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Welcome to another riveting episode of Hearts of Oak, where we delve deep into the stories that shape our world. Today, we're honored to host a distinguished guest, a board-certified obstetrician gynecologist with a background in maternal fetal medicine, whose journey through the medical field has been nothing short of extraordinary. In this episode, our guest shares insights from a career marked by a relentless pursuit of truth, especially in light of the tumultuous events surrounding public health strategies during recent global crises. We'll explore how personal experiences, influenced by historical figures like Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis, have shaped his approach to medicine, emphasizing the importance of standing firm against mainstream narratives when patient safety is at stake. Our discussion will take a critical look at how health policies, driven by a complex web of government, pharmaceutical, and medical organizations, have impacted the most vulnerable among us. We'll tackle the uncomfortable truths about medical ethics, the silence of influential societal groups, and the personal sacrifices made by those who speak out against the status quo. This episode promises to be a beacon of awareness, urging us all to question, to learn, and to remember the importance of integrity in the face of systemic challenges. So, join us as we navigate through the ethical dilemmas of our time, inspired by a physician's commitment to never compromise patient care for profit or popularity. Stay with us as we uncover the layers of this compelling story, right here on Hearts of Oak. Connect with Dr James Thorp Freedom In Truth | Substack Recorded on 17.10.24 *Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Connect with Hearts of Oak...
Bible prophecies foretell Communism will be the ideology of the end time world government and its leader the Antichrist. On this edition of the Endtime Show, Jeff Nyquist, author and past columnist for WorldNetDaily.com, Sierra Times, Financial Sense Online and The Epoch Times and I will analyze the Communistic efforts to control the entire world—including America. So don't touch that dial. --------------- 📚: Check out Jerusalem Prophecy College Online for less than $60 per course: https://jerusalemprophecycollege.com 📱: It's never been easier to understand. Stream Endtime+ and access exclusive content: https://watch.endtime.com/browse 🏧: America's Christian Credit Union: Make the switch from the BIG banks: https://www.endtime.com/switch ☕️: First Cup Coffee: use code ENDTIME to get 10% off: https://www.firstcup.com ⭐️: Birch Gold: Claim your free info kit on gold: https://www.birchgold.com/endtime 🥩: Back Yard Butchers: Save an extra 20% off your entire order (use code “ENDTIME”): https://www.backyardbutchers.com/endtime Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The New Discourses Podcast with James Lindsay, Ep. 143 Canada is in a lot of trouble, but few of us realize how far back the trouble really began. In 1968, Canada was swept with a madness affectionately called "Trudeaumania," and a new prime minister, Pierre Trudeau, was swept into office with an interest in making major transformational changes to the Canadian circumstance. Though his ambitions were greater than what the political environment in Canada in the 1970s and 1980s could tolerate, the elder Trudeau shifted policies and government institutions strongly into the radical model championed even today by some of the most concerning outfits on the planet, including the World Economic Forum (WEF), United Nations (UN), and the infamous neo-Malthusian "Club of Rome." In fact, in this episode of the New Discourses Podcast, host James Lindsay exposes that Pierre Trudeau worked closely with the Club of Rome (https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/full/10.3138/cjh-57-2-2021-0101/) before it officially launched and set Canada's environmental policy from its outset in line with their wicked ambitions. Join him to learn how deeply infected the Canadian Liberal Party is, and has been for fifty years, with bad Communistic ideas like "degrowth" (https://newdiscourses.com/2023/08/degrowth-wests-leap-backwards/), "sustainable development" (https://newdiscourses.com/2021/10/sustainability-tyranny-21st-century/), "inclusion" (https://newdiscourses.com/2023/11/the-fraud-of-diversity-and-inclusion/), "Net Zero" (https://newdiscourses.com/2023/05/absolute-zero-and-the-western-holodomor/), and the "well-being economy" (https://newdiscourses.com/2023/11/degrowth-distributism-well-being-economy/). References: [1] EARTH4ALL: DEEP-DIVE PAPER 17 The system within: Addressing the inner dimensions of sustainability and systems transformation: https://newdiscourses.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Earth4All_Deep_Dive_Jamie_Bristow.pdf [2] Environmental Aspirations in an Unsettled Time: Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the Club of Rome, and Canadian Environmental Politics in the 1970s: https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/full/10.3138/cjh-57-2-2021-0101 [3] Erich Jantsch's 1972 Evolutionary Ladder of Interdisciplinarity: https://newdiscourses.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/2-Part-of-Jantschs-1972-evolutionary-ladder-of-interdisciplinarity-adapted-from-.png
Rejecting recent interpretations in the U.S. socialist press as truistic, Jackson Albert Mann makes a case for a particular communistic reading of the first novel in Frank Herbert's Dune franchise. Read By: A Darlymple Intro Music: ворожное озеро Гроза vwqp remix Outro Music: We are Friends Forever performed by Felix Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment.
80s legends U2 had a bloody good Sunday when they opened the Las Vegas Sphere, but Dori is still mad at them for having the audacity to give her an album for free. Richard Simmons was only big in the States because they didn't have Body Beat. Now we have a new mission: reunite Body Beat. Finally, communistic chewing gum cards provoke Paulo into a Public Service Announcment. Everything you hear on the show can be found on That 80s Show SA on Facebook.
THIS WEEK'S SHOW - Mitch McConnell.EXE has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down (again), Biden's e-mail scandal that would make Hillary Clinton blush, Trump's mugshot becomes a moneymaker, Chris Chan acquitted, what? We'll also discuss the Democrat's Communistic plans to bring back COVID lockdowns, Eminem throws a hissy fit over Vivek, another week, another failure for Disney's woke agenda, Call of Duty goes full draconian censorship, PS Plus price increases, and I regret to inform you, the thots are still ruining the culture too!FOLLOW OUR STREAMS & SOCIALS: https://allmylinks.com/cancelthispodcast BUY CTP MERCH: https://cancelthis.siteJOIN OUR GUILDED SERVER: https://guilded.gg/cancelthispodcastDONATE TO FUND OUR STREAMS: https://ko-fi.com/cancelthispodcast !
On this episode, I will be discussing the latest charges brought against Donald J. Trump (which, shocker, are the same ones they've always been). They've never had any evidence against Trump on any of these charges before, and now they have admitted to "destroying all of the evidence." Gee, how convenient for them and inconvenient for us and President Trump. I wonder why they'd do something like that. Probably because Trump is completely innocent, there is and was never any evidence against him, and his only crime is trying to save American freedom from the clutches of a quite literally Satanic administration. They are trying to rig the 2024 presidential election (again) by pulling Trump out of the race. This is 100% absolutely illegal, but the Communistic deep state doesn't care about morals, ethics, or laws. They're godless (like all Marxists are) and the ends always justify the means to them. The government is trying to send a very clear message to every U.S. citizen that they will continuously interfere with our American elections, and with no apologies, regrets, or consequences. We cannot accept any of this. As Trump has been saying, hold the line.--https://noblegoldinvestments.com/learn/gold-and-silver-guide/?utm_source=google&affiliate_source=googleads_br&gclid=EAIaIQobChMInpSgjOLTgAMV6oNaBR1neg0NEAAYAiAAEgLJu_D_BwE--J6 interview pt. 1: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/uncommon-sense-with-ginny-robinson/id1589697894?i=1000592956282--J6 interview pt. 2: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/uncommon-sense-with-ginny-robinson/id1589697894?i=1000593847181
A School Choice Constitutional Amendment appears to be on the menu next session for consideration. Beshear messages on communistic talking points and ideas, will anyone notice? Finally, we will find out what I did to upset the left since our last episode!
TruNews' host Rick Wiles is at home for several days seeking God's instructions about the future direction of this ministry. Doc and part of our production team are away attending a streaming media summit. We pre-recorded a three-part series based on a 2002 interview I recorded with Dr. Dennis Cuddy, author of The Globalists: The Power Elites Exposed. Rick and Doc will offer some comments between interview segments today. They'll discuss the origins of the Illuminati, Secret Societies, the evolution of Freemasonry, and Communistic capitalism. Here is Rick's interview with Dr. Cuddy, recorded 21 years ago. Rick Wiles, Doc Burkhart Airdate 4/18/23Listen to part one: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/53553881Listen to part three here: https://www.spreaker.com/episode/53553883You can partner with us by visiting TruNews.com/donate, calling 1-800-576-2116, or by mail at PO Box 690069 Vero Beach, FL 32969.The Fauci Elf is a hilarious gift guaranteed to make your friends laugh! Order yours today! https://tru.news/faucielfIt's the Final Day! The day Jesus Christ bursts into our dimension of time, space, and matter. You can order the second edition of Rick's book, Final Day. Now available on Amazon! https://www.amazon.com/Final-Day-Characteristics-Second-Coming/dp/0578260816/
The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation
State equity contracts cost Kentucky taxpayers more than $5.8 million over the past year. I talk about how these DEI contracts have their roots in Communistic thinking. Then we go over what contracts have come through, and what we have spent on them. Finally we discuss how Republicans have gotten drawn into these ideas. Visit Andrew4Ky.com to donate today.
