While he is willful rebellious where the Bible is concerned, at least Bill Maher understands the truth about Islam.  This is worth watching:

Beck did it again.  Today, he took an incident that happened in Deerborne, Michigan, in which some fifty Muslims spoke out and called ISIS evil and not following the teachings of Muhammad and claimed that this represented ‘true’ Islam.  Let me say this as clearly as I can — as one who has actually read the Qur’an, much of the Hadith, “Guidance for the Traveler (the source of Shari’a law) and the official biography of Muhammad — the five Muslim holy books.  Beck is wrong! Continue reading “Beck Doubles Down on His Ignorance Of Islam (and even Christianity)” →

This post is written mostly for those who claim to belong to the Lord, and who have a Biblical worldview.  Unfortunately, those who neither follow the Lord’s commands or know His word will likely get very little from this post.  In fact, this post is about those who do not know and follow the Lord’s commands.  This post is about the spirit of antichrist.  But I’ll caution those who think the antichrist is an actual person who will rise up in the end times.  I no longer believe this is what Scripture actually teaches us.  I did something that too few of us do anymore: I actually read God’s word and, when I did, I discovered that it says something very different than what I had been told it said.  That revelation has caused me to look at myself and the things I believe and do very differently.  This is why I am writing this post: that you may be lead to read God’s word for yourself, and — hopefully — will understand it the same way I now do, and that it will cause you to look at yourself anew, as well. Continue reading “The Spirit of Antichrist” →

Today, Wednesday, September 10; on his radio show; at about the 8:35+ mark, CST: Glenn Beck told the world that, when it comes to Islam, he is a willful idiot.  The reason: he is bowing to the pressure of political correctness.  It’s just that it is under a different form.  In this case, Beck is trying to keep from being seen as someone who condemns all members of a religion.  But make no mistake: however you slice this issue, denying the truth is denying the truth — and Beck is denying the truth.  Here are the specifics. Continue reading “Glenn Beck Joins the Ranks of the Willful Idiots” →

A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague.

–Marcu Tillius Cicero Continue reading “America: The Enemy within” →

I have been watching Obama grow more and more lawless, and I have been wondering: where id all the ‘real‘ Americans go?  As I watch the events unfolding in this nation, I can’t help but think that we are wasting the worldly sacrifice of our founding fathers as much as we waste the spiritual sacrifice of our Savior.  When I think of our founders — of ‘real’ Americans — I think of men and women who understood that there are things greater than ourselves.  I think of men and women who were so committed to the principles of liberty that they were willing to die for it.  I think of the Greatest Generation — those men and women who fought WW II — and I see they still had that understanding of liberty, and were still willing to sacrifice to preserve it.  But, since about 1948, that understanding and willingness has disappeared.  Today, we may talk of liberty, but we are more concerned with our own comfort than the principle of liberty.  But then, I shouldn’t expect anything less.  Man is a rebellious creature, seeing and worrying only about himself.  That’s our nature.  It is only when we are reborn and God changes us that our nature changes — and even then, it is not we but God who makes the change.  Continue reading “Where did all the ‘Real’ Americans go?” →

In order to understand “Right” and/or “Privilege”, one must understand their individual definitions and then compare and contrast them.  My previous post has Webster’s 1828 definition of “Right”.

Is a privilege something we are all born with?  Is privilege something that is given to us by others: men, or governments?

Can every individual be granted and enjoy the same, or equal, privilege at the same time?

In a nation where “all men are created equal”, can privileges exist justly?

Continue reading “PRIVILEGE, as defined in 1828 by Noah Webster” →

Joe’s previous post and comments caused me to begin pondering the concept of Rights: what Rights are and where Rights come from.  (This is the first post pondering this subject, there will be 1 or more to follow.)

In 1828, Noah Webster published (click title and link to online version.) Continue reading “RIGHT, as defined in 1828 by Noah Webster” →

Have you seen this story?

Pizza parlor’s church discount gives atheists indigestion Continue reading “ATTENTION ATHEISTS: You do NOT have a ‘Civil Right’ to a Pizza Discount” →

Have you been watching the current events in the Middle East?  Do you understand what this is all about?  You may think you do, but the chances are that you don’t.  Now, before you get upset with me and think I am being arrogant, please hear me.  I am saying this with love and compassion for those who have been deceived by our Western leaders and media.  We have been lied to about Islam, but you cannot understand why they have lied to us or what is going on in the Middle East until you know the truth about Islam.  I did not understand the Middle East, either — not until I spent a year reading and studying the Muslim holy books.  Until you do this, you will not understand that what is happening in the Middle East goes all the way back to the Biblical characters of Isaac and Ishmael and Biblical prophecy.  That’s right: what is happening now in the Middle East is the fulfillment of Biblical prophecy.  Now, I do not claim to know or understand everything that is happening in the Holy land today, but I do have a better understanding of the role Islam is playing than the average person in the West, and I want to help you understand it, too. Continue reading “ISLAM: What the West does not Know or Understand” →

