Pastor Rhett shares how characters in the Christmas story learned to trust God in the midst of great difficulties, uncertainty, and changes.
Monday, December 22, 2025
Our Finished Work - Christmas 2025
“All we ever wanted is found in You.” The entire ensemble sang this closing line in the dramatic musical, Two from Galilee, with script by Karla Worley and musical numbers from Robert Sterling. The finale included Mary and Joseph center stage, holding baby Jesus, with the entire cast worshiping the Christ child. The room went dark, and a light appeared, illuminating the holy family with the shape of a cross.
In 1996, the School of Music and Worship at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary premiered this musical for Word Music based on Marjorie Holmes’ successful book from the 1980s by the same name. Holmes’ work attempted to flesh out the Christmas story, making the characters seem quite human and exploring details the biblical text doe
sn’t cover. The musical production was a large, exciting event, and I immensely enjoyed participating. We double casted the main roles, and I had the fun of playing Joseph and another minor character.
Two from Galilee was a Broadway-type attempt at telling the ancient Christmas story. The musical numbers were grand and beautiful, dramatic and narrative. The set was large and costumes elaborate. We had a grand time preparing for that show my first year of seminary.
Playing the part of Joseph, I spent a semester delving into his character, trying to understand his perspective and role in the story. Since then, I’ve always considered him a tremendous model of discipleship in the New Testament.
During that winter, I found a beautiful nativity cross stitch pattern for sale at Michaels. I purchased it and slowly worked on the scene. The bright colors of the clothes contrasted with the dull hues of the barn and animals intrigued me. I worked on that project for several months, and it became a type of worship for me as I reflected on the birth of the Christ child and how it impacted the characters.
The sewing project was immense, and by the end of that semester, I had only gotten a portion done. I packed it away, and months turned into years. Too much work had been done, and it was too meaningful to me, to throw it away. Occasionally I got it out and looked at it. As the years passed, my eyes became too weak to do any more cross-stitching.
My daughter completed some stitching projects as she grew. So, a couple of years ago, I pulled out my old project and asked Anna-Frances if she would complete the needlework. She patiently and laboriously worked on it for more than a year. In 2024, she finished the work. And this year, waiting for a good Black Friday deal on framing, I went back to Michaels and had the project framed. My wife and I gladly hung it up in our kitchen this holiday season. The initials at the bottom read “RW 96 / AW 24.”
The finished object reminds me that many times, God’s activity in our lives takes longer than we anticipate, stretches across years, and forces us to depend on the One “who began a good work in you [and] will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus” (Philippians 1:6 NIV).
The magnificent colors and contrasts not only call to mind pageantry, drama, and artistry. But they remind me of the greatest story ever told – the most dramatic one in history. God the Creator chose to redeem sinful humanity by sending His Son to live a sinless life. On the cross, He received the punishment for our sin, died, and was resurrected back to life by God’s power.
He calls people to believe Him, repent of our sins, and open our life to Him. And He leads us in paths we would never plan by ourselves. Willing Mary, opening herself up to divine grace. Faithful Joseph, changing his plans for God’s, even through confusion, disruption, and difficulty. Shepherds, becoming the first eyewitnesses to a birth announced by angelic hosts. Magi who traveled from afar not just to see an earthly king, but the King of Kings. Mary and Joseph’s parents, who experienced enormous adjustments as God involved their children in His activity. And many more.
Yes, Jesus, You who “existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together” (Colossians 1:17 NLT), we worship You. All we ever wanted truly is found in You.
Excerpts from the original soundtrack can be heard here. Though I could not find video excerpts from our original performances, dozens of examples from churches can be found on YouTube, and I’m told you can still purchase the original videos from Word Music.
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A Finished Work
“All we ever wanted is found in You.” The entire ensemble sang this closing line in the dramatic musical, Two from Galilee, with script by Karla Worley and musical numbers from Robert Sterling. The finale included Mary and Joseph center stage, holding baby Jesus, with the entire cast worshiping the Christ child. The room went dark, and a light appeared, illuminating the holy family with the shape of a cross.
sn’t cover. The musical production was a large, exciting event, and I immensely enjoyed participating. We double casted the main roles, and I had the fun of playing Joseph and another minor character.
Two
from Galilee was a Broadway-type attempt at telling the ancient Christmas
story. The musical numbers were grand and beautiful, dramatic and narrative.
