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The Lies We Must Battle with Modern Day Mind Control

In today’s upside-down world it has become more obvious, even to people with relatively low levels of common sense, that we all need spiritual discernment to sort through society’s battle field, filled with land mines of deception.

As a young adult believer, I remember discovering some shocking truths in the Bible. The only reason they were shocking is because I somehow grew up assuming the older good people around me operated according to what’s true. After all, who but the depraved scoundrels of the world could possibly believe in lies?

This was the point where God’s Spirit made one Bible verse particularly impactful on how I began to think about things. It’s a familiar passage in Romans 12.

In verse 3 God’s Spirit reminds us to…

“be transformed by the renewing of our minds” as we refuse to be ‘conformed’ by the thinking of this age in which we live. Romans 12:2

This command from God requires two actions from us. The first is to “Be not conformed” to the common patterns of the thinking of this age. The second is to “BE transformed” by a process that requires my voluntary changes of how I think – that’s “the renewing of our minds.”

Think about that.  And then, think about how many of the people in our age – our generation… our world… just seem to let all the crafty and persuasive advertising shape their minds to think in certain ways.

The fact of the matter is that we’re all being controlled to some extent by subtle and not-so-subtle influences.  And fortunately, because of all the dreadful awakening that has been happening across the world at the tragic cost of millions of lives, it has become much more apparent that very evil people have been using corrupted governments and businesses to manipulate what we think about practically everything.

Mind controllers have been cleverly working for generations to get us all to believe the kinds of lies that can ultimately bring about our own destruction. Why does this happen? The Bible tells us…

“My people are destroyed for a lack of …knowledge…” Hosea 4:6

Let’s face it… the enemy of your soul wants you ignorant, confused, and blaming all your troubles on things beyond your control.  But we can control what we listen to… what we think about… what we choose to give our attention, admiration, and affinity to.

Another shocking Bible reality that I discovered early on, is the fact that our personal struggles… as well as the struggles of humanity as a whole… are not just with natural and superficial man-made causes.  There is actually a much more sinister dimension behind all those struggles. That’s why the Bible tells us…

“We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world forces of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.” Ephesians 6:12.

And that’s why God cares enough about us to give us commands like…

            “Test all things. Hold fast what is good.” 1 Thes 5:21

Thoughtful mature adults have many reasons now to believe that a relatively small, not-so-hidden society of “elitists” have actually been systematically building for many generations, what they like to call “the New World Order.” The periodic gatherings of many of these ‘elites’ include their lavish social and formal interactions with what they call ‘The World Economic Forum,’ meeting in Davos, Switzerland, among others like the “Bohemian Grove” in California. Their elitist society operates under rules, established by their tiny minority of extremely wealthy people. They believe they alone possess superior qualifications for controlling the welfare of humanity for what they like to call “the greater good.”

They really envision a future with a small, centrally controlled population. They’ve blatantly predicted it must happen by the year 2030. They fully intend to have a world with a single government, a single economy, a single currency, a single language, a single education system, a single healthcare system, and a single religion. The docile citizens of their new world will be trained to worship the Earth and the ruling elite. As you already know, they’ve already achieved a great part of their goals through modern entertainment media. How many millions of people, especially in the industrialized West, mindlessly swoon in worship at the feet of ‘personality cults’ in both the world of movies and music, and the world of sports? The elites absolutely love this kind of ‘idolatry.’ As long as the masses of people’s minds are not paying attention to God’s Word and things that bring honor to Jesus, The Messiah, they really don’t care which of their idols gets the glory.

Today, it’s not just national TV news shows telling us the way things are… it’s every institutionalized information source in our society. It’s our public education system; it’s our “legacy” media like newspapers, T.V., and radio; it’s our mainstream movies, music, and video games; And it’s especially our “deep-state-” driven government. There’s more misinformation and outright lies being communicated than there is truth. If it weren’t for the recent emergence of independent media and citizen journalists, we would all be forced into a zombie-like state like communist China or North Korea.

Can you believe that the lies and disinformation being planted into American minds are enhanced as we consume the standard American diet? And what I mean by that also includes fluoridated water, psycho-active pharmaceutical drugs, statin drugs, vaccines and lots more. We allow ourselves to be exposed to immune system-suppressing substances – like glyphosate-laden food (That’s ‘RoundUP’ weed killer), genetically modified food (GMOs), and food containing antibiotics, preservatives, pesticides, and additives we can’t even pronounce. What happens when we throw in excitotoxins and endocrine-disrupting chemicals? You know… all the junk found in flavor enhancers, artificial fragrances, and chemicals from plastic packaging materials. Experts in toxicology have widely published that all those things create a long-term epidemic of bodily imbalance, weariness, apathy, confusion and disorientation.

In the beginning, these effects may be subtle. Over time – the more we’re exposed to them – they profoundly affect our ability to think clearly. Once the human brain is compromised by the combination of all these elements, people become highly susceptible to believing all manner of lies. Current-day mind control programs constantly bombard Americans with hundreds of lies to steer every aspect of our lives. It all creates a worldview that matches the beliefs of faceless anti-humans who are quite literally programming our minds. And I’m not even talking yet about the looming unknowns of A.I. (‘artificial intelligence’).

These mind-controlling influences rule every aspect of our society. Our minds and our bodies are under constant attack. That’s how we can become virtual slaves to that certain group of people we can simply identify as the “ruling elite.” As modern slaves, we’re compelled, convinced, and sometimes coerced into obeying the ruling elite whether we know it or not. We submit to their plans because it’s their plans that are constantly promoted by multi-national corporations, government agencies, and even religious institutions, which brazenly claim to have our “best interests” at heart.

What is The Grand Vision of Mind Controllers?

The ruling elite and their mind-controlling puppets are determined to program all of us to think only in authorized patterns. That’s so we don’t honestly question why things are happening. We’re conditioned to accept “official” news reports and just “go with the flow.” Just look around you. How many compliant zombies do you see, walking around, nodding their masked heads, and doing what they’re told, even when their actions are in direct conflict with biblical teaching?