The most recent New York City Gun Law is a Communistic, Democratic agenda, as addressed by Larry Steinhouse as he deconstructs this ridiculous bill. Watch Money Chat Now every weekday at 7:30 AM: https://www.facebook.com/MoneyChatNow/ #nycgunlaw #buffaloshooting #uvaldeshooting #massshooting #gunlaws #supremecourt #2ndamendment
In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus explained the parable of the wheat and tares (Matt 13:36-44), describing a world that consists of believers and unbelievers who belong to two spiritual realms; the first to Christ and the second to Satan. In America, we see a rise in attacks on Christians and churches, the abortion of tens of millions of babies, rising national debt, lack of authority orientation, the spread of Socialistic and Communistic ideologies, civil unrest, the undermining of the family, and other problems. As Christians, we are not neutral and stand in opposition to Satan's world-system. In this series of lessons, Dr. Cook addresses the reality of our current situation, and provides practical biblical solutions that Christians may use to live righteously in a fallen world. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09WXT7NL3 Basic Bible Interpretation by Roy B. Zuck: https://smile.amazon.com/Basic-Bible-Interpretation-Roy-Zuck/dp/0781438772 Evangelical Hermeneutics by Robert Thomas: https://smile.amazon.com/Evangelical-Hermeneutics-New-Versus-Old-ebook/dp/B0020ML9GA Steve's Blog: https://thinkingonscripture.com/ Steve's Podcast: https://windowwalker.podbean.com/ Steve's Books: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B005FSY6XO Steve's Audio Lessons: https://thinkingonscripture.com/audio-video/
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In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus explained the parable of the wheat and tares (Matt 13:36-44), describing a world that consists of believers and unbelievers who belong to two spiritual realms; the first to Christ and the second to Satan. In America, we see a rise in attacks on Christians and churches, the abortion of tens of millions of babies, rising national debt, lack of authority orientation, the spread of Socialistic and Communistic ideologies, civil unrest, the undermining of the family, and other problems. As Christians, we are not neutral and stand in opposition to Satan's world-system. In this series of lessons, Dr. Cook addresses the reality of our current situation, and provides practical biblical solutions that Christians may use to live righteously in a fallen world. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09WXT7NL3 Steve's Blog: https://thinkingonscripture.com/ Steve's YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/drstevenrcook/videos Steve's Books: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B005FSY6XO Steve's Audio Lessons: https://thinkingonscripture.com/audio-video/
In this part 2 episode of the Hero's Journey, we continue with our dive deep in Rev Robert Sirico & Jeff Sandefer's compelling book, A Field Guide for the Hero's JourneyKey Points from the Episode:Rev Robert Sirico's story that he "is not a true socialist"Horrific nature of tyrannical regimes often associated with aggressive Communistic, Marxist, and Socialist dictatorships Asking those three vital questions of ourselves to kick off our own Hero's journey Other resources:Want to leave a review? Click here, and if we earned a five-star review from you **high five and knuckle bumps**, we appreciate it greatly, thank you so much!Because we care what you think about what we think and our website, please email David@teammojoacademy.com, or if you want to leave us a quick FREE, painless voicemail, we would appreciate that as well.Be sure to check out our very affordable Academy Review membership program at http:www.teammojoacademy.com/support
In our current section on case laws (Deut 19:1—26:19), we are considering how the nation of ancient Israel was to practice righteous living after they entered the land of Canaan (Deut 16:20), how righteousness was measured by conformity to God's laws (Deut 6:24-25), and obedience would result in the Lord's blessings (Deut 11:26-28). In this section, Moses addresses the matter of charging interest on financial loans (Deut 23:19-20), the importance of keeping vows to God (Deut 23:21-23), and respecting a neighbor's property (Deut 23:24-25). Charging Interest on Financial Loans Israel was a theocracy, one kingdom under God, who was their Judge, Lawgiver, and King (Isa 33:22). As a theocracy, Israelites were to have a sense of corporate responsibility for each other, as they were all in the covenant community, a special people, chosen by God to be His holy representatives to others (Lev 11:45; 20:26; Deut 7:6; 14:2). This had practical application in everyday matters such as loans to the poor. Moses said, “You shall not charge interest to your countrymen: interest on money, food, or anything that may be loaned at interest” (Deut 23:19). Two groups are assumed in this verse, the wealthy and the poor. This shows that in a theocracy where God Himself rules, there would economic stratification. Socialistic and Communistic ideas of redistribution of wealth is a foreign concept to the Bible and tantamount to theft. Biblically, God directs wealthy Israelites to deal generously with their poor countrymen. It was fine to give them loans to help them when they were in a disadvantaged place, but they were not to charge interest (Ex 22:25-27; Lev 25:35-38). Eugene Merrill states, “Proper treatment of a brother in such matters would ensure the blessing of God in the land of promise (v. 20). God himself gives freely and graciously, so why should his people profit from the misfortune of one another (cf. Lev 25:35–38)?”[1] Not only was a loan to be made to a poor Israelite without interest, but if that Israelite could not repay the loan at the time of the sabbatical year, the loan was automatically forgiven (Deut 15:1-2).[2] However, for foreigners who were outside the covenant community, Israelites could charge interest on loans. Moses said, “You may charge interest to a foreigner, but to your countrymen you shall not charge interest” (Deut 23:20a). Foreigners (Heb. נָכְרִי nokri) were those who lived among Israelites but were not part of the covenant community. Nothing is said about the resident alien (Heb. גֵּר ger) who resided among the Israelites, who enjoyed greater benefits than the foreigner because he/she had committed themselves to the Lord. Foreigners might see Israel as a growing nation with strong economic possibilities and want to interact with them in business ventures. If a foreigner wanted to take out a loan from an Israelite, the latter was granted permission to charge interest on the former. Peter Craigie comments, “The Israelite was permitted, however, to lend on interest to a foreigner. Since the foreigner was not a member of the covenant community, it was not considered necessary to treat him in the same way as a fellow Israelite.”[3]Here was just economic discrimination where membership had its privileges. If Israel would follow these commands, like all the others, the benefit would be, “so that the LORD your God may bless you in all that you undertake in the land which you are about to enter to possess” (Deut 23:20b). God's blessing would follow obedience (cf., Deut 14:29; 15:10; 24:19; 30:15-16). Daniel Block writes, “This policy seeks to inspire generosity by reminding Israelites that Yahweh's generosity toward them is contingent on their generosity toward each other. The motive clause reflects Yahweh's desire to bless them in the land in every effort to which they put their hands.”[4] There is no theocracy in the world today; however, just nations do well to learn from the economic principles of the Bible. God's laws to Israel concerning money assume a free-market economy where individuals could pursue economic self-interest, but not in such a way so as to exploit a disadvantaged member of the covenant community. Today, a free-market economy is preferred over other economic systems, as it does more to elevate the poor in a community by allowing them to make good financial choices and benefit from those investments. However, those operating by selfish values can manipulate such a system, as they can any system, even one designed by God. A free-market system, by itself, does not secure a moral outcome or fair treatment of the poor. However, when God's values for the poor undergird those with economic wisdom, it meets His approval and others are blessed by their open-handedness. Keeping Vows to God Integrity matters to God, especially as it pertains to keeping a promise we make to Him or others. In ancient Israel, it was permissible to make a vow to God in which one promised to give something to Him, usually as an expression of gratitude for His goodness. However, when a vow was made, it obligated the promiser to fulfill his word. Moses said, “When you make a vow to the LORD your God, you shall not delay to pay it, for it would be sin in you, and the LORD your God will surely require it of you. 22 However, if you refrain from vowing, it would not be sin in you” (Deut 23:21-22). This directive assumes individual property rights, and the right of volition to give freely what one has to another. There is no compulsion. However, if one vowed to give something to another, it meant the thing actually belonged to the other person, although it was not yet in their possession, it was theirs to claim. In this case, the vow was made to God, who holds the promiser accountable for what was promised. Failure to keep a vow was regarded as a crime by the Lord. However, if His people refrained from making a vow altogether, it was not a sin. The property was theirs to keep as their own. But if one made a vow to the Lord, to give Him something as a free expression of gratitude, then that one must not renege on his/her vow. God said, “You shall be careful to perform what goes out from your lips, just as you have voluntarily vowed to the LORD your God, what you have promised” (Deut 23:23). A word released cannot be taken back, and it's better to pause and consider one's words before speaking, especially is it relates to promises made to God. Victor Matthews states, “In the Decalogue is the commandment that no one should ‘misuse the name of the Lord' (Ex 20:7). When a vow using God's name is spoken, it brings God into contract with that person. Thus, any failure to carry out the stipulations of the vow breaks the contract and subjects that person to divine wrath.”[5] And Peter Craigie adds, “The principle underlying the injunction is rooted in the nature of the covenant. God spoke His promise in words to His people; His spoken word was reliable and would be fulfilled—it was not a spoken bribe to secure the allegiance of the people. To make a vow to God, then fail to fulfil it, would be contrary to the whole spirit of the covenant.”[6] Solomon speaks to the matter of vows, saying: "When you make a vow to God, do not be late in paying it; for He takes no delight in fools. Pay what you vow! 5 It is better that you should not vow than that you should vow and not pay. 6 Do not let your speech cause you to sin and do not say in the presence of the messenger of God that it was a mistake. Why should God be angry on account of your voice and destroy the work of your hands? (Eccl 5:4-6)" Respecting Property Rights Israelites were to have a sense of community and regard for each other's wellbeing. Concerning an Israelite traveler, the Lord said, “When you enter your neighbor's vineyard, then you may eat grapes until you are fully satisfied, but you shall not put any in your basket. 25 When you enter your neighbor's standing grain, then you may pluck the heads with your hand, but you shall not wield a sickle in your neighbor's standing grain” (Deut 23:24-25). Here we observe both corporate and individual rights. Corporately, traveling Israelites could eat from their neighbor's crops, whether grapes or grain, and this until they were full. However, they were not permitted to harvest their neighbor's crops beyond what their bellies could hold. To take more than one's stomach could hold was theft. This was a divine mandate that provided for a traveler to benefit from a wealthy landowner, but also protected the landowner from exploitation. All Israelites, whether wealthy or poor, were to remember that God owned the land (Lev 25:23), and He had the right to instruct His tenants about how they should manage their property, especially as it related to those within the community. Eugene Merrill states, “The allowance for the passerby was, no doubt, to create an atmosphere of general grace and hospitality and to provide practical aid for the traveler who, in those ancient days, might not be able to carry sufficient food supplies for a long journey and who would have no way of preserving certain foodstuffs from spoilage.”[7] Jesus and His disciples followed this law when traveling. Mark's Gospel records, “And it happened that He was passing through the grain fields on the Sabbath, and His disciples began to make their way along while picking the heads of grain” (Mark 2:23). Earl Radmacher states, “When Jesus and His disciples picked grain in open fields, they were following the common practice allowed by this regulation. However, the Pharisees challenged Jesus because they did it on the Sabbath (Mark 2:23–28).”[8] When Jesus was charged by the Pharisees that He and His disciples were breaking the law, what they were breaking was manmade rabbinical law, not biblical law. The biblical record is that Jesus “knew no sin” (2 Cor 5:21), was “without sin” (Heb 4:15), and “in Him there is no sin” (1 John 3:5). Present Application Words are the currency of the heart, for by them, we reveal our moral wealth or poverty. For some, a person's word is gold. We trust what they say is true and that they will keep their promises, even at great cost to themselves. Faithfulness to keep a promise is a measure of one's integrity. God wants us to have integrity, because He has integrity. To say God has integrity means He is honest in nature, that He always speaks truth, and that He is faithful to keep His Word. Because of who He is, God does not lie, and when He makes a promise, He always keeps it. The Bible reveals, “God is not a man, that He should lie, nor a son of man, that He should repent; has He said, and will He not do it? Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?” (Num 23:19; cf. 1 Sam 15:29). Elsewhere it is written that God “cannot lie” (Tit 1:2), and that it “is impossible for God to lie” (Heb 6:18a). Scripture reveals that even “if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself” (2 Tim 2:13). This reveals the character and immutability of God as well as the integrity of His Word, which is comforting to His people, especially since there is much falsehood and many promise-breakers in the world. As Christians, God calls us to be like Him, to “speak the truth in love” (Eph 4:15) and to keep our promises to others. Warren Wiersbe writes, “The foundations of society today are eroding because of unkept promises, whether they be official contracts, marriage vows, political pledges, or words spoken on the witness stand. We expect the Lord to keep His promises, and He expects us to keep ours. Truth is the cement that holds society together.”