Posted by
Bill Long on Saturday, March 28, 2009 5:59:41 AM
Breaking the Enchantment Mar 27, 2009 - 6:32 PM EST
in
Squaring Off With Obama by Burt Prelutsky
A Prayer for Barack Obama
By Kimberly Daniels
Father,
You instructed us to pray for those in authority, and we lift up Barack
Obama. We thank You for the anointing that has abided over the office
of the president of the United States since the time our forefathers
dedicated this country to Jesus Christ. We pray that our new president
will abide under that same covering. We extend the common honor to
Obama that has been ascribed to all in his position.
Father, we
ask You to reveal Your Son Jesus to our new president as the only way
to God. We ask You to cause him to have a Saul-to-Paul experience.
Release the pricks and goads upon his heart at an accelerated pace so
that his heart will turn to the righteousness of Jesus Christ. Deliver
him and let him experience a genuine new birth in his spirit. God, deal
with our president about the innocent bloodshed of the unborn and the
sanctity of marriage.
Open doors for true prophets to speak to
Obama in the White House.
We bind the ministry of psychics, the
teaching of black liberation theology, and every New Age and secular
humanist doctrine away from the White House.
Lord, we come
against every stronghold that keeps the president from the truth. We
break every soul tie and vow that has been established between him and
Harvard, secret societies and the illuminati.
Lord, help us to
build up the walls around our nation that were destroyed during the
recent presidential election. We pray that our enemies will not launch
a sneak attack on us while we are distracted. Wake up the sleeping
church. Let us make supplication, prayers and intercession, and give
thanks for all men, especially all who are in authority over us, so
that we may lead quiet and peaceable lives in America, in godliness and
honesty (see 1 Tim. 2:1-2)."
Read her
whole prayer.
Enchanted Mar 27, 2009 - 6:23 PM EST
in
Squaring Off With Obama by Burt Prelutsky
"It seemed to me that his legion of fans had been hypnotized or sprinkled with fairy dust."
I
have to agree with Burt, but perhaps for different reasons. Before the
election, one of the women at a prayer meeting I was attending brought
a copy of a prayer.
"Prayer Against Witchcraft Coming Against McCain and Palin from Kenya -
by Kim Daniels
October 1, 2008
Father
God, in the name of Jesus, we lift up the United States of America. We
plead the Blood of Jesus over our borders. Lord, we thank you that You,
alone, our source. You are Jehovah Jireh, our Provider....Have mercy
upon us and save us from the laws against our religious rights that
have already been passed in Canada, England and other countries.
We
repent for turning our heads (as a nation), while the innocent
bloodshed of babies occur daily. We repent for being ignorant (as a
church) concerning our role in political agendas that are strategically
set in place to take our religious liberties. ...Forgive us for not
dealing with the sexual sins, idolatry, usury, competitiveness and
greed that operates in our ministries. Forgive us Lord, for bending and
blending with the world in our attempt to be relevant. Also, forgive us
for losing more souls than we win by being too religiously strict.
God
we cry out - our land needs to be healed. Heal our land from racial,
political, economical and religious divisions that hinder the will of
God.
Lord we lift up the political process in America. We bind
the demonic intervention of secular humanism. We bind every evil spirit
that would highlight human rights over the Word and the Will of God.
All New Age spirits of control are cast far away from the upcoming
election. Every antichrist spirit attached to a political agenda or
leader is cursed to the root."
Read her
whole prayer.
If We Take God Seriously Mar 25, 2009 - 4:48 AM EST
in
Mark of the True Conservative by Terence Jeffrey
Hugh Hewitt put my thoughts so much better than I ever could in his book 'The Embarrassed Believer'.
"If we ever take God seriously in this country--really, really take God
seriously--imagine the changes that would follow. None of them would be
compelled by law, mind you. That is a bogeyman invented by the enemies
of belief: the idea of an absolutist preacher-pastor-president banning
beer and banking and barbecues. No, any changes would be compelled not
by law but by a serious belief in the necessity of personal obedience
to a God who demands what He has always demanded. If that obedience
became generalized, the changes would be momentous. Which is why
opponents of those changes must fight tooth and nail against the
resurrection of belief." page 11
John Adams made it clear:
"Our
Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is
wholly inadequate to the government of any other."
John Adams
also said that
"The Revolution was effected before the War commenced.
The Revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people; a change in
their religious sentiments of their duties and obligations. This
radical change in the principles, opinions, sentiments, and affections
of the people, was the real American Revolution."
The basis of
true conservatism is a belief in, and a commitment to,the God of
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Apart from that belief in God, there is no
basis for conservatism. Man is either controlled internally based on
his relationship with God, or externally by the force of the state.
That's why anarchy always leads to dictatorship.
As John Adams
said, our constitution, our American way of life, and the courage to
defend that way of life depends on a moral people, made moral because
of their relationship to, and dependence on, God.
2 Chronicles 7:14
Yeah, But Mar 24, 2009 - 4:04 PM EST
in
Cheap Political Theater by Thomas Sowell
When a person tries to reason with a liberal blogger on this site, one
has to keep in mind the investment they have in their own world view.
It's all they have. Without it and without God, they are left with
nothing. They are nothing. Existentialism, which would say that you
create your own meaning by the choices you make inevitably leads to despair. And despair is
impossible to live with.
David Horowitz clearly points this out in 'Radical Son - A Generational Odyssey'.
He
writes:
"What my family longed for, was an impossible fantasy: that
mankind would be released from history, which included individual
success and failure; their ambition was that poverty and inequality
would disappear from the earth. To realize this fantasy they dedicated
themselves to the Communist cause."
"The socialist vision
provided the only way I knew of looking at the world that would
distinguish right from wrong that gave hope for a better future.
Socialism was the desire for justice. I did not see how I could give
that up."
"We thought of ourselves as self-effacing, but in
fact we were arrogant. We regarded ourselves as better than others from
our privileged caste who were unwilling to perform the deeds we did.
That was why we didn't listen and couldn't see. Like all radicals, we
were intoxicated by our own virtue."
But there is a way. For
them and for our leaders in Washington. The way of the Damascus road,
whereby once blinded by the revelation of Jesus Christ Himself, they
are finally able to see the truth -- about Him about themselves, and
about the world around them. It comes through prayer. Our prayer.
It
takes the revelation of God Himself to change a godless world view.
Until that happens, the only answer we'll get to a rational argument is
'Yeah, But'.
2 Chronicles 7:14
Will America Survive? Mar 24, 2009 - 2:50 PM EST
in
Cheap Political Theater by Thomas Sowell
Jim in AR
Thanks
for the advice on "Will America Survive?" by E.G. White. I've had it in
my library for years. The 1988 copyright. Haven't read it yet. I have
scanned it. Opened it up at various places and read paragraphs.
Overall, I like what she has written. It looks like an excellent
history of the Christian church and a fearsome warning; even though I'm
not a Seventh Day Adventist.
"The same destructive power
exercised by holy angels when God commands, will be exercised by evil
angels when He permits. There are forces now ready, and only waiting
the divine permission, to spread desolation everywhere.
Those who
honor the law of God have been accused of bringing judgments upon the
world, and they will be regarded as the cause of the fearful
convulsions of nature and the strife and bloodshed among men that are
filling the earth with woe. The power attending the last warning has
enraged the wicked; their anger is kindled against all who have
received the message, and Satan will excite to still greater intensity
the spirit of hatred and persecution." page 596
My concern about
the coming fearful judgment is the reason that I keep focusing on the
Christian message and on 2 Chronicles 7:14.
God is merciful. But
He is also holy and He has laid out His plan of salvation both for
individuals and for nations. His name is Jesus.