I was coming out of the library with my wife the other day, and I noticed an old VW van.  It was beat up, but someone had gone to the trouble of putting a message on the right rear and right quarter panel.  They used two-inch tall, green vinyl letters and arranged them in a neat manner.  It was obvious they wanted to make a statement.  The message read like this: Continue reading “APOLOGETICS: So You Say there is no God?” →

Who or what do you worship? This is not a rhetorical question. I’m serious. Who or what do you worship? Before you answer no one or nothing, stop! I don’t want you to lie to yourself. We all worship someone or something.  We can’t help it; it’s in our DNA. Man must worship! What’s more, if you’ll give me a few minutes, I am willing to bet I can prove it to you. What do you say? Do you have a few minutes to figure out who or what you worship? Continue reading “APOLOGETICS: Who or What do You Worship?” →

The Constitution of the United States

Continue reading “Constitution: Legal change” →

If you are one of the one hundred and seventy followers of this blog, then this post is intended mostly for you. I humbly ask that you read it – all of it – before you make any decisions about whether or not you will continue to follow The Oyl. For those who do not follow The Oyl, but who happen to find this post anyway, then I would ask that you consider the likelihood that it is not a coincidence you are reading this. So, to both followers and casual readers alike, please, please, read this entire post and give it some serious, sober consideration before you decide what to make of it. It’s important, to me, you and the whole of mankind. Continue reading “A Change in My World View – and Direction” →

I am not going to detail the evidence that clearly demonstrates that the Obama Administration not only planned for this current invasion of illegal aliens, but advertised for them to come to America in many Central and South American countries.  If you care, you can easily find these stories on the internet.  Just get away from the State-controlled propaganda outlets that call themselves ‘the main stream media.’  They are nothing more than mouthpieces for the government.  You will get no truth from them.  No, what I am writing for today is to explain what this ‘crisis’ all about and why it was created.  If you will give me a few moments of your time, and be honest with yourself, I think I can demonstrate exactly what is going on and why. Continue reading “AGENDAS: The Truth Behind the Illegal Alien Invasion” →

Many of my Christian readers will probably have a difficult time with this post. Most Christians — and many non-believers, as well — have been taught that Bible prophecy foretells the coming of a single world leader known as the ‘Anti-Christ.’ This is not true! In fact, the opposite is true: Scripture specifically tells us not to look for such a figure. How this myth came to be is not important at the moment, but the result of the Church having embraced this lie is. Because the Church — the body of Christ — has accepted this myth, it has missed the spirit that Scripture does tell us will multiply and grow in strength as time comes to an end. If you think about it, how could such a single world leader ever rise to power? So long as Christ’s followers remain on earth, they would recognize and oppose him. But he has already come! In fact, many have come, many times — and the majority of the Church has failed to recognize and understand. Even today, as this spirit multiplies and grows in power within our society, our government and the majority of our social institutions — even within the Church — God’s people do not see and understand. Now I ask you: if the Church no longer recognizes the spirit of Anti-Christ, what hope does the rest of this world have? Well, personally, I think it is high time that God’s people go back to His word, read what it actually says and what it means for us today. Continue reading “TRUTH: There is no ‘Anti-Christ,’ and Why that Matters” →

I would like to wish my fellow countrymen a happy 4th of July, otherwise known as Happy Independence Day! On this day, I want to remind you that America – as it was founded – is an exceptional nation, but not in the way so many think of the term today. It is not that the people of this nation are any better than those of the rest of the world; that is not what I mean by exceptional. It is that the idea behind this nation is the exception to the rule. America is unique in two ways. It is the first nation to be founded on the idea that people can rule themselves, as a self-governing republic. But it is also the second nation to ever be dedicated to the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, and the first to have willingly committed itself to Him without His direct command. In both respects, the nation our founders created was exceptional, and to the extent that we have strayed from their original principles and ideals, we have suffered the consequences. So, today, as you enjoy the holiday festivities, I would ask you to also spend a few moments reflecting on what our founders told us would happen to our liberty if – as a nation — we were to ever turn from God.

Some time ago I stumbled upon one of the writings of Yagyu Munenori (1571-1646) as translated by Thomas Cleary and published by Shambhala Classics here.   When Yagyu Munenori was barely 30 years old,  he became the official shogunke heiho shihan, or Martial Arts Teacher to the Family of the Shoguns.  Munenori completed The Book of Family Traditions on the Art of War in 1632. Continue reading “Truth eternal, Yagyu Munenori Illuminates in 1632” →