Human Nature

Power ultimately corrupts

Humans were created by a perfect God. Unfortunately, humans are far from that perfection. God created a paradise for Adam and Eve to live and walk with Him for eternity. God gave them full autonomy in the garden with only one single prohibition, to not eat the fruit of the tree of life. But Adam and Eve disobeyed, leading to the fall. Ever since that fall, humans have engaged in all manner of depravity. Creation was once perfect and humans defiled it, and to this day we continue to corrupt our world with our ever-increasing immorality. Money, power, and sex is what drive far too many of us human beings, especially those who rise to positions of authority. The framers of this once great nation created a Constitutional Republic ruled by “We the people,” not by royals who ruled by fiat. Today, “public servants” are far too concerned with their self-interests, their benefactors, and advancing their personal agendas, while disregarding the needs of their constituents. The “Swamp,” which consists of lobbyists, Deep State bureaucrats, and corporate interests is pervasive. Elected politicians enrich themselves and their families when they toe the company line and do as they are told.

Do you really think that the Bidens are the only politicians that are or have engaged in unethical and illegal schemes? Corruption by our “leaders” is so pervasive and so many, elected and unelected, are so deeply involved, that should their illicit activities be brought to light, many would be facing jail time. (see Senator Robert Menendez D-NJ) There is good reason that anytime an outsider is elected, every effort is made to turn them to the dark side. Everyone must be on the same page for this to work. Should those efforts fail to convince, the swamp mobilizes and attacks, using the media and deep state to delegitimize with lies and false accusations. (see Representatives Madison Cawthorn R-NC, George Santos R-NY, and any other representative shining a light on the darkness of the swamp) There is good reason that Democrats and Republicans have employed every tool to prevent Donald Trump from regaining the White House. Should he return to the Oval Office, he would begin to expose the rot in our government. Heads would roll. The gravy train is running much too smoothly for it to be run off the rails by a President who already has accumulated more than enough wealth, leaving him impervious to the lure of easy money. In fact, President Trump saw his net worth decrease by more than $I billion during his term. I’m sorry, but if you want a kinder and gentler President, you will only get what you deserve, another swamp dweller with more of the same.

Whistleblower laws were enacted to protect those who expose corruption in government, yet Democrats in Congress attempt to discredit them and partisan bureaucrats persecute them. Two separate impeachment hearings and trials take place targeting President Trump, bypassing any impeachment inquiry to discover all facts. While neither impeachment attempts were later found to have any credibility, the damage was done. president Biden’s son, Hunter, and brother, James, spearhead a convoluted influence-peddling scheme. Nothing to see here according to the Democrats and an impeachment inquiry is partisanship run amok. Evidence from the January 6^th committee is destroyed, even though a myriad of federal laws are broken. Cue the crickets from the mainstream media. Hunter Biden defies a Congressional subpoena, abetted by Representative Eric Swalwell, D-CA and Democrats cheer. Circle the wagons and deflect blame is the Democrat way. Dick Durbin (D-IL) refuses to release the names of those who took the “Lolita Express” to Jeffrey Epstein’s Island paradise. Gotta protect their own you know. Loose lips will sink ships and far too many of your elected officials have engaged in inappropriate behavior. As each misdeed is exposed, the risk is that more and more will be exposed for the liars and cheats that they are.

Serving on the Washington County, WI Board of Supervisors for ten years, the last four as Chairman, I know from where I speak. There are too few, even in local government, that gain office without a personal agenda. There are too few who retain the humility that facilitated their election victories. There are too few that do not look to use their “power” to their advantage. Human nature far too often rears its ugly head and those public servants begin to think that they are better than the great unwashed masses they are called to represent. If our government continues on this path, we are doomed to ruin. Unengaged citizens who mindlessly vote “D” or “R” are exactly what the deep state depends upon. Uninformed voters and those citizens who fail to cast their ballots signal that they are willing to let the swamp do as they please. Apathy breeds corruption, and far too many of us are satisfied with ceding authority to those who exploit our trust and use authority to their own benefit. It’s always easier to stand by idly and let others do the heavy lifting. After all, we are all much too busy with our own lives. Your nation is falling down the rat hole and if you think protecting your quality of life in a free and fair country is too much to ask, you will get what you deserve.

“Elections have consequences.” Barack Obama

“You have a republic, if you can keep it!” Benjamin Franklin

Moral Equivalency

 

Assigning responsibility

After the atrocities committed by Hamas against Israeli civilians on October 7^th, many on the left have sought ways to justify the heinous actions of Hamas. There has also been a concerted effort to delineate that somehow the Palestinians and Hamas are separate and disparate entities. That the Palestinians are simply innocent of any responsibility for the actions of Hamas. That the Israeli response is not proportionate with the October 7^th attacks and far more Palestinian civilians have died than Israelis. Some have attempted to justify the inhuman and sadistic actions of Hamas as an appropriate response to an occupying force that has withheld the basic needs of the Palestinians through force and intimidation. If you repeat a lie often enough it does not become truth even though many actually are convinced that these are facts.

Israeli forces are accused of committing war crimes when it has been Hamas that repeatedly commits acts of violence that target innocent civilians. As with leftists, accuse your enemy of what you are doing, to create confusion and conceal the evidence of your own guilt. The fact of the matter is that the war crimes are committed by only one side, the radicalized Islamists like Hamas. Raping and pillaging not only went out of style in the Middle Ages, civilized societies outlawed that behavior in the Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907. Islamists, never the ones to submit to Western laws and culture, commit atrocities at will. Liberals that like to hurl accusations of “toxic masculinity” and “rape culture” need to look no further than those who practice the religion of peace. In Europe, open borders and unfettered immigration have led to an exponential increase in sexual assaults, predominantly committed by Middle Eastern immigrant men. One wonders what the Quran has to say about this.

The left has difficulty condemning Hamas's barbarisms, but there is little compunction in turning the blame to Israel. The massacre of Jews by Hamas confirms that these barbarians are evil personified, inhuman animals, and unredeemable. The parable of the wheat and weeds tells that the weeds should be allowed to grow with the wheat, but in this instance leaving the weeds in the field will ruin the entire crop. These animals must be excised like the cancer that they are or else it will spread and kill the host. We may lose some of the wheat, but the vast majority of the crop will be saved. If Hamas survives, they will again kill those that they deem their enemies, and that is most of the Western world. Appeasement will only allow these monsters to repeat their crimes, over and over.

“Also their American army is part of the American people. It is this very same people who are shamelessly helping the Jews fight against us. The American people are the one who employ both their men and their women in the American Forces which attack us. This is why the American people cannot be not innocent of the crimes committed by the Americans and Jews against us.” Osama bin Laden.

