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Not since the 1960s have we seen anything like the rioting in the streets we’ve seen lately. The wave of the so-called “New Left” thinkers in that era brought that about with their socialist mantra that “America is bad; we can make a perfect world if you’ll let us have control of your lives.” But two things stopped that socialist revolution in America. One, we elected a President who gave back to the policemen the right to use force to stop the rioting. Secondly, God sent a revival that impacted the nation. That revival brought the focus of many in my generation back to God and His plan for them. That caused many to see that the anti-God agenda of the socialists, like Saul Alinsky, was wrong—as well as impossible. As that revival grew in understanding and numbers throughout the 1970s, Christians would go to the polls and elect Ronald Reagan as President in 1980. President Reagan would do much to stem the tide of socialism that had been sweeping the country in the sixties.
But most Christians, being ignorant of God’s plan for civil government, placed our governmental hope in the President, and we went Continue reading


I cannot tell you how very disappointed I’ve been with church leaders in recent days. The so-called “pandemic” has revealed some very interesting things about our lack of understanding of the Biblical principles of civil government. This is not to say that, in the beginning of it back in March, there was not the need for caution. There certainly was; since we didn’t know what we were dealing with. But the way church leadership just bowed down to the so-called “medical experts” and were willing to stop most ministry just because some governor said they had to, reveals a tremendous lack of understanding as to how Communists, and the many groups which work with them, work to take over free nations. This lack of understanding is far more scary than the virus. It shows that we’ve let our minds be shaped by socialist ideas: That we haven’t known that Karl Marx, the father of Communism, stated that his whole aim in establishing worldwide communism was for the purpose of destroying Christianity. What kind of ignorance does this reveal in us who lead the church? Remember the Bible says,


Liberty or Security? Which is most important in the long run? It is impossible to have 100% of both liberty and security in this natural world. Liberty, of necessity, must involve some risks. The major one is that you have to trust your neighbor to respect your God-given rights of life, liberty, and ownership of property. Likewise, your neighbor must be able to trust you in the same way. This is why our Founders warned us that we couldn’t maintain this Republic, with its great amount of liberty for the individual, without most of our people knowing the religion of Jesus Christ in the pure way that Jesus gave it. If I know that I will “reap what I sow”, both in this world, and in the world to come (Galatians 6:7), I have a strong reason to respect your rights; knowing that God Himself is judging me in my actions. If I’ve had those truths hidden from me both in the home and the school, then I don’t know that I will surely “reap what I’m now sowing”; thus, I have no deterrent to my own selfish desires, leaving your rights at risk.

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