"Those from among you shall build the old waste places; you shall raise up the foundations of many generations; and you shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of streets to dwell in." ~ Isaiah 58:12
The Bible says, “Stand fast in the liberty wherewith Christ hath made us free, and be not entangled again with the yoke of bondage.” (Galatians 5:1)
Ladies and Gentlemen: The following document is the reason you and I, in America, are free:
“When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitles them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.Continue reading →
When the Pilgrims came here in 1620, they had learned some things that recent generations have had stolen from them. For instance, they had come to understand that the basis of the government is covenant. No state can exist very long if its citizens are not in covenant with each other.
The word covenant is defined as “a meeting or agreement of minds”. The minds of a people living under a particular government must be in agreement on the basics of life if they are to be able to walk together throughout the generations.
They must agree about Who God is, and who He says they are, and what His plan for them is, both as individuals and a nation. Without this agreement, education, commerce, and government just become Continue reading →
Recently one of the churches in our community held a special meeting on Flag Day, June 14th. They honored the United States Flag, “…the Republic for which it stands…”, and the soldiers who have defended that Republic. Our original Continental Congress approved the basic design of our Flag on June 14th, 1777, which is why the day has been set aside as a day to honor our Flag.
I remember being taught the importance of our Flag as a child by my Dad and Mom. Dad was a World War II veteran and had a great love for our country. The public school I attended likewise taught us respect for country and the Flag which represents it. We saluted the Flag and pledged allegiance to it every morning. This is rarely done now as the emphasis through the education system is on nations coming together in a one-world government. We were taught the Biblical understanding that:
“God hath made of one blood all nations of men…and appointed…the boundaries of their habitation.” (Acts17:26, emphasis added)
Now most children don’t even know the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Let’s carefully consider this pledge in an effort to Continue reading →
The most dangerous piece of legislation to ever come out of the U.S. House of Representatives is now in the U.S. Senate awaiting a hearing. It is falsely named The Equality Act, but should be named The Religious Liberty and Free Speech Death Act!! It has been pushed as the expansion of civil rights, identifying with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. But expansion means including sexual orientation and gender identity as a civil right. The practical implications are devastating!
It would mean churches and Christian schools could be forced by the Courts to hire sodomites and so-called “transgenders” as staff workers. This would mean they could teach a compromised message which they would claim was in the Bible. They might even try to cast Jesus as a homosexual. What would that do for your children and grandchildren? Those who teach the Bible as absolute truth could Continue reading →
When God created Israel’s civil government, He commanded Moses:
“…thou shalt provide out of all the people able men, such as fear God, men of truth, hating covetousness; and place such over them, to be rulers…” (Exodus 18:21)
Thus, God gives us His qualifications for government servants. I believe Kentucky Governor, Matt Bevin, has fulfilled these qualifications better than any governor in my lifetime of sixty-nine years. While certainly not a perfect man, he’s done remarkably well at fulfilling this command. Only the socialists who hate him scream otherwise: As if they could put forth a perfect man.
Governor Bevin has proven himself to be an “able” man: Leading the Kentucky Legislature to draft and pass some eight Pro-Life bills. No other Kentucky Governor since abortion was “legalized” has Continue reading →
Recently three different Pastors told me of disgraceful incidents in which Kentucky Governor, Matt Bevin, had difficulty in speaking to a group because of “hecklers” in the crowd he was addressing. In one of those incidents, the media reported the Governor just had to leave the stage without being able to say hardly anything. Another Pastor told me he was saddened and embarrassed by people in his community whose language toward the Governor was certainly not civil, let alone Christian. But the third experience was almost beyond belief. At a Pro-Life rally in Frankfort, Kentucky’s Capitol, again there were “hecklers” who rudely spoke up to interrupt the Governor’s remarks. These “hecklers”, who claimed to be representing the teachers of Kentucky concerning the pension plan crisis here, were asked later why they would interrupt such a solemn gathering, the aim of which was to save children from being murdered in their mother’s womb. Their weak answer was that they didn’t know it was a Pro-Life rally. Yet, there were banners and signs all around which made it plain to everyone what this gathering was. This is simply uncivilized behavior in the civil realm! I’m only glad to say I do not believe that this kind of behavior is approved of by most of the teachers in this state.
