God said He placed before us life and death and urged us to choose life. God told Adam and Eve that they could anything in the garden except the fruit from one tree and they would have eternal life. If they ate of that tree, they would die. Satan told Eve she could have that beautiful fruit and it would make her wise and there would not be any bad consequences. We face the same choice today. God has laid before us a plan to give us the best of this world but the powers of this world tell us that we can have the forbidden fruit and be happy without having any bad consequences. Their promises are as much a lie as those Satan told Eve. God’s ways lead to happiness and prosperity while the world’s ways lead to poverty and death. The media tells us that 3% inflation under Trump is bad while 8% inflation under President Biden was good. They also tell us that the economy was good under President Obama and President Biden when companies were laying off workers and moving overseas due to higher taxes and increased regulations and the fact that they spent millions of dollars on social programs to buy votes and funnel millions of dollars to their friends and their campaign funds. On the other hand, they are telling us that the economy is bad under President Trump where tariffs are bringing back jobs, decreased taxes and regulations are allowing businesses to expand, and the war in Iran is to prevent them from detonating atomic bombs in the United States. Like in the Wizard of Oz, you need to look behind the curtain and follow the money.
Second Sunday of Pentecost-May 31-Trinity Sunday
Trinity Sunday A-The Second Sunday of Pentecost is Trinity Sunday when Christians celebrate the Trinity, (Father, Son, and Holy Spirit). The Jews dealt with God the Father through the priests and prophets, and occasionally through Angels sent to deliver messages. Then Jesus came in bodily form to show us the nature of the Father in a way we could understand. Finally, at Pentecost, the Holy Spirit came to guide us and give us power in restoring the Kingdom of God. The disciples were transformed when they received the Holy Spirit and received power to go out and proclaim the Gospel. Many churches ignore the celebration of Pentecost as they no longer emphasize the new birth in Christ and lives of members differ little from unbelievers around them. The church needs to get a new sense of the changing power of the Holy Spirit.
Senior Citizen issues-L
The media continues to push the idea that Social Security will go broke in 2030 resulting in a drastic cut in Social Security benefits if something isn’t done to instill fear in Senior Citizens. Democrats continue to push their old idea about taxing the rich to solve our money problems when every time they get a tax raise, they go on a spending spree and spent the money before they get it. Currently, there is a cap on taxing income for Social Security. Above the limit, income isn’t taxed. The Democrats propose raising that limit. That sounds reasonable until you do the math. First, the amount gained would be small since few earn over that limit. It would not provide the income needed to erase the deficit between benefits paid out and taxes taken in, let alone cover the raise in benefits that Democrats promise with the tax increase. Second, since benefits are based on a percentage of income, it would result in the rich receiving higher benefits which would result in a temporary surplus until those workers retired when their increased benefits would eat into that surplus. Some have proposed a limit on benefits but that would change Social Security from a savings plan to a welfare plan and that would not sit well with workers. Many workers already view Social Security as a welfare program and see retired people as excess baggage that drains government funds, even though the Seniors paid into the fund with the promise that the funds would be there with interest when they retired. They are not responsible for the fact that Congress betrayed their trust and spent the money on welfare programs so Social Security now has to rely heavily on the money workers pay in.
Senior Citizen issues-K
Lawmakers passed the Social Security Fairness Act just before Christmas 2025 while people aren’t noticing. This allows government union workers and their spouses to enjoy two full pensions if they worked at non-government jobs along with government jobs and earned enough credits. Formerly their Social Security was reduced by what they received in their government pension. It only benefits a small number of Seniors but will greatly increase the burden on the Social Security fund with no funding to cover the increased costs. The vast number of Seniors will receive no benefit and will face reduced Social Security earlier due to Social Security running low on funds sooner. It shows that the Democrats have total disregard for Seniors when it offers government workers facing retirement a huge windfall to buy union votes in upcoming elections. Democrats have always worked to benefit unions but have seen dropping support from police unions as they demonize police and from manufacturing unions as they push the switch from gas powered to electric vehicles which require less workers to manufacture and push importing manufactured goods from China and oil from the Mid-East which costs American jobs.
First Sunday of Pentecost-May 24
Finding the Resources-Many churches tell me they don’t have the resources to do outreach. My wife and I once belonged to a house church with only six families. One day I was called to a railroad bridge where I spent an hour convincing a teenage girl that she didn’t really want to jump. I later related the story to the church. They were very concerned about the high suicide rate in the county and that galvanized them to act. They contacted an organization called Contact USA which helped them plan and organize the needed organization. They began contacting other churches and in 12 months were able to recruit and train 129 volunteer phone workers and secure enough local funds to pay the cost of office rent, utilities, and the phone bill. The phone bill alone was over $1500.oo a month for feeder lines allowing someone to call from anywhere in the county toll-free. They went on the phones just a year after I sat on the bridge with the girl and continued to serve that community 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for almost 50 years with no government help. Can you imagine what the average church could do if they had a half dozen couples that were that committed to a ministry.
Immigration-VI-A
Open borders run the risk of allowing in people who may want to hurt America. Many pay from $1000-5000 to get to the United States. Many bring in drugs and illegal guns to pay their way. Large numbers of Samolians have been allowed in and have set up fraudulent businesses to funnel taxpayer money to the terrorist organizations back in Samolia. In addition, large numbers of Muslims have been allowed in who are setting up terrorist cells within the United States that could carry out attacks like they did on 9-11. Many of them congregate in areas like in Minnesota and Detroit, Mich. Where they drive out non Muslims and impose Sharia law in open violation of America’s laws, allowing widespread rape and child marriage.