The set was large and costumes elaborate. We had a grand time preparing for
that show my first year of seminary.
Playing the
part of Joseph, I spent a semester delving into his character, trying to
understand his perspective and role in the story. Since then, I’ve always
considered him a tremendous model of discipleship in the New Testament.
During that
winter, I found a beautiful nativity cross stitch pattern for sale at Michaels.
I purchased it and slowly worked on the scene. The bright colors of the clothes
contrasted with the dull hues of the barn and animals intrigued me. I worked on
that project for several months, and it became a type of worship for me as I
reflected on the birth of the Christ child and how it impacted the characters.
The sewing
project was immense, and by the end of that semester, I had only gotten a
portion done. I packed it away, and months turned into years. Too much work had
been done, and it was too meaningful to me, to throw it away. Occasionally I got it out and looked at it. As the years passed, my eyes became too weak to do
any more cross-stitching.
The finished
object reminds me that many times, God’s activity in our lives takes longer
than we anticipate, stretches across years, and forces us to depend on the One “who began a good work in you [and] will
carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus” (Philippians 1:6
NIV).
The
magnificent colors and contrasts not only call to mind pageantry, drama, and
artistry. But they remind me of the greatest story ever told – the most
dramatic one in history. God the Creator chose to redeem sinful humanity by sending
His Son to live a sinless life. On the cross, He received the punishment for
our sin, died, and was resurrected back to life by God’s power.
He calls
people to believe Him, repent of our sins, and open our life to Him. And He
leads us in paths we would never plan by ourselves. Willing Mary, opening
herself up to divine grace. Faithful Joseph, changing his plans for God’s, even
through confusion, disruption, and difficulty. Shepherds, becoming the first
eyewitnesses to a birth announced by angelic hosts. Magi who traveled from afar
not just to see an earthly king, but the King of Kings. Mary and Joseph’s
parents, who experienced enormous adjustments as God involved their children in
His activity. And many more.
Yes, Jesus,
You who “existed before anything else, and he holds all creation together”
(Colossians 1:17 NLT), we worship You. All we ever wanted truly is found in
You.
Excerpts
from the original soundtrack can be heard
here. Though I could not find video excerpts from our original
performances, dozens of examples from churches can be found on YouTube, and I’m
told you can still purchase the original videos from Word Music.
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Website Changing
In 2025, I'm in the process of migrating to a new site, which will house several of my offerings. Also this year, I'll be starting a new podcast, which will be available on the new site.
Stay tuned! The new site is in progress at www.faithff.com, of course, for Faith, Family, and Freedom.
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Friday, April 4, 2025
Turn, turn, turn
As we age,
we understand more fully that life moves in seasons. Change is actually normal
and should be expected. According to Derek Kidner, we should “see perpetual
change not as something unsettling but as an unfolding pattern, scintillating
and God-given.”
In this
season, my wife and I find ourselves adjusting to the effects of old age on my mother.
For years, a spinal disease caused her mobility to increasingly get worse. The
woman I remember seeming strong and indomitable in her 30s and 40s can hardly
walk across a room without dragging her feet nor transition by herself from one
seat to another. In January, she fell at home, severely breaking her neck. Medical personnel were amazed she was not
instantly paralyzed or killed.
Most of this
year she’s stayed in a rehab facility, wearing a neck brace. For my wife and I,
caring for her has made this year feel like a blur. Like so many seniors, Mom’s
faced with significant changes of losing independence, forced to face what she
can and cannot do for herself. And sooner than we wish, the child begins
parenting the parent. Like a parent talking to a teenager, we have
conservations about, “You cannot keep doing that, or you will harm yourself.
I’m not trying to be mean to you – but trying to help you make wise choices.”
As an only child, many times in life I’ve wished for siblings. This season has certainly been one of them. Years ago, an older pastor who was also an only child told me, "There's a loneliness that goes with being an only child that actually increases as you get older." It’s quite a weight feeling the emotional, psychological, physical, and financial responsibility of parenting the parent.
My wife and I have shared with others who walked through similar waters, figuring out how to help aging parents, it seems that nothing in life quite prepares you for this task.
