10/9/16
So here we go again. Trump said something crude about women 11 years ago and conservatives start bailing on him. What about hillary laughing that she got a child rapist off scott free when she knew he was guilty? What about the women that bill clinton actually raped and hillary destroyed their lives protecting him. What about hillary's hero, Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, who called black people weeds that needed to be gotten rid of?
So Trump's not good enough for the far right because he's not perfect, but these same people will be more than happy to see hillary elected so she can continue the same godless policies that conservatives are against. Yeah, it makes real sense.
Trump isn't qualified to be president because he has a trash mouth sometimes, but it's okay for godless, lying hillary, who also has a trash mouth, the one who couldn't be found at 3am when four Americans died in Benghazi, the one who sent over 50,000 classified emails on her private server, then erased 33,000 of them after they were subpoenaed, who is pro abortion, pro open borders, and pro gay marriage and transgender. Yes, indeed, I can see how conservatives could never vote for Trump but could allow hillary to be president just so long as their false piety remains intact.
Yeah, makes real sense.
Friday, March 3, 2017
Phony Outrage
10/11/16
Hey! Enough of this phony outrage by liberals who are shocked that such language as Trump used goes on in a locker room. What shells have they been living under? They aren't offended by rap singers or the gutter antics of Madonna or Miley Cyrus, or the R rated movies they watch, or the four letter words that hillary is known to use frequently in private.
What's worse is the Republican establishment, most of whom have probably said similar things in their lifetimes, is using this as an excuse to desert Trump because he's not one of them. They'll destroy their own party before they'll let an outsider who is not afraid of political correctness win.
What's worse still is conservatives who use it as an excuse to desert him, because he's not pristine. So in order to preserve their precious principles they are willing to give the country away to hillary who is against everything they stand for. Such principles don't mean much. People who should have a better handle on the big picture are as blind and as big of fools as the left that has sold its soul to the devil in obama and hillary.
I was for Ted Cruz at the beginning. Cruz isn't running anymore, but even he has overlooked insults to endorse Trump. Why? Because at this point if we don't unite behind Trump we are looking at the end of our constitutional republic.
The attacks against our First Amendment rights to freedom of religion and speech will accelerate until we lose them altogether under hillary. She has already told Christians we have to adjust our beliefs to align with political correctness. The same will be true of the Second Amendment and likely all of the Bill of Rights under hillary.
Trump's critics say he'll be a dictator. What do you think obama has tried to be and hillary will be even more of? Trump is surrounding himself with conservatives and tapping constitutionalists and outspoken Christians for his cabinet and Supreme Court choices and his VP and likely next Republican candidate is Mike Pence, the outstanding Christian governor of Indiana. Trump won't be a dictator.
Don't tell me he's a charlatan. There have been plenty of former Democrats who became Republicans when they saw how the Dems are destroying the country. Since this campaign began Trump has evolved, both in positions and demeanor. Even if he's not a Christian, he's solidifying his positions by consulting Christian leaders.
There is hope for the future if Trump wins, not because anybody is worshipping him or calling him a savior like they used to call obama, but because he will provide common sense leadership influenced strongly by evangelicals and conservatives. He will put in place conservative economic policies that will give us a true recovery and start to pay down the debt. Even if his motive is to save his financial empire what's wrong with that? He provides tens of thousands of jobs for people, and who in his right mind wouldn't want a better economy than the meager one percent growth and 95 million people out of work that we have now?
He will protect the Bill of Rights rather than attack it. He has said publicly that the attacks against Christians and freedom of religion must stop. He's the only candidate who has said that. That doesn't make him born again or a role model for young men, but a Trump presidency gives the country a chance to move back toward the Christian principles we were founded on and prepare the way for a born again Christian who is a role model for young men.
The alternative is a woman who is so debase that she will lead us into a complete LGBT moral abyss, and the country straight to hell with unlimited abortions. Any Christian who can stand by and let hillary win in order to protect some undefined biblical principle about not voting for Trump,doesn't understand biblical morality or the Christian's responsibility to government, has no real concept of the bigger picture, or a plan for the future. Anybody who thinks if we can't win it all in one election there is no point in trying doesn't understand our political system. Barring a third Great Awakening in our country the way back to our founding Christian principles is going to be a step by step process, which means at this point we need to accept Trump in order to get to Pence.
