This is a series dedicated to a critical examination of what the politically correct agenda actually means for our society.
Have you ever noticed how badly the politically correct crowed beats up on those they call bullies? Now, exactly how is that helping teach people not to be bullies? All they are teaching society is that bullies win.
And on a related note: why do they need to beat up on bullies in the first place? Aren’t the same people supposed to support ‘diversity,’ too?
This is a series dedicated to a critical examination of what the politically correct agenda actually means for our society.
We hear a lot about ‘diversity,’ but how often do you stop to consider what is actually being advanced? If we view society as an organism (which the majority of us do), then ‘diversity’ would actually represent a cancer in the body of society. A body functions best when all its parts work toward a common goal. However, when some cells start to establish a different agenda within the body, and they are allowed to grow unchecked, they will — eventually — kill the rest of the body. This is essentially what cancer is and does: a group of cells that no longer work to sustain the body, but to exist and grow for their own purpose. The same principle applies when we talk about ‘diversity’ in society. Continue reading “ABOUT POLITICAL CORRECTNESS: Cancer is ‘Diversity’”
Once again, I was listening to Beck demonstrating the conflict between his religion and Scripture. This time, the subject was ‘transgendered children’ and the claim that God made some children wrong. Now, Beck did not claim that God made these children wrong; it is their parents who are making this claim. But Beck argued that we should consider that God may have made people female in a male body, and male in a female body. He went of to claim that God calls us to love these people, and not to judge them. That said, there is great danger here. The danger is found in the way Beck is twisting Scripture and God’s commands and in the way our entire society places the blame for all the different problems surrounding the GLBT ‘issue.’ If you are going to acknowledge God long enough to blame Him, then you had better recognize Satan at the same time — lest you blame God for something Satan did. Continue reading “TRUTH: You Cannot ‘Blame God’ and Ignore Satan”
Have you ever seen the television series, “House?” Now, have you ever heard older folks say that society has gotten worse than it was when they were kids? And did you hear anyone respond by saying that things are actually the same as they ever were, it only seems like they are worse? Well, the television series. “House,” is proof that things have gotten worse than they used to be, and that those who say it isn’t true do not understand what they are saying. This is especially true for those under the age of forty. If you are under forty, you may not be able to see it. But, if they are honest, those who are over forty will tell you that things have gotten much worse. In fact, those of us over forty have seen moral decay ‘progressively’ overtake this nation until, in less than a generation’s time, we have gone from “Little House on the Prairie” to “House.” If you doubt me, allow me to explain. Continue reading “The Slippery Slope of Moral Decay”
Why do you read? I do not mean why do you read The OYL, but why do you read anything that purports to inform, educate or edify its readers? Before you think this a shallow question, let me share with you what I learned about the reasons I read. Then you can decide as to whether or not there is anything of value to your life in my story. Continue reading “WHY DO WE READ?”
A story has hit the headlines that shows Marxism in operation. It is the story about how Obama’s Pentagon is telling the U.S. Military that the Bible, the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence are ‘sexist.’ This is actually true — but only to the Marxist mind, and it is well known that the Marxist mind is unstable. They embrace the notion that nothing is fixed, and that what is true today does not have to remain true tomorrow. This is the very definition of unstable, but it also explains how this story reveals Marxism in operation at the Obama Pentagon. It is summed nicely by George Orwell, a Fabian Socialist and father of all that ails the Western world:
“Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” Continue reading “CONNECTING THE DOTS: Marxism on Display in Obama’s Pentagon”
No doubt many of you have heard of the video of a an alleged gang rape of a young girl who was on Panama City Beach for Spring Break. It has made the national news. But I will take issue with our Sheriff as to who is at fault and what we should do about it. Here is a video clip from the local news report on this issue: Continue reading “Gang Rape in My Home Town — Sheriff has it Wrong!”
