This is from fellow liberty lover Judy Morris.
Open Letter to RNC Chair Michael Steele Re: Afghanistan Comments
I applaud your extraordinary courage in thinking the unthinkable and speaking the unspeakable relative to the futility of the war in Afghanistan. Many have left the GOP because of its viral neocon commitment to endless and murderous foreign interventions. I no longer vote Republican but 3rd party.
History teaches us that it was the progressives and the Democrats who were addicted to wars of empire. Democrat Woodrow Wilson got us into WW I, Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt got us into WW II, Democrat Harry Truman got us into the Korean War, Democrat Lyndon B. Johnson got us into the Vietnam War and Democrat Bill Clinton got us into the Balkan Wars. According to abmc.gov, 35,473 Americans are dead/missing from WW I, 405,399 Americans are dead from WW II, 54,246 Americans are dead from the Korean War and 58,178 Americans are dead from the Vietnam War. That’s a grand total of 553,296 dead Americans from Democratic wars.
At a trillion bucks a year, our insane foreign policy has bankrupted the nation, destroyed our economy, assaulted our civil liberties, trashed the Constitution and has churned a once peaceful and prosperous Pax Americana into Pox Americana. It’s definitely time to focus the foreign policy debate on legitimate national defense needs vs. non-stop interventionism. The American people are sick to death of the wars and it’s time for the Republican Party to get back to its historical roots of peace by following the foreign policy advice of our founders and rejecting war unless constitutionally declared by Congress.
I would hope that you grow even more courageous and condemn all of our interventions and wars as offensive to our Constitution, inconsistent with the principles of liberty and morally repugnant. America is desperate for political leadership that will restore Pax Americana, Liberty and Prosperity. It’s July 4th and our founders who declared “we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor” must be rolling over in their graves at the horrors inflicted upon a once free and prospering people by ignoble men and women with no honor and who mockingly spat upon all that was sacrificed to create the greatest free nation in all of human existence.
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lunes, 5 de julio de 2010
viernes, 2 de julio de 2010
Ex-Constitution Party Chair Launches ConstitutionalSolutions.org
Wish you guys out there in Ellis County political land would consult me before buying up extremely long, hard-to-spell-in-a-toolbar URL and domain names...if there's anyone who knows domain names and URLs, it's me :) Anyway, ex-Constitution Party of Ellis County chair Bill Horning has a new venture:
ConstitutionalSolutions.org
William Horning
pathfinder87@yahoo.com
More and more Americans today are awakening to realize that we have major problems in this country that need to be addressed. From the large turnout for the Tea Party in Harry Reed’s home town of Searchlight, Nevada to the Mall in Washington, D.C, they are showing their awareness and frustration with what they have discovered
Never before in our history, at least not since the day first “Hundred Days” of Franklin D. Roosevelt, have we seen such a rush to pass heavily socialist and of course un-constitutional legislation, as Barack Obama. FDR’s first “Hundred Days” in 1933, was filled with legislation promoting Public Works, Home-Owners Loans, Federal Emergency Relief, Emergency Banking Acts, Civilian Conservation Corps, and abandoning the Gold Standard for fiat (paper) money. It looks like Obama is doing a re-run of 1933-1938 with similar type bills, only worse this time.
Many history books will claim that Roosevelt saved America from collapse. In reality, what he did was to change the character of the nation from one of mostly self-reliance, to one of believing in government as the solution. Government was not the solution then, and it is not the solution now. FDR was wrong as is Obama, who is working to finish off what is left of our Republic. Government is always the problem. That is why our Founders wanted it bound with the chains of the Constitution.
It is time for the American people to open their mind to freedom and make it important in their life. To help us all do that, ConstitutionalSoultions.org “Opening Minds to Freedom” will officially go on line worldwide July 4th, 2010. This new tool is, in effect, a “Declaration of Resistance” to anyone who would try to enslave or deprive us of our God given freedom.
The Home Page will have current news items along with stories, videos, and cartoons, appropriate for the day along with other information. Be sure to see our original story about the oil crisis in the Gulf. This disaster has the potential to be a 9-11 type event in its impact..
