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Marriage-III-E

11 Sep

Liberals are pushing for an expansion of marriage to include same sex couples while few people are calling to hold the line on the definition of marriage as a union between a man and a woman. The majority of people seem to think it doesn’t matter because marriage is no longer important. It does no good to argue that marriage is the ideal state that God seeks for us because most people today do not believe in God or if they believe that He (or it) exists, they don’t feel that He/it really cares about us. Without seeing an advantage in marriage, believers often say it is better to be married but encourage others to abandon their marriage when the going gets tough. If we are to gain a hearing among unbelievers, we must demonstrate that it is better to be married than to be single, and since God made us and knows what is best for us, it is wise to heed His advice. Therefore, I have just posted a course on the importance of Family and Gender on Udemy for those who  want a full discussion of it. (see Neighborhood Ministries of NW Ohio website post of 9/7/2022)

 

Marriage-III-D

11 Sep

Liberals in Congress are trying to push through a bill called “Respect for Marriage Act” that will open marriage to just about anyone who wants it. Contrary to the title, it shows no respect for marriage.  Heterosexual people are losing interest in marriage. Almost 50% of families are now headed by single parents. Recent statistics show that the number of divorces is decreasing but it is due more to the fact that fewer people are getting married, than because more marriages are remaining intact. The number of women with children who have never married is also continuing to increase. The growing number of children coming from single parent homes see no need to marry and are more likely not to marry, or if they do marry, they are not prepared to deal with the normal give and take of marriage because they have never seen it worked out and often end up divorced. As a result, the number of single parent families is continuing to increase with no end in sight. Unless God’s people help the world understand the importance of marriage, our society will collapse.

 

video-In the World, Not of it-study course promo

10 Sep

You can take the course at Udemy by posting the following URL:

https://www.udemy.com/course/the-church-in-the-world-not-of-it/?referralCode=79BEDFB95137F13A4E1C

 

 

Second Sunday of Kingdomtide-Sept 11

09 Sep

A firm foundation- Catechism. When I began my ministry, it was common for churches to have a concentrated time of study for those coming of age, generally considered about age twelve, to give them a basic foundation of understanding of the church and its beliefs. Few churches today, particularly evangelical churches, have any organized classes for twelve year olds to teach them the basic tenets of the faith. Even children who have been in Sunday School their whole lives need a concentrated time to pull together everything they have been taught. As a result, many children today do not have even a basic foundation of knowledge and cannot build their faith as they grow older. There is also no concentrated study for those coming into the church who did not grow up in church. The result is that few adult church members today have even a basic understanding of the faith. I have developed a basic catechism course of study for new members for that purpose (Understanding the Path We Walk-see “books” on website and Basic Christian Beliefs on Udemy-URL- https://www.udemy.com/course/basic-christian-beliefs/?referralCode=45EA0BA6DAD6F47E7541)

 

 

Video-Value of Family and Gender-course promo

07 Sep

Available on Udemy at URL: https://www.udemy.com/course/value-of-family-and-gender/?referralCode=B59AC09CACA5C0C97BDD

 

 

Violence and Social Strife-6-D

03 Sep

While liberals continue to claim conservatives are trying to overthrow the government, they are the ones who continue to exhibit violence against those trying to preserve American values.  While the media splashes school violence all over the media, they are only isolated incidences, yet there is a systematic and deliberate attempt to threaten and intimidate conservatives which is not even mentioned by the media. There have been daily vandalisms and fire bombings of churches  and pro-life centers. Some involved shootings where several people were injured or killed. If those had been conservatives picketing in front of abortion centers, or even schools, it would be all over the media. In addition, conservative Supreme Court justices have been threatened and their families have been threatened for voting to overturn Roe vs Wade. The only mention of it is accusations that conservative groups are behind it. Why would conservative groups want to threaten justices that support the overturning of Roe vs Wade?  That doesn’t make sense to any thinking person. Of course, they don’t believe that people should think for themselves. They feel that most people are incapable of deciding what is best for themselves, so they feel they should make the decisions for you for your own good. That is why President Biden makes executive orders to support things opposed by most Americans, when he feels Congress can’t get things passed soon enough, just as President Obama did. That is also why liberals pass all kinds of laws that the majority of Americans oppose. If you oppose them, they feel justified in threatening and intimidating you into submitting, whether by using the courts and Congressional committees to harass you with frivolous lawsuits or terrorizing you through vandalism and violent attacks. It is time to elect people who will listen to the American people and govern accordingly and will appoint judges that will rule justly to punish the guilty and not the innocent.

