I guess that depends on who wins the Presidency, what happens in the House of Representatives, and the Senate.  If those are in the hands of the Democrats there will be some continued violence as well as a massive infringement upon our inalienable rights, freedoms, and liberties.  They have no intention of allowing a ‘good crisis go to waste’ and fully plan on using the pandemic and the willing compliance America demonstrated to their advantage.

On the other hand, if Trump wins and somehow the Republicans take the House of Representatives and keep the Senate it will rightly be viewed as a mandate to restore Law and Order while protecting and defending the Constitution of the United States of America.  Will the Democrats and the NeverTrumpers accept the 2020 election?  No more than they accepted the 2016 election.  Trump’s greatest sin, in their eyes, was winning and therefore he is to blame for everything and to be credited with nothing.

The Democrats, including Joe Biden, are threatening America with violence if Trump wins.  They are attempting to hold America hostage and force us to comply or die.  However, I suggest that if Trump wins their threats will be attempted but will likely be squashed with the power of the federal government. 

I read an article by one of the Atlantic writers, Shadi Hamid who predicted ‘mass unrest and political violence across American cities if Trump wins.’  I am convinced this messenger wrote what he wrote in hopes that many would become fearful and determine that they would withhold their vote for Trump hoping to appease the rioters.  That may work with some, but I am hopeful that it will not work with millions of Americans.

I read an article recently that suggested that New Hampshire is moving toward becoming a Red State again and that is significant.  They only have 4 electoral votes but if a bastion of liberal thought can be shifted maybe other parts of our country can be moved as well.  I saw some reports that other than New York City many New Yorkers were turning on the rioting, violence, and rhetoric of the Democrats.  If that is true, then there is the hope of seeing a massive turnout in November and if there is a massive turnout rejecting the destruction there is hope.

I want to take a position that may not resonate with everyone. I speak from my view as a Christian.  I am not saying that you cannot be a patriotic American and a good citizen if you are not a Christian, but I am saying that as a Christian you should be both.  I have been chastened of the LORD over the past few months over-focusing on what I see with my natural eyes rather than what He has declared in His Word. 

I have long known and believed that what a person listens to most has the greatest influence on their lives.  In America we are bombarded with the ‘bad news’ and the ‘dire’ and most of that is to target the president.  Their intent is to make him the most heinous villain that has ever lived worse than Hitler or Genghis Khan or any despot and tyrant who has ever lived.  He is not, but some reading this may consider him so reprehensible they would rather vote for the devil than vote for him. 

It is not a good situation to feel placed in a position where you must choose the lesser of two evils and many feel that way in this election.  I do not.  Although there are things about the person, Donald Trump that cause me a certain amount of moral heartburn, I focus on two things in making my political decision.  I focus on how nearly the political platform aligns with God’s Word and when possible, I view the body of work of the parties and candidates.  I can do the latter with both major presidential candidates.  I have 47 years of history with Biden and I have 4 years of history with Trump.  Therefore, I can evaluate their performance as well as their platform.  I can also evaluate the biblical and moral position of the platforms.

I refuse to be coerced by political extortion.  I refuse to be blamed for a condition that I did not cause simply because I am from the South, a white male, and grew up during the ‘50s and ‘60s.  I was told recently that because I grew up in rural East Texas during that period and am a white male, I am automatically a racist.  Excuse me, but I reject I believe that Black Lives Matter but demand that I am also allowed to believe and express that All Lives Matter.  If you attempt to strip that from me, I will resist.  I am a Christian and what I might or might not have been at any juncture in my life cannot define me today.  He defines me!

What will happen after November 3rd in America?  I believe that America will become more divided than ever.  The Democrats, Anarchist, Socialist, Marxist, Globalist will intensify their efforts to destroy the Republic and fundamentally transform it.  Sadly, there are those who truly love America in the NeverTrumper consortium and contingency that will continue to align themselves with those seeking to overturn the election.  That alliance will give a measure of strength to the dissenters and America will be harmed. 

The writer for the Atlantic said that “Liberals had enough trouble accepting the results of the 2016 election that they could not abide another defeat.”  The truth is they did not have difficulty accepting the election they rejected it and still do.  They considered our rejection of their cause so incomprehensible that it had to be an anomaly or a hallucination.  They believe they are the legitimate owners of the nation and all that is in including the people. 

If you believe that something is a fluke and a strange twist of fate that was never meant to be, you frequently reject all reason.  If you believe that your divine right, even if you do not believe in the divine, has been usurped you feel justified in doing whatever necessary to rectify that anomaly.  That is what they have been doing for 4 years and will do into the foreseeable future. 

I predict that should they win they will feel justified and even mandated to make us pay for our grave sin of rejecting them in 2016.  They will destroy the system of election and the electoral college will become a figment of the imagination of the lovers of the Constitution and Liberty.  They may not be able to get a constitutional amendment ratified but they have demonstrated a propensity to ignore and bypass the constitution.  They would likely fulfill their threat of expanding the Supreme Court to 12 or 15 members and pack it with liberal activist jurist ensuring their ability to rewrite the Constitution in violation of the Constitution. 

