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It's Tuesday, May 13th, A.D. 2025. This is The Worldview in 5 Minutes heard on 125 radio stations and at www.TheWorldview.com. I'm Adam McManus. (Adam@TheWorldview.com) By Kevin Swanson Four Christian families evicted in Laos Four Christian families have lost their homes, after being evicted from their village in north-western Laos a week ago. They were forced to leave their possessions behind, and leave their home in the Luang Namtha province in northern Laos, near the border of Thailand. BarnabasAid.org has provided funds to cover the believers' immediate needs for rice, cooking oil, hygiene products, and other essentials. United Kingdom's disturbing euthanasia bill The United Kingdom House of Commons is considering a euthanasia bill. A rather macabre government appraisal has estimated a cost savings of 59.6 million pounds for the killing of 1,000 and 4,500 people per year. The government report also noted other cost savings from the “social care sector and in social security payments.” The bill would allow the killing of a person whom doctors prophesy to only have six months or less to live. Deuteronomy 27:25 speaks to this when the leaders of Israel said, “Cursed is the one who takes a bribe to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, ‘Amen!'” Christian clerk, who refused to certify homosexual “marriage,” goes before Supremes Liberty Counsel, a Christian legal advocacy group, will be appealing to the U.S. Supreme Court for Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis of Rowan County. She is arguing that the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment protects her from liability and damages for refusing to issue a “same-sex marriage” license against her religious beliefs. Liberty Counsel Founder and Chairman Mat Staver said that the case “underscores why the U.S. Supreme Court should overturn Obergefell v. Hodges because that decision threatens the religious liberty of many Americans who believe that marriage is a sacred institution between one man and one woman.” Closer to nuclear war today The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists has moved the Doomsday Clock to 89 seconds before midnight. The clock, which estimates the risks of nuclear war, has been in operation for 70 years. During the Cuban Missile Crisis, the clock moved to 7 minutes to midnight. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, the clock moved to 17 minutes. The clock moved to 2 minutes in 2018, and now 89 seconds to midnight in 2025. The organization attributes “profound global instability and geopolitical tension” to the moving of the needle. “King of Kings” animated film makes $65 million The Mormon-owned Angel Studios has succeeded again — with the film “King of Kings,” an animated story of a little boy who takes a journey through events in the life of Jesus. (audio clip of trailer) FATHER: “Our story begins 2,000 years ago, when baby Jesus came into the world.” SON: “Wait, wait, stop. If it's not about a king, then I'm not interested!” FATHER: “This story is about the King of kings.” SON: “Wow!” FATHER: “It has angels and wicked kings and miracles.” SON: “Look at all the fish.” FATHER: “Oh, so you want to hear the story now?” SON: “Uh-huh!” So far, the film has collected $65 million at the box office. That exceeds the Angel Studios' previous box office total of $14 million for the film, “His Only Son” on Abraham's trek to Mount Moriah. Last year's film, “Cabrini,” produced by Angel Studios, was a treatment of the Roman Catholic saint by the name of Maria Francesca Cabrini who established 67 schools and orphanages in New York City in the late 1800s for poor, Italian immigrants. This production earned $21 million at the box office. The Mormon-owned studio's top box office hit was “The Sound of Freedom,” earning $251 million in 2023 — a film on the subject of sex trafficking. The Chief Executive Officer of Angel Studios is Neal Harmon, a Mormon. Tentative trade agreement between China and America U.S. President Donald Trump announced Monday a temporary China-US trade agreement, which would cut U.S. tariffs on Chinese imports from 145% to 30%. China would cut their tariffs on U.S. imports from 125% to 10%. TRUMP: “Yesterday, we achieved a total reset with China. After productive talks in Geneva, both sides now agree to reduce the tariffs imposed after April 2nd to 10% for 90 days as negotiators continue in the largest structural issues. “That doesn't include the tariffs that are already on, that are our tariffs, and it doesn't include tariffs on cars, steel, aluminum, or tariffs that may be imposed on pharmaceuticals because we want to bring the pharmaceutical businesses back to the United States. They're already starting to come back now, based on tariffs, because they don't want to pay 25%, 50%, or 100% tariffs. So, they're moving them back to the United States. “The talks in Geneva were very friendly. The relationship is very good. We're not looking to hurt China. China was being hurt very badly. They were closing up factories. They were having a lot of unrest, and they were very happy to be able to do something with us. The relationship is very, very good. I'll speak to President Xi maybe at the end of the week.” The deal will operate during a trial period of 90 days. U.S. government debt spirals higher The U.S. government is still on a big spending spree. The U.S. Treasury records a $1.049 trillion budget deficit for the first seven months of fiscal 2025. That's up 23% over a year earlier. Social Security spending is up 9% year-over-year. Outlays reached a record number of $4.159 trillion for the year to date. Gutsy GOP Congresswoman wants to defund Planned Parenthood And finally, Breitbart News reports that Republican Congresswoman Mary Miller of Illinois is behind a move to defund Planned Parenthood's abortion funding through the budget reconciliation process. Miller noted that “abortions made up 97.1% of Planned Parenthood's pregnancy services from 2021-2022, performing nearly 400,000 abortions.” The House Committee on Energy and Commerce released a portion of the proposed bill on Monday, with the provision to strip abortion providers of funding. Mary Miller is a homeschooling mom of seven and grandmother of 20, hailing from the state of Illinois. Proverbs 24:11-12 reminds us, “Deliver those who are drawn toward death, and hold back those stumbling to the slaughter. If you say, ‘Surely we did not know this,' does not He who weighs the hearts consider it? He who keeps your soul, does He not know it? And will He not render to each man according to his deeds?” Close And that's The Worldview on this Tuesday, May 13th, in the year of our Lord 2025. Subscribe for free by Spotify, Amazon Music or by iTunes or email to our unique Christian newscast at www.TheWorldview.com. Or get the Generations app through Google Play or The App Store. I'm Adam McManus (Adam@TheWorldview.com). Seize the day for Jesus Christ.
Today our guest is Josh Holbrook, SEL Specialist at Rowan County Middle School in Kentucky . Josh dives into the transformative power of a simple warm welcome and shares about the fun way they partnered with student-athletes to build relationships by greeting students at the door for Fist Bump Friday. Josh also breaks down the four essential components of the warm welcome, the intention behind each step, and the profound impact it's had on students, staff, and the school community. Learn More About CharacterStrong: Register for the FREE 2025 School Counseling Summit Access FREE Tier 2 Curriculum Samples Attend our next live product preview Visit the CharacterStrong Website Josh Holbrook is a Social-Emotional Learning Coach at Rowan County Middle School in Morehead, Kentucky. Josh has worked with students for the past 11 years and held many different positions in the educational realm including residential youth worker, instructional assistant, special education teacher, district behavior support, and SEL coach. When students returned in person Spring 2021, Josh noted that internalizing and externalizing behaviors had seemingly spiked across settings. Increasingly he heard, “students don't know how to behave” and saw this as an opportunity. He thought to himself, “if they don't know math or reading, we teach math or reading,” and sought a way to intentionally teach behavior at a tier 1 level via implementation of social-emotional learning (SEL). Rowan County Schools accepted this proposal, and he became SEL Coach for the district in 2021. With the support of the district's Project AWARE Program Director, Tara Cornett, this structure has grown to dedicated SEL Coaches (shoutout Megan, Sarah, Emma, and Cody) in each school in Rowan County, and the team looks forward to seeing where they can positively impact school climate and culture from here. When he isn't working, Josh loves exercising, hiking, seeing live music, cooking, and relaxing at home with his wife, Lindsey, their daughter, Camryn, dog, Sugaree, and cat, Phyllis.
Up next for listening pleasure from our popular KRAM and KERB series! Shackjam #9! We're mashing up some Triple Threat artists from our well loved theme day series on Halshack Radio! On Thursdays we focus spotlight shows on 3 artists per hour! We're steam rolling through some of the best our universe has to offer on Thursdays! This is a spin off show, part of the gamin series trilogy involving Ready Set Sort, local table top gaming store in Lexington along with our joint interests with Quincy's Tavern and the Norse Forged Gathering in Rowan County. Catch it next October! Catch Sam Tinnesz, The Royal Foundry in the great Magic Places episode that kicked off the celebration! Catch them here as they threaten you with eclectic tunes and sounds from their arsenal! I tied it all in with Crashing Atlas and their warrior style thunderous pop metal to cap off the show and the weekend Gathering in Salisbury, NC! Next week we focus on my special 10 Anniversary as the Halshack! We will feature a theme show based on my well acclaimed Double Trouble series from 2 for Tunesday on Halshack Radio on Zeno FM! Thanks for all the love! Find it all at www.halshack.com"Shine or get in line".... Halshack
Mark Garrison headed to Western NC to get a first-hand look at the devastation after Hurricane Helene. Mark stumbled upon a family in Rowan County who figured out, what some may call, an unconventional method of hauling supplies to those affected. If you'd like to donate, please contact toberermichele@yahoo.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Send us a Text Message. Slam the Gavel welcomes Marcus House, Gloria House and Hugh House Jr. to the podcast. Located in Rowan County, NC, Marcus House's case is in Cabarrus County NC. For two years, father Marcus House has been jailed several times and so has his mother who is on disability. Marcus, who has a good job and is a basketball coach, had been recently incarcerated for 30 days for Contempt of Court, because his children, ages 13 and 17 don't want to see their mother. There is video/film footage of abuse/evidence, Judge N. Knust of Cabarrus County, NC refuses to look at the evidence, speak with the boys or listen to their counselor. Gloria House, on disability, was incarcerated for asking a question of Judge Knust which was why was he sending the sole provider for the children to jail and not looking at evidence. Judge Knust answered back, "Give me a reason why I shouldn't lock you up?" The mother/grandmother was taken to jail and not given her prescribed medication. Gloria House and her son Marcus are TARGETS of the family court system in Cabarrus County, NC. Marcus and Gloria House have been jailed before AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE with the goal in mind to force the boys to be with their mother.To Reach Marcus House, Gloria House and Hugh House, Jr.: dismantlingfamilycourtcorruption.com Supportshow(https://www.buymeacoffee.com/maryannpetri)Maryann Petri: dismantlingfamilycourtcorruption.comhttps://www.tiktok.com/@maryannpetriFacebook: https://www.youtube.com/@slamthegavelpodcasthostmar5536Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guitarpeace/Pinterest: Slam The Gavel Podcast/@guitarpeaceLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryann-petri-62a46b1ab/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@slamthegavelpodcasthostmar5536 Twitter https://x.com/PetriMaryann*DISCLAIMER* The use of this information is at the viewer/user's own risk. Not financial, medical nor legal advice as the content on this podcast does not constitute legal, financial, medical or any other professional advice. Viewer/user's should consult with the relevant professionalsSupport the Show.Supportshow(https://www.buymeacoffee.com/maryannpetri)http://www.dismantlingfamilycourtcorruption.com/
Send us a Text Message.Misty comes back on the show to chat about her recent thru-hike of the Sheltowee Trace Trail. We also talk about hiking with dogs, getting hitches in Kentucky and Tennessee, and close out with some favorite Michigan hiking trails. Misty's been on the show a few times so I've also included some links below so you can catch up on our conversations.The Sheltowee Trace trail runs 343 miles from the northern boundary of the Daniel Boone National Forest in Rowan County, Kentucky to the southern boundary of Big South Fork NRRA in Scott County, Tennessee. (sheltoweetrace.org)Connect with Misty:Instagram: @dantedirtstashBest place to find out the latest trail info for Sheltowee Trace: Sheltowee Trace Association Listen to some of our previous episodes:Hike's 4 Year Anniversary Episode: Misty Bischoff, Zach Kuss, and Tim SmithAppalachia: The Trail Magic that Inspires UsFive Michigan Backpacking Adventures with Misty BischoffSupport the Show.Connect with Hike:Instagram: @thehikepodcast @shenandoahexplorerFacebook: @thehikepodcastEmail: hikepodcast@gmail.com
Mat Staver is founder - chairman of Liberty Counsel. Mat is a constitutional attorney with three landmark cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He's an author and the host of the radio broadcasts Faith - Freedom and Freedom's Call.--It is Christians that are often accused of hate for simply agreeing with the Bible that the practices espoused by the LGBTQ movement are an abomination to God. To put it another way, such individuals sometimes accuse Christians of projecting hate when in reality, they are the ones that are guilty of such behavior.--The latest example is the extreme hate being shown Kim Davis through threats of physical violence, rape, death and arson. Kim is a retired Rowan County, Kentucky, clerk who several years ago boldly refused to violate her conscience when confronted with having to issue a marriage license to people of the same sex. --Upon asking for a religious accommodation, Kim was sued and ended up in jail for six days which brought her international attention. She eventually did receive her religious accommodation from then Governor Mat Bevin, but the ACLU continued to press forward and now she has a judgment against her for -360,000.--The reason Kim's case is catching so much media attention once again is because this case could be the one to overturn the 2015 Obergefell decision. Mat explains why and how this is causing not only Kim, but Liberty Counsel to be under threat of violence for daring to represent Davis in this battle and help her stand up for her constitutional rights.
Mat Staver is founder - chairman of Liberty Counsel. Mat is a constitutional attorney with three landmark cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He's an author and the host of the radio broadcasts Faith - Freedom and Freedom's Call.--It is Christians that are often accused of hate for simply agreeing with the Bible that the practices espoused by the LGBTQ movement are an abomination to God. To put it another way, such individuals sometimes accuse Christians of projecting hate when in reality, they are the ones that are guilty of such behavior.--The latest example is the extreme hate being shown Kim Davis through threats of physical violence, rape, death and arson. Kim is a retired Rowan County, Kentucky, clerk who several years ago boldly refused to violate her conscience when confronted with having to issue a marriage license to people of the same sex. --Upon asking for a religious accommodation, Kim was sued and ended up in jail for six days which brought her international attention. She eventually did receive her religious accommodation from then Governor Mat Bevin, but the ACLU continued to press forward and now she has a judgment against her for -360,000.--The reason Kim's case is catching so much media attention once again is because this case could be the one to overturn the 2015 Obergefell decision. Mat explains why and how this is causing not only Kim, but Liberty Counsel to be under threat of violence for daring to represent Davis in this battle and help her stand up for her constitutional rights.
Mat Staver is founder - chairman of Liberty Counsel. Mat is a constitutional attorney with three landmark cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He's an author and the host of the radio broadcasts Faith - Freedom and Freedom's Call.--It is Christians that are often accused of hate for simply agreeing with the Bible that the practices espoused by the LGBTQ movement are an abomination to God. To put it another way, such individuals sometimes accuse Christians of projecting hate when in reality, they are the ones that are guilty of such behavior.--The latest example is the extreme hate being shown Kim Davis through threats of physical violence, rape, death and arson. Kim is a retired Rowan County, Kentucky, clerk who several years ago boldly refused to violate her conscience when confronted with having to issue a marriage license to people of the same sex. --Upon asking for a religious accommodation, Kim was sued and ended up in jail for six days which brought her international attention. She eventually did receive her religious accommodation from then Governor Mat Bevin, but the ACLU continued to press forward and now she has a judgment against her for -360,000.--The reason Kim's case is catching so much media attention once again is because this case could be the one to overturn the 2015 Obergefell decision. Mat explains why and how this is causing not only Kim, but Liberty Counsel to be under threat of violence for daring to represent Davis in this battle and help her stand up for her constitutional rights.