Leftists cite these words by the former leader of Al Qaida that “justified” the attack of 9-11. Leftists call out the imperialist US government for stealing the lands of the native Americans. Leftists call out the US for colonialism, systemic racism, and any ism or phobia you can imagine. Based upon these leftist screeds, we can extrapolate that the Palestinian people bear the responsibility for the actions of their army, Hamas. Since the Palestinian people have allowed Hamas to militarize everything from their Mosques to their playgrounds, they bear culpability. So many of the Palestinian people support the actions of Hamas and have no interest in peace, only the destruction of Israel and Jews, they are just as guilty of war crimes as is Hamas. Collateral damage and civilian casualties, though regrettable, is a fact of war. Hamas started the war and Israel will fight until the threat is eliminated. That means the destruction of every last member of Hamas, including the Hamas leadership hiding in safe havens like Qatar and Bahrain. That is the only way Israel can exist in relative safety.

Sleeping with the Enemy

Leftists laugh at their supporters

Recognizing evil and the destruction that it has wrought has never been more important than now in our deeply polarized society. Failure to understand that the goal of the left is to destabilize and fundamentally transform this nation will inevitably lead to its destruction. Yet, there are those who blindly follow the divisive ideology the left promotes. Young people, who have been indoctrinated in Marxism without any common sense at woke universities, parrot talking points without any intellectual curiosity, refuse any debate, and shout down those they deem antithetical to their beliefs. These and other useful idiots that support this evil are simply tools used by the left to achieve their goals. Like generals in war, they stand safely behind, watching their pawns do battle, while they reap the rewards of their underling’s work.

This has never been more apparent than the rise in antisemitism rhetoric by those supporting Palestinians and by proxy, the brutal atrocities perpetrated by Hamas. The absurd correlation between the civilian casualties suffered by Israel compared to the civilian casualties suffered by Palestinians in Gaza is inane. Hamas specifically targeted civilians. Israel is targeting Hamas and giving notice of the areas they intend to strike to minimize collateral damage and civilian casualties. Hamas has been blocking civilian escape routes to maximize civilian casualties and deaths to sway world opinion against Israel. That strategy has been largely effective as leftist groups have spurred on Palestinian sympathizers and antisemites that have coalesced to villainize Israel. The lack of knowledge by these “peace” protesters and the vitriol they spew is appalling. Jewish hatred is rearing its ugly head and it is neither Christians nor conservatives that are proclaiming these vile invectives in the public square.

89% of Palestinians support the terrorism that Hamas and other radical Islamic groups perpetrate against Israel, the United States, and the world. Palestinians overwhelmingly elected Hamas to lead their government. Palestinians will not accept peace with Israel, in fact, a majority rejects Israel’s right to exist and want to eradicate the Jewish people. These fools that “stand up for Palestine” and chant “from the river to the sea, Palestine will be free” would be persecuted and rejected for their core beliefs supporting LGTBQI+, transgenderism, abortion, and women’s rights in most of the Islamic world. Let these buffoons with their blue hair, tattoos, and piercings try to co-exist and embrace Islam, the religion of “peace.” Islam will not embrace you. You’ll be lucky if you don’t get thrown off some roof with your LGTBQI+ friends, and if you aren’t put to death, you’ll be required to wear a burka that covers your chosen identity. Perhaps, then they would understand that America is not that bad.

The father of lies is operating a well-oiled machine in his realm. The young and impressionable are being willingly and enthusiastically led right into his trap. Society’s upheaval is being fueled by liberty-hating global elites that know far better than us unwashed masses. Money talks, and those mega-wealthy elitists are financing wannabe leftists for their new world-order ambitions from their ivory towers. Unfortunately, there will be no place in the new world order hierarchy for those manipulated by this evil ideology.

We must not only resist this evil, we must confront it with the truth, the way, and the life. We cannot simply stand mute while so many are at risk of falling prey to the evil one and his schemes. We need to put on our spiritual armor and learn how to plant the seeds of faith in order to overcome this evil that is overwhelming our world. The father of lies will flee when confronted with the truth and it is up to us to proclaim the truth of Jesus Christ. It’s time to step out of our comfort zone and call out this evil for what it is. It's time to get involved with our local schools and protest against woke and racist ideology being taught to our children. It's time to make sure our elected officials uphold Christian values and morals, and pledge to serve their constituency, and not themselves. It’s time that we the majority get up and be heard over the squeaky wheels that promote the leftist, Marxist, socialist, and communist agenda.

Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of the things that they do in secret. But when anything is exposed by the light, it becomes visible, for anything that becomes visible is light. Ephesians 5:11-14

In Plain Sight

 Woke policies DEI (Diversity, equity, and inclusion) and ESG (Environmental, social, and governance) are driving our society, economy, and nation over a cliff.

On June 21^st, 2021, President Biden signed an Executive order on diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the federal workforce. The last sentence in the third paragraph states, “A growing body of evidence demonstrates that diverse, equitable, inclusive, and accessible workplaces yield higher-performing organizations.” There were no citations to any study that confirmed this claim, and for good reason. Current studies simply “suggest” that companies that implement DEI policies have increased productivity. Additionally, these “studies” originate from the usual liberal think tanks and woke universities. As with many of the talking points of the Democrat party, there is no real conclusive data to confirm their claims, only empty rhetoric. This divisive policy, not unlike Critical Race Theory, intends to segregate federal employees and candidates by race, gender, and sexual orientation. This executive orders’ intent is to reinstate affirmative action and discriminate against the scariest boogeyman of the left, the straight, white male, or what is commonly referred to as “white privilege.”

Section 2.a. states, “The term “underserved communities” refers to populations sharing a particular characteristic, as well as geographic communities, who have been systematically denied a full opportunity to participate in aspects of economic, social, and civic life.” If anyone in the United States, other than convicted criminals serving their sentences, have been denied a “full opportunity to participate in aspects of economic, social and civic life” please raise your hands. Here, in the land of opportunity, no one, yes no one is denied the opportunity to fully participate in society, should one have the drive and ambition to succeed. For the President of the United States to infer that certain “classes” of people cannot succeed, with the false presumption that their path is blocked by “systemic bias,” is disrespectful and disingenuous. Even Barack Obama stated that it did not matter where you began or what you look like, anyone can find success with hard work and determination. Unfortunately, President Biden and his cohorts in the Democrat party believe that “systematically disadvantaged persons,” or persons of color, are inherently inferior and require the government’s assistance just to survive. This executive order is a lie that panders a false narrative and as with most of the Democrat agenda, strives to achieve results that benefit the Democrat party and their benefactors, not the people they purport to represent.

