truth and build their view points based on Scripture (Matthew 7.23-27). This is why our contemporary evangelism is so shallow... "just add Jesus to your life, and everything will be alright."
Any talk of National Health Care should at least start with, "Did God establish the Government to steal from the rich to provide health care for all?" The straw men and red herring fallacies quickly emerge. "God wants you to love people! MY God cares about the poor!" Etc. Etc. ad infinitum...
YOUR god cares about the sick, does He? What about the next guy's god? What about Hitler's god? What about Dr. Kavorkian's god. Fashioning a god in your own image doesn't make your bar of soap god. There is ONE GOD. WHAT HE SAYS IS FINAL. He is not bound by political correctness, or public opinion.
The reason taking care of the helpless is the right thing to do is because God (of the Bible) said so, not because Gandhi said so. Gandhi can say whatever he wants, but he is still a man. You can worship Gandhi's god, but it is still a "man made god" and therefore worthless.
The question is NOT, "SHOULD we take care of the poor and weak," but, "HOW should we take care of them." Everyone knows we should take care of the poor and weak. It is NOT ok to spout, "God cares about the poor," and in the same paragraph proceed to ignore HOW He says to go about taking care of the poor." But as usual, the fallacies will multiply, and the hypocrites will continue to point their judging fingers at Christians who want to follow the Bible and say, "You just don't care! You speak against our man-centered answers! You stupid, old fashioned Christians are soooo judgmental!" I can still see Charles Barkley's face all snarled up accusing Christians... "I judge you Christians to be judgmental!"
Well... anyway... Any talk of health care reform ought to START (at least for us Christians) with the Bible. Taking from the rich and trying to ensure health coverage for all is not only unbiblical, but impossible. It will only invite God's judgment. Why? Because man cannot proceed through life as if God did not exist. We cannot invent our own ways of dealing with health care, as if God's principles did not apply. Ultimately, only God can provide literal, physical health coverage. We must repent, and acknowledge this fact. If the world doesn't like it, should that surprise you? Place trust in Christ. Dig into the Word to find the answers. Be willing to follow, even if it doesn't make sense (Proverb 3.5-6).
So, with Bible in hand, we must share the gospel (good news) with the world. This means that God has good news concerning, yes, Health Care. God's ways are not man's ways. The gospel is the good news calling all to repent and affirm what God says... in every realm of living. A Christian is not one who "prays a prayer," but one who is a "disciple" (learning all that Christ commands - Matthew 28.18-20). These commands include principles that affect the way that we look at health care.
As so many Christians, and pagans do, the "Christian Creed" on health care is one that falls WAY short of God's perspective. To see that which any atheist/polytheist could affirm click here. It is typical within Christianity today, for Christians to "emote" rather than present truth and build their view points based on Scripture (Matthew 7.23-27). This is why our contemporary evangelism is so shallow... "just add Jesus to your life, and everything will be alright."
Any talk of National Health Care should at least start with, "Did God establish the Government to steal from the rich to provide health care for all?" The straw men and red herring fallacies quickly emerge. "God wants you to love people! MY God cares about the poor!" Etc. Etc. ad infinitum...
YOUR god cares about the sick, does He? What about the next guy's god? What about Hitler's god? What about Dr. Kavorkian's god. Fashioning a god in your own image doesn't make your bar of soap god. There is ONE GOD. WHAT HE SAYS IS FINAL. He is not bound by political correctness, or public opinion.
The reason taking care of the helpless is the right thing to do is because God (of the Bible) said so, not because Gandhi said so. Gandhi can say whatever he wants, but he is still a man. You can worship Gandhi's god, but it is still a "man made god" and therefore worthless.
The question is NOT, "SHOULD we take care of the poor and weak," but, "HOW should we take care of them." Everyone knows we should take care of the poor and weak. It is NOT ok to spout, "God cares about the poor," and in the same paragraph proceed to ignore HOW He says to go about taking care of the poor." But as usual, the fallacies will multiply, and the hypocrites will continue to point their judging fingers at Christians who want to follow the Bible and say, "You just don't care! You speak against our man-centered answers! You stupid, old fashioned Christians are soooo judgmental!" I can still see Charles Barkley's face all snarled up accusing Christians... "I judge you Christians to be judgmental!"
Well... anyway... Any talk of health care reform ought to START (at least for us Christians) with the Bible. Taking from the rich and trying to ensure health coverage for all is not only unbiblical, but impossible. It will only invite God's judgment. Why? Because man cannot proceed through life as if God did not exist. We cannot invent our own ways of dealing with health care, as if God's principles did not apply. Ultimately, only God can provide literal, physical health coverage. We must repent, and acknowledge this fact. If the world doesn't like it, should that surprise you? Place trust in Christ. Dig into the Word to find the answers. Be willing to follow, even if it doesn't make sense (Proverb 3.5-6).
Friday, June 5, 2009
Will Your Son Say, "Dad... Why didn't You do something?"