The Embarrassed Christian Mar 24, 2009 - 10:50 AM EST
in
Cheap Political Theater by Thomas Sowell
My son, who's 21, never ceases to amaze me. I'm just beginning to know
him. His entire life, he's wanted to be a rock and roll star. His group
won several local battles of the bands while he was in high school.
Last
August, he told me that he wanted to get some meaning in his life. That
he thought more deeply than most of his friends. And that he was
thinking more about God. I shined it on, thinking to myself that
everyone thinks they are a deep thinker.
About a week later, he
heard an ad on one of his hard rock radio stations about a church for people
who didn't like going to church. He's been going ever since and is the
lead guitarist for their worship team.
But the books he's
reading is what truly impresses me. One of the ones he brought home
from the library is 'The Embarrassed Believer' by Hugh Hewitt.
Hugh
writes:
"Embarrassment is not a rare phenomenon. And anyone who
has decided to seek God seriously runs into the embarrassment wall
early on in the process. The sidelong glance, the half-smile, the
shaking head--these are the marks of mirth."
The scorn of the
unbeliever can be frightening. It silenced Peter before the
crucifixion. He denied Jesus three times rather than be thought 'one of
those'. It silences many of us today. But in allowing fear of scorn to
silence us, we lose the ability to serve as salt and light in our
culture. Unbelief begins to look monolithic.
If we are truly to counteract those who are undermining this country, we need to be bold in our witness to the truth.
Jesus said:
"I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me." John 14:6
He
also said:
"I tell you the truth, everyone who acknowledges me publicly
here on earth, the Son of Man will also acknowledge in the presence of
God's angels. But anyone who denies me here on earth will be denied
before God's angels." Luke 12:8-9
Class Warfare or God - Our Choice Mar 24, 2009 - 5:57 AM EST
in
Cheap Political Theater by Thomas Sowell
Part of David Horowitz's awakening as related in 'Radical Son - A
Generational Odyssey' was the realization that the mainstream media
isn't interested in the truth. As he writes:
"The
responsibility of progressive journalists was to suppress facts that
hurt the progressive cause, and to print only those truths that served
it."
I'm just an average citizen, but in just a couple of weeks
I was able to find out enough about Barack Obama to know his presidency
would be deeply dangerous to our welfare as a nation. If you haven't
already, click on 'my name and look over 'A Vet Looks at Barack Obama'
under Featured Posts. And in reference to this column - pay particular
attention to the entries under 'Financial Crisis'.
The truth
was there, the press wasn't interested in it. The truth is still there,
and it's being manifested more clearly each day. The question is how
much damage will be done by the radical leftists and conservative wimps
in our government? Will we have our own 'Crystal Night'?
The
actions of our president and national leaders in instigating mob action
against the AIG executives would say: Yes we will. It was, after all, a
Republican, Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa who told the AIG
executives that they should 'either resign or commit suicide'.
As
Thomas says
"The real point is to pander to envy and resentment against
people who make a lot of money. Envy is always referred to by its
political alias, "social justice."
And class warfare, whether
during the French Revolution, or the Russian revolution, or any other
class based revolution, has never had a good end. Mob rule leads only
to dictatorship.
I don't know how bad things will get. Only God knows. I do know He has given His solution.
2 Chronicles 7:14
A Nation Gets the Leaders It Deserves Mar 24, 2009 - 11:30 AM EST
in
Barack Obama's Top 5 Bart Simpson Moments by John Hawkins
God has said that when He's about to judge a nation:
"I will give children
to be their princes, And babes shall rule over them." Isaiah 3:4 NKJV
"For
the leaders of this people cause them to err, And those who are led by
them are destroyed. Therefore the Lord will have no joy in their young
men, Nor have mercy on their fatherless and widows; For everyone is a
hypocrite and an evildoer, And every mouth speaks folly." Isaiah 9:16-17
Can
there be any doubt when we look at the foolishness of our leaders and
of those, including some of those who comment on this site, that God's
words through Isaiah are being fulfilled in our nation? We've ceased to
look to God for our salvation. We're looking to our guns, or our
tea-parties or our dissent. The devil's happy with whatever we do, as
long as we don't look to God for His wisdom and mercy.
To quote Leonard Ravenhill in 'America is Too Young to Die'
"The Greatest Single Threat to America Today is God." page 52
And
we can't look to God secondarily. We can't decide on what we are going
to do and then look to Him to bless it. We, each one of us as
individuals and as a nation, need to humble ourselves before Him, seek
His face, seek His wisdom, seek His way, seek His mercy, and walk in
obedience to His holiness. Then perhaps the hand of judgment will be
stayed.
2 Chronicles 7:14
We need to pray for our
leaders; that they have the same kind of Damascus road experience that
transformed the apostle Paul. We need to pray that God gives them
wisdom and righteous guidance. We can't write them off simply because
of their obvious wickedness, hypocrisy, and foolishness. Sad to say,
God has given us the leaders we deserve.
George Soros Mar 24, 2009 - 4:57 AM EST
in
The Weimar Solution by Patrick J. Buchanan
Read "The Shadow Party - How George Soros, Hilary Clinton, , and
Sixties Radicals Seized Control of the Democratic Party" by David
Horowitz and Richard Poe. This book shows how George Soros manufactured
coups by destroying 6 economies to further his 'Open Society' agenda
and to increase his own personal wealth.
These were Slovakia in 1998, Croatia in 1999, Yugoslavia in 2000, Georgia in 2003, Ukraine in 2004, and Kyrgyzstan in 2005.
So I was curious as to how much he had made off of our current crisis. It turns out to be at least $2 Billion.
http://www.forbes.com/2009/03/10/made-millions-worlds-riche
st-people-billionaires-2009-billionaires-gainer_slide_6.htm
l?thisSpeed=15000
The Lord is good.and merciful Mar 22, 2009 - 12:25 AM EST
in
America's Faltering Faith by Ken Connor
"
The Lord is good. A stronghold
in the day of trouble; And He knows those who trust in Him. ...And darkness
will pursue His enemies." Nahum 1:7-8 NKJV
The Lord is good but, there's a mental darkness that afflicts those who turn
their backs on God.
"...but they wouldn't worship him as God or even give him thanks. And they began
to think up foolish ideas of what God was like. As a result, their minds became
dark and confused. Claiming to be wise, they instead became utter fools. And
instead of worshiping the glorious, ever-living God, they worshiped idols made
to look like mere people and birds and animals and reptiles." Romans
1:21-23
"What else does this craving, and this helplessness, proclaim but that
there was once in man a true happiness, of which all that now remains is the
empty print and trace? This he tries in vain to fill with everything around
him, seeking in things that are not there the help he cannot find in those that
are, though none can help, since this infinite abyss can be filled only with an
infinite and immutable object; in other words by God himself." Pascal
Pensees #425
When the people of a nation rejects God, they open themselves to enslavement by
something or someone else. Read Ali Sina's "Understanding Obama: The
Making of a Fuehrer".
Another way to say the same thing was by McCandlish Phillips in 1970 in 'The
Bible, The Supernatural, and the Jews':
"The first step in the satanic takeover of a nation is to draw people away
from faith in God and in His Word. The next stage is to increase them steadily
in the indulgence of sin. The third stage is to lead them into false worship
and false supernaturalism. The final stage is usually to bring them under
dictatorship."
We can watch it happen or we can pray.
2 Chronicles 7:14.
Light
And Dark Mar 22, 2009 - 8:56 AM EST
in
America's Faltering Faith by Ken Connor
I'm reminded of a prayer meeting I
was in a few months ago. The daughter of the house we were meeting in is a
Senior at a Christian high school. She was talking about the revival happening
among the students at the school and about how some of the faculty and
administration were afraid of it trying to stop it.