Mob violence is the enemy of Republicanism and Freedom.  The damage has been done and will continue to be done and America, as we have known and loved will rapidly become a memory, not a reality.  The year 2021 will either be the 1^st year of restoration or the 1^st year of fundamental transformation and destruction. 

You may disagree and believe that all this is minor, I do not.  You may believe that there is nothing we can do and as Christians, we simply await the return of Jesus and our rescue.  I do not.  I believe Jesus is coming but not on a rescue mission but for a Glorious Church that is Powerful and Enforcing His Victory on the Cross.

As a Christian, I have chosen to not allow what I see, and the threats of destruction cause me to fear.  I believe that as Christians if we, the people of God take God seriously and make 2 Chronicles 7:14 a reality in our lives we can determine the election and direction of America.  I believe that if we make Matthew 6:9-13 and 33 cornerstones in our prayers, focus, and desire we can not only win souls but change the culture and be vehicles through which God can manifest His love, mercy, grace, peace, and power.

I will work and vote, but my focus is God not what I see.  I am standing on what He says not what anyone else says.  God bless you and God bless America!

For anyone that immediately attempts to ascribe that to the current President, I say, NOT SO!  My allegation is that Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and the entire swath of Liberal Socialist Marxist Globalist Leftists making up the Democratic Establishment are Phony to the Core and More!  Bring on the hate if that is your desire.  I believe it and believe that I have as much right to believe that and express it as you do to hurl your hate toward Trump.

I keep examining my heart to guard against ‘hate’ and pray for the LORD to expose any seeds of that destructive element in my life.  I do not want to ‘hate’ anyone but the devil and his work.  I have been hearing in my heart of hearts during my time of prayer, meditation, studying of God’s Word, and examination of what is happening in America and the world as a simple directive.  That directive and warning or explanation is found in Ephesians 6:12, “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.”

I keep hearing the Spirit of God direct my heart to shift my focus from people and personalities to principalities and powers.  I keep sensing the need to focus on the invisible cause of what is transpiring in America and the world, not what I can see with my eyes.  That does not mean that we do not resist the so-called resistance. That does not mean that we do not counter the fallacious lies and distortions with the truth.  That does not mean that we do not vote, and labor to get people to vote for America and reject the agenda of the Left.  It means that we realize that what we see is not the real problem it is a much deeper root and evil.

I truly believe that the battle we are fighting in America is not Democrat vs Republican or Trump vs Biden but Good vs Evil and Freedom vs Tyranny.  I believe we are fighting for the Sole of America and the Preservation of Freedom.  The Phony Media, the Deceptive Politicians, the Diabolical Deviants seeking Power and Control are a problem, but they are tools, not the source.  We dare not ignore the people, but we must realize that there is something far more powerful and dangerous than them.

Somebody asked, “Will the Real Joe Biden please stand up?”  I said, “There is no Real Joe Biden.”  I would also argue that there is no real Kamala Harris.  There is no real Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Jerry Nadler, Maxine Waters, Adam Schiff, or virtually any politician now occupying an office in Washington, DC. 

Joe Biden’s track record in politics is incredibly revealing and virtually nothing in it positive or beneficial for America and Americans.  How is that for irritating those who hate Trump so much they are willing to vote for the devil, if necessary, to defeat him?  The past and the present Joe Biden are incredibly disturbing for this lover of Freedom.  His selection of Kamala Harris as his running mate spoke volumes to me and those volumes were not comforting but alarming.

Debra Saunders in an article for RealClearPolitics said of Kamala Harris that she was a “politician on the make.”  That is an interesting way of phrasing her pathway to prominence.  Her affair with Willie Brown in San Francisco was a boost to launch her career and her sordid history is questionable.  Yves Smith called her a “progressive opportunist.”  Many looking at her record as a California prosecutor declare that she is “opportunist to the core.”  The view of many, including this American, is she will do or say anything to achieve her objective.  What a wonderful choice for Vice President.

Before you blast me and link Trump to opportunism, I must contend that if you are going to use that standard for Trump you must also apply it to all the Democrats.  You cannot have one without the other.  Be consistent, please.  I contend that Joe Biden is no less an opportunist than Harris.  However, I also contend that his choices and decisions have been terribly wrong and bad for America for decades.  If there is any consistency for Biden it is that he has been consistently wrong.

Joe Biden waged unbridled war on Supreme Court Nominees, Robert Bork and Clarence Thomas. He released numerous statements in support of Brett Kavanaugh’s accusers.  Both he and Harris demanded that women must be believed.  Now that Biden has been accused of sexual impropriety, they have changed their view and position and adopted the Hillary position regarding Bill’s accusers.  The Democrats consistently attack those on the Right for things that some on the Left are doing but justify those on the Left and vilify those on the Right.  I call that Phony to the Core and More!

Biden was in favor of the Gulf War in 2002 but resisted in 2007.   He and Obama withdrew troops in 2011 allowing ISIS to explode and murder thousands of Christians.  The media deemed him to be a Patriot for that stance.  The Left and the haters of Trump on the Right agreed.  He was part of the Iran Deal that Obama signed that sent $100 Billion to Iran and legitimized their nuclear program and pursuit of weapons of mass destruction.  Yet, many insist he is a better choice than Trump who has stood up to and against the terrorist nation of Iran.  I call that Phony to the Core and More!

