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Ted Cruz has been making an important point in his recent ads. He can be long winded, but here is his message boiled down to one sentence:
We cannot trust a presidential candidate to uphold or protect ANY of
our inalienable human liberties if that candidate is unwilling to
protect the most fundamental of all rights, the right to life, for the
weakest and most innocent members of society.
The kids and I have been studying the ancient kingdoms of the Middle East where idolatry was pervasive, leading people to commit horrid, inconceivably wicked deeds, even throwing one's own child (usually the firstborn) into the fire as a human sacrifice to their false gods. Kings and officials took great pride in offering these sacrifices to appease the gods "on behalf of their people", but the sacrifices were never made out of piety, goodwill, or genuine concern for anyone except themselves.
Children expect and trust their parents to love, protect, nurture, treasure, and provide for them, but these rulers flippantly tossed their babes into the flames, watching them suffer an agonizing death after their children had surely stared into their father's eyes with eyes pleading, "How could you betray me so ruthlessly?" Sacrifices were always made for selfish reasons, whether out of fear, cowardice, convenience, or greed.
Kings who considered their children to be no more than property useful only for buying the gods' favor (and easily replaced through temporarily pleasurable moments with their many wives and concubines) were always characterized as corrupt, selfish, foolish, wicked, and miserably incompetent rulers. Kings like Hezekiah, however, who made protecting and defending the least of these his priority, were kind, merciful, strong, faithful, wise, respected, honest, fair, effective, and prosperous as long as they kept pride and selfishness at bay.
Modern America has traded the earlier idolatry that worshiped graven images with the idolatrous worship of printed currency, embossed diplomas, engraved designer adornments, comfort and ease, big houses, fast cars, athletes, political figures, titles, popularity, sensuality, etc. And instead of throwing our firstborn babes into the fire, many nations including our own have chosen to first dismember pre-born babies as they cry in agony from the womb, and then suck them out and toss them into the flushing toilet. When the truth is twisted and minds are manipulated by greedy baby killers to convince hurting women that abortion is her only option (it's not), our society applauds them, calls them brave, grants them legal protections, and then throws $500+ million dollars of U.S. tax payer money into the baby killing furnace that chops them up and ships them out like processed deli meat. We have not progressed, for "there is nothing new under the sun." (Ecclesiastes 1:9) We have only wrapped our wicked, idolatrous, selfish hearts in different colored packages.
And here is the truth that has not changed since the beginning of human civilization. "Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’" (Matthew 25:40)
Those who vote for Trump, Hillary, Bernie the Bum or any other candidate who supports abortion and is committed to funding it with federal dollars are choosing for themselves a leader like King Ahaz whose selfish pride, cowardly fear, ruthless tyranny, greed, idolatry and child sacrifices resulted in bankrupting the nation (financially, morally, and spiritually) and handing his people over as slaves to the vilest nation on earth at the time.
But instead of electing someone like Hezekiah in the next election, our idiot populace is favoring three candidates who can be best described as follow:
1) A bitter, greedy, lazy,socialist/communist who has never held a steady job choosing instead to mooch off others
2) A crazed psychopathic liar with multiple felony charges and a frightening obsession with her own self promotion no matter how many innocent people must be trampled and killed (yes, killed...take Benghazi as an example) in the process
3) A cruel, arrogant, self-centered jerk who is a progressive wolf trying to dress like Little Red Riding Hood's conservative Grandma while opposing all Grandma's views and plotting to eat us all alive
America's most depraved citizens (well at least we know these candidates are actual US citizens so that's one improvement) are leading the presidential polls. How our founding fathers must weep from Heaven to see the US Constitution and all the freedoms and values they worked so hard to preserve so utterly disrespected.
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These are times of great loss as well. The number of sympathy cards I have had to send over the past two months to friends of all ages is unprecedented. Just this past week, we lost two of America's greatest heroes of the faith, Justice Scalia (whose cause of death is highly suspect) and Elisabeth Elliot. They were such influential voices for righteousness, truth, purity, faith, courage, love, compassion, and liberty. They will be deeply missed. Lord please raise up new leaders with faith, wisdom, and courage like these two consistently displayed. We deserve your wrath, but in your mercy, would you raise up more like them? May we never forget the wise advice they shared and the example they set for us all.
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Another sign of the times that has me so brokenhearted, especially as I must apologetically hand my kids a world that has gone to hell, is how inescapable pornography has become. Pornography tears apart families, destroys lives, victimizes the weak, and can cause entire nations to collapse. We do everything we can to protect our kids' innocence, to train them to guard their ears, eyes, minds, and hearts, to filter all that enters our home through digital media, and to stuff them with that which is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent, and praiseworthy (Philippians 4:8), for what goes into the mind sinks into the heart, and from the heart flows the wellspring of life.
Yet, Victoria's Secret (VS) used deceptive means to sneak into our homes and rob my nine-year-old of some of the innocence he had simply by buying our address from someone without our permission and sending us an unsolicited and much despised catalog. My son's daily chore is to get the mail. The mere cover of this catalog could be considered pornography, and his unsuspecting eyes fell upon it, and I doubt he will ever forget that image for God wired us with chemicals that help us remember to keep us faithful to the one person each of us will marry, not to fill our memories with airbrushed images of abused and hurting girls. Do you name yourself Victoria because you like to victimize innocent children and young women? How I loathe VS and her evil tricks.
