Making An Impact For Christ in This World

In the comment section of a previous post, I happened to mention that this blog appeared on Technorati's "Top 100 World Blogs" list.  However, our notorious nemesis,  GMpilot,  seemed to object to this because it is also labeled as a political world blog list.

He wrote:

"Oh, congratulations on making Technorati's list...although I find it funny that a blog whose primary goal is “to defend the tenets and values of Biblical Christian faith” has made it onto a list of political blogs!"

My reply regarding that particular point:

About Technorati. They choose to list my blog in several categories. When certain stories get picked up by other sites and traffic increases, my ranking goes up under the particular category that the aggregate site chooses.


Part of defending the tenets and values of Biblical Christian faith involves engaging within the culture. You left out the next sentence in my blog goals:

"We defend our Constitutional Republic and Charters of Freedom, especially when speaking out against destructive social and political issues."

Keeping this brief conversation in mind, I would like to first share a great message, and then a not-so-coincidental encounter.

I ran across a letter that I had received a few months ago from the Truth in Action Ministries.  In that letter, they told of a story about a former Oklahoma County District Attorney named Wes Lane, who saw one of Dr. D. James Kennedy's videos where he pointed into the camera and said, "You can know the purpose of God for your life."  It caught Wes's attention and dramatically changed his world.

The letter continues with Wes Lane quoted:

"Even though I had been walking with God for probably a dozen years or so at that point in time,"  Wes said, "that had not registered with me.  I was assistant district attorney in Oklahoma City, and until then I didn't understand the concept that all of our work is holy."

God used Dr. Kennedy's teaching to help Wes understand that he was not a leader who happened to be a Christian, but a Christian leader assigned by God to a specific sphere of influence --to be, as Jesus commanded, the "salt of the earth"  (Matthew 5:13).

*  Salt is a preservative that keeps food from getting rotten, just as a Christian's influence should preserve decency and morality in the world;

*  Salt stings in a wound, just as a Christian's loving influence should make sin feel uncomfortable;

*  Salt is a source of purification and healing, just as Christians should be a source of comfort and healing for those in distress;

*  Salt makes things taste better, just as the life lived for Christ brings joy to the soul;

*  Salt causes thirst, just as the life of a Christian lived out in the world should make others thirst for the living water that is found only in Christ.

Salt has incredible properties, but none of them are of use if the salt never gets out of the salt shaker!

Christians are to take advantage of the position of influence that God has given us as parents, employees, church leaders, etc. in order to make an impact for Christ in this world!

THAT is precisely why this blog exists.  Without the desire to make an impact for Christ in this world, all that I share regarding religious beliefs, or when applying God's Word to the current cultural and political issues of our time would be futile.  People NEED to see the hope that is in Christ Jesus - for there is no other Name under heaven by which we may be saved!

Act 4:12

“Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”

I would like to share a story about an encounter that my friend Donna N. and I had after our 2 mile walk on Tuesday afternoon.

I was walking with Donna back to her car when an elderly gentleman rode up on his bike.  He was about 3 parking spaces from where we were.  He yelled out, "Hello."  We waved back and said hi.  He then asked, "Are you two Christian ladies?"  Donna and I looked at each other in amazement, then replied, "yes we are."  The reason that we had this reaction was because Donna was just sharing information about a documentary that she saw on the Discovery Channel that made the claim that all major religions (except Islam) have some sort of triune god in their traditions.  She stated that the number 3 has much significance in the eternal realm as well as here on earth.  Back in 2005 (during the days where I was studying Intelligent Design vs. Evolution), I shared a blog post called The Trinity All Around You.  It is fascinating to see how science reflects the concept of "3's" just as Donna stated in her discussion with me!

Back to the man on the bike.

 As the gentleman got off of his bike and then started lifting it onto the back of his car, he asked us if we would like a copy of his artwork.   Donna and I walked up to him to try and help him with his bike, but he did it on his own.  He told us his name is Phillip.  We introduced ourselves to him.  While he went into his car to get the artwork, we helped strap the bike in place.  He had a folder filled with copies!  He stated that he drew the first drawing (a beautiful portrait of Jesus!) in a college art class. 



The obviously liberal, anti-Christian professor chastised him for choosing something "so religious."  I was not a bit surprised to hear about the professor's reaction.  So typical of the lunatic leftist fringe that wreaks of anti-religious bigotry in colleges these days. 

*Sigh*

The assignment was to draw a picture of something or someone important in your life.  Phillip stated that Jesus IS the most important person in his life!  [Amen!!]

We stood there and chatted for quite a while, learning more about Phillip and his ministry.  He told us that he is 82 years old and has been in ministry for 52 years!  He currently ministers at a church nearby and also to patients in wheelchairs (as well as those suffering from Alzheimers disease) in a nursing home. 

Phillip is fulfilling his calling!  He is being salt and light in this world through his preaching and his artwork! 

He had another picture which showed a mother holding a baby with Jesus "spiritually" behind her.  The paper asks, "Pregnant?  Jesus loves you mother!  He loves your baby very much!  Save his life!"  Of course this is his pro-life message to those who might be considering abortion.  He has this message taped to the inside of the back windshield of his car.

 

There are MANY ways in which Christians can make a positive impact; even when there is chaos and turmoil all around us.  I would encourage all readers to see how God can put your gifts and talents to work, to be both salt and light in this world!

~  Christine

Liberals Can't Be Reasonable Re: Abortion

Moments ago (July 10, 2013 at 7:35 a.m. PT) Martha McCallum of the Fox News Channel asked a simple question.  "Do you think it is reasonable to limit abortions to before five months of pregnancy?" 

Look at the World Dictionary definition of the term "reasonable":

World English Dictionary reasonable (ˈriːzənəb ə l) — adj 1. showing reason or sound judgment 2. having the ability to reason 3. having modest or moderate expectations; not making unfair demands 4. moderate in price; not expensive 5. fair; average: reasonable weather

Also, look at the synonyms list:

Synonyms 1. intelligent, judicious, wise, equitable. Reasonable, rational refer to the faculty of reasoning. Rational can refer to the reasoning faculty itself or to something derived from that faculty: rational powers; a rational analysis. It can also mean sane or sensible: She was no longer rational; a rational plan. Reasonable most often means sensible: A reasonable supposition is one which appeals to our common sense. 2. equitable, fair, just.

 

While discussing the Texas bill that would put restrictions on late term abortions, Martha posed that question ( "Do you think it is reasonable to limit abortions to before five months of pregnancy?") to her two guests - Sandy Rios (a pro-life conservative Christian) and Jehmu Greene(who once called Tucker Carlson "a bow tying white boy") - an obviously radical, pro-abortion liberal. As usual, the sparks started to fly within the discussion. It was a question that Jehmu refused to answer, thus, by the end of the segment Martha surmised that her answer was "no."

Have you ever noticed that Hillary Clinton's once popular statement - that abortions should be "legal, rare and safe" never comes up anymore?  If the Kermit Gosnell case (as well as others [warning:  very sad, sickening, and graphic information] that go unreported) doesn't show how UNSAFE and ILLEGAL some abortion doctors are in practice, then nothing else on this earth could.

As Sandy Rios said "yes" to Martha's question - that it is reasonable to limit abortion to before five months of pregnancy - and then began to state her opinions on the subject, Jehmu constantly interrupted her so that Sandy's points would be drowned out.  That is the way of the progressives.  Shut up those with whom they disagree by spewing the same old tired rhetoric that is quite typical of the hard heart mentality of the pro-murder-of-babies-in-the-womb-crowd advocates.

When Sandy Rios brought up the Kermit Gosnell case where he was convicted of murdering babies born alive after a botched abortion, Jehmu's interruptions became louder and louder.

I hope that the segment will be included in the Fox News video library so that I can link to it and readers here will be able to see and hear what transpired.

Lastly, why do you think that Jehmu Greene could not bring herself to state that limiting abortions to before 5 months of pregnancy is reasonable in one state where elected officials choose to pass such legislation?  Is "choice" only a one-sided issue to people like her?

