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The Fall

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The Fall

I have recently discovered something about people that was once just a theory, now, I find proof to prove what I’ve long since known. The depraved sin nature of mankind is cyclical in nature. “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” John Adams. Without the moral compass of a society, the constitution would be folly, just as the Bible itself is folly and foolish to simple men who care not for the sovereignty of God. There is a failing of a society when they stray from the commands of God in search of their own moral folly. “Moral Relativism: the philosophical view that moral judgments are not absolute or universal, but are true or false only relative to a specific cultural, historical, or individual standpoint.” Today, as the shifting tide begins to swallow us whole, we have ventured into dangerous peril where a once proud and beautiful land has fallen into chaos, a land free from morals and lawlessness. 

We have watched as society has dwindled in the wrong direction. I am reminded of Tolkien’s writings, the dark shadow of Mordor spreads across the land, covering it in darkness. Today, we have abandoned reason for madness. I have personally witnessed as boys approach a disagreement with nothing but invective language, ad hominem, vitriolic, bullies. They disagree, but instead of offering any argument, or evidence, they skip all of it to name call, ridicule, and insult. A feeble attempt at showing strength through intimidation, but when you used to get shot at as part of your job, these foolish thugs don’t rise that to any level close to the actual attempts on my life. If the Spirit is within you, we are not governed by fear. This behavior is not something one would expect in civilized culture. Simply put, our culture is no longer civilized. When Gandalf is speaking with Saruman, Saruman tells him they cannot stand against the might of Mordor. Gandalf cannot believe what he’s hearing. The once great wise counsel has fallen. Today we witness events that are beyond comprehension. We celebrate a woman who murders her three children in cold blood. We celebrate the death of babies in the womb. We celebrate mentally ill individuals grooming children with their deranged ideologies. We criminalize those who would seek to protect themselves from harm. We call good evil, and evil good. We label anyone who wishes to believe in God an extremist. We lift up those who support terrorism to be leaders, and celebrate as a nation’s history is erased and flounders, leaderless. 

In recent news, we have the Cornell controversy, and all of the arguments aside, people are condemning sides before the investigation is complete. The internet has condemned the men before knowing the truth. Many people have approached me via social media over the last few weeks. In that time, I have faced death threats, insults, ridicule, and people trying to shame me, simply for having a differing view or opinion than theirs. One thing that has been the same for most of the near 800 comments was the approach, the way in which the comments were made. Only one comment was willing to attempt even a little discussion, but the moment I pointed out their comment was missing context the truth came forward, “you and your conservative context (expletive).” They did not care that without context anyone can be called anything. Five were death threats, several more were calls for me to come to harm, but the rest of those 800 were just insults. How far we’ve come when grown men act like middle school children name calling on the playground. The similarities in my channel and those of the Cornell scandal is opinionated, emotional responses of people. They react out of emotion and feel how media tells them to feel, they repeat what they hear, but never do an ounce of research or critical thinking of their own, and then lash out on social media. We seem to have devolved into a place within our society that if someone disagrees, they are somehow less than human, do not deserve respect, or not worth life at all. Truly, it seems we have allowed media, and those in the government to sway us, change our moral code to look down upon those whom we disagree with. Today, we are moving to a place where the voting ballot is no longer simply tax code, but a moral standard. Today we can see a clear difference in the parties, the divide within our country that is widening. Today, the democrat party believes in abortion, transgender rights which encompasses gender affirming care for minors, which is actually just body mutilation of children. They believe in equity, everyone should get the same regardless of the work they put in, (socialism). They believe in illegal immigration, because no one is illegal on stolen land. Not settled land, or conquered land, but stolen. They believe in gun confiscation, and they want to stop voter ID laws. They want universal healthcare. They believe in wokeness, and feminism. More than anything, much of what they believe in, and how they implement those beliefs show an undeniable hypocrisy. I will point out some of that hypocrisy here. They want all things equal, but have started segregation projects in college. They don’t believe in borders but have created zones like CHAZ the capitol hill autonomous zone. They wouldn’t allow police and after multiple people shot a state of emergency was filed. These types of incidences have occurred in multiple places. Obama’s new library which has largely been considered to be a failure, requires ID to enter, but the left does not want ID to vote. The left says it’s too difficult for women or black Americans to get government ID’s. But the reality is they all have ID’s, and it’s incredibly racist to say they are incapable of doing it. We need ID to do everything, to buy goods, to travel, to drive, to get a library card, but to vote they have now said the quiet part out loud. They can’t win without the illegal vote. Former President Obama said Republicans are trying to ‘rig’ elections in a speech that could be seen on “The Washington Post.” Chuck Schumer said the save act was Jim Crow 2.0, except it can’t be Jim Crow laws since illegal aliens don’t have the right to vote anyway. But let’s think about this critically, who let these illegal aliens into the country? Who wants to pass sweeping amnesty and fast track these aliens to citizenship? If these people who were allowed in gain the right to vote, it’s likely they would vote left. The problem is the majority of people who’ve come into the country are military age males. It looks more like invasion than assimilation. It’s not just happening in the United States, but we can see what’s happening in England right now for doing the same thing. England is our preview of things to come.  THEY want universal healthcare like Canada, but when you look into Canada’s healthcare system it’s largely considered to be a failure. MAID in Canada took more lives that firearm homicides in the US, and there’s a very large population difference.

Gun Confiscation: The left has long wanted to remove guns from the hands of citizens. Why should this concern every American? Guns were the check in the balance of power within this country. To provide a well-regulated militia to ensure the government would never overreach its power. From what we know of God’s Holy Scripture, the people, Christians, should be very concerned about big government. Scripture says the government is there to protect the people from outside threats, and to carry out justice. Romans 13:1-4 “13 Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. 2 Therefore whoever resists authority has opposed the ordinance of God; and they who have opposed will receive condemnation upon themselves. 3 For rulers are not a cause of fear for good behavior, but for evil. Do you want to have no fear of authority? Do what is good and you will have praise from the same; 4 for it is a minister of God to you for good. But if you do what is evil, be afraid; for it does not bear the sword for nothing; for it is a minister of God, an avenger who brings wrath on the one who practices evil.” Government should be small, not a large unchecked animal. Let’s look at Revelation for a moment. In the book of Revelation scripture talks about the Anti-Christ gaining world power, placing the world under a single government and economic system. Today, there are many countries contemplating this very thing, only, they don’t realize they may do exactly what Satan wants them to do… Or maybe they do. What’s the number one thing you hear from the democrats? Ban the big scary assault rifle. Let’s talk about how big and scary it actually is. In 2023, the total number of homicides in the county were 19,252, by the FBI data. Of that, 461 were rifles, 176 shotguns, 8163 Handguns, and knives and other cutting instruments is 1630. Hands/Feet/ Etc. is 744. When looking at the rifles, this is every rifle in that category, not the big and scary AR-15. (CDE.UCR.CJIS.GOV) So, assuming these numbers are true and accurate, which they most certainly are, we are talking about banning the most popular rifle in America based on less than 500 deaths a year? If they actually cared about saving lives, why is there not a single ounce of discussion to curb alcohol or vehicle deaths? We do not put restrictions on cars based on the amount of vehicle deaths per year. We do not place stronger restrictions on doctors who commit medical malpractice; 44000-250,000 people. We do not restrict alcohol even though alcohol kills approximately 178,000 people per year in the U.S. alone. You are more than twice as likely to be killed by someone with a knife than you are a rifle. Let me say this, any death, it doesn’t matter the means in which they die, is tragic. Life is a precious community, one that we cannot duplicate, or even preserve. Once it’s gone, it’s gone forever (within our plane of existence). Why would the government be trying so hard to get rid of something so insignificant in the grand scheme of things? Control is the only reasonable, logical answer. I spoke more in depth about the 2ndAmendment and why it needs to be protected in another blog. https://thearrowpreacher.com/2026/05/03/the-2nd-amendment-and-why-its-important/  If the government truly cared about saving lives, it would most certainly focus on the much higher areas of deaths, rather than one of the lowest. 

