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A Chief Magistrate has some stern words on Drunk Driving. The Brac gets a New Lands and Survey Office. And glass recycling to return in the new year. #RCNEWS #RADIOCAYMAN #CAYMANISLANDS --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rcnews/message

Rushion interviews Chief Judge Magistrate Cassandra Kirk. Over her career, Judge Kirk spearheaded the creation of two accountability courts: Juvenile Drug Court and Misdemeanor Mental Health Court. Her mission with Magistrate Court is to increase accessibility, and Chief Magistrate Judge Cassandra Kirk created a Court that "Informs, Engages, and Empowers" our community. The Magistrate Court was recognized with a Case Clearance Excellence Award for a three-year 254% clearance average, and during COVID, her team cleared nearly 85% of backlog cases (over 170,000 patients from 2019-2021). Putting people first required substantial changes in how the Court functioned, and Judge Kirk strives to tackle each obstacle.Support the show: https://www.steveharveyfm.com/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rushion interviews Chief Judge Magistrate Cassandra Kirk. Over her career, Judge Kirk spearheaded the creation of two accountability courts: Juvenile Drug Court and Misdemeanor Mental Health Court. Her mission with Magistrate Court is to increase accessibility, and Chief Magistrate Judge Cassandra Kirk created a Court that "Informs, Engages, and Empowers" our community. The Magistrate Court was recognized with a Case Clearance Excellence Award for a three-year 254% clearance average, and during COVID, her team cleared nearly 85% of backlog cases (over 170,000 patients from 2019-2021). Putting people first required substantial changes in how the Court functioned, and Judge Kirk strives to tackle each obstacle.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Police seize guns, ammunition and more than a 100 pounds of ganja. The Chief Magistrate outlines the scope of a judicial review surrounding the termination of a prison employee. WORC and DLP are investigating a local hotel. The Tourism Minister says people who litter need to be accountable - and is calling on fellow MP's to consider a law to deport work permit holder who don't respect the islands. We'll also talk to the writer, director and chief coffee officer of a new Cayman Comedy Show. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rcnews/message

The suspended Pretoria chief magistrate Desmond Nair will be making representations on why he should not be prosecuted for corruption based on witness testimony from his misconduct hearing. Nair briefly appeared in the Pretoria Specialised Commercial Crimes Court on Friday. Prosecutor Bheki Manyathi placed it on record that Nair would be making representations on why he should not be prosecuted on a charge of corruption. It relates to security installation at his home by the controversial company Bosasa. The cost of the upgrade is said to be R200 000. Manyathi said the representations would be based on the testimony of two State witnesses during Nair's misconduct hearing which was held by the Magistrates Commission. However, the prosecutor said they still needed to obtain the transcript of the second witness' testimony, former Bosasa employee Richard le Roux, before making the representations. Le Roux implicated Nair in the State capture Inquiry. The State asked for a postponement to 30 November, which is only a provisional date. This is because if it finds in favour of Nair, the charges will be withdrawn and a court date won't be necessary. However, if Manyathi is not persuaded by the representations, a date in January 2024 has been set for pre-trial. Corruption charges News24 previously reported that Nair was charged with one count of corruption after allegedly accepting the installation of Bosasa-sponsored security systems at his Pretoria home, including a full electric fence, CCTV and alarm systems valued at R200 000. According to the charge sheet, Nair is accused of accepting a bribe from Bosasa in or near Silverton, Pretoria, in September 2016 while he was a judicial officer and the chief magistrate of Pretoria. News24 reported that Nair confirmed that security cameras were installed at his private residence, but said this was "pursuant to a private agreement".

February 21st, 2023, Court Leader's Advantage Podcast Episode We see this growing crisis everywhere. We pass the cardboard sign at the intersection asking for donations and wishing us: “God Bless.” We see the blue tarp and shopping cart half hidden in that small grove of trees next to the freeway. We see him sleeping on the sidewalk over the grate. Although we know the crisis is growing, we don't even have a good idea of how big it is. The statistics are so vague they are better described as guesstimates. By one guestimate, there are over half a million homeless nationwide. Los Angeles for example is believed to have over 40,000 homeless. Experts think that about a third of the homeless suffer from mental illness; a third have drug or alcohol issues. There is a crossover so a sizeable percentage suffers from both. In addition, other root causes of homelessness include being priced out of housing, being a victim of domestic violence, being unemployed, having a disability, having had a financial disaster such as a catastrophic illness, or just being poor and old. This month we look at how courts respond to homelessness and how they should be addressing this growing crisis. Next to the police, the courts are one of the first points of contact with the homeless. A court may operate a homeless court. If not, the homeless are on landlord-tenant, criminal, mental health, and even family court dockets. Our polarized society struggles with dramatically different perspectives on how to respond to homelessness. One perspective is that courts are in the best position to refer the homeless to get help including housing assistance, employment counseling, food and clothing banks, public health clinics, mental health, and drug counseling, as well as access to justice. A countervailing perspective is that courts are not social service agencies. If a homeless person is before the court, he or she is there because of a legal action: a crime, an eviction, or a probate mental health issue. Courts should "stay in their lane" and just deal with the litigant's legal matters. Today's Panelists · The Honorable Mary Logan, Judge with the Municipal Court in Spokane, Washington · The Honorable Alicia Skupin, Chief Magistrate with the Municipal Court in Chandler, Arizona, and · Barbara Marcille, Trial Court Administrator for the Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland, Oregon Leave a question or comment about the episode at clapodcast@nacmnet.org

Thank you for listening to The Brief Case! A podcast for lawyers, hosted by lawyer and cartoonist Sarah-Elke Kraal. Catch us on Instagram (@briefcasepod) and the world wide web: www.briefcasepod.com. My guests in this episode are: Chief Magistrate Janelle Brassington, Magistrates Court of Queensland Deputy Chief Magistrate Anthony Gett, Magistrates Court of Queensland Show them some judicially appropriate love! PSA: The Deputy Chief Magistrate's interview may be CPD claimable for 0.5 points in substantive law (pending the specific CPD Rules in your State or Territory). DCMG discusses: Totaan v the Queen [2022] NSWCCA 75 s16A(2)(p), Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Mohamed v the Queen [2022] VCSA 136 He is also wearing a very nice tie.

Celebrating Powerhouse Women salutes and recognizes women who are making an impact, whether it's in business, philanthropy, public service, or elsewhere. Judge Kristina Hammer Blum/Gwinnett County Chief Magistrate Kristina Hammer Blum is the Chief Magistrate of the Gwinnett County Magistrate Court. Judge Blum began her legal career in 1994. Although she practiced in a variety [...]

Celebrating Powerhouse Women salutes and recognizes women who are making an impact, whether it's in business, philanthropy, public service, or elsewhere. Judge Kristina Hammer Blum/Gwinnett County Chief Magistrate Kristina Hammer Blum is the Chief Magistrate of the Gwinnett County Magistrate Court. Judge Blum began her legal career in 1994. Although she practiced in a variety […] The post Gwinnett County Chief Magistrate Kristina Blum appeared first on Business RadioX ®.

