before the sun goes down

"Be of good courage, and let us behave ourselves valiantly for our people, and for the cities of our God: and let the LORD do that which is good in His sight" (I Chronicles 19:13).

Friday, February 23, 2018

Blaming the Vacuum...Who's REALLY Responsible?

No question...

In a multitude of cases in which children are murdered through abortion, a vacuum is used.

However...

Making laws that ban all vacuums is not the answer.

There are many good and proper uses of a vacuum.

What needs to be recognized is that it is man's sinful heart that must be addressed, and the evil deed itself that must be abolished instead of given protection under "color of law".  The law should protect the innocent and punish the guilty.

Vacuums ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE.

People ARE.

Physicians who forsake their role of healing in order to commit violence upon the weak ARE RESPONSIBLE.

Parents who seek out and hire a murderer to kill their babies ARE RESPONSIBLE.

Magistrates who forsake the law to allow the slaughter of their most vulnerable citizens to continue, and not only permit, but protect the right to murder the babies as is it is okay, however much those magistrates may claim to be "for life", however much those magistrates may regulate that slaughter, they ARE RESPONSIBLE.

The society that is at peace with the murders and make excuses for it ARE RESPONSIBLE

Christians who believe the murders are wrong, but are not willing to obey God through loving their neighbors actively in bringing the Gospel into conflict with the evil, JUSTLY opposing the evil, and seeking its abolition ARE RESPONSIBLE.

WE must repent of whatever part we have played, whether it be complicity, compromise, collaboration, callousness, cowardice, or complacency.

Abortion must be abolished.


Wednesday, February 21, 2018

School Shootings—Safe, Legal, and Rare

School shootings are horrible and tragic.  There have been so many in the past few years.  The first one I recall hearing about as a youth was the one in Columbine, Colorado.  It shocked and grieved the nation, and has not been forgotten. It should not be forgotten. Almost 19 years later today, when I googled the word Columbine in making this post, the first three suggestions that I was given to go with that word were shooter, death toll, and victim.  

There have been many measures taken and arguments made since that tragic day to endeavor to oppose, stop, inhibit, and prevent school shootings.  Some have been more effective than others.  Some have been righteous and reasonable and just.  Others have not.  

But still shootings have continued to happen.  One source claims that there have been some 50 mass murders or attempted mass murders at a schools since Columbine.1

As I pondered this last horrific act in Florida, I was struck with a new innovative way to deal with those committing the crisis.  Maybe, just maybe, this would affect the frequency that seems to be escalating with school shootings.

I mean, we know now that these attacks at schools are going to happen.  Even though it is illegal, there will always be someone who will want to do it anywaythe danger, the fame, and the thought of defying the law seems to make it that much more appealing to a segment of our culture.  So, maybe our society should try another ploy.  Maybe we should legalize school shootings.

Some reasoning...

1. The shooter is a victim too.  Many only commit this crime because they are confused, feel pressured by the voices in their head, feel rejected by their peers, or are desperate for attention.  We don't know what some of these individuals have experienced or the circumstances that would bring them to such a decision, so we really shouldn't judge them.  Some have mental issues and nearly all of them have been taught (by their own educational institutions) that there is no real basis for right and wrongwe are all merely evolved animals, simply bi-pedal protoplasm, and there is no purpose in life nor any Judge to face after this life is over.  Our society has thus made the case that there is no absolute truth and therefore can not consistently condemn any act as wrong.  We have taught our children to do what they feel like doing anyway, therefore, these "deranged" individuals are victims as well, and really shouldn't be prosecuted.   

If school shootings become legal*, these shooters can act consistently with what they have been taught, and not be shamed or feel guilty about their actions.  They won't have to hide what they are planning to do, and it will give others more chances to talk with them and maybe change their mind without slurring the ethics of their actions.  After all, it is a choice they have and we shouldn't keep people from their right to choose.

2. Illegal shootings are dangerous.  

Shooters today are doing this at great risk to themselves.  Think about what they have to worry about:
conceal/carry people possibly being nearby. 
the likelihood that someone may call the police. 
the odds that they may be hurt themselves.

The very real fact in school shootings, as in other public square shootings, is that, more often than not, the school shooter ends up dead himself.  School shootings need to be made more safe...for the shooter.