There is a debate among many students of prophecy. Some believe that many prophecies should be understood in Spiritual terms. In other words, they ‘spiritualize’ the words of the prophecy. Others believe the prophecy will come true in a literal sense. Until recently, I could never decide which was accurate according to God’s perspective. Then I started to study Scripture for myself, and to seek God’s wisdom. It was then that I realized both are correct. God is the perfect teacher. He knows we do not all learn the same way. Where some of us may learn from words, others need examples. This is why God’s most important messages are usually accompanied by some sort of illustration. This principle also applies to prophecy, but that’s not all. We should pay careful attention to the nature of allegory in God’s Word, as allegory is yet another form of teaching. In this case, the major events that have been recorded in the Bible were preserved for a reason, and allegory is one of them. they all work together to instruct and warn us. Skeptics and scoffers can ignore God’s warnings, and so can that part of the Church that has grown cold and dead. But those of us who still fear and love the Lord should be seeing the warning signs in the headlines. I do. It’s why, when I saw that Obama announced his deal to allow Iran to acquire nuclear weapons for the purpose of destroying Israel right after Netanyahu had just warned us that he was coming to us as Mordecai, I was gripped with fear and foreboding. Continue reading “PROPHECY IN THE HEADLINES: Netanyahu’s Speech and Obama’s Deal with Iran”
NOTE TO THE READER: I am just learning to dig deeply into God’s Word, and into His prophecies. I started about two to three years ago, and I quickly learned that it requires the study of ancient Hebrew, Hebrew poetry, idioms and the Hebrew culture. The Bible cannot be fully appreciated until these things are properly understood. This study has also shown me why the Lord brought me to this point the way He did. Had I not followed the path I traveled, I would not have been prepared to learn as quickly as He has been teaching me, nor would I have been able to make the connections I make. Now, I do not claim to be a prophet, or to have special revelation. In fact, most of what I am learning is the work of greater men. I just put pieces together: that is all I do. That said, what follows in this series is an alternate understanding of prophecy from what the Church has come to understand. It is how I now see and understand God’s prophetic Word, and I share it in hope that it will help others and, God willing, bring at least one person to accept Christ as their Lord and Savior. But I caution you: the study of Scripture — especially prophecy — is not to be taken lightly. If you read any of the posts in this series, please take the time to read everything, including the links. They have been provided because they are necessary to understanding the message. Continue reading “PROPHECY EXPLAINED?: The Third Temple”
NOTE TO THE READER: This is one of a series of posts on Biblical prophecy unfolding in our time. I do not make any claim to be a prophet, or to have been given any special revelation or understanding of prophecy. In fact, much of what I understand about prophecy is the result of reading Scripture guided by the works of Ellis Skolfield. You can find them at Fish House Ministries. Much of his work is available free in downloadable pdf format. That said, what the Lord has given me is a mind that seems to see prophecy as it unfolds in human history. I feel compelled to share what I have learned. This is why I have started this series. But there is a great deal to explain, and it will take time to do so. I beg the read, if you chose to start reading in this series, please be patient. I also ask that you take God’s Word seriously and do your best to at least consider my posts from a Biblical perspective.
This post deals with events in human history which I believe were foretold by the Apostle, Paul, in 2 Thessalonians 2, specifically verses 1-12. Continue reading “PROPHECY IN THE HEADLINES: 2 Thessalonians 2”
Mr. Beck, I hope you find and read this post. You are being used by Satan. You are giving your voice to Satan and perverting Scripture to do so. I pray you will repent and see that your works-based faith has blinded you tot he Truth of God’s Word.
On his radio show today, April 6, 2015, around 0835is CST, Glenn Beck said the Resurrection is not the true miracle, but the conversion! Beck claimed that the Resurrection does not save, that Baptism does not save, but conversion saves. The implication is that works is what saves, and he used Saul (who is known as Paul) as an example to make his case. I say to you that Beck does not understand the Bible. In fact, he rejects it. But more than that, PAUL SAYS BECK IS TO BE ACCURSED! Continue reading “SATAN IS SPEAKING THROUGH GLENN BECK!!!”
If you are unaware of it, I keep another blog that is more narrowly focused. I deal with most any topic on The OYL, but on The Road to Concord, I try to keep my posts focused on issues that deal with Natural Law. Lately, I have written several posts dealing with the Natural Laws governing logic and reasoning, but they are posted on The Road to Concord. I would like to invite you to visit my other blog and check them out. If you like what you read there, maybe you can share them with your friends and family? I do not advertise either blog page. You are the only source of advertising these pages receive, so — at least to me — their failure or success is a fairly accurate measure of my failure or success at writing something that others find useful in helping them grow in their own understanding of the world.
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In our discussion under my post on the reflections of the Spirit world as manifested by the colors blue and red, my good friend, DonAmeche, makes this comment:
“I have been struggling with whether mathematical insights such as this are a kind of Self-defining boundary of the human mind at any epoch in time or whether they are a kind of small window on the mind of God if you will. The notion ( discovery) of lower dimensional surfaces “mapped” to higher dimensional Spheres has a faint ring about it like “as above so below” for instance.”
In doing so, whether he was aware of it at the time or not, my friend stumbled across the central theme common to all species of Materialism: a denial of any limitations of human understanding. Continue reading “UNDERSTANDING MATERIALISM: The Presumption of Intellectual and Moral Superiority”
From my other blog:
If you are Christian, you really should read this post on The Road to Concord. Just follow the links.
