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"I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened"
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Featuring:
A Time to Speak
Chris Skates
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"Know who you are standing with"
"Show me your friends and I'll show you your future"
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Holy hypocrisy! - In a new video, Gov. Mike Huckabee, R-Ark., uses the rainbow-lit White House as a backdrop with both a Clinton and nObama talking about their previous opposition to gay marriage. Clinton says, “I believe marriage is not just a bond, but a sacred bond between a man and a woman.” Watch the video here. -Fox News
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HILLY EMAIL DUMP TODAY
Amid revelations that Hilly Clinton’s operation edited some Libya emails and that others from her secret server went missing altogether, the State Department will dump a new batch of the former secretary’s emails today. The roughly 4,000 pages – part of a court-ordered release – are from emails Clinton turned over to the State Department after destroying emails she deemed personal.
As NYT reports, the Clinton’s handling of the Libya messages to and from longtime adviser Sidney Blumenthal, which Clinton called “unsolicited,” are raising questions. “[E]mail records that Mrs. Clinton, according to officials briefed on the matter, apparently failed to turn over to the State Department last fall show that she repeatedly encouraged Mr. Blumenthal to ‘keep ’em coming,’…All or part of 15 Libya-related emails she sent to Mr. Blumenthal were missing from the trove of 30,000 that Mrs. Clinton provided to the State Department last year, as well as from the 847 that the department in turn provided in February to the House committee investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya.” -Fox News
Amid revelations that Hilly Clinton’s operation edited some Libya emails and that others from her secret server went missing altogether, the State Department will dump a new batch of the former secretary’s emails today. The roughly 4,000 pages – part of a court-ordered release – are from emails Clinton turned over to the State Department after destroying emails she deemed personal.
As NYT reports, the Clinton’s handling of the Libya messages to and from longtime adviser Sidney Blumenthal, which Clinton called “unsolicited,” are raising questions. “[E]mail records that Mrs. Clinton, according to officials briefed on the matter, apparently failed to turn over to the State Department last fall show that she repeatedly encouraged Mr. Blumenthal to ‘keep ’em coming,’…All or part of 15 Libya-related emails she sent to Mr. Blumenthal were missing from the trove of 30,000 that Mrs. Clinton provided to the State Department last year, as well as from the 847 that the department in turn provided in February to the House committee investigating the 2012 attacks in Benghazi, Libya.” -Fox News
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Warren doesn’t rule out campaigning for Sanders - Boston Herald: “Asked if she would campaign with Sanders at some point, [Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass.,] didn’t dismiss the idea. ‘Too early to say,’ she said. But Warren didn’t seem convinced that Sanders could eventually knock front-runner Hilly Clinton out of the Democratic primary. Asked if Sanders can actually win, Warren sidestepped, saying, “Bernie is there on the issues. That’s what matters to a lot of people.’” -Fox News
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WITH YOUR SECOND CUP OF COFFEE
How many of us truly know perfection? What would we give to keep it? One man who held it in his hands had to watch it slip away. John Paciorek, a gym teacher in California, played a single game of major league baseball in his career and played it perfectly. In an interview with CBS News, Paciorek talks about growing up loving the game, and knowing it was the only thing he wanted to do. The day he went to bat in the majors he did so with near perfection, and was rumored to be the next big star of the MLB. But his secret back condition drove him from the field and the game he loved. That game was the only one he ever played in the bigs, and he accepted that with grace. He’s mentored other young people with a love of the game, and never regretted anything that’s happened to him in life. He said, “People think ‘Oh, that’s the worst thing that could ever happened.’ It’s not…I think everything that’s happened to me since then, was good.” -Fox News
How many of us truly know perfection? What would we give to keep it? One man who held it in his hands had to watch it slip away. John Paciorek, a gym teacher in California, played a single game of major league baseball in his career and played it perfectly. In an interview with CBS News, Paciorek talks about growing up loving the game, and knowing it was the only thing he wanted to do. The day he went to bat in the majors he did so with near perfection, and was rumored to be the next big star of the MLB. But his secret back condition drove him from the field and the game he loved. That game was the only one he ever played in the bigs, and he accepted that with grace. He’s mentored other young people with a love of the game, and never regretted anything that’s happened to him in life. He said, “People think ‘Oh, that’s the worst thing that could ever happened.’ It’s not…I think everything that’s happened to me since then, was good.” -Fox News
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Feds 'deported' 900,000 illegals, but they remain in U.S.
(Paul Bedard) ~ Nearly 1 million of the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants in the United States have been ordered to leave the country but remain, many hiding in plain view as they take advantage of an overwhelmed federal system, according to new documents... In the latest demonstration that the U.S. legal and police system appears unable to enforce immigration laws, documents show that about 900,000 undocumented immigrants, including 170,000 criminals, have been ordered deported "in absentia," meaning a judge kicked them out without them even knowing it. In the case of the recent surge of unaccompanied minors, huge numbers have been ordered deported, but likely remain behind because they didn't show up for deportation hearings and were shown the door in absentia.