In making
gut-wrenching, difficult decisions, my wife and I realized that in such times,
you really don’t see great options. You come down to ones that seem less
painful than others. Life forces you to make decisions you would rather not. We
move beyond what everybody wants to happen and instead ask for guidance for
“what is the wise move here?” And that’s it’s ok, when you’ve gathered the
facts, sought counsel, prayed for wisdom, and weighed the evidence, to make a
decision, even if it is difficult and not ideal.
Richard Blackaby advises in his book, The Seasons of God, that “understanding our seasons of life requires a vital, open, trusting relationship with God.”
We know the
Lord orders our days, goes behind and before us, and as this earthly tent we
dwell in temporarily deteriorates, those who know Christ long to be clothed in
our heavenly tent – with immortality.
I’m thankful
for the many seasons I’ve watched my mother live through, and that "in God’s
divine plan, even when you’re experiencing the bitterest winter of your life,
there’s another spring on the horizon.”
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Tuesday, February 18, 2025
God’s Sovereign Plans Behind Your Most Unproductive Days
How is
God at work in our most unproductive days, when it feels as though we’ve
accomplished nothing and fallen far short of our own plans and expectations?
Those days are frustrating to us, but they are not outside of God’s sovereign
power.
“Frustrating
human efficiency is one of God’s primary means of sanctifying grace.”
You feel
good — I’m making this up — that you very efficiently worked. You feel good
that you worked it out. You worked it out so that the neighbor was available,
the teenager could come, and you could get to the bank and get back before both
of them had other engagements.
Read
the entire article by John Piper here.
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Thursday, February 13, 2025
Countrymen, Sojourners, and Foreigners
God designed
the idea of borders, independent nations, and boundaries. Both the Old and New
Testaments abound with such evidence, including the repeated proverb to “not
move an ancient landmark,” a call to maintain respect for boundaries. The
apostle Paul declared God determined the boundaries of nations and their times
to rise and fall (Acts 17:26).
The Bible
uses three words important in the discussion of immigration. The Hebrew word
“ach,” translated “countryman,” is what we call a citizen. A legal immigrant,
known in the Scriptures as a “sojourner,” comes from the Hebrew words
“ger/toshab.” The Hebrew “nokri/zar,” translated “foreigner,” is what we call
an illegal alien.
God made it
clear to take care of the sojourners, or legal immigrants, in your midst: “You
shall not wrong a sojourner or oppress him” (Ex. 22:21 ESV) and “Love the
sojourner . . . for you were sojourners in the land of Egypt” (Deut. 10:19
ESV).
Discrimination
of a person or family here legally should not occur, regardless of race, sex,
or country of origin. We should strive, as Jesus taught, to love our neighbors,
even when they look different from us. Ultimately, the Church will be a huge
collection of worldwide cultures, spanning all the ages.
Illegals, or
foreigners, did not receive the same benefits or privileges as countrymen or
sojourners.
James
Hoffmeier writes in “The Immigration Crisis,” a “sojourner (sometimes
translated as stranger) was a person who entered Israel and followed legal
procedures to obtain recognized standing as a resident alien.” However, illegal
“immigrants should not expect those same privileges from the state whose laws
they disregard by virtue of their undocumented status.”
Biblical
wisdom values order, because God is a God of order. We’ve seen the last 100
years that the Left, as opposed to classic conservatism and liberalism, does
not value order. They thrive on disorder.
As I write,
in just two weeks, illegals crossing the southern border are down 93%. The
first week included 5000 arrests.
Trump’s
Border czar Tom Homan’s job is to enact Trump’s executive orders: protect the
American people from the invasion at the southern border, “immigration laws against all inadmissible and
removable aliens, particularly those aliens who threaten the safety or security
of the American people.” This includes “cartels, criminal gangs, known
terrorists, human traffickers, smugglers, unvetted military-age males from
foreign adversaries, and illicit narcotics that harm Americans.”
Recent
arrests include fentanyl-dealing Tren de Aragua gang members arrested in Goose
Creek, South Carolina. That’s good news.
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The Deep State - A Massive Issue
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Wednesday, February 5, 2025
America's in the Demolition Stage
They were “men who understood the times and knew what Israel should do” (1 Chronicles 12:32 NIV). Thus the Bible says about the ancient men of Issachar.