Wake up. The end of the world will come when God is ready. In the mean time we are to occupy till He comes. Allowing the enemies of God to win is not occupying. It's surrender.
Hey! Enough of this phony outrage by liberals who are shocked that such language as Trump used goes on in a locker room. What shells have they been living under? They aren't offended by rap singers or the gutter antics of Madonna or Miley Cyrus, or the R rated movies they watch, or the four letter words that hillary is known to use frequently in private.
What's worse is the Republican establishment, most of whom have probably said similar things in their lifetimes, is using this as an excuse to desert Trump because he's not one of them. They'll destroy their own party before they'll let an outsider who is not afraid of political correctness win.
What's worse still is conservatives who use it as an excuse to desert him, because he's not pristine. So in order to preserve their precious principles they are willing to give the country away to hillary who is against everything they stand for. Such principles don't mean much. People who should have a better handle on the big picture are as blind and as big of fools as the left that has sold its soul to the devil in obama and hillary.
I was for Ted Cruz at the beginning. Cruz isn't running anymore, but even he has overlooked insults to endorse Trump. Why? Because at this point if we don't unite behind Trump we are looking at the end of our constitutional republic.
The attacks against our First Amendment rights to freedom of religion and speech will accelerate until we lose them altogether under hillary. She has already told Christians we have to adjust our beliefs to align with political correctness. The same will be true of the Second Amendment and likely all of the Bill of Rights under hillary.
Trump's critics say he'll be a dictator. What do you think obama has tried to be and hillary will be even more of? Trump is surrounding himself with conservatives and tapping constitutionalists and outspoken Christians for his cabinet and Supreme Court choices and his VP and likely next Republican candidate is Mike Pence, the outstanding Christian governor of Indiana. Trump won't be a dictator.
Don't tell me he's a charlatan. There have been plenty of former Democrats who became Republicans when they saw how the Dems are destroying the country. Since this campaign began Trump has evolved, both in positions and demeanor. Even if he's not a Christian, he's solidifying his positions by consulting Christian leaders.
There is hope for the future if Trump wins, not because anybody is worshipping him or calling him a savior like they used to call obama, but because he will provide common sense leadership influenced strongly by evangelicals and conservatives. He will put in place conservative economic policies that will give us a true recovery and start to pay down the debt. Even if his motive is to save his financial empire what's wrong with that? He provides tens of thousands of jobs for people, and who in his right mind wouldn't want a better economy than the meager one percent growth and 95 million people out of work that we have now?
He will protect the Bill of Rights rather than attack it. He has said publicly that the attacks against Christians and freedom of religion must stop. He's the only candidate who has said that. That doesn't make him born again or a role model for young men, but a Trump presidency gives the country a chance to move back toward the Christian principles we were founded on and prepare the way for a born again Christian who is a role model for young men.
The alternative is a woman who is so debase that she will lead us into a complete LGBT moral abyss, and the country straight to hell with unlimited abortions. Any Christian who can stand by and let hillary win in order to protect some undefined biblical principle about not voting for Trump,doesn't understand biblical morality or the Christian's responsibility to government, has no real concept of the bigger picture, or a plan for the future. Anybody who thinks if we can't win it all in one election there is no point in trying doesn't understand our political system. Barring a third Great Awakening in our country the way back to our founding Christian principles is going to be a step by step process, which means at this point we need to accept Trump in order to get to Pence.
Wake up. The end of the world will come when God is ready. In the mean time we are to occupy till He comes. Allowing the enemies of God to win is not occupying. It's surrender.
The Maturing President and the Crybaby Opposition
President Trump's first address to Congress was revealing in more ways than just his performance. The speech itself was great, covering what Trump needed to cover, and without the attacks on the media or negative personal references to Obama or the obstructionist Democrats in the Senate it was very much presidential and revealed how quickly he is maturing in the number one job in the world.
What was even more significant was the self exposure of the lack of maturity of the children on the left. As the President entered down the Democrat isle many refused to shake his hand, an entire contingent of women dressed in white refused to stand, and as soon as his address was completed they beat feet for the door instead of waiting respectfully for Trump to depart the chamber. At least some of them joined in the extended applause for the widow of slain Navy Seal Ryan Owens, but showed how disloyal and anti-American they really are by refusing to respond to the President's declaration to put America first instead of all the other nations in the world.