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Empire of Lies: Exploiting the Dialectic of Right and Left
(J.R. Nyquist) ~ In parts I-III [links at end of page] we have seen how the Empire of Lies advances on all fronts, at home and abroad. Big Government Socialism is, of course, the heart of modernity’s Big Lie... where God is dead and unchecked political power forms the basis of a monstrous new religion disguised as “science.” This new religion rises up on every side. Its adherents dominate the media, education, government and the arts. This religion decries the wickedness of all who eschew social conscience, and who advance the “dismal science” of economic principle, or who adhere to God and country. The new religion curses the following: the nation state, traditional folkways, market economics, and the liberty toward which these organic formations tend. In place of the old God they have put forward a number of candidates: first among these (1) the people; (2) the proletariat; (3) non-whites; (4) women; (5) the planet; (6) and homosexuals. Each of these false Gods, depicted as the crucified victims of a wicked capitalist patriarchy, are set up in honored pity; as hero-victims whose plight justifies the Great Revolution. http://www.trevorloudon.com/2015/07/empire-of-lies-part-iv-exploiting-the-dialectic-of-right-and-left/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NewZeal+%28New+Zeal+Blog%29
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Tips for Christians: How to share gospel in hostile age
(Greg Corombos) ~ In the face of a U.S. Supreme Court decision finding a constitutional right to gay marriage and the Oklahoma State Supreme ruling a Ten Commandments monument unconstitutional... many Christians are experiencing increased intolerance in the public square. But does the increasingly secular culture mean believers need to adjust how they share the gospel? “Yes, I mean, and no,” said Tim Keller, founding pastor at Redeemer Presbyterian Church in New York City. “No in that you don’t change the good news, but, yes, it does I think change the way you share it.” “If I’m talking to somebody who’s skeptical or somebody who’s sympathetic, I change the way I talk,” Keller explained. “We’re that way with everyone. Hopefully, if you know how to communicate, you instinctively say things differently when you’re trying to bridge a barrier. Now that we live in a more secular society, we’re going to have to change the way we communicate the gospel.” http://www.wnd.com/2015/07/tips-for-christians-how-to-share-gospel-in-hostile-age/
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Where Has American Pride Gone?
(leanrightamerica.org) ~ There was a time, not that long ago, when patriotism was seamlessly woven into American culture. The stars and stripes were on everything from our blue jeans to our breakfast diners... Shoppers looked at clothing tags to make sure their purchases were “Made in the USA.” Was some of this a cynical marketing gimmick? Of course. But a lot of it was heartfelt, genuine love for this country – a love that you don’t see a lot of these days.This time around, though, there may be something more to it. Conservatives have been ashamed of Barack nObama since he first stepped into the White House six years ago, mourning every time he drags us a little further down the liberal rabbit hole. Liberals have begun to turn on him as well, desperate to know where their Great Black Hope went. Maybe we shouldn’t let our feelings about the current administration affect our feelings about the country itself, but it’s inevitable. Patriotism is based in emotion as much as it is in logic. More so, maybe. Does it matter? Do we lose something as a civilization when we lose our team spirit? No doubt about it. We stop watching the news as closely, we disengage from politics, and we stop thinking about the issues important to all Americans. Maybe we stop voting altogether. Above all, we lose our unity, making us vulnerable to the clique-ish, ethnic arguments of the liberal left. We divide into sects. We become a loose collection of subcultures without a glue to hold us together. That may make for an interesting country in theory, but it makes for a crappy America. http://www.leanrightamerica.org/uncategorized/where-has-american-pride-gone/
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More Americans See Increased State Sovereignty As The Solution
(rickwells.us) ~ More and more Americans are fed up with the overreaching, intrusive and oppressive federal government and have decided something needs to be done... Those sentiments are complicated a bit by the fact that most of our supposed representatives are working against our interests, serving themselves and their corporate masters. That adds to the growing discontent as well as the uncertainty over what to do in order to reclaim the government we have lost. We all know something needs to be done, the correct path is what is uncertain at this point. In an article on Brietbart News, Michael Patrick Leahy wrote a very good article about the growing sentiment for a return to constitutional, state and local-centered government. http://rickwells.us/the-federal-govt-is-the-problem-more-americans-see-increased-state-sovereignty-as-the-solution/
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Netanyahu: Western powers ‘collapsed’ in nuclear talks
(Adiv Sterman) ~ Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday accused the six world powers negotiating with Iran of dangerously caving to the Islamic Republic’s every demand... as a long-sought final pact that would see the lifting of sanctions in exchange for curbs on Tehran’s nuclear program was reportedly close to being signed. “It seems that the nuclear talks in Iran have yielded a collapse, not a breakthrough,” Netanyahu said at the start of the weekly cabinet meeting. “The major powers’ concessions are growing.” He said an agreement with Tehran over its nuclear program would “pave Iran’s path to the production of very many atomic bombs and it will also channel to Iran hundreds of billions of dollars that will serve its aggression and terrorism campaigns in our region and around the world.” These 6 nations are going to be very sorry on what they have done.