The government only wants to remove objects it deems a threat to its own interests. We should never trust the government. Governments can be and do become corrupt over time. Our government let over a million people cross into our country, unvetted, not invited, and these people were not intending to assimilate to the American way of life. These people have latched on like a parasite draining the host of its resources. We are paying billions in illegal alien benefits a year. Americans feel the pinch when spending goes to this type of incidents. When I was in Iraq, we would do missions to the Kurdish refugee camp. We would take supplies, and toys, blankets, medical supplies, and yet, we would still get attacked while there. This country often puts the needs of others ahead of its own welfare. The United States gives to more countries than any other country in the world. We pay the majority of the NATO budget, and we have been taxed with higher tariffs from Canada for years. We help as many countries as we can, we accept visas and citizenship, we allow people to come here to work, and go to school. This is more than most countries do, and yet we are expected to take in the third world without knowing who these people are or what they want. We see what they want, invasion over assimilation. I am reminded of the Borg. In Star Trek the Borg assimilate cultures to serve the Borg collective. That drone became a working part of the collective with a single goal in mind. Every bit of its individuality was removed however. But at least there was total assimilation. We aren’t seeing any kind of want to assimilate. They still fly the flag of the place they left. They bring their lifestyles with them of rape and murder of innocent women and children. We see this on display in England right now. We have seen how many illegal aliens are harming American Citizens, it’s very alarming. The government, or at least half of it, wants these people to come here and vote Democrat so they can keep power. Let me let you in a little secret, (We lose). We will lose our country to the socialism train eventually. We have to lose in order for Revelation to be true. I’m not saying we shouldn’t fight this, of course we should, but what I don’t want is for you to lose sight of what’s important, and to lose hope. Jesus Christ is our hope, not big government. They cannot save you, but Jesus can. We cannot continue to ignore the true blight on our nation, and that’s the Marxist, left, woke, ideology killing our country. The left wants women to stop having babies. The left wants women to be subservient to men. Even though the left talks about feminism, and talks down to and bad about men, at the same time, in the same breath, they say men can be women, and can play in their sports, and if you are a young lady and don’t want men in your locker room, you’re transphobic. The left has gone after the nuclear family for generations now. The left has systematically been destroying the once beautiful black culture. Before the civil rights movement, black people were doing very well. They had great homes, great families, entire cities that were thriving. Then the democrats came to destroy that way of life. Social programs were created that promised government assistance, but there couldn’t be a man in the home. So, men were pushed out. After a little time with no men in the home, culture began to shift. Today we don’t see the black community dress as they once did, they don’t speak as they once did, in fact, the black education as a whole has dramatically declined since the 1960’s. The black on black crime is staggering, and the amount of abortions committed by the black community far out paces white and hispanic women. Today’s literacy rate of the black community is 88%. Depending on the current test that number is between 12-23% of illiteracy, compared to white people of around 90%. Today roughly 69-70% of 4th graders do not read at proficient grade level. 37-40% perform below grade level entirely. Charlie Kirk is called a racist for pointing out this fact, even though he argued we should judge solely on merit which is what Martin Luther King Jr. advocated for. King would not want CRT taught in schools. He wouldn’t want black people to be racist towards whites, or any other direction for that matter. Kirk’s statement about the black pilot raised a lot of controversy because people took his statement out of context. When DEI is put into practice and a company must have a percentage of Black, Asian, and Hispanic people, instead of merit-based hires, what happens nearly every time is the standards are lowered to hit those hire numbers. So, for a black pilot, did they meet a lower standard, or the highest standards possible? The same goes for a doctor, or any other job. When we lower the standards to ensure equal outcomes, it’s the person on the other end of the stick that’s at risk. If it’s a doctor, it could be a patient at the end of a scalpel. We know this has happened, we know it does happen, the question is how do we as a passenger on a plane know our pilot is qualified and the best person for the job? How do we know that pilot is truly the most qualified to fly hundreds of souls? We don’t. But the fact is, it’s a dangerous premise, one only someone who is on the receiving end of an unqualified person would feel the true weight of. Once we start to base our hires off of race, rather than merit, we’ve enacted bias, and racism. Those who claim to fight racism the loudest are the ones perpetrating it the most. The problem is, they just don’t recognize it. Charlie had many black friends, and they went with him on his tours. This isn’t the mark of someone racist. For that matter, Trump employs a lot of black people, and has a history of helping the black community without broadcasting it to the world. Trump was everyone’s guy in the 90’s and early 2000’s. He was on the sitcoms, he was on Oprah, he was constantly interviewed and loved by the left, till he ran as a Republican. What changed? Did Trump change? No, the Democrats did. Why did Chuck Norris leave the Democrat party? He left because it changed. In an interview Norris explained the shift of the Democrat party. The Republicans have moved left, and Democrats have moved ‘too far off the trail.” Today the Democrat party aligns itself with Islam, and socialism, both together may lead us directly to the one world order that may be the end of the world. We must fight for freedom, and we need to do it by voting. We must protect our way of life, because at the end of the day, those who are trying to take over have admitted to wanting to destroy the western way of life. They want to tear it down. As an American, why would you want your life to look like that of the middle east? They have not innovated, they have not mastered basic things like government, and yet, this is who we want to usher in a new era for the United States? Christians built this country, and they didn’t build it to hand it over to someone who would kill Christians just for being Christian. Christians freed the slaves, pushed for equality, the abolitionists, many of whom were devout Christians. Today people float the term Christian Nationalist, while not having an understanding of what that means. A Christian can be a Christian, can love their nation and want what’s best for it, without being a Christian Nationalist. However, trying to maintain the founder’s foundation, keeping in line with the moral framework of our nation, which was built for Christians, by many Christians and God-fearing men, Christian Nationalist isn’t far off from the desire to stop the nation from falling into the hands of socialists, and Islamists. There is a second definition of Christian Nationalist that doesn’t fit for most nation loving Christians, and that’s “differing from mainstream Christian faith or personal religious practice by seeking political privilege and power for a specific religious identity.” Christians merely want the country to stay true to what made this country great, what this country was built on, and what made it to be the country everyone wants to come too. This land, a land of opportunity which gives those who want a better life the chance to work hard and make something great. Anything worth having is worth working hard for. If someone is given something all their life, they often don’t respect it. Cars for example; if someone is given care after car, and they never bought it themselves with their own hard earned cash, they often don’t respect it, and don’t respect the hard work it took to pay for it. 

