Men don't be intimidated...

... by stay-at-home dads.

You'd be surprised how intimidated some men are concerning this. The silent - no comment look they give when you tell them you're a stay-at-home dad.

But it's not so much because they're looking down on stay-at-home dads. It's more because many know THEY THEMSELVES could be not too far away from having to "stay home" themselves. For many men, it wasn't a choice to stay home, it's a trend brought on by today's market economy.

But often times men don't criticizing it more because they're afraid of speaking out against the cultural implications of "sexism" rather than because they recognize what it's doing to the framework of the family at home.

But what if the economic and societal conditions fling more and more men out of the job market? Isn't that what's happened over the last 20 years? Lets just say, men are having a hard time with this, and families have indeed been impacted by it. Lets be humble about these things. While it's not a bad thing to have dad around the house more often, it's nevertheless an anomaly w/in the family economy that demonstrates a fracturing society.

Today's technology and industry has allowed many people to work from home and spend more time at home, but many have had to stay home altogether.

It's actually NOT a good thing that more and more women are "replacing" men in the job market and being the financial head-of households.

That is, in spite of the celebration of women being more empowered in the workforce.

Women are more than half of the ones entering college and attaining higher degrees and there seems to be today more and more opportunities for women in the workforce - whereas for men, this trend is just the opposite.

Therefore, it's good for some women.... not so good for men. It can be a double-edged sword.

God has given men their roles in the home and God has given women their roles in the home. This has become taboo to even suggest it in today's culture. But it's a general reality that when ignored and/or replaced in a society, will always lead to societal destruction.

So, if this is the case in society today, let it continue being an anomaly with the hopes that it'll be flipped back around in society as soon as possible.

Eat, drink, be merry...

can be just as much a stublingblock as that person who puts first his talents towards his/her worldly necessity, and does not regard his/her stewardship of that talent towards the One who has provided it to them.  Lets not forget The Lord of the Harvest in the spirit of Thanksgiving.  

Someone in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.” But he said to him, “Man, who made me a judge or arbitrator over you?” And he said to them, “Take care, and be on your guard against all covetousness, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.” 

And he told them a parable, saying, “The land of a rich man produced plentifully, and he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, for I have nowhere to store my crops?’ And he said, ‘I will do this: I will tear down my barns and build larger ones, and there I will store all my grain and my goods. And I will say to my soul, “Soul, you have ample goods laid up for many years; relax, eat, drink, be merry.”’ But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul is required of you, and the things you have prepared, whose will they be?’ So is the one who lays up treasure for himself and is not rich toward God.”

(Luke Chapter 12)

Equality or Religious Persecution??

The "Equality Act" (HR5) bill that is being passed through congress and being pushed by the left in Washington is truly a precursor to legislative religious persecution.  Since the left grabbed power of the house recently, they have determined to set the most extreme legislation on issues of "Climate Change", infanticide, and now this.   Within this bill which is masking as "equality" for people of the LGBT community are sinister and extreme apparatus to eradicate constitutional rights on our freedoms of religion and freedom of speech.   The abuse and totalitarianism today is more than evident with the increased cases of Christian bakers, photographers, wedding planners, etc., are being targeted and forced to close down their businesses because of frivolous law suits brought on by LGBT activists.   

The government's left wing party inevitably growing ever more towards socialism and communism, is being empowered by these special interests in order to bring about abrupt cultural change and social revolution.   Now they want to increase the persecution by setting this legislation that would treat aberrant sexual lifestyles as though they were a racial people group by attaching them on to the civil rights laws of the 1960's.

Among the many other abuses, this bill would legislate :

- the By passing our Freedom of Religion:  You cannot appeal to constitutional religious liberties.

- the By passing our Freedom of Speech

- Businesses would be forced to allow men in women's restrooms.

- Doctors would be forced to give children puberty blockers. 

- Churches and religious counseling and publications would be prohibited from suggesting that the behavior of homosexuality could be reversed (calling it "conversion therapy").

- Parents who refuse to give their children puberty blockers would lose custody of their children.

-Employers would be forced to provide medical insurance for "gender transitioning".  

-People would get sued and financially bankrupted for using "improper gender pronouns" when dealing with people of LGBT community.   



Listen to Mat Staver of Liberty Counsel:

http://67.36.84.226/crosstalk2/ct190325.mp3

Homosexuality is a behavior and a lifestyle NOT an orientation:

The spirits behind the music...

Music can bless us, move us, motivate us, and relax us.  We can use music to uplift, dedicate and bless others, and most of all we can use music to praise God.  The Word of God in the holy scriptures is filled with examples of how God has given us the use of music to do all the above.  But the world which the Bible teaches is under the control of the evil one (1 John 5:19), perverts all good things that God has given us and uses music to curse, depress, alter reality, and blaspheme God.  

The above video is only a small example of the power music can have upon a culture.  Like any other art form, music is a time stamp of what is going on in the culture and where the society is headed.    We have seen how music, art, film, literature, etc., has changed over the passed several decades.

While most want to ignore the potency media has upon society, culture and behavior, we know that we can definitely see the impact because we can always look back in time to see where we where, and where we're going with regards to morality, mores and norms.   What was once considered reprehensible can within just 2 decades be acceptable.  

Music, fashion, art, literature, film and all sorts of expression reveals the individual and collective human heart.  

Ultimately, if any of these expressions do not offer praise to God in the talent of that art form that He has given humanity, the expression is worthless.  

“Born this way”- non fabulous talking points

The Religion of Secularism.