Soaring numbers of public servants have been reporting wrongdoing under the state's whistleblower laws, with the numbers tripling between when Annastacia Palaszczuk was first elected to last year's election year.   Got something to tell the Coaldrake inquiry? You can make a submission here.  Brisbane's 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games organising committee will today meet for the first time to start drawing up its priorities for the transformational event in 10 years' time.   THE state's Chief Magistrate has denied an application by media companies for access to CCTV footage showing an incident involving NRL player Anthony Milford. A new standard for opioid use in hospitals is being launched today in a bid to wind back the prescribing of the highly addictive pain killers.   For updates and breaking news throughout the day, take out a subscription at COURIERMAIL.com.au/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Compassion is one of our most admirable traits. And when it's combined with the enlightened use of power, the results can be truly inspiring.  The following story about Abraham Lincoln is a classic example. Told by his personal stenographer, who witnessed it first-hand, it presents an uplifting portrait of the noble heart and keen mind of the great leader.             As an aside, Lincoln was not a good-looking man. He was widely lampooned as the “ape from Illinois,” and Nathaniel Hawthorne once called him the homeliest man he ever saw. Bear this in mind when you get to the end of the story, as it will put a cherry on the top of this deeply moving tale.           So, according to the stenographer, in the summer of 1864, here's what happened -           As we approached the office of the Secretary of War, the President pointed to a woman sitting in the waiting room and whispered, “Find out who that woman is and what is the object of her visit.” Then he passed into Stanton's private office.           I saw a tall, gaunt woman in a plain, calico dress, whose eyes almost frightened me, the anxiety and despair in them were so great. I heard her whisper to a passing orderly, “I must see Mr. Stanton at once.”           “You will have to wait your turn, my good woman,” he coldly responded. I beckoned her aside and said cautiously, “Perhaps Madame, if you tell me your business, I can obtain an interview more rapidly.” With a grateful look she stammered, “My son is to - to be shot today by sentence of the court-martial.”           I requested details. “My boy risked his life in every engagement of the Vermont Regiment for two long years. He is all that is left to me. Speak to Mr. Stanton for me. Hurry! Executions nearly all take place in the forenoon. Hurry!”           “I will speak to one who may aid you,” I said, but didn't mention the President's name, though I knew she would have a much better chance with him than with the iron-faced, glass-eyed man who sat with him discussing the destinies of the Republic.           I stepped up to Madison, Stanton's office assistant and said, “Rap on the door of the Secretary's office.”           With extreme hesitancy, he did and I could see him shiver in his boots as Stanton's sharp voice shouted, “Damn you, come in.” At this moment the Vermont woman flew through the passageway and entered the dread sanctum of Edwin Stanton. Standing before him she said, “As you love God, give me the life of my son!”           “How dare you interrupt me, Madame!”           “How dare I interrupt! How dare I interrupt! My boy fought through the battles of the Peninsula, at Antietam, at Fredericksburg, at Gettysburg. He was wounded twice, enlisted again and now has been sentenced as a bounty jumper.”           “Ah, Private Charles Allen Putnam of the seventh Vermont,” responded the Secretary in frigid tones. “Madame, I'm sorry for you but I do my duty. Don't distress me by an appeal that is useless.”           Here, the impressive, but kindly tones of the Chief Magistrate of the nation intruded upon the conversation.  “Don't be in such a hurry, Stanton. Listen to any woman pleading for her son's life. You say your son, Mrs. Putnam, fought for his country for nearly 3 years? ‘Tis strange he is a deserter now.”           “Not a deserter.  He is simply a boy made foolish by a woman.” As she said these words, she turned to see the kindly eyes and Western face of the President and gave a sigh of hope, knowing she was addressing the supreme head of the nation.           “God has sent you here Mr. Lincoln, to hear my prayer!” She broke forth. “I am a widow up in Vermont. I have given seven sons to death for their country.  Will you take the eighth, the youngest one from me?”           “Seven sons?” The voice of Lincoln had grown as sad as that of the woman addressing him. “Seven sons? Stanton, you hear that? Seven sons!”           “Yes. All volunteered from our farm in Vermont. And this one, all that is left to me, he came home on furlough two months ago, and there saw the woman who has brought him to this. He returned to Washington and six days ago, he was arrested as a deserter. It was only to get a kiss or two from the fool girl and go back and fight again. Please listen to me Mr. President. Seven sons dead and this one to be shot because he wanted to kiss the girl he loves.           “Stanton, you must listen to this patriotic lady who was given up more than either your or I for this country,” muttered Lincoln, his voice husky and his sad eyes filled with tears.           But Stanton wasn't listening. As the woman was speaking, after one quick glance at Lincoln's sympathetic face, the Secretary of War had written a few lines hurriedly.  Then he stepped to the door and handed an envelope to Madison saying, “Immediate! Tell the orderly to hurry!” Having done this, he now turned back to the President.           “Listen to this lady, Stanton,” remarked Mr. Lincoln, “and see if there isn't virtue in her appeal for some revision, some commutation of her son's sentence.”           “Mr. President, I have sworn to myself, for the salvation of the American army, that no convicted deserter shall have pardon or commutation of sentence. It is vital that we stop bounty jumping in the present status of the recruitment.”           Overcome with despair, the woman moaned, “Mercy Mr. Stanton!” Then she turned to Lincoln and said, “Mr. President. as you love your own offspring, listen to me. You have a kinder heart!'           “Recite your case to Mr. Stanton. I do not wish to interfere, if possible,” he replied sadly. “Tell me what he says.” With these words, fortunately, he stepped out of the office into the passageway where I had been standing.  “I believe her honest Vermont face. Women like her do not lie,” he sighed. “But it's awful hard bucking up against Stanton.”           Emboldened by this, I whispered “Mr. President. if you have any intention of pardoning that man, you have no time to lose.”             “What you mean?” asked Lincoln.                “I mean, that if you do not act immediately, the sentence will be carried out before executive clemency can reach the condemned. An orderly just galloped away from this building toward Fort de Russy, the execution site.  He carried with him the few lines Mr. Stanton wrote while the woman was appealing to you.”           “Well, I'm damned,” said the President, growing taller and his eyes commencing to beam with an expression that everyone knew meant business.           In a few long strides the President stepped into the telegraphic office of the War Department and said to the head clerk, “Call up Fort de Russey at once.”           “I can't, Sir. The wire is in current use, Mr. President, on very important orders to the Sixth Corps,” he replied.           “Hold the dispatch!”            “Mr. President. It has Mr. Stanton's personal orders that it be put through immediately.”           “Stop the dispatch!  I direct it!”           It was done instantly.           “Now!” the president commanded. “Telegraph the Provost Marshal in charge of Pvt. Charles Putnam of the seventh Vermont, sentenced to execution today. Inform him, under the direct, personal command of the President of the United States, to disregard all other orders and bring the prisoner to the War Department immediately. Inform him that this dispatch is given to you directly, by Abraham Lincoln in person, and get his acknowledgment by telegraph of the receipt of this order. I will wait here until I receive your statement that the answer is received.”           Five minutes later, the wire came acknowledging the order and stating that the prisoner would be brought to the War Department forthwith. We returned to Stanton's private office, where we found the hopelessly despairing woman pleading with the inflexible, draconian Secretary of War.           “You have concluded of course, Stanton to at least postpone the execution of this man until you can make further investigations?” Lincoln observed, judiciously.           “On the contrary, Mr. President,” replied Stanton. “In order to avoid discussion of this matter, you having promised me yourself, in such cases to withhold the pardoning power and leave it entirely in my hands, I have already taken such steps that discussion is ...            “Discussion is never useless as long as a man is alive,” Lincoln interrupted sharply,           “You intend to pardon my son, Mr. President!” screamed the woman.           “If what you have said to me is substantially true, I do, Madame.”            “God forever bless you!” she exclaimed.           “Now, my good woman,” he said calmly, “I will listen to the details of your story.”            Half sobbing, yet with a glimmer of hope in her eyes, she said her sons, inspired by her own words and notwithstanding that their father was dead, had one by one gone to the front and lost their lives. Charlie, the last one alive, the son of her old age, after reenlisting, gave his entire bounty to her, for her support in case he didn't return from battle, He had spent his furlough with her in the old farm in Stowe Vermont.           “Such a happy month. But Mr. President, there he met a girl that he took to powerfully, and she, this fool girl who has brought him death, loved him like an idiot. He returned and fought at the battle of Fort Stevens. They say you were there, Mr. President.  You saw my son fight. You saw the 6th Corp drive the rebels out of Maryland and run them back into Virginia and save this capital.           “My boy was wounded in the battle,” she continued, her tearful eyes filling with more hope. “Have my boy brought here and I will show you the unhealed wound upon his arm. The records will prove that he risked his life for the union not a week ago. “Then that fool country girl came trolloping down to Washington and beguiled him. Charlie couldn't get leave to come to see her.  So, fool that he was and cajoled by her pleadings, he left the fort to have a day of bliss with her and he was soon captured by the Secret Service without a pass. I was telegraphed and came and found him sentenced to death. Yesterday, I saw him and he gave me his word of honor that he had not intended to desert. He was about to return to the fort on the very day he was seized.            “My son has never lied to me in his life, Mr. Stanton.  He is no bounty jumper. If so, I would say execute him. Though I bore him, he is not my son. But he is, and has been true to his country. And he's the only one left to me.”           Stanton just stared at her blankly, knowing he had already sealed the boy's fate. Suddenly I heard the clack of a military escort in the hall. A moment later Madison entered with a curious grin on his face and declared, “The Provost Marshal from Fort de Russey - with a prisoner!”           “What? Impossible!” exclaimed Stanton, springing up astounded.           Covered with dust from the ride, a cavalry captain entered. Saluting the shocked secretary, he reported, “I have the president's direct personal order to present to him in your office, the prisoner condemned to execution today, private Charles Allen Putnam of the seventh Vermont.” With this, four troopers brought in the manacled prisoner, a young Vermont giant, with a haggard face, fair-haired and gray eyed, like his mother. In a daze, he looked around the office.           “Mother!” the boy gasped.           “My son!” the woman screamed and took him in her arms.           Then she tore the blue sleeve from his arm to show the awful wound inflicted by a Confederate bullet.           “See, Mr. Stanton, “this is proof that he risked his life for his country. I have a certificate from all his officers stating that he did his duty gallantly. And I have the affidavit of the girl that he told her he must leave her to return to command. He has been returned to my arms. You cannot take him from me to murder him!”           Stanton stared at her dumbstruck. Through all this, the President had been hastily writing. In another moment, he stood up and handed her a slip of paper. “The free pardon of your son,” he said, simply.             Stanton turned to the captain. “You received my clear command earlier today?” he asked sharply.             “Yes Sir, I did,” he replied. “But it was superseded by the direct order of the President of the United States, making it the highest military priority. It stayed the execution and ordered the prisoner to be brought here.”           “Stanton, that's where I had a little joke on you,” chuckled the President. “You're not up to the modern telegraph, Mr. Secretary.  Electricity beats horse flesh!”             Mr. Lincoln then turned to the Private and said, “Young man, your sentence to death by court martial acts as a discharge from the army of the United States. My pardon has made it an honorable discharge. Go home and support and cherish your noble mother, who has given you a second life.”           Tears welled up in the deep-set eyes of the backwoods President as the mother, speechless and half-fainting, was escorted out by her freed son, whose manacles had been removed.            Mr. President,” said the Secretary. “This action of yours will produce 1,000 deserters in the Army of the Potomac.”           “I don't care if it does,” replied Lincoln. “It has made one less broken heart in this country. Perhaps two. The fool girl who lured that young fellow away from his duty loves him also.” Then the President sighed, “Oh, if I could send all my boys in blue home to their mothers. Yes, and all the Johnnies, too.”           Suddenly, his voice grew commanding. “We'll discuss the details of the reinforcements to be sent to Grant this afternoon,” he said, looking the Secretary in the eye. Then added curtly, “Good-bye, Mr. Stanton.”           When we were outside, the President remarked, “I had a pretty hard time in there didn't I? Stanton makes a bully good Secretary of War. The only trouble with him is he shows no more caring for the boys than an alligator who buries a pile of eggs in the sand and thinks he's done with his duties to his family.”           Later on, I was told that as the Vermont mother left the building with her son, overcome with emotion, she was heard to say, “Everybody always talks about how ugly the President is. But I think he has the most beautiful face I've ever seen.”           Well, that's the end of the stenographer's tale. I could probably write ten pages about what I've learned from it, but the story truly speaks for itself. And this is the end of this episode. As always, keep your eyes, mind, and heart opened, and let's get together in the next one.