Christian dads, don't miss this opportunity. With news paper in one hand, and Bible in the other, show them Obama appeasing the Muslims in Cairo. Then turn to Genesis 17.18-19. It can be a great family worship. The battles of today are the same as they were 4,000 years ago.
Muslims do two things:
Muslims do two things:
- Readily admit that their decisions are religion based.
- Trace their religion back to Ishmael (Genesis 17.18-19)
Shame on Christians. We do the exact opposite. We are so politically correct, we refuse to make "Religious based decisions." Therefore, we are practicing atheists. We'll show statistics, we'll cite historical societies, but we have not got the spine to say, "The Bible says so!" We are luke-warm, politically correct cowards. We have sold our birthright (Genesis 25.31). We are so entertained. As long as the state continues to give us our goodies, we'll go along and worship the golden calf (state). We have rejected our history. We willing gave American history over to the revisionists.
The battles of our day are religious to the core, yet Christians say, "No, Rob there is separation between church and state..." Tell the Muslims that. They know better. Everything man does results from his worldview. The way you look at life is your worldview. What you do, the reason you choose what you choose is based upon your worldview. Worldview is based upon a faith (religious) presupposition. The faith-based creationist looks at the same "facts" as the atheistic evolutionist. They both come to two different conclusions because they both presuppose something. Worldview in brief:
- What do you believe about God? (Super-natural can / cannot happen)
- What do you believe about man? (Man is sinful / Man is good)
- What is the problem? (sin, or economics, etc.)
- What is the answer? (found in the Bible / found in man's wisdom)
Some pertinent questions to find out whether or not culture has established your worldview, or Scripture has.
- Is your son on a little league team because scripture lead you to it, or culture?
- Are your kids in public school because Scripture lead you to it, or culture?
- Do your children date because Scripture lead you to it, or culture?
- Does your wife have a career because Scripture lead you to that, or culture?
Dads... all of life is a religious war (Genesis 3.15). There is no neutral ground (Luke 11.23). Get off the couch and into the battle! Teach your children (Ephesians 6.1-4). When Islam takes over, and liberty is gone, will your son have to look you in the eye and say, "Dad... why didn't you do something? Why didn't we chunk all those extras overboard, and get in the fight?"
Thursday, June 4, 2009
The Words They Choose Are So Smooth
Smooth talkers weave their words in such a way as to make anyone who disagrees with them sound ridiculous. Politicians are that way. Today I heard 5 seconds of President Obama's speech to the Muslim community in Cairo. Who can disagree with the big broad themes he uses, like loving your neighbor, working together, etc. It is what is in the unspoken ideology that is the sum and substance of what I would really like to hear. Instead of big, broad themes that everyone can agree with, I would like to hear a politician say what he means, and mean what he says.
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Will Next Month Be Adultery Pride Month?
It is interesting to see worldviews play themselves out. Our prevailing contemporary worldview is Moral Relativism. It is rooted in Humanism. Humanism is a faith, or religion, which exalts man over God. Humanism says, "Man is the measure of what is right or wrong, good or bad." In other words, each person gets to decide for themselves what is good for themselves.
Most "Christians" today have prayed a prayer that says something like this. "Dear Jesus, please forgive me for my sins. Please come into my heart and save me..." Ok, that is the short version. But then they continue to live lives of humanism. We may as well say they are atheistic Christians. Just ask a Christian why they believe what they do. Your response is likely to be as humanistic as any pagan. They might say something like, "Well... its my opinion," or "For me, it would be wrong, but I don't know about for them..." or "This passage means TO ME that..."
The point is biblically speaking, a Christian's worldview should START with God. Who cares about our personal opinions? Christians don't want to decide what is right / wrong, they want to please Jesus Christ.
How does this relate to Obama's celebration of Gay-Pride? Being gay is a choice, the Bible says so (Read Romans 1). As Christians, why are my friends defending homosexuality as if it were a gender-type. God didn't make people that way. It is a perversion of God's design. Biblically speaking, it is a sinful lifestyle, just as adultry, murder, child-porn, etc.
Most "Christians" today have prayed a prayer that says something like this. "Dear Jesus, please forgive me for my sins. Please come into my heart and save me..." Ok, that is the short version. But then they continue to live lives of humanism. We may as well say they are atheistic Christians. Just ask a Christian why they believe what they do. Your response is likely to be as humanistic as any pagan. They might say something like, "Well... its my opinion," or "For me, it would be wrong, but I don't know about for them..." or "This passage means TO ME that..."
The point is biblically speaking, a Christian's worldview should START with God. Who cares about our personal opinions? Christians don't want to decide what is right / wrong, they want to please Jesus Christ.
How does this relate to Obama's celebration of Gay-Pride? Being gay is a choice, the Bible says so (Read Romans 1). As Christians, why are my friends defending homosexuality as if it were a gender-type. God didn't make people that way. It is a perversion of God's design. Biblically speaking, it is a sinful lifestyle, just as adultry, murder, child-porn, etc.
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