Bring Your Gun to Church Day

While it's a nice sentiment, as an Open Carrier and staunch supporter of the 2A, I know with what this pastor is trying to do and to be honest it's both foolish and dangerous. The only times a gun should be unloaded is while in storage, for training and demonstration purposes, for cleaning and servicing or the moment before you reload. If God given innocent life is sacred at all times, shouldn't the tools to defend against evil that would take that life also be ready for use at all times? (See CCC 2263-65)

Pastor Welcomes Gun Owners to Bring Their Handguns to Church
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,529276,00.html

Saturday, June 27, 2009
Associated Press

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A gun-toting Kentucky pastor says it's OK to bring weapons to church — at least for one day.

Ken Pagano asked his flock to bring their unloaded handguns — in holsters — to New Bethel Church in Louisville for a celebration of the Second Amendment of the U.S. Consitution [SIC] that guarantees the right to bear arms...

I'll probably get a lot of "emotional" comments for this and I truly welcome the persecution, but the analogy is actually quite accurate: It's an interesting parallel that a church that uses a vandalized and scandalized Holy Bible with books removed, a cross with Christ removed, leadership with the authority removed and an incomplete "Christian" Church with the body, blood, soul and divinity of Jesus Christ removed, somehow thinks that a gun with ammunition removed is normal.

That is to say that an empty gun cannot defend your physical life anymore than an empty or incomplete Christianity can defend your eternal life.

God's Blessings,
Bob

Obama, the African Colonial

This is an incredible article I just read over on American Thinker that really lends insight into what is happening to America at the hands of Obama and why.

Obama, the African Colonial
By L.E. Ikenga

"Like imperialists of Old World Europe, the ACP sees their constituents not as free thinking individuals who best know how to go about achieving and creating their own means for success. Instead, the ACP sees his constituents as a flock of ignorant sheep that need to be led -- oftentimes to their own slaughter..."

We're not sheep. We have liberty teeth and a tree that desperately needs watering.

God's Blessings,
Bob

The Delphi Technique - Controlled Deception

Have you ever heard of the Delphi Technique? I hadn't and came across an article and was intrigued so I began doing a little light research and found some interesting facts and opinions.

This old technique was developed in the 1950's and was sincerely intended as a tool to be used at gaining a consensus from large groups but was rapidly morphed into something quite different. Today it's being used today in both the original and modified forms to provide an illusion of participation and a false sense of enfranchisement. These immoral and highly unethical tactics are employed by people who have predetermined the outcome of those meetings and are merely "steering" you like mindless cattle into what you think is a consensus agreement, providing them with this alleged mandate to do as they will and all the while you think you've done your duty as a good little citizen. It outwardly seems like a democratic process and gives the appearance of participation in democracy, but that is only the mask it wears. It's a public opinion manipulator pure and simple and those doing the manipulating are not interested in your voice unless it suits their ends. Sounds a bit like modern American politics.

I recommend everyone that has ever or plans to attend any form of public meeting, whether school, PTA, HOA, school, community, focus groups, associations, leagues, corporate, anything and everything, to get intimately familiar with these unethical tactics that ARE being used.

Folks, this is not how our Republic works and it's nothing that common sense, passion and strength of purpose can't defeat. Please read these articles and draw your own conclusions. I already have.

If you've ever participated in a meeting that used the Delphi Technicques described in the articles below, I'd be interested to hear from you.

God's Blessings,
Bob

http://www.learn-usa.com/transformation_process/acf001.htm

http://www.eagleforum.org/educate/1998/nov98/focus.html

http://www.vlrc.org/articles/110.html

http://www.iror.org/delphied.asp

http://www.iror.org/delphi.asp

http://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/wrep0131/wrep0131.html

http://www.carolla.com/wp-delph.htm

God Bless America or America Bless God?

"God Bless America" - A beautiful sentiment that we Americans commonly say and hear each Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Veteran's Day and in numerous patriotic speeches or articles. And so completely backwards and wrong.

This past week while visiting a local country style furnishings store with my daughter I saw a sign that read "America Bless God" and I was instantly taken aback at the simple truth and humility revealed by switching two words. It not only rearranges the sentence but reveals the truth of our place in the "big picture" and puts us squarely where we rightfully belong.

While God's blessings are a wonderful thing to strive for as a nation, just how do we go about receiving God's blessings? Do we just ask and receive as Jesus told us in Matthew 7:7? Is it that simple? Well, yes and no. Remember, the Bible is a whole, not a collection of one-liners to be thrown like daggers in an argument.

If just asking and receiving were all that's necessary, why don't we already have all that we've ever asked for in prayer? Jobs, cars, homes, health, Love, etc? Simple, we're doing it wrong. In our quest to not complicate things, we've oversimplified our faith and apparently lost so much in the translation and perhaps even our way. The way we are to go about receiving God's blessings and what we ask for in prayer IS remarkably simple, but it's not the way we've been told to go by far too many false prophets.

