Free Offer

Ever day we are bombarded with "free" offers, most of which aren't truly free. When you factor in the fact that if you receive something free, it still cost some one to provide the "free" item.

Even Salvation in Jesus Christ, though free to us, cost God a lot. He had to send His only begotten Son the Cross to suffer and die for our sins. The pain of separation, the pain of living, the pain of seeing loved ones die; these were a cost that Jesus Christ paid, in addition to his pain and suffering on the Cross for us.

Salvation is by Grace, through Faith in Jesus Christ, and not by works of our own. If we are truly saved, the Holy Spirit will enter in to our hearts, and will inspire us to good works. Christ Himself said that He did nothing on his own, but did all that His Father in Heaven told Him. Christ always prayed to His Father in Heaven to know what His Father's will was, where He was to go each day, what was He to teach the disciples, and that His Father God in Heaven would sustain Him in His Mission on Earth to bring Salvation.

Jesus was not just a good teacher, a great man, or a prophet; He was the Son of God, The Son of Man, the Lamb of God. He lived a sin free life, not so that we would remember a special man and hopefully follow in His path, but so that He would be the Lamb of God, the one free of blemish, the only one who's blood could once and for all pay our sin debt.

He came to make us a free offer, but it cost him more than any one of us could ever hope to pay for a ransom. Why waste what Christ has done for you? Why refuse Him as Lord and Master at the eternal cost of suffering damnation so that you can exercise your free will? Once you die, there is no second chance.

Many teach some form or another of reincarnation, rebirth, a chance to get it right the next time; but the Word of God tells us that it is appointed unto man but once to die, and then the Judgment.

Please, take up His offer of the free gift of Salvation, for which he paid everything, and was raised by the power of His Father, to live in eternity and plead with us to come unto Him. Behold, I stand at the door and knock; whosoever will open the door, I will come in and dwell with him.

Pray as the man who wanted Jesus to heal his son did, when he said unto the Lord: "Lord, I believe, help thou my unbelief".


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The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America

There are people in this nation who seem to think that the First Amendment means freedom form religion, and not freedom of religion. A local man in a town very close to where I live stated in a letter to the editor that Freedom of Religion is not found in the Constitution.

A clear reading of the First Amendment will reveal the truth.

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof..." This portion alone in the amendment says all we need to know.

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion... The Founders were particularly concerned that the government should not decree a state approved religion to the exclusion of all others as happened both under Catholic Monarchs and Anglican Monarchs. They wanted to establish that the citizens of this nation would be free to practice their own religion, or none if they chose.

,or prohibiting the free exercise thereof... The Founders wrote in this amendment a provision that the government could not prohibit the free exercise of religion.

Free Exercise of Religion. Clearly the same as saying Freedom of Religion, but with freedom comes responsibility, and no one in the practice of their religion may make human sacrifice, or commit acts of sex with children under th cover of religion.

The rest of the amendment continues "or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances".

That last portion also prohibits the government from interfering with the free speech of religions to teach and preach what they believe, as well as to protect the individual rights of citizens to criticize their government, and the right of the press, the newspapers and broadcast media to report the news and also criticize the government. We are free to assemble peaceably, protecting public gatherings, whether religious or secular.

There are reasonable constraints placed on free assembly, allowing local governmental entities to require permits for parades and demonstrations or marches in order for them to plan for the extra law enforcement personnel to direct traffic, protect pedestrians, and to control those who become unruly or begin to riot.The local government may choose to issue a permit at no cost, or to charge a nominal fee to help offset the extra costs of keeping the peace and safety.

I began by addressing the Freedom of Religion issue, and the prohibition of Congres from establishing a state religion. I have gone ahead and covered the free speech and assmeb.y and the rest because I don't want anyone to think that I consider any part of the amendment to be seperate from the rest.

The First Amendment stands as a whole, for a reason, but it does not establish a "wall of seperation" between state and religion. That phrase comes from a letter written by Thomas Jefferson tho the Danbury Baptist Association of Danbury Connecticut, reassuring them that the government would not interfere with their freedoms nor be allowed to tax them as had been the practice before the Revolution, when the King taxed all non Church of England churches to support the Anglican churches in America.

