Three valuable readings 

Awake, awake! ... to What?   

1 of 3

     Isaiah 52 begins, Awake, awake, O Zion. Put on your garments of strength. 

     In verse 2, ...rise up, sit enthroned O Jerusalem. This sounds odd for collapsing Israel, and the decline of Judah, while Assyrians were rising in power. 

     In verse 3, someone says, you will be redeemed. 

     In verse 6, Therefore my people will know my name; in that day they will know that it is I who foretold it. Yes, it is I." 

     Who is this?  

     Verses 8-9, Your watchmen...shout for joy. Oh! It's the Lord speaking? When he returns to Zion, they will see it with their own eyes. Burst into songs of joy together, you ruins of Jerusalem...for the Lord has redeemed Jerusalem. Has? Past tense? This was written 700 BC. 

     They don't see it with their eyes. Moses is long gone, Noah and Joshua too.  

     Verse 13, See, my servant will act wisely...

     His servant? David is not available; nor is Abraham or Jacob. 

Continued tomorrow

Game On! Scarlet vs. Blue    

    

     This is the weekend of Thanksgiving. And it's Michigan. A freshman excited to attend his first Michigan game will leave the stadium with thanksgiving memories far better than turkey. Or, maybe not. 

     Michigan 13, Ohio State 10

     There is a freshman and 100,000 other fans really upset. 

     Michigan's field goal kicker provided 6 points.

     Ohio State's field goal kicker missed potentially 6 points. 

     Michigan played better, including their plan to eat a lot of clock. 

              Jimmy

       

Federal Reserve, Wars, January 6 Inmates 

     Can the Federal Reserve be reformed? One news writer things that could be the first major battle of the new administration. The Federal Reserve was founded in 1913 and plays a massive role in the economy. He says Trump's team will have to tread very carefully. How much change is too much?

WORLD magazine

     As for the wars in Ukraine and the Middle East, less than 24 hours after the election, Trump took calls from the Ukrainian president and the Israeli prime minister. A journal editor believes Trump will present off-ramps to all the parties. "He's going to say, 'It's an opportunity for everyone to cut their losses and just call it a day." 

     Convictions of protesters in the January 6 riot is a concern to many Trump voters. They think some "J6" prisoners were treated more harshly than those connected to causes favored by Democrats, like Black Lives Matter. It is hoped Trump will do something for all political prisoners. The editor if he was the president, would commute or reduce their sentences, and also apply this to Hunter Biden. 

     "All these issues," he says, "have put people in jail that have been involved in politics. The slate is clean." 

     As for getting things done, he says "the scale of Trump's victory means he won't likely encounter much resistance. Through executive authority he can do a whole bunch of things."

Views:  We'll see. There are Democratic governors who haven't accepted the will of the 'popular vote', more who voted for Trump than in 2016 and 2020. Are they just pleasing their own voters, or will they actually rebel against the lawful president of the people?

Trump Appointments Match Campaign Promises

     Not all votes were counted when Donald Trump began naming members of his administration. One of his first picks was Tom Homan as "Border Czar." Homan was asked if there was a way deportations could happen without separating families. "Of course there is" he said. "Families can be deported together." 

WORLD magazine 

     A September poll showed more than half of all voters, including 25 percent of Democrats, support removal of illegal immigrants. It's impossible to know the numbers, but up to 10 million illegals entered during the Biden administration. Around 1 million already are under orders to leave. "They've had their day in court. They lost, but they ignored it and they're still here," said Mark Krikorian, of the Center of Immigration Studies.

     Easier said than done. The administration will face legal battles, finding housing prior to deportation, and cooperation of their homelands. "You can't just fly into a country and open the door. You have to get paperwork," Krikorian said. Some countries may refuse to issue paperwork or slow-walk the process. Immigration law gives the president legal authority to stop issuing visas to those countries. President Biden never used that authority, but Trump did during his first term and will likely do so again. 