Fatboy and Olive detail the arrest of Kapchorwa Chief Magistrate, Godfrey Teko Lokeris after a bar brawl in Moroto Hotel when he allegedly drew a pistol at his cousins and revellers. However, the officers that carried out the arrest are now facing disciplinary charges for using excessive force despite the fact that the suspect had already been restrained and was obedient to police orders.

Jesus intends that we use liberty, freedom as a means to serve others. Too often our liberty is viewed as an end in itself but no man is an island, as the saying goes. We are to be thinking of others, not only ourselves. When we've done well, our inward attitude is to say of ourselves, 'we are unprofitable servants, we've only done what was commanded'. Let this be a guard against arrogance and conceit; a bulwark to protect against that wicked separator of men, pride. It is clear that serving others may yield little reward from them, that is not the aim. We ought to please our Master. He is the Chief Magistrate. In the end, our King, while absent, has assured us of His return and of the consequences of such. He does not show favoritism to anyone. These thoughts shared by Jason Stuart Percy at Refuge TLH in Tallahassee, FL on Sunday, September 12, 2021.

In this week's episode, Sean Carter introduces four new nominees: (1) SPEED KILLS (Eager Beaver Award) The Ohio Supreme Court denied admission to an applicant due to his post-graduation spotty employment record, numerous speeding violations, domestic violence incidents and delinquent indebtedness. (2) THE FIVE-YEAR ENGAGEMENT (AT&T Award) A New York lawyer was suspended for six-months for lying to a client for five years about the status of a lawsuit that the lawyer never actually filed on behalf of the client. (3) SECRETARY (David Copperfield Award) A Pennsylvania lawyer was suspended for six months for failing to properly supervise his secretary, who stole $119,000 from various client trust accounts. (4) RESPECT (Ms/Mr Uncongeniality Award) A South Carolina magistrate was suspended for six months and ordered to undergo 15 days of anger management training following an incident in which he menaced the Chief Magistrate after she announced her COVID-19 implementation plan for courts in that county.

On This Show: Tonight's Discussion: Municipal Courts and the Poor: Gateway to the Criminal Justice System Guest : Attorney Jerryl T. Christmas . Maurice Muhammad , Chief Magistrate , Attorney Athill Muhammad

We speak to the Chair and one of other the four commissioners who will preside over Victoria's ground breaking Yoo-rrook or Justice Commission. And new research has found that local court magistrates are the state-based judicial officers who suffer most from work-related stress.

The Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce weighs in on the islands' Covid 19 vaccination program. The Governor announces a new Chief Magistrate. Intense training gets underway for would-be Coast Guard recruits. And the Scholarship Secretariat says a worrying number of applications for the overseas scholarship are still in the very early stages. The deadline is January 31st. #rcnews #radiocayman --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rcnews/message

Today's Covid 19 test results. Public Accounts Committee questions senior managers at the Cayman Turtle Centre. Hon. Chief Magistrate and Elections Revising Officer, Ms. Nova Hall will begin sittings for hearing Claims and Objections from Registering Officers and members of the public to entries in the 20 October 2020 Revised List of Electors. #radiocayman #caymanislands #rcnews --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rcnews/message

Ian Gray, former Chief Magistrate and former state Coroner, says imprisonment rates are too high and he's calling for reform. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One activist wey im name na Kenechukwu Okeke, don file criminal complaint before one Chief Magistrate's court in Abuja against 50 persons for their alleged roles for the #EndSARS protests wey shele last month. Okeke yarn say im follow loss im property for theendsars waka and people wey promote am go need face law. Part of the people wey dey im list na some Nigerian musicians, social media comedians among others.