The New World Order that they truly intend to create, would be a Godless society. In their world, the values of eugenics and genetic engineering would be used to create generations of humans who are perfectly suited for the work assigned to them. The natural nuclear family is eliminated. That’s too distracting from their grand social plan. Children in their universe belong to the state. They popularize one-liners, like “it takes a village” to raise a child. So, they turn education into indoctrination and make it “free.” Only state institutions can really do the bidding of the ruling elite in the society they envision.

The belief that human life is a gift from God that should be cherished and preserved, is incompatible with the ideologies of eugenics. The so-called science of Eugenics aims to put all human life under the authority of a superior class of people who are completely devoted to the authority of the state.

Eugenics in the United States Today: Are We on the Same Path Nazi Germany Followed?

This is ‘Secularism.’  It completely leaves the Biblical God out of society – replacing Him with THE ALMIGHTY STATE. Once society believes their lies and accepts the worldview of the ruling elite, then it will be easy for them to manipulate all their submissive ‘sheeple’ to fulfill their goals. The combined effect of believing their lies and obeying their commands is to create a compliant population – glad to participate in centralized government control of every aspect of life.

So, what are the Lies We Must Battle?

There are definite steps that we can take to preserve our freedoms and protect ourselves and our family. But first we must acknowledge the battle, know the enemy’s tactics, and develop a clear devotion to The Commander of our souls – the LORD, Jesus – the Messiah.

Like the apostle Paul wrote in Ephesians 4… let all true disciples of Jesus emphatically concur…

“… that you must no longer walk (behave) as the (unregenerate) Gentiles do, in the futility of their minds. They are darkened in their understanding, alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, due to their hardness of heart. They have become callous and have given themselves up to sensuality, greedy to practice every kind of impurity.” Ephesians 4:17-19

Do you think very many of the Christian young people in the places you might frequent are ever coached on these kinds of things?

Let’s list some of the most prominent lies being emphasized in today’s society. Hundreds could be mentioned, so we will touch on some of those that are receiving the most attention from mind controllers.

You might actually still believe some of these lies yourself. But don’t feel bad if you do. Simply consider this as an opportunity and challenge to “test all things” and engage in the process of renewing your mind by readjusting your thinking.

There are many lies on this list that many of us might have believed twenty years ago. That’s mostly because we never took the time to investigate whether our beliefs were supported by truth or simply by the opinions of other people. It’s a shock to our system, but sometimes the opinions of friends, family, school teachers, the news media, and even pastors and other religious leaders, are built into the anti-Christ belief system and worldview being pushed by the mind control agenda.

As you hear me list these commonly believed lies, you may want to dig a bit further to link to more information  … accessible through the links in the notes for today’s show at ReclaimYourLegacy.com. When you’re at the website, just use the internal search icon to find today’s title – The Lies We Must Battle. You’ll connect right to the written notes with all those links.

Here’s Lie Number 1: “The Earth is a product of evolution; God did not create life; and He does not sustain life on the Earth.”

The elitists Goal?: Worship mother earth and science, control the evolutionary process through genetic engineering; essentially replace the Creator God in the mind of the masses with anything that can fill the emptiness that’s left in the human shells of walking dead men.

Consequence: Force people to live in high density city-oriented developments, where people do not own cars and cannot travel outside their communities unless approved by the government. All healthcare and cures need to be approved by the government. See The Limits of Science & the medical paradigm by Dr. David Stewart, author of The Chemistry of Essential Oils at this link: More Info.

Here’s Lie #2, “All food is safe to eat and equally nutritious. Eat all things in moderation.”

Their Goal?  Everyone must eat highly processed GMO food that is full of toxic ingredients, like preservatives, flavor enhancers, pesticides, and herbicides such as glyphosate. Remember that “GMO” means genetically modified organism. Just because they say it’s safe… are you really confident that changing God’s elementary design of created things is always in your best interest?

The Consequence is the sad reality that everyone will eventually experience diminished health, chronic illness, and brain dysfunction. It’s already happening. Just look at the facts researched for the videos at the links here: More info#1 and More Info#2.

Here’s Lie #3, easily appreciated by those living in big cities: “The municipal water is safe to drink.”

It’s hard to believe the Goal: Whether intentional or not, the reality is that little has been done to prevent everyone from drinking public water that is known to contain some combination of fluoride, chlorine, lead, pesticide residues, and pharmaceutical drug residues.

The Consequence as this continues is inevitable: Everyone will be docile, be learning impaired, and be exposed to daily doses of carcinogens and dozens of pharmaceutical drugs that are not removed by water treatment plants.

See the facts on Dr. David Kennedy’s documentary film “Fluoridegate — An American Tragedy.” It exposes the sordid truth about water fluoridation that has nothing to do with promoting dental health at this link and multiple reports here: More Info.

Lie #4 has become virtual reality for the majority of Americans: “It’s normal to be sick, to feel depressed, and to be weak.”

Like every evil enemy’s Goal: Every adversary of theirs should be afflicted with some form of mental and/or physical chronic illness that will last a lifetime.

The Consequence for this one is alarmingly pervasive: Everyone will consume multiple prescription drugs every day for the rest of their lives, and be controlled by the corporatocracy of the conventional healthcare system that arguably rules the world right now.

More Info: Is Mandatory Poor Health the New Requirement for All Americans? 

Lie #5 has been thankfully shifting because of the 2020 Covid Scamdemic, namely: “The only form of health care that is safe and effective is conventional allopathic medicine.”

The globalist eugenics Goal of course is clear: Everyone must participate in the conventional medical care system and use all the drugs and other treatments that state-certified doctors recommend, especially all poison-filled ‘vaccines’ and the drugs prescribed by psychiatrists.

Consequence: We are to continue supporting the highly dysfunctional and most expensive medical care system in the world, where symptoms are treated and illnesses rarely cured, while abandoning all forms of alternative approaches, which actually might cure disease.

Learn about America’s medical Apartheid at this link: More Info and more at Living Sick and Dying Young in Rich America

Lie #6 is finally beginning to fall into disfavor with sane-minded thinkers: “Vaccines are completely safe and absolutely necessary to protect the world from plagues of illness.”

How successful has been their Goal?: All children must receive massive sets of vaccinations from birth; and the pattern of multiple vaccinations should extend through the teenage years. Adult vaccinations should be given annually throughout adult life until we die.