[9] But truthful lips and a faithful life are the fruit of a heart that is filled with God and His Word; a heart committed to walk in godly integrity. In Psalm 15, David writes about the one “who walks with integrity, and works righteousness, and speaks truth in his heart” (Psa 15:2).[10] One of the characteristics of the person who walks with integrity is that, “he swears to his own hurt and does not change” (Psa 15:4b). Other translations read, “he keeps his word whatever the cost” (Psa 15:4 CSB), and “he makes firm commitments and does not renege on his promise” (Psa 15:4 NET), and “keeps an oath even when it hurts, and does not change their mind” (Psa 15:4 NIV). This behavior describes a mature believer who has a well-developed walk with the Lord. Concerning Psalm 15:4, Dr. Allen Ross comments: "Here the psalmist is dealing with faithfulness, keeping one's word, even if it proves costly or inconvenient. The righteous must not change their mind to avoid an unexpected painful outcome; they must keep their word even if it means they suffer loss of some kind. In fact, to take an oath and not keep it would be to take the name of the LORD in vain. It would be better not to take the oath in the first place if possible."[11] The Christian who has a deep concern for integrity, truth, and faithfulness will keep his/her word, for honor is of more value than the pain of loss, whatever it may be. Solomon tells us, “Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in speech and is a fool” (Prov 19:1), and, “Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is crooked though he be rich” (Prov 28:6). This second proverb reveals a situation where a person chose godly integrity over crookedness, even though it resulted in financial poverty. Three closing points. First, having Christian integrity does not mean we become sinless. As Christians, we still possess our fallen natures, live in a fallen world, and face temptations and attacks from various sources that seek to undermine our walk with God. Even the godliest of saints sin (i.e., Moses, David, Peter, John, etc.).[12] The reality is there will be times when we fail to live by godly integrity, when we fail to keep our word, both to the Lord and others. But relapse does not have to mean collapse, for if there is humility, we can come before God's “throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need” (Heb 4:16). And if we confess our sins to Him, “He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:9). Second, our failings, though many, do not destroy the Lord's faithfulness to us, for though “we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself” (2 Tim 2:13). God has blessed us with many promises (2 Pet 1:4), and He has perfect integrity, always keeps His Word and never fails. Third, God wants us to develop godly integrity so our character and life measure up to His righteous standards as revealed in Scripture. But developing godly integrity is the pursuit of a lifetime, as we make moment by moment choices to submit ourselves to God, to learn and live His Word, to be honest in who we are, to speak truth in love, and to keep our promises to others, even if the cost is great. As Christians who want to serve the Lord, may we rise to pursue such an honorable life, for God's glory, and the benefit of others. [1] Eugene H. Merrill, Deuteronomy, vol. 4, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1994), 315. [2] Of course, a wealthy Israelite might have a concern that a needy brother would ask for help near the seventh year, just prior the time when loans were automatically forgiven, and the loan would become a gift with the lender losing all hope of repayment. If the wealthy Israelite failed to obey the Lord and withheld the loan to the poor person, then the poor “may cry to the LORD” in such a situation, which meant he would take his case before the Judge of all the earth and, it would “be a sin” in the one who was stingy. Here, it is revealed that the poor had legal rights in God's theocratic kingdom, which is revealed in other parts of Scripture (Deut 27:19; Pro 29:7; Isa 10:1-2). The cure of a hostile attitude toward the poor was a generous heart and an open hand. This cure was to be self-administered. Failure to be kind and open-handed would bring about God's cursing, but obedience would secure His blessings (Deut 7:11-13; 11:13-15, 26-28). [3] Peter C. Craigie, The Book of Deuteronomy, The New International Commentary on the Old Testament (Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1976), 303. [4] Daniel I. Block, The NIV Application Commentary: Deuteronomy, ed. Terry Muck (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2012), 548. [5] Victor Harold Matthews, Mark W. Chavalas, and John H. Walton, The IVP Bible Background Commentary: Old Testament, electronic ed. (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000), Dt 23:21–23. [6] Peter C. Craigie, The Book of Deuteronomy, 303. [7] Eugene H. Merrill, Deuteronomy, vol. 4, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1994), 316. [8] Earl D. Radmacher, Ronald Barclay Allen, and H. Wayne House, Nelson's New Illustrated Bible Commentary (Nashville: T. Nelson Publishers, 1999), 258. [9] Warren W. Wiersbe, Be Counted, “Be” Commentary Series (Colorado Springs, CO: Chariot Victor Pub., 1999), 133. [10] The believer's walk (הָלַךְ halak) is idiomatic of his/her behavior or lifestyle. It is the fruit of life that reveals the root of the heart. In this context, righteousness (צֶדֶק tsedeq) refers to a life in ethical conformity to God and His Word. And truth (אֱמֶת emeth) denotes what is dependable or reliable, and refers to God's absolute and unchanging Word, that should fill the heart of the believer. [11] Allen P. Ross, A Commentary on the Psalms 1–89: Commentary, vol. 1, Kregel Exegetical Library (Grand Rapids, MI: Kregel Academic, 2011–2013), 393. [12] Moses sinned when he disobeyed God by striking the rock twice rather than speaking to it (Num 20:6-11). David sinned when he had an affair with Bathsheba and murdered her husband Uriah (2 Sam 11:1-17), as well as when he took a census in Israel (1 Ch 21:1-8). Peter resisted Christ going to the cross (Matt 16:21-23), and later denied Him three times (Luke 22:54-61). John was rebuked twice for worshipping an angel (John 19:10; 22:8-9).
This outcry and policy decisions made by our government to protect the Climate, to what ends?What is all this hysteria over the climate? Our own governor here in our state says Climate change is his TOP priority? Really? Why? Climate change in his priority ranking is number one and this is absolutely ridiculous. What about jobs, inflation, the high price of gasoline, roads and bridges that are falling apart, traffic congestion, high cost of housing, and all the other more pressing matters that face citizens here in our state?Buy an electric car - which costs on average $56,000. This is not the best solution to "save the planet", and is powered by a very big lithium battery that is not recyclable.According to recent polling, the Democrats greatest concern was climate change, followed by election laws and inflation. The Republicans greatest concern was inflation, followed by immigration and crime. At the bottom of concerns for the Republicans was climate change. Why is the Democrats #1 concern at the absolute bottom of the list for Republicans? What is this worry, this obsession, this rabid fixation with the climate for the left, for the far left democrats?After my 16 years in Olympia with my husband while he was serving in the WA State Legislature, I figured out, which is very obvious now, that to the Democrats the climate is a religion. To the Republicans it's just sunshine, rain, weather, snow pack in the mountains that will benefit us in the summers, and agricultural production on croplands, among other topics when it comes to the climate. For those of you who remember back in the 1970s it was all about global cooling, which was supposed to be the beginning of the ICE AGE we were all gonna freeze to death, the earth was going to freeze over in about 20 years, and we were all panicking because the earth wouldn't produce the food we needed because of global cooling.ONLY 14.6% of the world's land area has been modified by humans, according to research. Human impact on the Earth's surface can take a number of different forms, including cities and towns, to natural systems modification.So humans have not meaningfully impacted over 83% of the earths surface, this is the land only, not including all the water surface, And about 70% of the earth is covered in water, either salt water oceans or fresh water lakes, so how can these climate alarmists even think that the human population can warm or cool the earth by what we do, or what type of a car we drive? So to sum up the climate issue, it is just a fear mongering tactic used by the left to get us to become subject to their Marxist and Communistic ways, give up our freedom of mobility to own the kind of transportation we need, whether it be car, truck, motorcycle, or other, and to cripple our freedom of movement to be able to travel and live how we want. It's time to trust the God who made us, and made our planet, and the sun, moon, stars, and solar systems, and that He knows what He is doing and He will sustain the planet.Yes we should be good stewards of what we've been given, but remember the climate hysteria is their religion . Again, as I've said in previous podcasts the Bible sums it up so well. Romans 1 says that they worship the created rather than the Creator, and this is to their shame. So while we supposed to be all worried about the climate and how we can save it…..haha….Be sure and get out into nature and enjoy it and drink in the beauty, landscape, and absolute splendor of this big beautiful earth that God created.
Modern man has imbibed deeply from such apocalyptic wells, even to the point of subdividing human history into various epochs leading to a future progressive goal that is rooted in the biblical tradition...At its core, Marxism is a secularized form of Christian eschatology that goes far afield from its so-called economic and scientific basis that Marx proudly touted. Karl Marx's false prophecies, written in the 19th century, amalgamated an extreme ‘literal' socio-economic reading of life together with the so-called ‘scientific' laws of ‘progressive' societal evolution – both of which are indefensibly based on Judeo-Christian eschatological assumptions. With regard to the problem of fundamentalism, Christians need to learn to put the shoe on the other foot.The Judeo-Christian Eschatological Basis for Marxist MillenarianismModern progressivism, belief in human progress, various brands of western socialism, and even communism itself, are all steeped in a modern philosophy of history that is deeply rooted in the apocalyptic Judeo-Christian tradition.[5] This is borne out by the fact that many socialist and political scholars often presume that the historical future itself is redemptive. While many have rejected the biblical worldview, they still believe and look forward to a hopeful and progressive future when all of the ills of society and the world will be ameliorated through some form of socialist and/or collectivist political transformation. While some may emphasize the gradual perfectibility of man over time like socialism often does, others, like Marxism, emphasize a more drastic, apocalyptic, even chiliastic view of history.See Full Article at Mark Musser's Ministry Site:http://rmarkmusser.com/lectures
Cyndi relates the true story of the 30 Franciscan Martyrs in Siroki Brijeg, Herzegovina on February 7, 1945. A powerful witness to the endurance of the Catholic Faith in spite of Communistic threat as well as the graces received through such a witness. The question put before the martyrs is the same question God puts before us all: Chose Life or Death? The full story of Cyndi's profound and inspiring journey can be found in her book, Waiting for a Miracle: One Mother's Journey to Unshakable Faith can be purchased here on Amazon.com or wherever books are sold, or ***contact me at TheCyndiPetersonShow@gmail.com Contact me for Speaking Engagements, as well as questions and comments at: TheCyndiPetersonShow@gmail.com
Audio from Arizona regarding perverse book adoption within K12 schools and the proposed law to abolish them, jab updates on infertility from Dr. Northrup, and a Canadian question moving forward.
Close your eyes for a moment and reminisce about your life just a short 11 months ago. Where were you? Where was your therapy? Were you and your spouse employed? How about your kids, were they in school? Were they vaccinated? Were they able to participate in extracurricular activities and engage in athletics? How about your gas tank? - could you afford to fill up the family car? Did you have enough food - do you now? How about those groceries prices - have you and your family had to cut back on what you eat or remove items from your shopping list? Do you feel safe? Ever look out your front window and wonder if you and your family are at risk for crime? What about riding down the street, going to the bank, or even shopping during the holidays? Do you feel as if you are at risk? What about America's stance in the world today? Are you anxious about international politics or the invasion of our country by undocumented or illegal aliens - some of which are documented criminals or terrorists? And what your future - do you believe yours and that of your family's is better today, December 18th, 2021, before January 20th? Ok, open your eyes - as wide as you can. And if anyone listening today firmly believes that their lives and that of their loved ones are better today under the leadership of Joe Biden and the Democrat Party - then folks, 2022 ought to be interesting. For four years, unemployment was non-existent, the cost of living was stable, and the future was bright for all Americans, especially minorities. Now, under the same old dumpster dive policies of today's Democrat Party, many Americans have lost faith in their president, their state and federal leadership, and the communistic push and pull that is tearing our nation apart. Our country deserves better and had better. Look at the damage that Democrats have done to our country. Music courtesy of Greg Shields Music. http://www.reverbnation.com/GregShields
A breakdown of a local school board meeting and the continued COVID and mask lying that is taking place, as the district themselves can comprehend reality. Also, a Vermont college places communistic policies in place for their 99% jabbed population as the jabbed continue to get ill, and they don't seem to know why, as the influx of VAIDS sweeps the jabbed.