We cannot expect to maintain our country’s heritage if people are intent on tearing down reminders of the good and bad things this country has done. We cannot be the melting pot if the new people coming here refuse to assimilate to the American way of life. We cannot expect to survive Satan’s attacks if we allow every manner of evil to run freely in the streets. We cannot expect to thrive if criminals break laws and prisons are closed keeping them firmly in our neighborhoods. Murderers, rapists, drug dealers, extortionists, morally corrupt people flood our communities now, and the once moral people, have become corrupted, ignorant simpletons that no longer see right from wrong, as the principle of moral relativism now holds sway over many. People bully, they lie, they threaten, they insult, and so few actually have the mental capacity to hold a legitimate debate. People today are so full of hate, anger, and rage, their path is darkness. “Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering. (Yoda)” We are well past hate now. People today are quick to violence once they’ve hit their limit of mental capacity. I’ve seen video after video of a debate quickly devolving and ending in the liberal attacking the conservative, while the conservative remained calm, and respectful. Yes, I know not all conservatives are decent people either, but there is definitely a one-sided percentage of this position of trying to talk and those of resorting to violence. Liberals want socialism, Islamism, to destroy the nuclear family, to dissolve the biblical moral principles our nation was founded upon. The sad part is, if the Islamists do take power, the first people they will destroy are the liberals that helped them take power. Just like they’ve done in China, Iran, Russia, once the revolution is over, the liberals who allowed suicidal empathy to blind them, will be removed for having diametrically opposed positions and beliefs. I pray it isn’t too late and people wake up before the damage is done irreparably. We must maintain the 2nd amendment. We must protect the other amendments to insure the founders hope of “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness” remains a dream and a goal for every American. We must maintain our elections by ensuring only citizens have the right to vote. We must turn to scripture, and stop looking at scripture through the lens of the world, but rather the world through the lens of Scripture. I said recently “If you look to scripture and disagree with it, you’re the one that’s wrong.” I heard that and had to use it. As more and more people attack me, ridicule me, hate me, and wish death upon me, I am left with an undeniable thought, “It’s not who I am underneath, but what I do, that defines me.” (Batman Begins) I must continue to stand up and speak the truth. I must live what I preach, and pray for peace, all the while preparing for battle. All those people that have said what they said shows the type of person they are, and do not represent who I am. I have never called for violence. I have called for peaceful conversation. I have called for the showing of, the showering of love to all. I have called to share biblical truth, but that is my freedom of religion, and freedom of speech displayed. I have been called a nutjob with a gun. I have been called racist, even though I’ve had black friends my whole life. I’ve been called a white supremacist even though I speak out against the KKK and other organizations that spread hateful messages. I have been called ‘meal team six’. I have been called a chud, and a LARPER. I’ve been called a lot of things. No matter what happens, I know God’s will, will be done. I know we must pray and seek God first before anything else. We must know Biblical truth and stand firmly on the foundation of the Church Jesus built. We must be a good spouse, a good Bride of Christ. We must remain steadfast, and focused on the mission God has given to us. We must protect ourselves, and those who cannot protect themselves. We must continue to fight the good fight, and never stop doing the Lord’s work. We must continue to serve our communities, and never give up. There may come a day when the strength of men may fail, but that is not this day. Let us remember, “But where; say some, is the King of America? I’ll tell you, friend, He reigns above.” (Thomas Paine) “The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for, among old parchments, or musty records. They are written, as with a sun beam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased or obscured by mortal power.” (Alexander Hamilton) Let me share a few words from our first President and Abolitionist George Washington, “Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion… reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.” When you have no true moral compass, and you change the rules every few years, George Washington was right, it is foolish to think a country can remain moral, without religion, and since George Washington was Christian, he was referring to Christianity. Knowing the past, and who truly founded our nation, is why I am a constitutionalist. I believe in the constitution and it representing the Christian faith. We have fallen far from that of what our founding fathers intended, and I do pray, one day, we will get back to the mindset that built this nation from the ground up. “Resistance to tyranny becomes the Christian and social duty of each individual… Continue steadfast and, with a proper sense of your dependence on God, nobly defend those rights which heaven gave, and no man ought to take from us.” (John Hancock) And lastly, “Give me liberty, or give me death.” (Patrick Henry. We must be willing to lay down our lives if the fight comes to us, to protect what has been entrusted to us. I pray for peace, but prepare and train my fingers for battle. We do not battle against flesh and blood, we battle against the prince the powers of the air, we battle against an invisible yet albeit real enemy, Satan. He has blinded this once lit country on a hill, and has corrupted it. Our battlefield must be on our knees. We must pray, pray for our nation, pray for its people to have revival and seek Jesus with everything they are. We cannot let Satan have our children, and destroy our future generations. He’s taken over like a plague, and we must fight back. Stand against lies, and know that the only “TRUTH” that matters are that of Holy Scripture, the Bible. 

Go In Peace, Go In Love, Go In Kindness, Live Long And Prosper. 

Citation: 

The 2nd Amendment and Why It’s Important 

https://cde.ucr.cjis.gov/LATEST/webapp/#/pages/explorer/crime/shr

The Truth Behind Minneapolis and The Far-Left Ideology: A Christian Perspective 

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The Truth Behind Minneapolis and The Far-Left Ideology: A Christian Perspective 

Let me start off by saying this, I saw a video recently speaking on those who are going to social media giving their non-professional opinion, because simply put, they’ve never been in that kind of situation. They’ve never had to call 911 because they were threatened in some way, or worse attacked. Let me give you, my reader, my credentials. I am an Army Veteran. I fought in the Iraq war, and when I say fought, I have been shot at, I have been blown up, I have been in a firefight, and I have fired my weapon at other human beings. I know first-hand how quickly you have to make a decision whether to fire or not. After my time in the war I served as a security professional in many different kind of places. I’ve served in places like John Deere where I was alone in the entire facility. I have served in places like the busiest mall in my area, as third in command of the security team, and often in charge of my team during the days I worked. I have been security for my church team, and while that doesn’t sound like it would be busy or stressful, believe it or not, were always on high alert for one reason or another. I have worked with law enforcement and my combined experiences 23 years of experience. And if you want to be specific, I have had to shoot at incoming vehicles that failed to heed commands. The main difference was I was 65-100 meters away, while the officer in Minneapolis was inches (till he was hit by her car). 

Apparently California has lost 1Trillion dollars in revenue from its billionaire base in a matter of weeks as they have fled the state. All the California democrats voted not to lower the gas tax in the state. Even Robert De’Nero (who supported Mamdani) in New York isn’t happy with the proposed wealthy tax. So much has happened in recent years it breaks my heart to see what our country has become. I once believed even in differences we could have dialogue. Then, Charlie Kirk was killed and as his family grieved the left went to social media celebrating, mocking, and even slinging insults at his wife. He was killed simply for having a traditional ideal of what this country used to be and what he wished it would be again. 

We all make choices, and what happened to Charlie and what happened to Ms. Good are not the same. You have a right to protest but that protest protection stops at interference. Once someone interferes it turns into obstruction. Every statue ICE uses today are the same as under Clinton, and Obama (the deport-er and chief), the exact same statutes they used to deport millions. We used to believe in the same things in some categories. Today no matter what Trump does, to the ideologues it’s wrong. Just a couple years ago the left was saying how bad Maduro was and how illegitimate he was, till Trump removed him. Interesting how once he does something we used to agree on, it becomes wrong. Removing illegals just 10 years ago under Obama, or ruthless dictators was the right thing to do. Today, it’s wrong. Trump brings jobs back to the U.S. and a trillion in tariffs bringing money back to the U.S., lowering inflation, and yet he’s wrong. 