The proven Consequence is tragic beyond words: Everyone will have suppressed immune systems; they’ll all be injected with high levels of aluminum, mercury, polysorbate 80, and viral contaminates all of which are associated with Alzheimer’s, autism, and numerous chronic diseases.

Thanks to weekly reports from The Highwire and many other organizations providing abundant reporting like Children’s Health Defense, the word is getting out and the tide of public opinion is being forced to see the realities behind this horrible distortion of true science. See the link at: More Info.

Lie #7 is being exposed for its foolishness but is still more tragically prevalent than most of us know: “The rights and preferences of children, as determined by the state, are more important than the rights of their parents.”

The Goal: State agencies should oversee the raising of every child; force parents to obey the state; and freely remove children from their homes whenever they see fit.

The Consequence wouldn’t be the first time in history: Parents will not be able to teach their children about God; nor can they discipline them when they sin, or help them develop gender appropriate behaviors.  As American government has grown ever larger in response to society’s expectations that the state should be the protector of all children, Americans have discovered these good intentions have created a system that is becoming more and more intrusive, demanding and corrupt. Parents’ protests, state hearings and local media attention are gradually bringing the public’s attention to a Child Protective Services (CPS) system that has the power to forcibly remove children from their parent’s care – and do it without any of the civil rights and protections ALL American citizens are guaranteed.

You’ve got to see the stark reality at this link: More Info.

Lie #8 is now one of the biggest yarns ever told: “Everything that we are told by our government and the media is true.”

Goal: Everyone should believe what they are officially told, without questioning the truthfulness of the message.

Consequence: People will lose the ability to examine the facts and draw independent conclusions.

This one is crumbling down as even the MSM reports its own failure to overcome their widespread loss of credibility among the general public. That distrust is making it more believable that Truth will eventually overcome all the lies in this list. But it certainly requires more truthtellers to actively participate in the warfare to win the hearts and minds of young people.

Lie #9 is one you’ve heard for years: “There are no moral absolutes, no sins, and no hell.”

The elitist’s Goal is inevitable: Government should set standards of behavior according to what the ruling elite think is best for the greater good of society. Truth is relative, since everybody thinks they can have ‘their own truth.’

Consequence: Absolute laws based on Biblical standards of God will be abolished.

Is the Way You Think About God Healthy? See His truth at this link: More Info.

Lie #10: “The greater good is always more important than the wellbeing of the individual.”

Goal: Take away independent decision making and depend on central decisions made by the state.

Consequence: The state may take lives and property, whenever it determines that such actions are for the greater good.

Defending the Religious Exemption to Vaccination by Barbara Loe Fisher of the National Vaccine Information Center gives a thorough argument against this lie at this link: More Info.

Lie #11: “The state is our refuge and will be our savior whenever there is a crisis.”

Goal: People should turn to the state instead of turning to God during times of difficulty.

Consequence: The natural relationship between God and His adopted sons and daughters will be replaced by the authority of government.

See Don’t Put Your Trust in Human Government! At this link: More Info.

Lie #12: “It is a sign of insanity to believe in the gospel of Jesus Christ and to have faith in the God of the Bible.

Goal: Turn the belief in Jesus, and the desire to live according to the inspired words of God as written in the Bible into a mental illness.

Consequence: Permit involuntary confinement of those who follow Jesus, and permit forced drugging with mind altering psychoactive pharmaceutical drugs.

More Info.

Lie #13: “There is no such thing as mind control programs.”

Goal: Make people think that anyone who believes in the existence of mind control programs is mentally deficient, paranoid, or a delusional conspiracy theorist.

Consequence: Those who speak against the mind control agenda will lose jobs, lose their children, and may end up institutionalized or in prison. Execution may be the ultimate response to those who will not surrender their minds and their bodies.

The Mind Control Agenda

Now remember, all of these lies on the agenda of the mind-controlling elites in our world, help illustrate the reason and urgency for the Ekklesia of our Creator – true followers of Jesus Christ – to take seriously our mission assignment.

Don’t be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good. (Romans 12:21)

Don’t fear what man can do to us, when fearing only God is what empowers Christ’s overcomer, His obedient, holy nation of God’s own people. Psalm 56:11 and Heb 13:6

As Peter wrote, “that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light” (1 Peter 2:9). That means expose the darkness of enemy lies and shine the truth of God’s light on the people of the generation that is overwhelmed by that darkness.

Bathing your soul in God’s truth is more vital now that ever.

Trust in the Lord and do good. Psalm 37:3

He is the Lord of hosts. It’s Jesus who is “the living one” who died but now is “alive forevermore,” … And He has “the keys of Death and Hades” (Revelation 1:18). His angel armies are about to be released as His warrior priests unite in spiritual battle with one another to bind on earth what has already been bound in heaven, and loose what has been loosed by Christ’s resurrection authority. Matt 16:19 and Matt 18:18

The followers of Jesus threaten the ruling elite and their plan for a New World Order, because we have the Holy Spirit. We have God given discernment and can see through their schemes.

We also have the written Word of God, the Bible, which clearly condemns everything they are trying to do. In short, we are the greatest danger to the advancement of the New World Order and those who are trying to program everyone to be godless slaves of the ruling elite.

What can we do to Resist the Mind Control Activities of Our Age?

The first step is to realize that we must be active.

“Submit yourselves, then, to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” (James 4:7)

Passivity only leads where the comforts and pleasures of our time are temporary until the ruling elites’ power seems final. But God’s destiny is their defeat by His kingdom. That’s why God’s saints must stand firm in the power of His Word and prayer. Persecution may come for a time, but the LORD of angelic hosts will deliver His people as His enemies meet with His overwhelming indignation.

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As in the time of Moses and the time of Queen Esther, when God’s people feared their seemingly imminent annihilation, the globalist plans of the ruling elite naturally cause fear, but we must not yield our souls to their mind-control. In the will and power of God, we must not fear what they might threaten to do to our bodies.

“Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather, be afraid of the One who can destroy both soul and body in hell.” (Matthew 10:28)

They may threaten our lives, but if we are truly disciples of Jesus, abiding in His word, then we must always remember that God is greater than those who persecute us.

