“Nothing frustrates me more than to hear church leaders boast about not being “political.” They hide behind this excuse for skirting the controversial issues of the day, such as the sanctity of human life, the definition of marriage, sin, or righteousness in the culture. None of these issues is political in nature. Each is moral and biblical in every sense of the word. Can you imagine Jesus Christ saying to the Pharisees, “I won’t be addressing the social issues because they are political in nature? He was crucified for confronting wickedness in high places. Paul and Silas and the other apostles were thrown in prison and eventually executed for being “political.” Reverend Martin Luther King sat in a Birmingham jail, writing about the political realities of racism. It would cost him his life. I believe many leaders who call themselves by the name of Jesus Christ will someday have to account for their cowardice in the face of abject evil. I pray that God will give me the courage to stand unflinchingly for righteousness when, like Bonhoeffer on the gallows, I am confronted by the forces of evil. I believe that time is coming for all true believers in biblical truth.” – Dr. James Dobson
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Making America Godly
He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the Lord. – Proverbs 17:15
It was a saying of Solon the Athenian lawgiver, that “a Republic walks upon two feet; one being just punishment for the unworthy, the other due regard for the worthy. If it fail in either of these, it necessarily goes lame. How much more if it fail in both?”
Form your opinions of others and of right and wrong, not at the prompting of the world, but as though you are under the watchful eye of God. Because you are, whether you are a friend of God or not. The PC (politically correct) crowd constantly tries to force us to obey and treat them as gods as they usurp and twist God’s authority. Those individuals do not realize how awfully they are provoking God, but they will; we Christians ought to pray that they experience punishment from His hand sooner rather than later so that they might have the opportunity to repent. In all our most secret judgments of men and things we are accountable to Him. Don’t let that cripple you in your judgments; however, do let it empower you to always make good and proper judgments/decisions.
The majority of Christians seem to have abjured the duty of conscientiousness, and the abjuration is one of the most fearful symptoms of our time.
To abjure is to formally renounce something. It is to give up a previously held belief, especially formally or solemnly. One of the most blatant examples is the “ordination” of “priests” who advocate for ongoing, active homosexuality in the church as a practicing homosexual. Now I know full well that I have just committed blasphemy with the PC crowd but Heaven is doing a slow clap and saying, “About time you started waking up and declaring truth as it is revealed by God in the Holy Bible. Don’t stop there, because there is so much more. Do not be kowtowed by the PC crowd, their ways are not God’s ways and their ways shall not successfully stand when the judgment of God comes upon them.” Don’t like this? Dial 1-800 TELL-GOD. (Actually that is probably a “900” number because someone is going to pay the price for not obeying the Word of God.)
Proverb 12:2, “A good man obtaineth favor of the Lord; but a man of wicked devices He will condemn.”
The second abomination to the Lord according to Proverb 17:15 is “he that condemneth the just.” We must form our opinions of others as under the watchful eye of God and not according to the world’s constantly changing opinion. Deviancy has been getting defined downward because of a lack of boldness to stand against the PC crowd. “All it takes for evil to triumph is for the good to fail to take a stand against it,” Edmund Burke. –or words to that effect- The duty of estimating others as in the sight of God is not by any means a light one, but a most solemn one. Unholy and unprincipled and unethical life, wherever found, ought to be protested against by the servants of God. It is a blessing that unethical Hillary does not currently hold a public office; it is a shame that she ever did. There is a sad tendency among us to overlook those faults (sins) which fall in line with the practice of the day, which consist in the neglect of unwelcome duties, or the committing of lightly esteemed sins.
Men and women who refuse to acknowledge God’s existence do so, in the final analysis, because it is contrary to their manner of living. They do not want to bow down to the moral claims of a holy God on their lives. – R. C. Sproul
An excerpt from my forthcoming book: “Deeper Faith: Completely Consecrated Christianity” pastorwardclinton.com
John 3:18
Christian Life
Let it not be imagined that the life of a good Christian must be a life of melancholy and gloominess; for he only resigns some pleasures to enjoy others infinitely better. – Blaise Pascal
MAGA!
2nd Chronicles 7:14 God bless America, God bless President Trump, and let us set our feet back on the right path–God’s path. pastorwardclinton.com
Keep going … going
Thank you for this one, Linda…
*THE LAST FEW POUNDS*
“Whatever weight-loss plan you choose, you’re bound to lose pounds–at least for a while. But most dieters reach a plateau before they reach their goal, and many get discouraged when the thrill leaves before all the weight does. Many give up and go back to their old ways of eating.
Something similar happens in our Christian lives. When we begin our walk with Jesus, we easily shed many of the sins that have weighed us down. We give dramatic testimonies about being freed from addictive behaviors. Then the attention shifts to another new believer, and we discover that ”little” sins like jealousy, resentment, and anger don’t drop away as readily as the ”big” ones. Some of us get so discouraged that we lose sight of our commitment to Christ and go back to some of our old ways of living.
When Jesus talked about the cost of being His disciple (Luke 14:25-35), He wanted those who heard Him to realize that believing in Him and following Him involves more than starting something that is exciting. It means sticking with something that is difficult.
So whether we’re talking about weight loss or spiritual gain, the message is the same: What matters most is not how we start but how we finish.”
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Luke 22:36
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Sympathy
We must show symathy with sinners, but not with their sins. C. H. Spurgeon
Do not tolerate what Jesus would not tolerate. pastorwardclinton.com
The Aroma of Coffee and of Praising God
No coffee can be good in the mouth that does not first send a sweet offering of odor to the nostrils. – Henry Ward Beecher
Such an interesting observation. Now I know there are a few people who do not like coffee and therefore cannot quite relate but for the majority of us as we think on the wonderful fact related to us let us also ponder a spiritual parallel. When we offer our sacrifice of praise it is an aroma that is more pleasing to God than the wonderful aroma of fresh coffee in the morning is to us.
Now that is biblical. It is said in a slightly different fashion in Scripture but God is thrilled by our little demonstrations of genuine love for Him. He actually looks forward to fellowship with us.
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When you set yourself on fire, people love to come and see you burn – John Wesley
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