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In this pericope, Moses continues his address concerning godly behavior toward fellow Israelites and the need to have the right heart attitude and to be forgiving and open-handed. This section assumes economic stratification within the Israelite community. Deuteronomy 15:1-6 pertains to forgiving loans to fellow Israelites based on the seven-year pattern set forth for the nation. Deuteronomy 15:7-11 pertains to the attitude and actions God expected of the blessed in Israel toward the poor, as they were to see them as a “brother” (Deut 15:7, 9, 11). Moses does not address why the fellow Israelite is poor (maybe because of poor lifestyle choices, bad investments, etc.), but only that he is poor, and that those with means should be open-handed in giving loans to help him succeed. Moses opens this pericope, saying, “At the end of every seven years you shall grant a remission of debts. This is the manner of remission: every creditor shall release what he has loaned to his neighbor; he shall not exact it of his neighbor and his brother, because the LORD'S remission has been proclaimed” (Deut 15:1-2). God had established a seven-year cycle the nation was to follow, and this ended when the Feast of Booths was celebrated (Deut 31:10). At the end of every seven years, those Israelites who had made loans to others within the covenant community were to release them from any remaining debt. The Hebrew word for remission is שְׁמִטָּה shemittah, which means a letting drop. Some Bible scholars believe the payment of the loan was only suspended for the seventh year, and would then resume afterwards. Complete cancellation of the loan seems more consistent with the spirit of Deuteronomy, as God had provided complete liberation from physical slavery and generously blessed His people. Eugene Merrill states: "The lender must simply forgive the debt as a necessary consequence of God's declaration of a “time for canceling debts” (v. 2). This was, as already noted, at the end of seven years, a period not necessarily commencing with the making of the loan but, as v. 9 makes clear, a universally recognized year of release (cf. Ex 23:10–11; Lev 25:2–4). To protect both lender and borrower, the loan, one assumes, was of such an amount as to reasonably be repaid in whatever time remained until the year of cancellation. That is, the size of the loan was commensurate with the time to repay it."[1] Israel was an agricultural economy and God required they follow a seven-year cycle to let the land rest every seventh year. Not only were Israelites forgiven their debts in the seventh year, but landowners were not to work their land, and the poor were permitted to eat freely from whatever the ground produced (Ex 23:10-11; cf. Lev 25:3-7, 20-23). Apparently, Israel never obeyed the command to let the land rest, and was later judged for their disobedience (2 Ch 36:20-21; Jer 25:11-12; 29:10). But this loan forgiveness was extended only to those within the covenant community and did not apply to outsiders. Moses said, “From a foreigner you may exact it, but your hand shall release whatever of yours is with your brother” (Deut 15:3). In this verse, Moses draws a distinction between Israelites who are blessed because of their covenant relationship with the Lord, and the foreigner (Heb. נָכְרִי nokri) who lived among them but was not part of the covenant community. Clearly membership had its privileges. Here, one observes divinely sanctioned discrimination (cf., Gal 6:10). Nothing is said about the resident alien (Heb. גֵּר ger) who resided among the Israelites, who enjoyed greater benefits than the foreigner because he/she had committed themselves to the Lord. Concerning Israelites who lived in the land, Moses said, “However, there will be no poor among you, since the LORD will surely bless you in the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess” (Deut 15:4). The notion of no poor in the land does not mean economic equality through redistribution of wealth, for there would always be economic stratification. Rather, it meant no Israelite would fall below the poverty line and be without food, shelter, or clothing (cf., 1 Tim 6:8).[2] And Moses reminds his hearers, again, that God was the One who would bless them “in the land which the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance to possess” (Deut 15:4b; cf. Deut 4:21, 40; 9:6; 11:31; 12:9-10, 13:12; 15:7; 16:5, 18, 20; 17:2; 20:16). Thinking from the divine perspective, Israel was to understand God was the One who had liberated them from slavery (Deut 5:6), given them the land of Canaan (Deut 4:1; 9:6), which included cities, houses, wells and vineyards (Deut 6:10-11), enabled them to produce wealth (Deut 8:18), and blessed their labor (Deut 7:13; 11:13-15). The wealthy were to treat fellow Israelites the way God had treated them, with a generous heart and an open hand. God hears the cry of the poor, “For the LORD hears the needy and does not despise His who are prisoners” (Psa 69:33), and “He executes justice for the orphan and the widow, and shows His love for the alien by giving him food and clothing. So, show your love for the alien, for you were aliens in the land of Egypt” (Deut 10:18-19). This ideal situation of no poor in the land was possible for the nation, but was conditioned on their obedience to the Lord's directives. Moses made this clear by the following conditional clause, saying, “if only you listen obediently to the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all this commandment which I am commanding you today” (Deut 15:5). God's ideal concerning the poor could be actualized if His people would walk in His will. The blessed of the Lord were called, not to hoard their wealth, but to be generous as He had been generous. God would honor such open-handed behavior by blessing His people, as they would serve as conduits of His grace to others. For the obedient Israelite, Moses said, “For the LORD your God will bless you as He has promised you, and you will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow; and you will rule over many nations, but they will not rule over you” (Deut 15:6). If Israel obeyed the Lord concerning their generosity toward those in the covenant community, God would bless them greatly, which would give them economic superiority over other nations. But the Israelites were to be mindful about learning and living God's Word. Moses said, “If there is a poor man with you, one of your brothers, in any of your towns in your land which the LORD your God is giving you, you shall not harden your heart, nor close your hand from your poor brother; 8 but you shall freely open your hand to him, and shall generously lend him sufficient for his need in whatever he lacks” (Deut 15:7-8). It was inevitable that a wealthy Israelite would encounter a poor person, and when faced with the prospect of helping the impoverished, he was to be generous. What Moses describes is a loan to the poor person with the expectation that it would be repaid. This was different than the gift given through the tithe (Deut 14:22-29). And the help given to the poor was to be “sufficient for his need” and not his greed. A study in Scripture reveals some were poor because of bad choices such as laziness (Pro 6:9-11; 13:18; 24:30-34), alcoholism (Pro 23:21), or chasing daydreams (Pro 28:19 NET). Whereas others were poor through no fault of their own, such as those who were robbed (Mic 2:1-2; cf. Jer 22:13; Jam 5:4). It's possible that giving money to the poor may be harmful if it facilitates a destructive drug addiction or fosters laziness. Certainly, we don't want to do that. Scripture promotes a strong work ethic, saying, “if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat” (2 Th 3:10). This assumes that a person is able to work and that work is available. Helping the poor in society is always a good thing, but compassion must be governed by wisdom. In this context, it appears Moses assumes a person is impoverished through no fault of his own and needs a loan to help until his situation improves. When the need was legitimate, God called the wealthy to be generous (cf., Pro 11:24-25; 14:31; 19:17; 28:27). But God was concerned about the heart and wanted His people to act on right motives. Moses said, “Beware that there is no base thought in your heart, saying, ‘The seventh year, the year of remission, is near,' and your eye is hostile toward your poor brother, and you give him nothing; then he may cry to the LORD against you, and it will be a sin in you” (Deut 15:9). The concern here was that a needy brother would ask for help near the seventh year, just prior the time when loans were automatically forgiven, and the loan would become a gift with the lender losing all hope of repayment. If the wealthy Israelite failed to obey the Lord and withheld the loan to the poor person, then the poor “may cry to the LORD” in such a situation, which meant he would take his case before the Judge of all the earth and, it would “be a sin” in the one who was stingy. Here, it is revealed that the poor had legal rights in God's theocratic kingdom, which is revealed in other parts of Scripture (Deut 27:19; Pro 29:7; Isa 10:1-2). The cure of a hostile attitude toward the poor was a generous heart and an open hand. This cure was to be self-administered. Failure to be kind and open-handed would bring about God's cursing, but obedience would secure His blessings (Deut 7:11-13; 11:13-15, 26-28). Rather than be stingy, Moses said, “You shall generously give to him, and your heart shall not be grieved when you give to him, because for this thing the LORD your God will bless you in all your work and in all your undertakings” (Deut 15:10). The wealthy Israelite knew God was watching him, and that God would bless him for his obedience. And because the nation as a whole never fully obeyed all God's laws, there would always be poor among them, as Moses said, “For the poor will never cease to be in the land; therefore, I command you, saying, ‘You shall freely open your hand to your brother, to your needy and poor in your land'” (Deut 15:11). Failure to be generous was unbecoming the Israelite who claimed to be the Lord's servant, who represented His values in everyday life. In all this, we see how Israelites were to have a theological perspective that governed their daily lives, even how they handled money and treated others within the community. Though there are no theocracies today, many Old Testament and New Testament passages reflect the heart of God toward the poor, needy, and most vulnerable in society. Scripture reveals God has compassion on the poor (Psa 72:13), helps the poor (1 Sam 2:8; Psa 12:5), is a refuge (Psa 14:6), saves those who cry out to Him (Psa 34:6), rescues the afflicted (Psa 35:10), provides for them (Psa 68:10), lifts them up (Psa 113:7), and seeks justice for them (Psa 140:12). Helping the poor is a demonstration of grace. Being gracious to the poor means listening to their cry for help (Pro 21:13), giving to meet their need (Pro 19:17), and defending their social rights (Pro 31:9). Such actions honor the Lord (Pro 14:31), who “will repay him [the giver] for his good deed” (Pro 19:17; cf. 28:27). John wrote, “Whoever has the world's goods, and sees his brother in need and closes his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?” (1 John 3:17; cf. Jam 2:15-16). Paul wrote, “Instruct those who are rich in this present world not to be conceited or to fix their hope on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who richly supplies us with all things to enjoy. Instruct them to do good, to be rich in good works, to be generous and ready to share, storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is life indeed” (1 Tim 6:17-19). [1] Eugene H. Merrill, Deuteronomy, vol. 4, The New American Commentary (Nashville: Broadman & Holman Publishers, 1994), 243. [2] Some theologians argue for Socialism or Communism from this and other biblical passages, but this is wrong. Socialism and Communism are godless evil governmental systems that seek to steal wealth from those who are skilled at making it, and then hoard it for their own power-hungry purposes. The notion of redistribution of wealth to the poor never materializes in Socialistic and Communistic systems, as greedy and manipulative leaders actually hoard the wealth for themselves and use it as a means for further suppression. The naïve in a society are little more than useful idiots.
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Vanessa Linton is a parent within Nelson County, Kentucky's School district. In this episode, she describes the more prevalent problems within this school district, the communistic nature of their K12-driven child labor program, and the lowering of academic standards and expectations for K12 students.
The Gang and Guest **** dive into the depths of the Davy Jones' Locker for a game of “Under The Sea”. Along the way they contemplate the Communistic power of Submarines. They also play “Christopher's Dream Roulette” and contemplate pleasure. vv Link of the Week!! vv https://linktr.ee/censoriouspodcast --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/censorious/support
True insight on the Vail School Board meeting in Arizona, Joe Biden gargles through his totalitarian schooling demands, a teacher has had enough, and a future reading of an excellent book.
THIS EPISODE IS PACKED WITH CURRENT NEWS OF TRUMP AND THE LEFT'S CRAZY COMMUNISTIC CORRUPTION. Show notes 2-23-21 Scripture Reading Psalms 2. Or as Joe Beijing Biden says, a reading from "Palmist" Great quotes from the Maharishi Rush Limbaugh Trump's upcoming CPAC Sunday Speech New York backtracks on closure of Trump Ice Rinks New York DA is trying to subpoena Trump's taxes Supreme Court won't halt New York subpoena for Trump's taxes Supreme Court Dismisses Slew of 2020 Presidential Election Lawsuits Cuomo's Coverup Democrats Push Bill that Forces All States to Count Ballots Received 10 Days After an Election Biden tells G-7 that "America First is over Big Business Lobbies for Foreign Workers as 17M Americans Remain Jobless Big Tech, Koch Network Cheer Biden's Amnesty to Flood Labor Market --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
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In this hard-hitting episode of Follow the Money radio, learn about the meteoric economic rise of China and why America's economy is falling behind. Listen as economist and trading coach Jerry Robinson explores stunning facts in the unique case study of how China used a Communistic system and capitalism to surpass the economy of the United States.