“You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.” (1 John 4:4)

So, whatever you do on a daily basis, make sure you’ve truly made it your highest priority to personally abide closely to the heart of your Master. Let Jesus guide your thoughts and plans, as you obey Him in all His Word commands, and let His peace rule over any anxiety your heart might be tempted to fear.

Make your own declaration with King David’s psalm (Ps 27:1-14).

“1 The LORD is my light and my salvation; ​​Whom shall I fear? ​​The LORD is the strength of my life; ​​Of whom shall I be afraid?

2 ​​When the wicked came against me ​​To eat up my flesh, ​​My enemies and foes, ​​They stumbled and fell.

3 ​​Though an army may encamp against me, ​​My heart shall not fear; ​​Though war may rise against me, ​​In this I will be confident.​

4 ​​One thing I have desired of the LORD, ​​That will I seek: ​​That I may dwell in the house of the LORD ​​All the days of my life, ​​To behold the beauty of the LORD, ​​And to inquire in His temple.

5 ​​For in the time of trouble ​​He shall hide me in His pavilion; ​​In the secret place of His tabernacle ​​He shall hide me; ​​He shall set me high upon a rock.

​6 ​​And now my head shall be lifted up above my enemies all around me; ​​Therefore I will offer sacrifices of joy in His tabernacle; ​​I will sing, yes, I will sing praises to the LORD. ​

7 ​​Hear, O LORD, when I cry with my voice! ​​Have mercy also upon me, and answer me.

8 ​​When You said, “Seek My face,” ​​My heart said to You, “Your face, LORD, I will seek.”

9 ​​Do not hide Your face from me; ​​Do not turn Your servant away in anger; ​​You have been my help; ​​Do not leave me nor forsake me, ​​O God of my salvation.

10 ​​When my father and my mother forsake me, ​​Then the LORD will take care of me.

​11 ​​Teach me Your way, O LORD, ​​And lead me in a smooth path, because of my enemies.

12 ​​Do not deliver me to the will of my adversaries; ​​For false witnesses have risen against me, ​​And such as breathe out violence.

13 ​​I would have lost heart, unless I had believed ​​That I would see the goodness of the LORD ​​In the land of the living.

​14 ​​Wait on the LORD; ​​Be of good courage, ​​And He shall strengthen your heart; ​​Wait, I say, on the LORD!

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Doesn’t everyone deserve to know the cause and the cure for what ails them?

The Epidemic of tragic symptoms happening everywhere is now proven to link to mass poisoning by injection.

You don’t have to be a Christian to have natural human empathy and the desire to protect or care for friends and loved ones who are in danger because of something of which they were unaware was threatening their well-being.  Our challenge today is how to help people break free of the indoctrination and propaganda that they’ve been wholly committed to for most of their lives by institutions and highly educated people that they trusted.

In recent years, we’ve all learned a lot about massive deception, widespread fraud and vast public propaganda regarding health and disease prevention.  One of the many hard-working, medical-freedom-loving, health care professionals who has been sharing his research openly for everyone to benefit is Dr Bryan Ardis. You can access his discussion of some of his background and remarkable discoveries on a past episode of Reclaiming Your Legacy, linked in today’s transcript.

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Could the History of America’s Income Tax System suggest a change is coming?

If ever there was a super good reason for every American – especially Christians – to be seriously committed to be active and informed voters in all American elections, the history of America’s income tax must surely be a catalyst for all of us to urge others to be involved.

The discussion about possibly removing the burdensome tax on personal income, should lead us all to pray for God’s will to be done on earth as it is done in heaven… especially in this department of life. Wouldn’t that be something for every American to be seriously thankful to God about?  Imagine if it could really happen in our lifetime?

Well, a little history of our American Income Tax system gives us some perspective.

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Gods Light in the Darkness of Medical Deception

We’re going to discover today… some of how God’s Light is exposing the Darkness of Medical Deception in our world.

God uses faithful Truth tellers to deliver His people from harm If they will listen.

If you have loved ones with whom you like to share valuable, life-saving information, you’ll appreciate the sensible insights you’ll hear on today’s show.  My family and I have been greatly informed and physically benefitted by the insights we’ve heard from a Texas doctor who has helped millions of people with his research into the medical disasters of recent years and his study of natural medicine.

We’re all surrounded by the darkness of evil deception that continues bringing death and suffering to many people because of their “lack of knowledge.”  The truth, delivered by the prophet Hosea (Hosea 4:6), is painful to all of us who are trying to be protectors, like watchmen on the walls of our community of friends and family.  But there IS a hope for those who allow their God-given curiosity to move them to “test all things.” (1 Thes 5:21)

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Spectacular Conspiracy being Exposed

Could you imagine how the enemy of humanity might possibly scheme to deceive the masses by employing professional institutions that were once trusted to be a friend?

If there exists one clearly understood fact about the devil, of which practically every true follower of Jesus is very aware, it’s his number one characteristic – he’s the master deceiver.  Revelation 12:7 identifies that serpent of old as “Satan, who deceives the whole world.” 

Can you imagine… tricking the whole world of humanity to almost universally believe in a lie?

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Preparing for the Challenging Journey of a Lifetime

by Dennis Petersen

When facing monumental Change and trials ahead how are we to go?

When I was a young teen growing up, I found a book in my grandmother’s collection (she was an avid reader of good books and the Readers Digest). It was “Men to Match My Mountains,” by Irving Stone.

The cover of the book was a picture of the snow-covered Sierra Nevada Mountain range. In the foreground on the golden prairies below, was a small train of covered wagons… Those pioneers were facing the biggest obstacle of their months-long journey across America’s vast plains.

Men to Match My Mountains is a true historical masterpiece. It’s an unforgettable pageant of giants—men like John Sutter. His dream of paradise was shattered by the California Gold Rush. Brigham Young and the Mormons were extraordinary men too. They tamed the desert with Bible texts. Frontier America called for greatness …and got it. Nothing in history can match the stories of the pioneers who braved the challenges of the wilderness to bring our young nation to the shores of the Pacific Ocean.

