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The Need For a New Strategy to Defend Democracy at Home and Abroad as the US No Longer Deters Iran, Russia, China or North Korea | Life in Russia Which is Becoming a Garrison State With a Wartime Leader Who Started a War He Has No Intention of Stopping | Argentina Faces a General Strike in Opposition to Its Chainsaw-wielding New Leader's Slash and Burn Policies

The Evolution of Digital Marketing: A Conversation with Reggie James We recently had the pleasure of speaking with Reggie James, a distinguished expert in marketing and digital strategy and the founder of Digital Clarity. Our conversation revolved around the evolution of digital marketing. The importance of branding and the need for businesses to redefine themselves in the post-pandemic era. The Commoditization n the Market Reggie started by describing how changes in consumer behavior have significantly shaped the evolution of digital marketing over time. He pointed out that many companies in the B2B space struggle to differentiate themselves in the commoditized digital marketing market. This is where Reggie's consultancy, Digital Clarity, comes into play, helping companies think differently and create effective marketing strategies. We discussed how digital marketing has become commoditized, with companies investing in various platforms without seeing significant results. Reggie emphasized the importance of cutting through the noise and capturing attention in today's crowded digital landscape. He mentioned the return to brand as a key factor in standing out from the competition. The Essential Components of "Brand " When I asked Reggie to explain the essential components of a brand, he explained that a brand encompasses various aspects. This including the company's name, product, customer perception, and how they want customers to feel. He emphasized the importance of value propositions and messaging in building a strong brand. How Digital Clarity Help - Experienced Advice Reggie's consultancy helps clients understand their brand components and distill them into a clear messaging and positioning strategy. He believes that a brand cannot exist without a strategy. Successful companies make it look easy because they only see the tip of the iceberg, not the hard work and effort underneath. The Challenge of Communication Our conversation also touched on the challenges of communication and the need for companies to align their messaging across different departments. We highlighted the importance of educating and engaging buyers rather than bombarding them with information. Reggie brought up the example of FedEx, where the delivery personnel became the face of the brand and influenced customers' perceptions and trust. Understand Your Customers Reggie emphasized the need for companies to understand their customers' pain points and how their product or service can solve a problem or create an opportunity. We also touched on the concept of authenticity, which has become increasingly important in marketing. Reggie believes that authenticity can only be achieved when companies truly understand who they are and are honest about their strengths and limitations. Reggie emphasized the need for change in the field of sales and marketing. He mentioned that while there are universities and courses for various subjects, there is still no dedicated sales university. Sales and marketing are multi-dimensional and cannot be confined to a single approach. Align Your Sales & Marketing Reggie believes that the post-pandemic era requires a fresh start, where businesses need to rebuild and redefine themselves. He urges companies to be authentic and not miss the opportunity to do so. I agreed and added that the best time to make a change is now, comparing it to planting a tree. The Need For a Clear Strategy Reggie concluded by introducing his company, Digital Clarity, a marketing strategy consultancy that helps businesses grow and provides direction based on their 30 years of experience. I encouraged the audience to check out Reggie and Digital Clarity, emphasizing the importance of having a well-defined marketing strategy to avoid wasting money on ineffective campaigns. Our conversation with Reggie James highlighted the need for change in sales and marketing, the importance of authenticity, and the role of branding in today's digital landscape. It was a pleasure having him on the show, and I look forward to more insightful discussions in the future. About the host, John Golden John is the Amazon bestselling author of Winning the Battle for Sales: Lessons on Closing Every Deal from the World's Greatest Military Victories and Social Upheaval: How to Win at Social Selling. A globally acknowledged Sales & Marketing thought leader, speaker, and strategist, he has conducted over 1500 video interviews of thought leaders for Sales POP! online sales magazine & YouTube Channel and for audio podcast channels where Sales POP! is rated in the top 2% of most popular shows out of 3,320,580 podcasts globally, ranked by Listen Score. He is CSMO at Pipeliner CRM. In his spare time, John is an avid Martial Artist. The Changing Landscape of Digital MarketingThe Importance of BrandingThe Need for Change in Sales and Marketing

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Biden's Second Summit for Democracy and the Need For a Plan to Combat the Growth of Autocracies | Starbucks CEO in the Hot Seat Before Bernie Sanders' Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee | Immigrants Burned Alive in Mexico as Guards Refuse to Open Locked Gates backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

How do you build community on LinkedIn, with so many voices competing for attention? Dave Gerhardt is the LinkedIn OG with all the knowledge.Dave is the Founder of ExitFive, a platform for B2B marketing professionals, with more than 3,000 paying members. He's also the host of the ExitFive podcast. He joins Daniel on this LinkedIn Live event.Daniel and Dave discuss why founders shouldn't be afraid of building their personal brand on LinkedIn, the inspiration behind the name ExitFive, and why LinkedIn is the perfect platform to push people towards your own channels.Follow David:LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davegerhardt/Twitter: https://twitter.com/davegerhardtKeep up to date with the latest news from The Marketing Millennials:.Follow Daniel on Twitter: twitter.com/Dmurr68LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/daniel-murray-marketingSign up to The Marketing Millennials newsletter: workweek.com/brand/the-marketing-millennialsDaniel is a Workweek friend, working to produce amazing podcasts. Find out more, visit: www.workweek.comTimestamps:Timestamps:00:00 Intro08:40 An Interesting Place To Be Right Now10:54 Going Where The People Are13:55 The Inherent Fascination With The Origin Story17:39 ExitFive's Origin Story21:05 Posting On Social Media? It's Not For Everyone26:44 The Yoga Example35:16 The Need For a Point Of View46:00 Content Consistently54:21 Being Authentic

Hogs Facing A Gauntlet; Cards Clinch NL Central; Need For a Red Out Map? Guests- Grant Hall, Alyssa Orange & Bill King

Top Gun Maverick review! Finally, after waiting for 36 years, the sequel to the best dogfighting movie in the world is here and we feel the need, THE NEED FOR...

All's Well: By Mona Awad | Book Review Podcast Website: https://gobookmart.com/ Buy Now: https://amzn.to/3nO9FMO “Mona Awad proves in her dazzling, hilarious, wildly terrifying, virtuoso new novel, All's Well, the paradoxes and incongruities of Shakespeare's lesser-loved play makes an ideal springboard for contemporary fiction.”—CHRISTOPHER BOLLEN “As in Awad's last novel Bunny, things start off weird and institutional and then spiral into madness, and as in Bunny, the experience is a fiendish delight: funny, thrilling, and creepily recognizable.”—LITHUB “A brilliant noir comedy about art and illness…. Awad's characters are deliciously over the top and impossible to forget, as is the author's gift for morbid humor….Endlessly thought-provoking and not to be missed.”—BOOKLIST (starred review) “Awad artfully and acutely explores suffering, artistry, and the limitations of empathy.”—KIRKUS REVIEWS “There's both pathos and humor in this story of how we suffer and the ways in which we're healed.”—BOOKPAGE “A dazzling wild ride of a novel – daring, fresh, entertaining, and magical. Mona Awad is a powerful and poetic storyteller, telling us something new and profound here about the connection between suffering and elation. When I was away from this book, I longed to get back to it."—GEORGE SAUNDERS, New York Times bestselling, Booker Prize-winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo "Wild and exhilarating and so fresh it takes your breath away, All's Well is an utterly delicious novel of pain and vitality, Shakespeare and the uncanny, and our own subtle moral failures when we brush up against the pain of others. Mona Awad's talent is so vital that it absolutely roars out of her. "—LAUREN GROFF, New York Times bestselling author of Fates and Furies "Oh my lord what a fabulous novel--knocked me out!"—MARY KARR, New York Times bestselling author of The Liars' Club, Cherry, and Lit “In this eerie and engrossing novel, Mona Awad deftly delivers a narrator as mesmerizing as she is unreliable. Miranda's quest for her heart's desires illuminates the complex bargains one woman dares to make in her most desperate moments. With its mordant humor and potent surreality, All's Well is a gripping read, and Awad is a writer of great intensity and insight."—HELEN PHILLIPS, author of The Need "For all my fellow right-thinking adoring readers of Bunny, another dark and insane gem from Mona Awad, full of scintillating insights on Shakespeare, pain, and the human condition.”—ELIF BATUMAN, author of The Idiot, finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction "Tragic, macabre, and wicked. I laughed out loud the whole way through. One of the funniest books I've read in years."—HEATHER O'NEILL, author of The Lonely Hearts Hotel --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/gobookmart-review/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/gobookmart-review/support

