Rhode Island Makes it an Even Ten

The wave is continuing.  State approval of gay marriage seems to be on a serious roll...and I'm guessing it is now going too fast to stop it.

It's coming like a flood.....

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Rhode Island on Thursday became the nation's 10th state to allow gay and lesbian couples to wed, as a 16-year effort to extend marriage rights in this heavily Roman Catholic state ended with the triumphant cheers of hundreds of gays, lesbians, their families and friends.

Gov. Lincoln Chafee signed the bill into law on the Statehouse steps Thursday evening following a final 56-15 vote in the House. The first weddings will take place Aug. 1, when the law takes effect.

"I've been waiting 32 years for this day, and I never thought it would come in my lifetime," said Raymond Beausejour, a 66-year-old gay North Providence man who has been with his partner for 32 years. "For the first time in my life, I feel welcome in my own state."


Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/05/02/rhode-island-legalizes-same-sex-marriage/?test=latestnews#ixzz2SNn7JYOn

“Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil; who substitute darkness for light and light for darkness” (Isaiah 5:20).

Israel Launches Airstrike in Syria

Syria continues to wreck itself in civil war.  It is now a fact that Assad HAS used chemical weapons against the rebels.  It is also a fact that no matter who ends up taking power in Syria they WILL NOT be friends with Israel.

Of course Israel is VERY concerned about who is going to be in control of all these chemical weapons and they want to make sure they don't find their way to Hezbollah or any other terrorist group.

JERUSALEM — Israeli forces have carried out an airstrike against a shipment of sophisticated missiles bound for the Lebanese political and military organization Hezbollah, officials in Washington and Israel told reporters Saturday.

The strike took place about 4 a.m. Friday at an air defense facility on the periphery of Damascus International Airport, according to a Lebanese security official who was in the Syrian capital at the time. The airport is known to be the destination for weapons flown in from Iran both for the Syrian government and for its ally Hezbollah.

There had previously been reports of a huge blaze at Damascus airport, with a video showing two locations on fire after what was described as rebel shelling. But the Lebanese official said the blasts were bigger than those caused by mortar or shellfire.

Rather, he said, the attack appeared to be identical to one in January in which Israeli jets hit a convoy carrying weapons intended for Hezbollah, with the warplanes striking their target from a location over the town of Deir al-Ashayer, in Lebanon’s Bekaa valley.

Here;  http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/middle_east/israel-launches-second-airstrike-in-syria-targeting-weapons-shipment/2013/05/04/cdccddc0-b4c4-11e2-9fb1-62de9581c946_story.html

I'm pretty sure there will be no real peace in the Middle East, especially between Syria and Israel, until the Prince of Peace returns.  Until then we can expect more chaos, hatred and bloodshed.

Stocks Break Record as Economic Worries Fade

Today the stock market set a new record high!  15,000 DOW for the first time EVER!!

Hallelujah!!  Our god is back!! Happy days are here again!  Let the spending binge commence!!  Need a new car!  Go finance one because the stock market is back!!  Need a new ATV and trailer!!  Go finance a few for only $489 per month!!  Why wait to have fun with your kids by taking all that time to save money when you can have them today!!  The stock market is back!!

Is killing unborn babies a problem?  Nope!  The stock market is back!!
Is gay marriage and perversion a concern?  Nope!  The stock market is back!!
Is a $17 trillion dollar deficit a concern?  Nope!  The stock market is back!!
Is a famine of the Word of God in our churches a problem?  Nope!  The stock market is back!
Is printing $85 billion a month a concern to our currency?  Forget about that...it brought the stock market back!

Here;  http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505123_162-57582813/stocks-break-records-as-economic-worries-fade/

Now here is what is interesting as a financial planner....when the market was at 6300 four years ago...very few folks wanted anything to do with it because it was viewed as "too risky."  But now that it is at a new record high, I'm guessing my phone will start to ring and people will say, "Hey, I guess its time to get back into the market, right?"

People just continue repeating the same mistakes over and over.  I just have to wonder how many folks will go ALL IN this time?  They are getting NOTHING in their savings at the bank (this is by design of the Federal Reserve to punish savers and reward borrowers)...so now that they are being told by CBS that economic worries are behind them...with clear sailing as far as the eye can see...why not join in the big party!!