If school shootings become legal, these shooters will be so much more likely to survive.  They won't have to worry about the police or conceal and carry individuals.  And after all safety is our goal, right?  I mean, once school shootings become protected, society will not want to go back to when shooters had to take such risks.  And think of the money that will be saved when government schools won't have to pay for security systems, guards, etc.

3. The notoriety factor is a thing.  

Some people want the fame of being a rebel against authorityof being the subject of news reports, twitter feeds, and conversationseven if they die before getting a chance to read the blazing reports.  They feel they left a mark on society.  That they got even.  They want to have the same flash as other shooters before them, thus the "copycat syndrome" takes effect.   

If school shootings become legal, well, there goes the acclaim, the excitement of rebelling, the feeling of exhilaration over taking on the government.  It will become a mundane, boring thing to murder the innocent sitting in the lunchroom.  It will lose its appeal for many. It will become less common.

4. The power of regulation. 

When a thing becomes permitted by the government, it comes somewhat under control of said government.  The state has a say in how an act can be committed.  And our government has shown a great talent in making rules and restrictions.  This will only curb and lessen the amounts of school shootings, and minimize the devastation even further.

If school shootings become legal, it will provide an avenue to regulate and control school shooting in so many ways.  I think it very likely that a pro-school safety movement will arise, providing much legislation and work to create a culture of change.  They will most likely get support from concerned citizens, including the religious population, to oppose school shootings in this way.  

Here are a few of the regulations that could be made that feasibly could be passed without violating the shooter's right to choose (the possibilities are endless):  

A person must apply for a school shooting license and attain certain level of training in order to perform a shooting.  If there has to be school shootings, let us ensure that they are done by a licensed professional.
Enact a school shooting tax, and put it towards government education.  If they have to pay to commit the shooting, it will decrease how many will pursue that path.
Establish a 24 hour waiting period after they have determined to carry out the act.  If they have to think about it for a day, some will choose not to do it.  How could anyone be against such a bill?  It will prevent impulsive shootings.  It will give precedent, and maybe in a decade or so, the waiting period would be pushed to a 72 hour wait.
Require minor shooters to have written parental permission.  This should be a no-brainer.
Create education bills that will be effective to let the shooter know that those they plan to kill are human as well—that they are breathing, heart beating individuals.  They will  be informed at what ages students are likely to have learned to tie their shoes, to be able to whistle or read, diagram a sentence, or solve a trigonometry problem.  This will demonstrate how like themselves they are.  This will hopefully establish their compassion toward those they want to get rid of, and may help a shooter to reconsider and turn them away from such a hideous act.  After such education, these troubled shooters may even become pro-school safety themselves.
Establish a bill to ban the shooting of those who will be graduating this year from college or university since they are almost out of school as fully developed members of the government trained society.  Then maybe a bill that protects all college students, since we can prove that they are not as dependent as those in high school (well maybe not, but this may encourage more to be independent and self supporting).  A win-win in anyone's book.  At least those who have graduated are, on the average, more viable members of society than grade-schoolers.  And as college students can go to the polls, this will likely have abundant voter support.  Some may say that this is not fair to younger students, but hey, if it saves one life it must be good.  We will assure any nay-sayers that at a later date those who are younger (and just as valuable, of course) will also be protected by law.  Victim age restriction will secure saved lives.  
Procedure rules are a must.  Here are a few ideas:
a. A bill that bans the use of bombs since that weapon of choice is much more messy, could endanger the shooter himself, or could kill even neighbors and bystanders in the public square.  Bombs will also cause more damage to structures, costing the state more money.  Voters will see the virtue in not further affecting their wallets.
b. A bill requiring (or at least be highly recommending) shooters to wear protective body armor. Some students will seek to defend themselves and safety to the shooter should be chief in our concern, for we are compassionate.  Of course, as it becomes illegal to shoot in colleges, and then in the high school (maybe 15 years into this kind of legislation), the instance of fighting back will become less common.  Come to think of it, the fact that a college student may fight back with more gusto than those who are younger would provide more evidence of their viability, strengthening the case to ban all college shootings.
c. Anesthetization requirements could be a powerful measure.  Making it a rule that the students be chloroformed, or numbed in someway before being shot, will further establish the fact that school shootings are painful, and might even turn a shooter away from doing it.  If there is going to be a school shooting (and we have established that this is a fact), isn't it better to at least cut down on the pain the students have to undergo while we try to stop it all together? 