The Need For the Media to Cooperate on Investigative Journalism While Combatting Disinformation | An Alarming New Study on the Planet's Vital Signs | The Journalist, Without Whom, Jeffrey Epstein Would Still be Abusing Girls backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

A new MP3 sermon from Roosevelt Community Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Need For a New Priesthood Speaker: Dr. Bryan Murphy Broadcaster: Roosevelt Community Church Event: TV Broadcast Date: 7/25/2021 Bible: Hebrews 7:1-14 Length: 66 min.

Podcast: Addressing the LGBTQ Pediatric Patient Evaluation and Credit: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/MedChat26 Target Audience This activity is targeted toward primary care adult and pediatric specialties. Statement of Need For pediatricians to be able to provide quality care with optimal patient outcomes, it is important that they provide inclusive care to all patients. This also includes an understanding of how to create an inclusive environment for the LGBTQ patient as well as recognizing the health disparities that are unique to the LGBTQ patient. Objectives At the conclusion of this offering, the participant will be able to: Define key terms; including gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation  Discuss the characteristics of an inclusive office environment  Review the American Academy of Pediatrics approach of the Gender Affirming Care Model  Describe the clinical and psychological comorbidities that LBGTQ youth are at higher risk for. Moderator Erin Frazier, M.D. Pediatrician Norton Children's Medical Group – Broadway Speaker Suzanne Kingery, M.D. Pediatric Endocrinology Norton Children's Endocrinology Moderator, Speaker and Planner Disclosures The speaker, moderator and planners for this activity have no potential or actual conflicts of interest to disclose.   Commercial Support There was no commercial support for this activity.   Physician Credits American Medical Association Accreditation Norton Healthcare is accredited by the Kentucky Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Designation Norton Healthcare designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Date of Original Release | May 2021 Course Termination Date | May 2023 Contact Information | Center for Continuing Medical Education; (502) 446-5955 or cme@nortonhealthcare.org   Resources for Additional Study A Call to Improve Guidelines for Transgender Health and Well-being: Promoting Youth-Centered and Gender-Inclusive Care https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31542110/ Guidelines on Multicultural Education, Training, Research, Practice, and Organizational Change for Psychologists https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12971086/ Ensuring Comprehensive Care and Support for Transgender and Gender- Diverse Children and Adolescents https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30224363/ Websites: Family Acceptance Project, https://louisvilleyouthgroup.org/   Greater Louisville Medical Society, www.glma.org GLMA is an organization that works to ensure health equity for the LGBTQ community.   Human Rights Campaign-Advocacy for the LGBTQ population, https://www.hrc.org/   Louisville Youth Group, https://louisvilleyouthgroup.org/ Louisville Youth Group (LYG) is the primary LGBTQIA+ nonprofit community serving LGBTQIA+ youth in Kentuckiana. We provide a safe space for gender and sexuality diverse young adults to grow their identities, learn leadership skills, and develop the tools needed to both thrive personally and to act as agents of change in their communities. PAGE https://nortonchildrens.com/services/endocrinology/services/page/ The Norton Children’s Pediatric and Adolescent Gender Education (PAGE) program provides gender-affirming care for children, teens and young adults whose gender identity is different from their sex at birth (transgender) and those who don’t identify with the traditional definitions of male or female (gender diverse).   PFlag, https://pflag.org/ PFLAG is the first and largest organization for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) people, their parents and families, and allies. The Trevor Project, https://www.thetrevorproject.org/ The Trevor Project is the leading national organization providing crisis intervention and suicide prevention services to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer & questioning youth. Articles “Ensuring Comprehensive Care and Support for Transgender and Gender- Diverse Children and Adolescents.” by Rafferty J. MD, et al. Pediatrics https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/142/4/e20182162   “Office-Based Care for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Youth”. by Levine, D.A MD, and the COMMITTEE ON ADOLESCENCE. Pediatrics www.pediatrics.org/cgi/doi/10.1542/peds.2013-1283  “Caring for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Youth in Inclusive and Affirmative Environments” by Hadland, S. MD, MPH, MS, Yehia, B. MD, MPP, MSc, Makadon, H.J., MD, Pediatric Clinics of North America https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PCL.2016.07.001. “Health and Wellness for LGBTQ” by Hunt, L. MD, Vennat, M. BS, MD, Waters, J. MD. Advances in Pediatrics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.yapd.2018.04.002   “Healthcare Preferences of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Questioning Youth” by Hoffman, N. M.D., Freeman, K. Ph.D., and Swann, S. Ph.D. Journal of Adolescent Health https://www.clinicalkey.com/#!/content/journal/1-s2.0-S1054139X09000962   

Jeroen is the co-founder and CEO of Salesflare, a fast, powerful and intuitive CRM for B2B SMBs focused on improving prospect relationships and sales. Salesflare has been featured on TechCrunch and Entrepreneur.com, and has been named as one of the top CRMs on both Product Hunt and AppSumo. Prior to Salesflare, Jeroen founded Doctura, a medical personal journal that worked with tech startups and healthcare companies with new ways of doing business by fusing modern technology. He worked as a PM and account manager for some of the leading health and life science companies in Europe, US and China. Some of his work and expertise were focused on multichannel promotion, diverse multichannel campaigns, mobile sales apps, multichannel mix assessments, strategic consulting projects, mobile strategy workshops to digital benchmarks, competitive analysis, innovation workshops and many more. During this interview we cover: 00:00 - Intro 01:20 - Building a Sales Platform For Salesforce  07:30 - The Need For a New CRM Over the Other 600+ Options 09:40 - Why You Should Start Using a CRM 11:55 - What Analytics Data is Most Useful for Your SaaS Sales/Marketing Team 14:46 - Getting The First 100 Customers  17:45 - How to Effectively Take Advantage of Launching With ProductHunt & Appsumo 19:46 - Salesflare User Acquisition, Content Marketing Strategy & What hasn't Worked 25:40 - The Founder Coffee Podcast  27:10 - Habits Over Goals For Self Improvement & Business Growth 30:26 - $1MM in External Funding & Next Milestones For Salesflare  32:49 - Outro Get 25% off For 3 Months for Your New B2B CRM Salesflare with the Code: SaaSDistrict Less Work, More Sales Mentions: https://blog.salesflare.com/startup-first-100-customers (6 foolproof ways to get your startup its first 100 customers) Terms: https://www.salesforce.com/crm/what-is-crm/ (CRM) https://blog.hubspot.com/sales/sales-cycle (Sales Cycle) Companies: https://www.producthunt.com/ (ProductHunt) https://appsumo.com/ (Appsumo) https://www.salesforce.com/ (Salesforce) https://try.airtable.com/creativeteams?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=airtable_deskdisc_topothercountries&utm_term=airtable&utm_content=420425245164&utm_extra2=&utm_extra4=g&campaignid=9469372517&adgroupid=97693648793&feeditemid=&targetid=kwd-98523555182&loc_physical_ms=1010079&matchtype=e&network=g&device=c&devicemodel=&gclid=CjwKCAjwm_P5BRAhEiwAwRzSOztgP0IRtlqDg1SykyKjHjr8A5W6VFMrEPFGOAQ4rZhqTyZmkS2b1hoCHl0QAvD_BwE&creative=420425245164&keyword=airtable&placement=&target=&adposition=&r=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ%3D%3D (Airtable) https://www.notion.so/ (Notion) https://trello.com/ (Trello) Get in touch with Jeroen: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeroencorthout/?originalSubdomain=be (Jeroen's Linkedin) Tag us & follow: https://www.facebook.com/HorizenCapitalOfficial/ (Facebook): https://www.linkedin.com/company/horizen-capital (LinkedIn): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYvpqdVVSlSMunWiEwlMjzw (YouTube) More about Akeel: https://twitter.com/AkeelJabber (Twitter) https://linkedin.com/in/akeel-jabbar (LinkedIn) https://horizencapital.com/saas-podcast (More Podcast Sessions)