     It's been said that the right policies could encourage self-deportation, while deterring people from coming illegally in the first place. Shortly after the election, New York City said it would stop handing out prepaid debit cards to migrants. They have read the writing on the wall.

     To address the economy and the cost of living, Trump will focus on deregulation. Economic growth is tied up with regulations. Carefully targeted tariffs could stimulate the economy. 

Continued Friday

Evidence vs. Surrender

Letters to the editor

     "Unbelievers already know God exists (Romans 1:18-23). No amount of evidence or logical proof will convince them to believe, repent and trust Christ, because sinners are my nature anti-God, dead in sin, with hard hearts and darkened minds. 

     "A person will believe and submit to Christ's lordship only if the Holy Spirit has converted the person. 'Faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of Christ' (Romans 10:17). When speaking to an unbeliever about spiritual matters, stay with the word of God and trust the Holy Spirit to do what He will." 

                                   Auburndale, FL

     "Though (she) hinted at the real reason for the double standards of proof for Jesus' Lordship as opposed to Julius Caesar's existence, the 'why' of it is the main point. My belief in Caesar's existence requires nothing from me. 

     "On the other hand, to admit that Jesus is the Messiah requires everything from me. It is a change in lordship from me to him! So, I am biased when I judge evidence. Who wants to give up control? 

     "Romans 1:18 speaks to this. We suppress (deny, avoid, contest) the truth in 'unrighteousness' - that is, with self-protecting motives." 

Lake Grove, NY

Making a Comeback?

     There are different examples of making a comeback. A business on the ropes can file for bankruptcy and start all over. A once proud sports team can fall on hard times, but with a new coach and other improvements, become a winner once again.

     Our loser today is journalism. 

     University journalism schools have given up on impartial reporting. Don't know how this happened, except that leftist professors want the news to reflect their attitudes. Truth be dammed. 

     Two TV networks do a decent job of presenting both sides. One of them runs a spot saying, "We don't tell you how to think." 

     Our national TV news once meant ABC, CBS and NBC. Today, those outfits are owned by businesses that could care less what they report. Just keep the commercials going. And the lies ... who cares? 

     Yours truly graduated from journalism school in 1961, when impartial reporting was a given. So, we hate lying, whether in the "news" or in any other activity on God's green earth.

     There may be a comeback. The November election has given our nation a chance at truthfulness. Politicians can't do much with college professors, but we can hope. 

     Trump has already made clear - universities will no longer tolerate antisemitism. There is evidence the lying journalists will be less influential than they have been. Yea! 

        Jimmy

  

 Trump's Cabinet... 

15 nominations

must be confirmed by the Senate 

   Attorney General - Pam Bondi

Secretary of: 

   Treasury - Scott Bessent

   State - Marco Rubio

   Defense - Pete Hegseth 

   Interior - Doug Burgum 

   Commerce - Howard Lutnik 

   Health & Human Services - Robert Kennedy, Jr.

   Transportation - Sean Duffy 

   Energy - Chris Wright

   Education - Linda McMahan 

   Veterans Affairs - Doug Collins

   Homeland Security - Kristi Noem 

   Housing and Urban Development - Scott Turner 

   Agriculture - Brooke Rollins 

   Labor - Lori Chavez-Deremer

We can pray for these people

Our future depends on their success

Servant of the Lord? 

     In the book of Isaiah, 700 B.C. chapter 49, verse 1: Before I was born the Lord called me, from my birth he has made mention of my name. 

     Who was this servant? We know now, it was Jesus, one of the trinity of God, born of a virgin, who told Israelites what they needed to know, performed miracle healings, was crucified (taking our punishment for sin) and rose to life, appearing to his disciples and others over 40 days. 

     In verse 2, He made my mouth like a sharpened sword... 

     "He made" is past tense. But centuries later, long after Jesus lived as a man on earth, he appeared to his disciple John...and out of his mouth came a sharp double-edged sword... Revelation 1:16.

     In verse 5: And now the Lord (Jesus) says - he who formed me in the womb to be his servant, to bring Jacob back to him and gather Israel to himself... 