Finally, someday, there may be a time when school shootings become only a very occasional occurrence, because of the hassle of the red tape required.

The slogan for these measure could be something like:

"School shootingSafe, Legal, and Rare."

[Note: This post is not to be construed as an actual justified plan, nor is it meant to be disrespectful or unfeeling towards those affected by school shootings.  It is only simply applying some of the widely accepted thinking and tactics used by prochoicers and prolifers in the area of abortionanother mass homicide being enacted daily on innocent victims. If we would be horrified at such reasoning and strategy against school shootings, should we not be just as appalled at the use of such reasoning for the murder of the prebornan even greater epidemica more systemic slaughter of fellow human beings?  We need to repent of ageism, the failure to love our neighbors as we love ourselves, and the neglect of justice and equity in our opposition of evil.]

Inequity is Iniquity.  Let us not be hypocrites.

Consider the words of God to those who fail to justly oppose evil (Psalm 82:2-5)... 

"How long will ye judge unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah."
"Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy."
"Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked."
"They know not, neither will they understand; they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth are out of course."

*the use of the word "legal" in this post is meant to mean government sanctioned.  I do NOT consider school shootings to be lawful, whatever our society deems permissible.  Concerning this post, I echo the words of Paul, who said "I speak as a fool" to show the error of this folly.

I am taking the route laid out by God, in Proverbs 26:4-5, the don't answer/answer method.
:4 "Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him."
:5 "Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit."


I do not accept the compromised thinking of those who oppose the evil in an unjust manner, but I do use the compromised thinking to illustrate the error of that thinking in order to help those who have accepted the compromised position without carefully weighing out the question according to the truth and justice of the God of the Bible.

It should be manifest that...

Abortion is murder of the preborn in the same way that shooting students is murder of the born.

It is not just to regulate murdering humans.
Abortion must be abolished.

ABCNews http://abcnews.go.com/US/school-shootings-columbine-numbers/story?id=36833245

Saturday, February 17, 2018

A Population Parallel - Wake UP, MISSOURI! The Abortion Holocaust is Greater Than We Think.

Do we really understand the extent of the murders by abortion?

Over three thousand babies are murdered EVERY DAY in our nation.  

I want to try to hit that number home, by making "Population Parallels", using cities and towns in the "Show Me" State.  




Picture the murder of the born population of Buckner (3,076) happening EVERY DAY!



Or more than that of the combined citizens of Amsterdam (242), Truesdale (732), Grant City (859), Mineral Point (351), and Sheldon (543) EVERY DAY.

The populations of Peculiar (4,608) and Oregon (857) EVERY 2 DAYS!

The population of Pleasant Hill (8,113) EVERY 3 DAYS!

The populations of Carl Junction (7,445) and Carthage (14,378) EVERY WEEK!

The population of Jefferson City (43,079) EVERY TWO WEEKS!

The population of Lee's Summit (91,364) EVERY MONTH! 

Think of it---the current amount of children that are brutally sacrificed to the god of Self in our country is like having the populations of 
Kirkwood (27,540), 
Chesterfield (47,484), 
Neosho (11,835), and 
Concordia (2,450) murdered in ONE MONTH.

And then the populations of 
Hannibal (17,916),
Joplin (50,150),
Maryville (11,972), and
Chillicothe (9,515) the NEXT MONTH.

Followed by the murder of the populations of 
Blue Springs (52,575),
Grandview (24,475), and 
Grain Valley (12,854) the THIRD MONTH.

And the murder of the populations of 
Liberty (29,149),
North Kansas City (4,208), and
Gladstone (25,410), with
Belton (23,116) and Harrisonville (10,019) thrown in the the FOURTH MONTH.

If the first month was January, that would still leave enough time to kill off the populations of 
Kansas City (459,787), 
St. Joseph (76,780), 
Raytown (29,526), 
Webb City (10,996)
and Columbia (108,500) BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR!

And the NEXT YEAR, 
St. Louis (319,204),
Independence (116,130),
and Springfield (159,498) could be totally gone BY JULY.

And that is just the number of reported abortions.

If the murders of the preborn across our nation were actually murders of the born in the state of Missouri, the ENTIRE STATE POPULATION (5,988,927 people) would be gone in 6 short years.  
The "Show Me" State COMPLETELY empty.