How "Moscow Mitch's" Voting Suppression is Playing Out in Kentucky Today | A Former AUSA with the SDNY on How New York Prosecutors Will Not be Cowed by Barr and Trump | Dr. Fauci's Testimony Today and the Need For the Country to Unite to Face a Common Threat backgroundbriefing.org/donate twitter.com/ianmastersmedia facebook.com/ianmastersmedia

Gratitude:UnFiltered “The Need For a Compelling Vision” Hebrews 12:1-2 Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, 2 looking unto Jesus, the author, and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. Jesus was a man of vision. The reason He had a vision of the joy that was set before Him was that He knew the Scriptures. For example, He knew that Psalms 16:9-11 speaks of the joy of the resurrection (and Acts 2:25 tells us that these verses pertain specifically to Jesus). We know from this passage that long before He ever actually experienced the joy of eternal life, He saw it. It may have been way off in the distance. It may have had a painful cross standing in front of it, but he saw it nonetheless. He saw the joy that awaited Him—that had been set before Him. And this was the vision that empowered Him to endure the cross. How many of us have such a vision? What are we focused on? What occupies our thoughts? What are we looking forward to? A family? A career? A happy and successful life on earth? That’s all nice. But if that is your fundamental reason for living, you have missed the whole point….. Let’s discuss on the Gratitude:UnFiltered! With love, Joshua T Berglan

Several years ago, I named a chapter from a book I was writing, "The Need For a Global Reset" and named a sub-chapter "It's Time For a Tectonic Shift - Of Our Hearts." Little did I know just how soon the opportunities were going to be presented to us globally and just how prescient it was all going to be!.Our world since its genesis, was meant to beautifully function in a system grounded in reciprocity, trade-offs, 2-way streets. We were never meant to take more than we contributed, to all, both human and non-human life. Whatever the source of our current pandemic...whether transmission from animal to human, a laboratory leak or out of control germ warfare, something was bound to get our attention. WE DESPERATELY NEED A GLOBAL RESET - OF OUR HEARTS!"In a world of change, the learners shall inherit the earth, while the learned shall find themselves perfectly suited for a world that no longer exists" - Eric Hoffer"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music" - Friedrich Nietzsche Support the show (https://www.paypal.com/mep/dashboard)