When Donald
Trump ran for the Republican nomination in 2016, I grieved at first. What an
ungodly person! Over time, however, like many Christians I realized that in
unusual times God raises up unobvious heroes. The nation had descended for
several decades into ungodliness, lawlessness, and a rejection of what made us
great. More than three generations of purposeful indoctrination from Leftists
had almost destroyed the USA.
I wrote a
blog article then called Why a Southern Baptist Pastor Will Vote for the Unvirtuous Donald Trump. To my shock, in one month it was viewed more than 20,000 times. I compared Trump to an Old Testament Samson, not someone you’d
want your daughter to date. Samson had awful qualities, yet God raised him up
at dark time to deliver Israel from the
hand of the Philistines.
The Deep State, 100 years of big government, layers of corruption, the Democratic Party machine, and the Republican elites had created a mammoth of a problem. We didn’t need a nice, clean, choir boy. Not Huckabee, not Carson, not Cruz, not Walker. The Goliath in front of America’s freedom required a New York street fighter. A Samson, who didn’t mind busting up some Philistine heads and getting his hands dirty. Evil times call for strange means.
We’re just
beginning to see the uncovering of the massive depth of corruption. I expect
eventually all of us will be shocked.
Pastor Dutch Sheets, whom I’ve admired for thirty years, wisely states, “At this point in history, America did not need a statesman. And we certainly did not need a politician. Frankly . . . we did not need a peacemaker. We needed a “boat rocker,” a status quo wrecker, a business-as-usual interrupter. We are in the first part of Jeremiah 1:10; the second part is coming, but that will be a little slower: “See, I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms, to root out, and to pull down, and to destroy, and to throw down, to build, and to plant.”
Do I like
everything Donald Trump says? Do I like all of his actions and attitudes? Do I
like everything in his past? Of course not; that’s not why I voted for him. I
voted for a reformer. . . . I want someone who will stare down the propaganda
arm of the Democrat party, otherwise known as the mainstream media, and not be
intimidated. I want someone who will build a military that is an effective war
machine, not a woke machine. I want someone who will close our borders to all
immigration that is not legal; someone who will demand that our education
system teaches our children how to read; and someone who will stop the trans
madness. I want healed children, not butchered children, common sense above Ivy
League idiocy, and a Congress that can balance a checkbook.
Now that
America has seen what they are doing to our nation, and has elected a man with
backbone enough to resist it – and who also happens to be a person they tried
desperately to humiliate and destroy – the Left is terrified. They maligned his
character, turned our judicial system loose on him, “sicced” our FBI on him and
his followers, and defiled his home. Now, he is even more angry and determined;
their hypocritical cries for civility, kindness, and compromise are falling on
deaf ears.
The
progressive Left is also watching 50 years of antichrist secularization and
globalism dissolve, their media lose influence with the populous, and the
American people stand up and say, “Enough!” DEI is being dismantled, DOJ
employees and Inspectors General are being fired, lazy employees willing to
trade blind loyalty for a free ride have been served notice, and billions of
dollars are being pulled from worthless and ridiculous government programs. The
Left is angry and horrified. The nation they “changed” is being “reformed.” The
time will soon come when America needs builders, statesmen, and peacemakers. At
this time, however, we are in the demo stage. As we find the termites, mold,
leaks, and cracked foundations, we can repair, reconstitute, and restore. A
great revival is coming to fuel this process, also causing the desired changes
to align with God’s will and ways."
Read the entire article by Dutch Sheets here.
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Monday, February 3, 2025
The Government is not the Church
Christians
need a robust, biblical and intellectual theology, including their theology of
government. Dr. Wayne Grudem gave the church a tremendous resource, Politics According to the Bible. He writes, “There should be a
distinction between those things that are governed by the church and those that
are under the authority of civil government.”
Government,
nations, borders, and law are God’s ideas. The Bible is replete with such
evidence. Government’s broad purposes are protecting her people, creating
sustainable infrastructure, and helping the economy prosper. The Church’s broad
purpose comes through disciple-making, serving others, and building society and
culture reflecting goodness and truth.
Sometimes
well-meaning people confuse issues, expecting government to be something it’s
not intended to be. Government is not church nor a parent.
The issues
of open borders and illegal immigration illustrates this reality. Some people,
opposed to deporting illegals, cite Jesus’ words to “love your neighbor as
yourself,” meaning, we should not deport them. Herein lies a basic misunderstanding
of government vs. church’s role. The government is not to be Jesus to the
world. The individual Christian is.