ESG is another insidious attack on the fabric of Western society. These policies force companies to adhere to rules that place emphasis on making investments based upon a set of goals relating to climate, not strategically investing in profitable business, and meeting constantly changing social requirements in hiring and HR practices, which are all monitored and enforced by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. This makes it difficult, if not impossible to maintain their fiduciary responsibilities to their clients and shareholders. These actions, which detract from the success of the businesses, will lead to less effective and profitable investments, hiring and retaining inferior and potentially ineffective staff, based on a set of standards that reflect diversity, not merit, and hiring of additional staff to ensure that these standards are met as they will be audited regularly by the Federal government. Our economy is being forced to evolve into a government-regulated business model at the cost of a free market, profit-driven, successful model. If you think this sounds like socialism, you would be correct. Businesses that are deemed insufficient to these rules or fail to properly submit to the authorities, even if the "offense" is a statement deemed "inappropriate" by the SEC, may be fined. These fines can be levied in the $millions. Banks are held to the same standards, and non-compliant businesses will be denied loans. Try to run a business without a line of credit. Not going to happen. Our once thriving economy based upon a “meritocracy” is ceasing to exist.

This apparent underclass which is disproportionally affected by everything ranging from HIV to menthol cigarettes, is the perpetually cited victim of the Democrats in their class warfare strategy. When President Lyndon B. Johnson initiated the “war on poverty,” even he could not have foreseen the unintended consequences that have actually disproportionally affected the African-American community. Like the drug pusher giving free heroin to potential users, the welfare state induced generations to abandon the traditional nuclear family and depend upon government programs. Even President Franklin Roosevelt said that government assistance could become like a narcotic. Sixty years later FDR has been proven prophetic. Now Democrats promote the lunacy of driving the economy from the bottom up and the middle out. This is nothing but socialism in a poorly designed disguise. Initiating their insane monetary policies has led to government overreach and soaring inflation. Is that really a fair tradeoff for ending the mean tweets and “unpresidential” behavior? Who really is the threat to democracy?

The wokeness that is overtaking sanity in our nation is primarily driven by the Democrat party, a complicit media, and the leftists hungry to fundamentally transform this great nation. The headlong rush to affirm preferred pronouns and boys wanting to be girls is in direct correlation with the left’s desire to tear down civil society. Edicts arising from executive actions, bureaucratic regulations promulgated by entrenched bureaucrats, and governmental enforcement of “wokeness” are hindering our economy at home and damaging the US brand worldwide. We have met the enemy and it is us. China need not bury us economically or militarily. We are doing it to ourselves and far too few of us are lifting a finger to show disapproval. Russia will not need to launch a single missile to defeat us. Patience is the key as they laugh at the lunacy that is destroying the greatest country in the history of the world from within. And we are too “busy” with our own problems to confront this enemy within. Surely someone else will get involved and fight back. If we fail to confront this insanity, then it’s on us. How will you explain to future generations why we failed to defeat or even expose the evil, happening in plain sight, that ultimately destroyed this great experiment called America?

 

Darkness Exposed

 

 Bring Light to the Shadows

Evil flourishes in the dark. But, today, evil thrives in plain sight. The evil one is quite adept at convincing humankind that what is evil is good and what is wrong as right. To overcome evil, one must first recognize it as evil. Acquiescing to or ignoring the evil that is overcoming the world will only allow it to grow and fester, ultimately destroying civil society. Tolerating and accepting what we know is truly wrong just oils the slippery slope that the evil one uses to encourage the weak and unbelieving. Yielding to what is obviously wrong and deeming it as right allows evil to grow unimpeded. Use what God has written upon our hearts to test the new things that are of this world and see through the veil of lies. The evil in this world cannot withstand the light if we are bold enough to shine God’s light upon it. Evil will be defeated if good people cast that light and stand up for the Gospel. Far too many of God’s churches proclaim a “generic” evil that must be resisted, calling out the usual suspects, such as the seven deadly sins, etc., but fail to cite specific examples that so permeate western society. By far the most dangerous and insidious lie being perpetrated is the lefts’ headlong rush to redefine human sexuality.

Humans are sexual beings. Human sexuality is a gift that God intended to be shared within the confines of marriage. Man’s law may redefine marriage, but Scripture is quite clear that one man and one woman form a team to procreate and raise their children. Marriage should be honored by all, and the marriage bed kept pure, for God will judge the adulterer and all the sexually immoral. Hebrews 3:4. Jesus said, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” Matthew 19:4-6. Although man has decreed otherwise, God, the creator of all that was, is and will come to be, makes it clear that marriage is a sacred bond between one man and one woman, a sacramental covenant before the King of Kings. In marriage, each parent brings disparate and unique skills to bear in their children’s development. Parents are to instill in their children faith, morals, and values.

In the Old Testament, Sodom and Gomorrah were two cities overcome with unrestrained sexual depravity and were ultimately destroyed by God. They abandoned their God and replaced Him with the worship of their bodies and the pleasure afforded by their unbridled sexuality. Is it so different today? Tinder and other “hook-up” sites for anonymous unrestricted sex acts may be tame compared to those cities God judged as unredeemable. Fatherless families dominate the African-American community as 69% of all births are out of wedlock. How is that working out as fatherless children commit more and more crime? More and more couples are rejecting marriage, choosing to remain single, cohabitate, have and raise children, opting to disengage with God in their relationship. Half of all first marriages in the US end in divorce after an average of 8 years. Second or more marriages divorce at an even higher rate.

It has become commonplace to define oneself based upon a chosen sexual identity. What was once gay or lesbian morphs into LGTBQ+? No longer is there simply male or female, there are now a plethora of genders to choose from, including “non-binary, which is no gender at all. The transgenderism movement accuses God of error, “misgendering” the person choosing to disregard their assigned sex at birth. Current medical science can only change a person’s gender outwardly and cannot recreate a functioning member of the opposite sex. Once procedures are undertaken to alter the gender, that person will no longer be fully functional as either sex, unable to birth or father a child. Additionally, many persons who undergo hormone drugs or sex reassignment surgery will likely not be able to fully experience sexual intercourse and will often be unable to achieve a climax. Children who take puberty-blocking drugs or undergo sex reassignment surgery are also forty times more likely to attempt suicide. Transgender activists are targeting children with propaganda endeavoring to legitimize this depraved sexual conduct. Indoctrinating young children to accept this behavior as normal while distorting reality, by claiming that there are more than two genders, is evil incarnate.