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As the world wades further and further into the Information Age, the definition of a journalist has continued morphing at a faster rate than ever. So what is a journalist? Is it a person acting as a watchdog of the government, or a spokesman for it? Is it a member of age-old institutions that have been respected for years, or is it a lone speaker trying to be heard above the din of voices? Did he or she study some form of writing, or is he an accountant with a hobby? Does it matter? These are questions that no longer only plague discussions of credibility, but also the laws of the land. In recent months the discussion surrounding the implantation of a federal shield law has significantly increased, with cases like Jana Winter’s and James Rosen’s garnering mass media coverage. But smaller cases have been surfacing as well, such as the Crystal Cox defamation suit.   What Is a Journalist? Merriam Webster defines a journalist firstly as a “writer or editor for a news medium,” and secondly as a “writer who aims at a mass audience.” While the first definition may be reserved for employees of institutional news organizations, the second could easily apply to any blogger. Most citizen journalists know they’ll never reach more than a few readers, but it doesn’t mean that they don’t hope to go viral. Most people don’t write in a public forum just for themselves. The complication comes when you consider the rights of a journalist, and how broadly those rights should apply. Last summer the Senate Judiciary Committee spent time debating the definition of a journalist as it constructed the language for a federal shield law, which is any law that gives a reporter privilege, much like a priest or doctor has, that prevents a judge from compelling him or her to produce information for a subpoena. Sen. Diane Feinstein wanted to ensure that any definition did not cover entities such as WikiLeaks, who she feels aren’t journalists, just leakers. One proposal she put forward was a salary requirement. Sen. Chuck Schumer fought that requirement because in the Internet Age it’s not just writers who earn a living for it who are disseminating important public information. Consider Sohaib Athar, also known by his Twitter handle “Really Virtual,” who unknowingly live-tweeted the military operation that killed Osama bin Laden. He may live in Pakistan, but had he lived in the United States that type of citizen reporting likely would, and should, have been covered as journalistic in nature. Another prime example is the work of the members of the Arab Spring who helped forward the goals of freedom. TIME even awarded the protesters from that movement, as well as others such as Occupy Wall Street, with its “Person of the Year” award in 2011.   The Need For a Shield Law Currently 40 states have enacted specifically tailored shield laws. The rest of the states, less Wyoming, protect a reporter’s privilege through case law, the state constitution, or other legal means. The federal shield law, which would likely trump state laws and render them obsolete, is slowly making its way through Congress. The language, as it stands, states that a party searching for information in a trial must have exhausted all other means of obtaining the information; that there is a reasonable belief that a crime has been committed; and that the information is critical to the party winning its suit (criminal or civil). Other situations under which a journalist could be compelled to testify include cases of future national security threats; if the information could prevent imminent bodily harm or death; if trade secrets are being disseminated; or if the public interest of the information being revealed outweighs the public interest of the information being withheld. A judge has the final say on a case by case basis. The law also does not protect defamation, slander, and libel, which have case law as precedents. A last provision in the federal law state that the subpoena can’t be overly broad, unreasonable, or oppressive, and it must be “narrowly tailored” in subject matter and time so that other documents aren’t unnecessarily revealed. So why is this type of law necessary? Take a look at our current administration. Many say that it is the worst for ever for going after reporters. New York Times Executive Editor Jill Abramson told Al Jazeera America last year that the Obama administration “is the most secretive White House that I have ever been involved in covering” in 22 years; James Goodale, one of the lawyers who fought for publication of the Pentagon Papers and defended the Times’ right to publish them in front of the Supreme Court, wrote an editorial for The Daily Beast last May that the Obama administration is worse than Nixon’s in terms national security press freedom. In fact, this administration has prosecuted eight individuals for felonious crimes of leaking classified information to the press under the 1917 Espionage Act, compared with a total of three prosecutions for all previous administrations. First, it was uncovered that the Department of Justice had seized two months of incoming and outgoing phone records from Associated Press reporters and editors without notifying the publication to allow an appeal. The seizure came after The AP printed a story in May 2012 about the government’s actions to stop a bomb from Al Qaeda in Yemen. The AP says they consulted with the government to make sure no national security information was divulged, but the publication was still secretly monitored. It was soon revealed that in 2009 the DOJ used a search warrant to monitor Fox News reporter James Rosen. Rosen, a beat reporter in Washington, had his movements monitored via his State Department security badge. The warrant, which also permitted monitoring of Rosen’s email, was issued after the DOJ argued that he was a criminal co-conspirator with Stephen Jin-Woo Kim in leaking classified information that North Korea may test a nuclear bomb. These leaks led to reforms in the DOJ, but a federal shield law would theoretically, and hopefully, further limit the government from overstepping its power. Confidential sources are the most vital tool an investigative reporter has; without them, there would not be a free dissemination of information because there would be very little information to report. The monitoring of Rosen led to a conviction of his source, Kim, likely keeping other possible sources from approaching Rosen in the future.   A Federal Definition for “Journalist” But the most important part of the federal law, and the part that judges, journalists, and citizens will focus on, is how a journalist was ultimately defined. The final language protects those who publish news or information for any news information service whether it’s in print, electronic, or another format. The person must also act like a journalist, meaning he or she must gather information and materials with the prior intention of publishing. Other parameters do outline a type of salary requirement—you’re covered if you worked for a news organization for at least one year in the previous 20 or three months in the previous five years—but it also protects student journalists. And lastly, what pleased many in the media was the addition of a clause granting a judge the authority to extend coverage under the shield law to any person if the judge felt doing so was “necessary to protect lawful and legitimate news-gathering activities,” meaning that a citizen journalist doing true reporting could be covered.   Historical Setbacks The main legal barrier to a federal shield law is the Supreme Court Case Branzenburg v. Hayes. The court was deeply divided, siding 5-4 against the journalists claim that the press clause in the First Amendment constituted a privilege similar to that of a doctor’s, spouse’s, religious overseer’s, or lawyer’s protecting them from testifying before a grand jury. The court held that the burden to report the news doesn’t outweigh the public’s need for a law enforcement system and the absence of such a privilege had not held back the press from flourishing since America was birthed. While the case has been a set back for journalists since 1972, there were bright spots in the decisions. Justice Byron White, writing for the majority, wrote that though the court declined to recognize a privilege for journalists, it did see the importance of a free press and that the government should have to show “a substantial relation between the information sought and a subject of overriding and compelling state interest.” Justice Lewis Powell concurred, writing “The asserted claim to privilege should be judged on its facts by the striking of a proper balance between freedom of the press and the obligation of all citizens to give relevant testimony with respect to criminal conduct. The balance of these vital constitutional and societal interests on a case-by-case basis accords with the tried and traditional way of adjudicating such questions.”   Is A Shield Law a Good Idea? Despite the obvious need for some type of protection for journalists to protect their sources, there are concerns with the actuality of a federal shield law. Is it a good idea for the government to define a journalist? Many think this may lead to licensing for journalists, which is an enormous hindrance on free speech and a form of censorship, and thusly unconstitutional. Syracuse University Professor Roy Gutterman—an expert on communications law and the First Amendment, as well as the director for the renowned Tully Center for Free Speech at Syracuse—prefers that the “news gathering function” be defined instead of a “journalist.” Gutterman told Veritas News that “The analogy to licensing is obvious and it’s a long standing concern with shield law, whether it’s federal or state, it gets into this question of who gets to qualify,” so language that asks questions like “do you engage in news gathering and reporting and editing” would be preferable. Another concern is the government overriding any law put in place. As Gutterman pointed out, the Department of Justice already has guidelines for subpoenaing reporters. “They can’t just willy-nilly call up a reporter and ask for information or subpoena them. There is a sort of checklist they have to engage in, but it’s easy to overcome.” It’s certainly easy enough to find a claim for national security or an imminent threat, especially if those claims are considered top secret. In those cases the information doesn’t have to be conveyed in open court, and so a journalist can’t contest the veracity of the claim. The Attorney General Eric Holder even called James Rosen a “flight risk” so that the DOJ didn’t have to notify him that he was being surveilled.   The Future It’s quite possible that, not only will a federal shield law finally be put in place, but that the Supreme Court will soon rule on the matter of a reporter’s privilege. New York Times reporter James Risen faces prison for refusing to testify in the criminal trial of former CIA agent Jeffrey Sterling. Risen wrote in his book, State of War, about a failed operation to sabotage Iran’s nuclear research, and the DOJ thinks Sterling was the source. A three judge panel from the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Risen must testify, but in January he appealed the ruling to the Supreme Court. As the current administration fights tooth and nail to stem its leaky faucet, it’s more important than ever that journalists are protected. The United States contends its position as the world’s policemen because it is a democracy, and citizens are granted personal freedoms. The US condemns other countries, like Egypt, for jailing reporters. So why is this condemnation not reflected on the United States’ legal system? “You talk about making an international statement, it was very hard for the US to condemn other countries where reporters are…harassed, beat, and so on,” Gutterman said to Veritas News. “And now we have the federal government going after reporters who are going after the highest forms of government and it doesn’t look good and isn’t American tradition.” No one disagrees that the government has a difficult job to do protecting state secrets, but maybe it should spend less time fighting reporters and more time acting morally and within the boundaries of the law so that employees don’t feel the need to blow the whistle.

Happy Thanksgiving! Hope y’all didn’t into too many family feuds (or that you at least had enough drinks to make it fun). The boys had a busy holiday weekend in which they abandoned their families just to review ‘Creed 2’ & ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ for you beautiful Viewing Angels. You’re welcome. Follow us: @viewingangles … Continue reading Ep 32: “I’ve Got A Need…A Need For Creed” →

Takeaways Run an Attraction Campaign: From primary research to brainstorming sessions and even success stories, these tactics can at least get you a first meeting. From there, it’s up to you to educate your buyer with new ideas and perspectives while simultaneously weaving in your capabilities and offerings. Shake Up the Complacency Mindset: Your biggest competitor in a sales cycle is status quo. You have to help prospects see that where they are is not nearly as good as where they want to be. Notice I said “where they want to be,” not where you want them to be. Figure out how to get them to see that it’s worthwhile for them to attempt a change and you unlock the best value in the relationship. Be Present for the Elusive Time of Need: For the short term thinkers out there, this one will frustrate you. There are some products and services that require an active need in order for the prospect to buy. For certain buyers that window may only be every 2-3 years. By building relationships now and growing your network, you can ensure that you’ll at least have a shot when the time comes. Additionally, if you’re building relationships with the right people, rest assured they have friends who they could refer you to in the meantime. Full Notes https://www.salestuners.com/mike-schultz Book Recommendations On Writing Well by William Zinsser Consultative Selling by Mack Hanan Sponsor Costello-What if every sales rep inherited the habits of your best rep? With Costello, they do.

The LAW and FAITH are eternally connected gifts from God. The Law shows us our NEED FOR faith.Faith gives us the ABILITY TO uphold the law. To neglect one is to neglect the fullness of the Gospel.

On The Heinemann Podcast today, the need for and needs of teachers of color. "Growth is uncomfortable and all things need to be uncomfortable to grow.” Those are the words of Tiana Silvas, a member of the current class of Heinemann Fellows. She goes on to say in today’s podcast that while conversations about race and […] The post The Need For and Needs of Teachers of Color appeared first on Heinemann Blog.