Did I mention that the stock market is back?!

Pastor Laurie Won't Back Down

Pastor Greg Laurie is set to be the leader for the National Day of Prayer here in the USA.

 Awesome!!  This dude is on fire for the Lord and preaching the Truth every chance he gets.  You can listen to him on radio stations across the country.

But not everyone thinks Laurie is awesome.  Especially sinners who prefer NOT to be called sinners.

And who is currently the most vocal crowd of well organized folks with an anti-biblical agenda?

Yep....the lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender crowd.

In recent days, LGBT organizations like the Human Rights Campaign have demanded that government officials bar Laurie from leading National Day of Prayer events in the nation's capital this week.

"Pastor Laurie's message is out of step with what the majority of people of faith across this country believe," said Dr. Sharon Groves, director of HRC's Religion & Faith Program. "In greater numbers than ever before, people of faith are feeling compelled to speak up and organize for equality – because of their faith."

This is not the first time gay activists have attempted to get clergy opposed to homosexuality removed from a major national event. In January, LGBT activists successfully got the Rev. Louie Giglio of Passion City Church in Roswell, Ga., to withdraw from saying the closing prayer at President Barack Obama's second inauguration.

Read more at http://www.christianpost.com/news/greg-laurie-to-gay-activists-i-wont-back-down-95089/#mMBTwWgU5Z3LFlek.99

Yes sir!  The gays are demanding the government officials to BAR anyone with a biblical worldview from speaking!!  You simply can't make these crazy folks up!!  They don't want a Pastor of the Gospel to PRAY at the National Day of Prayer!!!

Excuse me, Dr. Sharon Groves....can you tell me EXACTLY what you mean when you say, 'people of faith'?  Does that include people who have faith in the Big Bang?  People who have faith in Hercules, Zeus and Poseidon?  People who have faith in YOGA?  People who have faith in Scientology and the aliens coming to earth?  People who have faith in the power of Satan to give them wealth and fame?  People who have faith in Allah?  People who have faith in Buddha?  People who have faith in sexual-healing?  People who have faith in Tarot Cards and fortune telling?  People who have faith in Baal or Ashteroth?  Do you mean ALL those people of faith?

Fast forward 5 years and read the headline of tomorrow:

POLYGAMY SOCIETY WANTS PASTOR REMOVED FOR HIS STANCE AGAINST POLGAMY 
"Pastor Johson needs to be removed," said Chris Lovingly of PSA,"because his comments referring to polygamists as sinners, adulterers, fornicators and saying we are in rebellion to God clearly goes against what people of faith in this country believe.  It is abhorrent that this man who claims that God is love can now stand there and say we are somehow second class citizens because we love and cherish multiple wives."

In the last days men will fill the church pulpits with preachers who tell them what their itchy ears want to hear.  Jesus warns us to not be deceived...and he says it NUMEROUS times.  

What men WANT TO HEAR is that God loves them NO MATTER WHAT they do and/or believe....and that He so loves them that he would NEVER call anyone a sinner...in fact he so loves us that EVERYONE goes to heaven!!

Really?!  If there was no sin, then Jesus came to die for nothing.  And if there were multiple ways already in place for men to get to heaven, then Jesus came to die for nothing.  Even worse, that makes Jesus a liar..."NO MAN comes to the Father except through me."

We need to hold Pastor Laurie up in prayer.  The pressure is going to be immense on him.

ESPN Christian Commentator Under Attack

A few days ago I did a post called GAY, GAY AND MORE GAY!  In that post I pointed out ESPN commentator Chris Broussard's comments about homosexuality from a Christian point of view.

We figured sooner or later he would be crucified for DARING to say such things as are in the Bible....but are NOT IN LINE WITH THE LIBERAL MEDIA....and today we have this;

But instead of having those uncomfortable conversations, and coming to mutual respect for one another’s positions, the left went after Broussard hammer and tongs. The hashtag #firechrisbroussard quickly skyrocketed on Twitter. The same left that praised Bob Costas to the skies for randomly sounding off on Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher and gun control now decided that Broussard was way out of line. The LA Times ran an online poll asking, “Should Broussard have said what he said on TV?”
 