Biden’s history of plagiarism, lack of cognitive ability, being devoid of creative ideas that are good for America is problematic for me.  When Biden was in law school he was accused of cheating.  Newsweek had an op-ed that stated, correctly, that Biden’s history of plagiarism reveals that “neither he nor his team has a clear, independent vision for America.”  His inherent lack of principles is a threat to our freedom and our republic.

One must wonder if Biden supports many or any of the things he has suggested or if he is simply parroting what he is told.  He supports cuts in defense depending on how the polls indicate the voters stand.  He supports slavery reparations and federal spending for abortion depending on how the polls rate those issues.  The only consistent thing about Biden and Harris is that wherever they stand on an issue is will always be Left and often Far Left of where mainstream America Stands and where our Republic was intended.

The use of COVID-19 for political purposes is disturbing and disgusting.  Recently an L.A. County health official has revealed that they plan to reopen public schools AFTER the November election.  What?  What is significant about the November election as the demarcation line for reopening the schools.  I believe it is in anticipation of a Democrat victory.  That would make everything they have done Phony to the Core and More!

America, we have a choice in November and if we are going to keep America the Land of the Free, we must allow her to be the Home of the Brave.  We must recognize the destruction that is hiding in the shadows and stand against the destruction of our Freedoms, Liberties, and Inalienable Rights.  Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, and the Democrats are a Clear and Present Danger and I ask that you reject them and Vote for A Free and Constitutional America.

God bless you and God bless America!

Many have asked me, “What do you see, or think is going to happen in America after the 2020 elections?”  There is more in that question that I could possibly answer in a short article or blog post.  The truth is, I do not know what is going to happen, but have a sense of numerous things based on what I see, what the Bible teaches, and history. 

In the days to come, I believe, there will be two streams flowing at the same time in America.  When I say streams, I mean two pathways or series of events, actions, and activities and ideologies or agendas.  I see a stream of evil and destruction where the divide in this nation will grow more pronounced and the violence will escalate to the point of a volcanic type eruption with massive and pervasive unrest.  That could plunge us into another Civil War, and we could see Americans shedding the blood of other Americans in a literal war with gunfire.  I pray that will not happen but am convinced it is coming regardless of who wins the presidential election.

I see another stream flowing in which the Spirit of God touches hearts with an outpouring of God’s love and grace beyond anything we have witnessed in our lives.  I believe we will see gatherings of believers who have committed themselves to seek God with a passion and commitment beyond anything we have witnessed.  I believe that there will be evidenced a total abandonment to the Will and Purpose of God.  That will result in a revival where we will witness literally millions being converted.  It will produce healing.  But that healing will not eliminate the festering wounds in those who reject the Gospel and the Love of God. 

Those two eventualities will exist concurrently, and the stream of evil will exhibit the desire and objective of eradicating all who follow the other stream.  Regardless of which political party is in control of the government, there will be actions regarding Christians and Churches.  If the liberal leftists who follow the anti-God agenda gain control, there will be massive attempts to infringe upon our Religious Liberties as well as many other inalienable rights.  The Supreme Court will be packed, if they gain control of the Senate, keep the House and win the White House.  If they lose, we get a brief respite from the infringements because the other side will defend religious freedom.

I feel compelled to address the fallacious and unbiblical idea that we are to passively submit to human authority as believers.  That is contrary to several precepts, principles, and direct reflections in Scripture, I will not attempt to elucidate or articulate them all.  That would not find acceptance with those who disagree, but I leave it there and leave it for another blog and discussion.

It is my conviction and I believe the teaching of the Bible that the powers that God ordains are not a threat to the righteous.  That demands the question, “What happens if the powers are a threat to the righteous and righteousness?  What then?”  I believe the disciples answered that when standing before the Sanhedrin and instructed to stop preaching Jesus.  They said, “Who should we obey, God or man?”  I believe that is still the needed response from believers today.  We should always seek to obey God and say what His Word says and do what He commanded us to do.  We need to warn of danger and wickedness.  It is not political to identify the violations of biblical laws it is kingdom.

I ask you to consider these questions:

• Which party or candidate is a threat to the children’s education?
• Which party or candidate is a threat to a preacher’s right and ability to quote and preach the Bible?
• Which party or candidate is a threat to marriage and the family?
• Which candidate or party is a threat to life, the life of the unborn?
• What is our commission and mission as Christians and preachers?
• Are we not to warn the wicked and warn of danger?
• Are we not to declare the Word of God?

Matthew Henry said that the greatest danger in the end times will be the corruption of the church not the immorality of those outside.  Our mandate as Christians is not to avoid contact and association with those who are outside the faith or the church.  They are our mission field.  We win people by our lives not just our words.  However, we are directed to turn away from those who have a form of godliness but deny God’s authority and power.  A brother that is living immorally or in violation of God’s ways is to be turned away from.

I believe that the Christian vote could make this election a landslide.  I have said that for more than a decade.  However, I realize that many are silenced out of shame, fear, or misunderstanding.   I have talked to Christians who are intimidated by their own pastors and people inside the church.  We are to be light and salt in this earth.  Are we? 