Jehmu Greene would not even address the clinic of horrors where Kermit Gosnell committed serious crimes (including the death of one woman that he killed as a result of an abortion procedure) and only saw fit to be rabidly impolite and talk over Sandy Rios during the discussion.  Despicable...

Hat tips to all links.

Obama Supports Infanticide

The horror of knowing that any politician could possibly support infanticide and vote against a bill back in 2002 that was signed into law by President George W. Bush - The Born Alive Infants Protection Act - that gave permission for medical personnel to save the lives of infants that survived an abortion and were born alive - is just completely unconscionable in the mind of any decent human being.  No matter what your position on abortion, this is NOT abortion - it is infanticide.  Horrible, horrible, horrible!!!

This video explains more about this topic.  This is the original, first, and in my mind (back in early 2008), THE most important reason why I opposed [and still oppose] the candidacy of Barack Hussein Obama.



President George W. Bush's remarks at the signing of the bill:

President Signs Born-Alive Infants Protection Act
Remarks by the President in Signing of H.R. 2175, Born Alive Infants Protection Act
Pittsburgh Hilton
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

	President's Remarks listen

12:58 P.M. EDT THE PRESIDENT: Well, thank you all very much for this bill signing ceremony. I'm pleased to sign it in the great city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The history of our country is the story of a promise, a promise of life and liberty made at our founding and fulfilled over the centuries in our laws. It is a story of expanding inclusion and protection for the ignored and the weak and the powerless. And now we extend the promise and protection to the most vulnerable members of our society.\

Today I sign the Born Alive Infants Protection Act. This important legislation ensures that every infant born alive -- including an infant who survives an abortion procedure -- is considered a person under federal law. (Applause.) This reform was passed with the overwhelming support of both political parties, and it is about to become the law of the land.

  I appreciate so very much Senator Rick Santorum and Congressman Steve Chabot from Ohio for sponsoring this important piece of legislation. I also appreciate Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania and Congresswoman Melissa Hart for coming, as well. I want to thank the Bishop of the Diocese of Pittsburgh, Bishop Wuerl, for being here. It's good to see you again, Bishop. I appreciate Hadley Arkes, the Professor of Jurisprudence and American Institutions at Amherst University. I want to thank Jill Stanek, registered nurse, Labor and Delivery Unit, Christ Hospital and Medical Center, for being here, as well. I appreciate Gianna Jessen, who is an abortion survivor and a pro-life advocate. I want to thank Dr. Watson Bowes, who is a Professor Emeritus of Gynecology and Obstetrics at the University of North Carolina.

I want to thank you all for coming. It's important that you're here, to send a signal that you're dedicated to the protection of human life. The issue of abortion divides Americans, no question about it. Yet today we stand on common ground. The Born Alive Infants Protection Act establishes a principle in America law and American conscience: there is no right to destroy a child who has been born alive. (Applause.) A child who is born has intrinsic worth and must have the full protection of our laws. 

Today, through sonograms and other technology, we can clearly -- see clearly that unborn children are members of the human family, as well. (Applause.) They reflect our image, and they are created in God's own image.

The Born Alive Infants Protection Act is a step toward the day when every child is welcomed in life and protected in law. (Applause.) It is a step toward the day when the promises of the Declaration of Independence will apply to everyone, not just those with the voice and power to defend their rights. This law is a step toward the day when America fully becomes, in the words of Pope John Paul II, "a hospitable, a welcoming culture."

Our society has enough compassion, wealth and love to care for mothers and their children, and to see the promise and potential of every life. In protecting the vulnerable and the weak, the imperfect and the unwanted, you are affirming a culture of life.

I'm grateful for your perseverance on behalf of this noble cause. I want to thank you for your hard work. I appreciate your care for every member of the human family. Thank you for coming today. It's now my honor and pleasure to sign into law the Born Alive Infants Protection Act. (Applause.)  (The act is signed.) (Applause.)  END 1:04 P.M. EDT



Hat Tip: Moral Matters.org: Barack Obama's Ruthless Character.



For additional reasons to oppose BHO, please see the following link and video:

Nice Deb: Video: Obama’s Associations – Election 2012 (Full Version)

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Aren't We All 'Incompatible With Life?'

My title today includes an intriguing question! Before we get into a discussion about that particular question, I would like to share some thoughts about Rick Santorum.

Even though I'm a bit late in doing a blog post on Rick Santorum's exit from the Republican Presidential Candidate race, I wanted to share an essay that I received from Capitol Resource Institute that was written by Tim LeFever. The article goes beyond a discussion about Rick, and shares an idea regarding just whose disabled baby might be considered "incompatible with life" and therefore, recommended for termination via the ugly murderous practice of abortion.

But before we get into that part of the article, I would like to say that I was disappointed that Rick dropped out of the race. He must have had good reasons to do so, but I'm sure that all of his supporters were deeply disappointed. The way I see it, he was the last genuine conservative candidate in the race who does not waver from his core convictions. He obviously and unapologetically lives the Christian kind of life that believers could highly relate to.

 Of course, like all human beings, he isn't perfect. None of us are. Only Jesus Christ lived a perfect life on this earth and as a result, was, is, and continues to be THE ONLY ONE worthy for all eternity to be the Savior of the world!

In politics, it appears that genuine Christians often are rejected as candidates for office because those who hold to "political correctness" often follow worldly values that unsaved humans think outweighs the truth, wisdom, knowledge and application of the Bible in life. It is a shame to need to admit this, but it is unfortunately true.

Well, here is Tim LeFever's excellent essay about Rick, who happens to be a parent of an "imperfect" child where both parents decided to birth her and not take the easy way out utilizing abortion. There is an awesome link included of a post written by Tim's daughter about a cousin who has Trisomy 18.

First, here is Tim LeFever's article:

When Rick Santorum came to the microphone to announce the suspension of his campaign for the presidency, he preempted his detractors that might now mock his phrase of "game on". He suggested that some would be tempted to declare "game over". Santorum was right in noting how wrong they would be.

Santorum's campaign came to a premature end weeks before many voters would be asked to vote, and to the surprise of many, months before delegates would be selected in places already showing in the delegate count. But the rush to move Santorum off stage so the country might concentrate on the featured fight will not be so successful in pushing aside the issues raised by the former senator of Pennsylvania.

It is an understatement to say that Santorum ran a different type of campaign. He confessed that he did not have a pollster and that most of his speeches were off the cuff. He spoke about issues in a way that made many uncomfortable and did not limit himself to talk of how he would govern. He often discussed how he lived, and how he hoped others might live.

Some never got past that all-too-personal approach. They dismissed it as "judgmental" or brushed it aside as a preoccupation with social issues. Santorum saw it differently. In a small lunch gathering with conservatives in February, the Senator noted that he had been a little preachy in his earlier career. That was the result of early success.

He had a string of wins starting at a young age, first to the House of Representatives and then to the US Senate. But then came a devastating loss in 2006. And after that the birth of Bella. He had been humbled. But he also became more determined in elevating those most vulnerable in society. It is ironic that a secondary player in this and the last presidential battle will be remembered so much for their personal example in valuing life, and lifting up those that society would discard. In 2008, Sarah Palin and son Trig played this role now filled by Santorum and daughter Bella. Trig was born with Trisomy 21, Down Syndrome, where Bella has Trisomy 18, Edwards Syndrome. Both syndromes have been labeled as "lethal" or "incompatible with life", and both often result in a medical recommendation to terminate the pregnancy.

Here I will steal the words of my daughter who wrote about the pre-birth Trisomy 18 diagnosis of her cousin. She asks, "Aren't we all 'incompatible with life'?...We don't get to be life connoisseurs, claiming to know what life is worth trying - and what life is not. Children with disabilities will know life differently than you and I, but their lives are not worth less than our own." Santorum's campaign reminded us of this truth.

In a campaign that will necessarily be remembered for an unprecedented battle over the role of government and conflicting diagnoses of how to cure an ailing economy, Santorum also reminded us of our humanity. And in a partisan battle this often proved the lie of the left regarding heartless conservatives.