Mat Staver is founder & chairman of Liberty Counsel. Mat is a constitutional attorney with three landmark cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He's an author and the host of the radio broadcasts Faith & Freedom and Freedom's Call.It is Christians that are often accused of hate for simply agreeing with the Bible that the practices espoused by the LGBTQ movement are an abomination to God. To put it another way, such individuals sometimes accuse Christians of projecting hate when in reality, they are the ones that are guilty of such behavior.The latest example is the extreme hate being shown Kim Davis through threats of physical violence, rape, death and arson. Kim is a retired Rowan County, Kentucky, clerk who several years ago boldly refused to violate her conscience when confronted with having to issue a marriage license to people of the same sex. Upon asking for a religious accommodation, Kim was sued and ended up in jail for six days which brought her international attention. She eventually did receive her religious accommodation from then Governor Mat Bevin, but the ACLU continued to press forward and now she has a judgment against her for $360,000.The reason Kim's case is catching so much media attention once again is because this case could be the one to overturn the 2015 Obergefell decision. Mat explains why and how this is causing not only Kim, but Liberty Counsel to be under threat of violence for daring to represent Davis in this battle and help her stand up for her constitutional rights.
Mat Staver is founder - chairman of Liberty Counsel. Mat is a constitutional attorney with three landmark cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He's an author and the host of the radio broadcasts Faith - Freedom and Freedom's Call.--It is Christians that are often accused of hate for simply agreeing with the Bible that the practices espoused by the LGBTQ movement are an abomination to God. To put it another way, such individuals sometimes accuse Christians of projecting hate when in reality, they are the ones that are guilty of such behavior.--The latest example is the extreme hate being shown Kim Davis through threats of physical violence, rape, death and arson. Kim is a retired Rowan County, Kentucky, clerk who several years ago boldly refused to violate her conscience when confronted with having to issue a marriage license to people of the same sex. --Upon asking for a religious accommodation, Kim was sued and ended up in jail for six days which brought her international attention. She eventually did receive her religious accommodation from then Governor Mat Bevin, but the ACLU continued to press forward and now she has a judgment against her for -360,000.--The reason Kim's case is catching so much media attention once again is because this case could be the one to overturn the 2015 Obergefell decision. Mat explains why and how this is causing not only Kim, but Liberty Counsel to be under threat of violence for daring to represent Davis in this battle and help her stand up for her constitutional rights.
Mat Staver is founder & chairman of Liberty Counsel. Mat is a constitutional attorney with three landmark cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He's an author and the host of the radio broadcasts Faith & Freedom and Freedom's Call.It is Christians that are often accused of hate for simply agreeing with the Bible that the practices espoused by the LGBTQ movement are an abomination to God. To put it another way, such individuals sometimes accuse Christians of projecting hate when in reality, they are the ones that are guilty of such behavior.The latest example is the extreme hate being shown Kim Davis through threats of physical violence, rape, death and arson. Kim is a retired Rowan County, Kentucky, clerk who several years ago boldly refused to violate her conscience when confronted with having to issue a marriage license to people of the same sex. Upon asking for a religious accommodation, Kim was sued and ended up in jail for six days which brought her international attention. She eventually did receive her religious accommodation from then Governor Mat Bevin, but the ACLU continued to press forward and now she has a judgment against her for $360,000.The reason Kim's case is catching so much media attention once again is because this case could be the one to overturn the 2015 Obergefell decision. Mat explains why and how this is causing not only Kim, but Liberty Counsel to be under threat of violence for daring to represent Davis in this battle and help her stand up for her constitutional rights.
This Week on WinCity Sports Cards Coaches Corner: Join us for an action-packed episode! In this extended episode of the Coaches Corner we set down with Junior UK Pitcher Mason Moore on his transition from the high school level pitching at Rowan County to being a Division 1 pitcher in the SEC, going to the College World Series, and his upcoming pitching camp. This is a podcast made for everyone. Sports, Wrestling, Movies, and much much more. As the Number One Podcast out of Mount Sterling every Thursday and Saturday mornings that drops at 3 am your missing out if you don't listen. Hosts - Sean Kiper, Neil Payne, Wes Crouch, Adam Muncy, and Daron Stephens. If you would like to help the show! Cash App: fromc2cpc Paypal: corner2cornerpc@gmail.com Follow and Like us on the following Social Media Platforms. https://www.tiktok.com/@fromcorner2corner?lang=en https://twitter.com/corner2cornerpc https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ1CVW5JlWWXRJLUWzuJc6g www.fromcorner2corner.com
In this episode we meet the incredible JP Davis, a social entrepreneur, serial mega-fundraiser for important causes, and a gay man who bucks the perception that Louisville, Kentucky, is only for straights. JP talks about his career from White House Intern under George Bush Jr., to assistant to a Conservative member of the UK Parliament, to returning to Louisville to launch his consulting firm, JP David Partners, and his support for both infrastructure organizations and nonprofits. He talks candidly to Kristi and Alissa about his teenage years, realizing he was gay, his brother's experiences with conversion therapy, and dealing with the town and the church. We also address the broader societal issues of homophobia and racism, the role economic factors play, and the need for compassion to foster real change.https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyjpdavis/https://www.jpdavispartners.com/aboutStories:-00:00 - Start00:11 - Introducing JP Davis from Louisville00:46 - Kristi said: "Is this her somebody"?01:34 - In Louisville, three gay couples holding hands02:15 - "Louisville is so gay"04:06 - Changing hearts and minds in Louisville, KY.04:45 - Growing up knowing I liked boys05:54 - "I was super-afraid to act on it"07:20 - The letter to my 7th Grade self09:08 - "It's child abuse to tell a child they're bad"11:15 - "I stayed in the closet six more years"14:08 - We hold our parents to such a standard15:03 - "My Dad looks at me and sees shame in himself"19:45 - "Do you know a transexual?"23:50 - Start a rumor about yourself25:50 - "I'd serve with the proud, gap people any time"27:03 - JP Davis Partners28:18 - Work in social impact31:15 - "It's not easy being a homo in Kentucky sometimes"31:45 - Celebrating Jordan37:20 - "Dad, I will push you off the boat"38:18 - Advice for younger generations
This week the guys are talking with Rowan County AD Michael Ritchie and New Wrestling Coach Ethan Miller. All this and more on this weeks Coaches Corner!! Podcast made for everyone. Sports, Wrestling, Movies, and much much more. As the Number One Podcast out of Mount Sterling every Thursday and Saturday mornings that drops at 3 am your missing out if you don't listen. Hosts - Sean Kiper, Neil Payne, Wes Crouch and Adam Muncy. If you would like to help the show! Cash App: fromc2cpc Paypal: corner2cornerpc@gmail.com Follow and Like us on the following Social Media Platforms. https://www.tiktok.com/@fromcorner2corner?lang=en https://twitter.com/corner2cornerpc https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ1CVW5JlWWXRJLUWzuJc6g www.fromcorner2corner.com From Corner2Corner Online Store: https://fromcorner2corner.itemorder.com/shop/home/
In an exclusie interview with WCNC Charlotte, Mayor Vi Lyles voices her concern about a 1-cent sales tax getting on the ballot come November. The proposed tax would help fund some of the city's major transit projects, including the Silver Line. Lyles says securing the funding quickly is essential for getting those projects complete on time. A Rowan County school is closed Friday after a strong thunderstorm ripped the roof off a building on campus. Richard DeVayne has the latest update on that, plus recaps the impacts felt across the Charlotte area from Thursday's storms, which took down trees and knocked out power for thousands of people in the metro. The click is ticking for people to file their income taxes, but what happens if you don't meet the April 15 deadline? Sarah French connects the dots on Tax Day and why the penalty can cost much more than you might expect. WCNC Charlotte To Go is a daily news and weather podcast you can listen to so you can start your day with the team at WCNC Charlotte. SUBSCRIBE: Apple Podcasts || Spotify || Pandora || TuneIn || Google Podcasts || iHeartAll of WCNC Charlotte's podcasts are free and available for both streaming and download. You can listen now on Android, iPhone, Amazon, and other internet-connected devices. Join us from North Carolina, South Carolina, or on the go anywhere.
On today's episode, Jake continues the Courtroom Warriors series highlighting young leaders in criminal defense with this week's spotlight on Rowan County attorney Marlowe Rary. Marlowe is a former teacher turned lawyer and shares the moment in his youth that sent him on a trajectory towards criminal defense. Marlowe is a partner at Whitley, Jordan, Inge & Rary, a powerhouse of criminal defense experience and expertise. Highlights: · Discover why joining a longstanding criminal defense firm may be the quickest way to success in both the courtroom and business. · Learn how Marlowe's background as a teacher has helped in his development as a lawyer and why education is such a huge part of his firm's culture. · Uncover some of the biggest challenges facing criminal defense lawyers according to Marlowe and his forecast of legal developments coming our way.
At the turn of the 20th century a young woman named Cora Wilson Stewart was hired as an elementary school teacher, later becoming Rowan County school superintendent. Fifteen years later she began a program that has since spread across the country: the idea of adult education for those who needed it.Today we tell her story and the story of the schools she founded, the Moonlight Schools of eastern Kentucky.Be sure to subscribe to the Stories podcast...we're on Spreaker, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, PlayerFM, Audible or wherever you get your favorite podcasts.We're also on TikTok@storiesofappalachia and on Instragram@storyappalachia.Thanks for listening.This show is part of the Spreaker Prime Network, if you are interested in advertising on this podcast, contact us at https://www.spreaker.com/show/5553692/advertisement
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Persecution is happening for those who call evil for what it is. This is due to the fact that there are those who call evil, -good.- In fact, these same people are attacking Christianity and its values, the values that our nation was founded upon. --So what should believers do-- Should we cower in fear or are there duties that we are responsible for adhering to in such times-- -Returning to talk about our responsibilities in hostile times, Crosstalk welcomed back Mat Staver. Mat is founder - chairman of Liberty Counsel. He is a constitutional attorney with three landmark cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He's an author and the host of the radio broadcasts Faith - Freedom and Freedom's Call.--Discussion began with review of the fact that for the first time in America's history, the position of Speaker of the house was vacated by a majority vote. This was despite the fact that out of 95- of Republicans that are in the House, 8 did join with Democrats to vacate the position.--On the Senate side, with the passing of Senator Feinstein, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced his appointment of Laphonza Butler to be the new senator. However, her radical credentials don't mirror biblical values. Aside from that, she's not even a resident of California so there may be a challenge on that point.--On the main topic, Mat commented on the following points, that together show how Christian values are under attack---This week the U.S. Supreme Court began their new term and recently Mat told Crosstalk listeners that he will be petitioning the court to take up the case for Kim Davis, the now retired, Rowan County, Kentucky, Clerk. -See Crosstalk for September 18th-.
Persecution is happening for those who call evil for what it is. This is due to the fact that there are those who call evil, -good.- In fact, these same people are attacking Christianity and its values, the values that our nation was founded upon. --So what should believers do-- Should we cower in fear or are there duties that we are responsible for adhering to in such times-- -Returning to talk about our responsibilities in hostile times, Crosstalk welcomed back Mat Staver. Mat is founder - chairman of Liberty Counsel. He is a constitutional attorney with three landmark cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He's an author and the host of the radio broadcasts Faith - Freedom and Freedom's Call.--Discussion began with review of the fact that for the first time in America's history, the position of Speaker of the house was vacated by a majority vote. This was despite the fact that out of 95- of Republicans that are in the House, 8 did join with Democrats to vacate the position.--On the Senate side, with the passing of Senator Feinstein, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced his appointment of Laphonza Butler to be the new senator. However, her radical credentials don't mirror biblical values. Aside from that, she's not even a resident of California so there may be a challenge on that point.--On the main topic, Mat commented on the following points, that together show how Christian values are under attack---This week the U.S. Supreme Court began their new term and recently Mat told Crosstalk listeners that he will be petitioning the court to take up the case for Kim Davis, the now retired, Rowan County, Kentucky, Clerk. -See Crosstalk for September 18th-.
Historically Thinking: Conversations about historical knowledge and how we achieve it
In 1785, Jane Wellborn Spurgeon of Abbots Creek in Rowan County, North Carolina petititioned the North Carolina Legislature, attesting her right to 704 acres of land so that she might provide for her family of 12 children. Her husband, William Spurgeon, had been a leading Loyalist combatant during the Revolution. Now Jane sought to reclaim some of the property that had been taken from them by the rebel government of North Carolina. The Revolution had split their family, upended hierarchies, and now made James Spurgeon claim citizenship and some of the rights pertaining to it. Cynthia Kierner captures James Spurgeon, her world, and her voice in The Tory's Wife, A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America. Cindy Kerner is professor of history at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia. She was last on the podcast to discuss her book, Inventing Disaster: The Culture of Calamity from the Jamestown Colony to the Johnstown Flood. For Further Investigation The State Archives of North Carolina The Regulator Movement, described by the North Carolina Encyclopedia. For an overview of the American Revolution in the South, see my conversation with John Buchanan in Episode 110 Transcript [00:01:23] Al: Let's talk about your first meeting with Jane Wellborn Spurgeon. [00:01:30] Al: Do you remember? Do you remember where you were and what you felt? Because I bet you do. [00:01:37] Cindy: I, so like back in the mid 90s, I was writing a book about southern women, mostly white women. In the colonial and the revolutionary era, and it was a very open ended project, but from reading other books about the revolution, people like Linda Kerber in particular had used women's petitions to the state legislatures as a way of [00:02:00] getting at their voices. [00:02:01] Cindy: In other words, women who might not have left behind any other documents have left behind these documents where they told the legislators about their lives, about their problems as a way of getting some sort of help. And so I'm like, okay, I'm going to read all of these for Virginia and North and South Carolina, all the ones that were written by women. [00:02:22] Cindy: And what I'm really hoping to find is, women saying things like, Oh, we had this revolution. Isn't that awesome? Now we have rights. Woohoo. None of them did that. None of them did that. What they did when they asked for help was basically they said, Oh, I'm a poor, weak woman. Sob, sob, please help me. [00:02:43] Cindy: The one exception to that was Jane Spurgeon who, submitted three petitions between 1785 and 1791 and with each successive petition, when she didn't get what she wanted, she got madder and finally said, look [00:03:00] I should have the common rights of other citizens. And so I first. [00:03:03] Cindy: I met Jane in the North Carolina State Archives in Raleigh in the mid 1990s, and I wrote a little bit about her at that point, but I've really been thinking about her petitions and her very strongly worded [00:03:18] Al: So we have to talk more about petitionary literature in a little bit because I get so nerdy and excited about it. It's like the coolest damn thing. Petitionary literature throughout the 18th century. But how many are there of these petitions? [00:03:32] Cindy: There were hundreds submitted by women alone within this sort of, 10 or 20 year period. Many more were submitted by men and groups of men. But what's different about this period is that prior to the revolution at least in these States women almost never, they did occasionally, but it was very rare. [00:03:55] Cindy: What the revolution did and what the war did really was created situations where a [00:04:00] lot of these women were on their own and they were needing to collect debts, needing tax relief, wanting their husbands back pay if their husbands were soldiers and so forth and so on. And they petitioned the legislature in order to get that.