At the end of the day, no amount of evidence will prove to, or change an ideologue’s opinion. It’s funny how some people no matter what video evidence there is, ignore it, and no evidence in the world changes an ideologues mindset. Video evidence despite what some think is not propaganda when it’s clear as day. Propaganda takes video’s to prove a the truth doesn’t exist. The Nazi’s took fake video footage of camps to show a different reality then the one that was actually happening. Good, disobeyed lawful orders after interfering with ICE, and put herself and her spouse at risk while slamming on the accelerator of her car, before her spouse could get into the car. Good’s actions put herself and her spouse at risk by moving a vehicle while there were so many people surrounded the vehicle, along with ICE agents next to and in front of the vehicle. She left her son alone and drove hours from home to interfere, not to protest ICE. Peaceful protesting and voting affect changes of policy. You cannot interfere with law enforcement arresting a criminal or interfering with an investigation, nor can you interfere with ICE arresting illegal aliens, or investigating fraud at the hands of illegal aliens. No matter her intent, scared, or fleeing from law enforcement (ICE) she hit an ICE agent with her car. The law is crystal clear no matter if it was a civilian, a police officer, an FBI agent, it matters not. A car becomes a weapon once in motion, after law enforcement orders you out of the vehicle and especially surrounded by officers. It becomes a weapon when you chose to drive with one officer’s hands inside the vehicle, and one standing in front of it. She hit the accelerator so hard the tires spun before lunging forward hitting the ICE agent. These are facts. The agent is trained to act fast, and protect the lives of civilians and officers. The officer followed his training, and I am 100% certain, he is tore up inside having to end a life. The difference between us here is no one is celebrating her death. While choices have consequences, Charlie was sitting at a table debating, she hit an officer while he was fulfilling his legal duty. We have sympathy for her son. But even if you look at the bare minimum, she could have been arrested for obstruction of a federal operation and if convicted, a year in jail. Not ideal parenting. This entire situation is sad but preventable. Like it or not, Donald Trump won in a landslide and the popular vote. Many who have suffered at the hands of what illegal immigration have wrought upon this nation, the approval of the removal of these people many who truly are more than just illegals have shown their criminality. 

There once was an interview with Imam Mohammad Tawhidi, that said this, “I would only vote left.” (Interviewer ‘Why is that’) I saw them as very stupid. I would fear the conservatives. Because they come with principle. That’s not someone they can brainwash. But the left, I know they have no values, no principles to begin with.” IF you cannot see the truth about all these fundamental Islamists who vote left, but their deep religion condemns abortion, condemns gays and homosexuals, yet say they stand for these things, when where they come from gays and homosexuals are killed, thrown off of roofs, you may be being deceived. Radical Islam allows someone to lie (Taqiyya) to conceal ones beliefs to spread Islam and advance the cause of eventual jihad. 

Myself, like the ICE agent, married a Filipina. We both had to endure the process. Not only did I have to wait 3 years to have the fiancé visa approved, I had to pay thousands in fee’s. TO be exact, I paid 5K. I had to prove I could get insurance for my bride. I had to have five affidavits to prove my relationship to have the visa approved. Plus enough paperwork to make the military blush. Once married I had to have yet again another five affidavits signed. Now, just two years later I need to do more paperwork. I need to prove yet again we are still married and living the married life. I need to pay yet again. I was never offered any assistance, no college fund, no welfare options, no housing assistance. In fact, when I needed help, I was denied assistance. We had to wait in line, we had to pay, and now, we need to work on her path to citizenship. At no point did the government offer anything to us, yet illegals get welfare, cash, college in some cases, Medicare in some cases, and the right to vote in some cases, yet my bride doesn’t get any of those things. We are not against immigration, I myself am the descendent of immigration in the late 1800’s. My family came here long after slavery ended, built a life and a home with nothing but what was in their pockets. Yet, if the left had their way, simply because I am white, I should have to pay reparations to people who were never slaves, by a family line that never owned slaves. In fact as part of my heritage is Scottish, they and the Irish weren’t treated very well. They were considered by some to be second class citizens. Yet, just because they are white we are told by the left we should be ashamed of our supposed white privilege. I’ve gotten no help, and not advantages, and I’ve had to work hard for everything I have. I had to work hard to give myself a life after growing up poor with very little. I had to work hard when I was left at home by myself after my mothers suicide attempt when I was just 11 years old. I was given nothing to help me cope with what I witnessed. I was given no counseling, or guidance, just endless bullying at school. The left leaning ideology I firmly believed in growing up told me and taught me I was a victim. I held on to that ideal for many years. In truth, I was a survivor. I digress… When done the right way, immigration is safer for everyone when laws are obeyed and adhered too, and we are to respect a nations law. We have laws for a reason in this nation, as every nation has laws on immigration. My wife’s homeland has immigration laws that I must obey when I go there. I can only stay for three months without a special visa; I must get every time if I wanted to stay longer. I must respect the laws of the country that has welcomed me. We are a society of laws and thus we must obey and respect the customs and laws. 

Scripture tells us of a time when people will call wrong right and right wrong. It tells of a time when good righteous people will be hunted and silenced, while the darkness rises to control over the world. The few will enter into the gates of heaven. The few will walk the righteous path of our Lord Jesus. The few will respect the law, and follow the rules of the highest morality, God almighty. While we are to love our enemies, we are to pray for them. We are to, in love, tell them about our Lord Jesus. We are all sinners, but only those who put their trust and faith and surrender in our Lord Christ will see forgiveness. We must continue to share the love of Jesus by sharing the truth with our fellow man. While we know some will be saved, and some will sadly remain in Hell for all eternity, the best we can do is live a life of service to our Lord. The cross is offensive to the unbeliever. When the Pharisees saw the miracles Jesus had performed, they called him demon possessed. They couldn’t refute the miracles, just where and how he could do them. Despite all the evidence at hand, they denied the truth. The way I see it, anyone who denies that life begins at conception, the people who are constantly taking the side of criminals over brave men and women performing their duty. The people who constantly change their position as the wind blows, who are on video one minute saying something, and within a year or two changing just to pretend they have the moral high ground, are no different than the Pharisees of old. Those who support socialism and all it stands for, ignoring the millions who’ve died at the hands of dictators, of both socialism and communism alike are as Benjamin Netanyahu once said, “useful idiots”. Rebranding socialism as some kind of democratic socialism is amazingly stupid. The evidence of what’s happening is already evident, that individual freedoms are being eroded in New York City, and soon places all over the country. When the government suddenly has the right to tell you, you cannot sell your property, is government overreach. When places like Venezuela and Iran see the people of those countries calling out the name of Trump in the streets, one might think the left and its ideology is on the wrong side of history. I wish no one to perish. I wish for the American dream to return. I wish for individual freedoms to return. I wish for our nation to return to the once great Christian nation we once were. I find the hatred to be overwhelming. I find the evil rising to be a putrid smell I cannot escape from. I cannot express my full sorrow at the world I see today. While peace rings out in other nations, brokered by our President, the hatred for him runs so deep, no matter what is done, it’s never enough and everything is bad. People celebrating the death of a good man Charlie Kirk, simply because they disagreed. People attacking law enforcement, hitting them with their cars, just because they disagree. Letting criminals stay on the street time and time again, till they finally kill a young woman like Iryna Zaretska. A woman Zoe Welsh who died at the hands of yet another career criminal with six arrests in just four years, but because he was deemed ‘mentally unfit’ he roamed free, till he killed a woman in her own home. We celebrate criminals, we celebrate tragedies, we ignore truths, and we fall right into what Satan wants, chaos.  We will all judged someday, and we must live with the consequences of our actions and choices. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. One day I look forward to being before the King of the Universe and facing the consequences of my actions, both good and bad, but being covered by the blood of Jesus, and wishing to service our King, hear “well done, my good and faithful servant.”. What will you hear? Well done, or depart from me, I never knew you?