That message and the sincerity of its messenger attracted an unprecedented amount of support, registered in votes throughout the country. The campaign is suspended but the message will continue to resonate.

Tim LeFever is Chairman of the Board of Capitol Resource Institute

Readers, be SURE to click on this link to read Lucy LeFever's post at Live Action.org entitled, "Words That Kill."

One more story to tell. At The Rock Church's Easter service, a man by the name of Nick Vujicic shared about his struggles in this life and how the Lord Jesus Christ saved him and made him a whole person, despite the fact that he has no limbs! Read about him and his incredible story of his journey to Christ and how he inspires so many people through his ministry work at Christian Examiner: Limbless to Limitless [PDF].

Despite all the turmoil surrounding us in this world, be of good cheer! Because Jesus Christ has overcome the world!!

In Christ,

~ Christine


Jhn 16:33 "These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will [fn] have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world."

Footnote:
(16:33) NU-Text and M-Text omit will.

Hat tips to all links.

A Proud Moment for Senator Rick Santorum in 1999

Another great reason to support former Senator Rick Santorum for the Republican nomination for President of the United States. On the heinous subject of abortion - he is the exact polar opposite (thank God!) of Obama!



Nice Deb writes:

I’ve always said that President Clinton’s most shameful legacy was his two vetoes of the partial birth abortion ban, after it was passed by Congress. Yes, there was quite a bit of competition for the “most shameful legacy of the Clinton Legacy” award, but the partial birth abortion ban vetoes were especially despicable.

Hat Tip:

Nice Deb

Santorum:

"And where does a decision like this come from? It comes from the poisonous well of keeping something like this legal!"

The Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act was finally passed, and signed into law by President Bush in 2003.

Powerful Show on Beck Yesterday

Glenn Beck's T.V. show yesterday had to be one of the most powerful and defining moments in the history of television. I am not kidding! Glenn's guests for the evening were awesome - especially Dr. Alveda King - the niece of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who is a pro-life activist.

When I read the above article about Dr. Alveda King, I could not help but wonder if she was badly torn in her decision to vote for the first African-American presidential nominee, or, because she knew that he is a staunch pro-abortion minded candidate she could not in good conscience pull the lever in the voting booth for a candidate that has a 98% approval rating with pro-abortion organizations? I wonder how she voted. I also wonder that if she did vote for Obama, if she deeply regrets it now (as do millions of other Americans who were duped by his lies during the campaign).

Dr. King states in this article:

"Abortion is founded upon, maintained by and promoted with lies," said Dr. King, niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. "There are so many lies surrounding the case of this young girl, it`s hard to know where to begin. Obviously, there`s the falsehood of the boyfriend`s mother pretending to be the pregnant girl`s mother, the fraud of the boyfriend`s mother illegally signing a parental notification form, and the deception of the girl`s unknowing parents, who never knew their grandchild existed until it was too late. Most of all, there`s the lie that the child who was killed by abortion was not really a child."

"I pray for the young girl who was forced to abort her baby. I want her to know that there is healing, just as I have been healed from my own two abortions," added Dr. King. "I pray for the mother of the girl`s boyfriend who now sits in jail for her illegal actions. May she come to understand that her actions caused many people a lot of pain. And I also pray for the people who work in abortion clinics who are both victims and proponents of the lies of `choice.` They need to see that prenatal murder is an affront to justice everywhere. May the Lord have mercy on us all."

The most powerful sentence in that quote:

"They need to see that prenatal murder is an affront to justice everywhere."

Amen!!!

Back to the show.

The combination of Dr. Alveda King, Ted Nugent, and Princeton University Professor Robert George appeared to be a bit odd at first, but as the discussion progressed we saw what these four people (including Glenn) all had in common. The first obvious thing to notice was agreement in faith in God. The second? Agreement in true, real hope. And the third? LOVE. Love and charity go together because if you love your fellow man, you will WANT to be charitable to them.

I can't help but wonder what ObaMARXIST and his cohorts thought about Dr. King's appearance on Beck's show. Wouldn't you have loved to be a fly on the wall in Obama's "we hate Glenn Beck" war room?

CLICK HERE to view the entire show!!

You can also listen live online to Glenn's radio show [broadcast time is 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time]:

KFMB.COM

Hat tips to all links.

NOW Org. is Anti-The-Choice to Choose Life!

Gateway Pundit reports: Sarah Palin Clobbers Heartless Women’s Group Over Attacks On Tim Tebow Super Bowl Ad.

NOW opposes the Tim Tebow ad that will air during the Super Bowl in February. From her Facebook Page:

Women’s Rights groups, like NOW, commendably call out advertisers and networks for airing sexist and demeaning portrayals of women that lead to young women’s diminished self-esteem and acceptance of roles as mere sexed-up objects.

What a ridiculous situation they’re getting themselves into now with their protest of CBS airing a pro-life ad during the upcoming Super Bowl game. The ad will feature Heisman trophy winner Tim Tebow and his mom, and they’ll speak to the sanctity of life and the beautiful potential within every innocent child as Mrs. Tebow acknowledges her choice to give Tim life, despite less than ideal circumstances. Messages like this empower women! This speaks to the strength and commitment and nurturing spirit within women. The message says everything positive and nothing negative about the power of women – and life. Evidently, some women’s rights groups like NOW do not like that message.

NOW is looking at the pro-life issue backwards. Women should be reminded that they are strong enough and smart enough to make decisions that allow for career and educational opportunities while still giving their babies a chance at life. In my own home, my daughter Bristol has also been challenged by pro-abortion “women’s rights” groups who don’t agree with her decision to have her baby, nor do they like the abstinence message which she articulated as her personal commitment. NOW could gain ground and credibility with everyday Americans, thus allowing their pro-women message to be heard by more than just their ardent supporters, if they made wiser decisions regarding which battles to pick.

I love how Sarah Palin points out how NOW can do some good by protesting sexist remarks, demeaning portrayals of women and rampant abuse of women. But then, on the other hand, the organization shows their utter hypocrisy when it comes to the abortion controversy. Abortion is another form of abuse of women!! How many women have come out and said that they REGRET THEIR ABORTIONS?? THOUSANDS!! But does NOW support them? Of course not! It is against their pro-abortion "religion"!!

Sarah Palin was much kinder to the NOW [dis]- organization than I would be. Many times it is very hard for me to hold back what I think of those people. Being the Christian woman that I am, I just can't bring myself to say it. Bible verses are the best way to express it. But first, I will add my own comment that was posted at Gateway Pundit and Sarah Palin's Facebook page:

How unreasonable and ironic it is to consider that NOW pro-death-to-unborn babies members advocate being pro-choice, when in reality, they are anti-the-choice-to-choose life?

What did THEIR mothers do when THEY were in the womb? They chose life for THEM!

Choose life – your mother did!

Jesus had harsh words to say about what should happen to those who would "offend these little ones." What bigger offense to "these little ones" could there be than to intentionally kill them in the womb??


Mat 18:6
But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and [that] he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

Mar 9:42
And whosoever shall offend one of [these] little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.

Luk 17:2
It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.


Hat Tip:

GateWay Pundit

Sarah Palin's Facebook Page: Women's Rights Groups: Your Double Standard is Showing

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Also see:

Gateway Pundit: Heartless Progressives Send Message to Tim Tebow: We Wish You Were Never Born

I Was Wrong About Brown

When I am wrong about something, or someone, I have to own up to it and make a confession. As a pro-life, born again biblical Christian, I was wrong to enthusiastically support Scott Brown on this blog. It saddens me to have to write this. When Hannity and others where declaring Brown as a Conservative, I just assumed that he must be pro-life. Then again, not all conservatives are pro-life. That's unimaginable to me - but it's a fact in this day and age. Lesson learned? Don't ever take anything for granted! Get the facts, first.

Today, via the comment section at Gateway Pundit's blog I found out that Brown is "pro-choice" (a.k.a. pro-abortion).