     In verse 6: ...he (the Father) says, It is too small a thing for you (Son) to be my servant to restore the tribes of Jacob and bring back those of Israel I have kept. I will also make you a light for the Gentiles, that you may bring my salvation to the ends of the earth.

Commentary: Messiah's mission - is to bring God's light and message of salvation to all nations...that all nations hear the gospel and have opportunity to believe in God's Servant Son. This commission will not be fulfilled until the gospel is preached throughout the whole world... "then the end will come." 

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Warning to U.S. Colleges

     President elect Donald Trump to put U.S. Colleges on notice - end antisemitic propaganda or lose their accreditation and federal taxpayer support. 

American News, November 15

     "We will not subsidize terrorist sympathizers," he said. At a rally in Washington, Trump said "to defeat antisemitism and defend Jewish citizens in America, my administration will inform every college president that, if you do not end antisemitic propaganda, you will lose accreditation and federal taxpayer support."

     Trump said that all educational institutions would be informed that if they permit violence or harassment against Jewish students, they will be "held accountable for violations of civil rights law."

     "Jewish Americans must have equal protection under the law. My administration will move swiftly to restore safety for Jewish students and Jewish people on American streets." 

     During his first term as U.S. president, Trump issued an executive order to combat antisemitism by adding Jews to the list of protected minority groups under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. 

         From our Jewish friend formerly in Pittsburgh, now living in Israel. 

It seems Title VI has been ignored.

Jimmy

WORLD magazine, Andree Seu Peterson

Jealousy falls short... 

...of accounting for persecutions under Titus, Severus, anti Semitism, Mohammed, the Crusades, expulsions of Jews from France, Austria, Spain, Eastern Europe and Russia, and blaming Jews for the Black Death epidemics. Hitler's holocaust. 

     Andree writes, "There are things that can only be perceived spiritually, that is, according to the Word of God and Holy Spirit, the true dimensions of anti-Semitism. Beyond natural causes such as jealousy there rages a battle not of human origins."

     "The Jews, tapped by God to figure in a marvelous salvation plan, find themselves participants in an invisible cosmic contest between two Kingdoms, whose final chapter is yet to play out." 

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Gods of Babylon  

     What can we learn from the gods of Babylon? 

     The images carried around were burdensome, and unable to rescue men from captivity. Nebo, the god of learning, writing and astronomy, could not keep Babylon from being destroyed. 

     Listen to me, O house of Jacob, all you who remain of the house of Israel, you whom I have upheld since you were conceived* and have carried since your birth, even to your old age and gray hairs, I am he, who will sustain you. I have made you and I will carry you. 

     To whom will you compare me or count me equal? Remember this, fix it in your mind, take it to heart, you rebels. I am God and there is no other. I make known the end from the beginning, from ancient times, what is still to come. 

      My purpose will stand, and I will do all that I please. What I have said, that will I bring about; what I have planned, that will I do. 

     Listen to me...you who are far from righteousness, I am bringing my righteousness near, and my salvation will not be delayed. I will grant salvation to Zion, my splendor to Israel. - excerpts from Isaiah chapter 46

* Maybe abortionists should consider this

Commentary: Our Creator has carried us from the beginning of our lives (conception), acts on our behalf and will sustain us to the end.  

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Ukraine Church is Not Tired 

     We American Christians take our access to Sunday services for granted. American Jews also live in this nation at peace, although there have been some ugly troubles caused by anti-Israel radicals. 

     Then there is Ukraine, a nation under siege, more than 90,000 troops and civilians killed. Millions have been displaced.

      When Russians invaded a Black Sea port city, and destroyed a bridge, a senior pastor found himself in occupied territory. So, he began leading a new church. 

     Church members served their suffering neighbors, until a dam collapsed (suspected sabotage) and flooded residents' homes. Members gave people clothes and opportunity to wash their clothes because many lost their appliances.