Let's get back to the basics in Sacred Scripture;

In Matthew 18:19 Jesus tells us that two of us should agree on what is asked for, "touching" it. and this can't possibly mean that all we need to do is physically "touch" those things we desire while praying. If that were true all me and my wife would have to do is go to a Ferrari dealer, both of us lay hands on a nice new Ferrari F430 and pray and it will be ours! We should be able to find a nice new home and new furniture and everything we desire in the same way, right? Not quite. If you get the urge, feel free to try it and please let me know how that works out for you.

How then do we "touch" God's blessings in order to receive them? We cannot "touch" a blessing that we have not already received. "Touching it" in this case most certainly does not refer to physical touch but to the whole of our actions that we must do in order to realize that in which we seek, according to God's will, not ours.

Luke 11:9 tells us to seek and we shall find. But what is in the seeking? Seeking is not just asking but it a conscious pursuit, an act of will to find that which is hidden. In John 14:13 Jesus further explains and tells us that we should ask it in His name so the Father might be glorified in the Son.

But again, is it that simple? Can anyone just ask for anything in Jesus name and receive it? Again, obviously not. In John 15:7 Jesus clearly further explains that we can ask and it shall be done only if we abide in Him and His words in us. The picture is coming clearer now.

John 15:16 clarifies that what God gives us is so we may continue to bear fruit but not the fruits of human toils and our earthly passions that we narrowly see and seek, but the fruit of our lives which truly comes from the vine; our labors such as wisdom, charity and Love. God provides us that which we need here on earth but His fruits are those things that we can clearly take with us and are not bound by earthly existence and transcend the human experience such as wisdom, charity, faith, hope and Love.

James 4:1-10 tells us:

"Where do the wars and where do the conflicts among you come from? Is it not from your passions that make war within your members? You covet but do not possess. You kill and envy but you cannot obtain; you fight and wage war. You do not possess because you do not ask. You ask but do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. Adulterers! Do you not know that to be a lover of the world means enmity with God? Therefore, whoever wants to be a lover of the world makes himself an enemy of God. Or do you suppose that the scripture speaks without meaning when it says, "The spirit that he has made to dwell in us tends toward jealousy"? But he bestows a greater grace; therefore, it says: "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble." So submit yourselves to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you of two minds. Begin to lament, to mourn, to weep. Let your laughter be turned into mourning and your joy into dejection. Humble yourselves before the Lord and he will exalt you."

Another answer is right there in Philippians 4:6 "Be anxious for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God."

If we want it and are anxious for it, even in prayer, we shall not receive it.

Now God's revelation of His truth and His Will regarding prayer becomes clearer in 1 John 3:21-22 "Beloved, if (our) hearts do not condemn us, we have confidence in God and receive from him whatever we ask, because we keep his commandments and do what pleases him." Purity of heart, confidence in God and obedience to Him.

And further along in 1 John 5:14-15 "And we have this confidence in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us in regard to whatever we ask, we know that what we have asked him for is ours."

For us to receive anything from God, most especially His blessings whether as a nation or as an individual, we must first keep ALL His commandments (not just the convenient ones, but ALL of them), doing all those things that are pleasing in His sight and according to HIS WILL and then asking through Christ Jesus in prayer and supplication, only THEN shall we receive.

In Matthew 7:6 Jesus tells us "Do not give what is holy to dogs, or throw your pearls before swine, lest they trample them underfoot, and turn and tear you to pieces." Why then would God cast his holy blessings before us when today we as a nation trample underfoot His commandments and all those beautiful things He has given us? I would bet my life that God has no cares whatsoever for our pathetic little "Separation of Church and State" especially in light of what it has become. It went from being a wonderful concept by Thomas Jefferson to prevent religious persecution of all of God's people into a device FOR religious persecution against those that do believe in God and the means for removal of God from our society. That surely isn't God's will, but of an evil design whereby we choose the laws of man over the laws of God and even deny Him in the process. Remember, denying God's existence doesn't mean He doesn't exist. It means you are in denial.

One look at today's political scene, the news and especially the current administration's efforts to completely secularize our society by not only removing God from our government, our schools and our lives, and going to the other extreme to support those things that are certainly against God's commandments and His Will such as abortion, embryonic stem-cell research and homosexual marriage, and this alleged separation of church and state and it's clear that we HAVE trampled underfoot all of God's commandments and do not keep them. The church is indeed the body of Christ so what then is the real goal of separating church and state?

To receive anything from God, especially His blessings, we must first be worthy of it. As James 5:16 reminds us, "The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective" and that means we must first be righteous in God's eyes, not our own and then may receive.

"God Bless America" is arrogant and proud. "America Bless God" is humble and righteous.
God cannot bless America until America Blesses God.