What do we do now? How do we unite? We need a philosophy that can unite us under the sovereignty of the individual. We need Thelema now! "Democracy dodders. Ferocious Fascism, cackling Communism, equally frauds, cavort crazily all over the globe. They are hemming us in. They are abortive births of the Child, the New Aeon of Horus. Liberty stirs once more in the womb of Time. Evolution makes its changes by anti-Socialistic ways. The “abnormal” man who foresees the trend of the times and adapts circumstance intelligently, is laughed at, persecuted, often destroyed by the herd; but he and his heirs, when the crisis comes, are survivors. Above us today hangs a danger never yet paralleled in history. We suppress the individual in more and more ways. We think in terms of the herd. War no longer kills soldiers; it kills all indiscriminately. Every new measure of the most democratic and autocratic govenments is Communistic in essence. It is always restriction. We are all treated as imbecile children. Dora, the Shops Act, the Motoring Laws, Sunday suffocation, the Censorship— they won't trust us to cross the roads at will. Fascism is like Communism, and dishonest into the bargain. The dictators suppress all art, literature, theatre, music, news, that does not meet their requirements; yet the world only moves by the light of genius. The herd will be destroyed in mass. The establishment of the Law of Thelema is the only way to preserve individual liberty and to assure the future of the race. In the words of the famous paradox of the Comte de Fénix— The absolute rule of the state shall be a function of the absolute liberty of each individual will. All men and women are invited to cooperate with the Master Therion in this, the Great Work." O.M. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/nathanael-sprott/support
Today we will be taking a look at one the most controversial piece of works ever produced in the history of literature: Communist manifesto. Communist manifesto is a work that still divides opinions among people. Others argue it to be the root of all evil, never to be experimented again after what happened in the Soviet Union and China. Others argue that there has never been a communist state in the history of mankind but just tyrannies shrouded as communist. How did the world, society, capitalism, class and history looked through the lenses of Marx and Engels? What kind of answers did they provide for the issues created by industrial revolution? What is it that makes it one of the most controversial, loved and hated pieces of literature ever produced? “Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win."
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Today, Rich blasts Gov. Cuomo and Mayor DeBlasio for their fascistic tactics in New York. Then, the media urges their communistic colleagues to punish young conservative activists even though they obeying the China-virus guidelines at their annual dinner. Plus, turncoat Republicans are doubling down against President Trump for waging war on the bureaucracy. Comment and follow on Facebook Twitter and Parler or visit us at RichValdes.com. Portions of today’s program are brought to you by PolitiWeek.com
Today, Rich blasts Gov. Cuomo and Mayor DeBlasio for their fascistic tactics in New York. Then, the media urges their communistic colleagues to punish young conservative activists even though they obeying the China-virus guidelines at their annual dinner
How do you view commandments and covenants? Do you see them as limiting your happiness or as the reason for your happiness? What motivates your obedience to commandments? In Still Rowing Ep.33, Eva Timothy describes growing up in Bulgaria under the shadow of communism. When the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, Eva began her voracious search for truth and for God. Shortly thereafter she and her parents were among the first to be baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Eva shares some of her insights regarding communistic living vs covenant living and what has motivated her to choose obedience to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She also shares how her artistic talent evolved and how she is now using this gift to testify of Christ. Want to check out Eva’s beautiful artwork? Instagram: Eva_timothy Facebook: Eva Koleva Timothy Website: http://www.illumea.com/illuminatio/portfolio.asp?dir=collection
KIB 283 – Hold the Line Kingdom Intelligence Briefing There are great parallels between the biblical story of Hezekiah and Sennacherib and today’s body of Christ in America and the terroristic behavior of the Communistic left. Now is not the time to listen to the modern-day prophets of Baal, but rather hold fast to the prophetic words of God’s prophets today. As we continue to humble ourselves before Almighty God, Heaven will reveal the hidden for all to see! Dr. Michael Lake is the Chancellor and Founder of Biblical Life College and Seminary. He is the author of the best-selling books, The Shinar Directive: Preparing the Way for the Son of Perdition, The Sheeriyth Imperative: Empowering the Remnant to Overcome the Gates of Hell, and the newly released, The Kingdom Priesthood. Dr. Lake is a popular speaker at national Christian conferences and is a frequent guest on many Christian TV and radio/podcast programs in North America. Mary Lou Lake has worked side by side with her husband in ministry for over 30 years and is the author of the book What Witches Don't Want Christians to Know - Expanded Edition.
SERMON TOPIC- Reviving REFORMATION Reality--SERMON TITLE- America - Racism, Revolution, or Religion--SERMON TEXT- Proverbs 22-28--SERMON THESIS- In today's America the Communist left is seeking to remove and replace the ancient landmark of America's Protestant past. The goal is to remove God, religion, morals, marriage, and family from the center of our national life. The Communist strategy includes removing the landmark of America's true historical birth and belief through a systematic and sinister reconstruction and revising of America's history, so as to create a specific narrative based upon Communistic race theory and moral ideology. This includes re-envisioning and re-inventing the beliefs leading to America's birth as a nation---I. The 1619 Project - America's birth rooted in RACISM---A. The CONTEXT of the Project--B. The CREATOR of the Project--C. The CLAIM of the Project--D. The COUNTER to the Project---II. The 1776 Project - America's birth rooted in REVOLUTION---A. The CONTEXT of the Project--B. The CREATOR of the Project--C. The CLAIM of the Project--D. The CONFIRMATION of the Project---1. The Declaration - -2. The Proclamation - -3. The Celebration - --III. The 1620 Project - America's birth rooted in RELIGION---A. The CONTEXT of the Project--B. The CREATOR of the Project - Pilgrims---1. Puritans-2. Separatists--C. The CLAIM of the Project--D. The CONFIRMATION of the Project-
In this episode we discuss multiple dimensions of communism. Kind of. We developed a panel to have a variety of perspectives. Some topics covered include: teamwork, geography, biological determinism, real estate, and education. Enjoy this episode! Brought to you by Matthias, Javi, Paige, and Andy. Honorable mention: Austin. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Many Americans are wondering what is happening to our country. A little bit of research into the roots of Communism paints a clear picture. We are facing a Communist threat. Living under a Communist rule is a drastically different reality than what we have become accustomed to as the characters in the Hope on the Horizon story find out in today's presentation. Join Chin and me for a discussion on Communistic beginnings and how they have grown here in the United States without anyone paying attention.
Tonight LILY TANG WILLIAMS, who lived under Communism in the Mao Tse Tung regime, warns us about the reality of Communism and what life in a Communistic state truly entails: pain corruption, graft, everything for the government and nothing for "the people."Always make sure you jump into the sumptuous and palatial chat room at SHRMEDIA.COM, as BZ is a repeat offender on Facebook and cannot go there, as he is under a one MONTH suspension! Yes, there are still some things of which BZ can be proud!
This episode’s reading is part 1 of the Communist Manifesto by Friedrich Engels and Karl MarxAvailable online here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31193Intro and outro music is Decisions by Eric MatyasAvailable at soundimage.orgPart 1 - This episode:Introduction – 0:56I Bourgeois and Proletarians - 2:20Part 2:II Proletarians and CommunistsPart 3:III Socialist and Communist LiteratureIV Position of the Communists in Relation to the Various Existing Opposition PartiesFootnotes:1 (2:15)By bourgeoisie it’s meant the class of modern Capitalists, owners of the means of social production and employers of wage-labor. By proletariat, the class of modern wage-laborers who, having no means of production of their own, are reduced to selling their labor-power in order to live.2 (2:23)That is, all written history. In 1847, the pre-history of society, the social organization existing previous to recorded history, was all but unknown. Since then, Haxthausen discovered common ownership of land in Russia, Maurer proved it to be the social foundation from which all Teutonic races started in history, and by and by village communities were found to be, or to have been the primitive form of society everywhere from India to Ireland. The inner organization of this primitive Communistic society was laid bare, in its typical form, by Morgan's crowning discovery of the true nature of the Gens and its relation to the Tribe. With the dissolution of these primaeval communities society begins to be differentiated into separate and finally antagonistic classes.3 (2:32)Guildmaster, that is a full member of a guild, a master within, not a head of a guild.4 (28:10)"Commune" was the name taken, in France, by the nascent towns even before they had conquered from their feudal lords and masters, local self-government and political rights as the "Third Estate."Generally speaking, for the economical development of the bourgeoisie, England is here taken as the typical country; for its political development, France.
Sebastian discusses the Communistic roots of Antifa and Black Lives Matter, with The Daily Wire's Andrew Klavan Support the show: https://www.sebgorka.com/
On this episode of 'Talking Catholic with David L. Gray', I'm connecting the dots of this narrative that the police need to be defunded/reformed with the true intentions of communism. Be on guard! These people are playing a deadly long game! The post The Communistic Agenda to Defund the Police first appeared on DavidLGray.INFO.
On this episode of 'Talking Catholic with David L. Gray', I'm connecting the dots of this narrative that the police need to be defunded/reformed with the true intentions of communism. Be on guard! These people are playing a deadly long game!
Watch the KrisAnne Hall Show on YouTube America is, by design a Constitutional Republic but you wouldn't know it by watching today's society. Decades of agenda driven education & media misinformation is bringing America to it's knees. We can change this but we must get truth and start working like never before. #LibertyFirst Ensure this Excellent Constitution Training Continues! Partner with The KrisAnne Hall Daily Journal and be a part of the force that will restore Americans with their Constitutional Principles! To JOIN with us just simply Go to https://www.krisannehall.com/index.php/donate and give OR Text- impact2020 to 33777 Subscribe to the KrisAnne Hall YouTube Channel http://youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=krisannehall1 Books, DVDs and On Demand Seminars by KrisAnne Hall at https://KrisAnneHall.com --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-krisanne-hall-show/support
This week we welcome Andrew of the EskimoEmpire Podcast. In First Down it's hub time; During Second Down Pat tries again at trivia. In Third Down ideas abound for CFL 3.0 (recorded June 1, 2020).
This week’s episode considers the fate of social reform movements during the Cold War Era, giving an overview of long-term cultural trajectories. The Red Scare of the early Cold War years cast reformers who challenged existing institutions as potential subversives. After World War II, US society valued traditional gender roles; the “happy American housewife” was regarded as freer than the Soviet woman who was required to work. Southern politicians attacked black civil rights activists as Communistic agitators. However, reformers eventually found success by learning to work within an anti-Communist “liberal consensus.” Even conservative politicians like Nixon became persuaded that the US had to reduce racial discrimination in order to improve capitalism’s image among non-white nations during the Cold War. The social changes of the 1960s opened up new career & lifestyle choices for women. Federal “Great Society” programs attempted to reduce poverty during the 1960s, but in subsequent decades, advocates of progressive economic reform had little success. A New Left called for liberation of marginalized groups & cultural transformation, in contrast to the Old Left’s focus upon economic class struggle. By the late 1970s, social changes sparked conservative backlash & motivated New Right activists. During the last decade of the Cold War, major political changes came to an end, even as American culture evolved toward greater acceptance of diverse populations.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/boomertomillennial/posts)
Recorded May 7, 2020: American Liberty with Bill Lockwood (1) Communism & Islam. Ideological Twins. Exploring the Communistic doctrine of the Dialectic as applied to Conduct of People. Specifically LYING and PREVARICATING. This aligns with the Islamic doctrine of Taqiyya. Lying in order to further Islamic goals. (2) The Constitution Corner: Examining Article 1.8 of the Constitution and the "General Welfare" clause. (3-4) GUEST: Brigitte Gabriel -- President and Founder of ACT for America. Talking about her "Made in the USA" campaign -- stop our dependency upon CHINA. actforamerica.org BLOG POST: https://americanlibertywithbilllockwood.com/2020/05/10/communism-and-islam-twins-brigitte-gabriel-usa-over-china-5-7-20/ VIDEO: https://youtu.be/nCBQxmRVRrc --American Liberty with Bill Lockwood is heard in Wichita Falls, Abilene, Lubbock, and soon San Angelo, TX, on terrestrial radio stations: Sat 11am on NewsTalk 1290 in Wichita FallsSun 5pm on 1470 KYYW in AbileneSun 5pm on KFYO (790 AM / 95.1 FM) in LubbockStarting in mid-May 2020, Bill Lockwood will also be heard in San Angelo! Bill Lockwood also appears as a regular guest on The Jesse Lee Peterson Show (online/podcast) last Tuesday of the month, 8am U.S. Central Time (first hour). See his interviews on YouTube. Read Bill Lockwood’s blog, and other great articles at his website https://americanlibertywithbilllockwood.com PODCAST: Apple | Castbox | PodcastAddict | Spotify | Stitcher | Google | PodBean | TuneIn | Deezer | Podchaser | RSS Feed SOCIAL MEDIA: Bill Lockwood on YouTube | AmLib on Facebook | @AmLibRadio on Twitter
Today, Rich explores an America where Sen. Bernie Sanders wins the presidency. Then, a look at the Democrat candidates for President going into the Super Tuesday primary elections. Plus, a recap of Rich's experience at CPAC 2020. Comment and follow on Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Today, Rich explores an America where Sen. Bernie Sanders wins the presidency. Then, a look at the Democrat candidates for President going into the Super Tuesday primary elections. Plus, a recap of Rich's experience at CPAC 2020. Comment and follow on
Today, Rich explores an America where Sen. Bernie Sanders wins the presidency. Then, a look at the Democrat candidates for President going into the Super Tuesday primary elections. Plus, a recap of Rich's experience at CPAC 2020. Comment and follow on Twitter and Facebook or visit us at RichValdes.com. Portions of today's program are brought to you by JustFacts.com
We're starting the new year by digging into the most frequently requested movie we get asked for! It's time to get in touch with your inner C.H.U.D. For less than the cost of covering up your involvement in a toxic waste spill that leads to the creation of mutant cannibals, you can support our show over on our Patreon page: www.patreon.com/horrorvanguard Speak with your ghosts, I mean hosts, over on Twitter: twitter.com/HorrorVanguard
I got love for all different people from all walks of life. I'm pro life. Overall though, I'm definitely anti corruption, anti corporate government & anti Chinese government. We should be guided by Values, Morals & Ethics in Life. Tragically though, the Chinese Government is Communistic, it doesn't respect Honesty, Good Values, Good Ethics or Fairness. Tragically, the American & Canadian Government's also are easily fooled by China's Propaganda. All good Citizens & Persons should have an issue with the Policies & Practices of these Elites. We the People have a right to Stand up for what is Right.
