The Serenity Prayer

This is the best known version of the Serenity Prayer:

God, grant me the serenity

To accept the things I cannot change;

Courage to change the things I can;

And wisdom to know the difference.

- Reinhold Niebuhr

Sheriff’s Challenge to Obama

EXCLUSIVE: Sheriff’s Challenge to Obama: Give Me Half Hour, I’ll Show You How to Secure Border
(CNSNews.com) - Sheriff Paul Babeu of Pinal County, Ariz., says if President Obama would simply spend a half hour with Babeu in Arizona, Babeu will convince the president he can successfully secure the border and thus make himself a hero who transcends partisan politics.



The president usurper, the fraud and foreigner, isn't interested in anything FOR the United States, since his indoctrination against America for over 20 years at Jeremiah Wright's haven of hatred has poisoned him. Furthermore, how can Obama/Soetoro/Obama speak against illegal aliens when he has still failed to prove he's a natural born citizen and refuses to show his long form birth certificate?

Sodom's sin of race-mixing

Stephen Flurry:

Many have spoken or written against same-sex marriage, as you've done in San Francisco Values Win Again and  Sodom in Prophecy. Why not be truly courageous and speak the plain truth against race-mixing, especially since Herbert W. Armstrong exposed interracial dating and marriage was prevalent in the days of Noah and the principle of proudly choosing partners contrary to God's Word and Will is in the spirit of the sins of Sodom? (Ezekiel 16:49-50). Going after strange flesh... includes race-mixing, not just the practice of homosexuality (Jude 7).

THE SIN OF INTERRACIAL MARRIAGE

San Francisco Values Win Again

San Francisco Values Win Again

August 6, 2010 | From theTrumpet.com

Federal judge overturns California ban on homosexual “marriage.” By Stephen Flurry

 

When Californians voted to ban same-sex “marriage” in 2008, some Republicans held up the referendum as surefire proof that the United States was conservative to the core. But as we wrote at the time, just because California and two other states voted against homosexual “marriage,” that certainly did not mean America was in the midst of a moral revival. That same-sex “marriage” was even on the ballot perfectly illustrated how steep our slide into deviant behavior has been over the past generation. 

In the case of California, Proposition 8 passed by a narrow 52-to-48 percent margin. “But with obnoxious protests and numerous legal challenges now set to inundate courtrooms,” we asked at the time, “how long will marriage remain defined in California as between a man and woman?”

Answer: Less than two years.

This week, federal judge Vaughn Walker issued a detailed, 136-page opinion overturning California’s ban on same-sex unions. With the stroke of a pen, as some commentators noted, one radically liberal jurist voided the opinion of 7 million Californians who voted in favor of the ban.

“That the majority of California voters supported Proposition 8 is irrelevant,” Walker asserted (emphasis mine throughout).

Those who defend marriage in the traditional sense have correctly noted that in every state where same-sex “marriages” are legal, it is the judicial or legislative branches that have approved the measure—not the voters.

But what makes Walker’s ruling especially noteworthy is that it marks the first time a federal judge has ruled that same-sex “marriage” is constitutional (based on a distorted reading of the Fourteenth Amendment). This means the Supreme Court will most likely have final say in settling this dispute.

In a statement released on Wednesday, Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, outlined what is at stake for America: “This lawsuit, should it be upheld on appeal and in the Supreme Court, would become the ‘Roe v. Wade’ of same-sex ‘marriage,’ overturning the marriage laws of 45 states. As with abortion, the Supreme Court’s involvement would only make the issue more volatile.”

Yet, barring a stunning reversal at the infamously liberal Ninth Circuit, the Supreme Court’s involvement appears to be inevitable. And if this goes to the Supreme Court, we should not assume that the right-leaning group of justices would automatically reverse Judge Walker’s judicial activism. In 2003, remember, when called upon to uphold a Texas law against sodomy, the court ruled by a vote of 6 to 3 that states have no right to criminalize homosexual conduct.

In his dissent, Justice Scalia—perhaps the most conservative justice on the bench—acknowledged that if homosexual conduct was now constitutional, “[W]hat justification could there possibly be for denying the benefits of marriage to homosexual couples”?

Indeed, in his ruling this week, Judge Walker grabbed that line of reasoning and ran with it, stating that homosexual conduct and attraction are constitutionally protected. By “constitutionally protected,” of course, he was referring to the 2003 ruling—certainly not the original intent of those who actually framed the Constitution as law of the land.

As Mark Levin wrote in Men in Black, at America’s founding, “[S]odomy was a criminal offense under the common law and was prohibited by the original 13 states when they ratified the Bill of Rights.” These laws, of course, were grounded in Scripture, which is why—after voiding the votes of 7 million Californians and trampling over the Fourteenth Amendment—Judge Walker reserved his most contemptuous condemnation for religion and morality.