     Attendance at the pastor's church has more than doubled to about 300 - more than three times as many attendees as our American church. 

     Interviews with local pastors suggest the good deeds of believers amid the evils of war have softened many Ukrainians to the evangelical message.

     "God is seeking humble people," says a pastor. "This is the point when you have no hope. This is the best point to meet Jesus." 

     In a Kyiv suburb, 70 percent destroyed by Russian troops in 2022, many church members evacuated. Now, the church is nearly back to its pre-war membership of 600, plus about 700 visitors. The pastor attributes growth to members showing the love of Christ. 

     There is counseling, material support and legal advice. 

     Evangelicals have long been ostracized as a cult. Pastors are hopeful that public perceptions of evangelicals are changing, thanks to churches' response to the war. 

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Post Election Summary 

     "Today's Democrat Party is under complete control of an elitist cabal of warmongers obsessed with power." So wrote Tulsi Gabbard, former Democratic congresswoman, once Vice Chair of the Democratic National Committee, and a Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve. 

     The election is over. Views is not stumping for votes. Gabbard has been nominated to lead the National Intelligence Agency. Here, we list a few of her statements in a pre-election letter we received some time ago. We need to remember how the Dems play the game, and remined ourselves often to seek truth, not fall for the tired lies of Gabbard's former friends. Another election is only two years away.

     She wrote, "Today's Democrat Party rejects the rule of law. ...they are targeting ordinary Americans. The Biden-Harris DOJ convicted six pro-life activists, who are facing over a decade in prison for peacefully protesting." 

     They "established the 'Disinformation Governance Board,' to control what information we're allowed to read." Democrats "Oppose freedom of religion. ...and are hostile toward people of faith. Barack Obama famously mocked Americans for 'clinging to their guns and religion.'" 

     "They have launched the biggest information campaign in American history to keep their (voters) from abandoning them in droves. The Democratic elite and the mainstream propaganda media are desperately trying to convince ordinary Americans that their fellow Americans are 'traitors,' 'extremists' and 'deplorables.'" 

     Average Americans won this election, but if our democracy is to survive, we need to keep on keeping on.

                 Jimmy

Coming up: Our next team of leaders 

Thanksgiving Around the World

We're not the only nation with a Thanksgiving. 

Switzerland

     The Swiss day of Fasting and Thanksgiving dates from the 16th century, when natural disaster, epidemics and wars were the norm. Conflicts between Catholics and Protestants persisted into the mid-1800s. Several faith groups instituted days of fasting and prayer for peace, which became a country-wide observance in 1832.

Nigeria

     An annual thanksgiving festival is common among several Nigerian tribes. The central theme is thanksgiving for a bountiful harvest. It's a time for family members to reunite.

Ukraine

     It's not a national holiday, but Thanksgiving is celebrated within Christian communities. Family gatherings, church worship services and times of prayer mark the day. In September, at a church in Kyiv, members decorated the church with grains, vegetables and flowers - a display of gratitude for the strength God gave to grow and gather it. This, in spite of war.

Brazil

     A Brazilian ambassador who celebrated Thanksgiving in New York City proposed importing the holiday back home. It took 40 years, but Brazil declared a National Day of Thanksgiving as a show of cultural unity. The feast includes American dishes such as sweet potatoes and turkey. Brazilian culture has not broadly adopted the day, but it remains observed by some Brazilians. 

Spending on Ukraine and Israel

     Two weeks after Israel recently received an $8.7 billion U.S. aid package, the Pentagon said the U.S., would send a missile defense system to Israel. Meanwhile, President Biden announced another $8 billion in military help for Ukraine. 

     Congress has appropriated more than $174 billion for Ukraine. About $60 billion of it is to purchase new or transfer excess U.S. equipment. It also provides training and covers costs for deploying more U.S troops to Europe, and replenishes U.S. and allied stocks. Funds also cover economic and humanitarian help for Ukraine and its neighbors. 

     If Trump had been reelected four years ago, none of the above would have been necessary. 