Tajudeen Idris, 47 year old was on Friday, arrested by the men of the Ogun State Police Command, while parading himself as a lawyer, before a Magistrate Court in Ogun State.Idris was detained when he appeared before Chief Magistrate I.A Arogundade, in Ifo, in a civil trial between one Ifeanyi Chukwu and Ayo Itori.In a statement by the the Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun state , Abimbola Oyeyemi, the Chief Magistrate became suspicious of the suspect as a result of his conduct and presentation before him.The suspect told the Court that he was called to the bar in the year 2009 when asked. However, his name was not among those that were called to the bar that year.The DPO of Ifo Division, CSP Adeniyi Adekunle, was alerted and the suspect was immediately apprehended for further investigation.Antway, the State Commissioner of Police, CP Edward Ajogun has expressed concern about the increase in the number of people impersonating lawyers in the Country.Oyeyemi said: “The CP recalled that not less than five cases of fake lawyers have been reported since his assumption of office in less than two months ago.“On the 12th of August 2020, a 56yr old Sylvester Ogbagu was arrested at Shagamu while parading himself as a lawyer, another fake lawyer Adedeji Ebenezer was apprehended in the Court premises at Itori on the 5th of August 2020 while appearing for a client as a lawyer, he was tried and subsequently sentenced to 3 years in prison.“Another fake lawyer, Elijah Ayodeji Ojo was also arrested in Ajuwon police station on the 28th of June when he came to solicit for a so-called client who was having a criminal matter with the police. Likewise, one Lawrence Oyedunu who was arrested in Sango Ota while presenting himself as a counsel to a suspect.”The CP, therefore, called on the state branch of Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) to put necessary machinery in motion to checkmate the activities of these fraudulent people.He also appealed to those who wish to be a lawyer to take a cue from the determined effort of a traditional ruler in the state “the Towulade of Akinale who at 75yrs of age still endeavours to go to law school because of his interest in the legal profession rather than impersonating.” It is not clear if this is the same Abeokuta-based lawyer, Idris Tajudeen Olufemi who was arraigned in the year 2014 before a Magistrate Court sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta for alleged N13million fraud. The money was said to belong to his clients.