An easy Menu Bar guides you to everything and helps you learn About the website. You can read Articles, including ones I have written along with articles submitted by other readers. I encourage you to submit your articles on various constitutionally related topics for us to post.. High Impact News will concentrate on just the Most Important news, the key issues that need our immediate attention.
History buffs, teachers, public and home school students, as well as all American patriots will be glad to see the Education Section of the site. Here you will find a “Chronology of American History” and a very large collection of “Historical Documents” for your research, plus other interesting items.
Our Problems Section (under construction) will point out how we got into the trouble we’re in. I think you will be thrilled when you see it. People are always asking, “What can I do?” so you will find the Solutions Section very helpful. It lists things we all can do, from individuals and families all the way up to groups and businesses. Please share your ideas with us, so we can post them and everyone can discover new and practical ways to defeat our badly outnumbered enemy. We will win if we just try.
A Voting Guide will be out this fall to help people make better decisions about their vote in the coming elections. An educated voter is the worst nightmare for incumbents that need to get a real job for a real change.
Our Day Makers Section should be a blessing as we joyfully carry on our battle for freedom. Here you will find “Strength for Today” with an inspirational message and the “Patriot’s Almanac” with a message from our Founders. Local friends provided this section.
The Patriot’s Call to Action will tell you what you need to do right now to help keep the freedom we still have or regain some of what we have lost. This action might be a phone call, an email, a fax, a letter, going to a meeting, or passing information to friends.
Please tell your friends about us. The website will be growing, changing and improving all the time. Your ideas and suggestions are always welcome. None of this would have happened without the support of friends in Ellis County which helped spark these ideas. “Thank you” to everyone, and may God Bless America and freedom reign once again.
ConstitutionalSolutions.org
ConstitutionalSolutions.org
William Horning
pathfinder87@yahoo.com
More and more Americans today are awakening to realize that we have major problems in this country that need to be addressed. From the large turnout for the Tea Party in Harry Reed’s home town of Searchlight, Nevada to the Mall in Washington, D.C, they are showing their awareness and frustration with what they have discovered
Never before in our history, at least not since the day first “Hundred Days” of Franklin D. Roosevelt, have we seen such a rush to pass heavily socialist and of course un-constitutional legislation, as Barack Obama. FDR’s first “Hundred Days” in 1933, was filled with legislation promoting Public Works, Home-Owners Loans, Federal Emergency Relief, Emergency Banking Acts, Civilian Conservation Corps, and abandoning the Gold Standard for fiat (paper) money. It looks like Obama is doing a re-run of 1933-1938 with similar type bills, only worse this time.
Many history books will claim that Roosevelt saved America from collapse. In reality, what he did was to change the character of the nation from one of mostly self-reliance, to one of believing in government as the solution. Government was not the solution then, and it is not the solution now. FDR was wrong as is Obama, who is working to finish off what is left of our Republic. Government is always the problem. That is why our Founders wanted it bound with the chains of the Constitution.
It is time for the American people to open their mind to freedom and make it important in their life. To help us all do that, ConstitutionalSoultions.org “Opening Minds to Freedom” will officially go on line worldwide July 4th, 2010. This new tool is, in effect, a “Declaration of Resistance” to anyone who would try to enslave or deprive us of our God given freedom.
The Home Page will have current news items along with stories, videos, and cartoons, appropriate for the day along with other information. Be sure to see our original story about the oil crisis in the Gulf. This disaster has the potential to be a 9-11 type event in its impact..
An easy Menu Bar guides you to everything and helps you learn About the website. You can read Articles, including ones I have written along with articles submitted by other readers. I encourage you to submit your articles on various constitutionally related topics for us to post.. High Impact News will concentrate on just the Most Important news, the key issues that need our immediate attention.
History buffs, teachers, public and home school students, as well as all American patriots will be glad to see the Education Section of the site. Here you will find a “Chronology of American History” and a very large collection of “Historical Documents” for your research, plus other interesting items.
Our Problems Section (under construction) will point out how we got into the trouble we’re in. I think you will be thrilled when you see it. People are always asking, “What can I do?” so you will find the Solutions Section very helpful. It lists things we all can do, from individuals and families all the way up to groups and businesses. Please share your ideas with us, so we can post them and everyone can discover new and practical ways to defeat our badly outnumbered enemy. We will win if we just try.