We can't equate Christian faith and a true relationship with the God of
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, or with His only begotten Son, with the
institutional church. A person can be a member, or a leader of the
institutional church, and not have that 'born again' experience. In which case
that person is part of the problem.
But Christianity is not lived in isolation. It's the body of Christ. The living
stones melded together by the Holy Spirit into one living organism with Jesus
Christ as the head.
There are still good churches throughout this nation. If you are not part of
one, find it and join it. Find a church where the Bible is taught as the
infallible, living, inspired Word of God himself.
And, as a Pentecostal, I'll say that if you can find one which believes in and
manifests the love of God flowing through the body in the power of the Holy
Spirit -- all the better.
Looking at what God has done and is doing among some of the youth of this
nation, I can say that He is raising up a mighty army of young people who will
serve as His light against the darkness that would otherwise engulf this
nation.
2 Chronicles 7:14
There's
still hope for Kathleen Mar
22, 2009 - 8:10 AM EST
in
Our Founding Father by Kathleen Parker
Usually, I'm as annoyed with
Kathleen's columns as any of the other conservatives on this site. I'd give her
a one also. This one I'd give a three. I thinks she's beginning to be set free
from her blindness to Obama and his true character and the character of this
congress.
She wrote:
"Despite civic rage and political blame -- even death threats aimed at
business executives -- there is a carnival air of unseriousness and grotesquery
loose upon the land. Life has become one grand, comic burlesque, a vaudevillian
game show...the president hits the late-night circuit in the midst of crisis.
Obama's appearance on Jay Leno's show Thursday night...is symptomatic of a
broader blending of the serious and the comic that makes sane people feel
slightly displaced. ...but is this any way to live?"
It was that spirit of frivolity in the midst of crisis that was the base of my
comment about Obama's Wednesday night parties reminding me about the 'Masque of
the Red Death' by Edgar Allen Poe.
The fact that Kathleen is beginning to be aware of it means there's hope that
she may yet be set free from the hypnosis of Obama's self-love (narcissism). It
means there's hope for her and hope for us as a nation as more and more
Americans see him for who he truly is and are set free.
He and congress then won't be able to divert Americans by bogus scapegoats like
the AIG executives. They won't be able to blame Bush.
By God's grace, there won't be any repeat of Germany's 1938 'Crystal Night'
here.
Pray people. 2 Chronicles 7:14.
Is Change Dictatorship? Mar 21, 2009 - 4:03 AM EST
in
Obama's Budget Bill Goes Over Budget by Jillian Bandes
We've already seen how useful
Obama's community organizing training of ACORN was in this election's results.
Open and aggressive fraud and brown shirt methods. And don't forget his 'truth
squads'.
To see how Barack Obama and his progressives are continuing to organize at the
local level check out these sites.
http://www.netrootsnation.org
http://sites.google.com/site/grassroots4changecom/
Or listen to Mitch Stewart at
http://blogs.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.ListAll&
friendID=195156973
Pamela Geller latest announcement is how her 'Atlas Shrugs' site is already
being blocked as hate speech.
http://atlasshrugs2000.typepad.com/atlas_shrugs/2009/03/atl
as-blocked-truth-is-the-new-hate-speech.html
McCandlish Phillips in 1970 wrote a book "The Bible, the Jews, and the
Supernatural" in which he wrote:
"The first step in the satanic
takeover of a nation is to draw people away from faith in God and in His Word.
The next stage is to increase them steadily in the indulgence of sin. The third
stage is to lead them into false worship and false supernaturalism. The final
stage is usually to bring them under dictatorship.We are in the third stage
now."
Response to Left Angle
in
Look Beyond the Bogus Bonus Smokescreen by Michelle Malkin
Left Angle
is trying to pretend that he has the high moral ground. That StandHisGround and
I are 'cowards' because we won't answer his bogus questions. The reason I
haven't answered is because I just got back.
I referred him to my blog with the evidence upon which I base my opinions. He
obviously hasn't looked at it. If he looks at either 'A Vet Looks at Barack
Obama' or my 'Snippets', it'll be obvious that not only has his questions been
answered but that the evidence is overwhelming. If clicking on my name is too
complicated for him, then my blog is
http://BillLong.BlogTownhall.com
As for any threats or danger because of our 'libel', I had to deal with that
before I began publishing the results of my research on Barack Obama.
Before the election, I showed what I was doing to a coworker. He got very
concerned for my safety, saying quote: "I'm just a little bird flying
around in a flock of birds. You're a B52 bomber." I laughed ruefully and
said: "I am above the radar."
The thing is, if I'm right about George Soros, Barack Obama, their allies, and
their goals, then we are all in danger, both as a nation and as individuals.
God has said:
"Son of man, I have appointed you as a watchman for Israel.
Whenever you receive a message from me, warn people immediately. If I warn the
wicked, saying, 'You are under the penalty of death,' but you fail to deliver
the warning, they will die in their sins. And I will hold you responsible for
their deaths. If you warn them and they refuse to repent and keep on sinning,
they will die in their sins. But you will have saved yourself because you
obeyed me." Ezekiel 3:16-19
What
is Truth? Mar 20, 2009 - 4:54 PM EST
in
Look Beyond the Bogus Bonus Smokescreen by Michelle Malkin
I found
Left Angle's rant interesting and hypocritical, if he's like most other
liberals(radicals). If he is, then for him there is no such thing as truth. For
him, truth is what furthers the radical agenda. A lie is anything else.
That's why so many of them are so quick to label any opposing opinion as a
'lie' or 'dishonest'. That's why they create speech codes that only allow
liberal speech. Everything else is a 'hate crime' or 'treason'.
I'm reading Ann Coulter's 'Slander'. It's amazing how accurately she pegs
liberal tactics. And how little they've changed in the last seven years. Phony
scandals, blatant misbehavior. If it's for the cause then it's honest and good.
Thus, Clinton-good, even if he is a rapist, because he's pro-abortion.
Bush='Hitler', Bush lied -- because the war against Islamic terrorism didn't
further the liberal agenda.
New York times betraying national security secrets - good because it furthers
the liberal agenda.
A 'true' liberal isn't interested in the truth. They've rejected God, who is
the foundation of all truth. Everything else is simply an inevitable outcome of
that first rejection.
So, when they ask for evidence, they aren't really asking. They simply want to
label us as dishonest, or ignorant, or 'treasonous'.
If Left Angle, or any other of the liberals on this site, is at all interested
in the truth about Barack Obama click on my name. There's all the evidence
anyone could ask for.
Or read David Horowitz's "Unholy Alliance" or "The Shadow
Party". The evidence is there. There just has to be a willingness to see
it.
"Jesus responded, '...Actually, I was born and came into the world to
testify to the truth. All who love the truth recognize that what I say is true.
What is truth? Pilate asked." John 18:37-38 NLT
A
Teaching Opportunity Mar
15, 2009 - 9:53 PM EST
in
The faithful and
Obama by Salena Zito
Hosquatch 7:59 PM
I appreciate the kind word and the chastisement. I've said the same thing
myself in some of my comments. A couple of things though.
First, there's always
the hope that some glimmer of truth might get through. There's the hope that
they are sincere in their ignorance and that their hearts aren't so seared that
they are purposely writing the things they write - knowing and believing them
to be lies.
2 Corinthians 3:14 and 4:4 are two verses that describe their condition.
"But the people's minds were hardened, and...the same veil covers their
minds so they cannot understand the truth. And this veil can be removed only by
believing in Christ."
"Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who
don't believe."
So, in a way you are right, 'Liberalism is a mental disorder' in so much as
they, in their present state have a delusional view of reality.
But, until I was 25, I shared that delusional state. And I know that with God's
grace and mercy, it can be broken. Their minds can be freed from Satan's grasp.
They can potentially know the love of God through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Then, what I've just written will no longer be gibberish to them.