Travis talks with Mason County Football Coach Joe Wynn about the Royals win over Rowan County and previews their first district game vs Holmes.
Mat Staver is the founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. Mat is a constitutional attorney with three landmark cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He's an author and the host of the radio broadcasts Faith - Freedom and Freedom's Call.--On June 26th, 2015, in a case known as Obegefell v. Hodges, a majority of the Supreme Court released their decision that they found a right to same-sex marriage in the U.S. Constitution. --There have been many that have stood up to say that they will not be forced into acting against their religious convictions, and such has been the case with bakers, florists and website designers and yes, even a county clerk.--This Crosstalk reviews the timeline involving Kim Davis, who although now retired, was the elected -in 2014- clerk in Rowan County, Kentucky. She worked with then Governor Steven Beshear to try and obtain religious accommodation in the event that the U.S. Supreme Court would go the wrong way on the same-sex marriage issue which they did in 2015.--The governor denied her request, in spite of the fact that he gave his attorney general accommodation to not defend the state constitution amendment that said marriage is the union of a man and a woman. In other words, the governor gave his attorney general the ability to not defend man-woman marriage for conscience reasons yet he wouldn't allow Kim to opt out of having her name, title and authority on a marriage license that conflicts with God's design for marriage.--When the decision came down from the Supreme Court, Kim decided not to issue any marriage licenses until her accommodation request and the legislature came in to resolve the issue.
Mat Staver is the founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. Mat is a constitutional attorney with three landmark cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. He's an author and the host of the radio broadcasts Faith - Freedom and Freedom's Call.--On June 26th, 2015, in a case known as Obegefell v. Hodges, a majority of the Supreme Court released their decision that they found a right to same-sex marriage in the U.S. Constitution. --There have been many that have stood up to say that they will not be forced into acting against their religious convictions, and such has been the case with bakers, florists and website designers and yes, even a county clerk.--This Crosstalk reviews the timeline involving Kim Davis, who although now retired, was the elected -in 2014- clerk in Rowan County, Kentucky. She worked with then Governor Steven Beshear to try and obtain religious accommodation in the event that the U.S. Supreme Court would go the wrong way on the same-sex marriage issue which they did in 2015.--The governor denied her request, in spite of the fact that he gave his attorney general accommodation to not defend the state constitution amendment that said marriage is the union of a man and a woman. In other words, the governor gave his attorney general the ability to not defend man-woman marriage for conscience reasons yet he wouldn't allow Kim to opt out of having her name, title and authority on a marriage license that conflicts with God's design for marriage.--When the decision came down from the Supreme Court, Kim decided not to issue any marriage licenses until her accommodation request and the legislature came in to resolve the issue.
With several economic development wins in its portfolio and a big project in the pipeline, Rowan County continues to bring new business to the Charlotte Region. In addition to creating jobs, Rowan EDC is also attracting diverse talent with its new campaign and working to grow its young professional community. Find out why both companies and people are choosing to call Rowan home in this podcast.
Joshua and Jared Ravenscraft are two brothers out of Rowan County who have taken their love for Appalachia, sustainability, and hard-working communities and built an internationally-recognized apparel brand, New Frontier. Today, the Ravenscraft brothers join us in the podlab to talk about an exciting new project they have dropping later this month, what it means to work with other Appalachian artists, and how dreaming big isn't reserved for the big city.
A Rowan County college is mourning the loss of a basketball player who died in a car crash on Monday.Eric Henderson, 21, a Livingstone College sophomore who played on the team's basketball team, died in a crash on Monday in Cumberland County, N.C. Investigators told WRAL that Henderson's car crossed the center line and hit a pickup truck driven by an off-duty Cumberland County deputy on U.S. Highway 13 just north of Fayetteville. Speed is believed to be a factor in the crash. The involved deputy was injured but is expected to recover.Family members said Henderson was on his way back to college after a Christmas visit, according to WRAL.READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/he-was-the-ultimate-student-athlete-livingstone-college-basketball-player-dies-in-car-crash-eric-henderson-rowan-county-fayetteville-crash-fatal/275-d9d03159-9917-4063-9a41-4c0e2ea5ba3eThe Mega Millions jackpot has reached an estimated $565 million for Tuesday night's drawing. Will somebody go into the new year half a billion dollars richer, or will the latest huge lottery prize keep growing? The winning numbers for the Tuesday, Dec. 27 Mega Millions drawing were 9-13-36-59-61 and Mega Ball 11.The jackpot was last won on Oct. 14, with 20 drawings going by since then without a big winner. The $565 million prize is for the annuity option, which is paid out annually over 29 years. The cash option would pay $293.6 million. It's been a record-setting year for lottery games — even Tuesday's full prize pales in comparison to the $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot won in November by someone in Southern California. READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-world/mega-millions-winning-numbers-tuesday-dec-27-2022/507-da322794-3029-4bf2-8663-95d7419fa303Watch Wake Up Charlotte each weekday morning from 4:30 to 7 a.m. on WCNC Charlotte, and as always, join the conversation on social media using #WakeUpCLT!
A Rowan County college is mourning the loss of a basketball player who died in a car crash on Monday. Eric Henderson, 21, a Livingstone College sophomore who played on the team's basketball team, died in a crash on Monday in Cumberland County, N.C. Investigators told WRAL that Henderson's car crossed the center line and hit a pickup truck driven by an off-duty Cumberland County deputy on U.S. Highway 13 just north of Fayetteville. Speed is believed to be a factor in the crash. The involved deputy was injured but is expected to recover. Family members said Henderson was on his way back to college after a Christmas visit, according to WRAL. READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/local/he-was-the-ultimate-student-athlete-livingstone-college-basketball-player-dies-in-car-crash-eric-henderson-rowan-county-fayetteville-crash-fatal/275-d9d03159-9917-4063-9a41-4c0e2ea5ba3e The Mega Millions jackpot has reached an estimated $565 million for Tuesday night's drawing. Will somebody go into the new year half a billion dollars richer, or will the latest huge lottery prize keep growing? The winning numbers for the Tuesday, Dec. 27 Mega Millions drawing were 9-13-36-59-61 and Mega Ball 11. The jackpot was last won on Oct. 14, with 20 drawings going by since then without a big winner. The $565 million prize is for the annuity option, which is paid out annually over 29 years. The cash option would pay $293.6 million. It's been a record-setting year for lottery games — even Tuesday's full prize pales in comparison to the $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot won in November by someone in Southern California. READ MORE: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-world/mega-millions-winning-numbers-tuesday-dec-27-2022/507-da322794-3029-4bf2-8663-95d7419fa303 Watch Wake Up Charlotte each weekday morning from 4:30 to 7 a.m. on WCNC Charlotte, and as always, join the conversation on social media using #WakeUpCLT!
Bobby Eaton wants his actions in leadership and life to reflect the love of Jesus. His goal is to do as much as he can and help as many as he can for as long as he can. From dropping out of school to do mason work to bankruptcy and becoming a part owner in over 22 companies, Bobby knows firsthand how God can lift you out of the ashes and into divine appointments. Today, he shares the hard lessons he learned as a leader and father so you can see how God transforms lives when we listen to the Holy Spirit. Bobby's heart for the Lord is reflected right in his core values - number one, God matters, and number two, people matter. Tune in to hear about making Jesus look good in all you do and trusting God when you want to give up. In this episode, you'll hear: Bobby's journey from bankruptcy to being part owner in 22 companies The spirit-led realization he had about his children not wanting to work in the business His legacy plan to create generational businesses and wealth About the guest: In 2006, Bobby Eaton wanted to build a shed company established on Quality, Customer Service, and Competitive Pricing. At the time, he was running a successful metal roofing and construction company. The dilemma he faced was what to do in the winter months and the rainy season. He is a family man and his family is very important to him. He and his wife are blessed with four sons and four daughters, and when Liberty Storage Solutions, LLC was founded, it was with the hope that someday the company would be a blessing for all of his family. With the vision of creating a quality product, he went to work and purchased a two-acre parcel of land in Rowan County. Like most small businesses, it was trial and error, but he finally perfected his design! As he continued to grow he faced increasingly tough competition and found themselves at a crossroads. After much prayer and contemplation, he decided to continue living by out values of putting God first and trusting in his guiding light. They are excited to move into the future while still holding to the foundational values that the business was established on!You can get Bobby's book, The Boy in the Window: A Mennonite Memoir, here: https://a.co/d/gxgmRMS About the host: Following a successful career as CEO, Bobby sold his business to a publicly-traded company. In what he calls his "second half of life", Bobby seeks to pour Biblically-based principles into growth-minded business, church, and non-profit leaders. Through Values-Driven Leadership, Bobby serves as an Executive Coach and Training Consultant for organizations. He shares many of his principles and practices through a weekly blog, the True North Leader podcast, and through three books he has authored: Principled Profits:Outward Success Is an Inside Job, True North Business: A Leader's Guide to Extraordinary Growth and Impact, and The Freedom Paradox: Is Unbridled Freedom Dividing America? Find out more at BobbyAlbert.com
In local news, a piece of Boone's history has been restored. This piece of history is the Blue Ridge Tourist Court, a motel located on Old East King Street. According to the Watauga Democrat, local couple Mira and Brian Williams bought the property in fear that it would be torn down. The motel was built in 1953, and after years of it lying unused, the couple renovated it and brought it back to life, while keeping the theme of the 1950s present. In state news, the former fire chief and town manager for the Town of Landis in Rowan County pleaded guilty to embezzlement charges today in the Rowan County Superior Court. According to WBTV, 63 year-old Douglas Reed Linn pleaded guilty to six counts of embezzlement and was sentenced to serve between 44-65 months in prison. He is also responsible for paying the town of Landis back over a million dollars. In national news, the Wednesday night Powerball lottery for a 1.2 billion dollar prize has yet to be claimed, making the lottery prize rise to 1.5 billion dollars. According to WBTV, this prize will be the third largest lottery prize in United States history. The drawing for the Powerball will be held Saturday. Good luck to all! Today's weather is courtesy of Booneweather.com. Today is a warm and partly sunny day with a high of 61 degrees and a low of 43.
God has a mission - He has a purpose - for each of us. Living on Mission in Honduras, Rowan County, Lumberton, Salisbury, Kannapolis, and Guyana.
A solo banjo instrumental I wrote. Alternative genre and peacful. (Video in works - drone footage) I used my 2021 RK 76 Elite banjo, and for the 25 second long introduction I used a Roland TB-3 effects box. This is the first time I have recorded anything in years.
A solo banjo instrumental I wrote. Alternative genre and peacful. (Video in works - drone footage) I used my 2021 RK 76 Elite banjo, and for the 25 second long introduction I used a Roland TB-3 effects box. This is the first time I have recorded anything in years.
A single gunman opened fire inside a suburban Alabama church Thursday evening, killing two people and wounding a third at a small group meeting before being taken into custody, authorities said. FULL STORY: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-world/police-multiple-people-shot-at-alabama-church-suspect-held-birmingham/507-9dc1c3a6-b9b4-4986-b86a-d67498259c26Plus, crews in Rowan County are investigating what caused a historic black church to catch on fire and Mecklenburg County officials say they've seen a surge in people coming to shelters to get out of the dangerous heat. The heat wave has caused temperatures in the 90s and a heat index well over 100 degrees all week with another stretch of scorching weather ahead for the Carolinas. Watch Wake Up Charlotte each weekday morning from 4:30 to 7 a.m. on WCNC Charlotte, and as always, join the conversation on social media using #WakeUpCLT!
A single gunman opened fire inside a suburban Alabama church Thursday evening, killing two people and wounding a third at a small group meeting before being taken into custody, authorities said. FULL STORY: https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/nation-world/police-multiple-people-shot-at-alabama-church-suspect-held-birmingham/507-9dc1c3a6-b9b4-4986-b86a-d67498259c26 Plus, crews in Rowan County are investigating what caused a historic black church to catch on fire and Mecklenburg County officials say they've seen a surge in people coming to shelters to get out of the dangerous heat. The heat wave has caused temperatures in the 90s and a heat index well over 100 degrees all week with another stretch of scorching weather ahead for the Carolinas. Watch Wake Up Charlotte each weekday morning from 4:30 to 7 a.m. on WCNC Charlotte, and as always, join the conversation on social media using #WakeUpCLT!