We, as a result of the experiences of the colonists/Founders, are not taxed to support any church.

Raid on West Texas Polygamists

What is the problem that requires the removal of all of the minor children from the YFZ Ranch?

Real short: Child sex abuse.

The charges being leveled against these people have nothing to do with their religion, and everything to do with State Laws meant to prevent sexual abuse of children. The State of
Texas states that there is evidence of at least one of the girls having given birth at age thirteen.

In the State of Texas, any one under the age of fourteen is considered not capable of making a consensual agreement to have sex with an adult. State Law requires that a female be at least sixteen years old with her parents consent to marry. If they are under sixteen, even though the parents consent, the law has been violated.

There appears to be evidence that more than one of these girls has been married off at an age of less than sixteen, and subsequently entered into a sexual relationship with the adult male to whom they have "married" to.

There are many things that Religious Freedom under the First Amendment of the Consitution do not allow. An easy example would be human sacrifice. Another example is use of illegal drugs
as part of ones religion.

In the same vein of following the law, Child molesting and sexual performance of a child can not be covered under Freedom of Religion. The whole community is involved in a conspiracy to commit criminal acts of a sexual nature against minor children. They practice this as a lifestyle under the name of religion, all are knowledgeable of what is occurring, and all have been involved in concealing these criminal acts from discovery by the law, which requires a person knowing that such a crime has been committed must report it to the appropriate authorities.

Up to now, only Warren Jeffs, their "prophet", has been charged with conspiracy, and that in Utah, where he is now in prison for the forced marriage of a fourteen year old girl to her cousin. The State of Utah has been cracking down on these men who marry and have sex with prohibited minors, that is why they have built their compound in West Texas.

The State could charge all of the adults with conspiracy, but up to now has not chosen to do so.

What person among you can not understand that this is a case of protecting minor children from adults, who have themselves been raised in this idea that this is alright?

I am a small government conservative who normally does not like to see CPS get a foot in anyone's door except in extreme cases. I believe this is an extreme case. If one married couple were teaching their daughters that it was alright to marry and have sex at the age of thirteen, in violation of State Law, no one would be having a problem with the State's involvement, except probably pedophiles.

Moral Relativism

Moral Relativism is a curse to Society.


What is Moral Relativism? Basically, it is the philosophy of life that says that moral values are relative to the time in which one lives, the situation they find themselves in, and their personal choices and desires in fleshly pleasure.

It is Moral Relativism that has brought about the widespread acceptance of behaviors that as little as fifty years ago, would have been deemed reprehensible. Some examples of this would be adultery, sex out side of marriage, homosexual behavior, and child molesting.

God set Moral Boundaries for us for our own good. Every boundary passed in rebellion against Him takes us closer to accepting another deviant behavior.

You might protest that child molesting is still unacceptable, and I will point out to you the existence of groups like NAMBLA. The National Man Boy Love Association. Among the members of that organization have been priests, businessmen, college professors, psychiatrists, and others. These men are not impoverished financially, in fact, most are very well to do, wealthy pedophiles who prefer boys over men or women for sex. While they have yet to get any laws passed legalizing their activities, they have helped see to it that homosexual men and couples are allowed to act as foster parents and even adopt those who will become their victims.

If we do not turn to God, and follow Him, in time, everything will be acceptable, including men and women having sexual relationships with boys and girls. The deviant morally corrupt university professors and clergy who are involved int theses behaviors are inculcating a philosophy in students that is aimed at corrupting our society. Psychiatrists once defined homosexuality as a deviant behavior, but have now declared it normal, and just a sign of our times.

How long will it be before they declare sex between adult men and women with little girls and boys to be normal, just a sign of our times.

Political Parties, Third Parties

If you are unhappy with the present situation with the domination of politics by two parties that no longer represent the people and their economic well being, what can you do?

Many have tried to organize third parties, which is actually a contradictory term, since it lumps all other competing parties under the one heading of third parties. These efforts have failed, not for lack of work or commitment by those dedicated to the cause, but in my opinion, more out of a fear of the majority of the voters to vote outside their normal party boundaries.