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Media is not ‘controlled by Jews’ but by Saudi Arabia
(themuslimissue.wordpress.com) ~ On Monday, Saudi Arabia celebrated the beheading of its 100th prisoner this year. The story was nowhere to be seen on Arab media despite the story’s circulation on wire services... Even international media was relatively mute about this milestone compared to what it might have been if it had concerned a different country. How does a story like this go unnoticed? Today’s release of the WikiLeaks “Saudi Cables” from the Saudi Ministry of Foreign Affairs show how it’s done. The oil-rich Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and its ruling family take a systematic approach to maintaining the country’s positive image on the international stage. Most world governments engage in PR campaigns to fend off criticism and build relations in influential places. Saudi Arabia controls its image by monitoring media and buying loyalties from Australia to Canada and everywhere in between. https://themuslimissue.wordpress.com/2015/07/05/wikileaks-media-is-not-controlled-by-jews-but-by-saudi-arabia-media-loyalties-purchased-around-the-world/
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Al Jazeera Video that Mocks Americans as Fat, Gun-Toting Racists
(Sharona Schwartz) ~ You can make statistics say anything you want. But you wonder why they don’t worry about the lack of freedom in Muslim countries... Al Jazeera’s digital media platform AJ+ posted a Fourth of July-themed video mocking Americans as fat, cheese-eating, gun-toting, pill-popping, racist porn watchers. While some on social media applauded the creation, others slammed the Qatar-owned network for using the holiday “to dump” on America.
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NEW EMAILS CATCH nOBAMA IN HUGE COVER UP
(teapartypolitics.com) ~ You might remember back to a few months ago when Jonathan Gruber was all over the news... He was the economist who helped to design the Affordable Healthcare Act and said the American public was too dumb to realize it was a massive tax called the cadillac tax. Remember? When the story broke nObama and the White House were quick to distance themselves from the callous designer of the ACA. They said he played a “bit” role in the creation and implementation of the ACA. New emails prove that’s just not true.
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Anti-Christian Genocide Now Underway
(Cliff Kincaid) ~ “When are we going to have the guts to take our head out of the sand?” asks George J. Marlin, chairman of Aid to the Church in Need, USA. In this interview, Marlin discusses the New Age of Christian Martyrs, with one million Christians killed in the 21st Century so far. “There is a delusion… in the nObama Administration that this really isn’t happening,” he says. “This White House can’t bring itself to recognize what’s going on there.” Can Islam be reformed? Will the Pope issue an encyclical on Christian persecution? Marlin reports that nObama promised to speak out on the 100th anniversary of the Armenian Christian genocide, in which 1.5 million people were killed, but has refused to do so. However, Pope Francis has talked about it publicly. The Muslims are conquering Europe, which has abandoned its Christian roots, Marlin says. But anti-Christian forces are also on the march in the U.S., through the same-sex marriage movement, he says. http://www.trevorloudon.com/2015/07/anti-christian-genocide-now-underway/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+NewZeal+%28New+Zeal+Blog%29
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A Time to Speak
Chris Skates
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Of course the flowery “hippie” words of Kennedy to try and soften the gut punch to religious freedom and the first amendment is vapid at best. It will be blown away like pixie dust by gay lobby lawyers in the near future. I predict churches will be attacked in courts before year-end (Christian charities and colleges will be assaulted long before that). In his dissent Scalia called the five justices in the majority “self-appointed rulers”. Can we trust these relativistic rulers to stand in the way when Christian pastors are jailed for so-called civil rights violations?
Of course the flowery “hippie” words of Kennedy to try and soften the gut punch to religious freedom and the first amendment is vapid at best. It will be blown away like pixie dust by gay lobby lawyers in the near future. I predict churches will be attacked in courts before year-end (Christian charities and colleges will be assaulted long before that). In his dissent Scalia called the five justices in the majority “self-appointed rulers”. Can we trust these relativistic rulers to stand in the way when Christian pastors are jailed for so-called civil rights violations?
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It would seem that his is an excellent time for the church to stand up for itself. Yet at least half the articles I read over the weekend as well as a full fifty percent of the conversations I have had with Pastors indicate that much of the church thinks we should bow out of this “losing argument”. I couldn’t disagree more. The argument has been a losing one precisely because so much of the church refused to take a stand or to act. I would posit that 60% of congregants in all denominations didn’t even know the issue was before the Supreme Court until the ruling came down.