Free Speech: The True Meaning

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Free Speech: The True Meaning

There has been a lot of talk in recent days about the freedom of speech, particularly recently of those being infringed upon, or allegedly infringed upon. Before we dive into this topic, let’s look at what the constitution says about free speech.  

Amendment I. Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, or the right of the people to peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

There’s a lot to unpack in this paragraph but let’s take a simple quick look. Congress being the subject matter’s main character. Simply put, the who is congress. What, the what is fairly simple, cannot pass laws in violation to some simple thoughts, speech, press, assembly. In recent days, many people have become upset at the firing of Jimmy Kimmel over something he said on his show. Well, let’s look at what he actually said on his show. “We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Obviously this has been found to be incorrect, as the kid by both family and eye witnesses was indeed radicalized by the left. Jimmy’s quote it would seem, came to control a narrative and purposefully muddy the water and mislead people into believing a lie. The biggest point is though, the FBI, and local law enforcement had already shed light on the idea that this was someone radicalized by the Left, as Kimmel’s show was September 15th. CK was shot on the 10th. Intentionally lying even after devises had been collected, and information given to the public, Kimmel lied and made up his own narrative, not as a joke, but as a political narrative. One thing I want to point out is this, ABC is a subsidiary company to Disney, which has been known to swing far left for many years. Also, I would like to point out that the TV show “The View” is also owned by ABC and have been hit with massive slander lawsuits against right leaning conservatives. Yet, the view and all of its hosts are still working for Disney (ABC). Remember this, Disney is a business, and businesses are in the business of making money. If the Kimmel late night show has had problems, or perceived problems, and wasn’t profitable, of course the show would get canceled. But, remember, at the root of the problem, Kimmel made a bold statement lying to the American people. His firing was from the network, not the government. 

The truth is this, Jimmy knowingly spread a lie, and lost his job. What is so different about Jimmy and the other hosts on the “View”? Honestly, I don’t know. The view has lost Disney a lot of money in court cases, and yet they are still around. Regardless, in the same breath, when Gina Corino was fired for speaking truth about Covid and the vaccine, no one said a word on the left about her right to free speech. Let us remember one other note, the former president when he was speaking his mind, was removed from twitter. Twitter and a network TV show are not the same thing, and yet like many others who were censored during that time period on social media, it was actually at the bequest of the Biden Administration that censored millions of people on social media, including the former president of the United States. This is actually against peoples 1st amendment rights, but nothing was done about this. Those in charge never faced accountability for their coercion of the tech companies to silences the voices of millions of Americans not happy with the covid-19 mandates. Even listening to old speeches from the left during the time of the Biden admin about censorship, and then the speeches given within the last 24 hours of this publication, the lack of empathy or sympathy is staggering. Let’s look at free speech though, and determine if either of these was in violation to their first amendment rights.

In a short answer, no, neither of these things is a violation of free speech. Free speech does not mean freedom from consequences of what you say. While we may disagree, Disney is a private company and they have the right to fire someone for what they say, if what they say goes against what the company wants for their image, or if they feel what’s being said will cause financial troubles. Now, yes, that seems like it may be a slippery slope, but even within the context of the two people we are referring too here, Gina’s comments turned out to be true. Her concerns over the way covid was being handled and her realistic concerns over the ‘vaccine’ turned out to be both reasonable, and accurate. Jimmy’s comments were neither, in fact, with just a hair bit of time, it turned out to be false. One lied, one told the truth. Jimmy was not fired by the right, or even because of anything the right had to say, he was fired by a left leaning organization, that has kept members of the view in place. Why the difference? Some have suggested his contract was about to be up, and there was no desire to re-up his contract. Instead, they found cause to remove him early. This is speculation, but if it’s true, it had very little to do with freedom of speech, nor Disney’s stand point on the Kirk assassination, but more about money and business. If Kimmel truly feels he’s being wronged, he has the right to take his firing before a court to see if a mistake was made in the eyes of the judicial system.

Since the Kirk assassination there have been many who have been fired from their jobs or expelled from schools because of social media posts, or their actions being filmed. Once again, I say this, the First Amendment does not guarantee anyone’s right to say whatever they want free of consequences. “In 1789, this meant that Congress was prohibited from engaging in the practice of “prior-censorship” – prohibiting a speech or publication without advance approval of an executive official. The courts today give a much broader interpretation to the clause.” (McClellan, J. 2000. Pg 418) This next session is what I want us to focus on. “This does not mean, however, that the First Amendment guarantees any absolute or perfect freedom to shout whatever one wishes, print whatever one likes, assemble in a crowd wherever or whenever it suits a crowd’s fancy, or present a petition to Congress or some other public body in a context of violence.” It goes on to say “The Constitution recognizes no “absolute” rights.” (McClellan, J. 2000. Pg 418) 

Members of the left side of the political spectrum had no problem when people were getting fired from their jobs for speaking truth about Covid during the 2020-2021 years. People were being censored on the right for their concerns over the vaccine, their unwillingness to take it, or opposing the ‘science’ that was being touted as absolute truth. Many disagreed with the closure of schools, or the effectiveness of masks, who would find themselves without a Facebook page, or worse, without a job. Later, it was revealed by Facebook and others that the government urged them to take down information referring to the Hunter Biden laptop, anything referring to covid that didn’t fit their narrative, even though those things were true. In fact, this was in absolute violation to the censorship the constitution referred too, as a violation of the rights of the people. Where was the outrage over government censorship? The first amendment does not protect speech that may be violent in nature, or even lying. 

I wrote this recently on a different platform: 

“I think people may have a misconception of what “Free Speech” means. Let me give you an example… If you go to work, and you tell your boss to “F” off, it’s likely you won’t have a job anymore. If you slander someone and ruin their reputation and damage their life in some way by telling a lie, you may face and be guilty of slander before the court. Same for libel (Slander in written form, Thank you Spider-Man). All of this to say, while we do protect free speech, such as going to a soldier’s funeral and protesting at the funeral (West-Boro Baptist Church in the early 2000’s). These things still come with consequences. I was very clear in my last message what I thought about this, but if you say things, your business has every right to decide if your words and actions represent the company or not. Words and actions still have consequences. Free speech does not mean no consequences, it means you have the right to say what you wish. You cannot yell fire in a crowded room. So, free speech does come with some common-sense exceptions. I would not feel safe, or comfortable seeing a doctor who cheered on the death of another human. If you have a business, you do not want to put off half the population of the US. Remember what they said in John Wick? Consequences. It’s important to pray for one another. It’s important to come together and cool the fire. As the famous Bob Marley once said, “Don’t worry, about a thing, every little thing’s gonna be alright.” Jesus is King. Jesus is Lord. And we shall continue to share the love and life of Christ with everyone. Seek first the kingdom of God and you shall be saved. Be in peace, and go in peace.” (Arrow Preacher, 2025) 

We must be knowledgeable about what we say, and the sheer number of the masses claiming their free speech has been violated, doesn’t understand the constitution. Private businesses, and organization have the right to let people go from their employ if what they say is violent or incendiary in nature. Free speech is not an absolute right with absolute immunity to whatever you want to say. While we must be cautious as a nation even within the private sector how we respond to someone’s comments, we should not be virtue signaling and cherry picking based on political sides. In this authors opinion it’s strange that Kimmel’s show would be canceled from the same network that allows the View to constantly get themselves in trouble for slander. It’s more likely that the ratings on Kimmel’s show were a major contributing factor to his firing. It also seems to me that the left are now seeing the swing, the turnaround, the uno reverse, to years of censorship and cancel culture finally coming back around. 