Kelly Dwyer of Yahoo! Sports wrote, “The last thing [gay youths] need is to see someone like Chris Broussard, who ESPN (and by extension, the NBA) trusts as both its voice both at games and in-studio, to be referring to them as sinners who are in ‘open rebellion to God.’” Deadspin’s John Koblin said that it was “unclear why [Broussard’s opinion was] necessary or even relevant at this hour.” Variety subtly suggested, “In December, ESPN suspended commentator Rob Parker for questionable comments on the race of NFL quarterback Robert Griffin III, then chose not to renew his contract after it expired at year’s end.”
 
In response to all this leftist tolerance, ESPN dutifully released a statement apologizing for Broussard’s comments: “We regret that a respectful discussion of personal viewpoints became a distraction from today’s news. ESPN is fully committed to diversity and welcomes Jason Collins’ announcement.” Naturally, Buzzfeed’s Kate Aurthur ripped ESPN anyway for not sufficiently falling into line: “So no apology from Broussard …. ESPN got itself into this ridiculous, impossible situation here by relying on one of its employee's religious beliefs to inform a discussion about the huge Collins news …. What I would like to know, therefore, is why they put Broussard on the air to discuss his personal feelings about Collins, homosexuality, and Christianity, rather than his area of professional expertise — basketball — in the first place.” Aurthur went on a rampage, calling Broussard “punitive, unforgiving,” and lamenting that “Collins’ beautiful announcement” had been tarnished by ESPN’s “outdated, homophobic pit of its own making.”
 
Broussard’s opinion was verboten according to the left. Granderson’s was not. The right was happy to air both opinions. Yet the left thinks that Broussard was way out of bounds. That’s because the goal of the left in overplaying the Jason Collins coming out party – a presidential call? Really? – is to portray those who disagree on homosexuality as bigots and homophobes who want to deny people like Collins happiness. Broussard never even remotely suggested that Collins should not have come out. He repeatedly stated that the time was ripe for Collins to come out. Virtually everyone on the right agrees with that general perspective. But Broussard violated the most taboo of all standards: he suggested that he had a different moral view than that of the left. And so now his job may be in jeopardy.
 
When it comes to tyranny and tolerance, the case of Chris Broussard is far more telling than that of Jason Collins. It is the left that wants tyranny of expression. Tolerance only extends to those deemed worthy by the left.

Here;  http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Journalism/2013/04/29/ESPN-apologizes-Broussard

Yes!!  The left only gives tolerance to those they deem worthy or recieving it!  The absolute height of hypocrisy!!

Please note that Broussard also clearly said that sleeping with women outside of marriage is also a sin....but the media sent out its GAY ATTACK SQUAD to quash any person who dares speak of sin.

No one wants to hear they are in rebellion to God....so according to the liberal left....you CAN'T SAY THAT anymore. 

Men committing adultery certainly don't want to be told they are in rebellion to God....so just say the poor men were born with desires they couldn't contain.  That sounds better.

Young men don't want to be told they are in rebellion to God for screwing their young girlfriends...so just say those hormone filled adolescents are sewing their wild oats.  That sounds better.

Women having sex with their favorite pooch don't want to be told they are in rebellion to God....so just say they have fetishes that society is evolving to accept.  That sounds better.

Let's keep Broussard in our prayers!  He stood up and said what he believes and defended his biblical world view.

"In this world you WILL HAVE TROUBLE..." says Jesus..."but fear not as I have overcome the world."

Pew Research Examines Muslim Attitudes

Of course the liberals, supported by the media, keep insisting that there are just a few Muslim extremists.  They go on to say that Islam is a religion of peace and that most of its followers are wonderful folks, no different that the Methodists or Catholics you currently have as neighbors.

So it that true?

Nope.

Ten of millions of Muslims around the world believe that suicide bombings are justifed.  That is a lot of folks....and even if it's only 10%....10% of 1 billion is 100,000,000 Muslims who want to have worldwide Sharia law and believe in doing ANYTHING necessary to make that a reality.

Can 100,000,000 make a mess of the world?

Yep...we just saw two of them in Boston who brough the city to a standstill and cost the USA $billions of dollars to hunt them down.