May each of us find ourselves worthy of God's blessings.

America Bless God,
Bob

Obama Firing Dissenting IG's

From an article by Byron York at the Washington Examiner:

What's behind Obama's sudden attempt to fire the AmeriCorps inspector General?
By: Byron York

"Grassley's version of events suggests that the White House first tried to muscle Walpin out of his job without having to go through the 30-day process. It was only when Walpin refused to resign that the White House then notified Congress of the president's intention to fire Walpin.

The bigger question is why the president is doing this and why he is attempting to do it so quickly. Senate sources now believe Obama is firing Walpin over Walpin's investigation of Kevin Johnson, a former NBA star and a prominent supporter of the president...." (Read the complete article and comments on the Washington Examiner)

Is this either legal or morally correct? It is neither and I don't need to be a lawyer to know right from wrong. (What is this country's fascination with lawyers anyway? Can't anyone ever get elected to office without a law degree? "Of the People" or "Of the Lawyers"? Think about it). Is this what we've allowed the Office of President of the United States to become? Merely a platform for a socialist tyrant whereby he can launch personal vendetta campaigns against anyone who opposes him or catches his illegal activities?

You do realize that the very law created to protect against such tyranny was co-sponsored by Barry, do you not? I'm sure this will be spun by his pet main-stream-media (MSM) to appear to be something it isn't; just like Obama himself appears to be something he isn't - American. Obama is recognized by most of the world as a petty tyrant pushing his personal agenda onto an unwilling nation. Are we so close that we can't see it? Have we lost the ability for critical thinking and discernment? Come on, people, we are citizens and NOT subjects and will not tolerate tyrannical abuses and disregard of OUR laws and of plain old right and wrong.

Are we not better than a third-world banana republic? If you don't think so, how is this any different just because it happens here in America? America is not defined by her Name, not by her borders, not by her military power, not by her credit rating, not by Congress and especially not by the President of the United States. She is defined by the genius design of our Founding Fathers as set forth in the Declaration of Independence and our Constitution. She receives her power from the just actions and nobility not of kingly rulers nor from Presidents or Congress, but from the just consent of the governed - We The People. PERIOD.

BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA IS NOT AMERICA.

This man spits in the face of OUR Constitution, our tradition, our Judeo-Christian heritage, our Industries, our Liberties and our Freedoms as Americans. Obama WILL be the end of America if people don't WAKE UP NOW! There is nothing that can't be fixed in America by either pen or by sword and that folks is what our Constitution guarantees. Petition government and speak out freely and publicly against tyranny free from fear of oppression using the First Amendment or the whole mess can and will be fixed with the Second Amendment. Anyone that has bothered to read our own American history knows the bottom line about the 2A is about protection against a tyrannical government. By pen or by sword, it will be fixed.

Can you see the problems inherent with a dual party system? When the division and differences between those two parties inevitably become so great that they are truly irreconcilable (sound familiar?) words become ineffective. Just like light and dark cannot exist in the same space at the same time, nor truth and lies or good and evil, two opposing America's cannot exist in the same space at the same time and so we find ourselves once again in mankind's oldest struggle, people fighting against the oppression of tyrants; absolute power corrupting absolutely.

WAKE UP or America will get exactly what's coming - National Socialism. Even if and when it comes, it won't be too late to fix, just not with words. Don't believe me? Ask Germany.

God's Blessings and Wrath on those who deserve either. His call, not mine.
Bob


LINKS:

CNSOIG: http://www.cncsig.gov/index.html
CNSOIG Acting IG Kenneth Bach: http://www.cncsig.gov/meetig.html

What's Worse Than Abortion for Profit?

Black abortion for profit.

As we've known for some time now, PP's abortion agenda is racist in origin (eugenics) and continues to be to this day as shown by Lila Rose over at www.LiveMedia.com. It's supported by the current administration and immorally funded by taxpayer dollars.

It's amazing how many people that would profit from this either financially or politically are willing to just turn their heads and look the other way when it benefits them.

Would someone please tell me again just how allowing the murder of innocent unborn infants merely because they're a lifestyle inconvenience, and through an organization that is intent on racial infanticide, makes us a great nation? I seemed to have missed that point.

Please read this article over at HenryMakow.com

Obama's Elite Agenda: Black Abortion for Profit by Richard Evans

"We should hire three or four colored ministers, preferably with social-service backgrounds, and with engaging personalities. The most successful educational approach to the Negro is through a religious appeal. We don't want the word to go out that we want to exterminate the Negro population and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members." - Margaret Sanger, founder of Planned Parenthood

You become what you allow . If America allows this, then America becomes this.

As God has told us, He will be as merciful with us as we are with the least of our brethren. Are there any lesser than these voiceless unborn infants?

God's Blessings,
Bob