Transvestites, crossdressers or what are now known as “Drag queens” (You see, that verbiage is much more palatable to the masses), are being mainstreamed as normal and acceptable. Drag queen story hour and other “performances” elicit sexual arousal for those mentally ill individuals. Is it not readily apparent that the performances are directed at children and not adults? How convenient it is for pedophiles to be welcomed into our schools and public libraries. School administrations that allow these degenerates to interact with children should never again be allowed into positions of authority in our educational system. If teaching staff would be found to be engaging in this type of behavior, they would be arrested, terminated from their jobs and after conviction, become registered sex offenders. Our society is losing its’ collective mind. If one wants to engage in the fantasy of transgenderism that is their problem. Don’t expect others to approve of their fantasies and especially expect resistance when they try to teach children to believe their behavior is normal. Any sane person cannot believe that the current societal trajectory of “anything goes” sexuality is reasonable.

Recognizing evil in our midst is just the first step in exposing it. As Christians, we are called to embrace what is good and to resist evil. Resist evil, not fight evil. That is not what God has called us to do. Fighting evil is a conflict reserved for God. It is up to God to separate the weeds from the wheat. Our house must be in order. We must speak the truth but do so gently and with love. We must preach the Gospel to the ends of the earth. God wants all of his children to be saved. Those overcome by the evil one are loved by their Father in heaven. We are to shine the light of truth on their error and let God do the judging. We are to plant those seeds and God will water them and cause them to grow. We are to love our neighbor as ourselves. anything less makes our actions just as evil, maybe more so, than those unduly influenced by the evil one. Pay heed to Scripture and light the path for those lost. That is our calling. Jesus said “Be careful, then, that the light within you is not darkness. So if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, you will be radiant, as though a lamp were shining on you.” Luke 11:35,36

Pray unceasingly for our leaders and for those who have been led away by the father of lies. God wants all of His children to come to know Him and to be saved. Let’s not be a stumbling block. 

Complicit

 

Careful what you wish for

Complicit definition; Acquiescing to or enabling a criminal or wrongful action. The standard line that the Palestinian people are separate from Hamas is inherently false. In 2006, Hamas won the Palestinian Legislative elections, when Palestinians overwhelmingly voted for their stated platform to eradicate the Jews from the earth. Since then, through bickering and internal conflicts and skirmishes with Israel has led Hamas to control the entire Gaza strip. As Barack Obama succinctly stated, elections have consequences. Sometimes when you get what you wish for, you get what you deserve. So, the Palestinian people have no one to blame but themselves. Palestine is Hamas. Hamas is Palestine. When you prefer that a terrorist organization lead your government and utilize schools, playgrounds, and Mosques to stage their weapons of terror, you are complicit in the heinous acts they commit.

The horrific acts committed by Hamas in their surprise attack of Israel in October of 2023, fall directly into the laps of those who not only allowed, but cheered on this terrorist organization’s rise to power. Israel has suffered from constant terror attacks against their nation and citizens for decades. Hamas’ stated objective is to eradicate all Jews from the face of the earth and reclaim Israel territory as their own, or better known as “From the river to the sea Palestine will be free.” There was never any intent for a two-state solution. To Hamas, Jews are to be eradicated, by any means necessary until none remain. Hamas makes Hitler, Stalin and Mao look pale in comparison. The Palestinian people have long supported terrorist attacks on the United States and around the world. Who can forget them dancing in the streets for joy after the attacks of 9-11 that killed almost 3000 innocents? Actions have consequences and Palestinians have faced limited consequences for supporting acts of terror by Hamas, Hezbollah, and Iran. A full accounting is long overdue!

Civilian deaths or casualties are simply a fact of warfare. Even with all of the technological advances in weaponry, innocent lives will be lost. But, when you revel in the killing of innocent Israelis, the chickens will come home to roost. Israel was given the promised land by God and in 1948 Israel formally announced that it had created a Jewish state. Palestinians rejected the declaration and this led to a war with Israel and the eventual eviction of Palestinians from Israel. Rather than integrate into another country, the Palestine Liberation Organization, a terrorist organization led by the notorious Yasar Arafat, was formed in 1964 and committed atrocities against Israel and Jews worldwide. Their attempts to force Israel to cede land for a Palestinian nation and pro-Palestinian propaganda did have an effect. In 1993, the Oslo Accords established a peace process that was intended to lead to a two-State solution. The PLO was granted autonomy in the Gaza strip. This has only given the Islamic terrorists a strategic base to launch attacks against Israel on a regular basis.

Billions and billions of dollars have been allocated to the Palestinian Authority, yet little is actually used to the betterment of the Palestinian people. The vast majority of the money goes to Hamas and other terrorist organizations to aid in their jihad against Israel. Money for infrastructure has been used to build a network of sophisticated tunnels that are used to further terrorism. This is on the Palestinian people. This is not the fault of Israel or the world. Give them what they want, they will get what they deserve. Hamas and other hate filled terrorist organizations and regimes must be eradicated. Their simple goal is to kill anyone who does not believe as they do. They are merely animals with their only instinct to hate and kill. There is no two-State solution. There is no negotiation that can placate their extreme hatred. There is no place for them in civilized society. You reap what you sow and if it ends in your destruction, so be it!

As Christians, we are called to love our neighbor, so how can we reconcile the call for the destruction of these terrorist networks? We are also not called to be simply led to the slaughter. In Jesus’ sermon on the mount, he called on us to turn the other cheek. In His day, a slap on the cheek was considered an insult, not a physical assault. We are granted the ability to defend ourselves, even if it means taking a life. We are also called to resist and fight evil and Hamas and their ilk are the epitome of evil. Israel and the world are fighting a battle that pits good against evil. Even so, continue to pray that your enemies can resist the evil one and renounce their wicked plans.

Finally, be strong in the Lord and in His mighty power.  Put on the full armor of God, so that you can make your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this world’s darkness, and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Ephesians 6:10-12

 

 

Pride

In the Name of Love???

There are many synonyms listed for the word pride. They include; arrogance, conceit, smugness, self-importance, egotism, vanity, and superiority. Pride is considered one of the seven deadly sins. God abhors a haughty and prideful soul. Interesting that the LGTBQI+ community picked pride as the moniker for their movement. It has become increasingly obvious that “pride” was chosen as an intentional affront to God. “For what may be known about God is plain to them, because God has made it plain to them.  For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse.” Romans 1:19-20. God is slow to anger, but it would seem foolhardy to taunt the creator of the universe. The rampant redefinition of morality that promotes all manner of sexual deviancy is not very likely pleasing to Him.