Now today we finally have some Pew Research to turn to as we try and discern what really is happening within Islam and the Muslim world.

Washington, D.C. — A new Pew Research Center survey of Muslims around the globe finds that most adherents of the world’s second-largest religion are deeply committed to their faith and want its teachings to shape not only their personal lives but also their societies and politics. In all but a handful of the 39 countries surveyed, a majority of Muslims say that Islam is the one true faith leading to eternal life in heaven and that belief in God (Allah) is necessary to be a moral person. Many also think that their religious leaders should have at least some influence over political matters, and many express a desire for sharia – traditional Islamic law – to be recognized as the official law of their country. But the percentage of Muslims who say they want sharia to be “the official law of the land” varies widely, from fewer than one-in-ten in Azerbaijan (8%) to near unanimity in Afghanistan (99%).

Additional findings include:

• In most countries surveyed, majorities of Muslim women as well as men agree that a wife is always obliged to obey her husband. At the same time, majorities in many countries surveyed say a woman should be able to decide for herself whether to wear a veil.

• At least half of Muslims in most countries surveyed say they are concerned about religious extremist groups in their country, including two-thirds or more of Muslims in Egypt (67%), Tunisia (67%), Iraq (68%) and Indonesia (78%). On balance, more are worried about Islamic extremists than about Christian extremists.

• In most countries where a question about so-called “honor” killings was asked, majorities of Muslims say such killings are never justified. Only in two countries – Afghanistan and Iraq – do majorities condone extra-judicial executions of women who allegedly have shamed their families by engaging in premarital sex or adultery.

• Relatively few Muslims say that tensions between more religiously observant and less observant Muslims are a very big problem in their country. In most countries where the question was asked, Muslims also see little tension between members of Islam’s two major sects, Sunnis and Shias – though a third or more of Muslims in Pakistan (34%) and Lebanon (38%) consider Sunni-Shia conflict to be a very big problem.

• Support for making sharia the official law of the land tends to be higher in countries like Pakistan (84%) and Morocco (83%) where the constitution or basic laws favor Islam over other religions.

Here;  http://pressreleases.religionnews.com/2013/04/30/new-pew-research-study-examines-social-and-political-attitudes-of-muslims-worldwide/

I would suggest you read the whole article, but please note that even Muslim are more concerned about Muslim extremists than they are Christian extremists. 

Ummmm.....question....what is a Christian extremist?  Have we heard about any Christian extremists out killing folks in the name of Jesus lately?

Also interesting....it would appear that Afghanistan and Iraq are the two Islamic nations that have the most proponents in favor of killing a woman outside the court system if she dishonors her husband....and these are the two nations that USA has poured our blood and treasure into for the past decade.

Has Satan been sucking us dry as we tumble toward the abyss?  Did he know ALL ALONG that when the USA said we were in a "battle for hearts and minds" in those two nations...we had NO CHANCE of getting those hearts and minds because they were already firmly entrenched in Satan's camp?

The battle with Islam is not a battle against flesh and blood.  No!  It is a battle against the evil spiritual forces in the heavenly realms...and these can't be defeated with guns and bombs.  They can only be defeated by men wearing the full armor of God and brandishing the Sword of Truth.

A few days ago we blogged about the U.S. Military not allowing the Sword of Truth to be carried by anybody anymore...even the "Christian" Chaplains.  So what chance does the U.S. Military have in accomplishing it's mission of fighting Satan with guns and bombs?

But please, please, please remember that IF YOU HAVE MUSLIM friends, neighbors and co-workers, it is a COMMAND from our Savior that you befriend them, love them, care for them and pray for them.  Only Christ's love can break through the darkness and the shroud that Satan has placed on Muslims.

Global Currency Coming at Warp Speed

Well this is interesting.....

In China’s remarkable rise on the global economic stage, one key element of the country’s economy has trailed far behind. The renminbi (RMB) or yuan remains an exotic instrument, rarely used outside the Chinese borders and barely understood.

The world’s second-largest economy has a currency that ranks 14^th most used in the world, just ahead of the Danish krone, behind the Russian rouble and miles away from the euro and US dollar, No. 1 and No. 2, respectively.

