Sometimes it Just All Comes Together

 

Laughing at Lies and Liars

Another zinger from the folks at New Saint Andrews College up here in Nor-Ida

These chaps are gettin' it done, tearing down the strongholds (Proverbs 21:22; 2nd Corinthians 10:3-6).

These are some of the few Christians in the States willing to combat the current sortie sent out from Hell's gates. 

Strap in and enjoy, and shoulder an axe and help them hack at Hell's gate too (Matthew 16.18).  

First Smile of the Father's Voice

During an ultrasound check-up a father speaks to his child in his wife's womb and the little one smiles several times when he hears the father's voice.  

A pure delight.

To Christ all glory!

He is beyond all glory and praise. 

My o' my...

The beauty and mystery He has woven into our lives and His universe have no end.

Kingdom Men are Needed

For The King and His Kingdom.

The strenuous life is calling.

ALL for Christ.

In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) is more Death

Here's more concerning the destructive IVF (In vitro fertilization) procedure.  Check out Ken Ham's recent article, "IVF Modernizes Ancient Eugenic Practices of Selective Breeding"

(see my prior post What I Think of IVF )

I sympathize with a husband and wife who cannot have children naturally, but IVF is not the answer.  I realize this is not what someone likes to hear, nor is it apparently now-days even considered as perhaps being the will of Providence, but obviously the God of Creation is wanting something else for you and yours.  

IVF is simply murder, and premeditative, selective murder at that.

Prayerfully think about Adoption as the direction the Holy Spirit may be leading you in your hope to raise up children for God's glory.  

A Reminder of the Rights of States in the Union

Reading a bit of odds and ends the other day, and came across this from James Madison the “father of the Constitution,” who wrote in Federalist No. 45:

"The powers delegated by the proposed Constitution to the Federal Government, are few and defined. Those which are to remain in the State Governments are numerous and indefinite. The former will be exercised principally on external objects, as war, peace, negotiation, and foreign commerce; with which last the power of taxation will for the most part be connected. The powers reserved to the several States will extend to all the objects, which, in the ordinary course of affairs, concern the lives, liberties and properties of the people; and the internal order, improvement, and prosperity of the State."

Well, that apple fell off the tree, rolled down the hill, and rotted to almost nonexistence long ago, now hasn't it?  *Whew*...wow.  And, think of it, J Mad was considered a "strong central government" guy!  

The Odious Antisemitism Awareness Act

I HIGHLY recommend you read the two articles linked below to get a handle on this legislation snaking it's way through our civil government.

-- Lew Rockwell:  Beware of the Anti-Semitism Awareness Act

-- Chuck Baldwin:  Congress Criminalizes the New Testament

This bill is repugnant, unlawful and wicked, and building one more path to incrementally oppressing the Christian Congregation of Jesus.  It also shuts down the rights of free speech, and controls the journalism-press in these 50 States.  

And to throw more trash on this dumpster fire, there are conflicting absurdities within the bill because it makes no qualifications between the religion of A.D. Jews (post destruction of Jerusalem in 70AD) which is Talmudism, the nation state of Israel, nor of the neurotic, secular religion of Zionism.  These "things" are not "semite" but are being lumped into the elastic term "antisemitism" nonetheless.  And, by the way, nor are the vast majority of the people "semites" this bill is saying we cannot criticize!  

 

Here's the Congressional link to the actual law HERE

It passed in the House under a fruitless, spurious Christian leader who is a schlemiel and a patsy for every big Statist dogma in DC.  He clearly is not a disciple of the King, but undoubtedly has become what he worships which is the secular, worldly State.  And this is a fundamental axiom of God's Word, which is: You become what you worship.  As Psalm 115:8 states, "Those who make them are like them, so is everyone who trusts in them."  

Pray to the Master that this is stopped, and let your senators know they should vote NO.

Now, all that said, and yes, it is pathetic, sad and lame, but I'm not surprise nor deeply angry because as I've said before, this is just one of the pieces flying off after the vehicle has gone over the cliff and hits the ground.  Our civil governments are too expansive, bloated and disconnected; they are not serving nor being held accountable for their mistakes nor their outright SINS.  We MUST reduce the size, scope and reach of our bureaucratic civil governments and bring back local, small, accountable structures because ours are completely and utterly unhinged, and alarmingly depraved.

Think Locally, and Act Locally, and read Psalm 110 to remind yourself again who's the Sovereign, and the King of all earthly kings (Rev. 1:5)!

Season of The Ascension 2024 AD

Here is a post link below of which I endeavor to send out each year for Ascension Day.  I send it out now for a Lordsday meditation celebrating The Ascension, which was May 9th, and His Rule over Creation.

