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Freedom of Religion-B-Y

07 Dec

While many people cheer because Donald Trump won the election, they need to remember the limits of government. President Trump can remove many of the barriers that prevent the church from speaking out, and he can stop the constant harassment of churches by the IRS and the Justice Dept., but he cannot change the hearts of people. In the 1950’ and 1960’s, the church actively taught the value of life and the value of the rule of law. It was also taught in the schools and adhered to by the media and the courts. As a result, most people believed in them whether they attended church or not. Since then the expansion of abortion has eroded the belief in the value of life to where only about half of people value life. Many who no longer value life are active in churches who no longer teach the value of life. In addition, we have seen a rapid spread of liberal politicians and judges who no longer value the rule of law but feel they can violate the law whenever it suits their purpose. As a result, many people in America have lost their respect for the law. If people do not respect the law and see judges and politicians violate the law without any penalty, they feel they can too. We see that on our highways. In the 1950’s and 1960’s, most cars adhered to the speed limit whether there were police around or not. Today you know there are police up ahead if you are doing the speed limit and see break lights going on in al the cars that just passed you. President Trump can cut government funding to Planned Parenthood and prevent the mailing of abortion drugs to States that have outlawed abortion, but people will still get abortions under the table unless the women are provided with the services needed to keep their babies or put them up for adoption. In addition, women will still have sex outside marriage and end up getting pregnant and get abortions until they learn to value life and the sanctity of marriage. The government cannot do that. The church must teach the value of life and marriage, and the value of the rule of law. In addition, there must be a revival of people turning to God and recognizing the true value of  life, marriage, and the rule of law.

 

 

Politics-AB-AK

07 Dec

While Donald Trump has won the election, it will not be a quick fix. While he can work to weed out corruption in our government, it will take time. President Trump will be able to correct some of the laws that violate the Constitution and the laws of this country, but he will have to contend with those who do not believe in the rule of law and feel they can bend or break the law when it interferes with their plans.  Liberals have worked for 50 years to undermine the rule of law in this country and it will take years to fix since the various agencies are packed with people who support the liberal agenda. Most of them are protected by Civil Service so they can’t be fired. In addition, liberal presidents have instilled many judges who feel they are not bound by the Constitution and the laws  of this nation and their States. Those judges are appointed for life and cannot be removed except for serious crimes. In addition, President Trump has vowed to stay within the law and the law severely limits what the President can do. He must rely on Congress to pass the laws and he does not have the large amounts of money that President Biden used to force Democratic Congressmen to support the party agenda even when the voters oppose it. Republican Congressmen rely on the donations of their constituents rather than funneling large mounts of tax dollars through Planned Parenthood into their campaign funds, which President Biden used to blackmail Democrat Congressmen to support the party agenda. As a result, while Republicans control the  House and Senate, it is only by a small margin and they cannot guarantee all their members will support them. President Biden has committed the government to billions of dollars in debt with no authorization from Congress and has increased the national debt by seven times in only four years. In addition, increased taxes and government regulations have crippled our economy and it will take  a lot of work to reduce taxes and cut expenses, as well as repealing a lot of government regulations to free up the economy to thrive again. That will be difficult and will take far more than the four years that Trump will have.

 

 
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Second Sunday of Advent-Dec 8

05 Dec

 Gold-symbolizing Jesus as the coming King-While hymns portray the Wise Men as Kings, they were more likely astrologers who were advisers to the Persian kings, sent by the kings as representatives bearing gifts.  The songs say there were three but we don’t know how many. However the Wise Men brought gifts of Gold, Frankincense and Mirth in recognition of the roles that Christ would fulfill. The first gift they brought was Gold in recognition that He would be a King. Indeed, He would bring hope because He would subdue all the powers of the world and would become King of Kings and ruler over all creation. However, before He would wear a crown of Gold, He would wear a crown of thorns as He conquered death itself as the sacrificial lamb. While before, all we knew was the way of serving the flesh, Christ came to show us a better way through serving God. We can conquer the slavery to the flesh and live as God intended us as we allow Christ to be ruler of our life. A lot of people don’t know any other way than serving the flesh and won’t know there is a better way unless we step out into the world like Jesus did and show them.

 

 

 

Sanctity of Life-A-1-D

05 Dec

Debbie Wasserman Schultz head of the Democratic Party criticized a bill in Florida that would prohibit men from forcing their girlfriends to have abortions against their will. Apparently they believe a girl should have the right to choose to have an abortion, but she does not have the right to choose not to have an abortion. They feel men shouldn’t have any say if they are opposed to abortion and  should not be able to prevent a woman from getting an abortion if she wants one. However, they feel men should be able to force a woman to have an abortion if they want it and she doesn’t. Apparently all they care about is that she gets an abortion and they get paid. While the laws of every State require abortion providers to notify parents and Children’s services when a child seeks an abortion, they do not and encourage underage girls to not reveal their age so they can list them as over 18. By doing so, they can avoid reporting and parental consent laws. As a result, rapists, and those engaged in sex trafficking, and incest can bring the girls in and avoid prosecution, since Planned Parenthood doesn’t report the underage pregnancy and the abortionist destroys the evidence. It also allows Planned Parenthood to bill Medicaid since the parents might find out about the abortion if they were asked to pay for it or they billed the parent’s insurance company. Their goal is not woman’s rights as they claim, but what will profit them.