News You Can Use and Share! George recommends listening to MyHeritage's podcast, “Blast From My Past”, which can be found at https://shows.acast.com/blast-from-my-past. Ancestry introduces its Ethnicity Inheritance powered by SideViewTM Findmypast has added new records to its UK collection Electoral Registers & Companies House Directors. Lynn Turner has been named the new Director of the FamilySearch Family History Library. Drew shares an overview of new and expanded record collections at FamilySearch. 1950 U.S. Federal Census Discussion Drew discusses the AI indexing processes in use by Ancestry and FamilySearch, and census records at MyHeritage. Kathy from California emailed us with questions about the availability of a number of the different census record forms from this census. George covers the different forms used and whether they were imaged before they were destroyed and which are digitally available. These include P1 (Population Schedule), P2 (Individual Census Report), P3 (Infant Cards), P4 (Crews of Vessels Report), P5 (Overseas Census), P8 (Native Americans), and various P forms used for enumerating territories. Michael from Germany used Stephen P. Morse's extensive census tools at https://stevemorse.org/ to locate enumeration districts and access a sample P1 form. Detailed information about the 1950 Census is available on the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) pages at https://1950census.archives.gov/ and on subsequent pages. Don't overlook the FAQs at https://1950census.archives.gov/howto/faq.html which is filled with a wealth of information you should know. Listener Email Chris asks for suggestions about how to locate/pinpoint a specific headstone. George provides some suggestions. Rebecca wants to know if there is a way for Find a Grave to notify a person when their memorials have been deleted or reassigned to another person. Tina wrote to say she enjoyed the Vivid-Pix Memory Segment regarding using photographs with patients suffering from dementia patients. We will be hosting more interviews soon. Keep listening! Tina also asked about how to balance using RootsMagic, Ancestry, and FamilySearch without feeling that she is duplicating efforts. Timo in Germany wrote with suggestions about place name changes and how to structure them in your genealogy. He suggests the use in German research of the website at http://gov.genealogy.net/search/index. He says: “The GOV is for Germany and many former German places the place to go to look up the former names, belongings in civil registers or churches. It might happen that a village belong[s] to the one civil register and to another church. With the GOV you could search for the current or the former name of a city, village, or a place itself.&rdquo ‘Let me give you the example of Riegersdorf (German name), now Rudziczka (Polish): http://gov.genealogy.net/item/show/object_188576.&rdquo ‘You will find both names and the time period, type (village), population (1492 in this case), webpages (GenWiki), external ID (which is for library uses), link to GenWiki, geo position = coordinates to find the place on a map.” Maya wrote to say that she had about 200 letters written in Yiddish, which she does not read. She offered them to the National Library of Israel for digitation and preservation and possibly translation. Jo Ann has an ancestor from Rowan County, North Carolina, whom she thinks may have been a spy during the American Revolution. She asks for places she might go to in order to investigate the story. Matt in Omaha, Nebraska, tells us he uses quotation marks around a name – such as “Mr King” – to force the search for that exact string. Laura writes to ask why someone might have/use two desktop genealogy database programs. Ed is working on publishing a family history for distribution within his family. He has an older work that he would like to use and incorporate some of its content. He asks about how to give credit to the original author. The Guys discuss copyright and fair use considerations and suggest how the source citations could/should be included. Genealogy Guys Learn The Genealogy Guys Learn subscription site continues to grow. New content is added every month, and the May 2022 video is “Crowdsourcing Your Brick Walls” by Drew Smith. You can subscribe at https://genealogyguyslearn.com/. 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When it comes to beer, we talk a lot about hops, but what about barley? Aaron Goss of Carolina Malt House in Cleveland, NC was a hobby beermaker who started to malt his own barley for fun while obtaining his law degree and MBA from Wake Forest University. After he learned that almost all of the beer consumed in the Carolinas is made from barley grown thousands of miles away, this native of Rowan County, in the middle of the Carolinas' grain belt thought, “Why not here?” What has resulted in a few short years is the Southeast's largest malt house, serving brewers nine varieties of malts (and counting), all made from barley grown within 10 miles of the facility, not because locally grown food is trendy, but because Aaron is sure his neighbors are some of the most dedicated farmers in the world. Much of the machinery for the malt house was fabricated locally, the facility operates on green principles, and with its quickly expanding production, it's bringing fresh flavor to the glasses of local beer drinkers all over the Southeast.
Historical maps of Forsyth County displayed in the Wachovia Room at Old Salem's Moravian Research and Archaeology Lab. APRIL LAISSLE/WFDD County border lines in North Carolina are often far from symmetrical. That's especially the case for Forsyth County, which is certainly not a perfect square. That had listener John Strong wondering: “Why do Forsyth County's southern boundaries look like Swiss cheese?” WFDD's April Laissle spoke to Martha Hartley, the director of research at Old Salem's Moravian Research and Archaeology Lab, to find the answer. Diagram excerpted from The North Carolina Atlas: Portrait of a Changing Southern State. “Forsyth County's distinctive outline is a product of history and nature," Hartley says. That history is centered around the Moravian Church and its purchase of 100,000 acres of land in 1753 in the backcountry of North Carolina. Hartley says they named their new colony Wachovia after the Wachau Valley they knew in Austria with its similar rolling landscape. The Moravians chose the land due in large part to the richness of water resources. “The Moravians were thinking about the long term, they were thinking about a place that would support their plans for congregations and long-term stability," says Hartley. "And so this water, this amazing Muddy Creek system that is the backbone of Wachovia, is fed by thousands of springs and smaller tributaries. And when you think about where people are going to live in the 18th century, water is life." Wachovia was situated in Rowan County for the first 20 years the Moravians lived there. But by 1771, population growth prompted colony leaders to create Surry County by splitting up Rowan. But, they drew a dividing line right through the center of Wachovia, worrying the Moravians. “So the Moravians petitioned, and the line was redrawn in 1773, and it was redrawn by the Moravian surveyor. The southern line of Forsyth County is mostly from this particular moment, and it included the southern boundary of Wachovia, the distinct form that we see today.” Both the southern and eastern lines of present-day Forsyth County came mostly from the split that created Surry County. For the next 18 years, Wachovia sat in the southeastern quadrant of Surry County, but by 1789 the population had reached another tipping point. “As the population continued to grow, there was a need for people to be close to their county seat and courthouse, because that's where all the business is done, and it's a powerful place," Hartley says. So, Surry County was cut down the middle, with the eastern half becoming Stokes County. The lower western side of Stokes was generally drawn along the Yadkin River. Rivers made logical borders because they had to be crossed. The divide that would finally establish Forsyth County as we know it today didn't come for another 60 years. “In 1849 Stokes County was cut in half. And the lower portion, which contained Wachovia the whole while, was named Forsyth County after Benjamin Forsyth, a local statesman and war hero who was fatally wounded in the War of 1812," says Hartley. From there, leaders had to decide where to place the county seat in the new Forsyth County. “At that time, Salem was a center for trade and growing industry and was located in the middle of the new county, the logical place for a county seat," Hartley says. "But Salem was a theocratic community. It was a religious place, and church leaders did not want a courthouse in Salem with its courthouse business and places of execution. So within the Salem town lot, they sold 51 acres in the northern part for the new county seat, which was ultimately named Winston.” The borders of the county have stayed more or less the same since then. The original Wachovia tract still fills the middle of it. And in many ways, Winston-Salem's city limits reflect Wachovia's historic borders. Story does not include AP content #carolina curious #forsyth county #old salem museum and gardens Human Interest Normal Tweet
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On June 28, 2020, A Rowan County commissioner was arrested Sunday for driving while impaired, according to the Salisbury Police Department. Craig Pierce, 65, is accused of driving with a blood alcohol content more than three times the legal limit, according to an arrest report. READ: https://salisbury-observer.com/2021/06/28/rowan-county-commissioner-arrested-charged-with-driving-while-impaired/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/salisburyobserver/message
Our guest this week is Pamela Stevenson, the State Representative for the 43rd in Louisville. She talked to us about serving in her first legislative session, getting a bill passed, and how she's working to build relationships with all her colleagues. Jazmin and Robert spoke about a movement related to a development which would result from the eviction of a trailer park in Rowan County, the protests on Derby Day, and a COVID update.
Can your organization raise money when the future is uncertain? Should you wait for the 'right time' to launch a capital campaign? In this episode, Jason interviews Rod Crider and Carlotta Ungaro about their experience with a campaign in Rowan County, North Carolina during the midst of the pandemic. Rod Crider is the CEO of Rowan EDC in Salisbury, North Carolina and Carlotta Ungaro is the Senior Project Direction with Convergent Nonprofit Solutions. Together, they led a successful campaign that launched just weeks before the world shut down in 2020. By the way, this was the first major organizational campaign for Rowan EDC. Rod and Carlotta give you all the details of the campaign from start to finish. Tune in to get insight on assessing your community's readiness for fundraising, go behind-the-scenes to learn about difficult boardroom discussions, and learn the value of having a strong partner do the heavy lifting. Connect with Rod Crider Rowan EDC Connect with Carlotta Ungaro Convergent Nonprofit Solutions
Christian Historical Fiction Talk is listener supported. When you buy things through this site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Moonlight SchoolHaunted by her sister's mysterious disappearance, Lucy Wilson arrives in Rowan County, Kentucky, in the spring of 1911 to work for Cora Wilson Stewart, superintendent of education. When Cora sends Lucy into the hills to act as scribe for the mountain people, she is repelled by the primitive conditions and intellectual poverty she encounters. Few adults can read and write.Born in those hills, Cora knows the plague of illiteracy. So does Brother Wyatt, a singing schoolmaster who travels through the hills. Involving Lucy and Wyatt, Cora hatches a plan to open the schoolhouses to adults on moonlit nights. The best way to combat poverty, she believes, is to eliminate illiteracy. But will the people come? As Lucy emerges from a life in the shadows, she finds purpose; or maybe purpose finds her. With purpose comes answers to her questions, and something else she hadn't expected: love. Inspired by the true events of the Moonlight Schools, this standalone novel from bestselling author Suzanne Woods Fisher brings to life the story that shocked the nation into taking adult literacy seriously. You'll finish the last page of this enthralling story with deep gratitude for the gift of reading.Suzanne Woods Fisher loves stories worth telling about people worth remembering. With over a million copies of her book sold worldwide, this bestselling, award-winning author of more than 30 books is always on the lookout for the unsung hero with an untold story.Readers are invited to stop by Suzanne's website at: www.suzannewoodsfisher.comPlease also stop by Liz's website and don't forget to preorder your copy of The Silver Shadow.
Created To Shine, Celebrating The Love of Christ in Everyday Life!
Suzanne is an award-winning, bestselling author of more than 30 books, including On a Summer Tide and On a Coastal Breeze, as well as the Nantucket Legacy, Amish Beginnings, The Bishop’s Family, The Deacon’s Family, and The Inn at Eagle Hill series, among other novels. She is also the author of several nonfiction books about the Amish, including Amish Peace and Amish Proverbs. She lives in California. Her recent novel, "The Moonlight School,” is inspired by true events of the Moonlight School in Rowan County, Kentucky, during the early 1900s. Born and raised in the Kentucky hills, Cora Wilson Stewart, the superintendent of education, understood the plague of illiteracy and came up with a plan to open the schoolhouses to adults on moonlit nights. This movement almost completely eliminated adult literacy in this county and was the catalyst for shocking the nation into taking adult literacy seriously. Even today, the US celebrates National Literacy week. Over a hundred years later, literacy is still a major problem. The National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES) states that 21% of Americans (about 42 million people) still fall in the illiterate or functionally illiterate category. Often, a parent’s struggle with literacy is passed down to their children. Suzanne Woods Fisher has researched this topic and has compared the statistics of literary, both during the 1900s and today, and her findings are truly eye-opening. Can I ask you to help out with the show? Subscribe to start small BELIEVE BIG where you listen Leave an honest review on iTunes. Your ratings and reviews really help, and I read each one and thank you for your review. Sign up for the daily devotion email, Monday-Friday, and never miss a devotion or an episode. No spam, just me and Jesus. Now let’s not resist that small beginning but persist in the next thing God is calling us to do.
Recapping Pikeville vs Madison Central, Somerset vs Rowan County, Dunbar vs Bryan Station, North Laurel vs South Laurel. Reed Sheppard's 50 point triple-double. Best scorers in state history.
I'm back! We're starting the new season with a wonderful conversation with award-winning, bestselling author Suzanne Woods Fisher. Her new novel, The Moonlight School releases on Tuesday, February 2. Here's the book description: In 1911, Cora Wilson Stewart was the first female superintendent of education for an Appalachian county in southeastern Kentucky, a corner of America with a shocking rate of adult illiteracy. Cora devised a plan to open Rowan County’s rural schoolhouses on moonlit nights to illiterate and semi-illiterate adults. On that first night, she hoped for 150 adults. To her shock and delight, over 1,200 men and women, aged eighteen to eighty, made their way over the hills and hollows to learn how to read and write. Within two years, adult illiteracy was virtually eliminated in Rowan County, and a movement to eradicate illiteracy in the entire nation was underway. The Moonlight School is a fictitious retelling of this startling and heart-tugging glimpse into American history. We also discuss illiteracy in the U.S. today, which is alarmingly widespread. Suzanne shares about her writing career as well–how she got started and the highlights through the years. Preorder The Moonlight School on Bookshop (affiliate). Preorder The Moonlight School on Amazon (affiliate). Visit Suzanne's website, Facebook, and Twitter. Also mentioned: To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee on Bookshop and Amazon (affiliate links). If You Want to Write by Brenda Ueland on Bookshop and Amazon (affiliate links). Suzanne's nonfiction book Amish Peace: Simple Wisdom for a Complicated World on Bookshop and Amazon (affiliate links). Be sure to visit Alison’s Instagram, Facebook, and website. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. If you click them and make a purchase, you help support my work without paying any more for the product. Thank you for your support!
In Episode 40, the guys wrap up the sex series by discussing lingering thoughts and questions. What's the big deal about transgender issues? What are the stressors of marriage? Is it realistic to think that pornography can be banned? Why did we talk about sex in the first place? Listen to find out. Also, in the beginning, we discuss the controversy surrounding the imprisonment and release of Kim Davis, the Rowan County county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses to gay couples. Finally, Keith brings us a story of a pooping perpetrator whose defecating delinquency landed him in the slammer. Yep. We're a bunch of five year olds at heart. But as always, be sure to rate, comment, and subscribe to the podcast! What did you think about the series? Did we miss anything? Let us know! Show Notes: Intro Music: Dubstep - Ben Sound Opening Buffer: Induction - Life in Your Way Kim Davis and the Facebook reaction First Music Break: We Both Know - Ivoryline Meat and Potatoes: The Conclusion of the Sex Series Second Music Break: Ghosts - Envoi Story time with Keith The Poop Burglar --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/forgettingwalls/support
In this episode of Conversations that Matter, Pastor Rhodes sits down with Alyssa Smith of Healthy Rowan to discuss COVID, the vaccine distribution in Rowan County and Frankenstein. Thanks for joining us for this months episode.
This episode introduces you to Jeff's son, Sam Noble, who is on Young Life staff in North Carolina. This episode examines how Sam started a fantasy football podcast, got his nickname "Bear," and also how he and his Young Life team are doing youth ministry in the middle of a pandemic. His life is worthy of celebration, and not just because he's related to Jeff! Links: Sam and his cohosts fantasy football Twitter accounts: @samFFB - @alquizaFFB - @IanB_ffb MyFantasy Football podcast (Spotify) or search for it Sam on Twitter and Instagram: @TheNoblestBear Young Life in Rowan County, North Carolina --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ordinarycelebrity/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ordinarycelebrity/support
Matt, Ryan, Drew, and Shannon talk the latest UK sports news and profile Rowan County, KY.
R. Lee Riley earned his B.A. in Journalism and in early life recorded news, audio novels, and poetry for the national non-profit Radio Reading Services. Today he lives in Salisbury, NC and is a member of Winston Salem Writers. His writing is included in Flying South’s 2016 anthology, and he’s been featured on posters for Poetry in Plain Sight several years running. Lee has also been awarded Silver and Bronze medals for his winning poetry selections in Rowan County’s 2018 and 2019 Silver Arts Festival.