The deplorable attitude of the Democrat side was capped off by the response of the former Democratic governor of Kentucky. It was nothing more than a regurgitation of Democrat anti-Trump talking points. He addressed not one specific thing that the President said and essentially made it clear that the left is not willing to work together with the President or the Republicans for the good of the country.
The biggest take out of the address tonight, other than the President's agenda, is that President Trump made an appeal to the Democrats for unity, and they refused. There was a sci-fi movie once called The Children of the Corn. Maybe we could call the Democrats tonight The Children of the Scorn since they live in such an unrealistic sci-fi world anyway. Or maybe just crybabies will do.
What was even more significant was the self exposure of the lack of maturity of the children on the left. As the President entered down the Democrat isle many refused to shake his hand, an entire contingent of women dressed in white refused to stand, and as soon as his address was completed they beat feet for the door instead of waiting respectfully for Trump to depart the chamber. At least some of them joined in the extended applause for the widow of slain Navy Seal Ryan Owens, but showed how disloyal and anti-American they really are by refusing to respond to the President's declaration to put America first instead of all the other nations in the world.
The deplorable attitude of the Democrat side was capped off by the response of the former Democratic governor of Kentucky. It was nothing more than a regurgitation of Democrat anti-Trump talking points. He addressed not one specific thing that the President said and essentially made it clear that the left is not willing to work together with the President or the Republicans for the good of the country.
The biggest take out of the address tonight, other than the President's agenda, is that President Trump made an appeal to the Democrats for unity, and they refused. There was a sci-fi movie once called The Children of the Corn. Maybe we could call the Democrats tonight The Children of the Scorn since they live in such an unrealistic sci-fi world anyway. Or maybe just crybabies will do.
Lori Heimer
1/22/17
Don't you realize that the harder God works the harder the other side works too? Don't let him win with doubts and fears. Keep your faith looking towards heaven one step at a time. -Lori Heimer
Lori was a friend of ours who was murdered near Salina, Kansas last June 25. The murderer has not been found. Lori had sent this advice to a friend of hers who was going through difficult times years ago, and the friend recently sent it back to Lori's daughters.
I don't normally use any text other than scripture to preach from, but Lori's advice is scripturally sound. Today I memorialized Lori here in our service and built a message around her comment and used it to try and explain Romans 8:28.
"For we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose."
It's not easy. There are things that only God knows or understands. Please continue to pray for Lori's family.
Don't you realize that the harder God works the harder the other side works too? Don't let him win with doubts and fears. Keep your faith looking towards heaven one step at a time. -Lori Heimer
Lori was a friend of ours who was murdered near Salina, Kansas last June 25. The murderer has not been found. Lori had sent this advice to a friend of hers who was going through difficult times years ago, and the friend recently sent it back to Lori's daughters.
I don't normally use any text other than scripture to preach from, but Lori's advice is scripturally sound. Today I memorialized Lori here in our service and built a message around her comment and used it to try and explain Romans 8:28.
"For we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to them who are the called according to His purpose."
It's not easy. There are things that only God knows or understands. Please continue to pray for Lori's family.
The End of the World or a New Beginning?
1/20/17
In 2006 in Kenya we watched an interview of Al Gore on a BBC talk show program. Gore predicted that the earth had about ten years until global warming would destroy the planet. Well now we know Gore was a false prophet. The earth is no nearer to destruction from climate change than it was at the end of the great ice age. Nobody with half a brain should have taken Gore seriously, but life is what it is.
The greater danger to America in the last decade has been the eight year obama administration, which in a few hours will thankfully come to an end. When Ronald Reagan revealed his Alzheimer's in a 1994 letter in which he withdrew from public life, he closed by saying that he knew that for America there would always be a brighter day ahead.
There have been times in the years since, especially in the last eight years, that I have wondered if there would ever be a brighter day for America again. I believe we are going to see in the days and weeks ahead that Reagan was the true prophet, or perhaps a better word is just patriot. Franklin Graham is right. This all came about because God intervened, and God intervened in answer to the prayers of millions of Christians.
It is once again morning in America. The sun is rising and there is hope for the challenges ahead. But that hope will only come to fruition if millions of Christians continue to lift Donald Trump up before the Lord. Trump may be the instrument to make America great again, but greatness will only be possible with God's blessing.