The Supreme Court legalized same-sex marriage in 2015, normalizing same-sex relationships for consenting adults in civil society. In less than a decade the alternate lifestyle movement has used that “foot in the door” to engage in behavior so perverse that it would make the residents of Sodom and Gomorrah blush. It was never enough for society to accept same-sex marriage. The intent was always to find a way to tear down established mores and substitute a new lawlessness that rejects God and prioritizes worship of individual identity and desires. What began as gay and lesbian, transforms into LGTBQI+ and whatever the next sexual deviancy becomes. In order to make the LGTBQI+ community feel a part of society, children must be targeted and groomed with curricula that promotes their chosen lifestyle. Children, who cannot vote, drive or consent to getting a tattoo, are now guided by school administration to question the gender they were born with. Laws are enacted to coerce children to experiment with new pronouns and to begin puberty-blocking drugs and hormones, while school officials are prohibited from informing the parents of these life-altering and often irreversible procedures.

The failure to recognize and confront the evil that has permeated our culture on so many levels places civilized society in jeopardy. Those that acquiesce to behavior that needs to be justified with forced legislation and edicts defies common logic. The evil one uses all manners of deceptions to entice people to accept and promote what is evil as good, using a misdirected sense of tolerance and acceptance in order to justify behavior that simply cannot be justified. Intentional disregard of God’s word and the deliberate twisting of His word to justify actions expressly forbidden by God reveals the innate godlessness and wickedness of the purveyors of this decadent movement. There will come a reckoning to those who suppress the truth. “For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.” Romans 1:21

What is evil is plain to those who have eyes that see, ears that hear, and a mind that can comprehend. God has written upon everyone’s heart a clear understanding of the difference between good and evil. One cannot truly rationalize lies masquerading as truth and fantasy pretending to be reality. The father of lies continues to prevail upon those that fail to differentiate between the two. “They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served the creature rather than the Creator” Romans 1:25. Those who fail to stand up to evil will be held to account. “But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.” Matthew 18:6. Those of you that choose to engage in alternate lifestyles are free to do so. If you can stand at the judgment seat and convince God that your choice is a godly one, then more power to you. One can fantasize and believe anything is truly right and salutary, but do not compel others to accept it as their reality, because it is far from the truth! 

 

Never Enough

On June 26^th, 2015 the United States Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage was legal in all 50 states. Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote for the majority, “They ask for equal dignity in the eyes of the law. The constitution grants them that right.” This ruling was universally celebrated as recognizing equal rights for all under the law. When Justice Kennedy opened this “Pandora’s Box,” he failed to understand that the innate selfishness of humankind is seldom satisfied with just one bite of the apple. A foot in the door was destined to reach beyond that ruling’s intent. In less than 8 years that decision has indelibly altered the trajectory of Western society.

On March 8, 2023, the United Nations published Principal 16 – Consensual Sexual Conduct, "Sexual conduct involving persons below the domestically prescribed minimum age of consent to sex may be consensual in fact, if not in law." — International Commission of Jurists, commissioned by the UN. Additionally in the report, "In this context, the enforcement of criminal law should reflect the rights and capacity of persons under 18 years of age to make decisions about engaging in consensual sexual conduct and their right to be heard in matters concerning them." This is a tacit call to normalize and decriminalize pedophilia. The effort to hyper-sexualize children and desensitize them to alternative sexual practices is evidenced by curricula and policies embraced by many schools.

The citizens of the United States find themselves in a quandary. The deliberate erosion of long-held principles and accepted social mores will inevitably destabilize society. What was normal is now considered "phobic" and the vestiges of white patriarchal society. Since that fateful 2015 ruling, society has been inundated with covert and overt overtures in an effort to redefine sexuality. Sex is the aphrodisiac that traps the powerful and powerless alike. Unrestrained sexuality is destroying the very fabric of our nation and the "sheeple" prefer to ignore the decline and virtue signal with their tolerance and acceptance of diverse lifestyle choices.

Decadence and corruption overwhelmed the Roman Empire. Borders were neglected and their military left in disarray, unable to defend their outposts and borders. The United States finds itself occupying similar ground. Military leaders focus their efforts in confronting and eliminating “white supremacy” within its’ ranks, neglecting the responsibility to train a fighting force capable of defending the country. Instead of fostering camaraderie, divisive critical race theory is taught that pits our fighting men and women against those whose skin color is different than their own. Soldiers that refused an experimental vaccine are dishonorably discharged and refused re-entry after the deficient efficacy of the vaccine is exposed and mandates have ended. Our government spends our children’s inheritance on social and climate justice boondoggles while underfunding the military. An invading army will meet little resistance.

Roman corruption is dwarfed by the weaponization of government and the utterly corrupted nature of politicians. President Biden is himself embroiled in an influence-peddling scheme run by his son Hunter and his brother James. $Millions have been laundered from enemy nations to various members of his family. Government’s highest-paid employee, Dr. Anthony Fauci, perjures himself before Congress, willfully and intentionally attempting to shield the origins of Covid-19, and uses taxpayer funds to dole out grants to scientists willing to “toe his line.” Money is the root of all evil. There is good reason that Washington DC is called the “Swamp” and the “Deep State” is running amok.

Our southern border is virtually eliminated by the Biden administration as millions of illegal immigrants are allowed entry and transported throughout the country. A nation without a sovereign border is not a nation at all. With these immigrants, who are not properly vetted, comes crime, drugs, human trafficking, and communicable diseases that have been long eradicated in the US. Non-profits and faith-based organizations work with the government to transport illegal immigrants into communities without notification. Elections have consequences and we are suffering from poor choices. The “Bad Orange Man” was ousted, but the alternative has been far worse. Mainstream media continues to push an agenda rather than reporting facts, yet many blindly support this false narrative.

“A horrible and shocking thing has happened in the land. The prophets (media) prophesy (report) falsely, and the priests (government) rule by their own (not the people’s) authority.” The silence of good people is deafening. This nation will decline exponentially unless good people refuse to allow it. Will you stand by idly, or will you try to save your nation?

 

Rules of Engagement

Man on the street interviews highlight just how out of touch many in our nation have become. Questions that once were common knowledge are often fumbled by our next generation of leaders. But they can recite verbatim from social media influencer’s videos. Decisions driven by some “Tic Tok’ video publisher’s unhinged rantings without possessing the ability to properly filter out the noise, is a recipe for disaster. This is what you get when teaching life skills become secondary to preaching CRT and striving for equity of outcome. In just a few short years, woke education policies have created a generation that has no clue.

Political ideology drives individuals to vilify those in which they disagree. Far too many on all sides of the political spectrum fall prey to this insidious behavior, especially on social media. Civil dialogue has become a lost art. In a head long rush to embrace “wokeness,” society has elevated selfishness to the preeminent position in society. We are cautioned to live in this world without becoming overcome by it but the world is clearly winning. Compassion has been twisted into a means of assuaging those who willfully choose to reject common decency and morality.  Tolerance is manipulated to reject common sense and allow abhorrent behavior to be normalized. Acceptance has been corrupted to foster disregard of accepted societal norms. Equity of outcome replaces equality of opportunity and the whole of society suffers in this misguided attempt to elevate those perceived to be marginalized by society.