In writing a blog that touches people of all religious persuasions and some that do not believe in God, I know that I am walking a thin line in my reflections as to how believers should live.  However, if we love Freedom and America, we can unite in the common cause of keeping America the Free Constitutional Republic and that means defeating those who are anti-everything the Republic was designed to be and frequently anti what the Bible teaches.

Let me offer this observation and thought: “True Marxism has no conscience.”  In his day, Charles Spurgeon rebuked Marxism from the pulpit and prevented Karl Marx from gaining a foothold in England Marx’s only recourse was Russia where there was no gospel opposition.  The Outpouring of the Holy Spirit is possibly the most essential key to overturning the destruction in America and the world.  Not by Might nor by Power, but by My Spirits says the LORD.  Jesus said, “The Spirit of God is upon me because He has anointed me to…”

I believe that it is a demonstrated reality that a man will die for his convictions but not for his opinion or preferences.  Sadly, the church has allowed the devil to steal our language and the political movement of the Left is stealing our words and our purpose.  They are reshaping the narrative and redefining what it means to be an American and have become a virtual god to the masses.  That is anathema to God’s Purpose and Word as well as to the principles of Freedom and Liberty in Republicanism.

What do I see happening in America after the 2020 election?  I see truth coming to the forefront, and it will be a direct threat to those who seek to destroy our Freedom and Liberty.  Anyone speaking the truth will be targeted and there will be an attempt to destroy if they cannot destroy them economically or influentially, they will seek to exterminate them physically.  It is coming!

I agree with Evangelist Mario Murillo that the power of social media has transformed the attitude of the nation.  State and regional lines no longer exist there are no pockets of ideology untouched by those of a different ilk.  What were once safe zones spiritually and ideologically are being reshaped because of the internet.  What is happening in one part of the country can happen in every part.  The internet and social media are like a virus that spreads ideas and agendas powerfully.  We have to wake up and take advantage of the platforms available and preach the gospel of Christ and present the Truth, biblically, historically, and morally.

History is replete with examples of God aiding people when they turn to Him and pray.  This is not Republican vs Democrats it is Good vs Evil.  When one party hates Christianity, the Bible, and American History that means they must be rejected.  We have a mission, an assessment, and a purpose.

Trump is a vehicle God has chosen to bring us to God’s purposes.  The Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence and violent men take it by force.  God has used wrecking balls in history to bring people back to him.  Trump is a man with flaws and not a god.  He is not flawless, but he is a catalyst to bring us to the purposes of God. 

Those are a few of the reasons I will vote against the globalists, leftists, liberals, socialists, Marxists (Democrats) in November, and beyond.  I stand for Faith, Family, and Freedom. 

God bless you and God bless America!

I have some dearly loved and well-meaning friends who are adamantly opposed to anything regarding God, the Bible, and religion being inserted into politics or government.  They believe that our Founding Fathers and the Bible mandate that Government and God remain as far apart as the East is from the West.  They believe the indoctrination of those who insist that a “Wall of Separation” must exist and want the church relegated to the pulpit and politics allowed to govern our lives. 

I find that anathema to my faith, insulting to my reason, and beyond dangerous.  Politics affects life and the Bible is about life.  God must be Number One in our lives and if we are to ‘seek Him first’ that means He must be above all things including politics.  If we allow the secular to govern and insist that the spiritual is only to be applied to individuals and always remain private and personal, we miss a clear danger and benefit. 

I truly believe that God is LORD of All and until we acknowledge that we will continue our descent into the quagmire of hate, bitterness, violence, interracial tension, and destruction.  The Golden Rule was not given by Jesus just to offer a nice-sounding cliché but as a guide for life.  The Bible is replete with pleas and directives regarding interpersonal relationships and even our relationship with the government. 

Before you argue that we are mandated to sheepishly comply with all edicts of government, never be critical of wrongful behavior or sin, and never allow our the Bible to guide our politics, I ask that you consider some pertinent biblical and societal considerations. 

John Adams, wrote, “The general principles, on which the Fathers achieved independence, were the only Principles in which that beautiful Assembly of young Gentlemen could Unite…And what were these general Principles? I answer, the general Principles of Christianity, in which all these Sects were United: And the general Principles of English and American Liberty, in which all those young Men United, and which had United all Parties in America, in Majorities sufficient to assert and maintain her Independence.” (Letter to Thomas Jefferson, June 28, 1813).

Our early Congress regularly called for days of fasting and prayer and declared on such call on May 17, 1776, as a “day of Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer…[to] confess and bewail our manifold sins and transgressions, and by a sincere repentance and amendment of life, appease his [God’s] righteous displeasure, and through the merits and mediation of Jesus Christ, obtain his pardon and forgiveness.”  How is that for a Wall of Separation between the Church and the State?  Hard to argue that point with that in mind, isn’t it?