Besides, I think there was an element of just wanting to tweak them a bit.
Shame on me.
Finally, it is a learning opportunity for those of us who love God and our
country and want God's blessing on our nation. Liberal lies are so rampant in
this nation, in the schools, in the mass media, in Hollywood, in our culture,
that there's always the possibility that some of their delusions may begin to
impact what we think. Thus, my little object lesson about the slandering of
Robert Bork.
The
Tempting of America Mar
15, 2009 - 6:20 PM EST
in
The faithful and
Obama by Salena Zito
Hal just proved my point. He saw
absolutely nothing wrong with Edward Kennedy's libelous attack against Robert
Bork. He did see something wrong with Ann Coulter's using it as an example of
liberal tactics. Open your eyes Hal and perhaps your heart. Let the truth in.
Take the blinders off.
The current attack against Rush Limbaugh is simply another dishonest liberal
tactic. He probably sees nothing wrong with that either. If a dishonest attack
furthers the liberal agenda, that makes it an honest attack. If an honest reply
hinders the liberal agenda, that makes it dishonest. I think that's the rules
for liberals. That's my understanding of Saul Alinsky's rules for radicals. The
end justifies the means.
I'm also currently reading 'The Tempting of America - The Political Seduction
of the Law' by Robert H. Bork. It's obvious from reading the book that he was a
principled, intelligent, judge. His only fault was that he didn't believe that
the Constitution should be twisted to fit a particular political agenda -
liberal or conservative. He believed the Constitution should mean what it was
written to mean, nothing more, nothing less.
That didn't fit the liberal agenda, which was that if you couldn't get your
agenda passed through a legislature, you had to have judges who would legislate
from the bench. Forget the Constitution. It means only what a liberal judge
says it means, in accordance with the liberal agenda.
Robert Bork believed that the law applied to judges just as much as it did to
common citizens. He didn't believe that judges were above the law. He didn't
believe that judges should create law. For that he had to be libeled and
destroyed.
Slander
is the Agenda Mar
15, 2009 - 5:51 PM EST
in
The faithful and
Obama by Salena Zito
After reading some of the liberal comments on this column I
couldn't resist responding one more time.
I'm currently reading Ann Coulter's 'Slander'. I'm still in the first chapter
and she wrote it in 2002. But, I've already been amazed more than once the
accuracy of her characterization of liberals, their tactics, their
manipulations, and their hateful attacks. They project their own immorality and
hate onto those who would stand for righteousness within this nation.
Like Ann writes:
"By contrast, hate is the coin of the realm for liberals
at all levels of status, power, objectivity, and cache. There is no difference
between the fanatical ravings of a foaming-at-the-mouth James Carville and the
utterances of a United States senator. Champion desecrator of life Senator
Teddy Kennedy said this about a respected federal judge on the Senate floor:
Robert Bork's America is a land in which women would be forced into back alley
abortions, blacks would sit at segregated lunch counters, rogue police could
break down citizens' doors in midnight raids, school-children could not be
taught about evolution,..."
Or even just some of the ignorant rantings of Hal, Taft, and Ranger today as
they bring phony arguments and accuse the others of being dishonest and liars.
It's hard to believe that even they believe what they are writing.
For the liberal, truth is irrelevant. Having rejected God, there is no longer
any basis for truth. There is only the furtherance of an agenda. And that
agenda is to make sure that God and His ways are rejected and insulted in this
nation.
Christless
Christianity Mar
15, 2009 - 6:52 AM EST
in
The faithful and
Obama by Salena Zito
For much of American Christianity, church is
more a social club, a center of respectable community involvement, a good way
to raise kids, a self improvement program, and a whole lot of other things that
have little to do with Christ Himself.
That's why marketing, programs, facilities, child care resources and other
factors that make up a successful facade have become so very important to
church growth theory and application.
Prayer and fasting have fallen by the
wayside. They cost too much in personal dedication and sacrifice.
That's why promises of change and promises of economic cures were so very
attractive to so many who otherwise think of themselves as 'Christian'. Without
the mind of Christ and the Holy Spirit, it's impossible to stand for Christ or
with Christ. And what He thinks and feels becomes much less important. His Word
becomes secondary as a foundation for our lives.
But Christ, in the gospels, claimed to be God. If He is God, then to leave Him
out of our individual or national life is to leave God out. And it's to open
ourselves to all kinds of deception, bondage, and ultimately destruction, both
individually and nationally.
"The first step in the satanic takeover of a nation is to draw people away
from faith in God and in His Word. The next stage is to increase them steadily
in the indulgence of sin. The third stage is to lead them into false worship
and false supernaturalism. The final stage is usually to bring them under
dictatorship." McCandlish Phillips
He Means Well Mar 15, 2009 - 7:48 AM EST
in
How long will the impossible really take? by Paul Jacob
I can appreciate giving someone the benefit of the doubt as well as
anyone. I gave Barack Obama the benefit of the doubt until I started
researching him last October. He seemed like a good family man, a
Christian. He'd gone to church for 20 years.
I
may not have been real comfortable if I'd been sitting in his church;
still a little too aggrieved by the sins of slavery for my white skin.
But hey, slavery was wrong. Discrimination is wrong. And if blacks are
still sensitive to their past place, or even sometimes their present
place, in this society, that doesn't in itself disqualify them from
holding a particular office - even the highest.
But then, I
decided to find out what I could about him. And what I found out was
deeply disturbing. You can see the results in 'A Vet Looks at Barack
Obama'. Click on my name.
Then I read 'The Shadow Party' by
David Horowitz and came to realize that behind Barack Obama was not
only Bill Ayers, but George Soros and other leftist radicals who want
nothing more than to see this country destroyed, so they can rebuild it
as an 'open society'. Read the book to see what that means. Or look it
up on the internet.
'"Open Society" Soros'.
Barack Obama
does mean well. Bill Ayers meant well when he was blowing up buildings
and planning to kill 25 million Americans. George Soros means well when
he destroys economies.
I was a sixties radical too. So was
David Horowitz. We grew up. But a lot didn't. They still have utopian
dreams and are willing to do anything to achieve those dreams. For
them, the end justifies the means.
BTW. I was curious as to how
much George Soros had made off this economic crisis. From Forbes.com I
found out it's $2 billion so he's now worth $11 billion.
Christless Christianity Mar 15, 2009 - 6:52 AM EST
in
The faithful and Obama by Salena Zito
For much of American Christianity, church is more a social club, a center of
respectable community involvement, a good way to raise kids, a self
improvement program, and a whole lot of other things that have little
to do with Christ Himself.
That's
why marketing, programs, facilities, child care resources and other
factors that make up a successful facade have become so very important
to church growth theory and application. Prayer and fasting have fallen
by the wayside. They cost too much in personal dedication and sacrifice.
That's
why promises of change and promises of economic cures were so very
attractive to so many who otherwise think of themselves as 'Christian'.
Without the mind of Christ and the Holy Spirit, it's impossible to
stand for Christ or with Christ. And what He thinks and feels becomes
much less important. His Word becomes secondary as a foundation for our
lives.
But Christ, in the gospels, claimed to be God. If He is
God, then to leave Him out of our individual or national life is to
leave God out. And it's to open ourselves to all kinds of deception,
bondage, and ultimately destruction, both individually and nationally.
"The
first step in the satanic takeover of a nation is to draw people away
from faith in God and in His Word. The next stage is to increase them
steadily in the indulgence of sin. The third stage is to lead them into
false worship and false supernaturalism. The final stage is usually to
bring them under dictatorship." McCandlish Phillips
What Justifies Murder? Mar 15, 2009 - 6:08 AM EST
in
Obama's Stem Cell Disgrace by Guy Benson
It's a question I first asked in my "Psychology and the Sexual
Revolution" class in grad school at Cal State Northridge back in 1972
when the subject of abortion came up.