One should always question “new things” and transformational changes within society. Failure to do so will facilitate the default to our innate human selfishness. Awareness of our ill-advised proclivities will help to strive toward selflessness and service to our neighbors. In order to help make this world a better place, we often must deny our needs in order to serve others. This world was never intended to revolve around any single human being in order to fulfill their wants and desires. Affirmation of those trapped within their selfishness only rewards ill-advised conduct. There is a reason that laws and rules exist. Without them, humanity regresses into human animals, only concerned with their own needs and desires. When identity or ideology supersedes empathy and concern for fellow human beings, we become ego-driven, self-centered malevolent beings that are antithetical to the ideal human condition.

Those that believe that it is paramount to properly love their neighbor by affirming behavior that is contrary to science and accepted societal norms, harms not only society but harms the mental health and well-being of the subject of that misguided love. When principles of conduct become vague and undefined, such as acquiescing to the theory that whatever is your reality is truth, the more unorthodox the standard of conduct becomes. Our society is in a free fall away from reality. Leftists seek to destroy the fabric of this nation and remake it into a socialist, authoritarian state and many are fooled into supporting this disturbing conspiracy.

The fears of a nation were manipulated and used to control this nation as it faced the uncertainty of a novel coronavirus pandemic that was far less lethal than our government and public health officials asserted. Fear is used to stoke hatred and to destroy those who would challenge this dangerous “woke” ideology that has replaced common sense. Fear enables individuals to do whatever it takes to protect their position and power. But fear is a liar. Reason and truth must be restored to overcome fear, and that truth is that we are all brothers and sisters with God as our Father. Fear divides us against one another. The common enemy is clear for those who choose to see. Government has been weaponized against “we the people,” and too many cheer it on.

Biden promised a return to normalcy and to unite the nation. His rhetoric has further divided this nation. His policies are destroying our economy, ended our energy independence, acquiesced to Russia's aggression, relinquished our role in the world to China and is destroying the dollar as the primary currency of trade. It is time to deny ourselves and identities as Democrat or Republican. It is time that we elect those who choose to serve us, rather than rule us. It is time to roll back the insanity that has overcome our nation. We are one nation under God and its high time we act that way.

Back to the Future

 Once a violation of human rights, now the new normal.

On January 21, 2022 the World Health Organization published a report that indicated over 200 million young girls have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) in 30 predominantly Muslim countries in Africa, the Middle East and Asia. FGM is a federal crime, 18 U.S. Code 116, and any participation in this act is considered a human rights violation, punishable by up to 5 years of imprisonment or deportation. This procedure is conducted on young girls, without consent and is medically unnecessary and dangerous. FGM is still prevalent in many majority Muslim-communities in the United States. As recently as 2020, many celebrities have denounced this as a crime against humanity, although US Representative Ilhan Omar, originally from Somalia where it is still widely practiced, has refused to do so.

Fast forward to today and an obsession with transgenderism has replaced sanity when dealing with the mental health issues of children and awkward teenagers. A boy that picks up a doll or is “in touch with his femininity” is encouraged to change his gender. A girl that has an interest in sports or seems masculine is encouraged to become a boy. In California, parents are not informed if their child decides to undergo puberty blocking, changing their gender identity or given name to correspond with their chosen gender. Any attempt to physically alter or allow a juvenile to change their pronoun or name without parental consent is child abuse. Far too many persons that undergo “gender modification end up regretting their choice, that is permanent, inalterable and has numerous health risks.

We are called to love our neighbors as ourselves. What we are not called to however, is to affirm each other within our sinful nature. Driven by the leftist media that affirms transgenderism, those that self-identify as transgender require all to validate their choice. Transgender supporters push an agenda that attempts to convince children to experiment with and normalize deviant sexual behavior. Why destroy children’s lives in order to feel better about themselves and their choices? Why steal our children’s innocence? As an adult, what you do is between you and God. Leave our children alone. Those that affirm and support this lunacy enable the insanity to spread throughout society.

Drag queen story hours are embraced by those that believe that they are being tolerant and acceptant of differing lifestyle choices. Christians and conservatives requesting equal time to communicate family values are accused of promoting hate speech and exclusion. Children are vulnerable to suggestion, especially from those they trust; teachers, clergy and as they grow older, their peers. Children do not possess the mental acuity necessary to process sexuality nor the emotional maturity to understand these concepts. All children go through phases that can call into question the customary gender roles that they exhibit. In almost all cases, children, if left to their own design, will return to gender roles that are appropriate to their biological sex.

Public education, on the other hand, has enabled numerous “woke” teachers to infiltrate the school system. These teachers have been indoctrinated with leftist ideology and are more than willing to usurp parental authority. Either by a deliberate lack of oversight or acquiescence by school administrators, these teachers encourage children to be whatever gender they choose, while deliberately hiding these life-altering decisions from their parents. Alternate lifestyles are promoted as normative and children are often persuaded to experiment with their sexuality by classroom education and assigned reading. Parents, not public education, are responsible for instilling values and morals in their children. Parents, who fund public education with their tax dollars, have the absolute right to know exactly what teaching methods, reading materials and curricula are used in the classroom. Parents have the right to address their grievances to local school boards without being declared domestic terrorists.

Transgender activists look to incite violence over their perceived lack of respect and misguided hatred of conservatives. A trans day of vengeance was planned for March 31^st and April 1^st in Washington DC. Monday, March 27th, a 28-year-old woman, transitioning to male, kills 6, including 3 children at Covenant Christian School in Nashville, Tennessee, and the media attempts to make her the victim. Police do not reveal the killer’s transgender identity until they are specifically asked. President Biden immediately politicizes this tragedy and calls for an “assault weapons” ban. When will this insanity end? When will these mentally ill people receive the treatment they deserve?

 

 

ELCA Pastor Response

This ELCA pastor has overdosed on the Koolaid. 

Unwitting Pawns was also published as a Guest Opinion piece in the West Bend Daily News on February 11th, 2023. Pastor Schoob's critique of the article says it all. The ELCA is awash in heresy and cares little about preaching the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the world in order to bring the lost to Him. Please pray for Schoob and especially for his congregation. If his sermons mirror his stated beliefs, his flock is not being fed the bread of life.

GUEST OPINION

Tolerance more than just a phrase

Can’t paint Christians with wide brush

By David Schoob

I am responding to Don Kriefall’s article “Unwitting Pawns,” printed in your paper. To paraphrase words from Luke Skywalker in a recent “Star Wars” film, “Almost every word in that article is wrong.” The only sentiment of his that I can agree with is that we should have a more tolerant society. Yet the article itself seems to be the poster child for intolerance and misinformation.