     Meanwhile, the U.S. provided our Middle East ally with more than $155 billion since 1948, including about $4 billion a year since 2019. In April Congress approved $26 billion, about half of which goes to Israel's military and rocket defenses, new weapons, supplies and training. $9 billion has gone for humanitarian aid to conflict victims worldwide, including Gaza.

     As for Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. spent about $1.7 trillion between 2001 and 2023. This comes to $4,386 for each taxpayer for Afghanistan and $4,093 for each taxpayer for Iraq operations over 23 years. 

     For Ukraine, $800 per taxpayer. There are additional costs for government agency work, some of which is secret, and some for veteran care. Oh, and then there is $8 billion to "counter communist China." The White House asked Congress for $9.9 billion for fiscal year 2025 for the Pacific region. 

     Therefore, we taxpayers all have an interest in what the government spends overseas, and in the decisions, it makes, wise or not. 

           Jimmy

 Loyal readers of Views, 

     An amazing, unpresented movement is underway in our government, that is, the leadership to take over our federal government on January 20. 

     We ask you to read yesterday's blog, below. You can skip our play with dates, and read the short message. We'll have something else for you on Saturday.    Jimmy

Counting the Days 

     Let's see. 

     There are 17 days to go in November, including Thanksgiving. And 31 days in December, including Christmas. That adds up to 48, which brings us to the new year.

     In 2025 February has only 28 days, so let's guess there are 364 days in the coming year, including Thanksgiving and Christmas. 

     On to 2026. There will be 185 days, give or take, to the end of June, and we add four days into July. For a total of 618 days from today. 

     Now, we subtract the 48 days of 2024 and 19-1/2 days in January 2025, making January 20, 2025 the beginning of a return to America's founding principles. And government by and of the people.  

     This gives our chosen president 551 days to prepare for a celebration on July 4, 2026 - our 250th birthday. He will have help making government more efficient by two men named - not Washington and Jefferson - but Musk and Ramaswamy. Yes, there will be harsh opposition. 

     We may not be overrun by the world after all. At least for a time. And we will regain strength to help the world seek peace. At least for a time.

     Benjaman Franklin, when asked what the founders provided for the people, responded, "a Republic, if you can keep it." 

     The morning of November 5, we were not certain we would keep it. Now, we have a new opportunity to restore the Republic, for all Americans...even though civilization has changed greatly over 248 years. And the world itself has changed greatly, for good or for ill. 

               Jimmy 

Judgment of Believers

    Final of 6 

     The impending judgment of Christians should perfect in them the fear of the Lord... 

Since we know what it is to fear the Lord, we try to persuade men.           - 2 Corinthians 5:11

Therefore, my dear friends...continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling for it is God who works in you to will and act according to his good purpose. - Philippians 2:12, 13 

Since you call on a Father who judges each man's work impartially, live your lives as strangers here in reverent fear. - 1 Peter 1:17

     ...and cause them to be clear minded and self-controlled. And to live holy and Godly lives.   

We must turn from evil and do good...seek peace and pursue it.               - 1 Peter 3:11 

Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy. - Matthew 5:7 

May the Lord show mercy. - 2 Timothy 1:16 

 Grand Old Party 

     Led by Donald Trump and many others, the campaign was victorious Both houses of Congress, we think, will join the executive branch in righting some of the wrongs of the current administration, at least for two years. We are happy.

     It will be a challenge. Millions of illegal immigrants. China, Russia and Iran threatening world order. Democrats blocking the way in some states. 

     Trump has only four years to right the ship. Meanwhile, there is Someone with forever power. 

Book of Isaiah (chapter 40)

     "All flesh is grass, and all its loveliness is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades. Surely the people are grass. The grass withers, flower fades. The word of God stands forever." vv. 6-8.  

     "Behold, the nations are as a drop in a bucket, and are counted as dust on the scales. All nations before Him are as nothing." vv. 15,17. 