 

 

Sanctity of Life-A-1-C

05 Dec

Most people do not know that Planned Parenthood’s ultimate goal from the beginning has been to stop the spread of the lower classes and racial minorities. Margaret Sanger, the founder, was very racist and a friend of Hitler. Planned Parenthood started in the inner-city areas by convincing Congress that funding birth control would save welfare dollars.  Planned Parenthood was originally against abortion but when abortion was legalized, they saw it as a new way to eliminate unwanted babies and a very lucrative new source of funding so they reversed their stand on abortion and began pushing it. With the Hippie talk of free love, they saw an opportunity to expand their services into the suburbs and began pushing the idea that kids were going to have sex anyway so they needed to be protected. Few suburban kids were sexually active previously due to the fear of pregnancy but Planned Parenthood pushed it as a way they could have sex and not have to worry about pregnancy.  However teens are not careful about taking them leaving them in high danger of pregnancy. As a result, the pregnancy rate among teens exploded. Planned Parenthood is now the largest abortion provider in the world. Many of their abortion clinics are in minority neighborhoods and abortions among Blacks are far out of proportion to their proportion of the general population. Many clinics are also on public school  and college campuses where they encourage kids as young as elementary school to enjoy sex and supply them with contraceptives funded by the government so they won’t worry about pregnancy, but don’t tell them about the high failure rate. Since then they have further increased their profits by selling the body parts of aborted babies. Recently they have expanded to push transgenderism in the schools to create gender confusion so they can profit off of gender altering drugs and surgeries. The vast majority of it is funded by tax dollars provided by politicians whose election campaigns are in turn heavily funded by  Planned Parenthood with money received from the government.

 

 

 

Sanctity of Life-A-4-AD

05 Dec

When a girl or woman is alone, pregnant, and scared, she needs someone to help her. Those who support abortion say they care about these girls and will help them solve their problem (they will get rid of an unwanted baby, for a price, but will leave her with a host of other problems). Planned Parenthood, the largest abortion provider, is supported by government funds, including Medicaid payments, private insurance, and private payments, as well as earnings from selling body parts of aborted babies. Their staff are well paid.  While they claim to provide women’s health care, they provide very little beyond contraceptive services and abortion. People in Right to Life pregnancy centers all over the U.S. provide a wide variety of women’s health services, yet they have very few paid staff and receive very little government funds to help them.  Many supporters show they care about these girls by volunteering their time and donating their own money to help these girls in need with support and assistance, free of charge and by donating things such as maternity clothes, baby clothes, baby furniture, baby food, and diapers, to help them if they decide to keep the baby, and help putting the child up for adoption if they feel that is the best thing for the child. They also provide a listening ear and work with clients to help them work out their problems. Support the Right To Life crisis pregnancy center near you by donating time and baby clothes and furniture, as well as financial help as you are able.

 

Previous Posts 16/16

30 Nov

This is the sixteenth in the series of previous posts and highlights

The Evangelism, Male-female relations, Senior issues, and violence & social strife

Click on the links below to access those series.

 

Previous Posts

28 Nov

From time to time people want to access old files without going back through all the postings. As a result, I placed a link at the bottom of each posting with a link to previous postings on that topic. Simply click on the link to access past postings on that topic. To access topics I have not dealt with recently, I posted a series of twelve postings under “Previous Posts”. Each lists several topics and has links to those topics. This posting has a link to those posts so you can view the whole list. Simply view the list, select a topic, and click on the link at the bottom of that post to access previous posts on that topic.
I will post periodic links to the “previous posts” series like this one for your convenience.

 

First Sunday of Advent -December 1

27 Nov

Expectation-Angel-From the time of Adam, God had promised that He would send a deliverer. Before Judah fell to the Babylonians, the prophets reminded the Jews of the promise of a Messiah. When Judah fell to conquerors after the return from Babylon, the Jews again looked for the promised Messiah that would deliver them from their enemies. When the angel appeared to Mary, he told her that the time had come and she would conceive and bear a son. He would be the Messiah and His name would be Jesus (a form of Jeshua or Joshua)(meaning God is Salvation) He would be a leader like Joshua who would lead His people out of Egypt (the world) into the Promised land. Because of His name, the Jews did not realize that He must first come to be the Sacrificial Lamb before He would come as the conquering King. He could have been born in a palace but lowered Himself to come not only as a mere man, but as the lowest of men, born in a stable.

 

video-Advent intro

27 Nov