Please Dear God, bless America again.
In 2006 in Kenya we watched an interview of Al Gore on a BBC talk show program. Gore predicted that the earth had about ten years until global warming would destroy the planet. Well now we know Gore was a false prophet. The earth is no nearer to destruction from climate change than it was at the end of the great ice age. Nobody with half a brain should have taken Gore seriously, but life is what it is.
The greater danger to America in the last decade has been the eight year obama administration, which in a few hours will thankfully come to an end. When Ronald Reagan revealed his Alzheimer's in a 1994 letter in which he withdrew from public life, he closed by saying that he knew that for America there would always be a brighter day ahead.
There have been times in the years since, especially in the last eight years, that I have wondered if there would ever be a brighter day for America again. I believe we are going to see in the days and weeks ahead that Reagan was the true prophet, or perhaps a better word is just patriot. Franklin Graham is right. This all came about because God intervened, and God intervened in answer to the prayers of millions of Christians.
It is once again morning in America. The sun is rising and there is hope for the challenges ahead. But that hope will only come to fruition if millions of Christians continue to lift Donald Trump up before the Lord. Trump may be the instrument to make America great again, but greatness will only be possible with God's blessing.
Please Dear God, bless America again.
Obama's Departure
1/12/17
So Obama very graciously made one last messianic appearance to his fawning worshippers to give them his last tidbits of wisdom before ascending into the realm of former presidents. You would think we had just lived through the millennial kingdom.
His obsession with the word "I" was not surprising. He has pathetically praised himself over and over for eight years. The way he announced the killing of bin Laden, for example, you would have thought he had planned and carried out the operation himself.
What is astonishing was his admonition to revere and keep faith in the Constitution, something he hasn't done during his entire administration. He spoke of the state of our democracy, which he still doesn't understand is a republic. What is more galling is his claim that race relations are better now than they have been in thirty years. He's delusional. Things haven't been this bad since the Civil Rights movement began. What gains had been made all went south when he took office. Then in the midst of a litany of lies about his accomplishments he took a moment to praise patriotic Muslims as if they were somehow being persecuted, revealing one final time where his real religious devotion lies.
But his final "great commission" exposes the fraud that he really is. "I'm asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change - but in yours."
Think it through. This was the hope and change president. This was the man who promised a utopia: free cellphones, free education, lower healthcare costs and coverage for 30 million uninsured, no more wars, and on and on. Now that none of it has happened his parting shot is to tell us it's our responsibility to make up for his failure.
I have some advice for this vain, self-aggrandizing, conceited little man.
"Let another praise you and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips." Proverbs 27:2.
Anyone who feels the need to tell everybody who will listen how great they are and what great things they have accomplished isn't very great and hasn't accomplished very much of value.
Obama often compared himself to Ronald Reagan, but there is no comparison. When Reagan left the White House he very humbly spoke from the Oval Office. No fanfare, no manipulation of the record, no loud boasting. Just quiet, honest dignity.
It's a shame that Obama didn't have the character to depart in the same way.
So Obama very graciously made one last messianic appearance to his fawning worshippers to give them his last tidbits of wisdom before ascending into the realm of former presidents. You would think we had just lived through the millennial kingdom.
His obsession with the word "I" was not surprising. He has pathetically praised himself over and over for eight years. The way he announced the killing of bin Laden, for example, you would have thought he had planned and carried out the operation himself.
What is astonishing was his admonition to revere and keep faith in the Constitution, something he hasn't done during his entire administration. He spoke of the state of our democracy, which he still doesn't understand is a republic. What is more galling is his claim that race relations are better now than they have been in thirty years. He's delusional. Things haven't been this bad since the Civil Rights movement began. What gains had been made all went south when he took office. Then in the midst of a litany of lies about his accomplishments he took a moment to praise patriotic Muslims as if they were somehow being persecuted, revealing one final time where his real religious devotion lies.
But his final "great commission" exposes the fraud that he really is. "I'm asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change - but in yours."
Think it through. This was the hope and change president. This was the man who promised a utopia: free cellphones, free education, lower healthcare costs and coverage for 30 million uninsured, no more wars, and on and on. Now that none of it has happened his parting shot is to tell us it's our responsibility to make up for his failure.
I have some advice for this vain, self-aggrandizing, conceited little man.