But that is quickly changing. The internationalization of the RMB, as engineered by the Chinese government, is happening at warp speed. At the start of 2012, the RMB ranked 20^th among international currencies, according to SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication). It leaped six spots in nine months.

Still, the delivery of the RMB to the world is being carefully driven by China, and is following a clear roadmap. Starting with pilot projects, China’s gradual loosening of controls on the RMB has allowed foreign businesses and investors to get used to the currency, while protecting China’s rapidly growing economy from speculative money flows and other financial risks. Reaching double-digit GDP growth rates over the past decade, the country’s recent slowing to a range of 7%-8% is considered a more stable rate by the Chinese government, which is forecasting that to be the norm for the next decade or two.

Most of the currency reforms to date have been in the area of trade settlement, to establish the RMB as a global trade currency. In July 2009, an RMB trade settlement pilot was launched in five mainland cities, restricted to trade with Hong Kong, Macau and ASEAN. A year later, the pilot area was expanded in China and to all countries worldwide. This past June, all final restrictions were lifted, allowing any Chinese and foreign enterprise to buy or sell goods and services across the border in RMB-denominated funds.

Next up is for China to establish the RMB as a global investment currency, a process that has already begun, but will proceed cautiously.

Here;  http://www.businesswithoutborders.com/industries/others-industries/the-birth-of-a-global-currency/

Of course the REASON this is interesting is two-fold.  First off as U.S. citizens it WILL IMPACT us to eventually lose our monopoly on RESERVE CURRENCY.  Just imagine if we have to pay our bills using a currency that we can't just print out of thin air?  Imagine if the U.S. Gov't had to go to China to get RMB with which to pay their bills.  Talk about being forced to LIVE WITHIN OUR MEANS!!!

Secondly, remember that the Bible talks of a day when most of the known world will be using a money system that the Antichrist will be able to take control of.  If you want to use that system at all to either buy or sell ANYTHING, you will first need to take the Mark of the Beast.  The big problem is that anyone who takes that mark will have their names forever stricken from the Lambs Book of Life.

So enjoy the interesting article....but THANK JESUS CHRIST that all followers of Christ currently on planet earth will be taken out of here BEFORE that awful day comes.

12 Signs of Economic Collapse in America

While we spending $billions to find out why some Muslims blew up Boston and finding out there is NO WAY to keep every American "safe" (whatever that means)....the real collapse has already started in America.

Here are 12 signs that something is seriously wrong;

Many of our nations largest cities are rotting from the inside out. Blogger, Michael Snyder of the site, “The Economic Collapse” has been one of the best online trackers of the social and economic decline of urban America. Here are twelve examples he sited from a much longer list:

1. According to The New York Times there are now approximately 70,000 abandoned buildings in Detroit.

2. Back during the housing bubble, an acre of land in downtown Phoenix, Arizona sold for about $90 a square foot. Today, an acre in downtown Phoenix sells for about $9 a square foot.

 

3. The number of murders in Chicago last year was roughly equivalent to the number of murders in the entire country of Japan during 2012.

4. The city of Baltimore is already facing unfunded liabilities of more than 3.2 billion dollars, but the city government continues to pile up more debt as if it was going out of style.

USA Today, the “share of jobs located in or near a downtown declined in 91 of the nation's 100 largest metropolitan areas” between 2000 and 2010.

6. There are more than 85,000 streetlights in Detroit, but thieves have stripped so much copper wiring out of the lights that more than half of them are not working.

7. It has been estimated that there are more than 1,000 homeless people living in the massive network of flood tunnels under the city of Las Vegas.

 

8. If you can believe it, more than 11,000 homes, cars and businesses were burglarized in Oakland during 2012. That breaks down to approximately 33 burglaries a day.

 

9. The murder rate in Flint, Michigan is higher than the murder rate in Baghdad.

10. If New Orleans were considered to be a separate nation, it would have the second highest murder rate on the entire planet.

11. According to the Justice Department’s, National Drug Intelligence Center, Mexican drug cartels were actively operating in 50 different U.S. cities in 2006. By 2010, that number had skyrocketed to 1,286.

 

12. Back in 2007, the number of New York City residents on food stamps was about one million. It is now being projected that the number of New York City residents on food stamps will pass the two million mark this summer.

