The family is under attack today. While the number of divorces is declining, it is only because fewer people are getting married. Society is seeking to undermine the ability of parents to raise mature adults but not replacing it with anything. As a result, many kids grow up with no sense of direction. The result is increased violence, broken families, and no respect for authority. This course deals with how parents are needed to help children develop mature lives and the threats our families face. We are currently offering our course “The Value of Family and Gender” for free until 6/8/2026 to the first 100 who sign up at referral code https://www.udemy.com/course/value-of-family-and-gender/?couponCode=B36058F
Sixth Sunday of Eastertide- May 10
06
May
Prepare-Too many churches simply wait until a position is open and then try to fill it. The problem with that is the same people continue to serve so there are very few in the church with experience and very few members are involved in the church’s ministry. Many people are afraid to take new positions because they have no experience and those that do accept the position don’t do well, often become frustrated, and soon quit or continue struggling along doing a poor job. It makes better sense to ask someone to train as an assistant under someone more experienced before the need arises. Someone who has never taught before will be more likely to accept an opportunity to learn then to take a class alone with no experience. When a position comes open, there will be people who have experience and can do well. They will often be more likely to take the position if they have worked in a classroom for a while under someone than if they have never helped in a classroom before. It also provides assistants to help the teacher, so they don’t have to do everything themselves.
Sanctity of Life GC-G
01
May
It is easier to sell abortion because the baby is not seen and many believe it is just a lump of tissue and do not consider it murder. However, abortion is only the tip of the iceberg. The philosophy behind it carries wider implications. It was spelled out in Planned Parenthood vs Casey (1992). It stated that the woman has the right to kill the baby right up to birth if it would interfere with her happiness. Once you declare that, it just becomes a matter of determining who is interfering with your happiness and how to dispose of them. Several States have legalized assisted suicide and California has just legalized killing a baby up to 28 days after birth. Minnesota has repealed its law protecting babies born after botched abortions and other States are considering laws allowing the killing of children after birth. Canada and Europe are way ahead of us because they have long since abandoned Christian values and allow assisted suicide and termination of the extremely sick and the critically ill, often without their knowledge or consent. The doctor can make the determination on his own. Once you accept a woman’s right to kill her unborn baby, one becomes increasingly less bothered by other killing. As time passes, it becomes increasingly easier to rationalize the killing of your boss, your coworkers, your fellow students, or even members of a crowd at the park or a concert, if you feel they are interfering with your happiness.
Politics-AB-AK
01
May
It is interesting to hear the response to renewed insistence on the need for the White House ballroom. They are claiming that President Trump is saddling the country with a huge unnecessary expense. We definitely need it and it is not at taxpayers expense. It is being built with donated funds. They never said anything when President Obama made extensive renovations to the White House at taxpayer expense. I have not seen a President so attacked and lied about as President Trump. This is the third assassination attempt. I don’t remember any President who faced two, let alone three assassination attempts. They have continually claimed he is destroying Democracy by protecting the security of our voting system to prevent fraud and rooting out fraud and government waste. It was President Biden that raided the Treasury of a couple billion dollars after he lost the election and before leaving office. A lot of it was never accounted for but a lot went to the campaign chests of prominent Democrats. They claimed he colluded with the Russians. Sorry, that was President Obama and Hillary Clinton and the accusations were funded by the Clinton Foundation. They claimed he incited a riot at the Jan 6 rally. Sorry, that was Antifa agitators funded by Democrats. President Trump urged them to go home. He also suggested they call out the National Guard but Nancy Peloisi refused to do it leaving the Capital with very little protection. They are claiming he is responsible for the high gas prices. Sorry, that was President Biden who shut down American oil fields and cancelled the Canadian pipeline to force us to buy from the mid eastern countries claiming he was protecting our environment. The war against Iran is only forcing up prices because we are dependent on mid Eastern countries for oil. It takes a while to restart oil fields once they are shut down. You don’t just turn on the faucet again. They claim he is threatening Social Security but it was President Biden that threw open our borders and offered Social Security to illegal immigrants who didn’t pay into it and plunged our country into further debt making it more difficult to redeem the government bonds that they used to secure the Social Security fund.
Fifth Sunday of Eastertide May 3
29
Apr
Involve New People-It is not enough to just have everyone take a year off. The church must actively seek to involve new people. A full-time search committee should be established that actively meet with members to talk with them about their interests and help them find areas that interest them. Too often search committees are called a couple weeks before the church’s annual conference to fill vacant elected positions and they have little time to seek qualified people. As a result, they often nominate the same people they know well, even though the people may have little interest or experience in that area. As a year-round committee, they can get to know more members and seek to help them find areas that interest them before openings occur. When openings occur in committees during the year, the search committee can help the committee chairman find suitable replacements. The interest survey previously mentioned is a good way to help members discover where they would like to use their gifts. Before members go off their position after six years, the committee should meet with them again to help them explore other areas to see if there are other areas that interest them. The committee should be familiar with the various functions of the church and how to help members explore their interests. (I deal with it in my book for pastors and church leaders “Rebuilding The Kingdom”). As the committee locates new talents, it can help the church expand its ministry into new areas and involve more people in the church. The committee can also help each committee define its mission and draw up a mission statement to help them focus their work.
Modern Welfare-study course
25
Apr
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