Benjamin Franklin made a clarion call for prayer at the Constitutional Convention when things were becoming bogged down with wrangling, disagreement, and argument.  He and the founding fathers attended a July 4^th worship service at a Christian church in Philadelphia a variation of his request was adopted. He said, “In the beginning of the Contest with Great Britain when we were sensible of danger, we had daily prayer in this room for Divine protection.  Our prayers, Sir, were heard, and they were graciously answered…To that kind of Providence we owe this happy opportunity of consulting in peace on the means of establishing our future national felicity.  And we have we now forgotten that powerful Friend?  Or do we imagine we no longer need His assistance?”  (June 28, 1787)

John Adams made a powerful argument for including God in government and for excluding the government from interference in religion.  He said, “We have no government armed in the power capable of contending in human passions unbridled by morality and religion.  Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people.  It is wholly inadequate for the government of any other.”  (1798, Address to the militia of Massachusetts).  He also said, “Nothing is more dreaded than the National Government meddling with Religion.”

In a letter to Benjamin Rush on June 12, 1812, he wrote, “Although the detail of the formation of the American governments is at present little known or regarded either in Europe or in America, it may hereafter become an object of curiosity. It will never be pretended that any persons employed in that service had interviews with the gods, or were in any degree under the influence of Heaven, more than those at work upon ships or houses, or laboring in merchandise or agriculture; it will forever be acknowledged that these governments were contrived merely by the use of reason and the senses.”

He was not alone and men like Franklin, Jefferson, Samuel Adams, John Jay, Benjamin Rush, Alexander Hamilton, George Washington, and James Madison all echoed those sentiments. 

Today we are facing a reality where the two major American political parties are in stark contrast on God and Government.  There are some in the Republican Party that is “Wall Builders” regarding the involvement and influence of religion in government but for the most part, it is the Democratic Party that is the anti-God or anti-religion party. 

I do not know President Trump’s relationship with God, but he openly acknowledges God and God’s sovereignty.  He calls for prayer and expresses faith in God’s wisdom and purposes.  He said, rightly, “We will decide whether we will defend the American way of life, or whether we will allow a radical movement to completely dismantle and destroy it.”  He, then promised, “That won’t happen!”  He promised to fight for our Freedoms and Inalienable Rights and recognized that God, not the government has extended those rights to individuals. 

The contrast is the Democratic Party refuses to fly the American flag at their gatherings and omits any mention of God in their procedures and processes.  The Democrats insist that they are the antidote to produce America’s Redemption and only as they are given total power can America be restored.  That is the same rhetoric that despots in history have used time and again. 

President Trump said, and I agree, “In America, we do not look to career politicians for salvation.  In America, we do not turn to government to restore our souls – we put our faith in Almighty God.”  America, Joe Biden, and the Democrats, Globalists, Leftists, Marxists, Socialists, and Activists are not where American’s salvation comes.  They will destroy jobs, increase taxes, open borders, expand abortion, and further restrict our inalienable rights including our First, Second, Fourth, and Tenth, Amendment Rights as well as a myriad of other infringements they plan.  They will destroy!

It is not politicians that I place my trust but GOD!  Therefore, I will vote for the party that most closely aligns with the precepts and principles of the Bible and that is not the Donkey Party.  I will vote YES on Trump and the Republicans in November and NO on Biden and the Democrats.  If you want to follow God and the principles and precepts of the Bible, I believe you will drop the personality issue that is driving the hatred toward Trump and vote for Freedom and Faith!

God bless you and God bless America!

That should start the war of words and possibly become a boiling cauldron of controversy, but I believe I heard that in my heart as I was praying.  You may believe God no longer speaks and that He is not interested in politics, but I do. I believe that God is the Living God and concerned with life, all aspects of it! Hebrews 13:8 informs us that Jesus is unchanging and the same past, present, and future.  Therefore, I believe if God did, He does and will continue to do whatever He pleases.

I have been deeply troubled over America and weep over the conditions that exist in America and the Church.  On more than one occasion, as I was praying and meditating on the Word and the situation, I had a sense in my heart that God was impressing me with a unique thought.  I did not hear an audible voice, but it was an impression upon my heart that spoke into my spiritual hearing.  What I heard got my attention and caused me to sense a need to repent for myself and my nation as well as the church.

I believe God is speaking to His Body, the Church, and saying, “This election is up to you.”  I sensed in my heart that the LORD is very unhappy with the division in the church today.  When the Body of Christ pits itself against each other, the devil and evil win.  I believe there are some clear biblical and constitutional guidelines that should be the determining factors for our political decisions as individuals and nations.  I want to briefly address that statement in the following paragraphs and hope what I say will resonate with you.

I have a sense that the LORD was directing me to drop the view of him vs him or them vs us and focus on policy, position, agenda, and ideology.  I am sensing a deep need to review the party platforms of both major political parties and compare them to the Law of God.  When I say the Law of God, I do not mean the Levitical Law, but God’s precepts and principles as detailed in the Bible.  I believe that if a political party takes a position that is in direct violation of God’s Word, I need to pay careful attention to that fact. 

If we focus on personalities, we will be in danger of missing the important elements of the agenda and may facilitate the rise of an evil that produces a condition far worse than our discomfort with a personality.  If we focus on people, we will not see the big picture and be easily swayed by emotion rather than reason and reality.  If we allow our political, social, business, and spiritual decisions to be based on emotion we are easy targets for deception.  Feelings come and feelings go, but facts are constant, and the truth remains true regardless of how we feel.  We should be a seeker of facts and truth and a people who seek to see the Big Picture not the Actors on the Stage.