We should have very strong feelings concerning political issues; because they Continue reading →
Recently, students in an Oklahoma High School walked out in protest to school administrators because—school was too difficult? No! Because male students were being given free access to girls’ bathrooms! This was being allowed because these boys were “confused” about their gender. Many pleas by students and parents to school administrators had gone unheeded. So, the students decided to take matters into their own hands, in the hopes it would get enough press coverage to expose this ridiculous policy! On that thought: If “unconfused” students would ban together, walk out of the classrooms, and steadfastly refused to go back until girls’ bathrooms were completely closed to males, guess what would happen? Do not school districts have to have students present to collect the tax funding from their state? If half the students were continually absent, guess what school boards would do? They would find a way to protect girls in their bathrooms! Money talks with a loud voice in most all school districts. Think About It!
But is the effort to protect what is mistakenly called “transgenderism” what this battle is really about? Absolutely not! That’s the new color satan has Continue reading →
On April 19th, 1775, seventy-five American farmers faced an overwhelming force of some 600 British professional soldiers. The Americans were out-manned, out-gunned, and out-trained. And when the first shots were fired, nine of the Americans fell dead. Why were they willing to face such overwhelming odds? Were they dreamers? Were they crazy? Were they men of such noble ideas that they were willing to die for them? While they were all these things (except crazy), they had an even greater reason for resisting the King of England. They believed they were obeying the God of the Bible with their resistance. Their Congress had stated:
“Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian…duty of each individual…Continue steadfast, and with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly…defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us.”
(Massachusetts Provincial Congress. 1774, in a resolution. George Bancroft, Bancroft’s History of the United States, Vol. X (Boston: Charles C. Little & James Brown, 3rd Edition, 1838), Vol. VII, p. 229 | Peter Marshall and David Manuel, The Glory of America (Bloomington, MN: Garborg’s Heart’N Home, Inc., 1991), 8.31.)
When our ancestors defended themselves on Lexington Green, and later much more successfully at Concord Bridge, they believed they were walking in a principle of liberty taught in the Bible.
When God placed Adam in the Garden of Eden, he told him to “keep it”; that is, to Continue reading →
Many people wonder why America is going downhill morally. Why is there so much drug use? Why are the gangs with all their violence growing so rapidly? Why is homosexuality capturing so many of our young people? Why do so many people refuse to marry, and instead just “live” with someone? Wrong living comes from wrong thinking; and wrong thinking comes from wrong listening!
The reason for these wrong ideas was pointed out in a Barna Research Group survey taken some years ago in Kentucky. The survey revealed that, while 82% of Kentuckians said they were Christians, over a third of those surveyed said they only attended church once every six months. This poor church attendance mocks the Scriptural command to,
“Not [forsake] the assembling of ourselves together…” (Hebrews 10:25)
But perhaps you’re thinking, “What difference does it make how often someone goes to church?” It makes a lot of difference! It makes a lot of difference to an individual, a family, and a community. It makes a lot of difference to a nation! When you hear the Bible taught in its truth, your mind is Continue reading →
It is such an amazing story! Patrick, a young, former slave in Ireland, was called by God in the 400s to go share the Gospel of Christ with those same Irish people who had enslaved him just a few years before! Yet, without fear, he boldly entered again into that realm and became the agent of liberty to those who had once been his agents of slavery.
He developed this boldness because Christ had revealed Himself to him in such a living way. Patrick’s faith in Jesus was no cold orthodoxy; his was a living relationship with the living, resurrected Son of God! In Patrick’s life, Jesus was Lord! We get a glimpse of the intimacy between him and his Lord when he writes of hearing His voice. With great humility he simply states that God said to him:
“He who gave His life for you, He it is who speaks within you.”
(Great Christian Classics, Kevin Swanson ed. (Generations With Vision, 2010), p. 140)
His knowledge of Christ was deeper than most of us today. He understood that Jesus dwelt inside him. He knew Christ, not only as the Continue reading →