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Our Ambassador Assignment to Stand Strong in the Culture War

The Pagan Left has dominated the Culture War in America far too long

“Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ” Col 2:8

Did you know that Noah Webster, America’s Schoolmaster, said during our founding era, “…that the man who weakens or destroys the divine authority of the Bible may be accessory to all public disorders that society is doomed to suffer.”

The term “Culture War” has become common in describing contemporary American life and politics.

Is it possible for a Biblically faithful culture to survive in this cultural war that has essentially determined the ways of thinking, living, and behaving in a post Christian society?

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Christmas celebrations Controversy compels Christian considerations

Let’s Quell the controversy over Christmas and its traditions.

Every Christmas season many of us are confronted with various notions about the origins of Christmas and many cherished Christmas traditions. But what can we learn from the original writers of history itself about these controversial ideas?

It’s been called “the most wonderful time of the year.”  Christmas for most of us has enjoyed a long history of traditions that make the heart of the winter season a rich time of festive celebrations.

For many of us, growing up in America in the late 20th Century, our memories from childhood include the happy songs of Jingle Bells, Deck the Halls with boughs of holly, and “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas.”  There’s nothing wrong with any of that. When I was a child, singing Christmas songs like Silent Night and Joy to the World … around the piano with my grandmother… well, nothing could be more delightful to enthusiastic, ever-optimistic young children. Although Santa, for my generation, played a fairly significant part of the wide array of Christmas traditions… there was never the slightest thought that “the night before Christmas and all through the house…” was ever anything more than an amusing way of celebrating the ‘rest of the story’ that was more fully expressed when we sang “Joy to the world, the Lord is come” and “O Come all ye faithful, joyful and triumphant.”  In fact, singing Christmas carols for our neighbors on cold winter nights in December will always be a treasured memory from childhood, through adolescence, and through college days as a young adult. We never lost sight of the real meaning of Christmas. And no one, that I can remember, ever behaved like a Scrooge or a Grinch that stole the heartbeat of Christmas, which was always about the birth of Jesus, 2,000 years ago.

Many Christians today have lamented the fact that modern commercialized society has made Christmas into a highly secular time of year.

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Righteous Lions are Bold to join the fight for Godly Freedom #340

Proverbs 29:2 observes a fact about the result of influence in a culture for good or bad.  It says, “When the righteous are in authority and become great, the people rejoice; but when the wicked man rules, the people groan and sigh.”

After living through the social and political roller coaster of the last decade of American society, that Scripture passage in Proverbs 29 certainly bears witness for all of us, doesn’t it? Let me read it again with some amplification…

“When the (uncompromisingly) righteous…” (i.e. those who are godly and in right relationship with Almighty God)… when that kind of people “flourish by increasing in number and in authority over the land, the people rejoice, but when the wicked rule, the people groan as if in mourning.”

We’ve all endured a lot of groaning and complaining going on particularly about the wicked corruption in the ruling class, haven’t we?  People have good reason to complain about the compromised morality of all kinds that goes on at every level of society.

It’s natural to look at that, as most of us always have, and complain about the influence of wicked rulers, but isn’t it interesting to reflect on that proverbial insight in light of the contrasts that we’ve seen under the dramatic differences in federal administrations of the past 8 years.

There’s another timely observation in Proverbs 28:1. It tells us that “The wicked flee though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion.” … It goes on to say in verse 2, “When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers, but a ruler with discernment and knowledge maintains order.” 

What a thought-provoking observation of contrasts!  Do you see it?  The upstanding Righteous leaders who are bold as a lion… are as different from the wicked who are fearfully looking over their shoulders because of all the wicked deeds that have earned them many enemies… as the wise, discerning, and organized ruler is peculiarly distinct from the multitude of bureaucratic rulers of a land of cowering rebels.

Benjamin Franklin wrote that “A nation of well-informed men who have been taught to know and prize the rights which God has given them cannot be enslaved. It is in the region of ignorance that tyranny begins.”

When you return from a day at work, or out shopping, or driving on the highways, or just interacting with the general public, would you say that the God-fearing, morally pure population of your country is “flourishing” and increasing in authority over the land?

Remember… all that must happen for evil to flourish in a culture is for the good people to keep quiet and do nothing.  Light dispels darkness. It’s not the other way around.

It’s no wonder the enemy of humankind successfully deceives so many to think they should just let their little light be hid under a ‘basket’ and cower in the shadows of the evil influences. That’s how to keep low-information voters in the dark, ignorant, and fear-filled by whatever demonic deception they think they can’t overcome by faith in the Giver of all good things from above.

A 2020 Barna survey of Americans found that while 51% of American adults said they have a “biblical worldview,” only 6% of American adults actually hold this worldview with core Biblical beliefs… You know… basic things like:

  • Jesus is the sinless and eternal Son of God,
  • the Bible is totally true in all its moral principles, and
  • salvation is on the merit only of Christ’s sacrifice. 

Yet, a 2020 Pew Research study discovered nearly two-thirds of Americans (65%) actually believe that UFOs are really proof that intelligent life exists on other planets.  So, did you catch that?  A whole lot more Americans believe in extra-terrestrials than believe in the God of the Bible!  What have they been listening to?  How could they be so off track? 

See the Pew Research Center report at: https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/06/30/most-americans-believe-in-intelligent-life-beyond-earth-few-see-ufos-as-a-major-national-security-threat/

[For the purposes of the Barna survey, a “biblical worldview” was defined as believing that absolute moral truth exists; the Bible is totally accurate in all of the principles it teaches; Satan is considered to be a real being or force, not merely symbolic; a person cannot earn their way into Heaven by trying to be good or do good works; Jesus Christ lived a sinless life on earth; and God is the all-knowing, all-powerful creator of the world who still rules the universe today. In the research, anyone who held all of those beliefs was said to have a biblical worldview.  the Barna website: www.barna.org .

https://www.barna.com/research/barna-survey-examines-changes-in-worldview-among-christians-over-the-past-13-years/ ]

By the way… if you want to get Biblical perspective on that topic – UFOs and E.Ts – it’s really pretty simple.  There are only two possible explanations. And neither of them fit with the delusions of the Star Trek fantasy that created conscious physical beings from some faraway planet are probing Earth from millions of miles out in space. There’s a section in my book, Unlocking the Mysteries of Creation, that helps simplify that confusion.