For
me it was fairly simple. The embryo was alive. It was human life. It
was an innocent human life. Therefore to kill it was murder. The only
question was; what could possibly justify that murder?
For the
liberal mindset, the convenience of the mom, avoiding damage to the
planet, potential usefulness to society, avoiding embarrassment were
all sufficient reasons for this murder.
That's because for a
liberal anti-god mindset, there really is no special value to human
life. We're just animals, dangerous animals. We got here by accident.
It's up to us to control when and how we die. That's why euthanasia
looks to have such a promising future, especially if Obama can succeed
in nationalizing (rationing) health care.
For the liberal, the
fewer humans damaging this planet, and the other animal life on it, the
better. I mean, that's just the logical conclusion for their anti-god
world view or philosophy of life.
For those of us for whom, 'In
the beginning God', human life has a special dignity because we're made
in the image of God. He is the source. He ultimately controls the span
of each human life, and to rebel against His control, as in the act of
murder (abortion or euthanasia), is sin. It's to grieve Him because of
His infinite love for each one of us.
"You made all the
delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother's
womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship
is marvelous -- how well I know it. You watched me as I was being
formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the
womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded
in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.
How precious are your thoughts about me, O God."Psalm 139: 13-17
Pray For His Salvation Mar 12, 2009 - 6:00 AM EST
in
Democrats Wanted Bush To Fail by Larry Elder
It's been obvious to me ever since I started doing research on Barack
Obama last October that, unless by the grace of God he was transformed
into a new creation, his election would be a tragedy for the United
States. That instead of 'Slouching Towards Gomorrah' we'd be arriving.
I haven't seen anything to change my mind.
But
Barack Obama, George Soros, Bill Ayers, Hillary Clinton, Harry Reid,
Nancy Pelosi, radical professors and other Marxists, economic collapse,
or even Islamic terrorists aren't our greatest threat.
God is.
God
holds the welfare of this nation in the palm of His hand. Our current
status is a sign of His displeasure. And who can blame Him. A lukewarm
church. A corrupt and immoral government and culture. Millions of
babies slaughtered. He's weeping. And it looks like His amazing
patience, grace, and mercy is ending.
He loves us with a love that we can't even begin to imagine. But He's also a Holy God. He's an awesome God.
Like Dutch Sheets in his post election letter wrote:
"I
don’t know where the unbiblical belief comes from that says a nation
can live any way it pleases, can reject God and His ways-even mock
Him-and not receive His judgments."
"In warning of judgment, I
am not suggesting that God is going to intentionally and directly hurt
people. Much judgment is simply the absence of God’s protection and
provision, caused by a rejection of His laws and ways. We have been
experiencing some forms of judgment in America for years, but God in
His incredible patience and mercy has kept us from the level we’ve
deserved."
http://thoughtsofglory.com/2008/11/06/dutch-sheets-response -to-the-election/
George Did It First Mar 12, 2009 - 5:25 AM EST
in
Obama, Overexposed by George Will
George Bush did it because he was deceived by the 'experts' and
panicked by the $550 Billion run on the financial markets on September
11, 2008.
Barack
Obama does it because he shares a radical world view with George
Soros, Bill Ayers, Jeremiah Wright, and other sixties radicals and
Marxists that America is the root of all evil and needs to be destroyed
so that it is no longer a threat to world peace and harmony. And so it
can be rebuilt into a socialist utopia.
In 'Unholy Alliance - Radical Islam and the American Left', David Horowitz shows how they begin with three deeply held beliefs:
(1)America can do no right;
(2)even the rights America appears to do are wrong;
(3)these wrongs are monstrous.
But Obama and his allies are not our biggest threat. Neither is the economic collapse they are making sure not to waste.
To quote Leonard Ravenhill in 'America is Too Young to Die'
"The Greatest Single Threat to America Today is God." page 52
...
"At
the moment, we are a broken nation, broken financially, morally, and
spiritually. If we were half as spiritual as we think we are, we would
be going to the house of the Lord in sackcloth...But we still play
church. We still delight in shallow preaching and offer shallower
praying." page 68
...
"We need a mighty cleansing
revival...Revival is the redeemed, sobbing with broken hearts over a
nation of broken lives from breaking the commandments of God.
Revival is not a luxury, but a necessity for our Nation; not an alternative, but an imperative." page 70
We
need to put God first, then perhaps it's not too late. Or to put it
another way, we are not going to 'take back our nation' if we continue
without Him, or with Him only half heartedly. 2 Chronicles 7:14.
We're on the Eve of Destruction Mar 12, 2009 - 4:47 AM EST
in
Journey To Destruction by Cal Thomas
From Glenn Beck's interview with Joel Rosenberg on Joel's new book: "Inside the Revolution"
GLENN:
Joel, I tell you, there’s soul-searching going on in the entire world.
I really truly believe that an enlightened period is coming. A great,
great vast darkness but also a great miraculous enlightened period is
coming as well because sides are being chosen.
ROSENBERG: Yes.
GLENN:
And there is no middle ground. You are either going to be engaged with
darkness or with light, and I think people are starting to feel that
and they’re starting to say, you know, they’re starting to feel
callings on, “Well, wait a minute.” And those who don’t — those who
dismiss it, those who don’t root themselves in the truth I think are
going to be in very, very deep trouble. I just, maybe this is me."
http://flashtrafficblog.wordpress.com/
Another interesting article I read this morning was "Change the Words, Change the World" by Coach Dave Daubenmire.
"We
are a sin-laden nation because we have codified evil into the law.
Content to focus on the “saving of souls” we have neglected Jesus’
admonition to occupy until He comes. As evil flourished, the Church
retreated. We have failed to recognize that the battle in the
heavenlies was for control of the earth. Jesus prayed that His Kingdom
would come ON EARTH. We have yielded the earth and submitted to evil."
http://www.newswithviews.com/Daubenmire/dave145.htm
As Leonard Ravenhill wrote in 1979:
"The greatest single threat to America today is GOD." 'America is Too Young to Die' page 52
If we are to survive as a nation, we need to repent, we need the power of the Holy Spirit, and we need His wisdom.
"But
you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you
will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere..." Acts 1:7-8
The Father of Lies Mar 10, 2009 - 7:41 AM EST
Obama, our radical congress, and some of the comments on this site
remind me of what Jesus said: "Why can't you understand what I am
saying? It's because you can't even hear me! For you are the children
of your father the devil, and you love to do the evil things he does.
He was a murderer from the beginning. He has always hated the truth,
because there is no truth in him. When he lies, it is consistent with
his character; for he is a liar and the father of lies. So when I tell
the truth, you just naturally don't believe me!" John 8:43-46
For
radicals it really is a consensus. Every reasonable person believes
it's good to kill babies - for the scientific welfare of mankind. Every
reasonable person believes that government is the source of every good
thing. Every reasonable person believes that government needs to make
sure that wealth is equally shared. Every reasonable person believes
that we are nothing more than dangerous animals.
I think it's revealing that Saul Alinsky dedicated his 'Rules for Radicals' to Lucifer.
“Lest
we forget at least an over-the-shoulder acknowledgment to the very
first radical: from all our legends, mythology, and history (and who is
to know where mythology leaves off and history begins — or which is
which), the first radical known to man who rebelled against the
establishment and did it so effectively that he at least won his own
kingdom — Lucifer.”
Can we expect any less from Saul Alinsky's
disciples than a continued worship of Lucifer and his lying and
murderous ways; for the common good of course.