FUNDAMENTALS OF NATURAL LAW: There Can Be No Liberty Without Religion
I have written about this principle before, but it cannot be argued to often: there can be no liberty without religion. By religion, I mean a belief in God and in judgment in the next life for our actions in this one. Our founders believed this, and they did their best to preserve their reasoning in writing so that we would not forget it. But it is not just our founders who understood this lesson. The Atheist understands it as well, but more than that, the Atheist understands that liberty can only exist where the people believe in the God of the Bible. That is why they have and continue to be so consistent in their attempts to eliminate Jews and Christians. I know this to be true because they have said so. … Continue reading
I find it interesting that ‘science’ is willing to accept the notion of additional dimensions, or that something can come from nothing, yet it refuses to even entertain the notion that there may well be a Spirit world as the Bible claims. How can a quantum physicist seriously assert that he has demonstrated that sub-atomic particles can ‘pop’ into and out of existence, while in the next breath, deny any possibility of what he would term ‘the supernatural?’ Doing so is a contradiction, which means the quantum physicist either lacks the fundamental understanding necessary to properly apply the scientific method, or he is irrational — in which case he cannot apply the scientific method properly. The Truth is there is much more indirect evidence to suggest the Bible is correct than there is to support any theory of evolution. The Biblical significance of the colors blue and red are just one example, but there are many more. Continue reading “PIECES OF THE PUZZLE: Reflections of the Spirit World in the Colors Red and Blue”
The impulse to control other people is evil — period. There is no justification. A person may try to rationalize this impulse, but it is still evil. Nothing can change this; not even if the majority agrees with the desire to control. In fact, when the majority tries to force its will on others, that is called the tyranny of the masses. it is why our founders rejected democracy. Unfortunately, our society no longer recognizes tyranny. Instead, most people in this nation support and even advance tyranny under the guise of ‘fairness.’ They insist that justice is based on fairness. they are wrong. Justice is based in morality; ‘fairness’ is based in tyranny. This is what is at the heart of the desire to create ‘protected classes’ in this society. Well, we have another chance to illustrate this point and — at the same time — demonstrate why I am fond of telling people that evil will always boast and tell you exactly what it wants and why. We find it in a story a friend of mine shared with me about the tyrants trying to destroy a family owned pizza parlor. Continue reading “TRUTH: The Impulse to Control is Evil”
I want to set aside the secular aspect of the debate over religious liberty verses discrimination. Instead, I want to focus on something that actually alarms me even more than the damage that is being done by the militant homosexual agenda. What I want to address is the Spiritual confusion among professed believers as to what God’s Word tells us about how we should deal with homosexuals. I have seen some Christians arguing that they should have a right to refuse service to or association with homosexuals. Others are rather harsh in their attacks on other believers for stating this position. This group argues that we must show Christ’s love, and the only way to do this is to accept homosexuals and treat them as we would any other. Well, if you are a believer, let me ask you a simple question:
Has the Body of Christ grown so dead that it no longer knows or understands the Word of God? Continue reading “KNOW YOUR SCRIPTURES: Casting Pearls before Swine and the Homosexual Agenda”
I was listening to the radio again today and I heard one popular commentator trying to explain the growing anti-Christian agenda in this nation in terms of the American Left’s desire to control the majority. While there is truth in this assertion, this radio host didn’t explain the context which makes it true. Instead, he was trying to explain it strictly in material terms. Sadly, this strips all truth from his statement. The truth as to why there is a growing anti-Christian agenda in this nation, the real Truth, was explained to us a long time ago. Whether or not you see past the material aspects of this world is what decides if you see the real Truth, or just its reflection. Continue reading “CONNECTING THE DOTS: The Origins of the ‘Anti-Christian” Agenda”
I posted a more formal argument for why we have a right to discriminate on my other blog, the Road to Concord. However, I am not ready to leave this issue alone. I think what we may need to help the harder cases out there is a little shock to the system. So, if you will allow me, I would like to use absurdity to illustrate the absurdity in this supposed ‘debate’ over discrimination. Continue reading “APPLIED LOGIC: Absurdity Reveals the Absurdity in the ‘Discrimination Debate’”
Why do so many people think that a belief in God is irrational? I understand that the majority of those who think this way also believe that ‘science’ supports their skepticism. Sadly, this belief is based in ignorance of the scientific method. So, before we can have a meaningful discussion as to why belief in God is not irrational, we have to have a discussion on the many ‘fallacies of science.’ Continue reading “The Fallacy of ‘Science’”
The Oil for Your Lamp 