Where is it wrong?

The idea of accepted social norms varies depending on perspective. I and many others find the author’s idea of social norms narrow, abusive, and founded on a desire to keep the white, heterosexual male as the ideal.

He is wrong that there is a common understanding among Christians of what constitutes sexual deviance. My church is open and receiving of those in the LGBTQIA+ communities.

He is wrong that all Christians hold a common understanding of biblical material. There are many passages that Christians understand in different ways. Many Christians understand certain passages as being grounded in a different culture and time period. New understandings of our humanity lead us to examine passages in a different light of those understandings. You cannot use one interpretive approach as normative and call it “Christian.”

Most of the society does not hold that people must be defined by the binary male and female. Most also are open to recognition of gay and lesbian committed relationships. A majority of Americans embrace an idea of acceptance toward the LGBTQIA+ community. Almost all the experts on human behavior recognize a fluidity to gender identity.

LGBTQIA+ identity is not in any way connected with the lack of a mother or father.

LGBTQIA+ identities are not developed because of a secret plot by educators. Educators instead teach information to help young people understand themselves and others.

The understanding of systemic racism does not arise from a left-wing plot. The understanding of systemic racism arises out of a careful study of history and a sensitivity to the cries of communities of color. Parents are always free to remove a student from a history class if they do not accept the information and move their child to another school that is less rigorous in its analysis.

In the same vein, Black Lives Matter does not stand in opposition to the idea of All Lives Matter. Black Lives Matter affirms that all lives matter, but is honest about the mistreatment of blacks and speaks for those whose voices are not heard. The members of Black Lives Matter remind us all that black lives do matter as much as white lives. If we are all of one race as asserted in the article then there should be justice offered equally to all. Race is a social construct, (another correct assertion in the article) and continues to be used to promote injustice by a white-dominated society each and every day. The idea of Christian nationalism that the article espouses is not consistent with the constitutional understanding of the nation or the understanding of Jesus. Jesus refused a crown and called his followers to the law of love before any law or nation.

Finally, the article says that the left is always using the tactics of bullying, manipulation, and misinformation to try to drive people to their point of view. I would ask the author to follow his own advice: “We need to look at ourselves in the mirror and recognize who we really are.”

(David Schoob is pastor at Trinity Lutheran Church. He lives in West Bend.)

 

Unwitting Pawns

Everyone should practice tolerance, inclusion, acceptance and welcoming in their daily lives. Sharing those values within our community allows society to thrive. Problem is, these ideals have been corrupted by those that wish to foment distrust and division in this nation. Many who fall prey to this perversion of wholesome principals believe that past perceived injustices merit the abandonment of accepted societal norms in order to “make things right.”  Unfortunately, appeasing the loudest voices and acquiescing to radical ideology, allows an unfettered rush to a fundamental transformation of this great nation.

Deviant sexuality has prospered in this nation due to the mistaken belief that acceptance is the appropriate response to properly love your neighbor. This only promotes further attacks on the moral fiber of society. Like the school yard bully, inaction only increases the bully’s resolve. Without moral clarity, humankind’s innate selfishness takes the reins. We need to look at the reflection in the mirror and recognize who we really are. When traditional values are rejected and replaced with “new things” that disregard moral decency, one cannot easily justify those behaviors.

God created each of us with intrinsic differences, with different skills and talents. The gifts afforded to each of us vary. It is our differences that enable us to fulfill various roles that benefit all. Men and women are created to fulfill specific, yet equal roles, when raising children. Eliminate either from the equation and you stifle the child’s development. Both are necessary to guide and nurture the child. Both are necessary to instill values, morals, and faith. Both are necessary to impart the unique skillsets they possess to teach their children to become productive members of society. Without a mother or father, the child will seek to fill that void elsewhere.

Woke educators attempt to usurp parental rights by mainstreaming and encouraging experimentation with LGTBQ lifestyles, promoting transgenderism, and indoctrinating our youth with Critical Race Theory, at the expense of core education. Children are particularly impressionable and vulnerable to suggestion as they develop and learn. Trusting that curriculum will follow accepted societal norms is no longer acceptable. Without parental involvement in the education of their children, children will be at risk of the dominant woke culture that seeks to discard traditional values and replace them with leftist ideology.

Black lives matter, but no more than any other life. With God as our father, we are all brothers and sisters, no matter how we look on the outside. Race is a social construct. We are all members of one race; the human race. Jesus said to love your neighbor as yourself, yet leftists are relentless in their attacks on Christianity. Forgiving others and turning the other cheek must be too foreign for leftists to understand. Revenge does nothing to right any perceived wrongs. Retribution does nothing to lift the spirit. Reparations do nothing but punish those who have committed no crime and reward those who have not suffered loss.

Those that agree with the path that the current administration is leading the country need to wake up. For those who acquiesce to the insanity that has overtaken this nation, hear this; You will have no place in this new world order, you are advocating for your own demise. The fundamental transformation of this nation is being abetted by those who put tolerance, acceptance, and inclusion above common sense. Leftists mean to tear down traditional society and replace it with socialism. Socialist elites will then make decisions for their benefit, while everyone else will be mired in mediocrity.

Look around. Are you satisfied with the current trajectory of our nation? Can you rationalize the criminality occurring on our city streets daily? Will you willingly choose to turn your life over to a ruling elite? The “leaders” of the World Economic Forum would like that. They have openly stated such. They know what is best for us underlings. If we sit back and allow it, it will happen and your worst nightmare will be realized.

It’s time that we turn back to the Judeo-Christian beliefs that made this nation great. It’s time that we are able to share differing opinions without being maligned. Leftists silence dissent. Leftists accuse their detractors of racism, homophobia, and transphobia. Leftists want you to be willing sheep to be led to slaughter. This is our future if we fail to uphold our Republic, founded as a more perfect union for all. And fall it will, if we sit back and do nothing.

 

In the Garden of Good and Evil

“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.” Edmund Burke.

“The silence of good people is more dangerous than the brutality of bad people.” Martin Luther King, Jr.

“I learned that courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” Nelson Mandela.

Fear is a great motivator in preventing good people from calling out evil for what it is. The fear of being labeled as intolerant, hateful or bigoted is often enough to silence debate. Failure to expose evil in our society has allowed it to grow and flourish. As evil grows, it overwhelms common sense and reason while it extinguishes accepted societal norms and institutes destructive ideologies. Hiding one’s head in the sand or ignoring danger does not protect one from that danger; it will simply render you defenseless. The courage to overcome evil exists in every fiber of every person. Motivation for self-preservation is one of the strongest drives of the human condition. We need only to recognize that allowing evil to prevail will lead to our personal and societal destruction.