God entrusts
government with “the sword,” meaning power to enforce law, using force – and
sometimes death - if necessary. The apostle Paul wrote, “But if you do
wrong, be afraid, for rulers do not bear the sword for no reason. They are
God’s servants, agents of wrath to bring punishment on the wrongdoer” (Rom.
13:4 NIV).
Equally sad is
when an American citizen uses illegal drugs and causes the death of another
driver in a car accident. The drug user, arrested and incarcerated, is separated
from his family and friends. It is sorrowful. But the guilt does not lie on the
government for enforcing law – but on the law-breaker.
Government should
not turn a deaf ear or blind eye in the name of “being Jesus” any more than
when the Army is on the front line fighting a war – or when the FBI closes down
on a crime boss or sex offender.
As
government stays in its lane, the church and Christians have opportunity to
show love and compassion. Grudem suggests American churches should be a
wonderful home for immigrants here legally. And for illegals, he suggests the
church should “kindly but honestly counsel” them that the Bible teaches we
should submit to the law: “Illegal immigrants are obligated before God to obey
the immigration laws of the United States.” In some cases, Christians could
help illegals find immigration lawyers. Most cases require encouraging them to
leave and “apply for entry into the United States on the same basis as everyone
else, through proper legal channels.”
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Thursday, January 23, 2025
Sanity Restored - The Inauguration of President Donald Trump
In many
ways, the Left’s oligarchy, characterized primarily by the radical Clintons,
Obamas, and Bidens, created the Donald Trump movement. And it was nothing short
of amazing in his inaugural address at the US Capitol to see him promise to
undo the mess they created, as they sat just inches away from him.
As the
progressives got more and more radical the past four election cycles, the
average American grew weary. Ben Shapiro shared, “The single-most and stupid
issue Democrats rallied around the last two elections” was the transgender one.
For many voters, including moderates, Democrats, and non-Republicans, the
Leftist agenda of pushing radical ideology policies was the last straw. No
longer would people stand for pretending men can be women and women, men.
All of a
sudden, we were living in crazy-ville, pressured by the Leftist media,
entertainment moguls, and politicians to pretend to be excited about drag
queens reading to elementary kids, preschoolers told they can decide if they
want to be a boy or a girl, and teenagers identifying as cats and dogs – and
their school teachers not allowed to challenge the stupidity. A recent New York
Times article revealed that 80% of Americans do not support the transgender
ideology.
But in his
inaugural address, Trump declared the words that have been common sense for
several millennia: "As of today, it will henceforth be the official policy
of the United States government that there are only two genders: male
and female." And millions of Americans breathed a sigh of relief as common
sense and sanity began percolating in the air again.
Joe Biden
shockingly signed pre-emptive pardons for not only his entire family, but Fauci
and the entire January 6 committee. That wreaks of organized crime at work.
Trump’s “political aims—the disruption of the administrative state, a rewriting of the international order, a reduction in the cost of government, and a confrontation with progressivist ideology—represent a deliberate and unconditional rejection of the political order represented by the Democratic Party and its progressivist ideologies and what he sees as the sell-out leadership of the Republican Party’s traditional elites” (Albert Mohler).
We’re over
the fake normality of the Leftists, trying to make us call what is good, bad,
what is false, true, and what is wrong, right. Tired of the disastrous policies
of the last four years.
My hope
rests in the Lord and His eternal truth. My supreme allegiance is to no earthly
ruler or nation. But I do live in the here and now. And it is obvious that the
sovereign God raised up this unique man, Donald Trump, for this time in
history. My prayers will be with him and his team – as will the prayers of
millions thankful for this hour.
How
desperately we needed him in a dark, evil hour. As Mohler aptly writes, “We
need President Trump to blow up the administrative state and the Davos network
without blowing himself up—or blowing up the nation.”
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Trump banner is on the side of the Heritage Foundation building in Washington, D.C.
America Awakes From Its Coma
"We were
drugged. This was an aberration. Maybe it was the COVID lockdown. Maybe it was
the George Floyd. Maybe it was the hatred of Donald Trump. Maybe—I don’t know
what it was, but it was a four-year aberration. And now they’re coming to their
senses and they’re thinking Joe Biden really was cognitively declined. A coup
dismissed him.