In a 2020 interview on CBN news with pollster, Dr George Barna that was recorded early in the Covid pandemic crisis, it appeared most American Christians were motivated by fear, and seeking solutions from government rather than from God or the Bible (see the report at https://youtu.be/oRYVEdnWKWY).

Hearing that, do you think God’s providential appointment and removal of national rulers, like the Bible says in Daniel 2:21, might correlate with the spiritual and moral temperature of the population base? History has tended to reflect that a generation gets the leadership of its own making. Yet, you’d find it difficult to find even 10% of our nation’s church leaders laboring to influence their congregations with Biblical insights to inform their decisions on how to vote in local and national elections.  Perhaps the ‘groaning’ and complaining we’re experiencing these days should be more appropriately directed toward those we’ve entrusted for our spiritual education. What do you think you could do differently to make a difference in your own community’s backyard? Maybe you could put in a good word to your pastor for starters.  Why not ask him to give you his thoughts after listening to a four-minute YouTube on why Christians should vote? Here’s a summary of what he will hear.

You’re in a conversation and someone says why vote? Politics is ugly and God is Sovereign no matter who’s in office. What would you say?

It’s true that God is always in charge. Scripture is clear that nothing can ultimately derail God’s plan. But does that mean we don’t need to care about what happens in government? No. And here are three reasons why.

Number one… Freedom isn’t normal! Even if you’re not a political activist, my guess is that you’re probably grateful that you live in a place like the United States rather than Venezuela or North Korea. But we often don’t understand why our experience has been so much different and better than people in other parts of the world. Freedom from tyranny, constitutional rights and civil liberties are all we’ve ever known. We tend to forget how rare and abnormal our experience is.

Most people throughout history never experience the kind of freedom Americans have taken for granted in our lifetimes. In fact, the majority of people around the world do not live freely today. Those of us who were born into Freedom didn’t do anything to earn it. But even if we didn’t do anything to earn our freedoms we are responsible for what we do with them.

To whom much is given much is required. Will we leave our country as good as we found it? Can we make it even better for future generations? That leads to the second point.

Governments, like everything, require maintenance! If we decide to never again mow the lawn, replace the brakes on our car, or fix the leak in our roof… God is still in charge and he will still accomplish his purpose. But, we still do those things because we don’t want to live our life surrounded by lawns, cars, and houses that were never maintained. That’s how it works with governments too. By educating ourselves, voting, and running for office… free people do the work necessary to maintain our freedom.

Our commitment to these things doesn’t demonstrate a lack of trust in God’s sovereignty. It’s really the way we steward what God has given to us. And it’s the way we show kindness to our neighbors… which leads to the third point.

Well-maintained governments make life better for everyone. Ideas are not neutral. Ideas have consequences! And bad ideas have victims. When bad ideas take root in government, people get hurt. By taking care of our government we don’t just fulfill a civic duty… we make life tangibly better for other people. Babies who would otherwise die… get to live. People who would otherwise be punished for speaking the truth… get to speak. Parents who would otherwise lose the right to direct the upbringing of their children… get to have the final say. Communities that would otherwise be unsafe… are able to thrive. Justice exists where it didn’t before. These decisions are not simply a matter of taste like vanilla or strawberry. In some cases it could be life or death.

Yes, God is in charge. And we can trust him. But God has placed us on Earth to care for the world He created… including the government. He didn’t create any of us for indifference.

So, next time someone says it’s not important to vote because God is in charge anyways… remember these three things.

Number one – Freedom isn’t normal! What we enjoy as Americans is a gift. Squandering gifts isn’t trust it’s ungratefulness.

Number two – governments, like everything, require maintenance. We should vote for the same reason we mow our lawn. Things get worse if we don’t personally take care of them.

Number three – well-maintained governments make life better for everyone. Voting isn’t simple a duty. It’s a chance to tangibly improve other people’s lives. When we have those chances, we should take them.

Jesus said “let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father who is in heaven.” Matthew 5:16.

How many people aren’t able to give glory to God who is in heaven… because we are not doing our job of maintaining our government by voting?  The righteous are bold as a lion and willing to vote.

Could it be that God, himself is allowing modern idolatry to run its course until the people cry out for God’s intervention? If we honestly think that might be even remotely possible, then what are we doing – in faith – to prepare for the harvest of souls who will need to be discipled much more Biblically than the traditional churches have done in recent generations?  This is something worth serious ongoing discussion and prayerful planning in every congregation of true believers… but wise builders must lead the way… not just those gifted with gifts of exhortation and academic instruction. We need gifted men… Bold men… courageous men… strong men… with many different gifts working together. And that’s the way our Creator made “the body” to have interactive dependence on all its various members.

Are there indications that God is using the current crisis of dictatorial governmental intrusion into the lives of citizens to urge His people to declare all the word of the Living God more boldly? And by declaring the word, I don’t mean only shouting John 3:16 to a crowd, overwhelmed by an ocean of worldly noise!  I mean every true follower (disciple – mathētēs) of Jesus (Mat 10:25), personally getting their ministry assignment (diakonia in 2 Co 5:18) from the Holy Spirit and strategically working in fellowship (koinonia in 1 Jo 1:7) with their local assembly (Ekklesia in Rev 2:29) of every true faithful believers (pistos in1 Co 4:2) and doing it with courage and action. (see an example in Act 9:6)!

Without the help of the mainstream news, you’ve probably heard reports about the most amazing public display of unity for a cause – in Canada. Cheerful, freedom-loving, hard-working, and determined truck drivers rallied to do more than voice their dissent. Investing days of tireless journeying across sub-zero prairie, over 50 thousand truckers and hundreds of thousands of fellow Canadians did what every faithful father and mother would do for their family. They dared to peacefully express their demand for truthful honest integrity from their nation’s leadership. They fought to preserve their God-given freedoms. Many of them were God-fearing believers, unashamed to declare their love for Christ out in the open.

There is no doubt that public demonstrations like the Canadian trucker’s convoy displayed a righteous kind of courage that alerted many God-fearing citizens to pray for their country and to vote.