JOHN POINTS THE WAY MARK 1:1-13 1 The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.  2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet,  “Behold, I send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way, 3 the voice of one crying in the wilderness: ‘Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,’”  4 John appeared, baptizing in the wilderness and proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. 5 And all the country of Judea and all Jerusalem were going out to him and were being baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. 6 Now John was clothed with camel's hair and wore a leather belt around his waist and ate locusts and wild honey. 7 And he preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the strap of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and untie. 8 I have baptized you with water, but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit.”  9 In those days Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized by John in the Jordan. 10 And when he came up out of the water, immediately he saw the heavens being torn open and the Spirit descending on him like a dove. 11 And a voice came from heaven, “You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.  12 The Spirit immediately drove him out into the wilderness. 13 And he was in the wilderness forty days, being tempted by Satan. And he was with the wild animals, and the angels were ministering to him.   SERMON NOTES I.        NEED FOR REPENTANCE   II.       NEED FOR  RESCUE   III.      NEED FOR SPIRIT  

038- I’ve Got a Need For _______. by Kendel Rodriguez

As you move through life and ascend to new levels of potential and breakthrough, you'll discover that your enemies are just as essential as your friends, in fact , they may be even more critical in your times of transition, if you'll recognize them for the steepstools they are for you. Enimies are indicators to you that God is planning movement in your life, and transition is right around the corner. So tune in over the next couple weeks as we talk about The Need For an Enemy. Wake up and live - Empowered - Blessed - Loved #enimies #theneedforanenemy #wakeupandlive 

Title: Brexit and the Need For a European Vision (WC192) Presenter: Mr. Peter Nathan

Title: Brexit and the Need For a European Vision (WC192) Presenter: Mr. Peter Nathan

Martin Wittfooth joins me via skype from his studio in Upstate NY for a two part episode. Pt.2 We talk Mocking Ideology, Team Tribalism., Critique of The Oppressed, The Need For a Viewer, Man vs Nature, Apes on Mushrooms, Last Breath, Helping as Harming, and Getting Elevated.