"Let another praise you and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips." Proverbs 27:2.
Anyone who feels the need to tell everybody who will listen how great they are and what great things they have accomplished isn't very great and hasn't accomplished very much of value.
Obama often compared himself to Ronald Reagan, but there is no comparison. When Reagan left the White House he very humbly spoke from the Oval Office. No fanfare, no manipulation of the record, no loud boasting. Just quiet, honest dignity.
It's a shame that Obama didn't have the character to depart in the same way.
Hillary's Concession
11/11/16
People are asking me my opinion about the election.
First, I don't think hillary's concession speech or obama's unity speech have anything to do with uniting the country. After eight years of the most divisive administration in history their only interest is to sweet talk Trump into doing what Republicans have always done, and that is cave to the Democrat agenda.
Second, I don't want to boast, gloat, or condescend. The results stand. Trump does need to unify the country, but he needs to do it by carrying out the Republican platform and proving that a scriptural morality and a free market enterprise will work just like Reagan did.
Third, I've been engaged in this political discussion for a year and a half and I'm tired. I'm going to take a break for awhile, or at least try to. Franklin Graham posted this article below about the election, and I agree with him entirely, so I will let it speak for me. I will add one last thought. My friend, Dave Kistler, who is heavily involved in politics, believes there are ungodly elements who may try to prevent Trump from reaching the White House. We need to pray for his safety as well as the wisdom of God to overshadow him as he takes the reins of government.
Franklin Graham
November 10, 2016 ·
Did God show up? In watching the news after the election, the secular media keep asking “How did this happen?” “What went wrong?” “How did we miss this?” Some are in shock. Political pundits are stunned. Many thought the Trump/Pence ticket didn’t have a chance. None of them understand the God-factor.
Hundreds of thousands of Christians from across the United States have been praying. This year they came out to every state capitol to pray for this election and for the future of America. Prayer groups were started. Families prayed. Churches prayed. Then Christians went to the polls, and God showed up.
While the media scratches their heads and tries to understand how this happened, I believe that God’s hand intervened Tuesday night to stop the godless, atheistic progressive agenda from taking control of our country.
President-elect Donald J. Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence are going to need a lot of help and they will continue to need a lot of prayer. I pray that President-elect Trump will surround himself with godly men and women to help advise and counsel him as he leads the nation. My prayer is that God will bless America again!
People are asking me my opinion about the election.
First, I don't think hillary's concession speech or obama's unity speech have anything to do with uniting the country. After eight years of the most divisive administration in history their only interest is to sweet talk Trump into doing what Republicans have always done, and that is cave to the Democrat agenda.
Second, I don't want to boast, gloat, or condescend. The results stand. Trump does need to unify the country, but he needs to do it by carrying out the Republican platform and proving that a scriptural morality and a free market enterprise will work just like Reagan did.
Third, I've been engaged in this political discussion for a year and a half and I'm tired. I'm going to take a break for awhile, or at least try to. Franklin Graham posted this article below about the election, and I agree with him entirely, so I will let it speak for me. I will add one last thought. My friend, Dave Kistler, who is heavily involved in politics, believes there are ungodly elements who may try to prevent Trump from reaching the White House. We need to pray for his safety as well as the wisdom of God to overshadow him as he takes the reins of government.
Franklin Graham
November 10, 2016 ·
Did God show up? In watching the news after the election, the secular media keep asking “How did this happen?” “What went wrong?” “How did we miss this?” Some are in shock. Political pundits are stunned. Many thought the Trump/Pence ticket didn’t have a chance. None of them understand the God-factor.
Hundreds of thousands of Christians from across the United States have been praying. This year they came out to every state capitol to pray for this election and for the future of America. Prayer groups were started. Families prayed. Churches prayed. Then Christians went to the polls, and God showed up.
While the media scratches their heads and tries to understand how this happened, I believe that God’s hand intervened Tuesday night to stop the godless, atheistic progressive agenda from taking control of our country.
President-elect Donald J. Trump and Vice President-elect Mike Pence are going to need a lot of help and they will continue to need a lot of prayer. I pray that President-elect Trump will surround himself with godly men and women to help advise and counsel him as he leads the nation. My prayer is that God will bless America again!
How Could You Vote for an Adulterer
11/9/16
A number of people have asked me how I could vote for a man who has been married three times and has a vulgar mouth. Maybe this will give some perspective.