Lots of good games in week 4 and the playmaker's were out in force. District play is in full effect and several of those games came down to the end, including Brossart's 3 OT win at Nicholas County. Cooper picks up their first win on the season and their coach, Randy Borchers, is this week's interview as the Jags prepare to play Conner in a big week five district game. Dixie keeps rolling after winning at Beechwood; Highlands with a massive district win at Conner; the Holmes Bulldogs jump into their district race, beating Rowan County at home and much, much more... Week 4 Timestamps: Dixie/Beechwood 1:52 Campbell County/Pikeville 5:44 Lloyd/Ludlow 8:45 CovCath/Boone County 11:19 Newport/Bellevue 16:02 Scott County/Ryle 17:36 Russell/Simon Kenton 18:13 Harrison County/Scott 22:10 Walton-Verona/Carroll County 26:26 Cooper/GRC 28:28 Sayre/Holy Cross 37:09 Holmes/Rowan County 39:32 Dayton/Trimble County 41:23 Bishop Brossart/Nicholas County 43:24 Highlands/Conner 44:48 Week 5 Previews 52:28
Learn more about the surnames of various occupations during the colonial years of Rowan County, NC. The show will go into detail about tavern and merchant store operations, for instance, what items were available to the early families, How the items arrived from various ports such as Charleston, SC and Philadelphia, PA. How local residents played a significant role in establishing the early taverns and stores and how the impacts of these businesses factored into early settlements. If you would like more information about the surnames mentioned in the show, contact Piedmont Trails or leave a voice message on the podcast. Sources: Alexander Lawrence Ledger 1749-1790 located at Duke University, Durham, NC Carolina Cradle by Robert W Ramsey Southern Moravian Archives Bethabara Diacony Ledger and Inventory of Wachovia 1766 Personal Papers & Documents of Piedmont Trails --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/piedmonttrails/message
Hillary and Tina cover former Rowan County Clerk of Courts Kim Davis and Senator William Langer. For show notes and links to our sources, please click here (https://themuckpodcast.fireside.fm/articles/ep21notes).
This show goes into detail about the early settlers during the years of 1746 through 1753 in colonial Rowan County. Be sure to listen to the podcast for little known sources and references to use while you research your family history. It's a good idea to have pen and paper ready to write down these sources shared on this episode. Details about the early settlements such as Bryan Settlement, Irish Settlement, formerly known as Cathey's Settlement and the Davidson's Creek Settlement. Learn more about the early roads and the landscape of the area prior to the arrival of settlers. Discussion of genealogy in reference to these early surnames while sharing origins and details of their lives. Be sure to visit Piedmont Trails and stay up to date with the latest news and events. Enjoy Your Journey !! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/piedmonttrails/message
Ep 16 - At Home with Kids during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Educators Reflections', Encouragement & Advice. This weekend, Nia Joy had the pleasure of speaking with Pricilla Johnson, M.Ed and Sakinah Riley, M.Ed about distance learning or e-learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Parents and caregivers are working from home or planning for the next days for their families while trying make sure their children can still maintain some levels of academic learning. Ms. Johnson and Ms. Riley give information about what teachers and administrators are expecting from parents and its not what you think. They give tips and details about helping your children with their work and let parents know how they are there to help support you. Ultimately, they send a message of encouragement so that parents know that they can give their child what they need and still help them learn concepts. This is a learning experience for teachers and administrators as well.Ms. Johnson is an assistant principal at Sand Hill Elementary School in Dorchester District Two, SC. Ms Riley is an English Language Arts teacher at an Early College Program in Rowan County, SC. To watch this episode on YouTube, go to: https://youtu.be/L4d9n7xpUvsSubscribe to the podcast on your favorite listening platform and leave a review.Support the show (https://paypal.me/soldbynia)
Feuds were fought across the mountains of Appalachia after the Civil War, as families competed for the newly developed timber and coal riches in the area. One of the most well-known, outside the famous Hatfield-McCoy feud, was the one in eastern Kentucky between the Martins and the Tollivers, better known as the Rowan County War. The Stories podcast is available, free of charge, at Apple Podcasts, RadioPublic, Stitcher, Spotify, IHeart Radio, TuneIn and on many other podcast apps. Thanks for listening to our stories of Appalachian history....
Renee Shaw and guests discuss K-through-12 public education. Does Kentucky have a teacher shortage? If so, why? What can be done to close the achievement gap and turn around low-performing schools? Scheduled guests: Commissioner Wayne Lewis of the Kentucky Department of Education; Allison Slone, Rowan County schools' special education teacher and founder of KYREADS, which provides professional instruction to teachers about students with dyslexia; Gary Houchens, Ph.D., member of the Kentucky Board of Education and an associate professor in the Department of Educational Administration, Leadership, and Research at Western Kentucky University; and Houston Barber, Ph.D., Superintendent for Frankfort Independent Schools.
Renee Shaw and guests discuss K-through-12 public education. Does Kentucky have a teacher shortage? If so, why? What can be done to close the achievement gap and turn around low-performing schools? Scheduled guests: Commissioner Wayne Lewis of the Kentucky Department of Education; Allison Slone, Rowan County schools' special education teacher and founder of KYREADS, which provides professional instruction to teachers about students with dyslexia; Gary Houchens, Ph.D., member of the Kentucky Board of Education and an associate professor in the Department of Educational Administration, Leadership, and Research at Western Kentucky University; and Houston Barber, Ph.D., Superintendent for Frankfort Independent Schools.
Grayson Lake - Photo by John L Rucker By Segment: One: A conversation with Sky Marietta, Arts Extension Associate with Community and Economic Development of Kentucky, and co-owner of the Corbin, Ky performance and event venue “2nd & Main” • LISTEN Two: Jonathan Webb details his plans for an $80 million, 60-acre high-tech greenhouse operation in Rowan County, Kentucky • LISTEN Three: Savannah Barrett tells us about the mission of the Kentucky Rural-Urban Exchange; WEKU's Stu Johnson reports on Kentucky's national ranking for stress levels; NPR's Scott Simon on the origins of "Y'all." • LISTEN
Grayson Lake - Photo by John L Rucker By Segment: One: A conversation with Sky Marietta, Arts Extension Associate with Community and Economic Development of Kentucky, and co-owner of the Corbin, Ky performance and event venue “2nd & Main” • LISTEN Two: Jonathan Webb details his plans for an $80 million, 60-acre high-tech greenhouse operation in Rowan County, Kentucky • LISTEN Three: Savannah Barrett tells us about the mission of the Kentucky Rural-Urban Exchange; WEKU's Stu Johnson reports on Kentucky's national ranking for stress levels; NPR's Scott Simon on the origins of "Y'all." • LISTEN
The Transform Network Podcast - A Progressive Christian Podcast
The Transform Network Podcast, A Progressive Christian Podcast, is hosted by Vahisha Hasan, founder and executive director of Movement in Faith, and Stephen Roach Knight, co-founder and board member of Transform Network. Allyn Maxfield-Steele is the Co-Executive Director of the Highlander Research & Education Center in New Market, TN. He is an ordained minister in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). He considers Rowan County, NC, home, although he currently lives in Haywood County, NC, with his spouse, Erin, an Episcopalian priest.
Encore release November 24, 2018. Encore release August 17, 2017. We look at the ongoing blowback--at the state and local levels--against Obergefell v Hodges, in which the Supreme Court ruled that same-sex marriage is constitutional. Specifically, we look at the refusal by two county clerks--Casey Davis in Casey County and Kim Davis in Rowan County (pictured)--to issue marriage licenses in Kentucky, and a proposal in the state legislature to allow clerks to refuse to issue marriage licenses if it offends their religious beliefs. Plus: Six people are dead in Chattanooga in an apparent case of homegrown Islamist terrorism. And...another victory for LGBT rights! The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) has ruled that discrimination against someone based on their sexual preference is sex discrimination pure and simple.
In this episode, Latoya welcomes Dr. Lynn Moody, @lynn_moody, superintendent of Rowan Salisbury Schools, in Rowan County, NC to discuss the value and benefits of shared leadership. Dr. Moody provides her insight on why shared leadership is necessary to build a great organization and talks about what seperates excellent leaders from average ones. This one is sure to get you thinking, and better yet, doing some awesome things to improve your leadership capacity! Please be sure to leave a reivew on iTunes so we can keep bringing you the best in educational leadership with your feedback! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app
Just days after releasing my original episode about Erica Parsons, there was a major breakthrough in the case. In an expected yet tragic ending to the Erica Parsons case, Rowan County investigators announced on Friday that they found Erica's body. The Rowan County Sheriff said in the press conference that Erica loved angels and so they are accepting donations from the public to erect an angel monument in her honor. Donations can be mailed to: Prevent Child Abuse Rowan County 130 Woodson Street Salisbury, NC 28144 Be sure to include "Erica's Angel" on your donation. Please consider supporting Court Junkie with as little as $3 a month via Patreon.com/CourtJunkie. Help support Court Junkie with $6 a month and get access to bonus monthly episodes. Follow me on Twitter @CourtJunkiePod or Instagram at CourtJunkie.
Rowan County, Kentucky took the national spotlight last summer after Kim Davis, the Court Clerk for Rowan, was THROWN IN JAIL for refusing to violate the law by signing marriage licenses to homosexual couples. OVER TEN THOUSAND Americans flocked to the small city where she was jailed to protest her jailing and advocate for the rule of law. "Show us the law," and"courts cannot make law" were common refrains as the crowdsvisited Judge David Bunning's neighborhood and the jail. Coach Dave Daubenmire of Pass the Salt Ministries wasone of the several activists leading the movement of thousands to fight toprotect God's law through the preservation of the separation of powers, asoutlined in the Constitution. Asupreme court decision is not a law--only an opinion. Jailing people like Kim Davis for a "violation of the Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court decision" when there is no law backing it is the EPITOME of legal absurdity--and worse... tyranny! Listen to Coach Dave relay his adventures in Kentucky and share about the NATIONAL MOVEMENT FOR STATES' RIGHTS that is sweeping across the country! Please also visit DefyTyrants.com to learn about the "Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates," and the states'rights movement (led by Tennessee, Texas, Kansas, Oklahoma and NorthCarolina) against the judicial usurpation of our elected state legislature
This week, NC Family president John Rustin talks with David Gibbs, III, president and general counsel for the National Center for Life and Liberty, about the continuing legal battle over Rowan County, NC’s public invocation policy, which was recently heard by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
This week's show takes us to a kiln opening at Mark Hewitt Pottery in Pittsboro, we explore Little River Park in Rougemont, visit the Price of Freedom Museum in China Grove, check out model trains at the Holiday Train Show in Raleigh, and Bob Garner samples the southern fare at GK Cafe in Greenville.
I was watching the news on Wednesday night after Empire. I noticed that the news castors were talking about Lucious Lion's son being an openly gay hip hop star on the show. They went on to say that his character hopefully broke down doors for opnely gay rappers to come out and I guess market themselves as gay rapper/rappers. It seemed like it was really important to them that somebody, anybody come out and own being gay and and rapping at the same time. I just thought it was a little funny that it's such a priority with them. Anyway this week we going to dice this up. Plus we gonna talk about Kim Davis and her marriage license fiasco in Rowan County, Kentucky. Hit up the link or listen call 646 716 7053 and listen live on the phone.
This week, NC Family president John Rustin talks with Mathew Staver, founder and chairman of the Liberty Counsel, about his client, Rowan County, Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis, who is under fire for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples because of her deeply held religious beliefs.