And that is just the number of reported abortions.

Wake UP, citizens of Missouri!!!  
The Abortion Holocaust is Greater Than You Think.

If this seems horrific to you, imagine the indignation of the all knowing God of heaven, 
Who is HOLY, HOLY, HOLY!
Who has made these precious babies in His image!
Who declares them to be His heritage and a blessing!
Who sees their slaughter in the secret places! 
Who hears the cry of their innocent blood!
Who commands US to open OUR mouths for those who have no voice, for those who are being slaughtered!
Who commands US to warn the wicked and rescue the weak!
Who will bring judgment to a people that allows the shedding of innocent blood to happen in their communities without seeking justice!

Leviticus 20:1-5
:1 "And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,"
:2 "Again, thou shalt say to the children of Israel, Whosoever he be of the children of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn in Israel, that giveth any of his seed unto Molech; he shall surely be put to death: the people of the land shall stone him with stones."
:3 "And I will set my face against that man, and will cut him off from among his people; because he hath given of his seed unto Molech, to defile my sanctuary, and to profane my holy name."
:4 "And if the people of the land do any ways hide their eyes from the man, when he giveth of his seed unto Molech, and kill him not:"
:5 "Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family, and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people."

WAKE UP, MISSOURI!  WAKE UP, CHURCH!

Let us NOT hide our eyes!
Let us NOT be silent NOR absent when they are being slain!
Let us plead for justice and call for truth!

May our communities awaken and repent of our apathy toward culture of child sacrifice that is murdering our neighbors!

If this post agitates your conscience, and you desire to do something practical to oppose the evil slaughter done to your preborn neighbors who are murdered at the rate of TWO EVERY MINUTE, please contact me.

Abortion must be abolished.  

The citizens of Missouri need to rise up and establish justice and equity,           no matter what the rest of the nation does. 




(Using a 2010 census as source for population numbers http://www.togetherweteach.com/TWTIC/uscityinfo/25mo/25mo.htm

Frederick Douglass, Abolitionist



Today marks two hundred and one years since the birth of Frederick Douglass, a runaway slave, who became an abolitionist, orator, author, editor, statesman, and preacher of the Gospel (as well as becoming the most photographed American of the 19th century).  This bold Christian man became renowned as the "Lion of Abolition."

The following are some quotes of his, which I believe may be beneficial to those seeking to abolish the evil of child sacrifice in our day.  Every age has its evils.  Every age has its abolitionists.  Let us reflect on his words.  

On Prayer & Action - “I prayed for twenty years but received no answer until I prayed with my legs.”

On the REAL Problem, or Question - “There is no negro problem.  The problem is whether the American people have loyalty enough, honor enough, patriotism enough to live up to their own Constitution.”

On Free Speech  - “To suppress free speech is a double wrong.  It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker.”

On the effect upon his life after his Salvation - “I loved all mankind, slaveholders included, though I hated slavery more than ever.”

On true Christianity - “I love the pure, peaceable, and impartial Christianity of Christ; I therefore hate the corrupt, slave-holding, women whipping, cradle plundering, partial and hypocritical Christianity of this land.”

On Being a Nation's True Friend - “I am one of those who think the best friend of a nation is he who most faithfully rebukes her for her sins – and he, her worst enemy, who, under the specious and popular garb of patriotism seeks to excuse, palliate, and defend them.” April 15, 1846




On Reactions to Shining Light on Wrong  - “Men do not love those who remind them of their sins.”

On National Security - “The life of the nation is secure only while the nation is honest, truthful, and virtuous.”

On Justice and Peace in Society - "Where there is no justice, there is no peace."

On Demanding Justice - “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.  Power concedes nothing without a demand.  It never did and it never will.  Without a struggle, there can be no progress.  It is not light that we need, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder.  We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.”

On Agitation - “Those who profess to favor freedom, and yet depreciate agitation, are men who want crops without plowing up the ground.”

On the Fear of Man - “I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence.”

On Tolerance and Tyranny - “Find out what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.”

On Standing Alone - “One and God make a majority.”