The Ascension: The Son of Man's Coronation

Californication

This article below by Leonard Read is one of many gems sprinkled in a great book of free market writers entitled Cliches of Politics.  It addresses numerous misconceptions of civil government intervention (i.e. socialism), and is well worth your time to acquaint yourself with many of the concept-corrections found in this book.  It'll help to equip yourself for intellectual combat in the day-to-day work-place trenches as you encounter lazy, envy driven marxist-think.  

Someone scanned an old version that can be found online HERE.  The physical book I linked to above is an updated, edited version from the original 1970.

And, let me say as an opening salvo to a few posts I have planned for the future, that this idea presented below needs to be heeded by those in the camp of political "conservatives", especially professing Christian ones.  

Here in Idaho specifically, and in culture generally, I'm seeing a influx of "conservatives" who are personally and sentimentally "moral" folks, meaning that they adhere -- strictly or loosely -- to individualistic "heart" or "spiritual" morals derived from Christianity such as:  Don't be vulgar, life is sacred, marriage is between a male and female humans, don't drink alcohol (an explicitly unbiblical belief, but some Protestants have been poorly taught to believe it is), you're accountable for your actions, don't be a gossip etc, etc. etc.   

BUT, when it comes to civil government, well, suddenly -- eureka! -- the Bible just doesn't appear to have anything to say according to these people, and hence they vote and advocate to increase The State, and plead for free! free! free! (i.e. "legal" plunder).  And, ya know, it is sooo strange but Leviathan and tyranny grow increasingly stronger and larger through humanistic laws, regulation and welfare.  Then those same folks turn around and complain about oppressive legislation and godlessness.  Yeah.  

The classic line is "I paid taxes into the State, so I am certainly justified to get whatever I can.", and when confronted on that unbiblical bat crap, some brothers or sisters in Christ will follow it up with this canned, sappy shibboleth about taking it and using...  well, no. No. Hold on. I'll save that one for another post; it's too savory and needs a full presentation and examination.

In a word, these folks are dedicated personal moralists, but full-on (or soft) Marxists in their cultural worldview.  This may come as a shock to some, but that worldview is NOT Biblical, it is therapeutic moralism, which at heart is gnosticism meddled with that ol' worldly standby, Expediency.

I refer to this as Californication, and as I wrote above, I hope to unfold this more hither and yon.

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"We're paying for it, so we might as well get our share."
   by Leonard Read

This is how many otherwise responsible citizens rationalize their own line-up at the Federal [or State or city or county] trough. Farmers see businessmen getting their tariffs. Businessmen observe subsidies to farmers. Labor leaders eye them both for copying. Angelenos see the Gothamites getting Federal aid, and Miamians read about Federal handouts to Seattleites. Such log-rolling of special interests grows, and "how to get ours" becomes the "economic" talk of the nation. That a naughty feeling often attends this weak excuse is understandable.

For obvious reasons, this bromide evokes no sense of guilt in socialists, those who would communize society, Federal handouts fit perfectly into their design of substituting government control for personal responsibility. The feelings of remorse are confined to individuals who think of themselves as conservative or libertarian. Unable clearly to diagnose their inconsistency, they at least suspect themselves of being Janus-faced.

To bring this political picture into focus, let's substitute one man for the majority, and a few for the millions, otherwise sticking to an accurate matching in structure. A man, call him Robin Hood, aspires to the role of God. He observes that the people in his shire come out unequally when freely exchanging the things they grow, the stock they raise, the items they make. Some fare a lot better than others. It never occurs to this Caesar of the countryside that dullness, laziness, indolence — as against ingenuity, initiative, industry — play a hand in these discrepancies. He sees only the inequalities and, in egotistical disdain, only his system for erasing them.

So, bow in hand, our self-appointed hero takes the produce from all unto himself. He'll dole it out as he sees the need. "Social justice" of his variety will be served!  The socialists in the shire — those who believe in the communalization of the product of all by coercion — may well be expected to hail this man and his tools of force. But, what are we to think of those who have a libertarian bent, of those who pay lip service to the free society, and then go on to assert, "We're paying for it, so we might as well get our share"? What sincerity or depth can be ascribed to their lip service? Do not actions speak louder than words? By their actions, are they not, most effectively, giving support to the socialistic design? Endorsing the welfare state? Upholding Caesarism?

Frederic Bastiat, more than a century ago, referred quite accurately to the above behavior as legal plunder, and explained in simple terms how to identify it: "See if the law takes from some persons what belongs to them, and gives it to other persons to whom it does not belong. See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime”

No individual with libertarian pretensions can, in good conscience, advocate legal plunder. What, then, should be his position? He has only one way to turn. Bastiat, the libertarian teacher, was again helpful: "Then abolish this law without delay, for it is not only an evil itself, but also it is a fertile source for further evils because it invites reprisals. If such a law — which may be an isolated case — is not abolished immediately, it will spread, multiply, and develop into a system."