Is war with China inevitable, can we come to terms with the largest Communistic power on the planet, and what's the Church have to do with any of this?
The guys talk about Jeffrey Epstein's retirement plans. Child sex trafficking and the Corrupt Corporate Cabals gang beefs. Little Tiny Saint James Island. Saturnian and Satanic connections. Families need to be Communistic? Lazy people and Homeless people. How Satanism infiltrates other organizations. Was Joseph McCarthy actually a good guy? Austin gets into it about Saturn's Father, Uranus, AKA Caelus and esoteric mythology. Real life parallels to mythological histories. Adam and Eve were X-Men?! Is God actually Prof. X?! They conclude talking about Satanism and Hollywood pedophilia. J. Edgar Hoover is suspicious of this podcast… want to know why? Call-in @ (910) 556-9420 leave us a Voicemail and we will listen to it LIVE on air. Call us around noon PST on Sundays when we Tweet to get on the show! Listen on Apple, Google, and all other Podcast platforms; Email us @ theryanokeoganshow@gmail.com, Join us on YouTube, Facebook, Discord https://discord.gg/eHPrZaP, Instagram, Soundcloud, and Twitter us @TROK_Show Every episode your Host Ryan O'Keogan and his Co-Host/Guest Austin {Omitted} open their minds to talk about comedy, conspiracy, life and gaming. Apple Podcast - https://pcr.apple.com/id1488158569 Google Podcast - https://play.google.com/music/m/Icw2b73drxx5hpdqleszmqsmf2i?t=The_Ryan_OKeogan_Show Support us - Consider buying a kick-ass T-Shirt on our site theryanokeoganshow.com or subscribe for extra content @ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/theryanokeoganshow SubscribeStar - https://www.subscribestar.com/the-ryan-o-keogan-show
China is taking advantage of their Communistic rule to install a surveillance state’s wet dream, the Social Credit System. Neighbor will spy on neighbor. Complete sellouts will have a platform to persecute sovereign citizens. Orwell is on the tee, and about to be blasted down the fairway. In this episode, we examine the complete corruption […]
CW: Hate speech/language. At the top of the show, I discuss the horrific Christchurch New Zealand Mosque shooting, and the white supremacist online shitposting nature of it. I revisit "The Hate Project: Episode 26" original air date March 25, 2013, which contains an insane rage-filled conversation with a white nationalist named "Loganhunter" who expresses aggrievement that white people and white countries are under attack from Jewish and non-white forces. At one point he says that most churches are "communistic race-mixing whorehouses" which makes me question whether I should go back to church. Resident Klansman Dragon 1488 calls in, and seemingly sincerely invites me to a rally. I do not take him up on it, but today in 2019, I wonder if I should have. The reason for this is that I watched Deeyah Khan's doc "White Right", and her face-to-face interactions encouraged a couple of neo-nazis to leave their hate groups. However, I also grapple with the fact that it's not my or other people of color's job to reform racists, and it's also possible I would have just been used to give respectability to the klan. Also, Dragon simply continues to espouse his disgusting racist ideology and deflects the conversation when challenged. Also, a prank call and another call from anti-racist Patrick Hwang who again debates Dragon. I also discuss gay comedian Scott Kennedy who died in 2013. Email: paradoxofcivility@gmail.comTwitter: @civilpodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/paradoxofcivility/ References from episode: Christchurch New Zealand Terrorist and the White Power Symbol: https://www.thedailybeast.com/brenton-tarrant-idd-new-zealand-shooting-suspect?ref=scroll New Zealand White Supremacist Terrorist Inspired by Trump: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/03/zealand-mosques-attack-suspect-praised-trump-manifesto-190315100143150.html Deeyah Khan interviewing Nazis: https://www.vox.com/world/2019/1/14/18151799/extremism-white-supremacy-jihadism-deeyah-khan Comedian Scott Kennedy:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Kennedy Tucker Carlson White Nationalist Rhetoric:https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2019/03/11/unearthed-audio-shows-tucker-carlson-using-white-nationalist-rhetoric-and-making-racist-remarks/223105 Music: Gnossienne no. 1 by International Surrealist Bulletinis licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.Remedy for Melancholy by Kai Engel is licensed under a Attribution License.
In our last episode, we looked at the East Coast blacklist of TV and radio performers triggered by "Red Channels" -- which listed the "Communistic activities" of supposed radicals -- and the lives that were ruined by it. In this episode we look at the pushback -- the positive results of people standing up to a small number of self-appointed vigilantes, and what happened when networks and sponsors stood strong against threats to shows such as "I've Got a Secret" and "I Love Lucy." We also look at one man who finally had enough and took the blacklist creators and enforcers to court.
Website: www.thepanpsycast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast Karl Marx is one of the most influential figures in human history. The Prussian-born philosopher, economist, political theorist, sociologist, and revolutionary socialist, produced some of the most controversial and influential works in the past two-hundred years. A champion of human rights for many and a dangerous radical for many others; Karl Marx, the communist, is considered one of the principal architects of modern social science. Regardless of your own points of view, it is hard to deny that Marx's critique of capitalism is relevant today. In January 2017, Oxfam published An Economy for the 99%, which found that the richest 8 men in the world are worth more than the poorest 3.6 billion. In 1848, alongside Friedrich Engels, Marx produced the Manifesto of the Communist Party. In the concluding remarks, Marx writes, "The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims. They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Working men of all countries, unite!"
Website: www.thepanpsycast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast Karl Marx is one of the most influential figures in human history. The Prussian-born philosopher, economist, political theorist, sociologist, and revolutionary socialist, produced some of the most controversial and influential works in the past two-hundred years. A champion of human rights for many and a dangerous radical for many others; Karl Marx, the communist, is considered one of the principal architects of modern social science. Regardless of your own points of view, it is hard to deny that Marx's critique of capitalism is relevant today. In January 2017, Oxfam published An Economy for the 99%, which found that the richest 8 men in the world are worth more than the poorest 3.6 billion. In 1848, alongside Friedrich Engels, Marx produced the Manifesto of the Communist Party. In the concluding remarks, Marx writes, "The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims. They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Working men of all countries, unite!"
Website: www.thepanpsycast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast Karl Marx is one of the most influential figures in human history. The Prussian-born philosopher, economist, political theorist, sociologist, and revolutionary socialist, produced some of the most controversial and influential works in the past two-hundred years. A champion of human rights for many and a dangerous radical for many others; Karl Marx, the communist, is considered one of the principal architects of modern social science. Regardless of your own points of view, it is hard to deny that Marx's critique of capitalism is relevant today. In January 2017, Oxfam published An Economy for the 99%, which found that the richest 8 men in the world are worth more than the poorest 3.6 billion. In 1848, alongside Friedrich Engels, Marx produced the Manifesto of the Communist Party. In the concluding remarks, Marx writes, "The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims. They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Working men of all countries, unite!"
Website: www.thepanpsycast.com Twitter: www.twitter.com/thepanpsycast Karl Marx is one of the most influential figures in human history. The Prussian-born philosopher, economist, political theorist, sociologist, and revolutionary socialist, produced some of the most controversial and influential works in the past two-hundred years. A champion of human rights for many and a dangerous radical for many others; Karl Marx, the communist, is considered one of the principal architects of modern social science. Regardless of your own points of view, it is hard to deny that Marx's critique of capitalism is relevant today. In January 2017, Oxfam published An Economy for the 99%, which found that the richest 8 men in the world are worth more than the poorest 3.6 billion. In 1848, alongside Friedrich Engels, Marx produced the Manifesto of the Communist Party. In the concluding remarks, Marx writes, "The Communists disdain to conceal their views and aims. They openly declare that their ends can be attained only by the forcible overthrow of all existing social conditions. Let the ruling classes tremble at a Communistic revolution. The proletarians have nothing to lose but their chains. They have a world to win. Working men of all countries, unite!"
When the opportunity to save a life comes your way, would you do it? Even if that opportunity means giving up one of your kidneys? That’s the question presented and answered by our three guests today. Tim Chhim, was born in Cambodia and lived through 3 wartime regimes—Monarchy, Republic and Communistic. After losing his home to American bombings and his father shortly thereafter in 1972, Tim was forced out of the Capital by the Maoists after thousands were killed. Learning that he would be executed Tim ran from death row escaping many rounds of bullets. Tim used his personal initiative, self-discipline, positive mental attitude, enthusiasm, and the application of going extra mile principles to form a mastermind alliance with 12 other people. But, days later, the group got caught in a deep jungle. Only Tim and his 2 other friends survived. Taylor Tagg is a spiritual life coach, author, seminar leader, and speaker encouraging others to walk the path to peace. As a gesture of that peace, Taylor was set to give his kidney to Tony before the surgery was sadly called off. Now Tony needs another better-suited kidney donor to be his hero. Tom Cunningham has been a champion of overcoming adversity since being diagnosed with Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis at the age of 5. He has had 4 hips, 4 knees and 2 shoulders replaced and been hospitalized about 40 times. His severe range of motion restrictions and high doses of prednisone do not keep Tom from living an amazing life as a speaker who encourages people to live positively with the challenges life throws at them. Please visit KidneyforAnthonyChhim.com for more details on how to save Tony's life.
