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Comment by Bill Evans on April 14, 2010 at 8:17am

Hi everyone! This is a re-post of an editorial rant/question I sent out on another forum w/o any responses:
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I must admit to finding myself increasingly troubled by recent events as reported in local & national news. Now when I say 'recent' I mean the last 18-24 months for sure, but actually this is part of a much larger trend going back many more years in our nation's history. These 'events' can be generally categorized as a national drift away from God. Evidence of this can be seen literally everywhere: 1) increasingly larger elements of our society are aggressively trying to remove most references to our faith in all areas of public domain, and in some private arenas as well; 2) genuine personal morality and Godly values take a back seat to situational imperatives (elected public officials, movie stars, business leaders, news media, etc, etc.); 3) new laws (spawned from the court system and from additions/edits to our constitution) take us into areas where we are compelled to tolerate, financially support, and even comply with activities that stand in direct contridiction to God's laws; 4) current social rules of public communication effectively try to silence any person's attempt to project references to a personal value system - especially if it is Christian-based.
As most will agree, our nation was founded, as clearly recorded in history, by God-respecting, God-fearing people, seeking, among other things, freedom in their expression of faith. How far we have come!
Now, I do understand my brothers & sisters in the Lord, that the erosion of social values is not a new phenomena in the history of the world. These cycles have been repeated time and again. A certain nation will grow to greatness, reside on the mountaintop of their success and strength for a brief season, and then the inevitable happens. The nation begins to forget those things that brought them greatness, and they crumble into ruin from within. I also know that the natural process at work in the universe is atrophy. All things move toward decay over time. But when we look at these events from a biblical basis, what first comes to mind is prophesy. These events, these times were certainly foretold. We are therefore, I believe, getting very close to the end times.
What my troubled soul is wrestling with (for the remaining days my Lord leaves me here) is this: what should our response be to these things? Truly - these troubling events of our time are not likely going to change for the better on their own. For it is true that political/social ills can't change until the hearts of men change. But do we not have a response today as Christians? Are not some souls in the world looking to the children of salt & light to demonstrate a public response worthy of our God - of our faith? Yes, we will continue to pray - for our leaders and our nation. And we will continue to work the fields of harvest as we are led, one soul at a time, to continue His work of changing hearts. But as to a public stand on these issues...do we have an active role to play? And what should that role look like?
Thanks for letting this old man vent today.

Comment by God's Rocker on April 8, 2010 at 11:47am

Comment by Peter Clement on April 8, 2010 at 11:42am

everybody needs to see this video of Obama mocking Jesus Christ;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RWHdQBMgb4
Obama is a muslim and anti christian. Obama is as well born in Kenya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBJihJBePcs&NR=1

Comment by God's Rocker on April 8, 2010 at 9:54am

This is a place ro gripe about politics ??? Well, here goes,Im'not happy with our new president at all .First of all no one has seen his real birth certificate proving he;s a US citizen 2nd he's not a very seasoned politician if you look at his past history and has Hilary Clinton holding his hand through the Presidency 3rd ,He's paying more attention to Healthcare than stopping the war. and 4th I've heard he was muslim and seen photos of him walking into a mosque .5th He's not Ron Paul (haha).

Comment by Joleen on April 7, 2010 at 8:01pm

I recieved this writing in an e-mail. It didnt have a link or video to back up the quote that the president aledgely made. Does anybody know if this is true or not? thank you in advance for any answer .

e-mail
MOST OUTRAGEOUS STATEMENT EVER MADE BY A PRESIDENT
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> Bad press, including major mockery of the plan by comedian Jon Stewart, led to President Obama abandoning his proposal to require veterans carry private health insurance to cover the estimated $540 million annual cost to the federal government of treatment for injuries to military personnel received during their tours on active duty. The President admitted that he was puzzled by the magnitude of the opposition to his proposal.
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> "Look, it's an all volunteer force," Obama complained. "Nobody made these guys go to war. They had to have known and accepted the risks. Now they whine about bearing the costs of their choice? It doesn't compute."
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> "I thought these were people who were proud to sacrifice for their country," Obama continued. "I wasn't asking for blood, just money.. With the country facing the worst financial crisis in its history, I'd have thought that the patriotic thing to do would be to try to help reduce the nation's deficit. I guess I underestimated the selfishness of some of my fellow Americans."
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> Please pass this on to every one including every vet and their families whom you know. How in the world did a person with this mindset become our leader?
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> REMEMBER THIS STATEMENT...
> "Nobody made these guys go to war. They had to have known and accepted the risks. Now they whine about bearing the costs of their choice?"
end of e-mail.

Comment by David Velasquez on January 25, 2010 at 4:15pm

Progressive Christianity is the name given to a movement within contemporary Protestant Christianity characterized by willingness to question tradition, acceptance of human diversity with a strong emphasis on social justice or care for the poor and the oppressed (see Minority groups) and environmental stewardship of the Earth. Progressive Christians have a deep belief in the centrality of the instruction to "love one another" (John 15:17) within the teaching of Jesus Christ. This leads to a focus on compassion, promoting justice and mercy, tolerance, and working towards solving the societal problems of poverty, discrimination, and environmental issues.

This movement is by no means the only significant movement of progressive thought among Christians (see the 'See also' links below), but it is currently a focus of such issues in many parts of the world.

Progressive Christianity draws on the insights of multiple theological streams including: 19th century evangelicalism, 19th and early 20th century Christian liberalism, 20th century neo-orthodoxy, and late 20th and 21st century liberation theology. [1]. Perhaps the most comprehensive statement of a progressive Christian point of view is "Progressive Christian Beliefs: An Introduction..." found at http://progressivetheology.wordpress.com, by Delwin Brown, apparently a reformed liberal theologian.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progressive_Christianity

Comment by David Velasquez on January 25, 2010 at 4:11pm

Comment by Ginnybee on January 2, 2010 at 7:28pm

Yes, ACLJ is doing some mighty work, though I fear the opponents overwhelmingly outnumber the constituents.

LOL...luv ya sis, T!

Comment by David Velasquez on January 1, 2010 at 3:19pm

hahahaha Great impute Theresa good sense of humor. I would encourage us to keep up to date with what’s going on in congress/The White House by visiting ACLJ's (American Center for Law & Justice) web site. Jay Sekulow is an awesome Christian attorney confronting the Laws that affect our Christian freedoms

Comment by Theresa on January 1, 2010 at 10:11am

Yes, I agree, we should pray for Obama but not with our eyes close, LOL, after all, would you pray with your eyes close when you are driving a car or bycicle or an airplane or a boat, LOL? God help America and the world, they are the ones That I want to pray for too.
By Mr Obama winning the presidential election shows us Christians who are truly called by God, how much there is decay and immorality in our nations. Just look at the people who voted Obama in and look at their behavior and their lifestyle and this has to tell you something really interesting.
One thing we can be thankful to God for is using Mr Obama to accomplish His will and hopefully bring back Jesus sooner to this side of the world, this is one positive point about Obama.

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