Stand, Week 1 Jeff Ginn The eyes of our nation, this week, have been focused on small County in Kentucky. It’s called Rowan County. It's because there, a test case of sorts, has arisen. It swirls around a simple County Clerk. Her name is Kim Davis. Kim it turns out had lived a wild life and she had been married four times. Yet, at her mother-in-law's passing in 2011, the Lord got a hold of her and she came to know Christ as her Savior and it radically transformed her life. She says today that she's devout Christian. Well, when the Supreme Court ruled, earlier this year, that same-sex marriage was to be the law of the land, she was placed in a quandary. She was elected as clerk. In fact, her mother before her had been the County Clerk. Something of a family tradition, which is common they say in Kentucky. She had been elected under the premise that marriage was, as the Scripture teaches, between a man and a woman and now she found herself as the clerk with the responsibility of issuing marriage licenses for relationships that she did not believe comported with what the Scripture teaches. What would she do? What ought she do? It was a difficult question. She made a decision in her heart, in fact she resolved in her heart that she would not go against her conscience and what she believed was right. So she made an appeal to the governing authorities and it went to the Supreme Court and that she be heard, that her arguments be heard and that was denied. It fell back to a judge; I believe it was a federal judge there in Kentucky to rule in her case. He ruled that she must issue the licenses. If you're paid by the state of Kentucky and the law of Kentucky is that people can marry across all sorts of lines, then she, as an employee of the state, would have to issue those licenses or face the consequences. She decided that she would do the latter. She would face the consequences and so the judge decreed that this woman be cast into prison and as we worship, here in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this morning, that woman sits in a prison jail cell in Rowan County, Kentucky. I suppose I imagine that perhaps we would live to see a day like today, but the I’m not sure I really believed it would come. When someone would be imprisoned for a tenet of their religious faith. Many of you'll remember that our nation was actually founded on the exact opposite premise. That people came here to say, everyone ought to be able to worship according to their dictates and live out their faith without coercion. Those days, it seems are passing. So she's made the decision to stand. Now some of you maybe thinking, well now wait preacher, if she's paid by the state of Kentucky and the law is as it is, then she ought to just resign and a forfeit her position. You know what, I think a case could be made for that. In fact, that actually did happen here in the state of Louisiana not so many weeks ago. It happens that there was a justice of the peace, a lady, in fact of all things; she's married to a Baptist preacher. She’s a young woman and she was elected to be the justice of the peace in, I think, Grant Parish up in Central Louisiana. Maybe some of you know where that is. She made the decision, with her husband, that when the Supreme Court ruled as it did, that she rather than get into all kinds of the legalities and a potential suit, she would just resign. She did: she just resigned her position, I for one, am glad that Kim Davis is taking a stand. II don't necessarily, I can’t judge whether or not she's been perfect in every moment of this journey. That’s for God to judge, but I’m glad she's taken a stand. Let me tell you why, because this forces us as a nation to consider some very significant questions. Now she has said she'll take whatever repercussions come her way and she's proven that she would. In fact, when the judge ordered her to jail, her response was “yes, your honor, thank you.” She responded with grace and she's taken her lumps and there she sits in jail today. But we, as a nation, have to make some decisions about how were going to live going forward. Do we want to live in a nation? Do we want our nation to be the kind of place where a devout Christian can no longer be a court clerk? Where, in our nation, it can never be again a devout Christian, who would stand for traditional marriage that could be a justice of the peace? Where no believer of this nature, could serve as a chaplain in our Armed Forces? Could not be a chaplain with the state police force? You say, preacher that’s crazy. What are you talking about? Did you know that just this year, again this is in the state of Kentucky, there was a young man who was a volunteer from his church, he would go every week, as I understand it, to a correctional Institute where they housed young offenders. He would go there to share the hope of the gospel, and to disciple these young men. Well the state Department of Corrections came up with a sheet and he had to sign it and sheet said, “you cannot say that homosexual behavior is sinful.” Well if you are a devout believer that places you in a quandary. How can you not say what the Bible says is the case? In fact, while I’m on this, don’t think I mean this to be a diatribe against one particular sin. Any sexual activity outside the simple bounds of a man and woman wed in matrimony is outside of the parameters of what God established. Be it premarital sex, extramarital sex, homosexual behavior, all of it alike is outside what God ordained and so they said before you can go back into that prison you’ve got to sign this is. That you will not say that these behaviors are sinful. The young man said, “I can't do it.” Are we prepared to live in a nation, where volunteers from churches can't go into the prisons and share the hope of the gospel as we’ve discovered in Christ and declare Christ saves from all sin? Is that the kind of nation we want to live in? Just these past few weeks, here in the state of Louisiana, an edict was released from the judicial commission of the State of Louisiana. It went to every judge in the State of Louisiana and it said “you must comport yourself in accordance with the Supreme Court's edict or we will remove your judgeship.” no Christian judges? No Christian bakers? No Christian photographers? These are serious days in which we’re living. Now friends listen, Kim Davis Is right at least in this one sense, we have to be willing to take whatever consequences come, but we must stand! We must stand for what is right! God will sort the consequences. Now where do we find help in making decisions during these difficult days with these weighty issues? I've got good news for you. There is help for us so we can know how we ought to live in these trying times and it's found in the book of Daniel. Would you please open your Bibles to Daniel? Daniel, Chapter One is where we are going to be this morning, and to me it's wonderful to think that this series has been planned for months. Months ago, we laid out our preaching schedule for this year and Daniel was the book that we chose and wouldn’t you know, in God's wisdom, he gave us this, just at the moment we most needed it. And that's the way he is. So if would now as our title implies, Stand, would you stand in honor of God's word and we are going to read the first chapter. Now normally, I don't read such an extended passage at one time. It takes about three minutes to read this first chapter, and I’m going to read every word. And this will be the best three minutes you spend all day, all right? Listening to what God says. I want to listen to this and then consider how ought I to live where I am? Just as Daniel learned to live in the circumstances where he found himself. Let’s read together beginning in Daniel chapter one verse one. In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of the vessels of the house of God. And he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and placed the vessels in the treasury of his god. (I like it that the editors used a little g, that’s appropriate, all right now verse 3) Then the king commanded Ashpenaz, his chief eunuch, to bring some of the people of Israel, both of the royal family and of the nobility, youths without blemish, of good appearance and skillful in all wisdom, endowed with knowledge, understanding learning, and competent to stand in the king's palace, and to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans. The king assigned them a daily portion of the food that the king ate, and of the wine that he drank. They were to be educated for three years, and at the end of that time they were to stand before the king. Among these were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah of the tribe of Judah. And the chief of the eunuchs gave them names: (now you may not the names Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, but I think you know these) Daniel he called Belteshazzar, Hananiah he called Shadrach, (there it is) Mishael he called Meshach, and Azariah he called Abednego. (You know those names don’t you? Shadrach, Meshach and “away we go”, all right, you know these names. These are the great three friends of Daniel; now look in verse 8, what happens?) But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king's food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself. And God gave Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the chief of the eunuchs, and the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who assigned your food and your drink; for why should he see that you were in worse condition than the youths who are of your own age? So you would endanger my head with the king.” Then Daniel said to the steward whom the chief of the eunuchs had assigned over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, “Test your servants for ten days; let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink. Then let our appearance and the appearance of the youths who eat the king's food be observed by you, and deal with your servants according to what you see.” So he listened to them in this matter, and tested them for ten days. At the end of ten days it was seen that they were better in appearance and fatter in flesh than all the youths who ate the king's food. So the steward took away their food and the wine they were to drink, and gave them vegetables. As for these four youths, God gave them learning and skill in all literature and wisdom, and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. At the end of the time, when the king had commanded that they should be brought in, the chief of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar. And the king spoke with them, and among all of them none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Therefore they stood before the king. And in every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters that were in all his kingdom. And Daniel was there until the first year of King Cyrus. Let’s pray. God, we thank you for this book in the Bible, the book of Daniel. We thank you for the courage and commitment of these young men. The way that they stood when it seemed that all was coming against them. I pray God, you would teach us, how will stand in these days and to go against the flow when it seems that all of culture would sweep us away from you. Give us wisdom. Give us learning. Give us courage. Help us to dare to be a Daniel. I pray in Jesus name, Amen. Please be seated. This morning we’re going to begin a study in the book of Daniel and were going to look at the life of Daniel, this courageous young man and his four compatriots. This morning we’re going to focus in the first chapter. I’m going to divide this story into three scenes. I want you to follow along carefully as the Lord teaches us. Now the very first scene I going to call, A Great Tragedy. This story begins with a great tragedy. Look at how the passage opens, there in versus one and two and see it projected on the screen. In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand. Now this tragedy that I'm going to describe has two components to it. First of all, there's the component of Israel's defeat. It is a tragedy that Israel was defeated. Now remember Israel. Israel was that small band of, a tribe really, that came out of the descendants of Abraham. They were enslaved in Egypt and with a mighty hand, God brought them out of Egypt and Israel, in effect, defeated the mightiest force in its day, Egypt. Then arose the Kings, Saul and then David. David, you remember took down Goliath and the Philistines. He united the kingdom and David's reign was a rain of great might and power and renown and wealth. Then came his son Solomon. Israel was a top the world it seemed, but fissures began to appear in the veneer. It was because of the idolatry and immorality and fracturedness of their nation that that the people of Israel began to go into a decline, a steep decline, until, by the time we come to the life of Daniel, the nation is now totally defeated. Humiliated by what was then the world power, Babylon and its king Nebuchadnezzar. But the most sobering part of this defeat and of these verses that you see is that phrase “the Lord gave Jehoiakim into Nebuchadnezzar's hand. In other words it was not the might of the Babylonians, their armies, or their strategy of that enabled them to defeat Israel. What enabled them to defeat Israel was that God gave Israel over into its enemy’s hands. That is judgment came upon Israel. The Bible says righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a reproach to any people. And when sin begins to weave its way into a nation and there's immorality and idolatry and fractured people, then judgment is soon sure to follow. And if God judged Israel for her sins and he did, God can judge the United States of America for our sins. It was a tragedy that they were defeated. And the tragedy of it was that God allowed it to happen. Now why would I do that? Why would God allow his own people to go into captivity and defeat? Do you know why? It was because of their disobedience God had warned them for decades on end, that they ought to repent. That they ought to get right, but Israel was stiff necked and it was bent on going its own way. Away from God, and so judgment was to come. In fact it’s interesting. It’s one of the proofs of the inerrancy of Scripture and its trustworthiness. Did you know that more than 100 years prior to the defeat of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, God prophesied it would happen? He did so through the prophet Isaiah. Listen! Listen carefully to the precision of this prophesy. This is from Isaiah Chapter 39 beginning at verse five. “Hear the word of the Lord of hosts: Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have stored up till this day, shall be carried to Babylon. Nothing shall be left, says the Lord. And some of your sons, who shall issue from you, whom you shall beget, shall be taken away. And they shall become officials in the palace of the king of Babylon. Are you kidding me? A hundred years before it happened, God said there's going to come a day when judgment will fall. You’re going to be carried away the Babylonian in captivity, including some of your own defendants. What do recent discover here in Daniel chapter 1? That from the nobility, from the royal house, these young men were buried in the Babylon. GOD’S WORD CANNOT BE MOCKED! What a man sows, he will reap. What a nation sows, a nation will reap. And this story begins with a tragedy, but the tragedy did not have to happen. Had the children of Israel repented and turned back to God, judgment would not have fallen but they did not, they disobeyed, and thus, they were defeated. It’s a lesson for us in America. Could judgment fall on America? It could! I've said before and I'll say it again here now, with a heavy heart I tell you, I wouldn't be surprised if God allowed our worst enemies overrun us, to discipline us for our sin. We, the purported Christian nation, supposed Christian nation! Why is it that those who sell baby parts are free and the one who would stand for traditional marriage is in jail? You explain it to me! Don’t think it could happen to us. It could happen. I don’t say that with any glee, I say with a broken heart. I say God have mercy on America. Lord don’t have justice with us. We don't need justice. If justice were to fall we would be judged. No, we need mercy. God have mercy on us. Help us and especially those of us who know the truth that we would stand for righteousness. Not holier than thou, but just walk in obedience to the precepts of God's Word. Simple things. Like Thou Shall Not Commit Adultery, Ashley Madison. Thou Shall Not Steal; Thou Shall Not Kill, including innocent babies and their mother’s womb! GOD HELP US! Lest this tragedy befall us. Now lets go to the second scene. I’ve talked to you about the great tragedy that befell the children of Israel. Now I want to say something about a great temptation. It came Daniel's way. Here they are, carried off to Babylon. And here's the strange twist of fate, if you will, Daniel has in front of him, in a way of thinking, a golden possibility. All right? He’s been held in captivity. His city has been besieged. They been starving in Jerusalem. Now this young man, country bumpkin, has been carried off to Babylon. Babylon was the greatest city of its day. It was the Washington DC or the New York City of its time. There is Daniel, living in that great walled city. He enrolled there, not in LSU; he enrolled in BSU Babylon State University. And he's got TOPS (scholarship program), he’s got full ride tuition, he got room and board, doesn’t the Bible say that? He’s given to eat and the king’s table. He’s standing in the king's palace. I mean he’s got the tiger by the tail. All he’s got to do is go along to get along. Just don’t ruffle feathers. Just keep your head down Daniel or you’ll get it lopped off. He’s got a golden opportunity. Here he is. He’s not eating at the Five; he’s eating at Galatoire’s, or Juban’s or Ruffino’s. I mean he eating the royal regimen, it’s being fed to him. What an opportunity he has. All he has to do is go along to get along. Daniel, just be cool man. Just fit in. just be like everybody else around you. That’s all you’ve got to do. I love Daniel, because in the face of this golden possibility, he stands for a Godly purpose. Look at would you in verse eight. But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king's food or with the wine that he drank. Daniel resolved, that is, Daniel purposed in his heart. Daniel was like this; everybody may be going this way. Everybody may be disobeying the Lord's commands, but I am going to go this way. I’m not going to be holier than thou about it, I’m not going to try to lift myself up as if I'm all that. But just in my own modest way, I'm going to stand for what's right. What a great word. You young people listen to me. You know how old Daniel was at this time? We believe he was probably about 14 years of age. Do I have any 14 year olds in here this morning? Stand up if you are 14. I want to see all our 14 year olds. Stand right up. How would you 14 year olds like if you were carried away into a foreign country? You 15 year olds stand up 15 year old. He may have been 15. There you are. There you are. 15 years old, carried away, all you have to do is go along. Just do whatever everyone else is doing. You don’t have to make a scene for crying out loud. You can be seated. Daniel wouldn't go along to get along. And he would keep his head down. He stood up. And he said I’m going to follow the Lords precepts. And you might even argue, it’s not that big a thing. I mean all you have to do is eat the king’s food. Just drink the wine that there serving. What? It’s not a big deal. It was to Daniel. Because God in his word had laid out some principles of how to live in obedience to him. And there were certain kosher foods among the Jewish people. And Daniel on what some might consider just the technicality said I'm not going the yield on this. I'm going to be faithful to the Lord. By his grace am going to stand true. And I want to challenge our young people and our parents who set the example and our grandparents who are here this morning. May God help us in this day of so much moral confusion, just to be true? True to God's word. To his truth. To his principles. And not yield. Daniel had a Godly purpose. You know what this leads to? It leads to peril. It leads to danger. There was a grave peril before Daniel. I mean you couldn’t buck King Nebuchadnezzar. I mean this is the ruler of the known world. It would be like being carried in before the Ayatollah Khomeini. You do what you want in his face. It’s a dangerous thing. You say how do you know that preacher? Well look at what the Bible says. They’re now in verse 10. ..and the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who assigned your food and your drink; for why should he see that you were in worse condition than the youths who are of your own age? So you would endanger my head with the king. What’s he saying? He’s saying man, if you don't do what the king said, we could all get our heads lopped off. This is serious business. But Daniel, no matter the risk, runs this apparel. And is willing to stand in the face of it. He is between a rock and a hard place. Look at this. If he pleases the king, he displeases the King of Kings. But he pleases the King of Kings, he displeases the king. And he has to make a choice. And all of us are going to have to make a choice. Who is the King that we will please? For whose pleasure do we live? And Daniel makes his choice. Now I love Daniel because he offers up, in this quandary, he offers up a very gracious proposal. He doesn’t stand up on the cafeteria table in the middle of the Five or something and start banging on the table. I want a new menu! I want a new menu! I want a new menu! He doesn't do that. He doesn’t hold up a placards and march, like Westboro does. No, what does Daniel do? He makes a very gracious proposal. He says look, I tell you what, would you be so kind as to just test us for 10 days? Just let us eat fruit and vegetables. Just test us. The word vegetable here is a word that means from the seed. So it would have included things like wheat and vegetables and fruit. Things that grow from seed. Just let us have a basic menu and then at the end of the 10 days just test us and see how we measure up against the others. It was a gracious kind proposal. And I want to advocate this for all of us. I’m not wanting you to leave today and go get placards and march and shout profanities and curse the darkness. I’m not asking you to do that. Nor do I believe the Word of God have us do that. Instead I'm asking you to live with what I’m going to call a convictional kindness. Now you just may want to jot these words down. The head or our Religious Liberty and Ethics Commission is a man named Dr. Russell Moore. And he coined this phrase as I know and I love it. Listen to it. Convictional Kindness. What does that mean? Well just think of each word individually. Conviction. God’s people, if you know Jesus as your savior, and you comport to be His disciple, you need to have some conviction about you. Things that you believe are right and wrong. And those things need to be rooted in the clear teachings of God’s word. Not some list you just came up with by tradition. But what does God’s word say? And knowing what he expects, you say, these are my convictions. I’m not looking to fight. I’m not looking down my nose at anybody else. These are jus the things I believe are expected of me by God and I have convictions about these. That’s conviction. That is, have a backbone. But then the word kindness. What does the word kindness mean? That means that you’re gentle. That you’re not up in people's faces looking for a fight. You’re going to plead your case. You’re going to make proposal and you’re going to do it with graciousness. And if it is not conceded to you, you are going to face the consequences. Convictional Kindness. Or you could turn it around and it is the same thing. Kind conviction. And those are the kind of people we need to be in the day in which were living. Kim Davis, whether or not we agree with every nuance of what she’s done, she’s made a proposal. She’s said I want to take this to the Supreme Court. I want there to be an adjudication. I believe that we need to have an adjudication in our nation. Let me remind us again. We are the government. If you are old enough to vote, you, in a sense, govern this nation. And you need to take seriously that right and that responsibility that falls to you. You better know the issues. Don’t vote for somebody because they handsome, or because they are good looking. Don’t vote for them because they are brash. Vote for someone who, to the best of your discernment, is going to stand according to biblical principle’s and again, whether or not we carry any election, we still have to stand for what is right. Stand! Stand! Stand! And Daniel did. And he did it, with convictional kindness. We are not looking for confrontation, but we are not going to capitulate either. May God help us to be people of convictional kindness? Isn’t that what the bible says? Listen to what the bible says. This now is 1st Peter, Chapter 3. Versus 14-15. But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.. Now folks, I tell you, I will be honest with you, you probably know this anyway, its hard for me not to get angry at times. Just to get upset and frustrated and bitter because things don’t go the way I think they ought to go. And the world often sees Christians an embittered, harsh, offensive people. Peter says, be ready to give an answer for the hope that’s within you when people ask you. Are you known as the person of hope? Am I known as the person of hope or do I think the roofs caving in. You know Chicken Little. The sky is falling. Friends we have a hope and our nation may go down the tubes and we may be imprisoned for your faith but I still have hope. We ought to be ready to give an answer. And he says do it with gentleness and respect. May God help us to live with convictional kindness? All right now here is the end. It ends and I’m so thankful to say this, on an up note. It ends in triumph, really. Look at how this the third scene in our story. It is what I call, a great triumph. It happens because of faithfulness to God. Daniel is faithful. He stays true to what he believes. He didn’t bow, he didn’t bend, he didn’t break. He stood. Stand. Stand. Stand. He did. He was faithful. And because he was faithful, he was favored by God. God favored him. Look at how this passage concludes. As for these four youths, God gave them learning and skill in all literature and wisdom and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams and the king spoke with them and among all of them, none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Therefore they stood before the king. He found them ten times better than all. That’s amazing. Why were Daniel and his friends found ten times better? Was it because of innate intelligence in them? Did they have a natural higher IQ? I’m not sure that they did. I really believe that it was rooted in God’s favor. He blessed these boys. He helped them in their studies. He favored them and when we are faithful to God, he will favor us. He will bless us. He did with Daniel. Daniel rose to be; some might say the prime minister of Babylon. Now is it that all was easy for Daniel? Am I preaching a health and wealth gospel? No I am not! In fact, did you know that for the next seventy years of Daniels live, he was a captive, enslaved in Babylon? But he was still favored. This story set hundreds of years ago, could read as todays newspaper. It’s that applicable to where we are living. I pray God we wont go through any greater tragedy than what we have already experienced. I pray that we as a nation and as people will turn back to God. Listen friends, the problem isn’t in the courthouse, and the white house solely. It’s in the church house. Its preachers afraid to say what is true. It is church members who wont stand for what is true. It ought to begin the revival needs to begin here among us! In this day of difficulty, you young people, I know well, great temptations are going to come your way. You are going to be pressured to just go along to get along. I want to challenge you to purpose in your heart that you are going to stand for the Lord. And I want you do it with convictional kindness. And I want to do that myself. You pray for me that Ill be that kind of disciple. If we’ll do it, friends, I want to tell you something, God will bless it. He will favor us. He will be gracious to us. He’ll make his countenance shine upon us. He’ll give us peace. He will! Would you stand please with your head bowed? I want ask our musicians to come, our band. Were going to go out today singing. Were not defeated. Listen friend, no matter what happens we’re not defeated. We are more than conquerors through him who loved us. The ultimate victory is the Lord’s. We just need to make sure that we are on his side. That we know him that we been redeemed. That we been forgiven. That we’re standing. We need his grace to do it. We can’t stand in our own power, in our own strength. We need his grace. And so I want us to pray now for it. And then we will sing. God we thank you for your word and the light it is to our feet. The light it is to our path. God, I pray that today it's been illumined how we ought to live. With convictional kindness. Standing for what’s right in a hostile world. I pray for our young people that they’ll stand true. In elementary school, and middle school, and high school, for our collegiate at the University. That they will be gracious, faithful. I pray for adults out in the workplace, where there is dishonesty and immorality and deceit and all manner of temptation. Lord help us as adults to be faithful to you. Help us God to stand! We pray in Jesus name, AMEN.