I found out via this comment:

Tom63010
January 21st, 2010 7:50 am #11
Let me preface this comment:
1) I know Scott Brown is pro-choice (I am pro-life).
2) I am a huge supporter of Sarah Palin
3) The answer to the reporter was YES he does.

This guy is the first person I have heard in a long time that can answer a question in the manner of Ronald Reagan. Michael Steele needs to be tutored by this guy!

You don’t allow reporters to take you down a path where you don’t want to go. You don’t accept premises that reporters include in their questions. Even the Liberal media will be enamored by this guy if he disarms their prejudicial questions skillfully.

I believe we are seeing a shooting star! I’m like most who are not ready to anoint him as the “conservative messiah” but after wandering in the wilderness with the Republican Party anointing men like Bob Dole and John McCain to be our “Moses” but I’m ready for a guy like him.

I love Sarah Palin’s values but she can’t handle the media, she even stumbles with Glenn Beck. Since she has been on Fox News I’ve really grown tired of hearing her. I think the move to Fox News was a mistake.

I think a bigger mistake is her decision to announce that she will campaign for John McCain in person is a big mistake.

She should have waited until the Arizona Primary was over. What if a real good Republican conservative that has the backing of the “Tea Party” runs against McCain in the primary? What if John McCain looses in the primary to that person? She will then be on the side of a squishy moderate that told us not to fear Obama, “he’s a good man”.



"Tom" goes on to say that he still supports Brown, despite the fact that he (Tom) is pro-life. My question. Why would a pro-life person knowingly do such a thing?

Yes. Scott Brown's victory will (hopefully) stop Obama Hellcare. God can use anyone to answer the prayers of the faithful - even a pro-abortion candidate. However, if I lived in Massachusetts and knew that Brown was pro-abortion, I could not vote for him. Neither would I vote for him in the future if he becomes a candidate for the presidency.

The pro-abortion stance of Barack Hussein Obama was the very first reason why I could NEVER vote for him either! Wouldn't it be hypocritical of me to vote for Brown knowing that he believes, as does Obama, that the killing of babies in the womb is OK and not murder??

My comment at Gateway Pundit:

Christinewjc
January 21st, 2010 8:58 am #18
I am very sorry to learn that Scott Brown is pro-abortion. No wonder so many Independents voted for him in MA.

Unfortunately, I could never vote for a pro-abortion candidate for any political position. Period. Even if a pro-abortion candidate is the favored choice, I just cannot sacrifice a Christian core value such as life for the unborn for political expediency.

Here in California, when the choice for governor was pro-abortion RINO Arnold or pro-life candidate Tom McClintock – I voted for McClintock. To this very day, I have NEVER regretted that vote.

After this horribly destructive and revolting year with Obamafraud, look at all of the people who voted for Obama – even many Christians and Catholics – who now deeply regret their votes??

That’s what happens when people do not vote their conscience, values, and ethics. It leads to disaster.

My previously positive and enthusiastic opinion of Brown has now been lowered substantially. (Sorry to all who are celebrating his victory.)

At least John McCain is pro-life. That elevates him above Brown, in my mind, any day of the week.

Typical Propaganda [Update]

Hello again people. I have been dealing with a lot of important family matters that have needed my immediate attention. However, while eating lunch I turned on Shep Smith's show on Fox News and heard about the Holocaust Museum shooting. The next thing I hear is Smith stating that he gets, "lots of crazy emails" from people. He read one on the air (which, btw, had NOTHING to do with the Holocaust Museum shooting) which mentioned that so many in the Lamestream Media refuse to discuss the Obama birth certificate controversy. The email letter writer also mentioned that Obama is a Marxist.

THAT is what Smith thinks is "crazy?"

What about all the pending lawsuits against Obama and others regarding the natural born citizen clause in our Constitution?

Why isn't the birth certificate (COLB) that Obama refuses to show and has spent a million dollars hiding important?

The fact that his father is a British subject that was born in Kenya and never even became a U.S. Citizen questions whether or not Obama was eligible to be president in the first place!

How about the non-release of all the papers Obama refuses to show the public?

These are all legitimate concerns. Shep Smith sounds like a hired shill of the ObamaBorg Bots!

Then, a Talk Wisdom criticizing commenter wrote the following in a comment:

Ken McKnight said...
Dr. Tiller gunned down by a white right-wing anti-abortion extremist. Now the Holocaust Museum shot up by a white right-wing ex-veteran extremist. Boy, that Homeland Security report is looking more and more prescient every day, isn't it?
June 10, 2009 12:49:00 PM PDT

My response:

Christinewjc said...
I could be incorrect about this, but it has been my experience that Holocaust deniers and Jew haters are typically left-wing (anti-Bible/God/Jesus) extremists. But you won't hear that from the Lamestream media.

The abortion provider killing is anathema to biblical Christian views and actually harms the pro-life movement. As usual, the pro-abortion leftist advocates (like Ken did, here) use such a terrible incident [to spew propaganda] and advance their own political agenda by incorrectly blaming all who legitimately and legally pursue pro-life advocacy.

June 10, 2009 1:08:00 PM PDT

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This morning, I happened to read a few messages from "God's Little Devotional Book for Moms." My daughter bought that book for me years ago. Here are some really good sayings that refute abortion as being anything else but murder.

"God sends children for another purpose than merely to keep up the race -- to enlarge our hearts, to make us unselfish, and full of kindly sympathies and affections..."

It is hard to think up a more selfish act than abortion.

Here's another:

Children add another dimension to our lives -- one that focuses on someone else besides ourselves.

And, a great Bible verse:

My little children, let us not love in word, neither in tongue; but in deed and in truth. 1 John 3:18

The vicious act of murdering someone - whether it is the murder of a helpless child in the womb or the attempted murder at the Holocaust Museum is anathema to true biblical Christianity. When Ken wrote the term "right-wing," he was including many Christians who hold to the pro-life position; but would NEVER kill another person for the cause. As I wrote in my comment to him - such heinous acts harm the pro-life cause!

The following devotional really hits the nail on the head when it comes to the liberal leftist ideology that would allow for the killing of children in the womb to be "legal" and "celebrated" as it is by the typical pro-abortion advocate.

A professor in a world-acclaimed medical school once posed this medical situation--and ethical problem--to his students: "Here's the family history: The father has syphilis. The mother has TB. They already have had four children. The first is blind. The second had died. The fourth has TB. Now the mother is pregnant again. The parents come to you for advice. They are willing to have an abortion, if you decide they should. What do you say?"

The students gave various individual opinion, and then the professor asked them to break into small groups for "consultation." All of the groups came back to report that they would recommend abortion.


Congratulations," the professor said. "You just took the life of Beethoven!"

A woman helps create the body of her child, and as her child grows, she nurtures its emotions and mind. Only God, however, can create the child's eternal soul. A soul must have a body on this earth. A body has a soul. Both God and mother are partners in the creation of a baby from the moment of conception.

No privilege is greater than the privilege of creating another human being. And no act requires greater faith!

For Thou didst form my inward parts; Thou didst weave me in my mother's womb. Psalm 139:13 NAS

"Every mother has the breathtaking privilege of sharing with God on the creation of new life. She helps bring into existence a soul that will endure for all eternity."

Source: God's Little Devotional Book for Moms; by Honor Books, Inc., 1995, 2001.


Hat Tip:

Gateway Pundit

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Update: It appears that I was right about the shooter being a left-wing Nazi type hater:

RepubX: Liberals: Holocaust Shooting Right Wing Hate

Excerpt:

Something doesn't seem right here, pardon the pun. The instantaneous, collective kneejerk from liberal pundits to blame the Holocaust Museum shooting on "right wing hate" stinks. It's as if this is a preemptive strike to cover something that may soon be revealed about them…

I don't think you can deny that there is a rising climate of right wing hate, a lot of it directed at Obama. You and I go way back to the beginning of the campaign and the level of craziness. He's a secret Muslim. He hates America. He wasn't born here. Now this guy, Von Brunn, he's, he, he was one of the birthers. He didn't believe in Obama's birth certificate and he was constantly online agitating about that.
— Joan Walsh, Salon.com, on Hardball

No wonder Walsh works for Salon. There are reports that Von Brunn was a liberal "9/11 Truther" who hated "neocons", Bush and McCain specifically. Inconvenient truth, and I won't waste a "bonehead" on her.