When the Internal Revenue Service sends a "non-profit" or charitable group their letter stating they are a non profit - or charitable, in the eyes of the American citizen, it makes the group appear acceptable and in good standing. Because of this, more people donate to the group and the group in some cases can receive funding through the government. What happens when the IRS adds its own agenda by approving applications who are of one political persuasion but not the other? Such is the case with the teaparty. There are hundreds of educational 501c3's especially in education that are Communistic in nature. Transformative Studies institute, Social Justice Education, Sustainable Studies to name a few. Sarah Hall Ingram, who has the title of commissioner,with oversight over tax-exempt groups, moved to the agency’s Affordable Care Act office full time by the end of 2010, six months after the tax agency began selectively scrutinizing conservative groups. According to an inspector general report, a group within the IRS’s Cincinnati office began the practice of scrutinizing tea party applications for 501(c)4 tax-exempt status in July 2010, during Ingram’s tenure over the tax-exempt and government-entities division. So what gives? Is this the Internal Revenue Service or the Internal Reckless Service? This show sponsored by campusteaparties.com read the full post and log on here: youthforindependence
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--{ Changes: Money-Power Plus Academia's Scheming, Foundations, Think-Tanks, Guides are Beaming: "Many Fall Apart, Much Grieving, Sadness, As We're Forced Along in Agenda of Madness, All the Old Norms Dismantled, Destroyed, Even the History is Tossed in the Void, Yet No Societal Event Went Unplanned, Psychosis Induction Panels, Well Manned, Bringing in the New, Staged Incremental, Destroying Independence Which is Detrimental To World Order Run by Forces Fascistic, Under Facade of Equality and Communistic, Wizard of Oz Selling "Greenhouse" Gasses, Ruling Over Sad Proletarian Asses" © Alan Watt }-- Political Agendas of Science, Royal Society - Club of Rome, Use of a "Threat" to Unite the Planet under World Gov., Global Warming - UN and Carbon Credit Trading Scam, Africa, Villages Burned - Intelligence Agencies' Sting Operations, Creation of "Terrorists", Internet Set-ups - International Association of Police Chiefs, Lobbying Gov. for More Surveillance Powers and "Lawful Access" - Expanding Gov. Departments - Creation of New World Religion based on Earth Worship, Greening - Onion Hostage Spoof - Global News Fixing - Canada-US Border Fence - Facebook User Data Collection and Tracking - Fukushima Meltdown, Residents Not Allowed to Return - Societal Confusion and Destruction to Bring in the New - Children Mimic Parents' Behaviour - Brave New World. (See http://www.cuttingthroughthematrix.com for article links.) *Title/Poem and Dialogue Copyrighted Alan Watt - Sept. 29, 2011 (Exempting Music, Literary Quotes, and Callers' Comments)
When Pastor Warren Graff of Grace Lutheran Church in Albuquerque, NM talks with Pastor Wolfmueller about the Missouri Synod's Blue Ribbon Task Force, what do they discover concerning the proposals for
Americans to Undergo Preschool Reeducation in Advance of Country’s Conversion to Communism http://www.newsmutiny.com/pages/Communist_Reeducation.html Coming to terms with communistic principles in America The Timeless Allure Of Communism: http://completeliberty.com/chapter1.php#15 Once the State controls education, the rest of the insanity naturally follows, such as forced "sharing" The double bind lessons from kindergarten: don't hit people and don't take their stuff; and, don't be selfish and share your stuff! The power of language to shape thought...defining anarchy, for instance It is essential to define one's terms in order to understand both concepts and reality The folly of basing one's conclusions on other people's conclusions--social metaphysics The ways that emotional issues can block logical analysis (http://www.logicallearning.net/liblogicforunder.html) and the mental trickery of rationalizations The nature of pretending that governmental "services" are voluntary... The latest from Mordor: http://www.barackobama.com/issues/education/#early-childhood There's no such thing as "voluntary universal" governmental programs About Last Night...Episode 1212 (Original Air Date: Nov 5, 2008) While the country celebrates the outcome of the election, the new President-elect catches everyone off guard when he arrives at the White House prematurely. http://www.southparkstudios.com/guide/1212/? The Greatest Thief Club In The World: http://www.southparkstudios.com/clips/209730/ Charter schools are no threat to the communized educational system, because they too are dependent on stolen wealth and statist edicts "Public school" educators need to raise their self-esteem enough to trust their capabilities to provide their services in a non-domineering and voluntary fashion The hypothetical scenario of "pushing the button" to get one's way in society can be a device to expose the double standard of the statist code of morality (a vicious one-way ethical street) Notice how much people's claims for the "common good" entail their individual self-interest, albeit short-term and irrational Making unjust coercion look defensive and noble... "Leader of the free world," an authoritarian sociopath? Yup. If parents took responsibility for their kids' education, it could stem the tide of the real dropouts--that is, kids who drop in to coercive education and thus drop out of being intrinsically motivated learners Of course, without governmental "support," especially for education, civilization would simply implode and disappear into an abyss...right... The sick and twisted world of elitism; in a world of collective psychosis (where people detach from the actual reality of their situation) and deranged authoritarian sociopathy, coercive funding of coercive education makes perfect sense! The voracious nature of Leviathan... Governmental control of education is evil to the core, and it's psychologically damaging to everyone involved, serving to destroy people's self-esteem, i.e., their self-confidence and self-respect--and thus their confidence in and respect for others The welfare hook--"free" everything, though always at others' expense The three immoral lessons of governmental schooling: Don't bite the hand that feeds you; never look at what the hand is attached to; and, never ask how it got filled with free food Not only does "the Emperor" have no clothes; why are you calling someone "the Emperor"? Education: Free and Noncompulsory by Scott McPherson http://www.fff.org/freedom/fd0802d.asp If there is one thing that the communistic educational system has done really well, it's to get people to think like central planners--"public policy" opinions galore! Unschooled doesn't mean uneducated; unschooled means self-motivated, independent, inquisitive, and creative Unschooling fosters trusting one's mind (and hence senses) and questioning the nature of arbitrary postulates (further perusing: http://www.logicallearning.net/libfreewill.html, http://www.logicallearning.net/libmentalshiftin.html, and http://www.logicallearning.net/libanissueofmort.html) The irony of scientifically minded statists criticizing Christian homeschooling... Active learning versus uncritical absorption Educational questions for the young and old alike, such as "What would you have done without school?" The Teenage Liberation Handbook: How to Quit School and Get a Real Life and Education http://lowryhousepublishers.com/TeenageLiberationHandbook.htm http://www.amazon.com/Teenage-Liberation-Handbook-School-Education/dp/0962959170 What do you, as a student, really want to spend your time doing? Having a constructive conversation with parents to get out of the coercive system is key Let's Abolish High School by Robert Epstein http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2007/04/04/31epstein.h26.html?print=1 Trashing Teens: Psychologist Robert Epstein argues in a provocative book, "The Case Against Adolescence," that teens are far more competent than we assume, and most of their problems stem from restrictions placed on them. by Hara Estroff Marano http://www.psychologytoday.com/articles/index.php?term=pto-20070302-000002&print=1 Conforming Creativity by Doug French http://www.lewrockwell.com/french/french104.html The goal is to be a dynamic and curious individual, regardless of your age Montessori's notice of the "camouflages of adults" who seek to dominate children and her wonderful observations of child psychology (referenced here: http://www.logicallearning.net/libertyeducation.html) bumper music "More Than Useless" by Relient K http://www.relientk.com/music.aspx to comment, please go to http://completeliberty.com/magazine/category/91697
This is part 4 of our series on the Crusades.The plan for this episode, the last in our look at the Crusades, is to give a brief review of the 5th thru 7th Crusades, then a bit of analysis of the Crusades as a whole.The date set for the start of the 5th Crusade was June 1st, 1217. It was Pope Innocent III's long dream to reconquer Jerusalem. He died before the Crusade set off, but his successor Honorius III was just as ardent a supporter. He continued the work begun by Innocent.The Armies sent out accomplished much of nothing, except to waste lives. Someone came up with the brilliant idea that the key to conquering Palestine was to secure a base in Egypt first. That had been the plan for the 4th Crusade. The Crusaders now made the major port of Damietta their goal. After a long battle, the Crusaders took the city, for which the Muslim leader Malik al Kameel offered to trade Jerusalem and all Christian prisoners he held. The Crusaders thought the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II was on his way to bolster their numbers, so they rejected the offer. Problem is, Frederick wasn't on his way. So in 1221, Damietta reverted to Muslim control.Frederick II cared little about the Crusade. After several false starts that revealed his true attitude toward the whole thing, the Emperor decided he'd better make good on his many promises and set out with 40 galleys and only 600 knights. They arrived in Acre in early Sept. 1228. Because the Muslim leaders of the Middle East were once again at odds with each other, Frederick convinced the afore-mentioned al-Kameel to make a decade long treaty that turned Jerusalem over to the Crusaders, along with Bethlehem, Nazareth, and the pilgrim route from Acre to Jerusalem. On March 19, 1229, Frederick crowned himself by his own hand in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.This bloodless assumption of Jerusalem infuriated Pope Gregory IX who considered control of the Holy Land and the destruction of the Muslims as one and the same thing. So the Church never officially acknowledged Frederick's accomplishments.He returned home to deal with internal challenges to his rule and over the next decade and a half, the condition of Palestine's Christians deteriorated. Everything gained by the treaty was turned back to Muslim hegemony in the Fall of 1244.The last 2 Crusades, the 6th and 7th, center on the career of the last great Crusader; the king of France, Louis IX.Known as SAINT Louis, he combined the piety of a monk with the chivalry of a knight, and stands in the front rank of all-time Christian rulers. His zeal revealed itself not only in his devotion to religious ritual, but in his refusal to deviate from his faith even under the threat of torture. His piety was genuine as evidenced by his concern for the poor and the just treatment of his subjects. He washed the feet of beggars and when a monk warned him against carrying his humility too far, he replied, “If I spent twice as much time in gambling and hunting as in such services, no one would find fault with me.”The sack of Jerusalem by the Muslims in 1244 was followed by the fall of the Crusader bases in Gaza and Ashkelon. In 1245 at the Council of Lyons the Pope called for a new expedition to once again liberate the Holy Land. Though King Louis lay in a sickbed with an illness so grave his attendants put a cloth over his face, thinking he was dead, he rallied and took up the Crusader cross.Three years later he and his French brother-princes set out with 32,000 troops. A Venetian and Genoese fleet carried them to Cyprus, where large-scale preparations had been made for their supply. They then sailed to Egypt. Damietta once again fell, but after this promising start, the campaign turned into a disaster.Louis' piety and benevolence was not backed up by what we might call solid skills as a leader. He was ready to share suffering with his troops but didn't possess the ability to organize them. Heeding the counsel of several of his commanders, he decided to attack Cairo instead of Alexandria, the far more strategic goal. The campaign was a disaster with the Nile being chocked with bodies of slain Crusaders. On their retreat, the King and Count of Poitiers were taken prisoners. The Count of Artois was killed. The humiliation of the Crusaders had rarely been so deep.Louis' fortitude shone brightly while suffering the misfortune of being held captive. Threatened with torture and death, he refused to renounce Christ or yield up any of the remaining Crusader outposts in Palestine. For the ransom of his troops, he agreed to pay 500,000 livres, and for his own freedom to give up Damietta and abandon the campaign in Egypt.Clad in garments given by the sultan, in a ship barely furnished, the king sailed for Acre where he stayed 3 yrs, spending large sums on fortifications at Jaffa and Sidon. When his mother, who acted as Queen-Regent in his absence, died—Louis was forced to return to France. He set sail from Acre in the spring of 1254. His queen, Margaret, and the 3 children born them in the East, returned with him.So complete a failure might have been expected to destroy all hope of ever recovering Palestine. But the hold of the crusading idea upon the mind of Europe was still strong. Popes Urban IV and Clement III made renewed appeals, and Louis once again set out. In 1267, with his hand on a crown of thorns, he announced to his assembled nobles his purpose to go a 