 

NOW PAY ATTENTION TO THIS PARAGRAPH:

 

The key problem with Detroit and other cities is a collapse in the moral fabric of our nation. The welfare state has enslaved a huge portion of our population into a life of dependency. The number of Americans on food stamps and disability has climbed steadily over the past several years. We now have over a 100 million Americans enrolled in at least one welfare program run by the federal government.

 

Here;  http://raptureready.com/rap16.html

 

Yes...a collapse of our moral fabric.  Is that easy to fix?  No.

 

Where do we get our morals from anyway?

 

God.

 

How did he tell them to us?

 

The Bible.

 

What happens when the vast majority of Americans no longer fear God and don't believe the Bible is the Word of God?

 

We end up doing what the majority of society says will make them FEEL GOOD!

 

"In that day Israel had no king, so every man did as he saw fit."

 

At some point in the future someone will say;

 

"In that day, few in America feared God and even fewer valued His Word, so they all did whatever made them feel good....and the once great nation collapsed just like Rome, Greece, Babylon, Germany, and other one-time world powers."

 

 

 

 

 

Gay, Gay and More Gay!!

The number one news story on CBS Morning News was not about the chemical weapon threat in Syria, not about the nuclear crisis in Iran, not about Europe collapsing, not about a war on the Korean Peninsula, not about $17 trillion debt bomb getting ready to explode in America....NO!....the top story is about a Pro Basketball player in the NBA who announced yesterday that he is GAY!!

Holy homophobes!!  We have lost our brains!!

And yes, they had a writer from the New York Times on CBS and he said, "It's amazing that we are even needing to talk about this in 2013, but of course there are still some FUNDAMENTALIST CHRISTIAN TYPES WHO ARE NOT OK WITH THIS."

I'm not making that up!!  He said FUNDAMENTALIST CHRISTIAN TYPES!!

The NBA player's name is Jason Collins....and Jason is a black man.

Interesting that he could never hide the fact that he is black...because that is a physical characteristic.

But for years he hid the fact that he had a preference of anal sex with men instead of natural relations with women...of course this goes to further the argument against those who insist that GAY RIGHTS is exactly the same as RACE RIGHTS.  NO THEY ARE NOT!!!! 

And don't let anyone compare you against the same folks who opposed equal rights for black people during the 1950's and 1960's..  They are NOT THE SAME THING.  One is a physical characteristic that you can't change...but NO ONE CAN force you to sodomize another man...so that is a behavior.

Yes...you may be BORN with feminine qualities and BORN with a desire to be sexual with other men....but that DOESN'T MAKE IT RIGHT!

Now let's look at what all the famous people were saying about this gay announcement yesterday:

On Monday morning, longtime NBA center Jason Collins announced to the world that he is gay, the first active professional athlete in any of the four major sports to do so. For years, even decades, one major concern about an athlete coming out has been the possible reaction from his peers. Judging from the stature of Collins' supporters, he made the right decision in coming out.

President Clinton said;
I have known Jason Collins since he was Chelsea's classmate and friend at Stanford. Jason's announcement today is an important moment for professional sports and in the history of the LGBT community. It is also the straightforward statement of a good man who wants no more than what so many of us seek: to be able to be who we are; to do our work; to build families and to contribute to our communities. For so many members of the LGBT community, these simple goals remain elusive. I hope that everyone, particularly Jason's colleagues in the NBA, the media and his many fans extend to him their support and the respect he has earned.

Michelle Obama said;
So proud of you, Jason Collins! This is a huge step forward for our country. We’ve got your back! -mo

Michael Strahan said;
So proud of @jasoncollins34 for having the courage to stand up and out for who he is. I support, respect and salute you!!

The Washington Wizards said;
“We are extremely proud of Jason and support his decision to live his life proudly and openly. He has been a leader on and off the court and an outstanding teammate throughout his NBA career. Those qualities will continue to serve him both as a player and as a positive role model for others of all sexual orientation.”