And, these final points reveal the absolute hypocrisy of the leftist extremist propaganda and lies being told:

Go to the liberal blogs and see who holds the title on death wishes for their political and ideological opponents.

And it would seem to me that if you were to add up the numbers, you would probably find the majority of vocal, public anti-semitism on college campuses, and we all know who runs them….

From blackandright.com

Yep....

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Also see:

Gateway Pundit: Crazed Holocaust Museum Killer... Hates Bush, McCain, Neocons

Reagan: A Birthday Tribute

Today, we remember and celebrate the birthday and life of a great American President. Please go to this link at Newsmax to view a brief slideshow tribute to this great man.

Ronald Reagan quotes Which ones are your favorite?


Ronald Reagan.com

Great Example of Obama's Hypocrisy

Please read the recent blog post over at Camp On This: President Obama Said What? ...no longer above his pay grade.

Excerpt:

Less than two hours ago, Jim Geraghty from NRO reported the following:

President Obama, moments ago, during the National Prayer Breakfast: "We know there is no God who condones the killing of an innocent human being."

My response:

It is amazing to hear such a hypocritical statement coming from Barack Obama. Of course, he and other pro-death-to-babies-in-the-womb advocates never include the pre-born in such statements.

I was reading a newsletter from Coral Ridge Ministries. Here is a portion of what was written about FOCA:

Any passage of a FOCA bill would supersede Roe v. Wade. The radical and far-reaching measure would essentially enshrine a "woman's right to choose" into federal law.

Sen. Boxer wouldn't mind if that happened. The CA senator was the most recent legislator to introduce a FOCA bill in Congress. She once called a woman's right to choose a "fundamental right." But during his lifetime, Dr. D. James Kennedy took exception to that point.

A woman's right to choose "is a very interesting concept. It is an aborted sentence. It ends rational discussion; it is an emotional declaration; it is a sentence without a predicate," Dr. Kennedy once said. "Obviously, a moment's reflection would indicate that a person does not have an unlimited right to choose anything he wants to do (including killing someone)."

I can't help but think of what Jesus said about little children - and those who would do harm to them (no less kill them before they are born!):

Mat 18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and [that] he were drowned in the depth of the sea.

Mar 9:42 And whosoever shall offend one of [these] little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.

Luk 17:2 It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.

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Update: Apparently, Obama tried to lecture people at the National Prayer Breakfast. With his typical foot-in-mouth manner, Obama moronically pontificates, "all religions teach people to love" and "...there is no religion whose central tenet is hate."

Really?

GateWay Pundit states: Obama forgets about his vile church and radical Islam!

Hat Tip: Camp On This

Regret Vote For Usurper Yet? (video added)

If you visit many of the Christian blogs listed in my sidebar, you will see that many of the discussions involve abortion. One of Obamafraud's first acts as our fraudulent president, was to sign an executive order allowing United States taxpayer money to pay for abortions in other countries.

Nice huh?

Obama, the usurper, sees this as a priority. Of course, he made several other bad decisions. The order to close Gitmo without thinking through just where to relocate the prisoners. Nancy PeLIARsi already responded negatively to the idea of placing them in Alcatraz - across the bay from her district. My question. What about every U.S. citizen who feels the same way about NOT HAVING these terrorist prisoners near their districts? Why does PeLIARsi get to refuse such and idea, but she and her crazy dem cohorts in Congress get to dictate that they end up in or near your town?

Angry yet?

Regret your vote for Obamafraud yet?

This is the subject of another post entirely so I'll just leave it there for now.

Oh and, just in case you object to my terminology - calling Barack "Obamafraud," and "the usurper," please read 10 Reasons Why We Fight Against Obama

I really appreciated this comment written below the article over at "The Betrayal" blog:

Thomas Harris // Jan 26, 2009 at 7:47 pm
Sultan Knish , I disagree with one major point (word actually that changes everything) near the end of your article’

“That is why we must resist from day one, lifting our voices, speaking out, researching, disproving and getting the message out to everyone that Obama is not our President, and not America’s President, and that what we fight for is a restoration of genuine (democracy) and the rule of law.”

I do not fight for “democracy” ie: mob rule. I fight for a return to the “limited Constitutional Republic” which is what our founders gifted to us. I fight for following the law, (Constitution) which is the only way we will survive as a nation and people. We must choose our words very carefully for we are in a fight for our very lives.

Republic not Democracy.

Thank You, Thomas

Thousands of people are voicing their outrage that SCOTUS is denying many of the cases (still several pending - so their is still hope!) that are trying to get to the bottom of the "natural born citizen" ineligibility issue surrounding Obama.

Take a look at this heartfelt letter posted on Natural Born Citizen…Orly?:

Dear Dr. Orly Taitz and Phil Berg, (et al)

Re: Jurisprudence

Quo Warranto

Ex parte

I continue to struggle to understand what has happened to the Law, the Constitution, the foundation of Rules of Civil Procedure, Statutes, FRCP and the like. Why has the National Bar and each State Bar, University Law Professors, juris doctrine; the foundation of law per se, allowed such lack of action. I fail to understand how the Supreme Court, knowingly having pending pleadings before all of the Justices, could have an ex parte closed discussion with the defendants, or for all the Judges to rule denied without explanation, nor grounds or foundation. Law is based upon facts and findings, evidence of fact that has been sealed by the defendants, difficult to obtain, however readily available. To my knowledge the defendant has not shown this original evidence to any authority nor that has admitted to having been shown. Not only was there an ex parte secret meeting, action was taken thereafter without the benefit of a written order, nor notice to plaintiffs. Did the defendant produce proof evidence to the Supreme Court? I do not know who has standing in this matter that affects the world, that is clear under constitutional law.

Thus, I have come full circle under juris doctrine. Where are the voices of Jurisprudence, the Bar, and the teachers of law? Does this not in fact affect the entire judiciary and the American Justice System? The Civil Rights of Americans have been violated by gross abuse of discretion and deliberate indifference. What is it that we can not see or scholars know we do not know? More and more de facto practice is taking the place of de jure with the results being a de facto country. It has been suggested that ‘people’ take their complaint to the U.S. Attorneys or DOJ. Even if we get their attention to this problematic issue what Court would DOJ take this to that private attorneys have not already attempted? Maybe we should try this in the press, however it has been said the press has already decided this case and is the cause and effect. Possibly lawyers and the Bar should have a 3rd convention at historic St. John’s Church in Richmond, Virginia.

Cordially,

Victoria Windsor

Commonwealth of Virginia

There are many more letters like Victoria's being posted on many blogs. Where is the rule of law? Where can we go for justice? Perhaps the Grand Jury route is the only way to re-establish our Constitutional Republic.

Back to the first disastrous week of the fraud. Did you know this little gem about the usurper? Outrage - Obama snubs vets, skips Heroes ball

Excerpt:

To the US Military and all Veterans Organizations, the Usurper Barack/Barry Obama/Soetoro is the enemy of all those patriots who are currently sacrificing their lives for Country and those who fought and died. The outrage of having the Country, the Constitution and Liberty being sold out by a proven Usurper can and may not be tolerated. I call on all to unite and take the Country and the Constitutional Republic back and put an end to the conspiracy of usurpation and tyranny that is holding the Country in it’s evil grip.

Becomes 1st new president (Usurper) to miss inauguration event

Since its inception in 1953, every new president has attended The Salute to Heroes Inaugural Ball – until now.

The ball was created for President Dwight Eisenhower’s inauguration to honor recipients of the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military award. The event is sponsored by the American Legion and co-sponsored by 13 other veteran’s service organizations, including the Paralyzed Veterans of America and the Military Order of the Purple Heart.