I. Introduction: The Most Extraordinary Earthquake in History I think it must have been the most extraordinary earthquake in history. I'm referring to the earthquake that shook the Philippian jail in Acts 16. I've never heard of anything like it before. An earthquake that shakes a jail to its foundations and enables all of the prisoners chains to fall off, but nobody gets crushed by a falling boulder or by a broken timber. The prison doors fly open, but no one runs away. And you remember the story, how the Philippian jailer thinking that his life was forfeit and that all of his prisoners had escaped, drew his sword and was about to kill himself, his soul hanging by a thread over eternity, over hell really, when a voice rings out from the darkness saying, "Don't harm yourself. We are all here." The voice of the Apostle Paul, saving not only his life, but his eternal soul. The jailer was trembling, and called for lights and then brought Paul and Silas out and then he asked this key question. It is the question of our soul, "What must I do to be saved?" "What must I do to be saved?" And the answer that Paul and Silas gave there is the same answer that he gives here in Romans 10:9-10. There in Acts 16, he says, "Believe in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved, you and your household." Here in Acts 10:9-10, he says, "If you confess with your mouth 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with the heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with the mouth that you confess and are saved." Now, a cynic may ask, "Saved from what?" "Saved from what?" I've witnessed before and I use slogans like, "Jesus is the answer," and they're saying, "What's the question?" "Jesus is the Savior." "What's the threat? From what are we being saved?" Friends we're being saved from the due penalty of our sin, we're being saved from eternal damnation, we're being saved from hell itself. That's the saved that the Philippian jailer wanted to know about, that's the saved that's in front of us here in Romans 10:9-10, and what could be more important than that? Because everyone who does not believe stands condemned already, it says in John 3, we're in dire need of a savior. Now last week, we began to look at this incredible text on the nature of saving faith and we focused in on one aspect, the content of saving faith. Basically we said at that point that faith must have a content, that there's a focus to our faith. Faith alone doesn't save. Fanatical Muslims and Buddhist monks, as we said, may have more faith than we do, but that's not going to save them. It's faith in Christ. We saw also last week that there is such a thing therefore as absolute, unshakable truth. And that includes even what we call metaphysical truth, religious truth. There are spiritual truths that are just true. We live in a postmodern age, as we discussed last week, in which that is seriously doubted. There is therefore ultimate truth for me and ultimate truth for you, and ultimate truth for Muslims and ultimate truth for Buddhists. They just deny the concept of absolute truth. We talked about this last week, there is truth. We said thirdly, the truth precedes experience, religious experience. It's not your testimony that saves, it's not your religious experience that saves, it's the truth of the gospel, that Christ has died, Christ has risen, Christ will come again. Unshakable truths, that's what we talked about last time. The truth of the incarnation and the truth of the resurrection, that was the content of saving faith. II. The Character of Saving Faith Now, this morning, we're going to look at the character of saving faith and the confirmation of saving faith. First the character, and the reason we need to do this is friends, the devil and his angels believe more Christian truths than you do or that I do. They know more doctrine than any of us, than all of us put together. They know all of these things and they hate them, every one. They believe that they're true. Remember how the demons said to Jesus, "We know who you are, the holy one of God." They didn't doubt the incarnation, they knew very well. It says in James 2:19, "You believe there is one God, good, even the demons believe that and they shudder." And so the content alone and believing that the content is true does not save your soul. Not alone, it's essential, but it's not all there is. The Apostle Paul isn't exchanging a legalistic life of religious obedience to laws for a dry cold, intellectual assent to a bunch of doctrines. That's not what he's exchanging here. And so, it goes far beyond that. And so what I want to say to you is that the character of saving faith is that it's a hard faith, it comes from the heart, from the core of your being. Look what it says again, Romans 10:9-10 "that if you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with the heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with the mouth that you confess and are saved." So we say that head knowledge by itself does not save you. The mental assent that these doctrines are true does not save your soul. Often in witnessing I've talked to people about the evidence for the resurrection of Jesus. I love to talk about this because it meant so much in my early Christian life. Thinking about the evidence for the resurrection. I've done this before, I've said, "Now what are the options of what happened to Jesus' body? I mean could his disciples have stolen it?" Well then, what would their motive be for facing death if they knew that Jesus was buried in Peter's garden? There's not going to be much evidence and much security for facing death. Nobody's going to want to do that. So I go through all of these things and when I get to the end, I've looked at all the logical possibilities for what happened to Jesus' body, I'll say, "Well, what do you think?" And they'll say, in a flat, cold, kind of dry way, "Well, I guess Jesus rose from the dead." Do I say, "Hallelujah, you're saved! I'm so excited!" No, I know something's amiss. They assent to it, but they don't love it. There's no life, there's no passion, there's no conversion. They're just saying, "Well you twisted my arm. I guess I really don't see any way out. I'm going to look for one, but I'm really kind of out of ideas right now on how it could be anything else or how it's even relevant to my life. So, mere intellectual assent does not save. Saving faith is a matter of the core of the personality, of the being. What we call the heart, it's a heart matter. It's a matter of the heart, it's deep and it's rooted in every part of a person's being. It's not a sham, it's not a fake, it's not hypocrisy, it's not acting. The Scribes and Pharisees that Jesus called seven times, "Whoa to you, Scribes and Pharisees, you hypocrites." The word hypocrite means an actor, with a mask on, with a costume. That's not what it is, that doesn't save you. That's not saving faith. Rather it's rooted in love, ultimately. That we should love the Lord our God with all our heart, and with all your soul and with all our strength, and with all of our mind. It's a fire that God ignites inside the heart, inside the soul of love for him. Now, the heart's natural condition is not this way, the heart is naturally cold and dead toward the things of God. The heart is naturally, it says in Ephesians 2, dead in its transgressions and sins. There's no spark of life, or no initiation. There's no one who seeks God, it says in Romans 3. They suppress the truth in unrighteous, they love wickedness apart from Christ. And the heart, the natural human heart erect barriers and boundaries to the encroaching Gospel messenger. Barriers against Christ, really. Mark McCloskey in his book, Tell It Often, Tell It Well talks about these barriers, spiritual blindness, bad experiences with Christians and with the church. They go to church one time and somebody says something to them and is offensive or is a hypocrite or something, and then they feel they're free from considering Christ for the rest of their lives, as a result. There are barriers that are set up. Also, misconceptions of the nature of the gospel and character of God. Commitment to an immoral lifestyle, it's like, "If I believe in Jesus, I'll have to give that up, and I don't want to give that up so... " And they know that. So commitment to an immoral lifestyle. Intellectual dishonesty, willing to kind of bend the rules of logic, and of their own minds in order to evade the force of the Gospel. And then there's fear, fear of what people will think if you commit yourself to Christ. All of these are obstacles and they only increase if you're talking about overseas, cross-cultural situations where you got false religions, false world views, family members that will kill you, perhaps, even if you come to Christ, there's all kinds of obstacles. And so, the heart cannot change itself, ultimately. We don't have power over our hearts. You may think you do, but we don't. We don't have the ability to choose as an act of the will, to love what we once hated, and to hate what we once loved. This is a supernatural transformation that only God can work. The radical transformation that these verses describe can only be accomplished by the Holy Spirit. Sinful human heart doesn't have power over its own affections, over its own allegiances. Still less can it decide, "I'm going to follow Jesus, I'm going to love Jesus, I'm going to believe that Jesus is Lord, and that God raised him from the dead, and I'm going to make Jesus my Lord, I'm going to follow Him and obey Him and love Him." We don't have that power. This is the work of the Holy Spirit of God. This is what conversion really is. This is what it means to be born again. It's a radical transformation. Now, we've been talking here in Romans 10:9-10, after all of this incredible complexity, Romans 9, the sovereignty of God, the depths of the understanding, none of us will ever fully figure it out. And before that, eight other chapters of really deep and ultimately complex Christian doctrine. Isn't it delightful to come to Romans 10:9-10? The simplicity of saving faith. "That if you confess with the mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and if you believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." But for all of that simplicity Paul makes another statement in 1st Corinthians 12:3, and he says this, "Therefore I tell you, no one can say Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit." Isn't that amazing? For all that simplicity, you can't do it. You can't, unless the Spirit works within you. You won't. Now, you know what I mean, don't you? You know that it's not just saying, "Jesus is Lord." I can make a percentage of you say the words, "Jesus is Lord," right now if I wanted to. Some of you are going like, "I'm not saying, I'm not going to do what he says. I never turn to the neighbor when they tell us. I don't do those things. When the pastor says... I don't get involved in that. I'm just here listening, I'm not here participating in a group activity, okay, I'm not doing that." But I could make at least a percentage of you say the words, "Jesus is Lord," or I could go to any unbeliever, I could write the three words, "Jesus is Lord," on a piece of paper and say, "Read this," and he or she would read it. Is that open sesame? The cave of salvation opens up, if you just say these magic words, "Jesus is Lord." That's not what we're talking about, we're saying from the heart you believe that Jesus is Lord, that God raised him from the dead. You can't do that, except by the Holy Spirit of God, that's what Paul is saying. The Need For a New Heart And so therefore, you must have a new heart. You must have heart surgery, and I don't mean the physical organ that does such an incredible job of pumping blood through your veins day after day after day. I mean the core of your being, you