So I contacted VS customer service demanding that all our contact info (no telling how it was collected) be permanently removed from VS databases forever. I shared the following questions with the customer service agent, and he concluded the call with the following words, "Thank you for choosing Victoria's Secret" which shows me how well he listened to what I had to say, how clueless and empty a heart without God really is, and how twisted and upside down this world really is.
A few questions for Victoria's Secret:
How many broken young girls have you abused, confused, exploited, objectified, demoralized, and utterly ruined through the pornographic images you have taken of them for your "catalogs"?
How many addresses have you stolen so you could cram your smut into the homes of unsuspecting families where young boys have the daily chore of getting the mail only to have their innocence ripped away by the images on the cover of your "catalog"?
How many marriages are falling apart because you broke into homes and tempted the hearts and minds of men into addiction?
How many women and children have been abducted and abused because your catalogs ignited an addiction that air brushed images alone could no longer satisfy?
How many young women have no sense of their intrinsic value and are on the brink of suicide because of the lies perpetrated by your filthy marketing?
How many men will never know love because you've taught them they are but dogs, only able to lust.
How many women will never be respected because you taught men that women are but objects that should only be inspected?
How many couples will never know the exquisite beauty and exclusive oneness that comes when that which is sacred is kept within the safe boundaries of marriage as God established instead of being cheapened and trampled upon by your desperate attempt to sell lingerie to those with no self-respect?
Are you clueless to all the damage you've done
In your sordid peddling of wares?
You've sold your soul through the webs you've spun
And convinced the hurting that no one cares.
How many women and children have been abducted and abused because your catalogs ignited an addiction that air brushed images alone could no longer satisfy?
How many young women have no sense of their intrinsic value and are on the brink of suicide because of the lies perpetrated by your filthy marketing?
How many men will never know love because you've taught them they are but dogs, only able to lust.
How many women will never be respected because you taught men that women are but objects that should only be inspected?
How many couples will never know the exquisite beauty and exclusive oneness that comes when that which is sacred is kept within the safe boundaries of marriage as God established instead of being cheapened and trampled upon by your desperate attempt to sell lingerie to those with no self-respect?
Are you clueless to all the damage you've done
In your sordid peddling of wares?
You've sold your soul through the webs you've spun
And convinced the hurting that no one cares.
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Here are a few thoughts I recently wrote down during a prayer time about America's desperate situation:
Many of us look at our culture today and wonder how we could have fallen so far from truth, reason, justice, and goodness. How could the one nation that doesn't really have any defining ethnicity of its own but is a melting pot of all ethnic groups still harbor bitterness and racist hatred? How could the one nation established as a beacon of freedom for the entire world suddenly want to become like the socialist/communist nations from which her inhabitants fled? "As a dog returns to its vomit, so fools repeat their folly." (Proverbs 26:11)
How could we allow the cowards in this country to wage wars against the very heroes who risk their lives daily to protect and defend her (shout out to Beyonce and her beloved yet violent Black Panthers)? How could the nation where Lady Liberty stands allow a socialist to run for president on the Democratic ticket? He is a socialist/communist, not a Democrat. How could a Republic allow an outspoken progressive liberal (yes - Trump is an extreme liberal - even a lover of Planned Parenthood - on every issue except immigration and even that issue may just be talking point he doesn't really adhere to personally but speaks out about to incur more power for himself) who behaves like a selfish grammar school bully in desperate need for remedial school, run for office on the Republican ticket? How could a just nation allow a compulsive liar (whose list of felonies warrant life in prison) to run for the highest office in the land? Do we really want a crazed lying crook with no allegiance to America or anyone but himself/herself representing us to the world? And how on earth could these tyrants be garnering so much favor among young people?
People like to blame the education system for teaching this generation what to think instead of how to think for themselves. And while teachers do have great influence and will be judged more harshly (James 3:1), they are mere pawns whose genuine love for students is being manipulated by the corrupt powers who rule over them. We need to stop shifting blame to hardworking teachers who are doing the best they can with the resources given, and admit that the PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY FOR TRAINING OUR CHILDREN IS GIVEN TO THE PARENTS, not the government (though the government would love to brainwash your children for you) or the school system. Parents, what are we teaching our children? Are we training them in the truth at home so they can stand firm and as lights in schools and in the world?
We need to stop blaming the government, the other political party, the cops, the military, or the boy next door and start taking responsibility for ourselves! If we know that power ultimately corrupts, why are we giving so much power to a corrupt few by trusting in governments and other human powers to fix our problems instead of getting on our knees and asking the only ONE who rules in perfect righteousness for help? Instead of whining and complaining and telling others what to do, are we asking the Lord what He would have US do? As prophecy unfolds and things go from bad to worse, as the culture calls wrong right and right wrong, as the culture denies the existence of God and rejects absolute truth, and as calamities fall around us, will we wake up and run to the Lord? God allows these hardships for a greater purpose....to draw us back to Him. Let us not waste these hurts. Run to Him. He is our hope and our salvation!
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