And then near the end of the article....we have one lone voice in the wilderness....one of those fundamentalist Christian Types...and he says;
Chris Broussard, ESPN NBA writer:
"Personally, I don't believe that you can live an openly homosexual lifestyle or an openly premarital sex between heterosexuals, if you're openly living that type of lifestyle, then the Bible says you know them by their fruits, it says that's a sin. If you're openly living in unrepentant sin, whatever it may be, not just homosexuality, adultery, fornication, premarital sex between heterosexuals, whatever it may be, I believe that's walking in open rebellion to God and to Jesus Christ. I would not characterize that person as a Christian because I do not think the Bible would characterize them as a Christian."

Here;  http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nba-ball-dont-lie/kobe-bryant-bill-clinton-david-stern-others-support-163319934.html

Yes friends, it is NOT COOL with God to be screwing your girlfriend or to be sexually loose with your whole college....even if everyone else is doing it.  It is NOT COOL with God to ditch your wife and sleep with a more exciting woman...even if you were born with the adultery gene.  It is NOT COOL with God to copulate with animals or to make pornographic movies for money.  And it is NOT COOL to sodomize another man....even if you were born with that desire.

So will we stand for what God says....or will we just roll along with the culture?

"Well, everyone else is screwing their mistress, so that sounds good to me!  Everyone else screws prostitutes at their stag party, so why not??  Everyone else has a lesbian stage they go through at college....so why not roll with it?  Everyone else has more than one wife, so guess I will do the same!!"

How sad that this once predominantly God-fearing nation now has a majority of folks who could now could care less what God says....in fact they don't even believe in Him!!

More "Anti-Jesus" Coming From Pentagon

While this article is disturbing...it really shouldn't surprise us.  This nation is turning FAST on followers of Christ...especially the "fundamentalist" folks who actually believe that Jesus IS GOD and His words, "No man comes to the Father except through me."

“Today, we face incredibly well-funded gangs of fundamentalist Christian monsters who terrorize their fellow Americans by forcing their weaponized and twisted version of Christianity upon their helpless subordinates in our nation’s armed forces.”

Those words were recently written by Mikey Weinstein, founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), in a column he wrote for the Huffington Post. Weinstein will be a consultant to the Pentagon to develop new policies on religious tolerance, including a policy for court-martialing military chaplains who share the Christian Gospel during spiritual counseling of American troops.

Weinstein decries what he calls the “virulent religious oppression” perpetrated by conservative Christians, whom he refers to as “monstrosities” and “pitiable unconstitutional carpetbaggers,” comparing them to “bigots” in the Deep South during the civil rights era.

He cites Dr. James Dobson—the famous Christian founder of Focus on the Family—as “illustrating the extremist, militant nature of these virulently homophobic organizations’ rhetorically-charged propaganda.” Regarding those who teach orthodox Christian beliefs from the Bible, Weinstein concludes, “Let’s call these ignoble actions what they are: the senseless and cowardly squallings of human monsters.”

Weinstein then endorses the ultra-left Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), who publishes a list of “hate groups.” Alongside truly deplorable organizations like the KKK, the SPLC’s list includes a host of traditional Christian organizations (for their support of traditional marriage) and Tea Party organizations (for supporting limited government). Weinstein says SPLC correctly labels them all as “hate groups.”

Here;  http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2013/04/28/Pentagon-Consults-Extremist-Who-Calls-Christians-Monsters-and-Enemies-of-the-Constitution-to-Develop-Religious-Tolerance-Policy

So what happens when a nation forgets God?  What happens when they drive Him out of schools, public places and finally the U.S. Military?

Can you imagine the conversation of a 20 yr old marine speaking to a Christian chaplain as he prepares to go fight the Taliban, "Well son, death is a scary thing.  We believe that Jesus can offer some form of comfort...but so can Allah and Buddha...and so can Scientology...so after our little visit I would suggest you go down the hall and speak to the Imam in his office.  He might have some good ideas for you too!!"

Friends, we need to face facts.  This nation has a HUGE HOLE ripped into the side of our ship.  It is sinking at an alarming rate...and the few folks who have buckets to bail out the water are having our buckets taken from us.

We all need to decide TODAY how we are going to live in this godless nation up until the point that death comes for us OR we hear the shout and the trumpet announcing that our Savior has come for us.

Hat tip to Jeremy Q.

Is France the Next Time Bomb?

Spain, Portugal, Greece, Italy....we know those economies are wrecked and just waiting for the next round of riots, protests and lectures from the IMF and Germany about how irresponsible they were to spend all this money that they never had!!

