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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.

 

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

 

Thanksgiving-B

27 Nov

When I was a child, Thanksgiving was when my grandparents gathered their three daughters and their families and we shared Thanksgiving together as a family. Few do that anymore with families so scattered. During Thanksgiving, we celebrate all the blessings God has given us but there are many who will not have much to be thankful for. Some may have lost loved ones, been divorced, or separated, or suffered a financial crisis. They may not have relatives living nearby to share Thanksgiving with. Do you know someone who will not have someone to share Thanksgiving with or have anything to celebrate it with? Invite them to share your table and your family for Thanksgiving, or your church or community can hold a Thanksgiving feast and invite those who have no one to share Thanksgiving with. It is good to remind ourselves and our children why we celebrate the holiday. After we pray before the meal, the head of the family could add a comment such as “Today we celebrate the end of the harvest season when the last of the crops have been gathered in, to remind us of the First Thanksgiving when the pilgrims who survived the first year in America, gathered with the Indians to thank God for their harvest. It also reminds us that one day God will complete the harvest of souls and call His people home to Him in heaven. Then all who believe in Christ will be gathered in heaven, before the throne of God, for the marriage feast of the Lamb of God.”

 

 
 

video-Intro to Christ the King Sunday-Nov 24

22 Nov

 

Study course-Government

15 Nov

I am offering my new course on  “Government” for free until November 28, 2024 to the first 100 who sign up with the following link https://www.udemy.com/course/government/?couponCode=3512275