It became painfully obvious to masses of the public that the mainstream Media doesn’t want you to know this even happened… And the government showed their shockingly clear disdain for the freedom-loving citizens of Canada also.

Trucker convoys in Canada, massive protests through the streets of Europe, and large rallies in Washington D.C. — The widespread public protests that have voiced strong disagreement with governmental policies… like the mandates for all people to get injected with highly questionable, experimental chemicals …have erupted across the entire world. They have made up the largest protest movement in human history. They dwarf ‘Black Lives Matter’ & the so-called ‘Woman’s March’ by tens of millions.

If you want updated insight on current world news events that you’re not getting from the highly censored MSM, I think you’d like to check out a podcast from a committed Christian who’s seen a lot of life as a retired marine?  His moniker is “AWK.”  It stands for “And we know,” as in Romans 8:28… that all things work together for good for those who love God and are called according to His purpose. His name is L.T and he’s a citizen journalist who really knows how to scour the internet for important content to help destroy vain speculations and high-sounding arguments raised against the knowledge of God. A lot of believers have found here, honest and down-to-earth reporting on a lot of issues that they’re not getting elsewhere. You’ll find And We Know on Rumble because it’s too filled with awkward truths to be allowed on YouTube.

Why is it important for Christ-followers to realize what has been happening with events like the truckers’ convoy in Canada and the huge fleet of Dutch farmers with their tractors, protesting scandalous government actions in the Netherlands?

Do you think God might be using these colossal events to alert many people to a reality much farther reaching than the events themselves?  That should be something we could easily pray for, shouldn’t it?

Like all of you, I was spiritually blind to many things before Jesus healed my disability and opened my spiritual eyes to the discernment of Godly wisdom found in His word. None of us know the things we don’t know.  How will we ever escape from the paths of destructively dangerous and hidden deceptive potholes in the road of life if someone doesn’t put some light on our pathway?

Why would otherwise quiet citizens jump into the public fray by joining a Freedom Convoy or attending a Trump rally in Madison Square Garden?

How can we pray God would “deliver us from evil” if we’re not willing to pray that God would use a not-so-righteous judge like Samson to deliver us from the evil of our day… AND do our part to make it possible by exercising our privilege to vote?

There are all kinds of reasons why millions of busy, law-abiding citizens at their own expense would stick their physical necks out into the dangerous storm of controversy. Can you think of a few?

They not only want to express their opinion about unlawful government actions over the citizens of their nation, they want to make it clear that they will not bend any further in capitulating to those who think they can demand worshipful obedience as if those tyrants were gods. Natural rights are God-given rights. Common sense doesn’t need scientific consensus to make it true. When the proverbial “emperor has no clothes,” then somebody with child-like observational skills and the courage of a faithful soldier has to stand up and refuse to bow… Are not the righteous bold as lions?  Don’t lions vote with their actions?

We may live in what academics like to call a “post-modern” or “post-Christian” era of history… but the politically IN-correct foolish academics have been dead wrong for decades. We’re seeing an AWAKENING in this generation that will build upon and enlarge the awakening that birthed the first God-orchestrated constitutional republican nation in history. Freedom is not a gift from the hands of an earthly king…one who can take it away again.  Freedom is a spiritual gift from the only wise and transcendent Creator who sustains the entire universe and whose kingdom will never end.

The freedom to live can only come from the Giver of life… and it’s not the government.

The freedom of liberty to speak one’s thoughts can only come from the One making it possible for us to think those thoughts.

The freedom for humans to choose what they allow into their homes, their thoughts and their bodies can only come from the Redeemer who gives His created beings the choice to accept or reject His wisdom and gift of eternal relationship with Him.

The freedom to express God-fearing religious convictions can only come from the Grace of the One who created such awe-inspiring wonders as the starry heavens and conscious ability to honestly worship the One who made them all.

The freedom to peaceably assemble with other humans and petition their government to correct misguided grievances can only come from the One who commanded His assembled ‘ekklesia’ of two or more of His faithful creatures to proclaim His kingdom and authority to the whole world.

If we really believe that at the name of Jesus every knee shall bow and ever heart shall confess that He alone is Lord – Master – Sovereign – over all… then don’t we have an obligation to Him to proclaim liberty throughout the land? Shouldn’t we do as Proverbs 24:11 directs and “Deliver those who are being taken away to death, and those who are staggering to slaughter…?”

Shouldn’t we call upon God in the day of trouble? Can’t we trust in Him to fulfill His promise to rescue us when we faithfully commit to honor Him?” (Psalm 50:15)

The founders of our unique American nation determined in cast bronze metal the words on the liberty bell for a reason – you shall proclaim liberty throughout the land…

It is written in the Scripture given to Moses in Leviticus 25:10… “And ye shall … proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof…”

Through many dangers, toils, and snares God’s amazing grace has led us as a nation. He’s done it even through trials – trials that could have been avoided. How?  Only if we, His people, had diligently hearkened unto Him and faithfully done what we were commissioned to do.  But God is always faithful. 

His prophet Malachi says (in Malachi 3:7):

“Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the LORD of hosts.”

America’s Condition is pretty bad.

We now have a political party in America that is willing to allow thousands of terrorists, murderers, rapists, thieves, brutal gangs, and poisonous drugs into America in exchange for votes. We have a political party that has “lost” over 300,000 children – one can only imagine the suffering many of them are enduring – in exchange for votes. One of the first things Biden did when taking power four years ago was end Trump’s policy of DNA testing to see if those bringing in children were truly related to them. This party’s lust for power and to see America transformed into a weak, globalist nation is literally insatiable. It is hard to imagine that their collective conscience could have become so seared. 

It is also hard to imagine that such a large portion of America’s media would become complicit in such heinous activity. They know it is occurring; the sad truth is that they don’t care about these children, the fentanyl deaths, and the inevitable suffering from the criminal portion of the illegals that have come in. Obviously, their ideologies matter more than the children. 

And it is hard to believe millions of Americans choose to look the other way. What has happened to our nation?! I don’t hate any of these people; I want to see all of them saved. I do, however, hate what they are doing. A true revival, transforming the hearts of millions of Americans, is necessary to change these things. How is that going to happen? Having the right people in government is important, but as we know, they cannot transform hearts, and America is sick at a heart level. Government leaders can and must reform America, but will only be able to do so after God revives it, transforming hearts. 