A Voting Guide will be out this fall to help people make better decisions about their vote in the coming elections. An educated voter is the worst nightmare for incumbents that need to get a real job for a real change.
Our Day Makers Section should be a blessing as we joyfully carry on our battle for freedom. Here you will find “Strength for Today” with an inspirational message and the “Patriot’s Almanac” with a message from our Founders. Local friends provided this section.
The Patriot’s Call to Action will tell you what you need to do right now to help keep the freedom we still have or regain some of what we have lost. This action might be a phone call, an email, a fax, a letter, going to a meeting, or passing information to friends.
Please tell your friends about us. The website will be growing, changing and improving all the time. Your ideas and suggestions are always welcome. None of this would have happened without the support of friends in Ellis County which helped spark these ideas. “Thank you” to everyone, and may God Bless America and freedom reign once again.
ConstitutionalSolutions.org
miércoles, 30 de junio de 2010
ObamaCare Update: Emergency Room Visits Likely Increase
The city of Ennis is going through the motions on meeting the ObamaCare mandates, according to a recent article in the Ennis Daily News. This will be interesting:
ObamaCare UPDATE: Emergency Room Visits Likely Increase Under
John Goodman – NCPA
More people are likely to turn to the emergency room for their health care and they are likely to do so more frequently under the new health reform legislation. This finding is surprising because an oft repeated argument for insuring the uninsured is that it will allow people to seek less costly and more accessible care elsewhere, says John C. Goodman, President, CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis.
Emergency room costs will increase for two reasons, says Goodman:
About half the newly insured will enroll in Medicaid and Medicaid patients seek emergency room care more often than the uninsured.
While the newly insured will try to increase their consumption of care, the absence of any program to create more providers will force patients to turn to emergency rooms as the outlet for increased demand.
According to the Congressional Budget Office:
Recently enacted health reform will eventually cause 32 million uninsured people to obtain health insurance they otherwise would not have had; the Chief Actuary of Medicare puts the figure at 34 million.
Under both estimates, about half of the newly insured will enroll in Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.
Roughly an equal number will obtain insurance in the to-be-created health insurance exchanges.
Interestingly, health reform in Massachusetts cut the number of uninsured in half by enrolling people in Medicaid and private insurance plans offered in a health insurance exchange. However, as in the case of the new federal law, no measures were taken to expand the supply of doctors.
That is one reason why the wait to see a new doctor in Boston is twice as long as in any other U.S. city. Also, the use of emergency rooms for nonemergency care in Massachusetts today is as great as or greater than it was before the state health reform was adopted.
We do not know yet what insurance in the exchanges created under the new federal law will look like. However, in Massachusetts people who have acquired subsidized insurance through an exchange are in plans that pay doctors fees about equal to Medicaid rates plus 10 percent.
Were this to happen nationally, the predictions of this analysis would be much worse, says Goodman.
Source: John C. Goodman, “Emergency Room Visits Likely to Increase Under ObamaCare,” National Center for Policy Analysis, Brief Analysis No. 709, June 18, 2010.
ObamaCare UPDATE: Emergency Room Visits Likely Increase Under
John Goodman – NCPA
More people are likely to turn to the emergency room for their health care and they are likely to do so more frequently under the new health reform legislation. This finding is surprising because an oft repeated argument for insuring the uninsured is that it will allow people to seek less costly and more accessible care elsewhere, says John C. Goodman, President, CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis.
Emergency room costs will increase for two reasons, says Goodman:
About half the newly insured will enroll in Medicaid and Medicaid patients seek emergency room care more often than the uninsured.
While the newly insured will try to increase their consumption of care, the absence of any program to create more providers will force patients to turn to emergency rooms as the outlet for increased demand.
According to the Congressional Budget Office:
Recently enacted health reform will eventually cause 32 million uninsured people to obtain health insurance they otherwise would not have had; the Chief Actuary of Medicare puts the figure at 34 million.
Under both estimates, about half of the newly insured will enroll in Medicaid and the State Children’s Health Insurance Program.
Roughly an equal number will obtain insurance in the to-be-created health insurance exchanges.