And while 48 of the nation’s 99 living recipients of the Medal of Honor attended the event, reports the Cleveland Leader and various self-attested attendees of the ball, newly sworn-in President Barack Obama became the first president in 56 years to skip out on the ceremony.

Angry yet?

Regret that vote for Obamafraud?

So, let's see now. Obamafraud snubs these heroes who have shown their bravery, boldness, love for our country and patriotic duty to protect, defend this nation, and serve us faithfully in the midst of war, yet Obama thinks that what is more important is for gays to serve openly in the military?

BTW, How happy are you about the usurper's goal to repeal the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy of the military? Ooohhh...there again is a HUGE priority that Obamafraud had to satisfy. Gotta pay back all of those rabid gay activist groups and organizations that donated money to fool the people into voting for him.

But there's more! The usurper is fast becoming the "gayest" fraud-of-a-president ever! Look at this! Religion and Morality: It’s All Starting to Add Up: Number of Openly Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Presidential Appointees Under the Obama Administration Climbs to Sixteen (and Still Counting) Some of the links there tell us just why these people were selected. It most likely has nothing to do with their work capabilities. When someone in vested in "gay politics," I think we know how all-consuming THAT will be in the person's worklife.

Angry yet?

Regret that vote for the usurper yet?

I wonder. One week after the fraudinauguration, how many people genuinely DO REGRET THEIR VOTE FOR THIS USURPER-IN-CHIEF?? I don't think that many would be honest enough to post a comment here and admit that they made a terrible mistake. We shall see.

Back to the abortion issue. I don't need to post links to the blogs that are discussing this important issue. Many are listed on my blogroll in the sidebar. However, I do want to share an email that I got today:

Dear Christine,

Today I invite you to war.

Not a war that costs lives, but a war that has the potential to save lives — the lives of millions of unborn babies. Help Coral Ridge Ministries repel the deadly "Freedom of Choice" Act and keep it from becoming the law of the land.

Here’s why this campaign is so crucial:

The mild-sounding “Freedom of Choice” Act will write Roe v. Wade into law. This means abortions could increase by millions.

· It will erase the laws in all the states requiring parental notification before a minor undergoes an abortion.

· It will subject unborn babies once again to the horrifying torture-murder of partial-birth abortion, reversing the federal ban that we fought so long and hard to establish.

Please pray and give generously to help us mount a huge, multi-faceted, nationwide strategy to PROTECT THE UNBORN BABIES of our nation.

As part of our efforts to combat the Freedom of Choice Act, we have produced a new television special that was broadcast coast-to-coast this past Sunday, January 25 — Freedom to Kill: Unlimited Abortion At Your Expense. This special is a clarion call to Americans to stop the Freedom of Choice Act in its tracks.

[My friends here at Talk Wisdom. Click here: As a thank-you gift from Coral Ridge Ministries, if you give a donation of $25.00 or more, you will receive a DVD of this powerful T.V. special as a thank-you for your help. I sincerely hope that readers here can find it in your hearts to donate, get the DVD and show it to people at your church, schools, organizations etc. - in order to educate them on this issue.]

Advances for life have been made! We’ve seen establishment of a ban on federal dollars for abortions; passage of the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act; the Unborn Victims of Violence Act signed into Law; defunding of Planned Parenthood by a number of states; the federal ban on partial-birth abortion; and much more.

In fact, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report, restrictions on abortion have led to 124,900 fewer abortions for women between the ages of 15 and 44. That’s 124,900 saved lives — because people like you choose to do the right thing ... you support the fight to save children, our nation's children ... our future!

But we must keep up the fight. As Galatians 6:9 admonishes, “Let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.”

May God bless you. And may God bless our efforts.

Jennifer Kennedy Cassidy

Hat Tips:

The Betrayal

Natural Born Citizen...Orly?

Religion and Morality

Coral Ridge Ministries: Stop Freedom of Choice Act

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More articles with reminders of why we continue to fight:

American Thinker: Why the Barack Obama Birth Certificate Issue is Legitimate

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Update at 6:03 p.m. PT:

I'm in tears...just go read this: Fetus: I Hope He Changes His Mind by Rev M. Bresciani

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Update on 1/28/09 at 6:55 a.m. PT -

Here is a video of a preacher who just might be regreting his "hopey," "changey" vote for Obamination. Not sure, from this video, who he did vote for.

I found this very powerful video response to Obamafraud's statement of support for abortion, (which was delivered on the anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Holocaust decision) over at Camp On This

Two Dead And A Family Wounded

It is common to hear abortion referred to as "one dead, one wounded." However in the case of Laura Hope Smith it is two dead and a family wounded. Laura's mother, Eileen Smith shares the miraculous story of Laura's short life and the horrifying and heartbreaking revelations about her death on the abortion table. This is a story every Christian needs to hear.

Concerned Women for America Website

Listen here

Another Lesson Learned

If you have been reading this blog for quite a while, you may remember a previous post called A Dilemma At The Checkout Stand.

How ironic that almost two years later, the same issue came up again. Yes. It happened today at the same grocery store in the same checkout stand.

I don't usually shop there much. It used to be a kind of run down, very small store that didn't carry many of the products and brands that I like to buy. Plus, I changed dry cleaners so I usually go to a different grocery store in the same strip mall. But today, I needed to go to the bank and decided to pick up a few items at the store near the bank. I was actually very pleasantly surprised to see that the old store had been completely renovated and it looked really nice.

As I was loading my groceries on the conveyor belt, I noticed the huge pink ribbon placard attached to the cash register. I thought, "Oh no. Not again!" I was ready with my "no" answer if the checkstand lady asked me, "Would you like to donate..." But then, I thought that perhaps I should ask which breast cancer charity they were collecting donations for.

The pleasant lady asked, "Would you like to donate for breast cancer awareness?"

I said, "It depends on which organization the donations are going to. If it is the Susan G. Komen foundation, then my answer will have to be no."

She said it was for "Why Me."

I said, "Oh I'm so glad. You see, I found out that the Komen Foundation funnels money to side groups that support abortion. I cannot, in good conscience, support such a thing."

I like to know where my donation money is going.

[If you read the link above, even though the former breast cancer foundation sponsored by the store two years ago was a different one, it wasn't the Komen Foundation back then, either.]

The lady replied, "We changed foundations a while ago. I can understand that you want your money to go to a specific purpose and for what the charity claims it is for."

I was so glad to hear that! But she went on.

"We have people asking the same thing all the time."

Perhaps many others have become increasingly aware of the fact that some charitable foundations are guilty of funneling money to abberant side organizations. It is terrible to realize that oftentimes, a donor might unknowingly be sending money into a charitable organization's affiliate that conducts the awful practice of killing unborn babies. Abortion is the American Holocaust in action; a tragic sin that any Christian pro-life advocate would never want to support.

Since I wasn't very familiar with this particular organization, I looked it up online when I returned home. It is actually named "Y Me" (which explains the upside-down pink ribbon symbol).

I did some research at their website, but didn't find any evidence that they "funnel" their funds to abortion providers or facilities. However, I was disappointed to read one of their position papers that claims that:

Position
Based on a review of available data and scientific community agreement, Y-ME National Breast Cancer Organization concludes that induced or spontaneous abortions have no overall effect on the risk of breast cancer. Y-ME, therefore, does not support any public policy that suggests the existence of such a link.

So, it would appear that it is not a pro-life organization.

This tells me that I need to be even more diligent when asking questions about charities. Next time, if I'm not absolutely sure that a charitable organization is pro-life, I will not donate. Period.

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Update:
According to Charity Navigator, it appears that Y-Me does not donate to any affiliates. That's good news.

But the CEO apparently makes a ton of money...

Don't like that very much. A huge amount goes to "expenses," too.

Just goes to show that I need to do the research beforehand, and find charities that aren't so involved with profit and don't soak up so much money and use it for "administrative" expenses and purposes.

Are You Controversial?

Jonathan Falwell asks the question, "Are You Controversial?" in his latest article over at WorldNetDaily.