This is why we pray for both. We must continue contending for revival; and we must continue to contend for reformation in our government, praying that evil is removed and God-honoring patriots are elected. This upcoming election is crucial beyond words. We would not survive four more years of woke, Marxist, antichrist leadership. Very few people are capable of leading us in the level of reformation needed. Keep praying that they are elected.

And, for now, let’s all do our part to help whomever we can to get to the voting booths… to muster up the boldness of a righteous lion… to vote… and vote for those who will govern in respect to our God-given constitution so we all can have another chance to be the salt and light to preserve the right to disciple our nation for Christ’s kingdom.

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And certainly, we must pray for an awakening in the church, God’s instrument to provide salt (preservation) and light to the earth. A large percentage of the American church lost its savor, and the light grew dim. And regarding her assignment of being a voice for truth and morality? Well, let’s just say her silence screams, “Lukewarm, irrelevant, and cowardly!” God, however, knows how to restore and revive His people. He is doing so, and is about to rain fire on them – FIRE!

Be encouraged, praying Christian. The God who has motivated our prayers is answering them. Many American people are now seeing our fallen condition, making them ripe for revival. Corruption and evil are being exposed in our government, setting the stage for reformation. Many in the church are tired of complacency, compromise, woke leaders, and lack of power, which is creating a hunger for true presence and power. All is ready. Keep praying!

And finally, pray for the protection of President Trump. I know in my heart that many – here and abroad – want him dead. God works through our prayers. The prayer that allowed for his protection on two occasions – that we know of – must continue. Pray for Trump, his family, and those around him. Pray that evil plans will be exposed, and that every plan fails. 

Declare that no weapon formed against him will prosper. And pray that he will be drawn into a very close relationship with God – Spirit-filled, Spirit-led, Spirit-anointed, and Spirit-empowered. Pray these things DAILY!

And I want to leave you today with a message of hope that I heard from our good podcasting friend, Dutch Sheets on his podcast called “Give Him 15.”

“Toward the end of the 19th century, Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel awoke one morning to read his own obituary in the local newspaper: ‘Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, who died yesterday, devised a way for more people to be killed in a war than ever before, and he died a very rich man.’

“Actually, it was Alfred’s older brother who had died; a reporter had botched the obituary! However, the account had a profound effect on Alfred Nobel. He decided that he wanted to be known for something other than inventing the means for killing people in war, and amassing great wealth in the process. So, he initiated the Nobel Peace Prize, the award for those who foster peace. Nobel said, ‘Every man ought to have the chance to correct his epitaph in midstream and write a new one.’”(1)

I guess you could say that we are re-writing America’s epitaph.

Pray with me:

Father, we Americans have modeled greatness, and a loss of greatness. We now exemplify weakness, depravity, greed, pride, and so much more. You said, “Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches” (Jeremiah 9:23). We have done all of the above. 

And yet, Your mercies are great and endure forever. You are turning our nation, awakening us to our nakedness, and have raised up much intercession to fuel this. We thank You. Continue this, Father, allowing us to write a new epitaph. 

We pray for the safety and protection of President Trump, his family, and those around him. Stop EVERY plan to take him out. Expose all of those endeavoring to do so. 

And give us the leadership we need at this time in history. Motivate people to vote, and to do so based on biblical values. Cause them to see that their actions are writing America’s epitaph. 

We ask all of this in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Let’s continue to ask our Father to give the world of true proclaimers of God’s liberty the opportunity to step up to the spiritual battle. It’s going to be won through prayer and the declaration of truth over evil powers that naturally-minded people aren’t expected to understand.

Scott Lively’s newsletter of Oct 26, 2024 quoted his website at ScottLively.net, saying: Christians who can’t balance the aspirations of Christianity with the realities of politics sabotage their own interests by imposing an unrealistic standard of moral perfection on people who run for office: a standard God Himself never imposed on the people that He raised up as Judges during the 400 year Israelite Republic that America is modeled upon.”

This is what King Solomon was talking about when he wrote…

  “The wicked run away when no one is chasing them, but the godly are as bold as lions.”

Solomon went on to say, in a different translation, that…

  When there is moral rot within a nation, its government topples easily. But wise and knowledgeable leaders bring stability.

  A poor person who oppresses the poor is like a pounding rain that destroys the crops.

  To reject the law is to praise the wicked; to obey the law is to fight them.

  Evil people don’t understand justice, but those who follow the LORD understand completely.

Proverbs 28:1-5

As always, King Solomon declares some important wisdom for us all to apply today to give us guidance for prayer and action so that we can encourage others to have hope.

Indeed… God’s righteous servants are as bold as lions… and while evil people don’t understand God’s justice… those who follow the LORD understand completely.

So, let’s all learn from this and boldly… prayerfully… and faithfully share these treasures with others as God gives us providential opportunities.

With the free-flowing exchange of ideas, the public discussion inevitably enlarges. More and more people discover logical, technical and biblical validity for rejecting government leaders and policies that shamefully scorn the Most High God and support actions that ‘steal, kill and destroy’ our Creator’s image bearers. He loved them enough to redeem them through death on the cross.  Will we love them enough to bear our cross daily and live our remaining days sacrificially in His service?  And don’t forget that common sense doesn’t need scientific consensus to make it true.

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From Scott Lively’s newsletter of Oct 26, 2024 rec’d at my Gmail.

From his website at ScottLively.net, “Christians who can’t balance the aspirations of Christianity with the realities of politics sabotage their own interests by imposing an unrealistic standard of moral perfection on people who run for office: a standard God Himself never imposed on the people He raised up as Judges during the 400 year Israelite Republic that America is modeled upon.”

From Dutch Sheets’ Give Him15 for October 29, 2024

Click on the link below to watch the full videos.

Suggested resources:

Should Christians Vote?

  What Would You Say?  https://youtu.be/EbZApjZbgec?si=lcaNdq08DzMylTM0

Should a Christian VOTE? 🧐 Matt Battershall’s YouTube channel

  Truth for You  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CPyniYOaGo&t=4s