But how about France?  Are they going to be the next place that requires a bail out from Germany and/or the IMF?

What happens when a boat is taking in water through a three foot wide hole and all you have is one bucket to bail out the boat?  At what point do you realize that the ship is going down no matter how fast you work your bucket...and even if you call Germany to bring their bucket, it simply won't help?

PARIS (AP) -- The sounds of raucous protest echo in the Presidential Palace, unemployment is rising to levels not seen in over a decade, and his country's economy has been called a potential time bomb at the heart of Europe.

                

Francois Hollande, among the most unpopular French leaders in modern history, remains calm.

                

Lacking the early-career charisma of President Barack Obama or the hard-nosed reputation of Germany's Angela Merkel, Hollande rose to power in the Socialist Party as a consensus-builder — someone who went out of his way to avoid confrontation. But the amiability that propelled him to the presidency a year ago is turning against Hollande, as poll after poll finds deep disappointment among many who believe he is incapable of the swift, determined choices needed to yank France out of a malaise he himself says threatens generations to come.

Economists say that France's predicament stems neither from the country's right or left, but from generations of benefits that few politicians are willing to take away. Hollande's predecessor, Nicolas Sarkozy, only half-heartedly tried to raise the work week from 35 hours, then pulled back even before strong opposition emerged.

Here;  http://news.yahoo.com/lonely-french-president-time-crisis-062456768.html

What???....you mean GENEROUS BENEFITS using borrowed money can become a problem for society??  Wow!!  That is an amazing discovery!

So with Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, Food Stamps, Section 8 housing, Student Loans and about 20 other "benefits" being offered by the U.S. Government....all using borrowed money....how long will it be before the headlines around the world read, "Is America the Next Ticking Time Bomb?"

Friends, it WILL HAPPEN.  We simply don't know if it will happen in 6 months or 6 years.  It could be a slow fade and or it come like a flood...but make no mistake...our day IS coming.

Growing Evidence that Syria is Using Chemical Weapons

President Obama clearly said that if Syria used chemical weapons that they would cross a "red line". 

Of course when your dad said that to you as a little kid, you knew EXACTLY what it meant...but when Obama says it, no one seems to be sure what he really means? 

Does it mean he is going to write them a nasty letter?  Or does it mean he is going to unleash the entire U.S. Military on Syria and pound Assad's government to a pulp?

No one knows.

There is "limited but growing" evidence that Syrian government troops have used chemical weapons, UK Prime Minister David Cameron says.

"It is extremely serious, this is a war crime," Mr Cameron told the BBC.

On Thursday, the White House said that US intelligence agencies believed "with varying degrees of confidence" that Syria had used the nerve agent sarin on a "small scale".

Syrian officials have denounced the allegations as "lies".

Opposition activists and state media meanwhile report fierce fighting between government troops and rebels in a number of suburbs of the capital, Damascus.

Mr Cameron said he agreed with the White House's warning that chemical weapons use would be a "red line" for possible intervention.

However, the US has said that this latest intelligence does not represent proof of chemical weapons use.

The White House's assessment was made in letters to lawmakers on Thursday signed by Miguel Rodriguez, White House director of the office of legislative affairs.

"Our intelligence community does assess, with varying degrees of confidence, that the Syrian regime has used chemical weapons on a small scale in Syria, specifically, the chemical agent sarin," one of the letters said.

Here;  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-22305444

So for now, Team Obama has decided to take the route of, "we aren't really sure they crossed the red line."

That's fine.  I'm in no hurry to send more treasure and blood into a Syrian civil war.  That seems to be a lose-lose situation.  No matter who wins over there they will all still hate us regardless of what we do.

Is it tragic that there are tons of people caught in the cross fire who have lost homes, businesses, limbs and life?

Yes.

Are the people in the countries who embrace Islam (like Syria) destined for misery, hatred, corruption, killing and death?

Yes. 

Did America have it's own civil war 150 years ago where we lost hundreds of thousands of men before we were done fighting?

Yes.

Can America afford to be the world police anymore?

No.

Will Obama continue to send out mixed messages of what his "red line" actually is?

Yes.

And the forces for evil around the world are watching.....