Facets of Faith, from the Courtroom to the BusThis week on State of Belief, Interfaith Alliance’s weekly radio show and podcast, Rev. Welton Gaddy will looks at faith on the bus and in the courtroom. We will hear from NETWORK’s executive director, Sister Simone Campbell, as the nuns get back on the bus. Then, Welton turns to journalist Sarah Posner to discuss the politics of religious faith and presidential candidates rushing to stand with Kim Davis in Kentucky. Finally, with an uplifting closing segment, we will turn to Rabbi Brad Hirschfield to discuss Rosh Hashanah, and the hopes for the Jewish New Year. Social Justice, Religion, and a Bus This week, Sister Simone Campbell, executive director of NETWORK, a national Catholic social justice lobby, returns to our program to discuss the newest tour of Nuns on the Bus. Under the banner of, “Bridge the Divides: Transform Politics,” the sisters are undertaking a 13-day tour leading up to Pope Francis’s visit to the United States. The bus tour left St. Louis on Thursday and will travel to 7 states before concluding in Washington, DC on September 22 – just in time or the Pope’s arrival. Sister Simone spoke to us just as she was boarding the bus for this latest trip for faith-inspired social justice. The Only Religion Question Reporters And Debate Moderators Should Ask Presidential Candidates Kim Davis, the Rowan County, Kentucky clerk who was jailed for refusing to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples and interfering with other clerks doing so, continues to make headlines. Welton had hoped he could avoid the conversation on Kim Davis, but then he read a column titled The Only Religion Question Reporters And Debate Moderators Should Ask Presidential Candidates (Kim Davis Edition). After that he couldn’t resist inviting Sarah Posner of Religion Dispatches back on the show to talk about how candidates taking sides on this controversy tells us a lot about where they truly stand on the US Constitution. A Sweet New Year (and some timeless lessons) Sundown on Sunday night marks the start of Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. With so much turmoil in the world, holida
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Sermon text follows... Stand Daniel 1:1-21 Key Verse: But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king's food, or with the wine that he drank (Daniel 1:8a). 1. A great tragedy a. The tragedy of defeat b. The tragedy of disobedience 2. A great temptation a. A golden possibility b. A godly purpose c. A grave peril d. A gracious proposal 3. A great triumph a. Faithful to God b. Favored by God The eyes of our nation, this week, have been focused on small County in Kentucky. It’s called Rowan County. It's because there, a test case of sorts, has arisen. It swirls around a simple County Clerk. Her name is Kim Davis. Kim it turns out had lived a wild life and she had been married four times. Yet, at her mother-in-law's passing in 2011, the Lord got a hold of her and she came to know Christ as her Savior and it radically transformed her life. She says today that she's devout Christian. Well, when the Supreme Court ruled, earlier this year, that same-sex marriage was to be the law of the land, she was placed in a quandary. She was elected as clerk. In fact, her mother before her had been the County Clerk. Something of a family tradition, which is common they say in Kentucky. She had been elected under the premise that marriage was, as the Scripture teaches, between a man and a woman and now she found herself as the clerk with the responsibility of issuing marriage licenses for relationships that she did not believe comported with what the Scripture teaches. What would she do? What ought she do? It was a difficult question. She made a decision in her heart, in fact she resolved in her heart that she would not go against her conscience and what she believed was right. So she made an appeal to the governing authorities and it went to the Supreme Court and that she be heard, that her arguments be heard and that was denied. It fell back to a judge; I believe it was a federal judge there in Kentucky to rule in her case. He ruled that she must issue the licenses. If you're paid by the state of Kentucky and the law of Kentucky is that people can marry across all sorts of lines, then she, as an employee of the state, would have to issue those licenses or face the consequences. She decided that she would do the latter. She would face the consequences and so the judge decreed that this woman be cast into prison and as we worship, here in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this morning, that woman sits in a prison jail cell in Rowan County, Kentucky. I suppose I imagine that perhaps we would live to see a day like today, but the I’m not sure I really believed it would come. When someone would be imprisoned for a tenet of their religious faith. Many of you'll remember that our nation was actually founded on the exact opposite premise. That people came here to say, everyone ought to be able to worship according to their dictates and live out their faith without coercion. Those days, it seems are passing. So she's made the decision to stand. Now some of you maybe thinking, well now wait preacher, if she's paid by the state of Kentucky and the law is as it is, then she ought to just resign and a forfeit her position. You know what, I think a case could be made for that. In fact, that actually did happen here in the state of Louisiana not so many weeks ago. It happens that there was a justice of the peace, a lady, in fact of all things; she's married to a Baptist preacher. She’s a young woman and she was elected to be the justice of the peace in, I think, Grant Parish up in Central Louisiana. Maybe some of you know where that is. She made the decision, with her husband, that when the Supreme Court ruled as it did, that she rather than get into all kinds of the legalities and a potential suit, she would just resign. She did: she just resigned her position, I for one, am glad that Kim Davis is taking a stand. II don't necessarily, I can’t judge whether or not she's been perfect in every moment of this journey. That’s for God to judge, but I’m glad she's taken a stand. Let me tell you why, because this forces us as a nation to consider some very significant questions. Now she has said she'll take whatever repercussions come her way and she's proven that she would. In fact, when the judge ordered her to jail, her response was “yes, your honor, thank you.” She responded with grace and she's taken her lumps and there she sits in jail today. But we, as a nation, have to make some decisions about how were going to live going forward. Do we want to live in a nation? Do we want our nation to be the kind of place where a devout Christian can no longer be a court clerk? Where, in our nation, it can never be again a devout Christian, who would stand for traditional marriage that could be a justice of the peace? Where no believer of this nature, could serve as a chaplain in our Armed Forces? Could not be a chaplain with the state police force? You say, preacher that’s crazy. What are you talking about? Did you know that just this year, again this is in the state of Kentucky, there was a young man who was a volunteer from his church, he would go every week, as I understand it, to a correctional Institute where they housed young offenders. He would go there to share the hope of the gospel, and to disciple these young men. Well the state Department of Corrections came up with a sheet and he had to sign it and sheet said, “you cannot say that homosexual behavior is sinful.” Well if you are a devout believer that places you in a quandary. How can you not say what the Bible says is the case? In fact, while I’m on this, don’t think I mean this to be a diatribe against one particular sin. Any sexual activity outside the simple bounds of a man and woman wed in matrimony is outside of the parameters of what God established. Be it premarital sex, extramarital sex, homosexual behavior, all of it alike is outside what God ordained and so they said before you can go back into that prison you’ve got to sign this is. That you will not say that these behaviors are sinful. The young man said, “I can't do it.” Are we prepared to live in a nation, where volunteers from churches can't go into the prisons and share the hope of the gospel as we’ve discovered in Christ and declare Christ saves from all sin? Is that the kind of nation we want to live in? Just these past few weeks, here in the state of Louisiana, an edict was released from the judicial commission of the State of Louisiana. It went to every judge in the State of Louisiana and it said “you must comport yourself in accordance with the Supreme Court's edict or we will remove your judgeship.” no Christian judges? No Christian bakers? No Christian photographers? These are serious days in which we’re living. Now friends listen, Kim Davis Is right at least in this one sense, we have to be willing to take whatever consequences come, but we must stand! We must stand for what is right! God will sort the consequences. Now where do we find help in making decisions during these difficult days with these weighty issues? I've got good news for you. There is help for us so we can know how we ought to live in these trying times and it's found in the book of Daniel. Would you please open your Bibles to Daniel? Daniel, Chapter One is where we are going to be this morning, and to me it's wonderful to think that this series has been planned for months. Months ago, we laid out our preaching schedule for this year and Daniel was the book that we chose and wouldn’t you know, in God's wisdom, he gave us this, just at the moment we most needed it. And that's the way he is. So if would now as our title implies, Stand, would you stand in honor of God's word and we are going to read the first chapter. Now normally, I don't read such an extended passage at one time. It takes about three minutes to read this first chapter, and I’m going to read every word. And this will be the best three minutes you spend all day, all right? Listening to what God says. I want to listen to this and then consider how ought I to live where I am? Just as Daniel learned to live in the circumstances where he found himself. Let’s read together beginning in Daniel chapter one verse one. In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of the vessels of the house of God. And he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and placed the vessels in the treasury of his god. (I like it that the editors used a little g, that’s appropriate, all right now verse 3) Then the king commanded Ashpenaz, his chief eunuch, to bring some of the people of Israel, both of the royal family and of the nobility, youths without blemish, of good appearance and skillful in all wisdom, endowed with knowledge, understanding learning, and competent to stand in the king's palace, and to teach them the literature and language of the Chaldeans. The king assigned them a daily portion of the food that the king ate, and of the wine that he drank. They were to be educated for three years, and at the end of that time they were to stand before the king. Among these were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah of the tribe of Judah. And the chief of the eunuchs gave them names: (now you may not the names Hananiah, Mishael and Azariah, but I think you know these) Daniel he called Belteshazzar, Hananiah he called Shadrach, (there it is) Mishael he called Meshach, and Azariah he called Abednego. (You know those names don’t you? Shadrach, Meshach and “away we go”, all right, you know these names. These are the great three friends of Daniel; now look in verse 8, what happens?) But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king's food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself. And God gave Daniel favor and compassion in the sight of the chief of the eunuchs, and the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who assigned your food and your drink; for why should he see that you were in worse condition than the youths who are of your own age? So you would endanger my head with the king.” Then Daniel said to the steward whom the chief of the eunuchs had assigned over Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, “Test your servants for ten days; let us be given vegetables to eat and water to drink. Then let our appearance and the appearance of the youths who eat the king's food be observed by you, and deal with your servants according to what you see.” So he listened to them in this matter, and tested them for ten days. At the end of ten days it was seen that they were better in appearance and fatter in flesh than all the youths who ate the king's food. So the steward took away their food and the wine they were to drink, and gave them vegetables. As for these four youths, God gave them learning and skill in all literature and wisdom, and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams. At the end of the time, when the king had commanded that they should be brought in, the chief of the eunuchs brought them in before Nebuchadnezzar. And the king spoke with them, and among all of them none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Therefore they stood before the king. And in every matter of wisdom and understanding about which the king inquired of them, he found them ten times better than all the magicians and enchanters that were in all his kingdom. And Daniel was there until the first year of King Cyrus. Let’s pray. God, we thank you for this book in the Bible, the book of Daniel. We thank you for the courage and commitment of these young men. The way that they stood when it seemed that all was coming against them. I pray God, you would teach us, how will stand in these days and to go against the flow when it seems that all of culture would sweep us away from you. Give us wisdom. Give us learning. Give us courage. Help us to dare to be a Daniel. I pray in Jesus name, Amen. Please be seated. This morning we’re going to begin a study in the book of Daniel and were going to look at the life of Daniel, this courageous young man and his four compatriots. This morning we’re going to focus in the first chapter. I’m going to divide this story into three scenes. I want you to follow along carefully as the Lord teaches us. Now the very first scene I going to call, A Great Tragedy. This story begins with a great tragedy. Look at how the passage opens, there in versus one and two and see it projected on the screen. In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand. Now this tragedy that I'm going to describe has two components to it. First of all, there's the component of Israel's defeat. It is a tragedy that Israel was defeated. Now remember Israel. Israel was that small band of, a tribe really, that came out of the descendants of Abraham. They were enslaved in Egypt and with a mighty hand, God brought them out of Egypt and Israel, in effect, defeated the mightiest force in its day, Egypt. Then arose the Kings, Saul and then David. David, you remember took down Goliath and the Philistines. He united the kingdom and David's reign was a rain of great might and power and renown and wealth. Then came his son Solomon. Israel was a top the world it seemed, but fissures began to appear in the veneer. It was because of the idolatry and immorality and fracturedness of their nation that that the people of Israel began to go into a decline, a steep decline, until, by the time we come to the life of Daniel, the nation is now totally defeated. Humiliated by what was then the world power, Babylon and its king Nebuchadnezzar. But the most sobering part of this defeat and of these verses that you see is that phrase “the Lord gave Jehoiakim into Nebuchadnezzar's hand. In other words it was not the might of the Babylonians, their armies, or their strategy of that enabled them to defeat Israel. What enabled them to defeat Israel was that God gave Israel over into its enemy’s hands. That is judgment came upon Israel. The Bible says righteousness exalts a nation but sin is a reproach to any people. And when sin begins to weave its way into a nation and there's immorality and idolatry and fractured people, then judgment is soon sure to follow. And if God judged Israel for her sins and he did, God can judge the United States of America for our sins. It was a tragedy that they were defeated. And the tragedy of it