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Economics-E-D

10 May

Democrats are back to their old game of pushing spending to the limit and then asking to raise the debt limit to allow them to spend more. You cannot continue spending without limits. The debt limits were passed to force the government to live within its budget. It does no good to keep raising the debt limit so you can continue spending. Democrats are willing to threaten the stability of the country to get what they want. They refuse to accept budget cuts without an increase in the debt limits. It will do no good to make budget cuts to get a raise in the debt ceiling and then return to spending once it is passed which is what they have done over the last fourteen years. President Trump made significant budget cuts without raising the ceiling, but President Biden canceled those cuts and returned to reckless spending. Unless they agree to make budget cuts and retain the current debt ceiling, nothing will change. We cannot continue spending with no end in sight. It has to stop and stop now, or we will continue to face threats of a government shutdown if we don’t keep raising the debt limit.

 

 

Sixth Sunday of Eastertide -May 14

10 May

Of All Nations -Jesus told His disciples to make disciples of all nations. We often try to determine if this person or that person, or this group or that group, is worthy of becoming a disciple. In the early days of our country, many southern churches tried to say Blacks weren’t worthy of being disciples. Many did not allow them to hear Christian teaching. Some allowed them to sit in the slave gallery where they could hear but not participate. It was hoped that by hearing Christian teachings, they would be content to be slaves and not rebel. Jesus didn’t have any such illusions. He expected His disciples to make disciples of all nations. It is important to send missionaries into lands where they have never heard the Gospel, but their goal should be to train their converts to become disciples who would carry on the work among their family and friends, because people will listen to their family and friends before they will listen to a stranger from a foreign land. The same goes in America. People will listen to their family and friends before they will listen to a preacher. All Christians should be reaching their family and friends and the church should be training them to do so.

 

Violence and Social Strife-E-J

10 May

While Democrat politicians continually call for social justice, they often don’t see the causes and effects. They demonized police by illustrating every Black person killed by a White police officer claiming racism and called for defunding the police. They ignore the fact that most were hardened criminals, often armed and dangerous, and in the process of committing a crime. While accidents do happen because officers have to make split second decisions with nothing but appearances to decide whether the criminal has a gun and intends to use it, they often are dealing with people who have weapons and a history of killing. Blaming the high rate of arrests of Blacks on racism ignores the fact that the majority of crime is committed by Blacks and more Blacks kill Blacks then Whites kill Blacks. Their rhetoric resulted in increased fear of and anger against police by Blacks. The result was extensive violence that destroyed more Black businesses and residences then White ones. It also created greater fear of Blacks by Whites. Relations between Blacks and Whites had been steadily improving, but have seriously deteriorated since President Obama took office. It also ignores the fact that we would have chaos without police. Every city defunding the police has seen crime skyrocket. They also call for reparations for Blacks who had ancestors who were slaves. It ignores the fact that Democrats protected slavery before the Civil War and suppressed Blacks after the Civil War. They also fought civil rights for Blacks in the 1960’s. They ignore the fact that it was mostly White people who fought for freeing the slaves before and during the Civil War and many White people aided Blacks in pressuring the government to pass Civil Rights laws in the 1960’s. Those who would pay the reparations had nothing to do with slavery and may even have fought against it while those who would receive it did not suffer from slavery and are hurt more by broken families caused by poorly designed welfare programs instituted by Democrats then by racism. If welfare was designed to help husbands get employment instead of driving them out of the house, Black people would not face the problems they face today.

 

 

Violence and Social Strife-E-I

10 May

Democrat politicians say they want to make society more equitable and lessen discrimination but show that they have more interest in maintaining division then in creating equality. They fought to protect slavery until forced to abolish it, then they prevented Blacks from getting equal opportunity through the Jim Crow laws. When forced to abandon the laws, they turned to promoting privileges for Blacks. They pushed affirmative action with requirements that Blacks be hired equal to their proportion in the population, whether there were enough qualified Blacks or not. While they say they want to make society more equitable, affirmative action provides special privileges for minorities at the expense of the Whites. While the quota system was important in combating racism in the 1960’s, most Whites have grown up with Blacks and got to where they did not pay much attention to race until liberals began highlighting incidents of Whites against Blacks and began stirring up racial strife. Quotas today hurt Blacks more than help them because it enables them to get positions they aren’t qualified for setting them up for failure and discourages them from seeking to qualify for the positions if they can get them without working for them. Why get a college degree to qualify for a position if you can get the position without going to college. It also creates anger against Blacks who get positions they don’t qualify for in Whites who qualify for them, but are passed over. While affirmative action brought Blacks and Whites together so they could get to know each other and helped break down stereotypes, it also was forced and resulted in increased tension. Conservatives have done far more in reducing racism by building bridges between Blacks and Whites through joint efforts to combat the problems that result in broken families, which has helped reduce crime among Blacks. Whenever one group gets privileges over another, whether Blacks or Whites, it creates tension and ill-will. We must seek to create a society where all are equal and no one gets special privileges. That will come by working together, not by fighting each other.