Free speech comes with responsibility. We must be careful with what we say because in the age of digital warfare, many people have chosen to be vicious and cruel, uncaring, and vile. We as Christians have the responsibility to share the gospel in a time when the hatred for the Christian is once again becoming publicly evident. In recent days the quote, unquote free speech has revealed that people are no longer just in disagreement, but are also callus and apathetic about the death of another person. When we begin to dehumanize people because of their beliefs we lose our humanity. When we as a people celebrate criminals or even murderers, over someone who simply and respectfully debated others in a public forum, we have lost something. Desecrating memorials or attacking people at a vigil, shows that the devil is in fact winning ground. Scripture teaches us that we must fight against the devil. “Ephesians 6:12 12 For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.” We have seen the continued attack and hatred towards Christians in recent years, and this will not stop any time soon. We must continue to speak the truth, even when we are hated because of it. We must continue to stand up and proclaim the name of Jesus, even when people attack us for it. We must continue to wear the full armor of God and prepare ourselves by keeping sober minded, “Romans 12:21 21 Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” Evil and violence will never be defeated by perpetuating more hate and more evil deeds. We must remember that while speech does come with a cost as I have afore mentioned, we must remember what scripture says. “James 3:6-8 6 And the tongue is a fire, the very world of iniquity; the tongue is set among our members as that which defiles the entire body, and sets on fire the course of our life, and is set on fire by hell. 7 For every species of beasts and birds, of reptiles and creatures of the sea, is tamed and has been tamed by the human race. 8 But no one can tame the tongue; it is a restless evil and full of deadly poison.” We will never be able to stop people from being evil, or their hatred, but what we can do is continue to pray for them. We must pray for our enemies and ourselves to focus on a Christ centered life. “Proverbs 15:28 The heart of the righteous ponders how to answer, But the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.” 

A few days ago I also wrote this. 

“It’s been a few days now. As I scroll social media, I find my heart swelling with emotion. Evil reigns here on earth. But our Lord Jesus reigns in Heaven over all.  What evil meant to destroy, Jesus will use it for good. I am filled with so much heart breaks from my brother whom I just met, passing, the anniversary of my father’s passing before I met him, my best friend’s death anniversary is approaching, my dear Riley my service dog nearing the end of her life, I am broken. Jesus is my Lord and I know he was Charlie’s Lord as well. Yes, tears continue to fall for my brother in Christs family, but I know CK was met by Jesus, a martyr’s welcome. A crown of glory was placed on his head and we here are left to pick up the pieces. We will continue to spread the gospel, unapologetically, but in love. It’s not loving to lie to someone, so we tell the inconvenient truth to the unbeliever. We will continue to fight against the powers of darkness here in this world. We will pick up the pieces of our broken hearts, and wipe away our tears, but we will fight. For those celebrating his death, and maybe some of you reading this, I preach and teach the same messages as CK did, should I also die for my beliefs. I am public about the gospel also. Should I be taken from my family? If you wonder why those are being fired from work for what they say, it’s this simple truth, when you celebrate violence, and you work for a company, work with kids, or the medical field, or other, how can you be expected to treat others whom you’re supposed to serve, if you so publicly hate those who might be conservative? How much is my life worth, when I believe many of the same things? In this time of brokenness, let us pray for those around the world who turn to violence. Those who threaten or propagate violence in their lives, let us pray for them. Church, be strong, courageous, but be firm. We may be broken, but we are not out of the fight. Jesus, thank you for being Lord over my life, for saving me and lifting me out of death. Bless this nation that I have sacrificed so much for. Turn hearts from the black sludge they are to heart of flesh, on fire for you. Thank you, Jesus, and watch over and protect us. Amen.” 

I pray that because I am conservative that others would not wish for my death. I pray that while I am a Christian, I am not marked for death by someone with evil intent. Those celebrating and trying to mislead the people about the ideologies of the Charlie Kirk assassin are doing so for a purpose of hiding the true nature that is befalling this country. Hatred, and violence are becoming the calling card for those who disagree and do not care to continue to have a reasonable, peaceful debate of ideas and thoughts. The perpetuation of hate and lies must stop. We can disagree about policies, and ideas all day long, but once we start lying to protect those ideas, or to mislead the people to believing in something that is not true, we risk the collapse of this Republic. We must be honest and truthful, and as Christians we are called to share that truth lovingly. We must not celebrate death, for each and every death of the innocent is still a tragedy. The celebration of the death of the unborn is a vile and evil thing. The celebration of a man taken from his family and children is tragic. It is quite possible that the perpetuation of hate speech is exactly how and why the CK killer turned to evil, as he became radicalized at school, from those who use inflammatory language to bring people to hate the other side. It’s interesting to see those call Charlie a racist, when he did a great deal for the black community. It’s interesting that the left, the side of tolerance, would attack him for him sticking to his beliefs as a Christian, and that being true to himself. How can you claim tolerance, and then attack a man who truly lived out his faith both publicly and privately. He didn’t do anything violent, or vile, and yet he is attacked as if he did. Not very tolerant if you ask me. 

I would like to point out a simple truth. The left has come to a point where they openly call themselves socialists, or in some cases support communism. This same side has gone to calling the President as bad as Hitler. They say the right is full of fascists. However, these tactics go back to Hitlers 1925 manifesto Mein Kampf. In the writing is something known as the ‘technique of repeating a big lie, to make it believable. The following is part of the ideal. 

  • The Big Lie: Stating a complete falsehood and repeating it often enough that people begin to accept it as fact. Hitler argued that “in the big lie there is always a certain force of credibility”.
  • Name-Calling: Attaching negative labels to opponents to bypass rational thought and incite an emotional reaction.
  • Creating a scapegoat: Blaming a specific group for a country’s problems to unify followers and justify aggression against that group. In Mein Kampf, Hitler blamed Jews for Germany’s woes.

The Truth: The truth is the left has become a party that hates religion. The party that wants population control and is doing so by devaluing human life including the life of the unborn baby. Devaluing the life of anyone who stands in its way to control. By calling the right Nazi, and fascist, if done enough people will begin to believe it. This while attempting to radicalize the kids of this nation to believe that socialism, and communism are far better options than freedom and capitalism. The socialist parties over the world have always started by limiting freedoms one by one and calling it safety. We are seeing this happen around the world. People being arrested for speech, and for prayer. The banning of simple items such as katana’s, machetes, firearms, mace, pepper spray, etc, in the name of safety. While the right is not innocent in all of this, the right is not calling for the murder of babies, and the right generally is also not or has not celebrated the death of a public figure such as Charlie Kirk. Both sides do need to come to a cooler point for us to be able to share ideas, and disagree. In this nation we are built as a nation by those who believed in God. While some where deists, some were Christian, some perhaps catholic, all believed we as a nation should be rooted in faith. John Adams said this, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” John Jay said this, “Providence has given to our people the choice of their rulers, and it is the duty as well as the privilege and interest of our Christian nation to select and prefer Christians for their rulers.” Many argue we are not a Christian nation, but over and over again, while the founders did not want to establish a set governmental religion, it was firmly believed that those who founded this country had a strong belief in the Christian Bible. 