Can a lawyer who is trained to rely on evidence still believe in the God of the Bible? Is faith more about feelings than facts? That’s what we’re exploring today on Bleeding Daylight.Reverend Doctor Ross Clifford AM is a former lawyer, a theologian, political commentator, pastor, radio personality, and so much more. He has authored or co-authored over a dozen books. In June, 2010, he was made a member of the Order of Australia.  Leading Lawyers' Case for the Resurrection: https://www.amazon.com.au/Leading-Lawyers-Case-Resurrection-Clifford/dp/1945500638Ross Clifford on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ross_Clifford  (Transcript is a guide only and may not be 100% correct.)Emily Olsen: Wherever there shadows there are people ready to kick at the darkness until it bleeds daylight. This is bleeding daylight with your host Rodney Olsen.Rodney Olsen: Can a lawyer who is trained to rely on evidence still believe in the God of the Bible? Is faith more about feelings than facts? That’s what we’re exploring today on Bleeding Daylight.Rodney Olsen: My guest today seems to have had enough careers for several lifetimes. He's a former lawyer, a theologian, political commentator, pastor radio personality, and so much more. He has authored or co-authored over a dozen books. In June, 2010 he was made a Member of the Order of Australia and it's a real honour to welcome Reverend Doctor Ross Clifford AM to Bleeding Daylight. Ross. Thanks for your time.Ross Clifford:  Good to be with you, Rodney.Rodney Olsen: Do you get worn out just thinking of all the roads that your life has actually traveled down?Ross Clifford: I don't actually I mean, I find it fascinating, but I think that's going to be the new normal. If I could use that term again that seems to be out there today.I mean, so many people are exploring, you know, different aspects of life and changing vacation and God taking them into other directions. So for me, Rodney has just really been open to where you think you meant to be and where God's taking youRodney Olsen: And a lot of those different careers, so to speak have been simultaneously haven't they?Ross Clifford: Oh, they were and still are, I'm still doing radio and I'm still principal of a theological college and, and writing. And, uh, you know, I just think that's, you know, who I am, that that's what God's called me to do. And I'm pretty comfortable with it.Rodney Olsen: Let's go back to those very early days and your training and work as a lawyer. What drew you to that vocation?Ross Clifford:  It was by chance, in some sense, I was looking for something to do and I left school and school had been pretty rocky and I found myself, uh, in the public service, the Attorney General's Department and discovered if I was going to move forward anywhere as a young, 19 year old, I had to study law. So that's basically how it happened, Rodney. And, uh, through that, I fell in love with law and had a real sense that this was somewhere where I could make a difference. Uh, and so I decided to do community law, really work with people and, and, and, and, you know, not the top end kind of law, which I found so distanced.So I worked at King's cross in Sydney for a while. And then in Alice Springs and Tennant Creek.Rodney Olsen: It must've been some interesting cases that you're working on with the sort of places you were working.Ross Clifford: Oh, absolutely. And a Tennant Creek, for example, in, in the Northern Territory, it was an honor to stand with, uh, indigenous people and a stand for them before the courts.But I must say though, you know, the sense of angst that we hear today was not there. You know, you could work with police and work with magistrates and courts, and I don't know, it just seemed to be a more decent society, if I can say that.Rodney Olsen: So does it concern you that the issues that existed back then don't just still exist, but are being amplified at the moment ?Ross Clifford: They are being amplified and I just don't know why, uh, you know, one would have thought that we would have moved on.We were confronting them. 30, 40 years ago and you would've thought we've moved on, but rather it seems even more hostile, more hatred, more underlying ideologies playing out. And I think we're at a real stage in human history where we have to decide what are our values? Where are we heading? Uh, you know, we won't be taken over by people who have, uh, whatever agendas I have, but we'll work together on this in order to ensure that Australia is the place we wanted to be operating on Christian values, all people are equal. All people have human worth and we can do that together. Rodney.Rodney Olsen: So that wishing that people would move on. That's not a case of, Hey, let's just forget the past. As some people would suggest, of working together to, to overcome that and move on.Ross Clifford: Oh, absolutely. And having sat with indigenous people and represented before courts and done Aboriginal lists in places like Tennant Creek and being a regular lawyer under settlements, like , Warrabri, you know, it's about sitting and listening and hearing and understanding.And, and finding structures that work with that. And we certainly had those structures days, years ago, nothing was perfect, but I'm sure we can do it again. And it's, it's honoring who we are, the past, we've all been through and finding solutions together on that basic Christian principle of human worth and human dignity for all people.But let's be sure, Rodney, we don't let the agenda written take over this. We do it together as decent human beings.Rodney Olsen:  It's interesting that in everything you're talking about, you're bringing this Christian aspect into it and where God is leading you. And that is as a trained lawyer who. Is dealing with the facts who is dealing with the evidence in front of you and yet, so often we hear this dilemma between people of faith and people who are looking at the science and the real evidence. Is there a conflict there at all?Ross Clifford: Ah look, I'm one who knows what it is to doubt, Rodney. And my story is as a lawyer and exploring my Christian faith and being happy and having a real sense that God wanted me in ministry.I came back from Alice Springs and Tennant Creek, and I came back to train for Christian ministry and within six months, I really had such a strong sense of doubt that I was leaving. The, uh, the, uh, the early studies for being a Christian minister and heading back to the Northern territory to practice law and to be involved in, in politics.And it was over the resurrection of Jesus. I still had a God out there, but I wasn't sure that this guy was God. And I wasn't sure what this guy did rise from the dead. And so I was in the, in the middle of that personal angst. So, for me, the resurrection of Jesus and belief in the Christian faith is not just, Oh, that's something that I'd like it to be.I mean, that's hard earned. I mean, God took me through a real cycle of seeing that I could have confidence to place my faith in the person of Jesus Christ.Rodney Olsen: We're talking about an event that happened over 2000 years ago. How do you look at evidence? How do you deal with that conflict that in your own mind and come to a place where you can say, I can believe this?Ross Clifford:  Well, that's a really good question. Uh, and I guess why my training as a a lawyer really helped me there. Uh, but you know, it's not rocket science and the stuff I've written, hopefully, you know, the average Australian can see, it's just common sense. I had to go back Rodney and ask, well, how good are these documents that tell the story of Jesus?And that's just a miracle. Let me tell you. They're better than anything else we have from antiquity. And that's not just me speaking. That's scholars speaking. Yeah. We have 5,000 early Greek copies of the gospels and there's absolutely no doubt, Rodney, that as you read Matthew, Mark, Luke and John you're reading, as it was written.And it goes to one of the most, uh, established and important techs for the resurrection of Jesus is one Corinthians 15 chapter 15. And I don't know how a scholar alive, who does not believe that was written by the apostle Paul. It's a very early writing. And it tells us clearly what he believed, what he believed he saw and what the early church practiced and what they're prepared to lose their lives for.Mate, its just gold mine kind of evidence, if you know what I mean. These documents are good stuff.Rodney Olsen: In one sense, we've got to say, we can look for the evidence that we want to see. Like for instance, I drive a blue Ford Escape. I really didn't know much about Ford Escapes until I bought one. Then every second car on the road seem to be that, cause that's what I was looking for. How do you overcome the bias of just going to seek for what you're after anyway?Ross Clifford: Ah, good question again. And I think skepticism is not inappropriate.  God's asking us to believe in something that is life changing, and calls you and me to put our life into this movement and this cause, you know, being skeptical is not inappropriate, but Rodney, because of skeptical old Roscoe here, imagine what God gave us. You know, if you read one Corinthians 15, you read the gospels, you find, Rodney, the ones who give the best evidence, the ones who saw Jesus die, the ones who saw him buried and the ones who him rise again, are the women. I mean, it's not that the men are not in there somewhere, but the women give you that unbroken chain, uh, in that day, women weren't allowed to give evidence in a court of law.The Jewish historian Lapide says the fact that it's women at the forefront is a sign that this is not an invention. This is not made up in order to get you convicted to these guy's bias. You you'd have Peter and Paul or whatever, being the primary witnesses. It's the women, it's a ring of truth. And then you've got people who were skeptical, who didn't believe in him at all.People like the apostle Paul people, like his half brother James, they were skeptics. They were total skeptics. What turned them around? The resurrection of Jesus. You've got 500 witnesses, Paul says who were out there most are still alive. In our terms, Rodney, it's basically saying, look, here's the app. It's got the list of everybody.You need to know who's around Jerusalem at the time. Uh, you know, check them out. They even throw in stuff like Joseph of Arimathea. They give you the name of the guy who was involved in the burial of Jesus. And they say he's from the Jewish council, the sanhedrin. It's giving you data. You don't do that if you're creating lies,.You can check it out. No, one's come back and say, Oh, Joseph didn't exist. No one came back and said he didn't bury him. I mean, it's just extraordinary. You just sit there and go, Oh my gosh, God wrote this for me.Rodney Olsen: There's a reliance there on the Christian scriptures, but how do we know that they're for real?How do we know that they haven't been reinvented over the years? Is there any evidence coming from outside that, that Christian scripture, that Bible that we know today?Ross Clifford: Oh yeah. I can tell you the whole Jesus story without going to the Bible. I can tell you that he's locked death crucifixion and believed resurrection believed resurrection without going to the scriptures.I mean, from the Jewish Talmud, from historians, like Josephus, uh, from, uh, stories like Tacitus, the Roman historian, you know, that Jesus was crucified under Pontius Pilot. That's, that's how they understood as historians. And it was believed, says, Josephus. By his disciples that he rose from the dead. So mate, you can get that all out there.Look, Christian philosophers by the name of Moreland had Habermas and they dedate this at Oxford University and whatever, and you and I don't need to do this, but they say there's a number of agreed facts by even the skeptical historians that we could all put out, you know, we could all say, yeah, this happened, the agreed facts are simply things like Jesus existed.Jesus died upon the cross. The disciples believed the disciples believe he rose again. The disciples gave their lives for that belief. And you've got the incredible transformation historically of people like James, his half brother, who was a skeptic, who became a leader of the church and the apostle Paul, who was the major antagonist against the church.He believed Jesus died, but didn't believe in any of this resurrection stuff. He encountered the resurrected Christ and he became a believer. So they say you take those five facts together. You don't need to open your Bible to get those five facts from history. That enough is to say there's a case to answer here.Rodney Olsen: And yet there are still people who are writing books, looking back at history and saying the facts don't stack up. So are they not looking at the evidence? Are we looking at different evidence? How do we account for that?Ross Clifford: Oh, well, you're looking at times, uh, at people who have not looked at the evidence. I remember a debate that took place, uh, in Sydney with a mentor of mine called John Mark Montgomery.Who's a well known lawyer historian. He's got three doctorates. He communicates well with the public and he was the biding, a guy called Plummer from Melbourne who was a lawyer, and it was over these particular matters and someone from the audience asked Montgomery how he could be so sure Jesus existed, died and rose from the grave and the gospels are reliable.And Montgomery took him through the whole thing, 5,000 copies. That means that whether you're Christian or not. 5,000 copies from early dates, different places. You can check the gospels, check the reliability, and you can come as a scholar with a conviction that as you read, these gospels is as they were written.There's no debate about that. With respect to what Paul writes in one Corinthians 15, then you've got to ask, okay, as I read it is, as it was written, but are these truthful witnesses, are they seeking to tell the truth and this basic tests look how they're honest. Look how they share everything. Look at how they believe this.Look, how they died for it. You guys, for all of this. And then Plumber. Who's a lovely guy. a leading lawyer, uh, represent the Skeptics Association. Then someone said to him, well, Mr. Plummer, why don't you believe the gospels are reliable and they told the truth about Jesus and his answer, I kid you not Rodney, his answer was, well anything that Robert Schuller follows must be doubtful.Rodney Olsen: And right there, we have a biasRoss Clifford: Right there. He lost the debate.Rodney Olsen: Does this come back to that thing I was mentioning earlier in that sometimes we're looking for what we want to find?Ross Clifford: Oh, absolutely. I couldn't agree more. And look, I did say healthy skepticism. I'm not saying I can prove that Jesus died and rose again historically a hundred percent.I mean, I can't tell you a hundred percent that Robert Menzies lived and died. I mean, history is always probable. We need to remember that history is always probable, but there's more evidence for Jesus' death and resurrection than there is for Julius Caeser. So, you know, come on. Um, so we know we need to remember that we do have bias.Uh, not dismissing any of that. Uh, I remember Barbara Thieirng, who's a leading Australian skeptic and a really nice woman. I did some study with her, but Barbara said to me, Ross, you just believe this stuff because you have this great need to believe in the resurrection of Jesus. And I said, well, thanks Barbara for pointing that out.And you obviously don't believe this stuff because you have a great need, not to believe in the resurrection of Jesus. And she said, Oh, Ross, come on. Absolute rubbish. This is not just emotion. I don't believe because the facts. Oh, well guess what Barbara? The same thing happens for me. Why do you assume I want the Jesus story to be true?I was very happy being a lawyer, Barbara. I would really love to be in politics. I liked money. I had a happy life. I wasn't running around, saying I need a Jesus story, Barbara, and she got it. We were friends. I'm standing here, not because I don't think any of that other part is relevant. I'm standing here. because mate, I actually believe it happened.Rodney Olsen: And going back to your court days, we hear about this idea of beyond a reasonable doubt. So is that how you convinced yourself? You thought the evidence stacks up and it stacks up beyond a reasonable doubt?Ross Clifford: Yeah, basically. Uh, and of course, you know, that's kind of working, you know, at sort of a God factor.And there are people here that are listening, who may not be Christians and that's fine. Take an honest, look at the evidence for the resurrection, you know, pray. The doubters prayer. Lord, help me, show me if I'm meant to be leaving here or not, but let's look at it. Make and take that sort of strong look at, and I'll be very confident, you'll come to a conclusion that there is a case to answer. But Rodney it gets deeper than that. In my life, when that's happening, you've got the work of the Holy spirit that then brings the conviction that what is mounting up here is more than probable. It is actually true. That's the work of God in your life, but it's not just the truth of the resurrection historical fact.That's nice. That's out there. When you start thinking about it, you all of a sudden discover, that this resurrection thing is mind boggling, Rodney, absolutely mind boggling. Cause we all are looking for worldviews to follow. You have foundations for our life. And the resurrection says if Jesus has resurrected, as Paul says, you and I will be resurrected.It says that God is concerned for you and I, as whole people will be changed and transform yes but our life in the future, Rodney, is as resurrected people before God. And if God's going to raise you and I up to be with him forever, that means he's concerned for you and I now. And that's why it's transformed me.That's why there's Christian hospitals, that's why we're in the forefront of edge of education. That's why Christians have been the forefront of compassion. Resurrection says God's concerned for the whole of me. It's one of the most profound understandings of the world that you can have. And there's atheists out there now all over the place saying, Oh, we mustn't have the fact of the resurrection, but we want the theology, the worldview of the resurrection.I've got news for you. You can't split the package. You can't take, Oh, I want a resurrection but without actually believing in one. Um, and the resurrection has this incredible foundation, Rodney, that, uh, it is true, but more than that, it is life changing. It changes the whole way you see the world. There's a common argument.Rodney Olsen: I hear where people talk about this idea of a moral code or of having morals and they can be quite indignant to say, how dare you say that it is only through religion, only through a faith in a God that, I don't believe in, that I can have a moral stance. I have morals beyond that. What is your answer to that?Ross Clifford: Look, I believe there's truth in most understandings of the world, but it doesn't mean they're necessarily true and I'm sure there's decent people have fair dinkum morals that might be based on Christianity and the like, but in the end, Rodney, what's the test? What's the ultimate test? What puts your moral code against somebody else's moral code?What puts your understanding