Who Do We Fear? Mar 10, 2009 - 6:20 AM EST
in
Get Limbaugh by Debra J. Saunders
Scott in Ohio in his 1:54 AM comment wrote "Until or unless the GOP
begins to stand for Christian principles and values, and truly embraces
conservative fiscal policy and limited government, the GOP will remain
in the state of continuing decline they have earned and richly deserve."
I agree with Scott in principle. I would add though it's the moral
foundation of those principles in the heart of a man or woman who fears
God and walks with His integrity that makes the difference. Those
principles have to be woven into the very fabric of an individual by
His relationship with the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob if they are
to have any real force or meaning.
They are wise principles.
But wisdom, apart from God, is foolishness. The fool says in his heart;
There is no God. That's why we see so much foolishness among Republican
leaders. Their conservative principles aren't firmly rooted in their
belief in, and relationship with, God.
It was the relationship
that our founding fathers had with God and His grace that gave them the
wisdom, the courage, the integrity, and the humility to win the
Revolutionary War, write our Declaration of Independence, and our
Constitution.
Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom. We've
lost that fear. We fear Obama. We fear Islam. We fear the economic
downturn. We fear losing our guns. We fear socialism. But God, He's our
friend.
Leonard Ravenhill in "America Is Too Young To Die"
listed the threats that faced America in 1979. Then he wrote that
"The
greatest single threat to America today is GOD."
Joshua said:
"...serve the Lord, for He is a holy and jealous God. He will not
forgive your rebellion and your sins. If you abandon the Lord and serve
other gods, he will turn against you and destroy you, even though He
has been so good to you." Joshua 24:19-20.
Who do we fear?
Too Young to Die Mar 9, 2009 - 8:20 PM EST
in
Islam and the Death of Western Civilization by Burt Prelutsky
America is Too Young to Die is the title of a book written by Leornard Ravenhill in 1979. In it he writes:
"Compared
with the ancient civilizations, America was born only yesterday. But
she is dying today, and she will be dead tomorrow unless there is a
spiritual awakening."
"After the great spiritual revival of the
nineteenth century, America ran ahead of the other nations. Fugitives
from injustice and from the crippling bondages of poverty,
superstition, and oppression found their way to these shores. The
Statue of Liberty testifies to the compassion the American republic."
"But
now America is in the storm center of a fearful internal revolution,
and she has no other alternative but to fear God and cleanse her
heart." page 29
Later he writes:
"Emergency situations
call for emergency measures...Would to God that we could rise a
battalion of wet-eyed intercessors for this hour of unprecedented grief
and spiritual peril! The slogan of the Church must be, 'We will give
ourselves continually to prayer. and to the ministry of the word.'
Every church needs a prayer meeting every night of the week right now.
God will welcome us putting Him to the test...Out of these protracted
prayer times would come a people glowing and growing." pages 38-39
I've
commented and blogged on Townhall about Barack Obama, about George
Soros, about Bill Ayers, about Islamic Terrorism. I take these threats
seriously. But I have to agree with Leonard Ravenhill when he writes
that
"The greatest single threat to America today is GOD."
We
can't continue mocking Him as a nation, committing abominations in His
sight, rejecting His love, killing our pre-born infants, and etc. and
survive as a nation.
Islam is a threat. Radical socialism is a
threat. But only because we have turned our back on God, or at the very
least, taken Him for granted.
Prayer That Storms the Gates Mar 9, 2009 - 7:46 AM EST
in
Gun and Ammo Sales are Shooting Through the Roof (I Wonder Why?) by Doug Giles
I need to go to work, but first a word about prayer. Prayer, when it's
done in the power of the Holy Spirit is not weak kneed or even passive.
It's storming the gates of hell, protecting our troops, changing the
minds of governors and governments. It's extremely subversive to a
world system that is enslaved by the enemy of our souls. He hates it
and does all he can to make sure it doesn't happen.
Norman
Grubb wrote a book about Reese Howells and the power of his
intercessory prayer during World War II. Reese Howells was one intercessor who truly knew
and prayed in the power of the Living God. The miracle of Dunkirk and
battle after battle whose outcome was changed by the prayer that under
girded that battle.
War is hell. The devil loves war. He hates
mankind and loves to see us destroying ourselves. Sometimes it's
necessary because of humanity's fallen nature. It's just the way things
are.
David Wilkerson has written:
"I can only answer by
sharing what the Holy Spirit is speaking to my own heart and what I am
to do. I shared that I was led in a practical way to lay aside a
month’s supply of food — because I have witnessed the panic in the wake
of terrorism. That has to be a personal word for every individual."
http://davidwilkersontoday.blogspot.com/
Dutch
Sheets in his post election letter wrote:
"What Can We Expect? What are
some of the judgments we can expect on our nation from this election?
* More economic woes
* More violence in an already violent nation
* Terrorism (they will fear us much less now)
* War, perhaps on our own soil"
http://thoughtsofglory.com/2008/11/06/dutch-sheets-response %20-to-the-election/
God has said if His people turn back to Him, then He'll heal our land. He's given His conditions 2 Chronicles 7:14.
We can either look first to Him, then if necessary, to our guns. Or we can simply look to our guns and leave Him out.
Sometimes War is Necessary Mar 9, 2009 - 4:25 AM EST
in
Gun and Ammo Sales are Shooting Through the Roof (I Wonder Why?) by Doug Giles
ArmyWifeAggie88
I
hate war with a passion - ever since I was in Vietnam and lost friends
and classmates in that conflict. I didn't mean to be condescending when
I mentioned Mark Twain's 'War Prayer' and it's taking of the 'glamour'
out of war. What I did mean to say is that there is a cost to any armed
conflict that needs to be counted before we lightly go off to war. I
think 'Gone With the Wind' excellently shows the naivety with which war
is too often and too lightly entered into.
If you've read some
of my other comments, then you know that I fully supported George Bush
and the War against Islamic Terrorism. His big government economic
policies not so much. We are at war. Too few realize it.
My
bigger concern is where our military would stand. Each soldier has
sworn to protect this country against foreign and domestic enemies.
What would it do if the domestic enemies end up being the 'Commander in
Chief', the executive branch, and Congress?
I think Obama's
mistrust of our military is part of the reason he want's a 'Civilian
National Security Force' that's larger and better armed than our
military.
I'm grateful for the military families in this nation.
I'm saddened that it's our best youth that pay the ultimate price for
the protection of the freedoms we enjoy.
But I see what is
happening as part of God's judgment against an apostate nation. Just
like I see the Civil War to be partly God's judgment against the sin of
slavery.
And all I'm saying is that if we truly want to defend
our nation and take back the freedoms and the country that our founding
fathers gave us, then God, prayer, and national repentance need to come
first.
And hopefully, if those of us who call ourselves by His
name truly do repent, and humble ourselves, and turn from our own ways,
and pray then He'll show His mercy. And it will never come to another
civil war or revolution.
I Don't Like Guns Mar 8, 2009 - 9:37 PM EST
in
Gun and Ammo Sales are Shooting Through the Roof (I Wonder Why?) by Doug Giles
I don't like guns. I don't own one and I don't plan to own one. I
understand the fear. But if Dutch Sheets, David Wilkerson, Kimberly
Daniels, Leonard Ravenhill, Phil Bogosian and the other prophets
through whom the Lord has spoken to this nation are right then guns and
the battle of brother against brother and sister against sister will
simply be part of the judgment.
I
don't like a ra ra attitude towards the possibility of another civil
war or another revolution. There were 600,000 men killed in our Civil
War with untold human suffering and loss. Read up some time about the
human cost paid by the signers of our Declaration of Independence.
Mark
Twain wrote a short book 'The War Prayer' that he refused to have
published until after he died. If you ever have a chance to read it,
you'll understand why. It takes the glamor out of war. It takes the
glamor out of armed conflict. There is a cost to be paid and it's an
extremely high cost.