Charles Spurgeon said this “Sin and Hell are married unless repentance proclaims the divorce.” We as Christians have a responsibility to point out sin in both our government, public figures, others around us, and within ourselves. We must seek to repent of our sin, at the same time sharing the Gospel of Jesus Christ in a loving way to those who are still asleep in their sins. Spurgeon also said this “If you have no wish to bring others to heaven, you are not going there yourself.” We must share the gospel and do so from a point of kindness, but also loudly. I firmly believe we are seeing a shift within our country, where those who hate the Christian nature of America have been attacking her from within for many years. Water down Christianity, get generations to turn their back on the Christian faith, then watch as Satan begins to work. Spurgeon said this “Satan can make men dance upon the brink of hell as though they were on the verge of heaven.” Have we not seen the celebrations, and the heartless postings, and quotes from people that show the lack of humanity? Yes, indeed, I believe this shows us Christians, the nature of those whom we now fight against. The forces of darkness have risen and now cover the land. 

Those who hate you for your faith, who like the recently spoken words of the Dearborn Michigan mayor who told a Christian resident that he wasn’t welcome in the city anymore, simply for sharing his belief as a Christian, against a Muslim who killed many.  This in the heart seems to be a moral collapse. C.S. Lewis said this about moral collapse, “Moral collapse follows upon spiritual collapse.” In his recent book “Wimpy Weak and Woke- How Truth Can Save American From Utopian Destruction” John Cooper said this, “Today, truth is viewed as a matter of perspectives derived from experience. To deny someone’s experience is to deny ‘Their truth.’ To deny ‘their truth’ is not only a denial of their suffering, but of their very existence. This is because in postmodernism, the closest thing to ‘real’ is one’s experience.” We must focus on the truth. When lies are told, it doesn’t matter what side of the fence, we must remember we aren’t supposed to lie. Yet, when it came to Charlies “truth” house democrats slandered his memory on the house floor. Where is your tolerance for someone’s truth now? There is absolute truth, and scripture is our measure of what is true. Voddie Baucham said this, “The Ninth Commandment simply states, “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor” (Exodus 20:16). However, this commandment carries more weight than one can imagine. Falsehood and lies are reprehensible because they not only harm those to and /or about whom they are told, but they also blaspheme the very character and nature of the God who is truth (John 14:6), whose very Word is truth (Psalm 119:43,160; John 17:17), and whose very essence is that of ‘the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change” (James 1:17). (Voddie Baucham, Fault Lines). In the heart of the matter, Jimmy Kimmel lied on national television. He knew he was lying when he said it, and yet for the click bait, or for the ratings, or just to rile people up, he said it. The consequence of his words was to be fired. It is not because of the right, it’s because of what he said. Words cannot go without consequence. Words carry weight, especially when you are a public figure. Both sides have been guilty of this, and we must remember that not everything said needs to carry this kind of response. For instance, J.K Rowling has often been highly critical of the left and its LGBTQ agenda and stance. This is her opinion. It does not cast a lie on a person who committed a public execution of a political and religious figure. They are not the same. If you do not like what she said, you don’t have to support her by buying her books. Stephen King recently lost his publisher because he lied about something Charlie Kirk had said. Without doing any research he made a claim that Charlie had said gay people should be stoned to death. For this blatant lie and slander about someone who was just killed, his publisher dropped him. The difference between J.K and Stephen was the slander. It was a false narrative that led to the decision to drop King from their platform. When Gina was fired from Disney for her statements about covid her thoughts and opinions turned out to be true, not a lie. As I stated before, if someone such as a doctor celebrated the death of another human, I as a conservative Christian, would not feel comfortable having that doctor as my doctor. Would I be safe in that situation? 

We must be careful that we protect the people’s right to free expression and speech, but this is not a blanket freedom. There are exceptions to the rule, and in the recent week, we have seen dozens of examples of people taking speech too far, and expecting to have no consequences for their actions.

In the book “The Christian Left” (By Lucas Miles), it highlights the ongoing problem where “Christians who have adopted (either knowingly or unknowingly) leftist, socialistic, and communistic thinking, ideals, values, and innovations.” This ongoing hijacking of Christians, leads me to one point, Satan is working hard to destroy. When someone on the right calls someone on the left a socialist, or communist, this isn’t actually slander, or hate speech. The left have now openly admitted to being socialist, and we know socialism is a cousin to communism. Both socialism and communism are anti religion. The government or leader is often deemed to be their ‘god’. In every version of socialism or communism religion is either banned, or controlled by the government. Free speech is also controlled by the government, and rights such as second amendment gun owning rights are often disbanded. While all Nazis were fascists, not all fascists were Nazis. The unusual truth is the left is moving more Marxist, socialist every day, however there is still a difference between what they believe and fascists. Many use this world flippantly, but the truth is the left is absolutely supporting socialism, and its ideals. All this to sum up, we must be careful what we as a people say. Words do come with consequences, and as my old law teacher once said, “It’s not slander if it’s the truth.” The key here, is that it must be true. The government is not forcing any company to fire employees over their beliefs. The government has recently leaned on schools to reign in some rhetoric that has led to violent protests. Going back to the 1st Amendment, you do have the right to your opinion, but your protest must be peaceful. Burning down buildings, attacking police officers, throwing bricks and stones onto police cars from overpasses, etc. does not constitute as peaceful. We all need to take a step back, and work together to live in this place peacefully. We must have peaceful dialogues and we must stop being so hateful towards one another. We as Christians must expect that the enemy will continue to gain ground if we do not stand up and without shame, proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ. Let us continue to speak the truth of Christ, and never water down the gospel. Let us be sober minded and prepared for the deceivers’ schemes and attacks. Let us love our neighbor as ourselves, and be in constant prayer for the enemy. Let us show love and compassion to those who are need of prayers. Let us pray for those who are anti-Christian, and who wish to be rid of the church. Let us pray for those whose eyes need to be opened to what Christ might have for them. Let us not rejoice in the consequences, but rather let us pray for them to seek and know Jesus as Lord. I wish no one would perish to the eternity of Hell, but that all would come to know the love of Jesus. This world as it falls further and further away from Christ is one step closer to its destruction and judgment. Let us continue to be the salt of the earth, and the light of Christ. Let our goal be to make heaven crowded. Let us take the gospel by the sandals of peace, and share the good news with all whom we encounter. Be at peace, and go in love. 

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Reference Citations: 

Baucham , V. T. (2021). Fault Lines The social justice movement and evangelicalism’s looming catastrophe. Salem Books. 

Cooper, J. L. (2023). Wimpy, weak and woke: How truth can save america from utopian destruction. John L. Cooper. 

McClellan, J. (2000). Liberty, order, and justice: An introduction to the constitutional principles of American government. Liberty Fund. 

Miles, L. (2021). The christian left: How liberal thought has hijacked the church. BroadStreet. 

Right In Their Own Eyes

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Right In Their Own Eyes:

Judges 21:25 (NASB95)  25 In those days there was no king in Israel; everyone did what was right in his own eyes.

It’s no secret what’s going on in college campuses across the country. It’s no secret what’s going on in the country as far as wokeness goes. We see the reimplementation of segregation, and riots, chants calling death to Israel, and the USA. We see wars in Israel, and in Ukraine. What we are seeing is hate. Rampant hate. 