Excerpt:

This week, a local television station conducted an interview with me and asked an interesting question: Am I going to be as controversial as was my father?

My answer was this: "If your definition of controversial is that we are going to continue to speak to the issues of the day, speak out against abortion, speak out in favor of traditional marriage, speak out in favor of the family, then I can assure you we will be."

After that interview, I began to think about that question and my answer.

And it suddenly dawned on me that, in this modern culture that largely encourages secularism and hazy diversity, you really cannot be an effective Christian without being controversial.

If we embrace the Word of God and its standards for Christian conduct, we are going to unavoidably find ourselves at odds with the mainstream.

In this regard, my father wasn't really controversial at all. He was just a Christian following the tenets of the Bible.

Also this week, I read a report from Planned Parenthood Federation of America showing the organization had conducted 264,943 medical or surgical abortions in its facilities during 2005 (or 5,095 per week).

Those are shocking numbers. And I believe, as Christians, we must speak out against this continuing American holocaust

Yep...that's exactly what it is...the continuing American holocaust.

I knew that "Planned Infanticide" was truly an evil organization, but the more I learn about it the more disgusted I become!

Excerpt:

In Psalm 139:13, the psalmist writes, "… thou has covered me in my mother's womb" (KJV). The NIV translates this passage, "… you knit me together in my mother's womb."

What a beautiful image of a sovereign God at work in our lives from our very inception.

How can we not, then, as Christians, oppose abortion that halts the heartbeat of innocent babies who are in communion with their Maker?

Controversial?

So be it.

Let's add to the controversy.

Jim Sedlak, vice president of American Life League, a great pro-life organization, is an expert on Planned Parenthood and has authored books and articles about the organization. He studied the aforementioned Planned Parenthood report, which shows a total income of $902.8 million dollars, a record number for the organization.

"Once again, Planned Parenthood took in much more money than it needed," Mr. Sedlak stated. "This marks the 34th year in a row that Planned Parenthood has reported 'excess revenue' – otherwise known as profit. Over the years, Planned Parenthood has reported total profits of over $700 million. It has amassed a treasure chest of assets worth $839.8 million."

But the controversy continues.

That's because a key Planned Parenthood revenue source is the American taxpayer, with the organization receiving taxpayer funds totaling $305.3 million, "a whopping $32.6 million (12 percent) more than last year," as Mr. Sedlak noted. Taxpayer money now accounts for 34 percent of Planned Parenthood's income.

This is a national disgrace.

With Planned Parenthood suffering losses in donations, taxpayers – you and me – are being compelled by our government to fund this organization that is killing more than 5,000 babies a week.

Abortion is murder. Period. End of story. Planned Parenthood is nothing like it's chosen title. It is more like Planned Profiteers at the horrible expense of dead babies.

Infanticide.

Horrific.

American Holocaust.

Know Where Donation Money Goes

Think you know where the funds that you donate to a specific cause go? Think again! Things are not always as they appear to be. For example, take a look at this unfortunate news:

3-29-2007

'Race for Cure' Continues Funding Planned Parenthood

The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation's "Race for the Cure" is coming to Waco, Texas, on Saturday, and a state pro-life group wants everyone to know where their money is going.

John Pischiotta of Pro-Life Waco is spreading the word that the foundation donates large sums to Planned Parenthood.

"We're trying to raise awareness on the link between abortion and breast cancer, and point out that it is totally inappropriate for the Susan G. Komen Foundation to be making grants to the country's No. 1 abortion provider," Pischiotta told OneNewsNow.com.

HT: Citizenlink

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Doesn't it seem like this "Race for the Cure" for breast cancer is absolutely EVERYWHERE these days? I see donation sponsors on products at the grocery store, in clothing stores, in ads in the newspaper and coupons, on websites, in ads on TV, newspapers and magazines. It seems like they have an endless reach towards the public! But when I found out that some funds are often funneled to abortion providers liked Planned Parenthood, I was totally disgusted!!

I have brought this issue up many times on this blog. Past posts here include:

A Dilemma At The Checkout Stand

The Issue That Won't Go Away

Unafraid of Condemning the Death of Innocents

Choose Life, Your Mother Did

Abortion Kills Babies, Hurts Women

It is amazing to me that a breast cancer research group would raise funds to fight it; yet donate funds to organizations that support and perform abortions. Science is showing that women who have abortions are more at risk for developing breast cancer!

What are we to make of all of this?

The Susan G. Komen foundation is a money making machine that doesn't even care that it is funding abortion providers with the money it makes via these "races for the cure" for breast cancer. That's deceptive and fraudulent, in my book of ethics.

I recently completed reading WND's Whistleblower Magazine on Ending Abortion: How the pro-life side will win the war. It was certainly very encouraging to read! One particular article, which is an excerpt from a book written by Jack Willke, M.D. "Back to the Drawing Board: The Future of the Pro-Life Movement," included the failures, the successes, the future and the conclusion that will eventually lead to a future victory for life.

Here are some of the successes:

Abortion remains the central social issue of our time.

Abortion in the U.S. is still a dirty word. An abortionist in the U.S. is still an outcast, especially within the medical profession. This is not true in many other nations, and it is an important deterrnet to abortion in this country.

Few U.S. hospitals still do abortions, which are largely confined to freestanding facilities staffed by abortionists, who are, again, not part of the respected medical community.

Is this a baby? This is no longer a question. Ultrasound and other medical advances have been incredibly important in this, but the pro-life movement was of central importance in teaching the nation, beyond any question of scientific doubt, that human life begins at fertilization.

Dr. Willke goes on to describe how religious groups have been able to work together on this issue. Religious radio is totally pro-life and a shining triumph in the U.S.

Here's the best part:

Willke writes:

Our movement has not just survived, but grown in the face of a militant, dedicated and powerful pro-abortion media and academia. It has grown, too, in spite of the much greater financial resources of the abortion industry.

One of the best tools being used today at counseling centers is the 4-D ultrasound machine which produces a crystal clear image of a mother's preborn baby. Sidewalk counseling is bringing in hundreds of women who see their unborn baby and realize that the pro-death crowd has lied to them. It is not a "bunch of cells," or a "blob of tissue," ITS A BABY!!

The myths of the pro-death crowd are being exposed,and refuted, as well. Prominent converts to the pro-life cause (Dr. Bernard Nathanson; Norma McCorvey) have become important leaders in the movement.

Dr. Willke concludes:

In the end, it will be the commitment and dedication of those within the pro-life movement that carry the day. Their devotion and perseverence are far beyond those within the pro-abortion movement. Without the media, the government and money, the pro-abortion movement collapses. Their strength is a mile wide but only a yard deep.

Yes! Changing hearts and minds on this issue is the key to making abortion unthinkable. It is my hope and prayer that the new scientific tools we have (such as the 4-D real time imaging of pre-born babies) will reveal how horrific abortion really is and thus, finally break through the calloused minds and hearts of anyone and everyone involved in the awful business of killing pre-born children.

Your Mom Gave You a Chance, Give Your Baby One

During Pro-life month, I have decided to share a link to photos of the Pro-Life parade that took place in San Francisco on January 20, 2007.

There are many great photos and signs that urge women to choose life for their unborn child. The messages are presented in a positive way, while also demonstrating the indisputable truth that abortion is murder!

One of the best, is the photo and caption where little Haley and her mother, Dori, display their powerful message for all who will see it (many of them viewing it right now). Haley, not too many years out of the womb, is another "survivor" in the era of Roe v. Wade.

Your Mother Gave You a Chance, Give Your Baby One!

Another pro-life event:

Sacramento -- Nearly 500 pro-life Californians rallied for unborn babies' rights outside the State Capitol on January 23, 2007. They stood against California's Democrat-controlled Legislature and liberal Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, who, together, are forcing taxpayers to fund nearly 100,000 abortions a year, for any and all reasons.

The rally was sponsored by the California ProLife Council.