against another person's understanding? Both of you might be decent, but have very different moral codes. Well, what puts the difference here is if there's a person who died and rose again, and he says, that's the moral code. You have a test, you have a foundation, you have a certainty to the moral code that you are following is just not coming from the pack, it's just not coming from a bunch of good people creating something. As the philosopher. Rousseau said years ago, to have a moral code that you can actually base your life on must come from the gods. Guess what? There is one that does come from God. The resurrection affirms it. .Rodney Olsen: I spoke earlier about the fact that you have authored or co-authored over a dozen books. Let's go back to that first one. You put together something by the title of Leading Lawyers look at the Resurrection. Tell me about that early book.Ross Clifford: Yeah, look, it was actually written for Russia. That's interesting thing. Uh, I was over there with a mission group in Russia after the Gorbachev stuff was all unfolding.And, uh, they said, look, Russians, like to think about things. Can we have a book? We haven't had one that actually points the case for the resurrection. And someone said, Oh, you've done a thesis on stuff like that. And I said, Oh, yeah I could make it very popular, and I did, but the way God works an Australian publisher, John Waterhouse, found out about it, uh, from Strand and then Albatross originally Albatross.And he said, Ross, could you put that into English for us? You know, it was in English, but can we have an English edition and it was, and Rodney  it was my privilege really to launch that book in a real way at the Gorbachev Foundation, with the director of the Gorbachev Foundation, uh, who indicated she'd handed it out to a thousand judges and lawyers at a recent conference.She said the reason why is we are a people of kind of faith, religious faith. We've lost it through communism. We're trying to come back to that. Your book has the faith component, but more than that, she said, you  know, the KGB told us how to decide cases. Whether we were the judge, the prosecutor, defence lawyer.We'd all get a phone call the night before telling us you better, you know, do whatever. We're not used to arguing or presenting a case and not does only your book open us up to the question of faith again, but it shows us how to logically and legally and in a popular way, get our case together. And so that's, that's how it happened, but, uh, you got to remember it's life transforming a number of those lawyers actually brought me out of the darkness.I read this stuff and I looked at the gospels again and I was born again. So, uh, this was very precious to me.Rodney Olsen: So these lawyers have looked at the evidence they've said, yeah, it does stack up how many lawyers were there and are they all believers?Ross Clifford: Yeah, they're all believers. Many of them weren't believers until they started doing, uh, you know, exploring as I've indicated.Oh, there's just a pile of them, uh, including senior lawyers in Australia. Like, Sir Leslie Herron, I mean, The world's most famous lawyer, the world's. most successful lawyer was a guy called Sir Lionel Luckhoo, who was knighted twice by the queen, Rodney. Now I see that Perry Mason's making a comeback, can't wait, all of you who remember the old Perry Mason legal series.Well, Perry Mason got to about 70 murder acquittals, which he won. Then they thought he had to lose one that so no one would believe it. Sir Lionel Luckhoo got 240 murder aquittals, 240 in a row. Um, and he was 63 he had everything, the world's best advocate, you know, knighted twice by the queen, and then he says I had absolutely nothing. And he took a look at Jesus. And Sir Lionel Luckhoo stood up after looking at the evidence and reading the gospels, et cetera, totally convinced that this Jesus had died, buried and rose again. And he committed the rest of his life to sharing the message of Jesus.And it was my privilege. And he came out from the West Indies and launched this book with Clarrie Briese. And so Clarrie Briese was the Chief Magistrate of New South Wales, who's also in the book.Rodney Olsen: There seems to be two sides of this. There is the evidence that as you say, does seem to stack up, it does seem to take us beyond a reasonable doubt, but at the same time, you're speaking about something different. You're speaking about something that goes beyond just reading a set of beliefs and saying, yep. It seems to stack up. I will follow that belief. Tell me more about that.Ross Clifford: Yeah. Look, Rodney. Most Aussies approach things like this two ways.Is it true? Does it work? And many of us start with, does it work? And if we think that it works, then we'll ask , is it true? Others of us ask, is it true? And then we'll say, well, so what.  Well, we've been talking about is it true? Yeah. Does it work? Does it change my life if we hinted at this? Yes. Because the resurrection of Jesus points to resurrection as a state of eternity, you know, transform change.Let's not get literal, but the whole sense is, the whole of Rodney goes  to be with God forever. When you get that kind of context, Rodney, the resurrection brings you incredible message of hope. Hope. I mean, in one of my books, I talk about George Gittoes, who's the war photographer, you know, one of the world's best.And he's in Rwanda at the, you know, at the end of all that incredible civil violence and, uh, ethnic cleansing and he's with a particular tribe with the United Nations and Australian medical team taking photos and whatever. They've been told to leave, because another tribe is coming in to clean out that tribe that they're with.So they get in their cars and whatever you already to leave, can't do anything. And I've got the picture. He took a picture and this guy stands up in the crowd, that's just about to be massacred with machetes, a guy stands up, opens his New Testament and starts reading out the, the hope they have in the Lord, Jesus Christ and Gittoes, and I paraphrase basically said, now I know what religion, Christianity is all about. I mean with all our technology, with all our care, we had to leave and hopefully come back and be able to patch some people up. He stood up in the crowd and offered them, hope, offered them hope. I mean, how powerful is that?I mean, we go through coronavirus. We go through all sorts of situations in our world, and we're reminded today that for many people around our globe, crisis is normal. This is their every day existence. You know, the Corona virus is just one more step in a crisis as normal. And we can say to them, we care for you, we love you. We're going to support you. We're going to support compassion. We're going to support you because simply we understand God cares for everyone, the whole person. Resurrection tells us that cares for all people. And as we care for you and minister to you and seek to share our assets and resources at the same time, we want to hear you, we want you to hear the message. That even in this God, in death, there's only resurrection. There's no other worldview that offers this. Mate, whatever trial, whatever situation. The resurrection of Jesus says God cares. God loves God's understanding. God's been there. He's been on a cross, whatever we faced legally or morally or spiritually or sense of abandonment, he's been through all of that. He's been through false trials. Uh, you know, he's been disowned by friends. Uh, he's physically suffered, been through all of that, and he's the one who's risen. And says, I'm there with you. I'm there with you, Rodney. I mean, it's just profound. It's just, it's just incredibly profound.Rodney Olsen: You're talking about that sense of hope, even in very difficult circumstances. And you touched on that story there from Rwanda of someone standing up with hope for the future because of their faith in Jesus., and yet there's still a massacre. I've been to Rwanda. I've been through the Memorial and, and read the, the heart wrenching stories.And many people would turn around and say, Well, if this God does care for us, if this God does care for the whole person, as you say, why does he not step in at moments like this and hold back the hand of the person who brings the massacre?Ross Clifford: Every understanding of the world, whether you're Christian or Buddhist or atheist really struggles with this issue.It's not just the Christian faith that struggles with it. And I heard a former Prime Minister of Australia, who's an atheist. His the answer to that was, and this guy, achieved so much, he became Prime Minister of Australia. He said, well, I'm just half a grain of sand on the beach. In other words, who cares?Who gives a stuff? It doesn't matter. There's no, God, there's no purpose, and I'm just a half a grain of sand on the beach. And who cares about half a grain of sand on the beach? I mean, I can give a more philosophical answer about, you know, God created a world, which is, which is fair to create where we, as a people had a choice of loving him or not loving him.And we decided to go our own way and there's consequences for all of that. And in those consequences, you know, sin and darkness fill-in, and I can do that mate with time and do that very reasonably, I believe better explanation than any other worldview. But for our purposes today, let me just remind people that in that darkness and that situation, why does God not?Well, you know, they're very difficult questions, but I can say this in answer the God who goes the God who goes through this with us fully understands because he's been there every kind of predicament we could imagine, his son, Jesus went through all of that. So he clearly identifies with us as Hebrews four says, we can cry out to him in honesty, but more than that in the resurrection of Jesus, he says, well, whatever they throw at you in me, there's only resurrection, whatever life throws at you, there's only hope whatever happens is only the empowerment of the Holy Spirit upon you and in your life and grab hold of that truth.Nothing gets close to it. I'm not a half a grain of sand on the beach. The story of the resurrection says I'm valuable. The most significant person in the universe loves me so much, he would die upon a cross for me. Mate when I know that nothing can touch me. Absolutely nothing.Rodney Olsen: I find it interesting that there's not a complete or a, uh, an immediately satisfying answer for that question of why does God allow suffering?There are many attempts that we've heard over the years to come to that. And yet you're saying that, the evidence still stacks up to say that this is for real. So does that mean we don't have to have absolutely everything straight in our mind before we can believe and put our trust in this hope?Ross Clifford: I agree fully. Let me just repeat though. I can give a philosophical answer to the question and if you're interested in people like plan together. Done that. And most secular philosophers have agreed that, that, that it's, it's possible to be an all powerful, all loving God and still create a world where there's freedom and freedom of choice, because you believe that your created beings, your highest created beings, human beings.If you really love them, you're going to give them the choice of whether they love you back. And in that world, there will be evil, and suffering because people choose to go their own way, and Plantinga's philosophically done that question to the satisfaction of the Academy, but I'm trying to work here with myself and everybody else out there, Rodney, and I'm simply saying, you know, we don't have answers to everything. It doesn't mean we shouldn't ask the questions, but when you get an answer that brings you an understanding of the world that is so powerful. So embracive. So empowering and based on a central fact in history, that is just overwhelming, then, you know, I'm moving on.I'm moving on. Some things I'm just going to leave to eternity. You know, Rodney, a few years ago on that program, Q and A, they had a guy on Peter Hitchins. Peter Hitchins is the brother of Christopher Hitchens, who was one of the best known atheists of our time. Now Peter himself had been an atheist, but then he was converted to Christianity.And this Q and A was during the festival of dangerous ideas, and Peter was the only Christian on the panel,  and some of you would not be surprised to hear that, and Tony Jones said, well, okay, let's finish. Let's talk about what we think is the world's most dangerous idea. And he turned to Peter and said, what's the world's most dangerous idea and I paraphrase, but basically said the world's most dangerous idea is that 2000 years, a guy called Jesus lived. died buried, and rose again, because if that's true, it changes and transforms everything. It's the  world's most, dangerous idea, mate. Nothing is the same. If this is true, nothing is the same again.Rodney Olsen:  I find it interesting that that is so transformative, as you're saying. But what does it mean for the here and now for those people who say, yep, I believe in the resurrection, does it stay as a belief or does it dramatically alter the way we live our lives?Ross Clifford: Oh it dramatically alters. Mate if this is true. You've got the risen, God walking with you. Um, if this is true, uh, you celebrate no matter what, that's, why Paul could celebrate in shipwreck and, in hardship, and even facing death because he knew the one who had defeated death was there with him and poured out his Spirit upon him.If it's true, it means that we care for those who are disadvantaged and poor and vulnerable because there's human, dignity and human worth. The basic. Oh, you know, the basic human rights documents like the 1948 declaration of human rights. It's the foundation for the United Nations. That's based on the 10 Commandments. Numerous human rights documents are based on this premise of love God and love your neighbor as yourself.It transforms you  mate,  you've got to care. You've got to be involved. You know, God loves and cares for you. You know, there's a moral code, like a sermon on the Mount that you can live by and put your life to. So it's discipleship changing, right? It's it's, it's the, world's most dangerous idea.Rodney Olsen: I hear ofpeople who say, I've looked at the evidence. I don't believe it and I don't want to believe it and they'll just walk away. But there are other people I hear these voices who say, I can't believe that, but I really wish I could. What would you say to those people?Ross Clifford: Look to the first, I support you've got to live by your own conscience, and if you really believe that's the case.Then, you know, that's what, that's the step that you take, but there are eternal ramifications for that. Many people just turn their back on this thing because they don't want to be controlled by anybody else, but themselves. I mean, they don't want a God out there who tells them how to live life and tells them what the values are and not might actually tell them that they've got to go overseas and make a difference, you know?Um, that's that first group, the second group I understand. And I'd simply say suck it and see. Taste it. Actually ask, what would the resurrection, what would it make a difference in my life? How would it transform my values? How would it transform how I see other people. And uh, if I can see that really making a difference to how I live my world, then step out and say, God, I'm really not so sure about this, but, you know, give me the strength, give me the conviction.Uh, give me people that I can speak to that allow me to cement this. So take a step, take a step towards Jesus. And you'll find that after one step two steps, three steps, four steps, five steps. You'll wake up one morning and think, Oh my gosh. I'm in.Rodney Olsen: It's interesting that there are those camps that you're talking about, but there are also those in the camp that say, I've seen what Christians are like.They're a group of people that are against this against that, and they seem to be very hateful.Ross Clifford: Oh, and I understand that. I mean, the McCrindle research shows that the number one objection, that people who are open to faith have to the Christian faith is Christians themselves. The basic problem that the community or they seeking a faith have is not God.The number one problem they have is us and  I understand that. And that's a real call for us to get our lives together, but just remember Rodney, that we have charities, Tim Costello, you know, who was the CEO of World Vision a again, I quote, but I think he said something like 90% of charities and NGOs in Australia began from a Christian involvement and movement.So we need to bear that in mind. Mother Teresa. I mean, you can just go global, all sorts of people. Catherine Hamlin who's just passed away in Ethiopia. Who must be the Australian of the last 10 years who spent 50 years there, uh, creating fistula hospitals, so women could give birth, have, uh, awkward results and not be outcasts in tribes, but actually come back and live with their kids and their husband in the major community.She's committed her life to that, man. We can repeat that, time and time again. And just remember how we started this. Plummer said why don't I believe in the gospels, he said anyone who believes, anything Robert Schuller believes in, I can't believe. And that's no answer. You know, it's a concern that you find people that you don't think you're authentic, but you know, I'm offering you Jesus.I'm not offering you me. I'm not offering you Rodney Olsen. I'm offering you Jesus. Look at him. Transform and change world's most dangerous. I didn't, no one is perfect, but my gosh, mate, it is it's mind boggling stuff.Rodney Olsen: So if anyone has heard something today and they think. I need to investigate this further. Where would you send them?Ross Clifford: Oh, well, you know,without being rude, Leading Lawyers Look at the Resurrection, is a book that I've written that people might find helpful. There's some books out there that guys like John Dickson have written. Some of you might've heard, uh, that, uh, that name, I mean, you find some of those helpful, um, it's really not hard to find a book like that, that gives you that kind of background and impetus, but also don't forget to just read your gospels.Maybe you've never read one before. Read John's gospel look up in your index in a Bible and you get Bibles anywhere. Look up in your index, or you can even Google it. You can Google John's gospel for nothing. Uh, look for the NIV translation. Just read it through, ask God to go with you on the journey and then read one Corinthians 15, uh, chapter 15 of the book of one Corinthians written by Paul.No doubt about that. Early read what he says about what happened and transformed and who saw that and just go to those texts with an open heart.Rodney Olsen: There's plenty for people to think about and to investigate further. I love your passion for what you're doing. I love your passion for that resurrection message that you carry. Ross. I want to say thank you for spending some time with us today.Ross Clifford: Good to be with you, mate. God bless you, Rodney. God bless everyone.Emily Olsen: Thank you for listening to bleeding daylight. Please help us to shine more light into the darkness by sharing this episode with others. For further details and more episodes, please visit BleedingDaylight.net