I will not attempt to walk through all the agenda of the two political parties but one that should be huge for Christians and Constitutionalists is Abortion.  There is nothing in the American Constitution that affords the right to an abortion.  It could be argued that it is an individual State issue covered by the 10^th Amendment but there is no constitutional provision for abortion.  Truthfully, there is a constitutional prohibition revealed in the Declaration of Independence that we have the inalienable right to Life.  You can deem that life in the womb a blob, a mass of tissue, and a lifeless form until it has been birthed but that is not medically or scientifically defensible. 

On a biblical level abortion violates the heart of God. I do not know how any believer could argue that God supports or allow abortion and abortion on demand.  When I consider passages such as Isaiah 44:24, “Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer, and the One who formed you in the womb, ‘I the LORD, am the maker of all things, stretching out the heavens by Myself, and spreading out the earth all alone…”  How can I deny that that being in the womb is not a fetus but a baby, a life, a person, and a human waiting to be birthed? 

I also refer to Jeremiah 1:5 where God said to the prophet, “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.”  God knew Jeremiah before he was conceived and determined the purpose of his life before he was born.  How then can I deny that that being in the womb is a life and if it is a life then it has the constitutional protection of the Right to Life?  To deny that right is to commit murder.  That will make some so angry they want me tarred and feathered but I believe it and it is a deep core conviction of my heart.

When it comes to things like same-sex marriages, I won’t list all the biblical directives about gender, sex, lifestyles, and actions but will declare that God calls it an abomination. Yes, sexual preference! Therefore, if a party endorses that lifestyle and argues that those who do not believe nor practice that lifestyle must accommodate, in violation of their faith, those practices I resist.  If you consider my statement ‘gay-bashing’ please don’t.  Although difficult, I constantly attempt to divest the person from the action and can honestly say, I love them but reject their lifestyle.

Those who argue they are Constitutional Originalists but are pro Biden and the Democrats, I ask how can you take that position?  Do you believe that the 2^nd Amendment is constitutional and the view of the Original Intent of the Framers?  Biden, Harris, and the Democrats do not, so how can you support them and yet insist you are what you claim?  Do you believe in the right of personal property?  Do you believe the massive entitlements are constitutional?  Our framers argued they are not, but the Democrats see them as a vehicle to power.  How can you support the Democrats from a Constitutional basis? I could also include Freedom of Speech and Religion!

The Democrats oppose all federal and state laws that prohibit or restrict abortion.  They support restoring taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood.  They desire to repeal the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits federal funds from being used for abortion services.  The Democrats support mandatory testing, treatment, and eventual vaccines for COVID-19 and who knows what next.  They want to expand Obamacare and make it mandatory for all citizens.  They support the Climate Change Paris Agreement and want to impose the New Green Deal on us and virtually destroy our fossil fuel industry. 

The Democrats are in support of defunding the police.  They support the revision of American history and the removal of all things related to God and Christianity from the public square.  They support the mandatory exercise of political correctness and demand that we endorse the myriad of genders now called valid.  They want to expand the education of our children and teach the revised history and science to fit the Leftist Agenda and Ideology.  They want to erase American sovereignty as a nation and open our borders to give unlimited ingress and egress for anyone anytime and from anywhere for any purpose.

The Democrats are in favor of mandating to the Churches what is politically acceptable for them to accept or reject and to preach from the pulpits.  There is much more, but as a Christian and as one who believes in the Constitutional being interpreted from an Originalist position, I must reject them.

What I sensed from God was that the Church MUST return to Him and unite to fight evil.  We MUST return to the Bible and the precepts and principles of God and pray like never before.  We must pray as Elijah prayed ‘earnestly’ and ‘fervently’.  We must follow the mandate of 2 Chronicles 7:14 and pray for Peace and Restoration. 

This cannot be about personalities it must be about principles, policies, agendas, and ideologies.  If we are unable to divest the personality from the mix and focus on the agenda and platform, we will continue the division.  If we can come together based on God’s Word and the Constitution we can and will determine this election and every future election.  IT IS UP TO US!

God bless you and God bless America!

2 Chronicles 7:14 – “and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray, and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.”  NASB

I openly acknowledge that I am a Christian, a preacher, a patriot, a Vietnam veteran, a father, a grandfather, and a lover of Freedom I find that those distinctions open me up to criticism and frequently put me on a watch list.  What I mean by that was amplified in a challenge I recently received to my quoting of the scripture I listed at the outset, 2 Chronicles 7:14. 

The person challenging me and, in a measure, castigating me was a fellow believer in the Lord Jesus and a genuine lover of America.  I was not put off by their challenge although they were very adamant and even a little belligerent, insisting that their view was the right view, and everyone needed to ascribe to that view.  That attitude is frequently caustic and divides more than unites.  The belief and objective may be right or wrong, but the attitude sometimes prevents the message from receiving a positive reception.

AMERICA NEEDS TO REPENT.