In a few short years, leftist ideology has become mainstream, particularly in academia, mainstream media, and the Democrat party. Young people, subjected to indoctrination in our public school system, embrace socialism, even though few understand its’ shortcomings. In socialism the State is paramount. The State becomes the religion and citizens depend on the government to provide for all. Hard work and ambition are discouraged and all are equal. Socialism has failed miserably wherever it has been instituted. The quality of life suffers, production of goods wanes and only the ruling elite benefit. Ronald Reagan said it best, “Government is not the solution to the problem, it is the problem.”

Leftism peddles lie after lie, inundating the populace with empty promises. Leftism promotes egalitarianism and government control of political and economic life. Leftism is radical, anti-capitalism and espouses the use of radical means to reach their goals. Anarchists, Marxists, communists, and socialists all belong to and support leftism. Equity is the calling card of the left. Equity purports to create equal outcomes at the cost of equal opportunity. Tolerance is a tool that dupes the masses into supporting this ideology that breeds inequality. Equity uses our differences to divide us, promoting a new form of racism. The left accuses their enemies of the same tactics they employ, allowing them to deflect blame when their policies backfire.

A house divided cannot stand and the purveyors of leftism understand tactics to divide will allow them to conquer. Leftists also understand that their strategy will not survive a united front of opposition. Recognizing the schemes of the left will allow good to triumph over the evil that is leftism;

Abortion provides a tool to divide and create animosity toward traditional norms. All can agree that every woman should have autonomy over her body. The left falsely accuses their opponents of creating legislation restricting a woman’s right to reproductive health care. Less than 1% of all pregnancies in the US are due to rape or incest and few states have laws that prohibit abortion in those instances. Where our disagreements lie is the right of a pre-born child to have a say in the matter. A woman’s choice does not take into consideration that pre-born human being. Minimize the value of life and all of society loses.

The elimination of sovereign borders by refusing to enforce immigration law creates confusion and overwhelms the immigration system. The tactic to discredit a border wall using the “We must be welcoming, after all, we are a nation of immigrants” rings hollow. Nations without borders are no longer nations.

District Attorneys refuse to enforce laws, encouraging criminals to commit criminal acts without consequence and releasing criminals into their communities to re-offend is the first step on a path to anarchy.

Disregarding accepted societal norms while celebrating deviant sexual behavior. Encouraging children to experiment with alternate lifestyles and gender change, often without parental consent, allows the State to have a greater role in the upbringing of our children, while minimizing parental roles. Drag queen story hour while traditional speakers are prohibited is absolutely insane, but it does create even more division.

The left foments division and strife. America stands at a crossroads, on the verge of falling, not by an invading army, but from within. I for one, will not stand idly by. Will you?

Bitter Harvest

 You reap what you sow….

Unfortunately, Obama’s pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright was prophetic with his “the chickens have come home to roost” rant. They have indeed. The ideology of the left; white supremacy is rampant and a clear and present danger; that every problem in this nation is caused by racism and reparations are warranted; “My body, my choice” or what is actually abortion on demand; pursue the myth of toxic masculinity to villainize men; the persistent devaluation of biologic sexuality and the normalization of (homosexual/transexual/pansexual/bisexual and more; the demonization of faith and family; and the utter rejection of God, replaced with glorification of selfishness. Society has been brainwashed to place the blame for our shortcomings on anyone but ourselves. Society has been indoctrinated to believe that we are above our Creator and to accuse believers as ignorant, hateful, and unwelcoming. Society ignores God’s intended plan for humanity and we all suffer the consequences.

Rather than following Jesus’ teaching to love one’s neighbor, we devolve into tribal animals that hate those who think and look different from themselves. Rather than follow the science of biology and embrace our differences, gender is defined as fluid and biological sex is just a social construct of a patriarchal society dominated by privileged white males. Toxic masculinity is shouted from the rooftops without it even being defined. Rather than celebrating the sacred union of one man and one woman in the bonds of marriage in order to produce and raise children, we promote deviant sexual behavior as normal while persuading our children to, not only accept, but to experiment with these practices. Rather than accepting responsibility for our mistakes and learning from them, we look to place blame at everyone but ourselves. If you think the strife and pain occurring in this world is self-incurred, you would be absolutely correct. We have met the enemy, and it is us. Subtract God from the equation and there is no solution.

There is evil in the world and it is high time that we call it out for what it is. We can no longer trust the mainstream media to expose malfeasance or even report honestly and we cannot trust public education to teach truth, as they continue to try to out-woke each other. The task to instill morals and Christian values to the next generation resides with parents and the clergy. We are called to expose the evil that exists and is growing in our society. If we fail to acknowledge the rise of evil, we will be overcome by it. Far too many seek to just go along to get along, not wishing to be looked upon as judgmental. Problem is, evil flourishes when allowed to spread unabated. If we ignore what we know is wrong, it will not go away. It will grow and fester like an infection that goes untreated. Yes, we are called to love our neighbor, but we are also called to “To teach and not be resentful.  To gently instruct, in the hope that God will grant them repentance, leading them to a knowledge of the truth, and that they will come to their senses and escape from the trap of the devil, who has taken them captive to do his will.”

Failure to act is acquiescing to the evil that is creating havoc in our society. Parents are beginning to wake up, but far too many are still asleep at the wheel. Parents need to take an active role in the education of their children by attending all parent-teacher conferences, monitoring and understanding curriculum, teaching methods and confront School Boards that accept the “woke” agenda. Parents must find the time to take back our School Boards and eliminate the cultural rot that far too many school administrations pursue. A whole generation of our children are being indoctrinated to accept these false ideologies. It is far too late to stand back and let the “system” work it out without active participation by Christian parents. The future of our nation stands in the balance.

Pastors that try to strike a balance of acceptance and tolerance by “not going there” place their congregants at risk to the perception that leftist ideology must not be that bad if there is no one calling it out for what it is, evil. Loving your neighbor does not mean that you must accept every action they practice. Plain and simple, abortion is the murder of a preborn child. Transgenderism is the rejection of God by placing one’s desires above God’s will by the worship of oneself. Critical race theory pits one race against another, degrading another person based upon skin color alone. Racism is racism no matter who practices it. The “New World Order” looks to take away your individual rights, granted by God, to be replaced by a cabal of elites that will dictate our lives the way they see fit. This is evil personified and if we cannot have our clergy call out the evil in this world, they will have failed in their calling. Exposing an evil ideology and calling to reject it is not judgmental; it is simply revealing the truth.

Soon, we will reach the point of no return and our nation will fail. The chickens are in flight and the death throes of our nation have already begun. Question is; will you stand up for your God and nation, or will you just sit by and watch the evil one lead our nation and our children into the abyss?