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Chris Strefelt tells his story of how he became a magistrate in his home county court system. From his early days as a prosecuting attorney to today, he shares the ups and downs of working in a job where the lives of so many families in his community are impacted by the actions they chose, and the decisions he has to make. Chris is currently the Chief Magistrate of the Licking County Ohio Probate-Juvenile Court. He has been an attorney for over 25 years and has devoted his entire career as an attorney to serving the people of Licking County, first as an Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, and for the last 14 years as a Magistrate in the Licking County Probate-Juvenile Court. On March 17, 2020, he hopes to get the support of the people of Licking County to allow him to continue serving as their next Probate-Juvenile Judge. To learn more about his campaign, please visit the Chris Strefelt for Probate / Juvenile Judge facebook page --- Music for this episode from https://filmmusic.io "Roll The Intro" by Alexander Nakarada (https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) "Loopster" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) "Total Happy Up And Sunny" by Sascha Ende (https://www.sascha-ende.de) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) --- Find out more about Hear It Share It by stopping by www.hearitshareit.com. While you are there, you can leave a voicemail or make a donation to the podcast. Share your feedback or your story at hearitshareit@gmail.com or drop by https://www.facebook.com/HearItShareIt/ to join in on the conversation. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/hearitshareit/message

“Few, if any, of the Framers viewed the prospect of presidential impeachment with the unbridled horror common among intellectual leaders today. CEOs can be cashiered for “moral turpitude,” “unprofessional conduct,” and the like. Yet we've somehow managed to convince ourselves that the one job in America where you have to commit a felony to get fired is the one where you actually get nuclear weapons.” — Indispensable Remedy: The Broad Scope of the Constitution's Impeachment PowerCalls for impeachment are growing louder by the day. Billionaire Tom Steyer has garnered nearly 7 million signatures through the “Need to Impeach” campaign, and with Democrats about to retake a majority in the House, Rep. Maxine Waters is saying that impeachment proceedings should begin immediately.Much of this is partisan hype, and incoming Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has already signaled that she will rein in her colleagues' excesses. She recently commented that “when and if he breaks the law, that is when something like that would come up.” Allegations of campaign finance violations from Trump's hush-money payments to Stormy Daniels could fall into this category, but most experts see this is as a flimsy justification.However, there may still be valid reasons to use what James Madison called “the indispensable remedy” against Trump's abuses of the executive office. Pelosi's comments stem from a common misconception about impeachment that it can only be used when the law has been broken, when in fact it can be used to address a much wider range of “conduct unbecoming” to the Presidency.Gene Healy, a Vice President at the Cato Institute, is trying to dispel this and other myths about impeachment. Without making a specific case for impeaching Trump (with all the partisan pitfalls that would entail), Healy's latest white paper serves as a primer on the purpose, history, and scope of impeachment provisions. He concludes that the remedy is an important deterrent against the “incapacity, negligence, or perfidy of the Chief Magistrate.” He argues that impeachment has probably not been used often enough in the past 230 years when Presidents have exhibited these traits without technically breaking the law. Some of the Commander-in-Chief's tweets are a prime example.Healy is a leading critic of the “Cult of the Presidency,” which believes the office of the executive to be sacrosanct. The Founders would have abhorred the idea of the President being beyond reproach or — in the extreme case — removal from office. He joined me to discuss the Framers' intention with respect to impeachment.While most analyses are clouded with political bias and tribalism, Healy recognizes the danger in raising or lowering the bar for impeachment to suit the latest political winds. “What you think of Congress' impeachment power shouldn't depend on what you think of President Trump,” he writes, “Donald Trump isn't going to be the last president we have, so it's important to get this right.”We did our best to get it right. You be the judge.