Among his findings of fact, for example, Judge Walker ruled, “Religious beliefs that gay and lesbian relationships are sinful or inferior to heterosexual relationships harm gays and lesbians.” To support this “factual” finding, he cites 18 examples—most of them just doctrinal explanations from religious groups denouncing homosexual behavior as unbiblical and sinful.

In Judge Walker’s mind, it is Bible-based theology, not unnatural or unlawful sexual orientation, that poses a dangerous threat to homosexuals and lesbians.

Walker wrote, “The evidence shows conclusively that moral and religious views form the only basis for a belief that same-sex couples are different from opposite-sex couples.” And this, he concluded, is no basis for legislating against same-sex “marriages.” Religion and morality, in other words, have absolutely no bearing on whether or not homosexual “marriage” is constitutional.

It’s a far cry from the way our Founding Fathers viewed constitutional law. The way President John Adams viewed it, “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.”

America’s first president, George Washington, said during his Farewell Address in 1796, “Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports.”

These God-fearing men understood well that without the moral restrictions of a higher spiritual law, the many liberties afforded Americans in the Constitution would lead to anarchy—and end in destruction.

This is the road we are on. This is why, even as conservative commentators assure Americans that a moral revival is right around the corner, we tell you the truth.

Four years ago, remember, a radical leftist from San Francisco—who favors homosexual “marriage,” abortion rights, higher taxes, amnesty for illegal immigrants and appeasement and retreat in the war against terror—led the liberal charge across Capitol Hill.

At the time, my father warned that those midterm elections “changed American politics forever.” He wrote,

San Francisco values will now permeate every major decision made by the American government.

San Francisco is the homosexual capital of America. It is a seat of liberalism and one of the most morally and spiritually bankrupt cities in the country. Now a leader saturated in San Francisco values and beliefs is one of the most powerful politicians in the land.

That’s what he wrote in 2006 about Nancy Pelosi and the Democratic sweep through both houses of Congress. That was two years before the American electorate handed the White House over to the most radical liberal in U.S. history.

It was almost four years before one lone judge—an open homosexual who hails from San Francisco—imposed his perverted world view on the state of California and, quite possibly, the rest of the United States. •

Sodom in Prophecy

Sodom in Prophecy
By Stephen Flurry
August 13, 2010 | From theTrumpet.com
The debate over same-sex “marriage” is merely a symptom of a society that has already cast off moral restraint.

Those who defend same-sex “marriage” often argue that whether homosexuals marry or not has absolutely no impact on traditional families—that is, the rest of society. But they miss the point—as do most opponents of same-sex “marriage”: The homosexual cause has already impacted our society. A debate over homosexual “marriage” would only be possible in a society that has already cast off moral restraint.

The reality is, as I wrote last week, that same-sex “marriage” is even being debated perfectly illustrates how steep our slide into deviant behavior has been. And it’s only getting worse. Ten years ago, for example, 62 percent of Californians were against same-sex “marriage.” Two years ago, with the passage of Proposition 8, it was 52 percent.

Where will we be 10 years from now?

And remember—whether homosexuality is or is not morally right is not up for debate. That matter has already been mostly settled, with a host of laws prohibiting anything that might be construed as discrimination against homosexuals.

Fact is, while “conservative” media pour scorn on Judge Vaughn Walker for his ruling to overturn California’s ban on same-sex unions—for being anti-democratic, anti-intellectual, anti-law, anti-tradition—they are often very quick to defend the rights of homosexuals in general. The horse has long bolted.

When society turns into Sodom and Gomorrah, ultimately, it does impact everyone. A biblical example is instructive in this area.

Ancient Sodom

The word sodomy is derived from a Latin phrase meaning the “sin of Sodom,” which is vividly discussed, as most people know, in the biblical book of Genesis. Ancient Sodom, like its neighboring city Gomorrah, was well-known for its widespread practice and acceptance of homosexuality. Jude 7 says that besides going after “strange flesh,” the people of Sodom and Gomorrah were “giving themselves over to fornication.” Ezekiel tells us that Sodom was a prosperous area, with an abundance of idleness. But it was also full of pride and abominations (Ezekiel 16:49-50).

In the Genesis 19 account, the men of Sodom wanted to sodomize two visitors, actually angels, who had come to see if the city should be spared God’s wrath. While these two angels remained locked inside the home of Lot, an angry mob outside cried out for the new flesh. Inside the home, the angels proceeded to give Lot and his family clear and precise instructions concerning the future welfare of Sodom and neighboring Gomorrah. “Then the men said to Lot, Have you any one else here? Sons-in-law, sons, daughters, or any one you have in the city, bring them out of the place; for we are about to destroy this place, because the outcry against its people has become great before the Lord, and the Lord has sent us to destroy it” (verses 12-13, Revised Standard Version).