Interestingly, health reform in Massachusetts cut the number of uninsured in half by enrolling people in Medicaid and private insurance plans offered in a health insurance exchange. However, as in the case of the new federal law, no measures were taken to expand the supply of doctors.
That is one reason why the wait to see a new doctor in Boston is twice as long as in any other U.S. city. Also, the use of emergency rooms for nonemergency care in Massachusetts today is as great as or greater than it was before the state health reform was adopted.
We do not know yet what insurance in the exchanges created under the new federal law will look like. However, in Massachusetts people who have acquired subsidized insurance through an exchange are in plans that pay doctors fees about equal to Medicaid rates plus 10 percent.
Were this to happen nationally, the predictions of this analysis would be much worse, says Goodman.
Source: John C. Goodman, “Emergency Room Visits Likely to Increase Under ObamaCare,” National Center for Policy Analysis, Brief Analysis No. 709, June 18, 2010.
martes, 1 de junio de 2010
Audrey M. Rucker | Torah vs. The Flesh | Romans 7
Audrey M. Rucker grew up down the street from me in Ovilla, but I had no idea who she was and vice versa. Come to find out, we were both Messianic. This Hebraic roots movement is taking over every town, county, city, state and nation in the world right now...it's better that we have the Internet to destroy the archaic methods of finding out the truth...because the Internet has blazed past what Churchianity is having a hard time doing: giving people the answers to "What's After Getting Saved?" Ever wonder that? What the heck do you do once you're saved? That's Churchianity's failure in the world...they can reach people for Christ, but after that, what? Oh, but if it's by works, then the Messianic people would be right.
You don't keep any of Christ's commandments to be saved. You keep his commandments because you are saved, because that was the sign that you/me/etc are HIS.
Now, on to Audrey's editorial:
Torah vs. The Flesh | Romans 7
AUDREY M. RUCKER
The Palmer Post
The next section in our series must be in the top ten of passages used to say that Torah is no longer incumbent for a believer's life and daily walk. It also opens up a lovely can of worms on the touchy subject of divorce, so I, the Torah-submissive divorced woman, will attempt to tackle these issues. Try not to fall out of your seats. =) Unlike my other notes, there is just too much here in chapter seven and I won't be able to just pull out a few verses to give you the gist, so this note will be a bit atypical as I go through the entire chapter, verse by verse. Please be studious and read it in it's entirety.
Or are you ignorant, brothers; for I speak to those who know the Law; that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives?
This verse alone poses a problem for those who deny the Torah for their lives. There is also a big clue here that we might typically miss, and that is that this is specifically written to Jews, those who know the Law. This means they know what Sha'ul is talking about in a special way that we probably aren't going to understand outright.
For the married woman was bound by law to the living husband. But if the husband is dead, she is set free from the law of her husband.So then if, while her husband lives, she is married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress by becoming another man's wife.
A lot of people will use this to say that a woman is "bound by law" to her husband forever, however upon closer inspection it is the married woman who is bound by law to her husband. There is a difference. Once divorced, a woman is no longer married, correct? Correct, however that is not what this passage is talking about- it is strictly about a married woman. If a married woman goes to another man, she is an adulteress. If a married woman's husband dies, she is free to go to another man. Again, divorce is not even being discussed here, it's not part of what Sha'ul is getting at, period.
Sidenote: I don't believe in "once saved always saved", nor do I believe in "once married always married"...and it's funny how those two doctrines have striking similarities. Moving along...
So, my brothers, you also have become dead to the law by the body of Messiah so that you should be married to Another, even to Him raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit to God.
Sha'ul now applies a law of Torah to a spiritual law, as he often does. Because we do not know Torah, we tend to miss this teaching method he employs. The law that we are dead to is in fact none other than the law of sin and death from the previous chapter (see my previous note). Remember that Romans is a written letter, without chapter and verse, and the thoughts from chapter to chapter flow freely and lead into one another. Bearing this in mind, we can accurately interpret this passage with other passages, to mean that because of Messiah, there was a death in our "former marriage" and we are now free to "re-marry".
For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sin worked in our members through the law to bring forth fruit to death. But now we having been set free from the law, having died to that in which we were held, so that we serve in newness of spirit and not in oldness of the letter.