That's not to say that I'm unaware of the
dire straits in which we find ourselves as a nation. George Soros, Bill
Ayers, and Barack Obama are Marxists. Marxists wherever they have
gained power have shown absolutely no hesitation in murdering anyone
who opposed their policies. Bill Ayers, when he was head of the Weather
Underground, was openly planning to kill 25 million Americans who
couldn't be reeducated.
I said at last Sunday night's home group
meeting that people were moving in two directions. Some were looking to
guns and some were looking to prayer. I'm among those looking to
prayer. If God isn't in whatever we do, then it's doomed to failure.
2
Chronicles 7:14 "
Then if my people who are called by my name will humble
themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I
will hear from heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their
land."
Let God be the Captain of the our army. Joshua 5:15
Prince Prospero Mar 8, 2009 - 1:32 PM EST
When I read about his Wednesday parties at the White House, I couldn't
help but think about 'The Masque of the Red Death' by Edgar Allan Poe.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090302/ap_en_ot/obama_the_ente rtainer_2
"The
'Red Death' had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever
been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar and its seal -- the
redness and the horror of blood."
...
"But the Prince
Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious. When his dominions were
half depopulated, he summoned to his presence a thousand hale and
light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court,
and with these retired to the deep seclusion of one of his castellated
abbeys."
...
"The external world could take care of
itself. In the meantime it was folly to grieve, or to think. The prince
had provided all the appliances of pleasure. There were buffoons, there
were improvisatori, there were ballet-dancers, there were musicians,
there was Beauty, there was wine. All these and security were within.
Without was the "Red Death."
...
"And now was
acknowledged the presence of the Red Death. He had come like a thief in
the night. And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed
halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his
fall. And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of
the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay
and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all."
Obama,
Soros, and the radicals with them think they are above it all. They are
rejoicing and partying in their victory. They dream of how they will
remake the U.S. into an
'open society' utopia. What they don't realize is that the 'red death' of socialism will ultimately destroy them also.
The Status Quo Mar 8, 2009 - 7:18 PM EST
in
Obama: Time of crisis can be 'great opportunity' By BEN FELLER
When I read what liberals (radical socialists) like Ed from Florida
think about conservatives, I try to figure out where they are coming
from. I give them the benefit of the doubt - that they actually believe
what they writing and aren't just spouting garbage to get a rise from
us. And I have to wonder what makes them so set in their blindness to
reality and truth?
Reading
'Unholy Alliance - Radical Islam and the American Left' by David
Horowitz helped a lot. Radicals consider conservatives to be defenders
of the status quo; that is defenders of the monstrous capitalism and
monstrous United States that currently exist.
On page 109
Horowitz shows how they begin with three deeply held beliefs.
(1)America
can do no right;
(2)even the rights America appears to do are wrong;
(3)these wrongs are monstrous.
So,
of course anyone who would defend this monstrous reality is either
blind, deceived, or themselves a monster. I can see so much of that
mind set in the liberal trolls who haunt these comments.
There
really is no reasoning with them. Or arguing back. No amount of
evidence will change their minds.
They need a Damascus Road experience
akin to what the apostle Paul had in the first century; or akin to what
David Horowitz had when a friend of his was murdered by the Black
Panthers and none of his liberal friends cared.
As for George
Bush, he was definitely not an economic conservative. So to set him up
as an example of failed conservative policy is simply dumb.
As
for Barack Obama, the Democrats, and George Soros; and their roles
in the current economic crisis going back to at least 1995, read my
5:30 AM post.
Or read 'The Shadow Party - How George Soros, Hillary Clinton and Sixties Radicals Seized Control of the Democratic Party'.
Or read and watch the links in the Financial Crisis section of my blog - 'A Vet Looks at Barack Obama'.
History Repeated Mar 8, 2009 - 2:35 PM EST
in
A Mud Fight of Civil Rights by Debra J. Saunders
The only reason there is even a debate about 'gay' marriage is because
the Christian church has abdicated more and more of its social and
moral responsibilities to a secular government that is basically
hostile to God. The government wants to take God's place. And for an
apostate 'Christian' church, that's perfectly ok.
That's
always been true. Religion has either been at the right hand of
government, helping to increase its power, or it is an adversary of
government, demanding that authority which belongs only to God stays
with God.
Thus we have 'Christian' churches that are
legitimizing 'gay' relationships, ordaining 'gay' bishops, and
otherwise acknowledging the power of government to define marriage. For
them, why shouldn't gay relationships be afforded the respectability
and approval that comes with the word 'marriage'?
We have
other 'Christian' churches that believe that marriage was defined by
God in Genesis 2:24.
"For this reason a man will leave his father and
mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh."
For
those of us who believe that God has defined marriage as between a man
and a woman, 'gay' marriage would be an abomination because it would be
raising our fists against God Himself. It would be saying to Him:
"Forget you, we know better."
The Masque of the Red Death Mar 7, 2009 - 7:33 PM EST
in
Rushing Obama by Bill O'Reilly
It may be unfair. It may just be a projection of how I feel about
Barack Obama in general. But, when I read about his
Wednesday parties
at the White House, it made me think about 'The Masque of the Red
Death' by Edgar Allan Poe.
"The 'Red Death' had long devastated the country. No pestilence had ever
been so fatal, or so hideous. Blood was its Avatar and its seal -- the
redness and the horror of blood."
...
"But the Prince
Prospero was happy and dauntless and sagacious. When his dominions were
half depopulated, he summoned to his presence a thousand hale and
light-hearted friends from among the knights and dames of his court,
and with these retired to the deep seclusion of one of his castellated
abbeys."
...
"The external world could take care of
itself. In the meantime it was folly to grieve, or to think. The prince
had provided all the appliances of pleasure. There were buffoons, there
were improvisatori, there were ballet-dancers, there were musicians,
there was Beauty, there was wine. All these and security were within.
Without was the "Red Death."
...
"And now was
acknowledged the presence of the Red Death. He had come like a thief in
the night. And one by one dropped the revellers in the blood-bedewed
halls of their revel, and died each in the despairing posture of his
fall. And the life of the ebony clock went out with that of the last of
the gay. And the flames of the tripods expired. And Darkness and Decay
and the Red Death held illimitable dominion over all."
The attacks on Rush are simply to keep those outside distracted while the red death of socialism conquers all.
Who's the Puppeteer? Mar 7, 2009 - 4:13 PM EST
in
Crushing Those Animal Spirits by Michael Barone
Vicki,
I
agree. Before we make outrageous charges, we need the evidence,
otherwise we simply become hate mongers like the liberals with Bush
hate syndrome. But the evidence has been there for anyone who cares to
look. Not that I think that's Rahm Emanuel. As far as I can tell, he's
just a two bit player. A Chicago thug, and nothing more.
Andy
Martin, after doing a survey of the twenty five year relationship
between Bill Ayers and Barack Obama thought that electing Barack Obama
would put Bill Ayers in defacto control of the United States government.
After
reading 'The Shadow Party - How George Soros, Hillary Clinton, and
Sixties Radicals Seized Control of the Democratic Party' by David
Horowitz and Richad Poe, I don't think we can overestimate the role or
the control of George Soros.
But, for me, the ultimate puppeteer
behind all of these is the devil himself.
Back in 1970, a New York
Times reporter, McCandlish Philips wrote in 'The Bible, the
Supernatural, and the Jews':
"The first step in the satanic
takeover of a nation is to draw people away from faith in God and in
His Word. The next stage is to increase them steadily in the indulgence
of sin. The third stage is to lead them into false worship and false
supernaturalism. The final stage is usually to bring them under
dictatorship.We are in the third stage now."