Much of the Separation of church and state arguments center around the prevention of "favoring" one religion over another.

What is considered "favoring religions". If ALL religions are equally represented in public then there obviously isn't a "favoring" of any one particular religion.

Secularism itself IS a religion. The separation between church and state referred to within the constitution is about #1: protecting people of various faiths and #2: preventing another state-run religion as it was in England. (context is everything)

So it's important to argue what actually is "favoring" one religion over another in a legal context, NOT the over-the-top exclusion of people operating out of their daily decisions and convictions of which WE ALL HAVE.  But that's what we're seeing today EVERYWHERE in our country!  

Who doesn't operate their lives based on personal beliefs, faiths and convictions??  We all do.   And there's no such thing as stopping yourself from thinking, from believing anything or having a baseline morality.  No one lives, thinks or exist in a vacuum.      That is why even the so-called "atheist" or secularist is himself a VERY DEEPLY RELIGIOUS person.  Whether explicit or implicit,  We're all operating out of deep convictions and stored faith in our beliefs.   The secularist claims to have no god but neither does the Buddhist.  The Catholic has their rituals but so do the "atheists" -- whether they know it or not. 

I do need to mention (because this is a Christian blog) that "Atheists" don't really exist as the Bible clearly teaches that WE ALL know God exists but many suppress this truth simply because we want to hang on to our sins and not give up lordship of ourselves.   So, in actuality, there are simply just some who worship (themselves) the man in the mirror.  

Whether you believe in one thing or not, those beliefs will bring about behavior, actions, habits, routines, ceremonies, etc. All of this shapes our lives.   You can't shut these principles off at work, at school, at play, within our every day.... They go with you wherever you go; and form all of our decisions in life.   How we make decisions and how we get along with other people is determined by our faiths.  How does one leave that at home??   Faith aren't just expressed in ceremonies and actions but also in word and thought.    

This is why The Bible teaches us that we ALL will be judged by every WORD, THOUGHT and DEED.   

All of these things comprise of who we are, what we think, what kind of citizens we'll be, etc., etc.   

Yet today we continue to see the taking down of nativity scenes, crosses, 10 commandment displays, etc.     Three people can't stand together in a school cafeteria to pray or pray before a football game without some government agency intruding into our simple lives, etc.   How ridiculous is this?

Our public schools are attacked as soon as there's even a mention of God or Christ, etc.  And how is that going to be prevented in a culture that is stated to be "75% Christian"?   It's unrealistic to think that you can just shut down your thinking, your gestures, your judgments, you opinions, ...and just "keep them at home"!   It's ridiculous to even suggest that people stop being who they are.


There's even a continuous battle for "In God we Trust" on our coins during a time when governments are trying to stop using cash.   


Legal precedent and especially recent legal precedent does not equal to proper interpretation of the founding documents. Again, secularism is the fastest growing religion in the west, and one of the most deceptive and exclusive, and extremist religions at that.

The "Separation clause" isn't even found within the US Constitution but in a letter from Thomas Jefferson to a Baptist church in the 1700's. 

But in The US Constitution it states that no law will be established by the government (as was in England) for which was the reason why the settlers came to America in the first place -- to escape religious persecution.  England had a state church that imposed on everyone else.   

This has to be read in context, not in willful misinterpretation of secularists today.

It also states that government will not favor one religion over another AND not get in the way of people worshiping as they wished. 

*** Therefore, as long as we can demonstrate that our government #1- isn't favoring one religion over another, #2- it isn't imposing they're own religion while #3- it's protecting the right of people to worship as they please,... it's all good right?.... Nope, not good enough I guess.


However, the fact that secularism is itself a religious belief system of thought and ideology,  It also cannot be favored by government.   Therefore, the promotion of secularism from evolutionary theories to sexual revolution IS INDEED favoring one religion over another because those tenets of secularist ideology are being taught in the public schools and promoted even by our courts today.    

While many around the world continue to refute what today is called science being taught in the public schools, it's nevertheless still found in our children's textbooks.   

The only way the secularist religion can grow is by successfully silencing the voices of those who they despise the most -- Christians.  And the more we continue to give way the voice of their religious deception being called, "science", "morals", "freethinking", "open-mindedness", etc., the more we compromise on the Truth.   This form of Christian persecution continues to be on the rise and it is very similar to the Christian persecution we see happening today in China where the government is trying to stop the spread of Christianity by trying to infiltrate it, and monitor it.

There are over 300 Chinese pastors who have declared that they will not submit to government as it tries to stamp out their faith in Christ but will continue to do so, even if it costs them their freedom and their lives.

Secularism is from Satan himself.   While some try and teach that it's simply having "NO" religion, this is false, and also a lie.  There's no void or vacuum when you reject Christ... you simply fall into the hands of the evil one with his lies and snares, and you'll take on either one form of religious deception or another.    

"There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death."- Proverbs 14:12

We're seeing more and more how secularists are painting a picture of Christians as backwards, warmongers, hypocrites, and evil.   These un biblical mis-characterizations of what it is to believe, live and die worshiping our Lord Jesus Christ reminds us of His warnings to the Church.

"If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you." - John 15:18-19 

This is coming to America... Very soon.
Are we ready?
Be ready.  Seek the face of our Lord Jesus daily.
Grace and peace to the remnant. 
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"Gay Christians"??

This debate demonstrates the difference between a world view submissive to the authority of The Word and a world view submitted to the authority of the human heart.

"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it"?

Jeremiah 17:9