Lot relayed this sobering message to the two young men who were to marry his daughters. Now these were two decent men—heterosexuals who had not taken advantage of Lot’s daughters. There had probably been numerous instances where they sat around the table with their future father-in-law decrying the evils and perversions of society. And yet, without realizing it, much of that evil had rubbed off on them! They might have recognized many of the more extreme evils in Sodom, but they had grown accustomed to living there—and actually enjoyed much of it.

How strong society’s pull must have been for these two men, at this most critical hour, to mock God’s warning, as it was delivered through His servant Lot.

Their ridicule even caused a seed of doubt to sprout in Lot’s mind. The next morning, even after the constant prodding from the two angels, Lot began to linger, delaying his departure—so much so that the angels seized Lot and his wife and two daughters by the hands and forcibly led them out of the sinful city! Upon leaving the city, the angels shouted at Lot’s family, Run for your lives! And don’t even stop to look back, lest you be consumed as well!

“Then the Lord rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the Lord out of heaven; And he overthrew those cities, and all the plain, and all the inhabitants of the cities, and that which grew upon the ground” (verses 24-25, rsv).

And yet, we somehow think we are so far superior to these ancient societies and that there is no way universal destruction could ever happen again—even though it’s prophesied.

Even Thus Shall It Be …

The Old Testament Prophet Isaiah compares our peoples to those of Sodom and Gomorrah, describing us as being “sick” from head to toe. He prophesied of our eventual ruin and desolation as a result of our universal sin and rebellion against God’s laws.

The Apostle Peter also issued a grave warning for our present day, drawing on the lesson from Sodom and Gomorrah, saying that God turned them into ashes, “making them an ensample unto those that after should live ungodly” (2 Peter 2:6).

The epistle of Jude, another New Testament message, speaks of these two cities as suffering the “vengeance of eternal fire.” Jude also wrote that God set them forth as an example for our day.

Jesus Christ described our latter-day society as being exactly like Sodom and Gomorrah—abundantly prosperous, yet exceedingly wicked. “Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded” (Luke 17:28). They were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building—right up to the day God destroyed their cities (verse 29). “Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed” (verse 30).

Even thus shall it be. History, in other words, is repeating itself. This is why Jesus warned, “Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man” (Luke 21:36). •

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God and the Gays: To Be or Not to Be (Chapter 1)
God and the Gays: All that Glitters isn't Gold (Chapter 2)
God and the Gays: Once Gay, Always Gay? (Chapter 3)

God and the Gays: Of Vice and Men (Chapter 4)

God and the Gays: A Time to Heal (Chapter 5)

Clueless Toledo City Council?

When will "We The People" stand up and condemn "Dr." Martin Luther King and reject his name on our streets, bridges, plazas, etc.? Folks need be educated about the fraud - and help educate others about the myths of Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King - that the truth may set us free at last.

I've written our former Toledo Mayor Donna Owens to ask her why she failed to oppose changing the Cherry Street Bridge to the MLK Bridge, and questioned if the entire Toledo City Council was clueless to the character of the fraud. In light of all the documented facts, the Toledo City Council ordinance must be repealed, as well as the MLK holiday. Justice demands it!

Identifying Birthmarks of Israel Today

These are the facts skeptics attempt to ignore or vainly deny, even though the odds of fulfilling a fraction of these distinct prophecies is nil:

The birthmarks of fulfilled biblical prophecies include, as the Jerusalem-based Brit Am Israel organization teaches:

According to the Bible ten out of the twelve tribes of Israel split away (1 Kings 12:19), formed their own kingdom of "Israel" (1 Kings 12:20) and were exiled by the Assyrians (2 Kings 17:18). They forget their identity (Hosea 1:9, 7:8; Isaiah 49:21) and became the Lost Ten Tribes. In the future they will re-unite with the Jews (Ezekiel 37; Isaiah 11:13; Jeremiah 3:18) of "Judah", but until then they have a role of their own to fulfill. They were destined to be situated at the continental extremities of the earth such as North America, the British Isles, Scandinavia, the Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa (Deuteronomy 33:13; Isaiah 24:16, 26:15, 41:8-9, 49:6), to be the richest (Genesis 27:28, 49:25; Deuteronomy 33:13-16; Hosea 2:8), and most powerful (Numbers 24:8-7; Micah 5:7-9) nations on earth and to control major international strategic bases (Genesis 22:16-17, 24:60). All of these points together with numerous others show that descendants of the Lost Ten Tribes can only be found amongst Western Nations, especially the English-speaking ones.

Blessed be the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob for keeping His Word, for being faithful concerning his promises of RACE - which strengthens our faith concerning his promises of GRACE.