must have a transformation. And that's the very thing friends, that's the very thing that God promises to do through Jesus Christ. Isn't that marvelous? That is the central promise of the New Covenant. It's the difference between the old covenant and the new covenant, the promise of a heart transformed by the power of God. Listen to Ezekiel 36:26-27. There it says, the Lord says, "I will give you a new heart and put a new Spirit in you and I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh, and I'll put my spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws." God has promised to take out our unresponsive, cold, dead heart of stone and give us a living heart, give us a heart that loves Jesus, give us a hard that lives for the glory of God, give us a new heart. He has that power and he alone has that power. And that's what he's promising to do in the gospel. Then the first thing that that new heart does inside, is it sees the light of the glory of God in the face of Christ. And the second thing that heart, that new heart does is believes in Jesus for salvation. It sees who Christ is and says, "I trust him, I love him, I want him." It's a heart, it's a matter of the heart. That's what the saving faith is. There's a genuineness and an honesty there, a truly turning and a truly trusting it comes from the heart. Joel 2:12-13, the prophet there, the Lord speaking through the prophets says, "Even now, declares the Lord, return to me with all your heart, with fasting, and weeping, and mourning. Rend," [that means reap or tear] your heart, and not your garments." See Jews when they showed, they wanted to show outward shock or blasphemy, or grief or something, they would tear their clothes. Paul and Barnabas did that when some sought to worship them, and the high priest did it when Jesus said he was God, they tear their clothes. Joel says, "I don't want to see your clothes torn. Don't tear your clothes. You Jews are good at the externals." And all of us are that way. We can externally tear the clothes, that's easy. No, rend your heart and not your garment. It's a heart transformation for Jew and Gentile alike. And ultimately, it means that Christ becomes your treasure, he becomes what you value most in your heart. Jesus told two parables about this in Matthew 13. "The kingdom of Heaven is like treasure hidden in a field. When a man found it, he hid it again, and then in his joy, went off and sold everything he had and bought that fields... Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a merchant looking for fine pearls. When he found one of great value, he sold everything he had and bought it." The treasure, the pearl, that's what's truly valuable. Worth everything else in your life, what is your primary treasure? Jesus becomes your primary treasure when you're saved. That's what you cherish above all things. Like the Apostle Paul says in Philippians 3, "Whatever was to my profit, I now consider loss compared to the surpassing greatness of knowing Christ Jesus, my Lord, for whose sake I have lost all things. I consider them rubbish, that I may gain Christ and be found in him. Not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness that comes from God and is by faith, I want to know Christ and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, and the power of his resurrection, becoming like him in his death and so somehow to attain to the resurrection from the dead." Those are words pouring out of a heart that loves Jesus, a heart that sees nothing else in God's creation as precious and valuable and worthy of being treasured as Jesus Christ. It's a heart, a matter of the heart, it's a heart faith. Demons will always know more scripture and more doctrine than we do, but they hate Jesus with every fiber of their being. We, Christians, we love Jesus. He is our treasure and Jesus says, "Where your treasure is, that's where your heart will be also." When George Beverly Shea was 23 years old, he faced a decision: Should he accept a high-paying job as a songwriter in New York City? He had some offers he was talented. Or should he use his musical gifts to serve Christ, specifically for a Christian radio program? And as he was sitting at the piano and thinking about it, he was a composer, a poem by Mr. Rhea Miller came across him and he said, this is it, "I'd rather have Jesus." And we sang it earlier today, didn't we? "I'd rather have Jesus than silver or gold. I'd rather be his than have riches untold. I'd rather have Jesus than houses or land. I'd rather be led by his nail-pierced hand, than to be the king of a vast domain or be held in sin's dread sway. I'd rather have Jesus than anything this world affords today." That's what a saved heart says. Now, if that old poetical language isn't the way your heart says it, it doesn't matter. But you'll be saying it somehow. You'll be saying, "Jesus is of a greater treasure than anything else in God's world." That is the character of saving faith, it's a heart faith. III. The Confirmation of Saving Faith Thirdly, what is the confirmation of saving faith? Basically, the principle is this: Genuine saving faith results in an outward transformed lifestyle. You're going to present something differently to the world than you would have if you weren't a Christian. And it begins with a statement from the mouth. That's where the whole thing starts. It all begins with a confession that Jesus is Lord. Look what it says in verse 9-10, "that if you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified and it is with the mouth that you confess and are saved." The core teaching of James, chapter 2, which some people find a very troubling chapter, as though it's somehow contradictory. Paul was teaching justification by faith alone apart from works of the law, and then James comes along and says, "You got to have the works." You've got to have the works if you're going to be saved. And people are troubled by what James says in James 2:14. "What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds, can such faith save him?" That means there's different kinds of faith. There's dead faith, and there's demon faith, there's deceptive faith and then there's saving faith. And saving faith is a living thing and living things produce fruit. Things come, deeds come, an outward presentation to the world around comes because of true, genuine, saving faith. Says again in James 2:17, "In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action is dead." Now, I think that the first action that a saved person takes, the first movement that comes is usually with the mouth. They usually say something about it. They talk about it, they say something. Five Steps of confirmation And that's what I think is step one of this confirmation. I'm going to look at five steps quickly of how saving faith is confirmed to the outside world. Step 1: Confirmed by Confession With the Mouth The first step is confirmation by confession with the mouth. Now, this word, confess with the mouth Jesus is Lord, what that means is to swear honestly and deeply, it's to make the most significant statement that the mouth can make. Like some people would do it by swearing with an oath. We get this in Matthew 14:6-7, on Herod's birthday, talking there about Herod's birthday, the daughter of Herodias, danced for them and pleased Herod so much. The NIV says, "That he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked for." That word is the same as what we get here in Romans 10. He confessed it, he swore it, and the word was so binding on him that even after she asked for John the Baptist head on a platter, he couldn't go back on what he had said. There's a seriousness to the word that's spoken. That's what is going on here, is a serious swearing or confession. Literally, the word means, to say with, to agree with our mouth, what God the Father does about Jesus, that He is Lord, we're saying it with our mouth. The mouth thus becomes a window for the whole world to look into your heart. Apostle Paul put it this way, in 2 Corinthians 4:13, "It is written, 'I believed therefore, I have spoken.' With the same spirit of faith that we believe and therefore we speak." You believe something, you're going to talk about it, you're going to say something. Now, what I think happens is, the heart believes first and then out comes the words, or else it's hypocrisy. And so therefore, Jesus says that there's a direct connection between what you say with your mouth, what you believe in your heart. In Matthew 12:33-37, after Jesus' enemies said, "It is by Beelzebub, the king of demons that He drives out demons." And Jesus said, "You know, you can't just say those things. The things you say matter. What comes out of your mouth makes a difference." This is what He said, "Make a tree good, and its fruit will be good, make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad, for a tree is known by its fruits. You brood of vipers, how can you, who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks." That's what I'm talking about, out of the overflow of what's in your heart, you're going to say something, the mouth speaks. "The good man brings good things out of the good stored up in him, and the evil man brings evil things out of the evil stored up in him. But I tell you that men will have to give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken." Listen to this, "For by your words you'll be acquitted, and by your words you'll be condemned." Jesus said, "Just give me a list of what they've said and I'll tell you what's going on in their heart." Now, He can do that, we can't. All He has to do is have a complete list of your words and He will know whether you're saved or not. If you confess with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' you will be saved. As a matter of fact, the connection is so strong that Jesus put it this way in Matthew 10:32 and 33, "Everyone who confesses me before men, I will also confess him before my Father in heaven, but whoever denies me before men, I will deny him before my Father in heaven." And so therefore, a verbal confession of Christ is essential to our salvation, we're going to say something about it. We're going to say Jesus is Lord. We're going to speak, we're going to talk about what we believe, that's the first step. Step 2: Confirmed by Prayer from the Heart The second step that is confirmed by prayer from the heart, I get this out of Verse 13, where it says, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved." We usually think of that in terms of prayer, and I think rightly so. Almost every witnessing track that I've ever used ends up with something called, The Sinner's Prayer. Have you ever seen The Sinner's Prayer? I remember, I was trained in The Four Spiritual Laws, and I don't know that I could completely recite The Four Spiritual Laws, Sinner's prayer. But it went something like this, "Lord Jesus, I need you, thank you for dying on the cross for my sins, I now surrender control of my life, I want you to take the throne of my life, and make me the kind of person you want me to be, in Jesus name, amen." There's The Sinner's Prayer. I was listening to a tape Jeremy gave me from Voddie Baucham, is a African American preacher, very powerful, I love listening to him and he's got a great sense of humor. He was talking about his friend Steve, who was leading him to Christ, and after a number of weeks of sharing, and witnessing, and talking, Voddie Baucham was alone, at one point, he was in a locker room and he realized, "I didn't need to seek any more, I didn't need any more information, I knew, I believed. I just knew it. And so, I got down on my knees and that sweaty, nasty locker room." And this is what he prayed, "God, that thing you did for Steve, that he's been telling me you want to do for me, now is good." Now, you're not going to see that printed at the back of most tracks, that's