We Can Pray Mar 7, 2009 - 2:14 PM EST
in
Crushing Those Animal Spirits by Michael Barone
We can pray. But it's not just for revival with the idea or hope that
God continues blessing. So many of our prayers the last few years have
been based on a heart of selfishness. Bless this nation God, so that we
can continue to be comfortable. We want your continued blessing Lord.
We just don't want to pay too high a price for it.
We're
grateful that Jesus bore the cross so that we don't have to. Never mind
that He said to pick up our cross daily and follow Him. Never mind that
Paul rejoiced in the fellowship of His sufferings. We want His
blessing. And now that it looks like He might be withdrawing it, we are
scared stiff.
At last Sunday night's home fellowship, I said
that I thought my comments might be having some impact. Some people
were getting on their knees and some people were getting their guns.
So
I decided to first of all to get my own devotional life back in order.
I was spending early mornings writing comments instead of
fellowshipping with Him. Then I decided to focus my comments much more
on the solution -- prayer and fellowship with God than on the problem,
George Soros, Barack Obama, and liberal (radical) hatred for, and
control of, our nation.
I truly believe that God wants to
continue blessing us as a nation. But it sure isn't just for our
comfort. Before anything else He wants us to be in a loving
relationship with Him, humbly worshipping Him as our God and our Lord.
Then He wants us to have His love for His world.
He's outlined His process for the redemption of a nation in 2 Chronicles 7:14:
"Then
if my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray
and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, I will hear from
heaven and will forgive their sins and restore their land."
His
people, who are called by His name. If we do that, then He'll do the
rest. If we don't do that, none of our efforts will work.
A Blessed Community Mar 7, 2009 - 1:03 PM EST
in
A New New York by Marvin Olasky
There are good strong churches in New York City, and they do make a
difference. Here is the story of one from
their web site.
"In
1986, while walking down 42nd Street at midnight, Pastor David
Wilkerson’s heart broke over what he saw. At that time, Times Square
was populated mainly by prostitutes and pimps, runaways, drug addicts
and hustlers, along with live peep shows and X-rated movie houses.
Pastor David cried out for God to do something—anything—to help the
physically destitute and spiritually dead people he saw."
"Recalling
that life-changing night, Pastor David says, “I saw 9-, 10- and
11-year-old kids bombed on crack cocaine. I walked down 42nd Street and
they were selling crack. Len Bias, the famous basketball player, had
just died of a crack overdose, and the pusher was yelling, ‘Hey, I’ve
got the stuff that killed Len.’ I wept and prayed, ‘God, you’ve got to
raise up a testimony in this hellish place…The answer was not what I
wanted to hear: ‘Well, you know the city. You’ve been here. You do it.’”
"Pastor
David obeyed God. He opened Times Square Church in October of 1987 in
Town Hall before moving it to its present location at the Mark
Hellinger Theater."
Another one is Brooklyn Tabernacle under Jim
Cymbala. His story is in "Fresh Wind, Fresh Fire." And Chuck of ME
mentions Redeemer Presbyterian in his 1:09 AM post.
Strong
churches where the members are acting as salt and light within their
communities make a big difference in God's ability to bless that
community.
Where are the Prophets? 2 Mar 7, 2009 - 12:37 PM EST
in
Crushing Those Animal Spirits by Michael Barone
When
I first became a Christian I worked for almost two years as a counselor
in a Christian halfway house. The leader of the house was one of the
most sensitive persons I've ever known to the voice of the Lord. And I
watched miracles happen as we prayed. He later went on to be Director
of Church Mobilization for the U.S. Center for World Missions in
Pasadena under C. Peter Wagner. Then he was transferred to Manila in
the Philippines to head up its International Adopt-A-People Campaign.
In 1989 he gave a prophecy in which he said that because of the disobedience of the American church there would be judgment.
"Since
you use almost all the money I give you on big church buildings, big
homes and fine things for yourselves, I am getting ready to plunge you
into severe financial distress."
...
"Since you do not
teach your young people to give their lives to reach the world, they
will be taken from you by the world. They will be useless to Me and a
great grief to you."
...
"But you will say to Me, 'Lord, these are
severe judgments.' I say to you if you had a son whose brother was
drowning in the sea, and the son had the means to save his brother, but
simply preferred to enjoy himself on the shore, would you not deal
severely with that son? Is he not guilty in the matter?"
http://www.missionfrontiers.org/pdf/1989/0809/as896.htm
He
showed me an earlier version of the prophecy while visiting the church
I was pastoring and asked me what I thought.
I told him it was
scriptural. He replied that that didn't necessarily mean it was of the
Holy Spirit. I couldn't answer his question. But it was scriptural. And
like David Wilkerson said; we can know what God will do by what He has
done.
2 Chronicles 7:14
Where are the Prophets? Mar 7, 2009 - 11:42 PM EST
in
Crushing Those Animal Spirits by Michael Barone
God doesn't want our spirits crushed. He does want us humble before
Him. And he does want us to be holy - as He is holy. In times when the
people of a nation are hardening their hearts against Him and His way,
God has always raised up prophets (not profits) to speak His word to
the people that they might turn from ways that demand His judgment.
This time is no different.
The
first I'd like to mention is David Wilkerson. I read his 'Vision' many
years ago. I didn't think too much of it. It really wasn't that
relevant to where I was at that time. I think I may have been pastoring
a church. And I had more immediate concerns.
In the
introduction to Wilkerson's 'Set the Trumpet to Thy Mouth' Leonard
Ravenhill (probably the foremost author on revival in the last century)
wrote that
'God has made him a watchman unto our nation'. I agree.
In
'America's Last Call - On the Brink of a Financial Holocaust' David
Wilkerson says that
"I've had no visions, dreams or special revelations
-- and I reject outright all prophetic warnings that are not
scripturally sound. Likewise, every reader of this book has an
obligation to test what I've written here by the word of God. All true
believers can know what the Lord is going to do, if they'll but take
the time to search the scriptures and discover God's set patterns of
judging sinful nations in the past...
I urge you to read prayerfully...and rejoice in God's promises of faithfulness to his people in trying times."
The
'Vision' was republished as the 'The Vision and Beyond' in 2003. In it
David says that he has only had two visions in his lifetime. The first
was in 1958 which led to the founding of Teen Challenge. The second was
in 1973. God proved the faithfulness of the first vision. We need to
listen to the second.
George Soros has the Blueprint Mar 7, 2009 - 7:15 AM EST
in
A Blueprint for a "Remaking" by Jonah Goldberg
It was obvious, once I'd done my homework 'A Vet Looks at Barack Obama'
that an Obama presidency would remake America.
I
didn't want to see this country made over under an anti-Christ leader.
Anyone who can advocate the murder of newborn babies is against God and
against Christ.
I didn't want to see this country made over
under Sharia law. He advocated Sharia for Kenya under Odinga. If he
thinks Sharia is good for Kenya, why not here?.
I didn't want to
see this country made over under Bill Ayers as defacto head of
this nation. (Read Andy Martin's profile.)
I didn't want a pathological narcissist for president. Read 'Understanding Obama: the Making of a Fuehrer' by Ali Sina.
Those who would remake America under Obama begin with three deeply held beliefs.
(1)America can do no right;
(2)even the rights America appears to do are wrong;
(3)these wrongs are monstrous.
'Unholy Alliance' by David Horowitz page 109.
And
for them, this horror called America, has been evil from the very
beginning. Thus, to quote Obama, even the constitution is a 'deeply
flawed' document.
America has chosen a messiah to make it
over. With George Soros's blueprint he'll destroy it economically,
militarily, and socially so we can start from scratch with an 'open
society'. Read 'The Shadow Party' by David Horowitz.
Let's turn back to God before it's too late. Pray for Obama. Pray for this nation. Pray for our leaders. Pray for us.
2 Chronicles 7:14.