 

 

Book Promo-A Servant’s Heart-part A-video

03 May

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Fifth Sunday of Eastertide-May 7

03 May

Making Disciples- Christ called on His disciples to make disciples of all nations. He did not say to train disciples to oversee the churches. Therefore, He implied that all followers should become disciples and it was the responsibility of His current disciples to do it. A disciple is not just someone who believes what the master believes. A disciple is one who becomes like the master. A disciple should therefore be teaching and ministering like Jesus did. Yet few churches today train their members to become teachers and soul winners. In fact, many churches are becoming soft on teaching the Bible truths and many members are hard put to explain what they believe. It is impossible to teach others what you don’t know.

 

 

Important Issues-Intro-C

28 Apr

The danger is in being reactionary. They come out with a radical proposal like banning the cutting of trees to save the environment. While that is a worthy goal, it would put thousands of lumberjacks, newspaper people, and carpenters out of work and deprive us of wood needed to make paper and build houses. Conservatives immediately came back with opposition to it, which paints them as unconcerned about the damage we are doing to the environment. However, calmer heads realized the damage from each of those positions and enacted laws to require companies to plant a tree for every tree they cut down. That saved the jobs and continued to provide the lumber we need without damaging the environment. We need to be careful about just reacting and insist on a full examination of the issues in order to find a middle ground. While they insist that their ideas are based on science and conservative ideas are just baseless ideas, the fact is that a full examination of their positions show that their ideas are often based on appearances which can be deceiving. To counter their ideas, we must seek the facts to back up our position. They say that a baby is not fully formed until it is born, however we now have ultrasounds that shows that it is fully formed and we can detect a heartbeat and brainwaves within a couple weeks of conception, showing that it is a complete person and fully functioning by the time that most babies are aborted.

 

 
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Important Issues-Intro-B

28 Apr

While liberals call for an open mind and open discussion, their actions indicate they have a far different attitude. The second article illustrated what I mean. It told about a town that was opposed to the liberal agenda. What was disturbing was that it painted those who opposed the agenda as terrorists seeking to overthrow the government and silence opposition. This has become a common tactic of theirs to silence opposition. The reporting in the regular media is very biased in favor of liberals and they have heavily censored conservative voices on the social media. In addition, President Biden has called on the FBI to investigate those who speak up in school board meetings as domestic terrorists in order to threaten and intimidate parents to remain silent. It is obvious they have no intention of allowing an open discussion and keeping an open mind. They want to freely state their case, but refuse to allow the expression of any other views. As a result, those who want to vote intelligently must do their own research and share what they learn.  I have continued to research the topics and share what I learn, however I reach only a very small portion of the American audience and rely on faithful friends to share what they learn with their friends.

 

 
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Important Issues-Intro-A

28 Apr

I just saw a series of disturbing stories on the net which I feel need to be addressed. The first story was titled “How do you know someone is a Democrat?”. It stated that they want everyone to be open-minded and engage in open discussion on the topics, so I will be dealing with them in the next couple of weeks. It laid out 15 points which it states that a Democrat stands for. It was a good description of what we are hearing on the media. What was disturbing was that they were set out in a way that it is hard to disagree with. Everything sounded good and what we can all support. However, what is disturbing is that what we hear in the media is not what we are seeing in practice, and as they say, actions speak louder than words. Unfortunately, many voters are listening to the words and not paying attention to the actions. While those who vote for Democrats may support those issues, the fact is that the way Democrat politicians vote shows they have a far different understanding of the issues. While I cannot go into an issue in detail in a single post, the posts will have links to other things that I have posted on the topic so you can get a more in depth understanding of the issues.

 

 
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Book promo-In The World Not of It

28 Apr

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