     "Have you not known? Have you not heard? It is He who sits above the circle of the earth. Its inhabitants are like grasshoppers. He brings princes to nothing; He makes judges of the earth useless." vv. 21-23. 

     "To whom will you liken Me. To whom shall I be equal? says the Holy One. Lift up your eyes; see who has created these things." vv. 25-26 

     "The everlasting God, the Lord, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable." v. 28 

     "But those who wait on the Lord shall renew their strength. They shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint." v. 31

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     Democrats won! That is, those in the top 1% in wealth. Below that, Donald Trump voters (73 million) outnumbered Harris voters at every level. Republicans received the majority of votes (not just the Electoral College) for the first time in 20 years. Won the Senate and may keep the House.

     Years ago, there was a movie beginning with Republicans as the well to do, and Democrats representing average people. By the end of the movie, the sides had switched. I think we just saw it happen...for real.

     Trump received more votes than he did in 2016 and 2020. Some who didn't appreciate the success of his first term thought differently this year. Even more voters in some blue states. 

     The gimmick to surround Harris with celebrities didn't win over citizens desperate for affordable necessities. Lots of Dem voters still haven't grasp the truth that their politicians aren't really interested in them. That is beginning to change. 

     College students who need time off school to come to grips with their misery have been lied to. They sobbed in 2016 too. Some were given coloring books and Legos to calm them. When will they discover truth, so they can enjoy the American dream. 

     Is Obama going to be rejected, now that he and his Mrs. made a public show of support for Harris, a terrible candidate. David Axelrod and others admit their marriage with the far left has been a disaster. What took so long? We guess Biden didn't mind this outcome. Politics! Human nature. But his reputation is damaged. 

     Democratic leaders say they will never let Trump do anything to them, etc., as if Trump wants to "get even" or something. He isn't even thinking of them, as he makes plans to restore America...for the good of all! 

      Israel is pleased. Satan is angry. Trump needs all the protection he can get. 

         Jimmy 

Scripture Fulfilled 

     Book of John 

v. 19:24  "...that Scripture (Psalm 22:18) might be fulfilled which says, 'They divided my garments among them. And for my clothing they cast lots.'" 

v. 19:36  "...that Scripture (Exodus 12:46, Numbers 9-12, Psalm 34:20) be fulfilled. 'Not one of his bones shall be broken.'" 

v. 19:37   "...Scripture (Zechariah 12:10) says, 'They shall look on him whom they pierced.'" 

v. 20:17  "I am ascending to my Father and your Father, and to my God and your God."

v. 20:21  "Jesus said to them, 'Peace to you! As the Father has sent me, I also send you.'" 

v. 20:29  "Jesus said, 'Blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.'"

v. 20:31  "...but these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing you may have life in his name."

v. 21:19  "Follow me."

v. 21:25   "And there are many other things that Jesus did, which if they were written one by one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that would be written. Amen." 

An Election to Save Our Republic?

     Having compared Trump's first term with Biden's current reign, and Trump's latest campaign with Harris's shower of accusations, I thought this election might save or break our Republic. 

     Was I wrong? 

     Hunter Baker, a school dean in South Carolina, knows the tendency we have for seeing each election as "a contest for the fate of mankind." Now, he wrote in October, it seems to him that "such claims are untrue." 

     "Americans," he wrote, "have a great deal of protection thanks to the Constitution. Founders conceived of a government that frustrates sudden waves of passion and changes in policy. Separated powers and the division into federal and state systems work against ultimate power. Elections never expose the entire federal government at the same time. 

     "Christians," he wrote, "should take the longer view of God's sovereignty. None of us will conceive some plan that will surprise the Lord. That doesn't mean we don't have responsibilities and aren't accountable. We have the right to speak, to organize, to be involved, and to vote. We can act, rather than be acted upon. That means we should inform ourselves. There are important issues at stake." 

     "While all that activity has value, and what happens in our electoral process matters, it all pales in significance before the greater reality. Jesus Christ is King. Every knee will bow, and every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord. Not because we created the perfect system. The truth will be undeniable to every soul who has ever lived." 