was that God allowed it to happen. Now why would I do that? Why would God allow his own people to go into captivity and defeat? Do you know why? It was because of their disobedience God had warned them for decades on end, that they ought to repent. That they ought to get right, but Israel was stiff necked and it was bent on going its own way. Away from God, and so judgment was to come. In fact it’s interesting. It’s one of the proofs of the inerrancy of Scripture and its trustworthiness. Did you know that more than 100 years prior to the defeat of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar, God prophesied it would happen? He did so through the prophet Isaiah. Listen! Listen carefully to the precision of this prophesy. This is from Isaiah Chapter 39 beginning at verse five. “Hear the word of the Lord of hosts: Behold, the days are coming, when all that is in your house, and that which your fathers have stored up till this day, shall be carried to Babylon. Nothing shall be left, says the Lord. And some of your sons, who shall issue from you, whom you shall beget, shall be taken away. And they shall become officials in the palace of the king of Babylon. Are you kidding me? A hundred years before it happened, God said there's going to come a day when judgment will fall. You’re going to be carried away the Babylonian in captivity, including some of your own defendants. What do recent discover here in Daniel chapter 1? That from the nobility, from the royal house, these young men were buried in the Babylon. GOD’S WORD CANNOT BE MOCKED! What a man sows, he will reap. What a nation sows, a nation will reap. And this story begins with a tragedy, but the tragedy did not have to happen. Had the children of Israel repented and turned back to God, judgment would not have fallen but they did not, they disobeyed, and thus, they were defeated. It’s a lesson for us in America. Could judgment fall on America? It could! I've said before and I'll say it again here now, with a heavy heart I tell you, I wouldn't be surprised if God allowed our worst enemies overrun us, to discipline us for our sin. We, the purported Christian nation, supposed Christian nation! Why is it that those who sell baby parts are free and the one who would stand for traditional marriage is in jail? You explain it to me! Don’t think it could happen to us. It could happen. I don’t say that with any glee, I say with a broken heart. I say God have mercy on America. Lord don’t have justice with us. We don't need justice. If justice were to fall we would be judged. No, we need mercy. God have mercy on us. Help us and especially those of us who know the truth that we would stand for righteousness. Not holier than thou, but just walk in obedience to the precepts of God's Word. Simple things. Like Thou Shall Not Commit Adultery, Ashley Madison. Thou Shall Not Steal; Thou Shall Not Kill, including innocent babies and their mother’s womb! GOD HELP US! Lest this tragedy befall us. Now lets go to the second scene. I’ve talked to you about the great tragedy that befell the children of Israel. Now I want to say something about a great temptation. It came Daniel's way. Here they are, carried off to Babylon. And here's the strange twist of fate, if you will, Daniel has in front of him, in a way of thinking, a golden possibility. All right? He’s been held in captivity. His city has been besieged. They been starving in Jerusalem. Now this young man, country bumpkin, has been carried off to Babylon. Babylon was the greatest city of its day. It was the Washington DC or the New York City of its time. There is Daniel, living in that great walled city. He enrolled there, not in LSU; he enrolled in BSU Babylon State University. And he's got TOPS (scholarship program), he’s got full ride tuition, he got room and board, doesn’t the Bible say that? He’s given to eat and the king’s table. He’s standing in the king's palace. I mean he’s got the tiger by the tail. All he’s got to do is go along to get along. Just don’t ruffle feathers. Just keep your head down Daniel or you’ll get it lopped off. He’s got a golden opportunity. Here he is. He’s not eating at the Five; he’s eating at Galatoire’s, or Juban’s or Ruffino’s. I mean he eating the royal regimen, it’s being fed to him. What an opportunity he has. All he has to do is go along to get along. Daniel, just be cool man. Just fit in. just be like everybody else around you. That’s all you’ve got to do. I love Daniel, because in the face of this golden possibility, he stands for a Godly purpose. Look at would you in verse eight. But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king's food or with the wine that he drank. Daniel resolved, that is, Daniel purposed in his heart. Daniel was like this; everybody may be going this way. Everybody may be disobeying the Lord's commands, but I am going to go this way. I’m not going to be holier than thou about it, I’m not going to try to lift myself up as if I'm all that. But just in my own modest way, I'm going to stand for what's right. What a great word. You young people listen to me. You know how old Daniel was at this time? We believe he was probably about 14 years of age. Do I have any 14 year olds in here this morning? Stand up if you are 14. I want to see all our 14 year olds. Stand right up. How would you 14 year olds like if you were carried away into a foreign country? You 15 year olds stand up 15 year old. He may have been 15. There you are. There you are. 15 years old, carried away, all you have to do is go along. Just do whatever everyone else is doing. You don’t have to make a scene for crying out loud. You can be seated. Daniel wouldn't go along to get along. And he would keep his head down. He stood up. And he said I’m going to follow the Lords precepts. And you might even argue, it’s not that big a thing. I mean all you have to do is eat the king’s food. Just drink the wine that there serving. What? It’s not a big deal. It was to Daniel. Because God in his word had laid out some principles of how to live in obedience to him. And there were certain kosher foods among the Jewish people. And Daniel on what some might consider just the technicality said I'm not going the yield on this. I'm going to be faithful to the Lord. By his grace am going to stand true. And I want to challenge our young people and our parents who set the example and our grandparents who are here this morning. May God help us in this day of so much moral confusion, just to be true? True to God's word. To his truth. To his principles. And not yield. Daniel had a Godly purpose. You know what this leads to? It leads to peril. It leads to danger. There was a grave peril before Daniel. I mean you couldn’t buck King Nebuchadnezzar. I mean this is the ruler of the known world. It would be like being carried in before the Ayatollah Khomeini. You do what you want in his face. It’s a dangerous thing. You say how do you know that preacher? Well look at what the Bible says. They’re now in verse 10. ..and the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who assigned your food and your drink; for why should he see that you were in worse condition than the youths who are of your own age? So you would endanger my head with the king. What’s he saying? He’s saying man, if you don't do what the king said, we could all get our heads lopped off. This is serious business. But Daniel, no matter the risk, runs this apparel. And is willing to stand in the face of it. He is between a rock and a hard place. Look at this. If he pleases the king, he displeases the King of Kings. But he pleases the King of Kings, he displeases the king. And he has to make a choice. And all of us are going to have to make a choice. Who is the King that we will please? For whose pleasure do we live? And Daniel makes his choice. Now I love Daniel because he offers up, in this quandary, he offers up a very gracious proposal. He doesn’t stand up on the cafeteria table in the middle of the Five or something and start banging on the table. I want a new menu! I want a new menu! I want a new menu! He doesn't do that. He doesn’t hold up a placards and march, like Westboro does. No, what does Daniel do? He makes a very gracious proposal. He says look, I tell you what, would you be so kind as to just test us for 10 days? Just let us eat fruit and vegetables. Just test us. The word vegetable here is a word that means from the seed. So it would have included things like wheat and vegetables and fruit. Things that grow from seed. Just let us have a basic menu and then at the end of the 10 days just test us and see how we measure up against the others. It was a gracious kind proposal. And I want to advocate this for all of us. I’m not wanting you to leave today and go get placards and march and shout profanities and curse the darkness. I’m not asking you to do that. Nor do I believe the Word of God have us do that. Instead I'm asking you to live with what I’m going to call a convictional kindness. Now you just may want to jot these words down. The head or our Religious Liberty and Ethics Commission is a man named Dr. Russell Moore. And he coined this phrase as I know and I love it. Listen to it. Convictional Kindness. What does that mean? Well just think of each word individually. Conviction. God’s people, if you know Jesus as your savior, and you comport to be His disciple, you need to have some conviction about you. Things that you believe are right and wrong. And those things need to be rooted in the clear teachings of God’s word. Not some list you just came up with by tradition. But what does God’s word say? And knowing what he expects, you say, these are my convictions. I’m not looking to fight. I’m not looking down my nose at anybody else. These are jus the things I believe are expected of me by God and I have convictions about these. That’s conviction. That is, have a backbone. But then the word kindness. What does the word kindness mean? That means that you’re gentle. That you’re not up in people's faces looking for a fight. You’re going to plead your case. You’re going to make proposal and you’re going to do it with graciousness. And if it is not conceded to you, you are going to face the consequences. Convictional Kindness. Or you could turn it around and it is the same thing. Kind conviction. And those are the kind of people we need to be in the day in which were living. Kim Davis, whether or not we agree with every nuance of what she’s done, she’s made a proposal. She’s said I want to take this to the Supreme Court. I want there to be an adjudication. I believe that we need to have an adjudication in our nation. Let me remind us again. We are the government. If you are old enough to vote, you, in a sense, govern this nation. And you need to take seriously that right and that responsibility that falls to you. You better know the issues. Don’t vote for somebody because they handsome, or because they are good looking. Don’t vote for them because they are brash. Vote for someone who, to the best of your discernment, is going to stand according to biblical principle’s and again, whether or not we carry any election, we still have to stand for what is right. Stand! Stand! Stand! And Daniel did. And he did it, with convictional kindness. We are not looking for confrontation, but we are not going to capitulate either. May God help us to be people of convictional kindness? Isn’t that what the bible says? Listen to what the bible says. This now is 1st Peter, Chapter 3. Versus 14-15. But even if you should suffer for righteousness' sake, you will be blessed. Have no fear of them, nor be troubled, but in your hearts honor Christ the Lord as holy, always being prepared to make a defense to anyone who asks you for a reason for the hope that is in you; yet do it with gentleness and respect.. Now folks, I tell you, I will be honest with you, you probably know this anyway, its hard for me not to get angry at times. Just to get upset and frustrated and bitter because things don’t go the way I think they ought to go. And the world often sees Christians an embittered, harsh, offensive people. Peter says, be ready to give an answer for the hope that’s within you when people ask you. Are you known as the person of hope? Am I known as the person of hope or do I think the roofs caving in. You know Chicken Little. The sky is falling. Friends we have a hope and our nation may go down the tubes and we may be imprisoned for your faith but I still have hope. We ought to be ready to give an answer. And he says do it with gentleness and respect. May God help us to live with convictional kindness? All right now here is the end. It ends and I’m so thankful to say this, on an up note. It ends in triumph, really. Look at how this the third scene in our story. It is what I call, a great triumph. It happens because of faithfulness to God. Daniel is faithful. He stays true to what he believes. He didn’t bow, he didn’t bend, he didn’t break. He stood. Stand. Stand. Stand. He did. He was faithful. And because he was faithful, he was favored by God. God favored him. Look at how this passage concludes. As for these four youths, God gave them learning and skill in all literature and wisdom and Daniel had understanding in all visions and dreams and the king spoke with them and among all of them, none was found like Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah. Therefore they stood before the king. He found them ten times better than all. That’s amazing. Why were Daniel and his friends found ten times better? Was it because of innate intelligence in them? Did they have a natural higher IQ? I’m not sure that they did. I really believe that it was rooted in God’s favor. He blessed these boys. He helped them in their studies. He favored them and when we are faithful to God, he will favor us. He will bless us. He did with Daniel. Daniel rose to be; some might say the prime minister of Babylon. Now is it that all was easy for Daniel? Am I preaching a health and wealth gospel? No I am not! In fact, did you know that for the next seventy years of Daniels live, he was a captive, enslaved in Babylon? But he was still favored. This story set hundreds of years ago, could read as todays newspaper. It’s that applicable to where we are living. I pray God we wont go through any greater tragedy than what we have already experienced. I pray that we as a nation and as people will turn back to God. Listen friends, the problem isn’t in the courthouse, and the white house solely. It’s in the church house. Its preachers afraid to say what is true. It is church members who wont stand for what is true. It ought to begin the revival needs to begin here among us! In this day of difficulty, you young people, I know well, great temptations are going to come your way. You are going to be pressured to just go along to get along. I want to challenge you to purpose in your heart that you are going to stand for the Lord. And I want you do it with convictional kindness. And I want to do that myself. You pray for me that Ill be that kind of disciple. If we’ll do it, friends, I want to tell you something, God will bless it. He will favor us. He will be gracious to us. He’ll make his countenance shine upon us. He’ll give us peace. He will! Would you stand please with your head bowed? I want ask our musicians to come, our band. Were going to go out today singing. Were not defeated. Listen friend, no matter what happens we’re not defeated. We are more than conquerors through him who loved us. The ultimate victory is the Lord’s. We just need to make sure that we are on his side. That we know him that we been redeemed. That we been forgiven. That we’re standing. We need his grace to do it. We can’t stand in our own power, in our own strength. We need his grace. And so I want us to pray now for it. And then we will sing. God we thank you for your word and the light it is to our feet. The light it is to our path. God, I pray that today it's been illumined how we ought to live. With convictional kindness. Standing for what’s right in a hostile world. I pray for our young people that they’ll stand true. In elementary school, and middle school, and high school, for our collegiate at the University. That they will be gracious, faithful. I pray for adults out in the workplace, where there is dishonesty and immorality and deceit and all manner of temptation. Lord help us as adults to be faithful to you. Help us God to stand! We pray in Jesus name, AMEN.
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