Again, an echo from the previous chapter about the law of sin and death that we have been set free from by Messiah's blood. The flesh and the Torah together bring death, for we all know that, "the carnal mind is enmity against God, for it is not subject to the Law of God, neither indeed can it be" (Romans 8:7).
However, by Messiah's death we are no longer in bondage to the lust of our flesh but rather, empowered to serve in newness of spirit. Spirit cannot properly operate without truth, and the Torah is truth forever (Psalm 119:142).
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Let it not be said! But I did not know sin except through the law. For also I did not know lust except the law said, You shall not lust. But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, worked in me all kinds of lust. For apart from law sin was dead. For I was alive without the law once. But when the commandment came, sin revived and I died. And the commandment, which was to life, was found to be death to me. For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me.
Sha'ul explains that by the Torah comes the knowledge of sin. There are many acts of disobedience we would not think to do on our own, if we had not heard the command not to do it. It is the rebellious nature of man, his sinful nature to do what he's been told not to do, just because he was told not to. This is carnal and works death...is the fault with the Torah or with man?
So indeed the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.
It looks like the fault is with man.
Then has that which is good become death to me? Let it not be! But sin, that it might appear to be sin, working death in me by that which is good; in order that sin might become exceedingly sinful by the commandment. For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin. For that which I do, I know not. For what I desire, that I do not do; but what I hate, that I do. If then I do that which I do not desire, I consent to the law that it is good. But now it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwells in me. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwells no good thing. For to will is present with me, but how to perform that which is good I do not find. For I do not do the good that I desire; but the evil which I do not will, that I do. But if I do what I do not desire, it is no more I working it out, but sin dwelling in me. I find then a law: when I will to do the right, evil is present with me.
The war that is waged is not the Torah vs. unmerited favor/grace, but rather, Torah in his heart and mind vs. the law of sin and death working in his flesh. Sha'ul continues to emphasize his point, gaining momentum and becoming more unmistakable:
For I delight in the Law of God according to the inward man; but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin being in my members. O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Yeshua the Messiah our Master! So then with the mind I myself serve the Law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.
The only way you can make this chapter say that Torah is abolished is by picking out one or two verses, without the context of the chapter and preceding chapter! The shed blood of Messiah put to death our former husband, the flesh, so that we could be married to Him instead.
I realize that I almost completely avoided the choppy waters of the divorce issue, albeit unintentionally since it was never an issue in this chapter, however, if you would like my position on it, I have a 20 page study on it that I am in the process of completing very soon, with the recommendation and collaboration of my dad. Send me your email address and I will be sure it gets to you. Once again, thank you for not posting your criticisms, counters and arguments on this note publicly, but directing them in a private message for me to address.
Shalom!
You don't keep any of Christ's commandments to be saved. You keep his commandments because you are saved, because that was the sign that you/me/etc are HIS.
Now, on to Audrey's editorial:
Torah vs. The Flesh | Romans 7
AUDREY M. RUCKER
The Palmer Post
The next section in our series must be in the top ten of passages used to say that Torah is no longer incumbent for a believer's life and daily walk. It also opens up a lovely can of worms on the touchy subject of divorce, so I, the Torah-submissive divorced woman, will attempt to tackle these issues. Try not to fall out of your seats. =) Unlike my other notes, there is just too much here in chapter seven and I won't be able to just pull out a few verses to give you the gist, so this note will be a bit atypical as I go through the entire chapter, verse by verse. Please be studious and read it in it's entirety.
Or are you ignorant, brothers; for I speak to those who know the Law; that the law has dominion over a man as long as he lives?
This verse alone poses a problem for those who deny the Torah for their lives. There is also a big clue here that we might typically miss, and that is that this is specifically written to Jews, those who know the Law. This means they know what Sha'ul is talking about in a special way that we probably aren't going to understand outright.
For the married woman was bound by law to the living husband. But if the husband is dead, she is set free from the law of her husband.So then if, while her husband lives, she is married to another man, she shall be called an adulteress. But if the husband dies, she is free from the law, so that she is no adulteress by becoming another man's wife.