 

Politics-A-BM

03 Sep

The liberal left is up to their old tactic of lies and misinformation to discredit conservatives. There is a case before the Supreme Court that is not being discussed for an important reason. Liberals want to make a move and are afraid of conservative opposition. A resident of a county run nursing home wasn’t getting the care he deserved so the family sued the nursing home to get him the care. The question is whether they have a right to sue. Federal law allows lawsuits when individual rights are being violated so under the law, the family has a right to sue. The nursing home is contesting it saying the family should not be allowed to sue. The media is saying that since conservatives are opposed to individual rights, as seen in striking down Roe vs Wade, the conservative court could abolish your right to sue the government when your rights are violated. That sounds logical but is all a total lie. Conservatives are fighting for individual rights. They are fighting for the right of the baby to live against those who seek to violate that right. The mother has no right to kill the baby just because she doesn’t want it. There is no such right in either the Bible or the Constitution. Liberals want to do away with the right to life for unborn babies, the elderly, the sick, the critically ill, and those with mental disturbances because they are (In liberal terms) “a burden on society”.  Obamacare spelled it out in clear terms. A government panel would be established to determine if care was economically worthwhile. If care was determined to be not economically worthwhile, the care would be denied, and the patient would suffer until death released them. To avoid undo economic hardship caused by a lingering death, the patient could be terminated. The decision would be final and could not be overruled by the patient or their guardian. We are seeing this play out in Canada and Britain, as well as other European countries who are under liberal governments. We are starting to see this in the United States from a President and Congress who don’t care what the American people want, they are determined to force their will on the people through executive order or legislation. It is liberals who feel that they should decide and the individual has no right to decide for themselves so they will side with the nursing home in striking down the families right to sue. Liberals pose the real threat to individual liberties, not conservatives.

 
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Politics-A-BL

03 Sep

The investigation of the riot on Jan 6 has died down, but Liberal Congressmen continue to proclaim it was an insurrection to overthrow the government and President Trump fueled the Jan 6 attack on the Capital, in spite of widespread evidence he tried to avoid violence. He urged the people to protest peacefully and then go home. There are a lot of unanswered questions that liberals refuse to answer. They were warned long before Jan 6 that there might be violence ,yet the Capital police did not prepare for it. President Trump authorized the use of the National Guard to protect the Capital but Nancy Pelosi rejected them. Why would liberals want the Capital unprotected unless they wanted an incident to take place that they could use for their gain. FBI records and extensive video footage that might clear President Trump have gone missing. Why were there known people from left-wing groups like Antifa at the Capitol  posing as Trump supporters? They claimed several others died as a result of the riot but they died from natural causes. The only one to die was trying to get the protesters to leave, but was shot by a security guard. Why was she shot and why did Antifa members photoshoot the killing. Was it staged to discredit President Trump.  Hundreds of people were arrested simply because they were there, whether they participated or not. Yet not one of them has ever been charged with insurrection. In spite of all the investigation into the attack on the Capitol, no investigation has been initiated into continual attacks on conservative churches and pro-life centers, or into ongoing rioting and attacks on police around the country. In spite of all the media coverage of the Jan 6 investigation, no coverage has been made of the riots around the country or attacks against conservative groups. The only exception was the attacks on the Supreme Court justices and they blamed those on conservative groups in spite of clear evidence to the contrary. We need to elect Congressmen who respect law and order and will investigate what really happened on Jan 6 and who is behind the ongoing rioting or within a couple years, there will be no law and order. If people feel they can get away with murder, they will and they are. Violence ended abruptly in States that arrested protesters and prosecuted them. It continues in those States that have adopted a hands-off policy. Voters need to elect the politicians that will administer the law equally for everyone. If they don’t, politicians will continue to use the law to threaten and intimidate their opponents while ignoring crimes that promote their agenda.

 

 

 

 
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Politics-A-BK

03 Sep

In President Biden’s speech, he claimed that conservatives are a threat to democracy but offered no proof for the claim. He continues to incite violence against conservatives to threaten them into silence because he is afraid that the truth will get out. President Obama flooded the FBI with thousands of new agents just before he left office. The FBI launched a spying campaign against Donald Trump to get dirt on him knowing the charges were fake and leaked information about Trump colluding with the Russians to the media. No law enforcement agency would leak such information about an ongoing investigation, without compromising the investigation. They had no intent of referring it for prosecution. The information was leaked just before the election to discredit President Trump and turn voters against him to prevent his election. When that failed, the House committee used the information to conduct an investigation which was nothing more than a media circus to discredit President Trump and prevent him from being reelected. The investigation found no evidence of wrong-doing but they impeached him anyway. Now they have evidence the FBI pressured Facebook to censor information about Hunter Biden’s laptop that might harm Joe Biden’s chances for election. We see a clear attempt to use the FBI to sway the elections in favor of liberals. They pose the real threat to democracy by spreading false information to mislead voters.

 

 

 
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First Sunday of Kingdomtide-Sept 4

02 Sep

 Time of growing deeper-Kingdomtide is a time when the church should be active in helping its members in growing deeper and building spiritual depth. Large numbers of people were suddenly brought into the church following Pentecost. They had not sat under the teaching of Jesus and they had to be taught how to live like Christians. Too many members today are not trained in Christian living and easily fall back into living like the world. The church needs to concentrate on building relationships through younger members learn from older members. They learn how to minister to those needs as they watch more mature Christians ministering to those in need. As they learn to identify needs and how to minister to those in need in the small groups, they begin to see the needs of those outside the church and can begin to minister to them also, demonstrating the love of Christ to unbelievers. As unbelievers see the love of Christ, they begin to desire that love and are attracted to the small group. It should also concentrate on helping members understand the basics of living in community. Where Advent concentrates on building individual faith, Kingdomtide concentrates on building community.