That’s what they insisted when I quoted 2 Chronicles 7:14 and even wrote and spoke about its message and mandate.  The argument was, “America needs to repent, and until the nation repents God will not come to our aid.” Hopefully, I can present my thoughts without being antagonistic and argumentative.  I hope what I say will be inspirational and illuminative. 

I ask that you walk through what this passage says as we weep over the state of our nation.  Let me state, I am thankful for what has been done positively in America during the past four years.  I am sorrowful over what is being done and is being done in the chaos, anarchy, rioting, hate, bitterness, vitriol, and division.  I believe we are focusing on the wrong things and therefore can never find the genuine and needed solution to our nation’s ills. 

What I am going to say is not directed to those, in this nation, who do not believe in God, nor follow Jesus as their Savior.  I am not attempting to address those who are not Christians.  They are Americans and valued by God, the Constitution, and me.  I am not writing to disparage them in any measure, they are what they are, they believe what they believe, and therefore do what they do, based on who they are on the inside. 

What I desire to address is directed specifically to the Body of Christ, the Church, the Christians who are citizens of this great nation.  I believe that the healing of the nation is not dependent on America, as a nation, repenting of her sins.  I will not argue that the nation has no sin and does not need to repent on many fronts.  That is not the focus and directive of 2 Chronicles 7:14, which is a critical element in America’s healing and survival. 

Some weeks ago, in my prayer time, I had a clear impression from that voice inside my heart that said, “This election and the healing of the nation is up to you.”  That was shocking, stunning, and disturbing.  My question to the LORD was, “Up to me?”  Then, I sensed that it was not the specific you (Roy Beaird) but you as in the collective meaning the Body of Christ and Christians.  I knew in my heart that God was telling me that the outcome of the election and the healing or fall of the nation was in the hands of His People.  I was immediately drawn to 2 Chronicles 7:14, Matthew 6:9-13, Matthew 6:33, and other passages related to His Kingdom, His Rule, His Person, His Presence, His Power, and His Purpose.

That caused me to carefully meditate upon the words in the passage that promises healing for the nation.  Let’s examine it bit by bit and if it resonates with you that is great, and if not then dismiss it.  I offer the thought which I believe to be biblically sound and provides a rational and reasonable approach.  I believe it places the onus where it belongs and if embraced will compel those of us who believe in God and call ourselves Christians.  It may seem a heavy load, but it comes with God’s Promise of Healing therefore worth it.

IF MY PEOPLE WHO ARE CALLED BY MY NAME.

That statement is not directed at the nation but to the believers.  Therefore, everything in this directive is to be viewed as the mandate for those who are ‘believers’.  It is not directed to those who are not.  It is not a call for the nation but the Church or the Body of Christ to take a specific and definitive action.  Although, I would never argue that it is not needed and good for the entire nation to repent and turn toward the right, the moral, and the good.

The directive is that we are to “humble ourselves.”  It is one thing to humble ourselves and another to be humbled.  I have experienced both and can assure you that even though neither is pleasant it is far more pleasant and productive to humble ourselves than to experience being humbled.  Both involve a bit of humiliation but being humbled can be utterly devastating. 

Included in that directive is “pray.”  We are directed to pray but not just generalized generic prayers.  We are to pray out of a spirit of humility and total dependence on God.  We are to pray specific prayers for the healing of the nation.  If we anchor that with Matthew 6:9-13 and with Matthew 6:33 we will realize that we are asking God to demonstrate His Kingdom, Rule, and Reign on this earth and in our lives.  We are, in humility seeking His face not just for ourselves but for our nation. 

We are also to take definitive steps to “turn from our wicked ways.”  That did not say the nation’s wicked ways but ‘our wicked ways.’  We are not praying over the wickedness of the government.  We are not focused on the wickedness of those outside the Body of Christ but “our wickedness” which may include our negligence in obedience.  This places the onus on us to repent which means to turn in the opposite direction and do differently than we have been doing.  We are seeking God in an attitude of personal repentance as we intercede for the healing of our nation.

THEN…

The Promise is, “then I will hear from heaven…”  That is incredible because according to 1 John 5:14-15, “If we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.”  The next part of that is that “if He hears us the prayer is answered.”  We have the direct promise of God to HEAR if we humble ourselves, pray, seek His face, repent, and turn from wicked or disobedience practices in our lives.  We have the promise of God to answer and HEAL our Land! 

Therefore, the healing of the nation is in the hands of the Body of Christ.  We need to stop looking at the sins of the nation and look at our own lives and follow the directive of 2 Chronicles 7:14 and thereby watch God HEAL OUR LAND!  I am committed to obedience and intercession for the nation. 

There is an answer to our ills and it not politics, laws, or interpretation of those laws, IT IS RETURNING TO GOD with a Whole Heart.  Believers we can see our nation healed. 

God bless you and God bless America!

The election is about which candidate is going to be elected but it is much more than that.  I believe that this is an election presenting a choice between Freedom and Slavery and between Good and Evil.  It is not so much Republican vs Democrat as diabolical ideology vs preservation of the Republic.  I’m sure some will argue that I am a million miles from reality in that declaration, but that is what I see, and I am not alone.

