Giving Out of a Full Cup - Dan Miller

Dan Miller's wisdom has helped countless people navigate changes in their lives. I love this illustration he used, taken from the Jewish Havdalah ceremony. Dan reminds us that in order to effectively serve others, we must learn to first fill our own cups.

 

Democratic Party: Intolerance and Absolute Control

 

“The Constitution is written to limit the centralization and monopolization of power – that is, the Democrat Party’s present-day power grabs – and the Republican Party, while often anemic if not ignorantly contributory to the Democrat Party’s ambitions, is, nonetheless, an impediment by its mere existence. That said, there remain active efforts within the Republican Party and mostly elsewhere to challenge the Democrat Party’s growing tyranny. Clearly, power-sharing is not, and cannot be, part of the Democratic Party’s agenda. Frankly, like autocratic parties everywhere, the Democratic Party is intolerant of opposition and insists on absolute control.”

– 7 Times New York Times Bestseller Mark Levin, THE DEMOCRAT PARTY HATES AMERICA

"The eight-time #1 New York Times bestselling author, radio host, and Fox News star returns to the page to reveal the radically dangerous Democrat agenda that is upending American life.

In American Marxism, Mark Levin explained how Marxist ideology has invaded our society and culture. In doing so, he exposed the institutions, scholars, and activists leading the revolution. Now, he picks up where he left off: to hold responsible the true malefactors steering our country down the wrong path.

Insightful and hard-hitting as ever, Levin proves that since its establishment, the Democrat Party has set out to rewrite history and destroy the foundation of freedom in America. More than a political party, it is the entity through which Marxism has installed its philosophy and its new revolution.

As in a Thomas Paine pamphlet or a clarion call from Paul Revere, Levin alerts his fellow Americans to the destruction this country is facing, and rallies them to defeat the threat in front of us—more looming than ever. He writes, 'Every legal, legitimate, and appropriate tool and method must be employed in the short- and long- run to defeat the Democrat Party. The Democrat Party must be resoundingly conquered in the next election and several elections thereafter, or it will become extremely difficult to undo the damage it is unleashing at breakneck pace.' ”

- from the Amazon review

"Christian Nationalism," Evangelicals, and the Left

 

"Christian Nationalism" is the new term the Left has created to try to make people who vote based on biblical convictions, a Judeo-Christian worldview, and traditional values look weird. Here are a collection of articles and videos about this new propaganda tactic. Access the videos here.

“What I said was, people will throw that term against any conservative Christian who believes in the importance of nation and conservative political convictions, and will claim you’re a Christian nationalist if you believe Christianity should influence the nation. I said I’m not going to run from that.

But many in the media, and certainly people on the left, they try to discredit Christian influence by saying it’s the radical right. It’s the reactionary right. It’s the Christian right. The latest thing is to say it’s Christian nationalism. Well, unapologetically, I believe in the importance of nation. Our constitutional order is around a nation.”

Albert Mohler in Albert Mohler on Evangelicals and Christian Nationalism at The New York Times via Denny Burk

 

“The 70-year push to eliminate every vestige of religious observance from our public life is precisely the opposite of what the nation needs. We need more civil religion, not less. We need open acknowledgment of the religious heritage and the religious faith that bind Americans one to another.

The campaign to erase America’s religion from the public square is just class warfare by other means: the elite versus the common man, the atheistic monied class versus America’s working people. And it’s not really about eliminating religion, either: It’s about replacing one religion with another.

Every nation observes a civil religion. For every nation is a spiritual unity. The Left wants religion: the religion of the Pride flag. We want the religion of the Bible.”

Senator Josh Hawley at ‘Christian Nationalism Founded American Democracy’: Read Sen. Josh Hawley’s Full Remarks at NatCon at the Daily Signal

 

“As numerous critics have already pointed out, ‘Christian nationalism’ sounds identical to the case for American liberty offered in the Declaration of Independence.

Then again, the idea that man has inalienable, universal rights goes back to ancient Greece, at least. The entire American project is contingent on accepting the notion that the state can’t give or take our God-given freedoms. . . .

It’s also true that the ‘Christian nationalism’ scare is a ginned-up, partisan effort to spook non-Christian voters. And, clearly, to some secular Americans, the idea that a non-‘earthly authority’ can bestow rights on humans sounds nuts.”

David Harsanyi, an atheist, in “If This Is ‘Christian Nationalism,’ Sign Me Up!” at The Daily Signal.

 

“You see, Christian nationalism isn’t the real threat to the free exercise of religion in America today. The real threat is the ideology of the sexual revolution imposed on the people by government force, and Przybyla can’t stand the idea of that establishment being challenged. . . .

The Left isn’t objecting to the Right’s imposing its worldview on Americans by force—it’s objecting to the Right’s finally getting a say on issues springing from the sexual revolution. We’re not witnessing the rise of Christian nationalism, but the weakening of an anti-Christian establishment. . . .

