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posted by Michael on 12/7/11

This link is an excellent resource for finding out where the candidates stand on all the issues.

http://www.ontheissues.org/default.htm

The only thing wrong with the site is that it places some statements under “civil rights” which actually belong under “principles and values” or “crime” or at least a separate “marriage” section.

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posted by Donald on 08/30/11

I pledge allegiance to the Constitution

of the United States of America,

And to the Bill of Rights which It includes:

One document

underwritten by our fathers,

indivisible,

with Liberty and Justice for all.

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posted by Donald on 05/6/11

Yesterday, May 5, was the National Day of Prayer.

Two verses the Lord gave were particularly encouraging to me . . .

“When it goeth well with the righteous, the city rejoiceth . . .” and “By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted . . .” (Proverbs 11:10-11).

Whether it is through our personal lives, communications with others, business endeavors, marriages or families, God’s tangible blessing is one way He will bring the dream of life, liberty and lasting happiness to our cities.

God bless you and your city as only He can.

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posted by Donald on 05/3/11

“Do not let the wise glory in his wisdom; and do not let the mighty glory in his might; do not let the rich glory in his riches; but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am Jehovah, doing kindness, justice and righteousness in the earth; for I delight in these, says Jehovah.”

“Do not rejoice when your enemy falls; and do not let your heart be glad when he stumbles . . .”

“But stop rejoicing in this, that the evil spirits submit to you. But rather rejoice that your names are written in Heaven.”

(See Jeremiah 9:22b-23; Proverbs 24:15-22; Luke 10:20)
Quotations taken from Interlinear Bible directly from Hebrew and Greek

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posted by Donald on 01/24/11

Reagan’s speech in the previous post rekindles a hope that we might be more committed to the founding principles behind our nation’s greatness.

That commitment is our resolve. Resolving is resting–building our lives on a principle which produces a single passion and cannot be compromised. As Christians we “give diligence" to determine our purpose just as our nation did.

Now notice: the accusation which Reagan addressed parallels the accusation often leveled against Christianity: that Christianity is “too simple”. But this notion is an easy one to see through. It comes from those who have left both their child-like faith and their mature resolve; their first love, their passion. Somewhere along the way, they have become confused and given up. They forget that some things truly are simple, not necessarily easy, but simple.

Christianity—the relationship more than the religion—is simple: simple in it’s trust in God and in His Word, the Bible. (And trusting can be the hardest thing of all.) As Christians, we trust in the fact that God’s best is the best: for America, for our family, and for each person individually.

Why envy anyone who must cloak his cause with confusion? Our principles and rights are “inalienable”, granted naturally by nature’s God. It is not too simple to own the cause of such liberty dear fellow patriot! Today, live a streamlined life. Let no one turn you from “the simplicity that is in Christ” (II Corinthians 11:3). “For if you do these things you will never fall.”

Theme taken from II Peter 1:2-10

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