2nd time on a holy crusade.In the meantime, news from the East had been of continuous disaster at the hand of the “Mohammaden” enemy (as they called Muslims) and of discord among the Christians. In 1258, 40 Venetian vessels engaged in battle with a Genoese fleet of 50 ships off Acre with a loss of 1,700 souls. A year later the Templars and Hospitallers held forth in a pitched battle, not with the Muslims, but each other. Then in 1268, Acre, greatest of the Crusader ports, fell to the Muslims Mamelukes.Louis set sail in 1270 w/60,000 into disaster. Their camp was scarcely pitched on the site of ancient Carthage when plague broke out. Among the victims was the king's son, John Tristan, born at Damietta, and King Louis himself. His body was returned to France and the French army disbanded.By 1291, what remained of the Crusader presence in the Holy Land was finally uprooted by Muslim control.Those more familiar with the history of the Crusades may wonder why I've neglected to mention the disastrous Children's Crusade of 1212, inserted between the 4th and 5th Crusades. The reason I've decided to mostly skip it is because historians have come to doubt the veracity of the reports about it. It seems now more apocryphal than real, conflated from several disparate reports of groups that wandered around Southern Europe looking to hop on to another campaign to capture Jerusalem. The story goes that a French or German child of 10 years had a vision in which he was told to go to the Middle East and convert the Muslims by peaceful means. As he shared this vision and began his trek to Marseilles, other children joined his cause, along with some adults of dubious reputation. As their ranks swelled, they arrived at the French coast, expecting the seas to part and make a way for them to cross over to the Middle East on dry land. Never mind that it was a trip of hundreds of miles. Anyway, the waters failed to part, and the children, most of them anyway, ended up dispersing. Those who didn't were rounded up by slavers who promised to transport them to the Holy Land, free of charge. Once they were aboard ship though, they were captives and were hauled to foreign ports all over the Mediterranean where they were sold off.As I said, while the Children's Crusade has been considered a real event for many years, it's recently come under scrutiny and doubt as ancient records were examined closely. It seems it's more a product of cutting and pasting various stories that took place during this time. The children were in fact bands of Europe's landless poor who had nothing better to do than wander around Southern France and Germany, waiting for the next Crusade to be called so they could go and hopefully participate in the plunder of the rich, Eastern lands.I want to offer some commentary now on the Crusades. So, warning, what follows is pure opinion.For 7 centuries Christians have tried to forget the Crusades, but critics and skeptics are determined to keep them a hot issue. While Jews and Muslims have (mostly rightly, I think) used the Crusades for generations as a point of complaint. In more recent time, New Atheists like Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris have raised them like a crowbar and beaten Christians over the head with them. Isn't it interesting that these God-deniers have to first assume Biblical morality to then deny it? If they were consistent with their own atheistic beliefs they'd have to find some other reason to declaim the Crusades than that it's wrong to indiscriminately kill people. Why, according to their Darwinist evolutionary, Survival of the Fittest motif, shouldn't they in fact applaud the Crusades? After all, they were advancing the cause of evolution by getting rid of the weaker elements of the race.But no! The New Atheists don't use this line of reasoning because it's abhorrent. Instead, they have to first don a belief in Christian morality to attack Christianity. Talk about being hypocritical.And let's get our facts straight. The 20th Century saw more people killed for political and ideological reasons than all previous centuries combined! Between the Communists, Nazis, and Fascists, well over 100 million were killed. Stalin, Hitler, and Mao Zedong were motivated by an atheistic agenda, one rooted in a social application of Darwinism.Karl Marx, the ideological father of Communistic socialism, applied Darwin's evolutionary ideas to society and turned human beings into mere parts of a vast machine called the State. Anyone deemed a cog instead of a gear was to be removed so the machine could run as the leaders wanted. In the name of Communism, Stalin killed at least 20 million; Mao, about 70 million!Adolf Hitler was inspired by the atheist Fredrick Neizsche's Darwinian concept of the ubermensche = the superman; humanity's next evolutionary step. He justified the killing of 10 million saying the Final Solution was simply removing those who would hinder humanity's evolution. He employed an entire army of science-minded killers who believed it was right and good to rid the world of “human weeds” as they called Jews, Slavs, homosexuals and the infirm.It takes a colossal ignorance of history to neglect this. Yet the New Atheists ignore the facts because they destroy their premise that atheism has the moral high ground.As calculated by historical evidence, the Crusades, Inquisition and witch trials killed about 200,000 in all over a period of 500 years. Adjusting for population growth, that would be about a million in today's terms. That's just 1% of the total killed by Stalin, Mao and Hitler; and they did it in a few decades!So, let's keep the Crusades, as brutal as they were, and as utterly contrary to the nature and teaching of Christ as they were, in the proper historical perspective. No! I'm not justifying them. They were totally wrong-headed! To turn the cross into a sword and slay people with it is blasphemous and deserves the loud declamation of the Church.But let's not forget that the Crusaders were human beings with motives not unlike our own. Those motives were mixed and often in conflict. The word crusade comes from “taking the cross,” after the example of Christ. That's why on the way to the Holy Land the crusader wore the cross on his breast. On his journey home, he wore it on his back.But the vast majority of those who went crusading were illiterate, even most of the nobles. They weren't taught the Bible as Evangelicals are today. People throughout Europe thought salvation rested IN THE CHURCH and was doled out by priests at the direction and discretion of the Pope. So if the Pope said Crusaders were doing God's work, they were believed. When priests broadcast that dying in the holy cause of a Crusade meant they'd bypass purgatory and gain immediate access to heaven, thousands grabbed the nearest weapon and set off.For Urban and the popes who followed him, the Crusades were a new type of war, a Holy War. Augustine had laid down the principles of a “just war” centuries before. Those principles were . . .A Holy War was conducted by the State;Its purpose was the vindication of justice, meaning the defense of life and property;And its code called for respect for noncombatants; civilians and prisoners. While these principles were originally adopted by the Crusaders when they set out on the 1st Campaign, they evaporated in the heat of the journey and reality of battle.The Crusades ignited horrible attacks on Jews. Even fellow Christians were not exempt from rape and plunder. Incredible atrocities befell the Muslim foe. Crusaders sawed open dead bodies in search of gold.As the Crusades progressed, the occasional voice was lifted calling into question the propriety of such movements and their ultimate value. At the end of the 12th C, the abbot Joachim complained that the popes were making the Crusades a pretext for their own advancement.Humbert de Romanis, general of the Dominicans, in making out a list of matters to be handled at the Council of Lyons in 1274, was obliged to refute no less than 7 well-known objections to the Crusades. They included these 4 . . .It was contrary to the precepts of the NT to advance religion by the sword;Christians may defend themselves, but have no right to invade the lands of another;It is wrong to shed the blood of unbelievers;And the disasters of the Crusades proved they were contrary to the will of God. Christians in Europe during the 14th and 15th Cs were to face far more pressing problems than a conquest of the Holy Land. So while there was still an occasional call for one, it fell on deaf ears.Erasmus, writing at the close of the Middle Ages, made an appeal for the preaching of the Gospel as a way to deal with Muslims. He said the proper way to defeat the Turks was by conversion, not annihilation. He said, “Truly, it is not meet to declare ourselves Christian men by killing very many but by saving very many, not if we send thousands of heathen people to hell, but if we make many infidels Christian; not if we cruelly curse and excommunicate, but if we with devout prayers and with our hearts desire their health, and pray unto God, to send them better minds.”The long-range results of 2 centuries of crusading were not impressive. If the main purpose of the Crusades was to win the Holy Land, to check the advance of Islam, and heal the schism between the Eastern and Western Churches, they failed spectacularly.For a time, the 4 Crusader kingdoms held a beach-head on the Mediterranean coast of the Holy Land. In them, three semi-monastic military orders formed: the Templars, whose first headquarters were on the site of the old Temple of Jerusalem; the Hospitallers, also known as the Knights of St. John of Jerusalem, originally founded to care for the sick and wounded; and the Germanic Teutonic Knights. These orders combined monasticism and militarism and had as their aims the protection of pilgrims and perpetual war against Muslims. They fielded 500 armed knights. Their great castles guarded the roads and passes against attack. For 2 centuries the Templars in their white robes decorated with a red cross, the Hospitallers in black robes emblazoned with the white Maltese cross, and the Teutonic Knights in white robes with a black cross were common sights in Crusader States and across Europe.While the Crusades seem to us today a terrible betrayal of Biblical Christianity, we must bring the historian's mindset to them and consider them against the times in which they occurred. This doesn't excuse them, but it does make them a bit more understandable.European society of the Middle Ages was ir-redeemably warlike. In feudal Europe, the whole economic and social system depended on the maintenance of a military; the knights, permanent professional soldiers; by necessity due to the cost involved, noblemen whose only profession was fighting. The city-states of Italy were frequently at war. In Spain, a line was drawn across the map for centuries by the presence of the Muslim Moors. So even if Christians had wanted to create a peaceful society, it would have been socially and practically difficult to do.One way of dealing with this was to idealize warfare. That is, casting war as a contest between good and evil. In the development of the idea of the Christian knight, there was an attempt to give the spiritual battle a corresponding literal application. The knight was a ‘soldier of Christ', a warrior for good. At a time when priests and monks were deemed the only ones able to make contact with God, the Crusades were a way for laypeople to enter the spiritual realm and rack up some serious points with God. Priests fought the good fight by prayer; now laymen could fight as well, with a sword, mace, or if that's all they could afford, a pitchfork, until they got to the battlefield where hopefully they'd find a more suitable weapon.So it was important for medieval Christians to convince themselves the war they were fighting was justified. A sophisticated system of identifying a ‘just' war developed. Augustine had said a good deal about this, explaining that someone whose property or land was stolen is entitled to get it back, but that this was different from warfare designed to enlarge one's territory. The underlying principle was that reasonable force could be used to maintain order.The late 11th C saw the arrival of a new thought; not Augustine's “Just War,” but the concept of “Holy War”, one God called His people to fight to restore Christian control to the Holy Land. This was war which could not only be regarded as ‘justified', and the sins committed in the course of it forgiven, but meritorious. God would reward those who fought it. Guibert of Nogent, in his book The Acts of God through the Franks, explained how to identify a Holy War. It wasn't motivated by the desire for fame, money or conquest. Its motive was the safeguarding of liberty, the defense of the State and the protection of the Church. He considered this kind of warfare a valid alternative to being a monk.This idea was so engaging to the Medieval mind that as the 12th C wound on it had to be discouraged as it seemed everyone began seeing knighthood and combat as spiritual warfare. Bullies have always been able to villainize those they want to victimize. They justified their brutality by calling it a divine mission. So priests and theologians emphasized not all fighting came under the same umbrella. Crusading was special.Of course, one of the major tenets of Muslim theology is jihad, Holy War to spread the faith. Despite loud protests by some today, the fact remains that the Islam Mohammad taught, which of course is true Islam, endorses jihad. How else did it spread from its desert base in Arabia across the Middle East, North Africa, and into Europe in such a short time if not by the power of the scimitar?I find it interesting that modern Muslims decry the Crusades when it was their own bloody campaigns that took the lands the Crusaders sought to what? RECLAIM! How could they RECLAIM something what wasn't CLAIMED and conquered by the Muslims previously? I say it again: This in no way justifies the Crusades. They're an indefensible period of Church history that stands as a dark stain. But let's be clear; if they're a stain on Church history, the conquests by the Muslims that predate the Crusades are just as dark.