The concept of impeachment was not new at the time of the Constitutional Convention. The Framers thought including the ability to impeach the Chief Magistrate to the Constitution was extremely important. However, today it is hard to picture in our polarized political climate that there would ever be a super majority in the Senate in order to impeach and remove a president.Were there debates about including impeachment in the Constitution at the Constitutional Convention? What is the scope of the impeachment clause? What does the process of impeachment look like? What level of incompetence could be grounds for impeachment?Further Reading:Democrats Abandon the Constitution, written by David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. CaseyIndispensable Remedy: The Broad Scope of the Constitution’s Impeachment Power, written by Gene HealyNixon v. U.S.Related Content:America’s Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power, Free Thoughts PodcastKing Obama, King Trump: The Dangers of an Imperial Presidency, Free Thoughts Podcast See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Presidential impeachments are vanishingly rare in American constitutional history: in the 230 years since ratification, only three presidents have faced serious attempts to remove them from office. And yet, as President Donald J. Trump’s tumultuous tenure continues, it seems increasingly plausible that we’ll see a fourth. In ordinary times, in ordinary presidencies, impeachment talk is considered taboo: the “I-word” is heard only on the political fringes, if it’s heard at all. Yet Trump’s first year in office saw four resolutions, containing a total of nine articles of impeachment against him, formally introduced in the House. Recent polls reveal strong support for an impeachment inquiry among the Democratic base. Should the Democrats recapture the House in the 2018 midterms, even reluctant members may find that pressure difficult to resist. The rancor engendered by our current impeachment debate bears out Alexander Hamilton’s prediction that impeachments would “seldom fail to agitate the passions of the whole community, and to divide it into parties.” But the scope of “high Crimes and Misdemeanors” shouldn’t turn on one’s opinion of any particular president. Partisans who lower the bar to impeachment in order to punish a president they revile — or raise it to save one they support — may, under future presidents, live to regret the standard they’ve set. This study touches on most of the specific charges directed against President Trump, but it does not answer the question of whether he should be impeached and removed from office. Instead, it is designed to serve as a primer on the purpose, history, and scope of the Constitution’s impeachment provisions — and a corrective to some of the popular myths that have grown up around the remedy. First among those myths is the notion that impeachment is reserved solely for criminal abuses of office. Perversely, as the power of the office has grown, that misconception has ensured that the federal official with the greatest capacity to do harm now enjoys stronger job protection than virtually any other American. But the remedy James Madison described as “indispensable … for defending the community against the incapacity, negligence, or perfidy of the Chief Magistrate” isn’t limited to violations of the law or abuses of official power. As the 1974 House Judiciary Committee report on “Constitutional Grounds for Presidential Impeachment” put it, impeachment was “intended to reach a broad variety of conduct by officers that is both serious and incompatible with the duties of the office.” “A good magistrate will not fear [impeachments],” Massachusetts’ Elbridge Gerry insisted at the Constitutional Convention, and “a bad one ought to be kept in fear of them.” Through the exercise of the “sole Power of Impeachment,” the House can call even the most powerful federal officer to account. That power should never be invoked lightly, but neither should Americans fear to wield it, should it become necessary.

C. Clifford Shirley Jr. never imagined that he'd be a Judge...much less the Chief Magistrate for the East TN District...but God had a different plan. As he puts it, he was led.

This resource includes information about the funeral service for Alderman Samuel Lennard, founder of Liberty Shoes and former Mayor of Leicester, UK. It also has an address in Leicester delivered by Rev. F.B. Meyer, the sermon preached by the Rev. W. Evans, and the speeches of Alderman Lennard on his being appointed Chief Magistrate of the Borough (meeting of the Town Council, November 9th, 1900) and at a Representative Meeting of Townspeople in connection with the Queen Victoria Memorial.

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