‘Christian nationalism’ is the modern equivalent of Southern Democrats’ demonizing Lincoln, kicking and screaming as they lose the ability to foist their beliefs on the rest of the country. If history is any guide, this trend does not bode well for the Left—or America’s civil tranquility.”

Tyler O’Neil in What Is the ‘Christian Nationalism’ Fearmongering Really About? at The Daily Signal

See The Founding Fathers on Jesus, Christianity and the Bible at Wallbuilders

Picture used by permission from Pixabay

Writing Awards - 2024 - Rhett Wilson, Sr.

Encouraging news came last week in the form of notifications of the following awards:

Congratulations! Your entry, Cries from a Cold Bathroom Floor, was awarded Honorable Mention in the Inspirational/Spiritual category of the 93^rd Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition.

And your entry, God, Roses, and Jiffy Lube, was awarded Honorable Mention in the Inspirational/Spiritual category of the 93^rd Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition.

There were 3,571 submissions in this year’s competition, spanning 44 countries!

You’ve also won a bronze medal in the Living Now Book Awards in the family/parenting category for The 7 Ps of Prayer. 

Christian Nationalism | Voddie Baucham

 

Hope for Elon Musk and Other ‘Cultural Christians’

 

At least part of this secular buyer’s remorse is the rise of “woke” ideology, which bodes ill for a post-Christian society. Sometime in the late 2010s, the so-called “new atheism,” a movement that purported to be all about reason and science, was swallowed up by progressive identity politics. Steadily, science and reason were replaced by moralizing witch-hunts, to the point that atheists like Dawkins now find themselves pushing back against pseudoscience on sex and gender. 

Also, there is a growing realization, Holland’s books are a good example, that Western ideas of human rights, political equality, and science and art are products of Christian theology. They do not occur in most civilizations, and there is no reason to expect that they will endure in the West if Christianity fades.  

It’s good that Musk, Peterson, Dawkins, Holland, and others are recognizing the debt owed to the religion of Jesus. Better to live alongside unbelievers who praise the faith than those who call it a “dangerous delusion.” However, we ought not delude ourselves. Christian influence in the modern world is the result of a lot of people who, for hundreds of years, really believed in Jesus. 

Read the entire article by Stonestreet and Morris here at Breakpoint.

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Interview with Lee Ann Mancini - Praying for Your Family

 

During this episode, Rhett shares insight from his book, The 7 P’s of Prayer. He discusses a simple prayer strategy using 7 words that begin with the letter “p” to pray for his children. Rhett also dives into the concept of prayer for purity and the significance of guarding our homes from negative influences. He shares impactful stories and explains the unique approach of his book, offering practical advice for enriching prayer lives. Rhett also addressed the modern challenges that families face, emphasizing the importance of guarding our homes and lives against negative influences.

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You Don’t Have to Be Christian to Loathe the Opening of the Paris Olympics

"I am a Jew, not a Christian. Yet I found loathsome the mockery of the Last Supper — one of the holiest scenes in the New Testament — during the opening of the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

In fact, it is actually troubling to constantly read the words, 'Many Christians are offended' — as if only Christians are offended by France’s and the International Olympic Committee’s mockery of Jesus’ Last Supper scene.

You don’t have to be a Christian to understand that Christianity — more specifically, Judeo-Christian values and the Bible — made Western civilization. Without Christianity and the Bible, there would be no West. That is why contempt for Christianity and the Bible is synonymous with mockery for the West. The current civil war within Western civilization is a war between the Left and the Bible.

It is crucial to note that the Left, whether in America or Europe, never mocks Islam. One would think that with virtually all religious violence in the world emanating from that religion, the Left would concentrate its antireligious fire against Islam, or at least fundamentalist Islam.

One reason is that leftists fear Muslims. If you mock Islam, you will have to spend your life in hiding or risk being beheaded. On the other hand, the Left has no fear of Christians. No matter how much the Left mocks and undermines Christianity, the Left assumes that not one of the world’s two and half billion Christians will hurt them. And the Catholic pope will not only not issue a fatwa against you, he won’t even speak out against you. Because he, too, is a man of the Left."

Read the entire by Dennis Prager article here.

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Christian Nationalism Panel | Voddie Baucham, Tom Ascol & William Wolfe

 

A Great Convention — With One Big Mistake

 

"The reason Biden did so much damage to America was not because he is Joe Biden but because he is a Democrat. And the Democratic Party has been taken over by the Left, which, unlike traditional liberalism, is destroying all that is good and special about our country.

It is completely irrelevant what Democrat runs for president — or governor or senator or representative. However nice they may personally be, as far as policies and values are concerned, they are all virtually identical.

‘The destructive, dangerous Democratic Party has to go.’ That should be — and should have been for decades — the message of every Republican candidate for every office in the land."

Read the entire article by Dennis Prager in A Great Convention — With One Big Mistake