My dad was married four times and had God only knows how many affairs. He was profane at times. He had a short fused temper and yelled at my mom until she was in tears, and whipped me with a belt more times than I can remember. I was never particularly close to my dad and I carried a lot of bitterness for many years. In spite of all that I loved him, and I did all I knew how to confirm his salvation before he died.
My dad was not the kind of guy I would hang out with after work. But I've worked with a lot of people like that through the years. There are guys I would not have voted for to be Sunday school teacher, but I would have followed them into battle.
My dad would have fit into that category. I never knew a harder working man in my life. He was full of ideas and the ingenuity to build things out of scrap. He once built his own house from a do-it-yourself kit and a garage from his own design. He helped me build a dune buggy which I could never have done myself. One year he built a houseboat out of second hand materials and took my bothers and me on one of the best vacations of my life to Lake Powell, Utah.
He wasn't around for the everyday problems that kids grow up with and in many ways he was not a good example for a kid to follow. On the other hand he was a gentleman, one of the nicest people you would ever want to know. He was kind and generous. Once when a Highlander boy, an organization like the Boy Scouts, tried to sell him some tickets to some kind of charity circus, he said he wasn't interested but gave him ten dollars anyway for the charity.
He was loyal to his friends and kept his word. He once promised to take me to a baseball game where the players were giving a pre-game clinic at all the positions. He forgot about it and he and his wife were dressed up to go to some dinner party when I called. He immediately canceled his plans, changed, and took me to the game.
My dad was an enigma. There is a spiritual answer of course for the dichotomy in his life, but in spite of the demons that haunted him at home and in his personal life, when called upon he was available, dependable, diligent to meticulous detail, and to many, a decent and valuable friend.
I don't defend Donald Trump's past dalliances. Immorality is the one major sin, if we can classify them that way, that more people, men and women, Christian and non-Christian, including past presidents, have had trouble with than any other. Trump is, as my dad was, a flawed individual, but my dad was reliable and as good as his word in dealing with people. I have no fear that Trump, particularly with the backing of so many evangelical leaders, will not be the same. I've lived with it and I've seen that it is possible. I have voted for Trump.
A number of people have asked me how I could vote for a man who has been married three times and has a vulgar mouth. Maybe this will give some perspective.
My dad was married four times and had God only knows how many affairs. He was profane at times. He had a short fused temper and yelled at my mom until she was in tears, and whipped me with a belt more times than I can remember. I was never particularly close to my dad and I carried a lot of bitterness for many years. In spite of all that I loved him, and I did all I knew how to confirm his salvation before he died.
My dad was not the kind of guy I would hang out with after work. But I've worked with a lot of people like that through the years. There are guys I would not have voted for to be Sunday school teacher, but I would have followed them into battle.
My dad would have fit into that category. I never knew a harder working man in my life. He was full of ideas and the ingenuity to build things out of scrap. He once built his own house from a do-it-yourself kit and a garage from his own design. He helped me build a dune buggy which I could never have done myself. One year he built a houseboat out of second hand materials and took my bothers and me on one of the best vacations of my life to Lake Powell, Utah.
He wasn't around for the everyday problems that kids grow up with and in many ways he was not a good example for a kid to follow. On the other hand he was a gentleman, one of the nicest people you would ever want to know. He was kind and generous. Once when a Highlander boy, an organization like the Boy Scouts, tried to sell him some tickets to some kind of charity circus, he said he wasn't interested but gave him ten dollars anyway for the charity.
He was loyal to his friends and kept his word. He once promised to take me to a baseball game where the players were giving a pre-game clinic at all the positions. He forgot about it and he and his wife were dressed up to go to some dinner party when I called. He immediately canceled his plans, changed, and took me to the game.
My dad was an enigma. There is a spiritual answer of course for the dichotomy in his life, but in spite of the demons that haunted him at home and in his personal life, when called upon he was available, dependable, diligent to meticulous detail, and to many, a decent and valuable friend.
I don't defend Donald Trump's past dalliances. Immorality is the one major sin, if we can classify them that way, that more people, men and women, Christian and non-Christian, including past presidents, have had trouble with than any other. Trump is, as my dad was, a flawed individual, but my dad was reliable and as good as his word in dealing with people. I have no fear that Trump, particularly with the backing of so many evangelical leaders, will not be the same. I've lived with it and I've seen that it is possible. I have voted for Trump.