I remember Ronald Reagan observing almost three decades ago, “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction.  We didn’t pass it to our children in the bloodstream.  It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same.”   I believe that Reagan, like our founding fathers, understood that Freedom is an idea and an inalienable right given to us by God.  It is NEVER the government’s right to infringe upon our Freedom, Rights, or Liberties. 

Although it is not their right, they have done it repeatedly and are attempting to strip us of our Freedom and enslave us in a tyranny of epic proportions.  Long before Barack Hussein Obama made his declaration that we were only days away from the fundamental transformation of the United States of America, the Left has been planning and waging war on our Freedom. 

Obama kicked that effort into overdrive and now that Trump defeated Hillary in 2016 and done great damage to their agenda, they have kicked their effort into hyperdrive.  What we have been witnessing for the past four years and especially the last year is Obama’s policies and agenda on steroids. 

Our educational and political system have been laboring for decades to mandate the politically correct Marxists Liberal Socialist and Globalist worldviews.  Social justice has become a watchword and a war cry for the Left.  Sadly, social justice is not their objective but the fundamental transformation of America and gaining total dominance and control.  We have slumbered and they have labored.  The price for that error may be too grave to overcome.

In our modern politically correct world, Christianity is taboo in the public square.  Americanism and patriotism are anathema to the Democrats as was observed in this and previous national conventions.  No American flags flew, and no mention of God allowed.  The agenda presented is designed to ‘fundamentally transform or change America’ into something other than what our founders envisioned and delivered. 

COVID-19 presented them with a weapon to tyrannize America and force us into paranoia and fear that would allow them to exercise control beyond any legitimate and sensible boundaries.  They were terrified at the prospects of Trump’s reelection, which was almost a foregone conclusion until the virus afforded them the ability to destroy the economy and lockdown our society.  Fear is a powerful tool and as Rohm Emanuel, Obama’s right-hand man said, “Never let a good crisis go to waste.”  The Alinsky mantra and modus operandi are readily practiced by the Democrats.

I am stunned that there is so much hate for Trump and anyone agreeing with his policies.  It reveals how deeply our society has become entrenched in the Socialist and Globalist mindset. It reveals how fearful people are of being viewed in a negative or derogatory manner and branded a racist, sexist, or having some socially unacceptable phobia.  We were once the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave and are rapidly becoming the Land of the Enslaved and Home of the Fearful.  That must change!

We have ignored the flubs or faux pas and Freudian slips of Joe Biden which reveal much about his character and the agenda of the Left.  He has openly talked of a ‘physical revolution’ and members of his party announced that ‘violence is necessary and justifiable.’  Barack Obama has dropped all pretense of being a moderate in his political views and has sided with the terrorists now roaming our streets.  The mayor of New York City has used Gestapo type tactics to restrict free assembly and shut down businesses not deemed necessary.  Cities like Los Angeles have gone so far as to empower politicians to deprive citizens of power and water in their homes to force them into compliance. 

We are watching the incessant and determined effort to mandate a national policy of ‘vote by mail’ which can rightly be defined as ‘cheat by mail.’  Anyone with any semblance of reason cannot ignore how fraught with opportunity for fraud that system would present.  It would be impossible to police and make the election so suspect that no one would be able to accept the outcome. 

Everyone who loves Freedom should be on edge because of the realization of just how dangerously near, we are to the edge of the abyss politically.  We are surrounded by evil and those who want to strip us of our liberties and impose their brand of rule.  This is not new, but it is new in the sense that it has escalated to the degree and scope that it has. 

Ronald Reagan’s words are both inspiring and chilling in light of current events.  Yet, before Reagan Lord Acton’s words send chills down my spine.  He said, “At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities.”  The daunting task we have before us to preserve the Republic is no more daunting than was the challenge our Founding Fathers Faced in 1776.  This is not new and in a very real sense, this is the way it has always been.  Freedom has few genuine defenders and few that are willing to die for it.

I have long argued that we are in a war between Good and Evil in 2020 America.  We are fighting a war between Truth and Deception.  I did not say falsehood but deception.  Evil is noted as coming in the form of an ideology that provides a platform for om man to justify his unspeakable actions and the harm he inflicts on society and others. 

I read that the German Prison Camp Auschwitz greeted each prisoner with the damnable lie, “work sets you free.”  The Buchenwald Camp expanded that insult and lie saying, “everyone gets what he deserves.”  Seriously?  No one deserved the torture or the ovens the Nazis imposed.  The race-bating of the Democrats and the support of domestic terrorism is destroying America.  We cannot heal when promoting hate.

There is no vaccine for hate but there is an antidote. It is God, God’s Love, and Freedom.  The power that Free People have to confront evil is enormous.  The Power of Love is incredible.  The protections Freedom provides is worth whatever price we have to pay to achieve and preserve it. 

I see a line being drawn in the sand and we will choose this November to remain Free or we will blindly be deceived into submitting to Tyranny and Slavery.  We will either overcome Evil with Good or we will allow Evil to prevail.  The choice is ours and as for me and my house, we will Vote No on the Slavery of the Democrats and Yes on the Freedom found in their defeat.

God bless you and God bless America!