On his One Political Idea - "I have one great political idea...That idea is an old one.  It is widely and generally assented to; nevertheless, it is very generally trampled upon and disregarded.  The best expression of it, I have found in the Bible.  It is in substance, 'Righteousness exalteth a nation; sin is a reproach to any people' [Proverbs 14:34]...This constitutes my politics -- the negative and positive of my politics, and the whole of my politics...I feel it my duty to do all in my power to infuse this idea into the public mind, that it may speedily be recognized and practiced upon by our people."

O, FOR CHRISTIANS TO AWAKEN TO RIGHTEOUSNESS, FIRED WITH ZEAL FROM FAITH IN THE SCRIPTURES, AND CONSTRAINED BY THE LOVE OF CHRIST!

O, FOR HEROES TO RISE TODAY, AND SPEAK WITH THE FACES OF LIONS!

Abortion must be abolished.

Thursday, February 1, 2018

IGNORE ROE - DEFY ROE: The Time to do Justly is Always NOW

LET IT BE UNDERSTOOD...

Roe v Wade was an unrighteous decree, an iniquitous opinion, which perverted justice and equity,
violating the Constitution and the Higher Law of God.  It must be DEFIED and IGNORED.

Consider the following illustration:

If the Supreme Court gave an opinion today that since 10 years olds have not gone through puberty, and thus are not fully developed human beings, ESPECIALLY if they are still living inside own's home, dependent upon one, THEY MAY BE ABORTED...

It would be the DUTY of every state, governor, legislator, every lesser magistrate, to defy such an egregious opinion.  They would have to say,
    "That is murder.  That is evil and unjust.  The Supreme Court has NO authority to say that murder is okay.  We refuse to permit and protect murder in our jurisdiction.  Instead, we will provide equal protection for our people here from being murdered.  We DEFY that opinion, and will IGNORE it."

It should not have to be said here that
PREBIRTH MURDER IS JUST AS WRONG AS PREPUBERTY MURDER.

But the states failed to do this when Roe was handed down, when the Supreme Court gave THAT arbitrary and egregious opinion.  Our magistrates and our society capitulated and allowed murder in our midst.

We suffered child sacrifice to flourish, and over 61 million children have suffered slaughter under "color of law".

We are become ageists.  To allow for the murder of someone because they are
-not a certain age yet
-not fully developed
-not as independent as you
-are living in a particular locale
-don't look like you
is WICKEDNESS.  That is AGEISM.

And WE allowed it.
Americas allowed it.
Christians in America allowed it.
Churches allowed it.
Blood is on our hands (Isaiah 1,59; Ezekiel 3,33,22)

WE were SILENT when children were butchered.
WE were ABSENT from the battlefield for truth.
WE were NEGLIGENT in our duty as neighbors.
WE were DISOBEDIENT to God.

And even when we fought, even as we thought ourselves the champions of the preborn, WE often did not do so in a wholly JUST manner.

WE became guilty of
COMPROMISE
COMPLICITY
COWARDICE
COMPLACENCY

WE were deceived and believed lies.

WE became culpable with this holocaust before a holy God.  And I am speaking of prolifers here.

We didn't bring the TRUTH into full conflict with this work of darkness.  We made war with injustice and ageism, using unjust and ageist means.

We called on legislators to make laws that permitted Murder:
IF it happened before the baby was a certain age.
IF the baby had a criminal for a father (as in rape).
IF the baby's teenage mama had parental permission.
IF she had thought about it for 24 hours.
IF she was informed that her baby was alive.
IF it was not done with taxpayer money.

We did this.  We were taught to do this.  And we did this thinking we were standing for LIFE and TRUTH.  But we were doing WRONG.

Now, not everything we did was wrong,
but what was wrong, WAS WRONG, and WE MUST RECOGNIZE AND RECKON WITH IT.

We must humbly REPENT.  As individuals, as churches, as communities, as states, as a nation.  Let us confess it before the Lord and do RIGHT.

WE NEED to cease to do evil and learn to do well.

WE NEED to stop following the multitude (including the Prolife multitude) to do evil and wrest judgment from the weak and the innocent.

WE NEED to call for justice and plead for truth.

WE NEED to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with our God.

WE NEED prod our leaders to do justly and establish equity.  They must be what they didn't at the start.  The time to "do justly" is always NOW.

As Wesley Thomas says, "The Supreme Court is not the Supreme Being."

Don't DIEFY the Supreme Court,  DEFY Roe v Wade

IGNORE ROE.
DEFY ROE.

Abortion must be ABOLISHED.