Let's be honest with ourselves people, the two dominant parties are too busy bickering when Congress is in session to accomplish any thing positive. Not enough people are willing to join a new party, and the people who are willing to join an alternative party are so diverse in many ways, that the fail to coalesce into a political power because of an unwillingness to find a common ground.

All is not lost, yet. The people are the power of this nation, not the politicians, but we must take back that power. It is easy to sit on the couch, watching TV, and complaining, but you get out of it what you put into it.

Either become active in local politics with the party you have been voting for and make your voice be heard, rather than gathering around the "leaders" like sheep bleating on their way to the slaughter; or help start a party big enough to challenge the Republican and Democratic parties.

It won't be easy, but it must be done in order to restore the government to a position of working together party to party, to accomplish any true reform in taxes, medical regulation, and many other problems that are of great concern to us.

All of politics is compromise, by necessity, as our elected leaders must represent every one of their constituents, not just those who voted for them particularly. It is immature and childish for adult people to behave in the way that many of us have when we don't get what we want from the elected.

The President, whether he or she is your choice or not, represents all of us. So also do the Congressmen and Senators represent everyone in their district, not just those who voted for them. If they don't act in a way that is beneficial to all of us, we must hold them, and the respective political parties responsible. This doesn't have to wait until the next election cycle, start now. Write your Senators and Congressmen now; deluge them with mail, flood their e-mail accounts; but do so respectfully, and make sure you let them know what your position on current issues are instead of letting their aides have an undue influence, as well as letting the lobbyists have all the influence instead of us.

Become your own lobbyist. Form neighborhood groups and lobby; let you neighbors all have the opportunity to have their say. There is no rule that says that neighbors of opposing viewpoints can't express both sides of an issue in one letter, making it clear that all of you are demanding responsibility and ethical behavior in Washington, D.C.

The Ten Commandments, set aside, or not?

Some teach that the Ten Commandments, the Law, were set aside when Christ died on the cross.
I believe that the Ten Commandments still stand, and judge the unsaved, convicting them under a sentence of death.

Allow me to appeal to the Scriptures to defend my position.

In Colossians 2: 13-14 we find written: "And you being dead in your sins, and the uncircumcision of you flesh, hath he quickened together with him, having forgiven you all trespasses. Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross".

In the Greek text from which this passage is translated ,the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, pertains to a legal document, here the Commandments being the legal authority. What then is the document? It is the certificate of the finding that we owe God our very lives for failing to live by his commandments. It is a bill of debt that says that we owe Him our blood.

This is supported by what we find in Hebrews 9: 22 "And almost all things are by the law purged with blood: and without shedding of blood is no remission (of sin)". Before the shedding of the blood of Christ for our sins, there were yearly sacrifices at the Temple, for the covering of sins one year at a time.

That the sacrifice of Christ was once and for all time, we find in Hebrews 10: 12-14. "But this man after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God:
From henceforth expecting (waiting)
till his enemies be mad his footstool. For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified.

The Ten Commandments were not set aside, the just death to which we who are saved were condemned under the judgment by the Law, was set aside, because Christ shed His blood for us.

In Romans 3:19-20 we read: "Now we know that what things soever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law: that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guity before God. Therefore by the deeds of the law there shall no flesh be justified in hi sight: for by the law is the knowledge of sin.

Christ tells us in Matthew 5: 17 "Think not I am come to destroy the law, or the prohets: I am come not to destroy, but to fulfill.

The sinner who continues to deny God is still found guilty under the Law, is condemned to eternal death (separation from God) already, and is cast into the Lake of Fire for refusing God's Grace, paid for with the blood of His only Begotten Son. When a man dies, it is too late to repent.

Father, we pray that those who remain lost will come to the saving knowledge of the Gospel of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. May all understand that each must reconcile themselves to you only through your Son and no other; that all have sinned and come short of your Glory, but that salvation requires each individual to approach you in humility, confessing that they are in fact a sinner and in need of the saving blood of Jesus Christ. Amen

To got to the Webs site where you can read the Constitution of the United States of America, The Federalist Papers, The Anti-Federalist Papers, and The Articles of Confederation, click on the title of the below post: Politics and the Truth.