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Wonderful Article on Apologetics Press

http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/240319

Great Article

http://www.apologeticspress.org/articles/2778

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

I hope and pray that you all have a wonderful and blessed Christmas and a fruitful new year! Keep our Lord Jesus at the forefront of all your goals.

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Good questioning

After reading the wonderful letter by Marcia Segelstein, I have come up with some good questions to ask the liberals anti Christians.

1. Start by asking them if it is okay for me to force my Christian viewpoint on them?

of course they will answer no,

2. Then ask them is it alright for them to force their un-Christian viewpoint on me?

if they say yes they are hipocrits without defense. If no then ask them the following…

3. Is it okay for them to reasonably present their viewpoint to me?

most likely they will answer yes

4. Then ask them is it okay for me to reasonably present my viewpoint to them.

Either they will answer no and be hipocrits or yes and ask them why they persecute Christians so much for standing by The Word of God!

Just my thoughts.

Open Letter to Liberals by Marcia Segwlstein

Here’s what I REALLY think (an open letter to liberals)

Marcia Segelstein – Guest Columnist – 9/8/2009 10:05:00 AM

Ronald Reagan famously said, in his 1964 speech called “A Time for Choosing,” that “the trouble with our liberal friends is not that they’re ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.”

My last column, “Republicans Are Evil,” was about the knee-jerk reaction many liberals have to conservatives.  For the most part, liberals simply can’t believe it’s possible to be a decent person and a conservative, at least not at the same time.  Liberals far too often assume they know what conservatives believe, and it’s not a pretty picture.  Trouble is, many of their assumptions are wrong.

I received more mail about that column than any other, almost all of it from fellow conservatives who are derided for their views.  One reader suggested I write about what conservatism really is, and attempt to clear up some of the misperceptions liberals hold about it.  It’s something I’ve often thought of doing: writing an open letter to those who assume my views are repugnant because of the conservative label.  So here goes…

Dear liberal neighbors, acquaintances, friends and family,

I’m a conservative.  A political and social conservative.  I know that some of you assume that means I’m mean-spirited, selfish, intolerant, greedy, and perhaps even evil.  But before you write me off, allow me to explain what I really think.  You might be surprised to find that, at least in some areas, we want the same things.  We just disagree on how to get them.

I believe in limited government.  While I think government has many important roles to play (most importantly providing a military to protect our country), in general I believe the less government the better.  For one thing, bureaucracy too often breeds inefficiency, mediocrity, or even worse by not rewarding performance.  Anyone who’s been to his local Department of Motor Vehicles, or his post office for that matter, can attest to that.  But even if government bureaucracies worked perfectly, why would I (or anyone, for that matter) want to be subject to any more laws and regulations than I already am?  I believe I’m better at running my life than my congressman is.

As a believer in small government, it follows that I want my taxes to be as low as possible.  I prefer to spend my own money as I choose, not because I’m greedy, but because I’ll spend it more wisely and carefully because I earned it.  Government waste is a given.  And while I do believe the government should help the neediest among us, welfare states simply do not work.  Bill Clinton knew that well enough to act on it.  I believe individuals should be encouraged to be as charitable and generous as possible.  (As a Christian, I believe it’s my responsibility to help take care of people in need.)  But I also believe individuals fare better when they take responsibility for their own lives.  Dignity comes from taking responsibility, not handouts — and dignity breeds motivation. George Will summed it up nicely when he wrote that “excessively benevolent government is not a benefactor.”  I believe in equal opportunity, but I don’t believe that equal outcomes can (or should) be mandated.

I believe in personal freedom.  The less government bureaucrats have to say about my personal life, the better.  Naturally we’re all subject to the laws of the land, but it’s another thing entirely to have my family’s healthcare run by committee, for example.  Having lived through a few years without employer-provided health insurance, I know how tough that is.  I’d still prefer that to the British system in which my brother had to wait three months for an MRI to determine what a doctor here diagnosed by my description alone: that he’d suffered a stroke at the age of 38.  Guaranteed healthcare doesn’t mean much when it’s dangerously slow and just plain lousy.

Most public school systems are sad but perfect examples of how tax-supported bureaucracies simply don’t work.  As a conservative, I believe in school choice.  Not only would individual students benefit, it would inspire healthy competition and remind administrators that they are answerable to parents.