not the approach that most of us take. But he goes on and he says, "One of the best things Steve ever did for me is, he didn't change my prayer." Though we know it's not magic words that save, it's not the words of the Sinner's Prayer, is what comes out of the heart, and the person just saying, "Save me." Now, some people believe that that's the moment of justification, that until you say the Sinner's Prayer, you're not justified, I don't think that that really is possible. If you look at Verses 13-14, Romans 10, and there it says, "Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. How then can they call on the one they've not believed in?" Do you see that? You have to believe before you can call. Therefore, I say to you, every genuine Sinner's Prayer that has everyone prayed, they're already justified before they said a word. And what the Sinner's Prayer is, is the first fruit of a justifying faith. And it isn't the last time they're going to call on the name of the Lord, is it? They're going to be calling and calling and calling and calling on Jesus the rest of their lives, that's just the first one. And Jesus does make us vocalize our need, doesn't He? He says to blind Bartimaeus, this blind man sitting by the road, and He says, "Lord, Son of David, have mercy on me." And Jesus seems to be a bit dense when He says, "What do you want me to do for you?" He's not dense, He's making Bartimaeus vocalize his need. "Tell me what you need." He knows what we need before we ask. But there's something very significant about speaking what we need. "Jesus save my soul." But I'm just telling you, before you say those words in truth, you already believed them in your heart and you were already justified. For it is with the mouth, it is with the heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with the mouth that you confess and are saved. So that's what the Sinner's Prayer is. Step 3: Confirmed by Water Baptism The third step is that it's confirmed by water baptism. Now, you may say, "I don't see any water in Romans 10:9-10, so, where in the world? I thought you're an expositional preacher, I don't see any water, what's going on here?" Well, what I believe is that the confession with the mouth is the first stance of an outward communication to the world, "I am a Christian." There's got to be a hearing audience that's listening to you say, "Jesus is Lord." And the Lord Himself ordained that one of the earliest things that Christian does, is testify to the outside world, Jesus is Lord, by submitting to water baptism. That's the way that we believe that we make a public confession of Christ that He is Lord, and by submitting to water baptism. And we make you stand back here... Oh, you guys are still there, I never look at you, watch you there. We make you stand right back there and there's a microphone, and the people have to read their testimony, of how they came to faith in Christ. And I've had people be afraid to do it, and they say, "Do I really have to make this public confession?" I said, "Yes you do." But Jesus is going to help you. It's just the first step of lots of challenges in the Christian life. And that water baptism is a public confession. Now, let me say a note about the idea of walking the aisle. We've talked about this before, but I think it's a good moment to say it. In many Evangelical churches, there's an invitation to come to Christ at the end of the sermon. I actually give invitation to come to Christ through the whole sermon. Frankly, the Word of God is a constant invitation to believe and to trust. Remember what it was that saved Abraham, what did he say? What did he do? Nothing. He believed God and it was credited to him as righteousness, that's justification by faith. It's in the heart. So, I guess by logic, you shouldn't be coming forward, you should come out of your tent and look up at the stars. It's got nothing to do with what you're doing with your body, although it will come out as you confess your faith to the outside world. But it's faith that justifies. And so, in many of the Evangelical, Baptist churches at the end of the sermon, there's this invitation, and people are encouraged to get up out of the peers and to make their way to the front. And that has become such a major issue that it's somewhat of a tradition, almost boarding on traditionalism. And Voddie Baucham was talking about that, He said, "I'm asking you to stay put." I want you... Or go to the back, or do something, but coming to the front doesn't do anything to you. What it does do, and the kernel of what was good about that is a willingness to be not ashamed but a willingness to make a stand for Christ, to be publicly known as a Christian." Now, that is true, and I think that's exactly what's going on here in Romans 10:9-10. But friends, coming forward wasn't really possible than an age when there were no buildings, in which they met at Solomon's colonnade, in which there were small house churches and all that, there was no building in which you could come forward to, or in, or whatever is at the end of that sentence. Coming forward doesn't save you, hearing and believing saves. And then after that, there's going to be a lot more asked of you than merely coming forward. Water baptism friends, is the way that we begin to make a formal testimony to the watching world that we are Christians. Well, I have another one. Now, if it helps to come forward, sometimes I think it is effective to say, "Look, if you would like to come forward and pray, kneel down, if you want somebody to pray with you... " Those things are fine, and we're going to do them, that's why I continue to go forward and I still have people come up and we pray together, and that's wonderful. There's nothing wrong with that. I just want to take away the sense of a sacrament almost, away from coming forward. It is hearing the Word, preach and believing that saves. And after that, we confess with our mouth, Jesus is Lord, and then water baptism is a formal way we testify to the watching world that we are saved. Step 4: Confirmed by a Transformed Lifestyle Now, the fourth step is that it's confirmed by a transformed lifestyle. Ron Hamilton who does the Patch the Pirate tapes wrote a song about hypocrisy, and he said this, "Your walk talks, and your talk talks, but your walk talks louder than your talk talks." Let me put that in simple terms, people are watching how you live, not just what you say. They want to see if your lifestyle lines up with what you're confessing with your mouth. So, if you confess with your mouth, Jesus is Lord, but you live contrary to His commands, that is no confirmation of saving faith, actually, it's quite the opposite. Saving faith produces a transformed lifestyle. Saving faith can be seen not in itself, but in the fruit that comes from it. And so therefore, Paul writes at the beginning of this letter, Romans 1:8, "First, I thank my God through Jesus Christ for all of you, because your faith is being reported all over the world." Nobody can report on faith, but we can report on the fruit of faith, we can see what's happened to you. He says the same thing in 1 Thessalonians 1:8-10, he says, "The Lord's message rang out from you, not only in Macedonia and Achia, your faith in God has become known everywhere. Therefore, we don't need to say anything about it. For they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols, to serve the living and true God and to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, Jesus, who rescues us from this coming wrath." Paul says, "The Thessalonian Christians, everybody could see your changed life. You stopped doing evil things. The gross sins follow way quickly, the drunk stops drinking, the drug addict stops using. Those that are sexually immoral, they stopped sleeping together." There's a change in lifestyle because you're a Christian, and that's genuine. And then after that, the Lord has the rest of your lives to work on the real hard issues, the root issues of pride and lust and greed, and selfishness, the rest of your life. But a transformed lifestyle will be evident for everyone to see, that's the fourth step. Step 5: Confirmed by Perseverance Through Suffering The fifth step is confirmed by perseverance through suffering. You know about the rocky soil, the seed falls on it, and at once receives it with joy, but since he has no root he lasts only a short time. And trouble or persecution comes because of the Word, he quickly falls away. The ultimate confirmation of saving faith is perseverance over the years. Perseverance, facing two different kinds of suffering. First, suffering in temptation, you persevere in a lifestyle of holiness, fighting the good fight of faith. 1 Timothy 6, Paul talks about Timothy's confession, he said, "Fight the good fight of faith," they're linked together. It's an internal war of holiness and righteousness. And secondly, making a verbal confession to the outside world. Speak to your neighbors, speak to your co-workers, speak to your classmates, tell them that you're a Christian, say that you believe that Jesus is Lord, you've got to speak the words. Because we're going to see later in Romans 10:17, "Faith comes by hearing." And earlier than that, that there's got to be a preacher. Somebody's got to be willing to say the words. You have to be willing to be counted as a Christian. You have to say, "Jesus is Lord," you have to be willing to say. Friends, nobody's going to get upset if you say, "God bless you," after somebody sneezes. Nobody is offended by the word God. Say, "Jesus", say "Jesus Christ. Jesus is Lord. Christ is my savior," that's when it's going to get offensive. Acts 4:12, "Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to man by which we must be saved," than Jesus Christ of Nazareth. Say the name and be willing to be counted worthy of suffering for the Gospel. III. Applications What application can we take from this? Is understanding that we've gained the nature of true saving faith. First and foremost, friends, are you saved? Are you saved? Are you saved from your sins? Are you saved from wrath on Judgment Day? Do you believe that Jesus is God in the flesh? Do you believe that God raised Him from the dead? Do you believe it with your heart? Secondly, has Christ become your treasure? Is He your greatest desire? Is it your yearning to see Him in the face? Is it your yearning to see his glory and to be with him where He is? Is that what you want? For it says, "Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also." And you think about it a lot. Do you wonder if Christ is pleased with you? Are you thinking, "Is this a Christocentric lifestyle?" And you're thinking, you're just thinking about Christ, you love Him, He's your treasure. And is your mouth and your life confirming that Jesus is your Lord? And if your answer to that is no, then you're not saved, you're still in your sins. Come to Christ. Jesus stands with his hands extended and says, "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened and I'll give you rest." Come to Christ today. Come to Christ and believe in Him, and trust in Him for the salvation of your souls. And if you are a Christian, does your life live up to your testimony? Have you allowed some other things to crowd out your love for Christ? Is He still the only treasure of your heart, the ultimate treasure of your heart? Do you need some weeding work done? And are you willing to stand and be counted as one of his own? Make a confession that Jesus is your Lord publicly, to a watching world. That's going to give you a hard time for making that confession, are you willing to do it? Jesus Christ is calling on us as Christians to make this confession, "Jesus is Lord," to a world that hates Him. People's souls are relying on the willingness of Christians to make that confession. Won't you do it? Close with me in prayer.