Zephaniah 2:1 Gather yourselves together, yes, gather,

O nation without shame,

Today in this world, we see a twofold issue. One: we have no solid leadership that fears the Lord. I’d say this from either the Left, or the Right. It appears in an age when the rally cry is that there is no absolute truth, which, in itself is an absolute truth, thereby irrelevant. An age when people are making things up, changing definitions at a whim, and in absolute certainty, not fearing the Lord. 

Today in this country, and many countries around the world, the last verse in Judges, and the First verse in Zephaniah 2, seem to be exactly where we are today. How far we’ve fallen from a country based on moral biblical beliefs. While no, not every founder believed in Jesus from the Bible, but the Bible principles are seen in the writings of the US. Constitution, and bill of rights. We’ve come a long way since 1776. While I would have said not long ago, racism wasn’t a big issue in the country, but one largely inflated by the media, I would say the recent events towards Jewish students and people is terrifying, and sadly proves me wrong. Not terrifying because I can’t believe it’s happening, but it’s terrifying because of what I think God may do. 

I enjoy my life, and I’m happy to live in a place where I am free to speak about my God, and the Bible. I’m happy to be able to worship without fear of reprisals from the government. But, and it’s a big but, I am disappointed in the nature of where we are as a country. The level of wokeness and the level of disrespect towards the flag, when college kids chant death to America, raise the flag of another nation, it’s utterly heart breaking for me to watch. We don’t respect the freedoms in the US. anymore. We don’t respect the men and women who died for freedoms in this country.  We’re not a perfect nation, no place is, but we are the oldest living republic, the land of the free, and sadly, so many just don’t care anymore. 

We are truly a nation without shame. We don’t care anymore about what’s morally correct, and go so far as to say what is truth? Haven’t we heard that before? Did not Pilate ask Jesus what is truth? (John 18:38) Indeed, so, when I see kids today being agitated, egged on by outside influences, my heart breaks. I’ve heard an argument recently that said the kids are not at fault, but they just want to fit in. Sadly, this isn’t an excuse for appalling, and sad behavior. I saw that the CEO of “HIMS” applauded the protestors, and the kids participating, and the irony that this man had the ability to make a multimillion dollar company in a place where capitalism still rules. A man who’s gotten rich from having a product. Yet, in the socialist society that they clamor to have, would take more than 50% of the profits for the government to use however it wants. Or, the very left protesting for Gaza is also ironic. LGBT rights in Palestine is not a thing. It’s prohibited. The LGTB community protesting and praising Iran for its role, and yet, you can die for being gay in Iran. You can be killed for showing your hair if you’re a woman. You cannot protest in Iran without fear of death and prison. I saw recently a student said the Constitution described “indigenous people as merciless Indian savages.” Yet, while this may have been said by a founder, people perpetuate a lie, and believe it without ever looking it up for themselves. No, the constitution does not say that. In fact it says this, “We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.” (https://constitutioncenter.org/the-constitution/full-text) And the Declartion of Independence says this, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”(https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript)  There’s a difference between what a document says and what a person felt in their heart. These documents have given us the pursuit of happiness, and the freedoms to worship and not be discriminated against for it. We were given a moral law from our creator to live by, and this country even through its flaws up until recently had come to a point where people were free to work and pursue their dreams. Now, Jews cannot walk on their college campus safely. As one Jew said on the news, it looked like the beginnings of Nazi Germany just before WWII. How far we’ve fallen. Inclusion, a lie, the truth is, only the ones they want to be included, Jew and Christians, not welcome. 

We have corrupted not only the work done to end segregation, and instead are beginning to institute this again. We are truly destroying what made this country great to start with. Opportunity. We don’t limit people who can work by age. We don’t discriminate based on sex, age, creed, religion, in the work place, yet we are called racist. We stand in the streets and cry for a victim. There always has to be a victim to cry for. 

So, now that I’ve said what we’re doing, how does all this connect with the verses? We have become a nation that does not fear the Lord. We worship the creation and we worship ourselves. We perpetuate lies about how this world was created as truth, even though it’s only a very broken theory. We worship sex, and we praise those who use sex as their way to the top. We worship social media, and we clamor to it like a moth to a flame. We scream about the death of the planet by way of greenhouse gases, yet we ignore how and where the materials come from for the electric vehicles they want. We worship the creation. Today, wisdom lacks. In the days where we have the most access to information, people are the most ignorant they’ve ever been. We march in the streets and show our pride, and we raise the pride flag and display it proudly, yet the Christian flag is offensive. We truly are a nation turning its back on God. Our kids do not know how to think, and think for themselves. They are led astray by theories, philosophies, secular ideals, and what’s wrong is right, and what’s right is wrong. We disrespect the peacemakers, who try to make it safe for us to live. College kids around the country are calling to get rid of the college police departments. We used to fear the Lord, now, the opinions of the Left, and even some of the Right, are in opposition to God’s word. Our leaders do not fear the Lord, and some actively spit in the face of scripture and God.  

As a Christian first, then a soldier, what’s happening around me is heartbreaking, and this is not a strong enough word to express how I feel. In my heart, I hurt for the lost. I hurt for those who face eternal condemnation before a righteous God. We say we don’t need God, but without God we are lost for eternity. Without Jesus Christ we are doomed to face death. The other problem is the counterfeit Gospel leading so many to Hell. So much going on, my breaking heart can hardly stand it. I want to scream it from the top of the mountains to follow Jesus, to trust in Him, to follow Him in faith and fear. I want to save my country, and I don’t want it to fall to destruction like Israel in times of old. I want to send up the flair of distress and get help for my beloved nation. I fought for this nation, and I fear for it. I fear for loved ones who do not know Christ. I fear that the judgment of the Lord is coming and we will soon see his wrath poured out upon this country, or worse, He just turns His back on us. I don’t want to feel like what I’m doing is in vain. I wish I knew if any of this mattered. I wish I knew if the hours of preparation for the podcasts, and the blog actually mattered. Does anyone benefit from it? Or am I the only one? 

Can we say here in America “In God We Still Trust”? I pray for this beautiful and free nation. I pray we see our wrongs and repent of what we’re doing. I pray for the kids who are being inundated with so many lies, and attacks. I pray for the children being exposed to sexuality, and impure ideals. I pray for kids and what their little eyes see. I pray our eyes are opened, the scales fall from them, and we see the Light of the world, Christ. I pray we turn from evil, and we stop celebrating sin. I pray we stop the attacks on the Jewish community, and Israel. I pray we stop the hate. I pray we stand firm on God’s word, and the truth, and continue to share the love of Christ, by telling people the truth. We cannot appease the world, if we are to share the saving word of Christ. If we truly love people, we MUST share God’s word with them. We must tell people the truth. The truth of Jesus Christ is the only hope we have. There is so much darkness, we must pray to be the ever-brightening light poking holes in the darkness. We must stand tall, and stand firm, and hold true to the word of God. As I have said before, we cannot expect morality from an immoral people. We must share the Gospel, and pray the Spirit touches hearts. We must stand up now, more than ever for the Word of God. We must share Jesus with everyone, and pray it’s not too late to repent before the judgment of the Lord comes down upon us. We are truly a nation of heahens, and we need to seek the face of the One and only Holy God. We need to seek Yahweh, the great I AM. We must fall upon our faces in reverential fear of the Lord. We must repent and follow Him. We must not continue on this path like a train headed for a cliff. Let us pray together for this country and pray for forgiveness, and repentance. 

Go in peace and love.

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Have a blessed week, and share the love of God. 

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