It would seem that his is an excellent time for the church to stand up for itself. Yet at least half the articles I read over the weekend as well as a full fifty percent of the conversations I have had with Pastors indicate that much of the church thinks we should bow out of this “losing argument”. I couldn’t disagree more. The argument has been a losing one precisely because so much of the church refused to take a stand or to act. I would posit that 60% of congregants in all denominations didn’t even know the issue was before the Supreme Court until the ruling came down.
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Another argument I heard often this weekend is that this is the church’s just desserts for allowing itself to become embroiled in politics in the first place. We the church should be focused only on helping the poor one blogger wrote. When I suggested to a pastor friend that the church boycott one of the corporations that chose to gloat with a rainbow clad logo over the weekend, I was chastened. “It is not Christ-like to engage in ‘economic strong arming’” he said. Instead, I was told that God is sovereign therefore we should pray, and love our enemies, and set a positive example. Amen and Amen. Yes, God is most emphatically sovereign, and we MUST pray and do all of those other things with a greater fervor than ever before. That being said, why must those things and taking action in the political realm be mutually exclusive? Allow me an analogy.
Another argument I heard often this weekend is that this is the church’s just desserts for allowing itself to become embroiled in politics in the first place. We the church should be focused only on helping the poor one blogger wrote. When I suggested to a pastor friend that the church boycott one of the corporations that chose to gloat with a rainbow clad logo over the weekend, I was chastened. “It is not Christ-like to engage in ‘economic strong arming’” he said. Instead, I was told that God is sovereign therefore we should pray, and love our enemies, and set a positive example. Amen and Amen. Yes, God is most emphatically sovereign, and we MUST pray and do all of those other things with a greater fervor than ever before. That being said, why must those things and taking action in the political realm be mutually exclusive? Allow me an analogy.
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On D-Day, I am certain that soldiers prayed fervently before the gates of the landing craft came down. Yet once the gate was lowered and they suddenly found themselves out on a cold beach under withering machine gun fire, what would God have had them to do? Would he have had them throw down their arms, drop to their knees and pray that the sovereign God remove the Germans from before them? Or would he have had them use the training, valor, and weapons at their disposal to act?
On D-Day, I am certain that soldiers prayed fervently before the gates of the landing craft came down. Yet once the gate was lowered and they suddenly found themselves out on a cold beach under withering machine gun fire, what would God have had them to do? Would he have had them throw down their arms, drop to their knees and pray that the sovereign God remove the Germans from before them? Or would he have had them use the training, valor, and weapons at their disposal to act?
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Yes, God is sovereign, and as Acts 17:26 says it is He who determines the boundaries of our habitations. So in His sovereignty, God has placed us at a time such as this in a Federalist Republic (or at least what is left of one). I posit to you that it is incumbent upon us to wake up and seize the weapons we have been given at the cost of countless amounts of American blood and treasure on beaches like Omaha. (Authors note: This is a weapon analogy but I do not mean actual guns or weapons. I mean weapons like the right to vote, the right to demand a constitutional amendment, the right to be involved in campaigns and yes…the right to boycott.)
Yes, God is sovereign, and as Acts 17:26 says it is He who determines the boundaries of our habitations. So in His sovereignty, God has placed us at a time such as this in a Federalist Republic (or at least what is left of one). I posit to you that it is incumbent upon us to wake up and seize the weapons we have been given at the cost of countless amounts of American blood and treasure on beaches like Omaha. (Authors note: This is a weapon analogy but I do not mean actual guns or weapons. I mean weapons like the right to vote, the right to demand a constitutional amendment, the right to be involved in campaigns and yes…the right to boycott.)
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This is absolutely a time to pray. It is a time to love our neighbors and our families like never before. It is a chance to communicate the Gospel in ways that may not have been available a week ago. And it is also time to act with great boldness. If we’ve learned anything these past few days it’s that a small portion of those who believe in traditional marriage and a handful of conservative congressmen won’t get it done. We need the church and those who believe in traditional values united on this one in a way that we haven’t seen since the 1770s. If that happens, this ruling will be nothing more than a bad memory.
This is absolutely a time to pray. It is a time to love our neighbors and our families like never before. It is a chance to communicate the Gospel in ways that may not have been available a week ago. And it is also time to act with great boldness. If we’ve learned anything these past few days it’s that a small portion of those who believe in traditional marriage and a handful of conservative congressmen won’t get it done. We need the church and those who believe in traditional values united on this one in a way that we haven’t seen since the 1770s. If that happens, this ruling will be nothing more than a bad memory.
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