Friday, January 13, 2017
The Messianic Departure
So obama very graciously made one last messianic appearance to his fawning worshippers to give them his last tidbits of wisdom before ascending into the realm of former presidents. You would think we had just lived through the millennial kingdom.
His obsession with the word "I" was not surprising. He has pathetically praised himself over and over for eight years. The way he announced the killing of bin Laden, for example, you would have thought he had planned and carried out the operation himself.
What is astonishing was his admonition to revere and keep faith in the Constitution, something he hasn't done during his entire administration. He spoke of the state of our democracy, which he still doesn't understand is a republic. What is more galling is his claim that race relations are better now than they have been in thirty years. He's delusional. Things haven't been this bad since the Civil Rights movement began. What gains had been made all went south when he took office. Then in the midst of a litany of lies about his accomplishments he took a moment to praise patriotic Muslims as if they were somehow being persecuted, revealing one final time where his real religious devotion lies.
But his final "great commission" exposes the fraud that he really is. "I'm asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change - but in yours."
Think it through. This was the hope and change president. This was the man who promised a utopia: free cellphones, free education, lower healthcare costs and coverage for 30 million uninsured, no more wars. He was going to heal the racial divide. Now that none of it has happened his parting shot is to tell us it is our responsibility to make up for his failures. The presumptuous savior who came into office blaming George W. Bush for everything is essentially going out blaming all America. If only we believed! He sounds like a charismatic healer.
I have some advice for this vain, self-aggrandizing, conceited little man:
"Let another praise you and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips." Proverbs 27:2.
Anyone who feels the need to tell everybody who will listen how great they are and what great things they have accomplished isn't very great and hasn't accomplished very much of value.
Obama often compared himself to Ronald Reagan, but there is no comparison. When Reagan left the White House he very humbly spoke from the Oval Office. No fanfare, no manipulation of the record, no loud boasting. Just quiet, honest dignity.
It's a shame that obama didn't have the character to depart in the same manner.
His obsession with the word "I" was not surprising. He has pathetically praised himself over and over for eight years. The way he announced the killing of bin Laden, for example, you would have thought he had planned and carried out the operation himself.
What is astonishing was his admonition to revere and keep faith in the Constitution, something he hasn't done during his entire administration. He spoke of the state of our democracy, which he still doesn't understand is a republic. What is more galling is his claim that race relations are better now than they have been in thirty years. He's delusional. Things haven't been this bad since the Civil Rights movement began. What gains had been made all went south when he took office. Then in the midst of a litany of lies about his accomplishments he took a moment to praise patriotic Muslims as if they were somehow being persecuted, revealing one final time where his real religious devotion lies.
But his final "great commission" exposes the fraud that he really is. "I'm asking you to believe. Not in my ability to bring about change - but in yours."
Think it through. This was the hope and change president. This was the man who promised a utopia: free cellphones, free education, lower healthcare costs and coverage for 30 million uninsured, no more wars. He was going to heal the racial divide. Now that none of it has happened his parting shot is to tell us it is our responsibility to make up for his failures. The presumptuous savior who came into office blaming George W. Bush for everything is essentially going out blaming all America. If only we believed! He sounds like a charismatic healer.
I have some advice for this vain, self-aggrandizing, conceited little man:
"Let another praise you and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips." Proverbs 27:2.
Anyone who feels the need to tell everybody who will listen how great they are and what great things they have accomplished isn't very great and hasn't accomplished very much of value.
Obama often compared himself to Ronald Reagan, but there is no comparison. When Reagan left the White House he very humbly spoke from the Oval Office. No fanfare, no manipulation of the record, no loud boasting. Just quiet, honest dignity.
It's a shame that obama didn't have the character to depart in the same manner.
Sessions Cabinet Hearing
I watched the Sessions session the other night until 1am here in the Philippines and then went to bed. He did very well from what I saw and the Democrats exposed their own hypocrisy in Feinstein's opening remarks. She spoke of the rule of law and I could agree with almost everything she said. What I wanted to ask her and all the rest of them on the left is where have they been for the last eight years? Rule of law went out the window with Holder and Lynch, but now suddenly it matters? Right! I didn't see it till later but I was glad to see Cruz put them in their place.
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