Today, in the U.S.A., such law is not the isolated exception. It is already "a system." This system of plunder derives much of its support from individuals who do not subscribe to socialism but who say, "We're paying for it, so we might as well get our share."

One More for the Road?

Sophisticated, classy jokes submitted in a refined, tasteful and cultivated manner for your genteel and discriminating enjoyment.

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Rene Descartes is relaxing late in the evening at his favorite local bar.  At last call, the bartender asks Rene if he'd like one more drink before they close it down for the night.  

Descartes considers for a moment and replies, " I think not.", and disappears.

Me-thinks there's a Problem

Sophisticated, classy jokes submitted in a refined, tasteful and cultivated manner for your genteel and discriminating enjoyment.

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A sign on the Episcopalian church building said:

"Bible study Wednesday at 7:00pm, bring your Bible and a pair of scissors."

Christian Nationalism gettin' some Game Time

Doug Wilson -- long-time pastor in Moscow, Idaho -- sat down with Tucker Carlson this week to discuss Christian "nationalism".  It went swimmingly.  Stellar.  Home run.

Here below is a short segment that Carlson posted to X to wet-your-whistle, but to see the hour interview subscribe to TCN    

I'd greatly recommend Doug's book Mere Christendom

Also Christian Nationalism: A Biblical Guide for Taking Dominion and Discipling Nations by Andrew Torba & Andrew Isker

And one more to round out Ye Ol' Theocracy: 

By this Standard: The Authority of God's Law Today by Greg Bahnsen

All "this" needs to get back into the bloodstream of american believers of Jesus.

It's ALL for Christ or it will fail.  The Bride has been "whoring" around here in the West for quite some time, and Jesus doesn't "share" when it comes to His wife; He's a jealous God.  When the Bride doesn't obey and submit to her Husband, He will (and must) loving rebuke and correct her (oopsie! just wrote-out the modern, humanist "unpardonable sin"!).  That means she must repent and be faithful, but also, that she likely will go through a time of suffering due to the fall-out of her sins.

We need to return to Christ or it won't end well; it's Yeshua or chaos.  We do it by All for Christ.  Starting with each sphere of governing: Individual, Family, Congregation (i.e. church) government, and finally Civil government.  All four of these governmental "spheres" or jurisdictions must be dedicated to the Ruler of the Kings of Earth (Revelation 1:5).  One doesn't get a pass (i.e. civil government) while the other three must obey His will and commands.  To say so, as a Christian, is intellectually embarrassing and insufferable.

ALL for Christ!

Beer. Real Beer.

Sophisticated, classy jokes submitted in a refined, tasteful and cultivated manner for your genteel and discriminating enjoyment.

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Four brewery presidents walk into a bar.  The guy from Corona sits down and says, "Hey, senor, I would like the world's best beer; give me a Corona!".  The bartender gives it to him.

The guy from Budweiser says, "I'd like the best beer the the world.  Give me 'The King of the Beers', a Budweiser."  The bartender handed it to him.

The guy from Coors says, "I'd like the only beer made with Rocky Mountain spring water.  Give me a Coors!"  He gets it.

The guy from Guinness sits down and says, "Give me a Dr Pepper."  The bartender is a slightly taken aback, but gives him what he ordered.

The other brewery presidents look over at him and ask, "Why didn't you order a Guinness?"

The Guinness president replied, "Well, I figured if you-all weren't going to be drinking beer, I wouldn't either."

CIA Lackey Blows the Gaff

An undercover camera operation run by a group called Sound Investigations recently captured some Deep State chicanery from a man named Gavin O'Blennis who worked for the FBI in 2021 and 2022, and who is a contracting officer with the CIA (or was!).  

He reveals much of what the people with an accurate view and understanding of the human heart and condition already knew:  Our civil government is disgracefully wicked, and this United STATE has hit bottom and this is more of the debris flying off.

Find it on X HERE

But will the Bulb get Changed?

Sophisticated, classy jokes submitted in a refined, tasteful and cultivated manner for your genteel and discriminating enjoyment.

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How many United Methodists does it take to change a lightbulb?

Answer: "We believe that incandescent, fluorescent, tinted, or three-way are equally valid paths to light, and if, in your journey you have felt the need to change your lightbulb, we are holding a lightbulb service on Sun Day at which all are welcome (All means ALL!) to recite a poem with your pet or perform a dance of luminescence."