At this rally, one of the best photos was the one where two teenaged girls hold signs that say:

It's a Child Not a Choice! and Would You Abort Them ?
(pic of two children)

Why Me?
(pic of a baby in utero)

The caption underneath the photo informs us of the scientific fact that life begins at conception, and is not just a "bunch of cells or protoplasm" that should be disgarded through abortion. Much of this technology was not available, and thus, not as evident back in 1973:

Modern technology's 3-D and 4-D images of babies in the womb have convinced these girls that abortion is akin to murder. They're not buying the "choice" argument!

Another poignant photo is the one of a boy and young girl holding a sign that says:

Abortion Stops a Beating Heart.

The caption below that photo:

Aren't these signs great? The Rally for Life was covered by three TV crews, as children and their parents proclaimed the sanctity of life and prayed for change in California!

HT: Campaign for Children and Families

P.S. If you go to the Campaign website, you will see the latest news. How ridiculous is it that a California Democratic Legislator named Sally Lieber wants to outlaw spanking (and punish parents with jail time!) but supports killing a baby in the womb???

Moral Relativism....anyone??

Relativism

Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:

Whether moral or epistemological, relativism constitutes a denial of the capacity of the human mind and reason to arrive at truth.

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Sad Day in America's History

Today marks the 34th anniversary of the Roe vs. Wade decision that led to legalized infanticide in the wombs of would-be mothers. No matter what "side" a living person falls on in this issue, the one thing they can't deny is the reality of this phrase:

Choose life! Your mother did!

I will be back later this evening to post some interesting contrasts on this issue that I have observed over the past few days. If anyone wishes to post his/her opinion(s) on this issue, please do so. It is one of the most volatile issues of our time. Debate often get heated and nasty, but please try to keep a measure of civility. We are debating an issue, not attacking people for their beliefs and decisions. I know. It is very difficult to keep on the issue at hand without getting emotional about it. However, I truly believe that we can temper that emotion with hard facts and evidence in support of the pro-life side.

For now, here are links to my previous blogposts on the horrific holocaust... that is... abortion:

The Tragic, Inhumane, Ugliness of Abortion

Macroevolution as "Fact" Reeks of Hopelessness

A Dilemma at the Checkout Stand

Abortion Kills Babies, Hurts Women

What is a Baby Photo Worth?

The Issue That Won't Go Away

Unafraid of Condemning the Deaths of Innocents

Choose Life, Your Mother Did

Culture of Life? Or Death?

Morality is not Ideology

And, from an earlier post called, "As Sorrow Permeates Your Being":

WHERE IS THE CHURCH? A few years ago I was ministering at an atheist gathering in Washington, D.C. During this meeting, I heard a few words spoken from the platform that I cannot forget. The atheist told the hundreds gathered, "The church is a sleeping giant!" This statement is certainly true, but sad. When the church is silent, sin is celebrated openly and publically. Awake, arise, and obey the Lord!

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AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL

by Judge Roy Moore

America the Beautiful, or so you used to be.
Land of the Pilgrims' pride; I'm glad they'll never see.
Babies piled in dumpsters, Abortion on demand,
Oh, sweet land of liberty, your house is on the sand.
Our children wander aimlessly poisoned by cocaine,
Choosing to indulge their lusts, When God has said abstain.
From sea to shining sea, our Nation turns away
From the teaching of God's love
And a need to always pray.
So many worldly preachers tell lies about our Rock,
Saying God is going broke so they can fleece the flock.
We've kept God in our temples, How callous we have grown.
When earth is but His footstool, And Heaven is His throne.
We've voted in a government that's rotting at the core,
Appointing Godless Judges
Who throw reason out the door,
Too soft to place a killer in a well deserved tomb,
But brave enough to kill a baby
Before he leaves the womb.
You think that God's not angry, That our land's a moral slum?
How much longer will He wait
Before His judgment comes?
How are we to face our God, From Whom we cannot hide?
What then is left for us to do, But stem this evil tide?
If we who are His children, will humbly turn and pray;
Seek His holy face and mend our evil way;
Then God will hear from Heaven
And forgive us of our sins,
He'll heal our sickly land and those who live within.
But, America the Beautiful, If you don't then you will see,
A sad but Holy God withdraw His hand from Thee.

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"If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land." 2 Chronicles 7:14 KJV

We need Christian Cultural Warriors like never before in the history of America...are you willing to stand up for the truth??

I pray wholeheartedly that you will!

Choose Life, Your Mother Did

Why do news station reporters only refer to the current Pro-Life Marches at the Capitol and Supreme Court as, "anti-abortion" protests? Is it just because it's the "politically correct" terminology? Could be. Is it because it is an accurate description of what the protests are all about? Not a chance!

The term "pro-life" is devastatingly convicting of what abortion actually destroys. Abortion destroys LIFE! The bumper stickers that say, "Choose Life, Your Mother Did" is also convicting. And, Doug Powers has presented this same idea in his new column over at World Net Daily. He writes:

"Participants in the party for the 33rd anniversary, despite differing races, creeds and nationalities, have one thing in common: Their parents didn't abort them. It's that kind of touching common bond that makes the pro-abortion movement such a close-knit kinship. For a political activist group trying to increase in size and strength, perhaps there's a lesson in there. Just think how many more pro-abortionists there would be at these rallies if more people were like their parents and didn't have abortions."

The hypocrisy and moral relativism of the pro-death camp is shamefully painful and obvious.

Now, watch how many pro-choice people who read this blog come over here and rant and rave AGAINST that previous statement. Well, maybe not since I wrote that last one.

They want to hide the fact that they ARE pro-death when the reality of what abortion does comes to light. Pro-life people can be proud of their stand because it is a positive statement that describes a positive result for the life of the forming baby in the womb. Our message is also life-affirming for the mothers! They will not endure the devastating physical effects (or death!) that an abortion can bring upon them. They will not have to suffer with the emotional pain, guilt, sorrow, and grief that often arises after having an abortion.

I am currently reading Janet Folger's book entitled, "The Criminalization of Christianity." You can go to her website and read the first chapter. In chapter six, she shares the story about Greg Cunningham.

Then there's Greg Cunningham, who came to a university in Miami with his Genocide Awarness Project (GAP), which places huge posters depicting forms of genocide throughout history next to pictures of another set of victims - unborn babies. He had to put barricades around his displays because strudents have tried to cut, mangle, and destroy them. Here's a quote from the school paper the day I visited: "Whoever these people are, they should be shot."

Nice...huh. We see the stark reality of ideological censorship going on at college campuses through just this one example. Imagine if such a thing were said about another group. That would be a hate crime!

Last night, I was contemplating how many minds would immediately be changed if this nation had a pro-life day on TV. Imagine the reactions of millions of teenagers, (especially those who haven't been brainwashed yet by Planned Infanticidehood) as they witness actual sonograms of babies in the womb at various stages of development. They would see how perfectly formed the babies are and know that the lie often spouted by the pro-death camp is just that...a big fat lie! They would forever be changed by seeing that a fetus isn't just a "blob of tissue."

Imagine the horror they would experience if they were to see the film "Silent Scream" which depicts what actually happens to the baby being killed during an abortion. Most teens who become unintentionally pregnant and cannot raise the child themselves, would most likely choose adoption over abortion.

Imagine the joy they would experience when they view pictures of a surgeon in the process of a delicate operation designed to correct the effects of spina bifida on a fetus in the womb. How precious to view that tiny life instinctively latching onto the surgeon's finger as though the baby and Dr. Bruner are "holding hands."

Pro-life day on TV. A day when we could celebrate the demise of Roe vs. Wade and place that ugly, evil death-to-babies decision into the trash heap of history. It's only a dream right now, but one day I pray that it will become a reality.

Doug ends his excellent article with similar thoughts:

"The pro-life movement has made great strides, as the abortion rate continues to decline every year. Perhaps when and if Roe v. Wade reaches its 50th, the legality will be almost a moot point.

If this should be the case, the pro-abortion marches for Roe v. Wade's golden anniversary will turn out to be the first funeral procession in history where nobody died."