A lot of people will use this to say that a woman is "bound by law" to her husband forever, however upon closer inspection it is the married woman who is bound by law to her husband. There is a difference. Once divorced, a woman is no longer married, correct? Correct, however that is not what this passage is talking about- it is strictly about a married woman. If a married woman goes to another man, she is an adulteress. If a married woman's husband dies, she is free to go to another man. Again, divorce is not even being discussed here, it's not part of what Sha'ul is getting at, period.
Sidenote: I don't believe in "once saved always saved", nor do I believe in "once married always married"...and it's funny how those two doctrines have striking similarities. Moving along...
So, my brothers, you also have become dead to the law by the body of Messiah so that you should be married to Another, even to Him raised from the dead, that we should bring forth fruit to God.
Sha'ul now applies a law of Torah to a spiritual law, as he often does. Because we do not know Torah, we tend to miss this teaching method he employs. The law that we are dead to is in fact none other than the law of sin and death from the previous chapter (see my previous note). Remember that Romans is a written letter, without chapter and verse, and the thoughts from chapter to chapter flow freely and lead into one another. Bearing this in mind, we can accurately interpret this passage with other passages, to mean that because of Messiah, there was a death in our "former marriage" and we are now free to "re-marry".
For when we were in the flesh, the passions of sin worked in our members through the law to bring forth fruit to death. But now we having been set free from the law, having died to that in which we were held, so that we serve in newness of spirit and not in oldness of the letter.
Again, an echo from the previous chapter about the law of sin and death that we have been set free from by Messiah's blood. The flesh and the Torah together bring death, for we all know that, "the carnal mind is enmity against God, for it is not subject to the Law of God, neither indeed can it be" (Romans 8:7).
However, by Messiah's death we are no longer in bondage to the lust of our flesh but rather, empowered to serve in newness of spirit. Spirit cannot properly operate without truth, and the Torah is truth forever (Psalm 119:142).
What shall we say then? Is the law sin? Let it not be said! But I did not know sin except through the law. For also I did not know lust except the law said, You shall not lust. But sin, taking occasion by the commandment, worked in me all kinds of lust. For apart from law sin was dead. For I was alive without the law once. But when the commandment came, sin revived and I died. And the commandment, which was to life, was found to be death to me. For sin, taking occasion by the commandment, deceived me, and by it killed me.
Sha'ul explains that by the Torah comes the knowledge of sin. There are many acts of disobedience we would not think to do on our own, if we had not heard the command not to do it. It is the rebellious nature of man, his sinful nature to do what he's been told not to do, just because he was told not to. This is carnal and works death...is the fault with the Torah or with man?
So indeed the Law is holy, and the commandment is holy and just and good.
It looks like the fault is with man.
Then has that which is good become death to me? Let it not be! But sin, that it might appear to be sin, working death in me by that which is good; in order that sin might become exceedingly sinful by the commandment. For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin. For that which I do, I know not. For what I desire, that I do not do; but what I hate, that I do. If then I do that which I do not desire, I consent to the law that it is good. But now it is no more I that do it, but sin that dwells in me. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) dwells no good thing. For to will is present with me, but how to perform that which is good I do not find. For I do not do the good that I desire; but the evil which I do not will, that I do. But if I do what I do not desire, it is no more I working it out, but sin dwelling in me. I find then a law: when I will to do the right, evil is present with me.
The war that is waged is not the Torah vs. unmerited favor/grace, but rather, Torah in his heart and mind vs. the law of sin and death working in his flesh. Sha'ul continues to emphasize his point, gaining momentum and becoming more unmistakable:
For I delight in the Law of God according to the inward man; but I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin being in my members. O wretched man that I am! Who shall deliver me from the body of this death? I thank God through Yeshua the Messiah our Master! So then with the mind I myself serve the Law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.
The only way you can make this chapter say that Torah is abolished is by picking out one or two verses, without the context of the chapter and preceding chapter! The shed blood of Messiah put to death our former husband, the flesh, so that we could be married to Him instead.