That was
abnormal. The border should be closed. There really are two main sexes, not
three. Looting and shoplifting have to be crimes or society will not exist.
What happened in Afghanistan, turning over $50 billion to terrorists, that’s
not normal. That’s not the United States. Nor is putting 'daylight' between us
and Israel.
So, there’s
a sense now that, Rip Van Winkle, like we’ve woken up. And Donald Trump wasn’t
a monster. In fact, Donald Trump has commonsense answers to all the things of
the last four years. So we’re looking back and we’re saying we were mad. And
now there’s a commonsense corrective and we don’t really care if it’s Donald
Trump or not, but we’re going to go with the corrective and return America to
common sense."
Click here to read the entire article by Victor Davis Hanson at The Daily Signal.
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Trump Promises ‘Revolution Of Common Sense’ In Speech To World Economic Forum
During a speech to the World Economic Forum on Thursday, President Donald Trump said his administration was ushering in a “revolution of common sense.”
Trump, who appeared virtually, slammed the Biden administration during his speech and listed off a number of the executive orders he has made on energy, spending, and the economy. During his appearance, Trump urged Saudi Arabia to lower the price of oil and promised businesses that make their products in the U.S. would benefit from low taxes.
“What the
world has witnessed in the past 72 hours is nothing less than a revolution of
common sense,” Trump said. “Our country will soon be stronger, wealthier, and
more united than ever before and the entire planet will be more peaceful and
prosperous as a result of this incredible momentum.”
Click here to read the entire article by Leif Le Mahieu at The Daily Wire.
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America’s Golden Age Starts, And The Left Still Goes Woke
And the Left
has still not recovered.
They haven’t
regained their semblance of reality or normalcy. One of the reasons why there
is a feeling of unity in the country overall is because the era of weird is
over and the era of the normie is back."
Read the entire article by Ben Shapiro here at The Daily Wire.
GOP Lawmakers Introduce Bill to Protect Parental Rights
“Parents
have a fundamental right to control the upbringing of their child, whether it’s
in the classroom or at home,” Scott said in a statement first shared
with The Daily Signal. “Yet, far too often, parents are
being pushed out of their child’s lives, and kids are paying the price. I will
always fight to put parents back in the driver’s seat and ensure they remain
the lead decision-maker in their child’s life.”
The
Families’ Rights and Responsibilities Act affirms that parents have the
fundamental right to direct the upbringing, education, and health care of their children. It prevents
the federal government from substantially burdening that fundamental right
without first passing a legal strict scrutiny test.
Click here to read the entire article by Elizabeth Mitchell at The Daily Signal.
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Clemency and Capital Crimes: Biden’s Travesty of Injustice
Among those
whose death sentence was commuted was Thomas Sanders, who on Sept. 8, 2010, in
Louisiana kidnapped a 12-year-old girl, shot her, and slit her throat. This
atrocity occurred only days after the girl was held captive and forced to
witness Sanders murder her own mother.
Another
whose death sentence was commuted was Jorge Avila-Torrez, who in 2005 in north
Chicago sexually assaulted and stabbed to death two girls, an 8- and
9-year-old. Four years later, Avila-Torrez assaulted a 20-year-old woman and
naval officer in Northern Virginia, strangling her to death in her own
barracks."
Click here to read the entire article by J. Daryl Charles at The Daily Signal.
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On Inauguration Day, Trump Writes the Next Chapter of America
Inauguration
Day for the 45th and now 47th president of the United States, Donald Trump,
featured a host of events in which Trump was in attendance. The
inauguration, of course. The inaugural luncheon. The parade at the Capital
One Arena. The Commander in Chief Ball and the Liberty Ball. And finally, his
first night at the White House. It was a well-orchestrated spectacle that will
be remembered for years, as Trump infused his unique brand of entertainment
into the festivities.
However, it appeared that Trump was eager to prioritize work over pleasure at the Capital One Arena. In addition to addressing and celebrating with a crowd of 20,000 supporters, he seated himself at a desk and did something unprecedented. In the center of the arena, he sat down and signed several executive orders to resounding applause from the audience, later tossing the individual pens used for each signature into the crowd, like a T-shirt toss at a Washington Wizards game—very on brand for Trump.
In total,
Trump signed 26 executive orders, 12 memoranda, and four proclamations.
Click here to read the entire article by Armstrong Williams at The Daily Signal.
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