     Yes, Dean Baker. Meanwhile, we are preparing a blog for Sunday night/Monday, with a summary of truth and lies that voters were told during, and even after, the election. 

                    Jimmy

What is 'Toxic Empathy'?

     A few days ago, we published remarks by Lindsay Mast, host of a BlazeTV podcast, interviewed by WORLD magazine. We follow up today.

By the way, WORLD suffered greatly in the hurricane in North Carolina. 

Can you explain "toxic empathy"?

     "Using empathy to manipulate. Those in power and the media extort people to take a particular position, saying, "In order to be a compassionate and kind person, this is the stance you must take." Feeling someone else's pain must convince you to affirm their choices, their perspectives, and whatever policy they say will alleviate their pain. 

     "It is emotional manipulation, telling one side of the story, or misrepresenting an issue to make you believe the only righteous position is their position. 

Other examples 

     "Progressives will use Christian ideas like loving your neighbor, and mercy and justice to convince you that opening up the border, affirming someone's so-called gender identity or affirming the redefinition of the family are actual Biblical positions. Because this is what it means to love, they say. 

     "And they do this by falsely conflating empathy with love...two different things. You can feel how someone else feels, but love is inextricable with the truth, because love never rejoices in wrongdoing, but rejoices in the truth, as 1 Corinthians 13:6 tells us."  

             

Declaration of Truth

 We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness - that to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving  their just powers from the consent of the governed. 

That whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or replace it, by vote of the people, and to institute new governance, laying its foundation on such principles, as to them shall seem most likely to affect their safety and happiness. Prudence has shown that mankind is more disposed to      suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves.

But when a 3-3/4 year train of abuses and promises of worse, evinces the rise of Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government and to provide new guards for their future security. Such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their current usurpations, the object of which is the establishment of an absolute Tyranny. 

May the Laws of Nature and Nature's God be restored.

 

What's Happening?

     Halloween scare is over. Thanksgiving and Christmas - coming. 

     Hmmm. Oh! Today is the last day to vote. 

     This may be the most important day in our history, since the victory in 1815, and before that, the British surrender at Yorktown in 1781. 

     Today, it's a political battle we Americans have crafted for ourselves. 

     One party wants to return to the ways that made us the envy of the world. The other party wants to mess with our constitution, and with just a little more power, will bring on a surrender of another kind. 

     How the truth - four years of Trump/Pence vs. almost four years of Biden/Harris - doesn't convince 90 percent of us to vote for Trump, is beyond my understanding. 

     On day one, the Biden regime began tearing down our generally successful ways. They spent billions of dollars to favor even more potential voters. They enabled a war in Ukraine that wears on, and a killing spree in Israel that has expanded, thanks to Democrat's friendliness with a country that hates both us and Israel.  

     Well, some voters have other reasons. They don't look at the big picture, but favor power, or a type of person, or a single issue, or....

     VP Kamala Harris is their choice, and they may not know what she and her handlers have in mind. Liberals have taken over education, big business, the military etc., and they are ready to dominate. 

     Will November 5, 2024 join the list of historic days in America, like December 7, 1941? A date that lives in infamy? 

                Jimmy 

Greetings: We're back from my sister's funeral in Pennsylvania. She may be among those "called great in the kingdom of heaven." We dedicate part 5 of 6 to her.

Judgment of Believers 

Some will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven. - Matthew 5:19 

But many who are first will be last and many who are last will be first.     - Matthew 19:30

I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. - Philippians 3:14 

Now there is in store for me a crown of righteousness which the righteous judge will award me - and to all who have longed for his appearing. - 2 Timothy 4:8

These (trials) have come so that your faith ... may be proved genuine and may result in praise, glory and honor when Jesus Christ is revealed.    - 1 Peter 1:7 

There will be trouble and distress...but glory, honor and peace for everyone who does good, first for the Jews, then for the Gentiles. For God does not show favoritism. - Romans 2:9-11