I realize that I almost completely avoided the choppy waters of the divorce issue, albeit unintentionally since it was never an issue in this chapter, however, if you would like my position on it, I have a 20 page study on it that I am in the process of completing very soon, with the recommendation and collaboration of my dad. Send me your email address and I will be sure it gets to you. Once again, thank you for not posting your criticisms, counters and arguments on this note publicly, but directing them in a private message for me to address.
Shalom!
Elisa Norman: The Only Female Messianic Congregation Leader in the U.S.?
So far, research and analysis has not uncovered a single Messianic congregation in America led by a woman...except right in our own back yard, in DeSoto, Texas. Here's the June 14 (i.e., upcoming) editorial from Elisa Norman:
Fiscal irresponsibility in the Temple
ELISA NORMAN
The Palmer Post
In 2 Kings 12, Joash orders the collection of taxes for the upkeep and repair of damages of the Temple. “But by the twenty-third year of King Joash the priests still had not repaired the Temple (2 Kings 12:6).” Where did the money go? What were they doing with it?
These questions are not directly answered by the biblical text. Joash’s solution is to take the responsibility of tax collecting away from the priests and put the responsibility into the hands of trustworthy men who then proceed with the intended upkeep of the Temple.
Do we see parallel stories today? When we bring our offerings to our congregations or donate to our favorite charities, how can we be sure the money is used properly? Are our key religious leaders promoting the Name of God, or are they promoting their own names?
God intended for ancient Israel to be a theocracy; there was no separation of church and state as we think of it today. Hence, the priests should have been both religious and political leaders of the people. Are our political leaders promoting the good of our nation, or are they promoting the good of their own bottom lines?
As we observe a continuous increase of unrest in our community due to the fiscal irresponsibility of both our political and religious leaders, perhaps we should take Joash’s example in dealing with the problems. Perhaps the growing Tea Party organization has the right idea for politicians; take the responsibility away from those who aren’t getting the job done and place the responsibility into the hands of those who are capable of “acting with complete honesty (2 Kings 12:15).” Check teaparty.org for upcoming events.
Perhaps we should take a look in the same light at our religious leaders; are they getting the job done? Sure, the giant church buildings may look shiny, new, and well-kept, but do the people inside know the Word of God? Are the people inside learning how to actively live the Word of God? Is the Word of God being inscribed on the tablets of their hearts? Or, is the money being spent on the outside of the cup while the inside is unclean and filled up with cotton candy fluff (Matthew 23:25-26)?
Join us this Sabbath at The Living Word in DeSoto, TX. livingword-jewishchristian.com.
Fiscal irresponsibility in the Temple
ELISA NORMAN
The Palmer Post
In 2 Kings 12, Joash orders the collection of taxes for the upkeep and repair of damages of the Temple. “But by the twenty-third year of King Joash the priests still had not repaired the Temple (2 Kings 12:6).” Where did the money go? What were they doing with it?
These questions are not directly answered by the biblical text. Joash’s solution is to take the responsibility of tax collecting away from the priests and put the responsibility into the hands of trustworthy men who then proceed with the intended upkeep of the Temple.
Do we see parallel stories today? When we bring our offerings to our congregations or donate to our favorite charities, how can we be sure the money is used properly? Are our key religious leaders promoting the Name of God, or are they promoting their own names?
God intended for ancient Israel to be a theocracy; there was no separation of church and state as we think of it today. Hence, the priests should have been both religious and political leaders of the people. Are our political leaders promoting the good of our nation, or are they promoting the good of their own bottom lines?
As we observe a continuous increase of unrest in our community due to the fiscal irresponsibility of both our political and religious leaders, perhaps we should take Joash’s example in dealing with the problems. Perhaps the growing Tea Party organization has the right idea for politicians; take the responsibility away from those who aren’t getting the job done and place the responsibility into the hands of those who are capable of “acting with complete honesty (2 Kings 12:15).” Check teaparty.org for upcoming events.
Perhaps we should take a look in the same light at our religious leaders; are they getting the job done? Sure, the giant church buildings may look shiny, new, and well-kept, but do the people inside know the Word of God? Are the people inside learning how to actively live the Word of God? Is the Word of God being inscribed on the tablets of their hearts? Or, is the money being spent on the outside of the cup while the inside is unclean and filled up with cotton candy fluff (Matthew 23:25-26)?
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