What I think of IVF

In honor of Donald Trump's stated public opinion yesterday of his view of infanticide -- insidiously termed "abortion" -- and his view on IVF (In vitro fertilization), of both opinions of his I take issue with, but especially his naive view on IVF.  You'll see...

He had it Good, for Awhile

Sophisticated, classy jokes submitted in a refined, tasteful and cultivated manner for your genteel and discriminating enjoyment.

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A redneck swaggers into a bar.  

"Hey, barkeep, set me up with a cold one." he says. He begins to look around the bar and sees Someone who looks familiar down at the end of the bar.  He leans over and asks the bartender, "Hey, is that Jesus down there?" The bartender nods.  "Well, set him up with a cold one too!".

Soon enough Jesus gets up to leave, and as He does He walks over to the redneck, touches him, and says, "Thank you for the beverage; you are healed."

The redneck springs out of his chair and yells at Jesus, "DON'T TOUCH ME!  I'm drawing disability!"

Good Friday: Alone...Alone...Alone

Easter Night 

All night had shout of men, and cry
Of woeful women filled His way;
Until that noon of sombre sky
On Friday, clamour and display
Smote Him; no solitude had He,
No silence, since Gethsemane.
Public was Death; but Power, but Might,
But Life again, but Victory,
Were hushed within the dead of night,
The shutter’d dark, the secrecy.
And all alone, alone, alone,
   He rose again behind the stone.

           by Alice Meynell, 1849-1922

The King's Humble Ride

Ride on, Ride on in Majesty

Ride on, ride on in majesty!

Hear all the tribes hosanna cry;
O Savior meek, pursue Your road
with palms and scattered garments strowed.

Ride on, ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die.
O Christ, Your triumphs now begin
o’er captive death and conquered sin.

Ride on, ride on in majesty!
The host of angels in the sky
look down with sad and wondering eyes
to see thy approaching Sacrifice.

Ride on, ride on in majesty!
Your last and fiercest strife is nigh.
The Father on His sapphire throne
awaits His own anointed Son.

Ride on, ride on in majesty!
In lowly pomp ride on to die,
bow Your meek head to mortal pain,
then take, O Christ, Your power and reign.

     -- Henry Hart Milman, 1791- 1868

Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337)

Christian Legalism vs. Yeshua's Law-word (Part 2)

 Westminster Confession: Chapter 19 “Of the Law of God”

          Sections 3, 5, 6-7  (1646 AD)
 
3. God was pleased to give to the people of Israel, as a church under age, ceremonial laws, containing several typical ordinances, partly of worship, prefiguring Christ, His graces, actions, sufferings, and benefits; and partly holding forth divers instructions of moral duties. All which ceremonial laws are now abrogated under the New Testament.

     (Col 2.14,16-17 / Dn 9.27 / Eph 2.15-16 / Mk 7.18-19 / Gal 2.4)

 

5. The moral law doth forever bind all, justified persons as well as others, to the obedience thereof; and that not only in regard of the matter contained in it, but also in respect of the authority of God the Creator who gave it. Neither doth Christ in the gospel any way dissolve, but much strengthen, this obligation.  (Ecc.12.13 / Rom 13.8-10 / Eph 6.2 / 1^st John 2.3-4,7-8 / Rom 3.31, 6.15 / James 2.8, 10-11 / Mt 5.17-19)

 

6. Although true believers be not under the law as a covenant of works, to be thereby justified or condemned; yet is it of great use to them, as well as to others; in that, as a rule of life, informing them of the will of God and their duty, it directs and binds them to walk accordingly; discovering also the sinful pollutions of their nature, hearts, and lives; so as, examining themselves thereby, they may come to further conviction of, humiliation for, and hatred against sin; together with a clearer sight of the need they have of Christ, and the perfection of His obedience.

      It is likewise of use to the regenerate, to restrain their corruptions, in that it forbids sin, and the threatenings of it serve to show what even their sins deserve, and what afflictions in this life they may expect for them, although freed from the curse thereof threatened in the law.

       The promises of it, in like manner, show them God’s approbation of obedience, and what blessings they may expect upon the performance thereof; although not as due to them by the law as a covenant of works: so as a man’s doing good, and refraining from evil, because the law encourageth to the one, and deterreth from the other, is no evidence of his being under the law, and not under grace.  

(Rom 6.14 / Gal 2.16, 3.13, 4.4-5, 5.14,16,18-23 / Acts 13.39 Rom 7.12,22,25 / Ps 119.4-6 / 1^st Cor 7.19)

 

7. Neither are the forementioned uses of the law contrary to the grace of the gospel, but do sweetly comply with it: the Spirit of Christ subduing and enabling the will of man to do that freely and cheerfully, which the will of God, revealed in the law, requireth to be done.  (Titus 2.14)