I am also a social conservative.  I believe in traditional Judeo-Christian values, and want the freedom to continue to worship as a Christian.  I also want the right to raise my children with those values.  I don’t want my children taught that the practice of homosexuality is right any more than my liberal neighbors want their children taught that it’s wrong.  Liberals who wouldn’t want their children taught Christian precepts in school should be able to understand why conservative Christians don’t want their children taught un-Christian precepts.  In fact, if public schools focused on academics and left social and moral issues to parents, we’d all be better off.  Social change dreamed up and forced on society, including children, by a few Washington insiders is a truly frightening prospect.  Too much power in the hands of a small group of any persuasion is a dangerous thing.

In a nutshell, I’m for limited government that acts to preserve opportunity and encourage personal responsibility.  I’m for small government that allows me the freedom to believe what I choose to believe, and raise my children accordingly.  I believe it’s my duty to help people in need, and that while government has a role to play in that regard, it is among the least capable of institutions to do so with positive long-term outcomes.

Ronald Reagan captured the conservative ethos in another quote from that famous 1964 speech:  “[Y]ou and I have the ability and the dignity and the right to make our own decisions and determine our own destiny.”

So, liberal readers, if you think that the concepts of small government, personal freedom, and personal responsibility are wrong, so be it.  Thankfully the government hasn’t mandated that you agree with me.  But if you think they’re evil, then forgive me, but I think you’re wrong.

Original Link: http://onenewsnow.com/Perspectives/Default.aspx?id=674062

We are the line!

My Christian brothers and sisters, we must stand against the evils of this world without waiver. We must stand against socialism, communism, athiesm, pantheonism, against Satan and all his influence in this world. We are the line where it stops. If not us, then who? Ask any of these groups of people who their biggest obstacle is, and if they are honest, they will tell you Christianity is. Many will not even try to deny it. We are the line that stops the evil in this world. Be very careful, for the enemy will try to quitely sneek in to the ranks of the line to brake it. Don’t be fooled. Socialism is not what Jesus preached about. The enemy has try to confuse people with what Christians do with what looks similar to what they want to do. God wants you to give of your own free will, not have a government take what you have and distibute it to who they see fit. What good is forced good will? Communism is even more straight forward in its disdain for Christianity. Athiest just try to deny everything filling the holes it leaves with anything they can think of. Panthenist say all is god and there are many ways to the end. On top of all these, you have muslims, budhist, etc… trying to invalidate the Gospel of Jesus Christ. My brothers and sisters, the flood of evil is against us and it grows each day. We are the line where it stops, stand strong and true. The One backing us up does not fail and will make note of who the line is made of. Don’t be lazy, stand and act on the Word. I will stand with the majority…even if I’m alone, me+God will always be a majority. Where will you stand?

The Painting!

Imagine if everything there is, except for people, is represented by a painting. Most people are a few steps back from the painting, but scientist and learned men are right up next to it with their lenses and scopes becoming experts in the little section they can see. They each rely on the other for information on the sections they cannot see, for they can only see their own little sections being so close and dedicated. Together they try to understand what this great picture of life is supposed to mean. The real problem is that the picture is infinite and by getting closer, the less of the picture you can truly see. In order to take in the picture, you must step in the other direction. The farther back you get from it, the more you can take in. The more you take in, the more you really know what the unlimited picture painted by God is truly of. Don’t be fooled by what the so called experts will try to say they know. They really are missing the “big” picture here!

-Vincent Lancon

The Sword Project

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The Challenge!

I was reading through the comments on a lot of news post about gay marriage and such. There were a lot of hateful comments directed toward the Bible. Before you spew venom and vile and blame at the Bible, I challenge you closed minded people to read it. Just read the New Testament, pick up a New Internation Version or one of the more modern easy to read scripts, stay away from the harder to read King James Version. You blame the Bible for all your misery, but have you read it? Read it yourself, don’t listen to what someone else has to say about it. I challenge you to read the New Testament with an open heart and mind and then come back and try to spew the vile and venom. It can’t be done. I challenge you to try. Stop listening to the hate of others and read and make up your own mind, you are capable of that right? No cheating either, you must read it yourself.