Christian, Pro-Life, Lukewarm, Silent?

E-mail letter to your Senators not to confirm Chuck Hagel

http://www.notochuck.com/

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Petition to the Boy Scouts: http://petitions.conservativeactionalerts.com/9156/i-oppose-boy-scouts-policy-change/

Update:

“In less than 72 hours since it launched the Day of Resistance website

http://www.dayofresistance.com/

is building incredible steam! More than ten thousand people have already signed up to participate in local Day of Resistance rallies across the country and thousands have already have offered their support to help put rallies together!”






From: http://www.lifenews.com/2013/01/30/christians-must-stand-up-for-conscience-rights-against-abortion/

“Christians Must Stand Up for Conscience Rights, Against Abortion

by Ken Connor
Washington, DC
LifeNews.com
1/30/13

‘Theological courage calls the inner-man to ignore his buckling knees and take theologically driven stances that, while potentially controversial, are righteous in nature.’ So write Owen Strachen and Andrew Walker in a recent article discussing Hobby Lobby’s stance against Obamacare’s onerous trampling of religious liberty.

The idea of martyrdom, be it physical, social, or financial, is a strange concept to the American mind. The word conjures images of ancient inquisitions, tyrannical princes, and subjugated peoples. In the modern context, we hear stories of brave souls standing up for liberty in the face of Communist regimes in North Korea and China or fundamentalist rulers in Iran and Pakistan. We certainly don’t think of a big box retailer nestled in the heart of the suburban American landscape.

Americans are living in an age, however, where the actions of government increasingly come into conflict with Christian values (From the MURDER of unborn babies, to the destruction of the GOD-created traditional family, to trying to remove GOD from the public arena!—my addition). As issues like abortion and gay marriage continue to insert themselves into the cultural milieu, Christians and other traditional-minded Americans—including those of other religious faiths—find themselves marginalized and even demonized (Unless you are Muslim!—my addition). The moral authority increasingly rests with those who control the narrative: Big Government, Hollywood, and the mainstream media. In the world of Barack Obama, George Clooney, Bob Schieffer and those like them, it is the folks at Planned Parenthood and the Human Rights Campaign who are on the right side of history. There is a war on for the (heart and—my addition) soul of America, and the growing perception is that it’s the Christian remnants who are wearing the black hats.

In the face of this reality, the language of martyrdom is once again becoming relevant. Modern examples of those who are being persecuted by the state or popular culture for their fidelity to their faith include the owners of Chick-Fil-A and Hobby Lobby. Both entities have been blacklisted by the reigning ‘moral (immoral!—my addition) authorities.’ Both have paid the price for espousing their faith in the public square. Right now the price may just be public opprobrium, or in Hobby Lobby’s case, fines. But as we allow government to burgeon, the price will undoubtedly get higher. As Strachen and Walker point out, look what happened in Nazi Germany. National Socialism grew and grew and gradually took control over every area of life. The church was timid and even complicit in the growth of oppressive statism and the persecution of ‘undesirables,’ and soon there was little resistance from the wider culture. Dietrich Bonhoeffer and leaders of The Confessing Church were some of the only ones brave enough to say ‘no,’ and ultimately paid the price of resistance with their lives (In any society, the church is and should be the last bastion for righteousness! If it is not, we are doomed!—my addition).

In America today, our culture is quickly crumbling as traditional institutions are weakened and hollowed out from within. We need people of courage and conviction to speak truth to power. People who will challenge the prevailing orthodoxy and speak with a clear voice of resistance. People who will show the rest of society that there is another and better way. In short, we need the Church.

So the question to Christians across the country is, are we willing to speak up? Are we willing to resist, willing to speak truth to power? Will we refuse to render to Caesar that which is God’s, or will we roll over and let government steamroll all we hold dear? Resist the urge to dismiss such questions as paranoid hyperbole. That mistake has been made before. Let us learn a lesson from history and prepare ourselves to stand as defenders of the faith in the face of an antagonistic and increasingly authoritarian cultural and governmental regime.

LifeNews.com Note: Ken Connor is the chairman of the Center for a Just Society and co-author of “Sinful Silence: When Christians Neglect Their Civic Duty.” A pro-life attorney, he was intimately involved in the fight to save Terri Schiavo and is the former president of the Family Research Council.”

The above is why I stopped filing an income tax return in 2010 after the passage of Obamacare, why I write this blog on a 6 day a week basis, and why I am now writing a book entitled The Bold Church of Jesus, the Christ.

In the First Century, the church boldly proclaimed the word of GOD, was led by the HOLY SPIRIT, was persecuted as JESUS had promised would happen, and grew mightily! Christians once again need to stop being the lukewarm church and return to its origins of a bold church led by the SPIRIT! If not, expect much more of the same and even worse!

James 4: 17 (NIV, 1984)

“Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn’t do it, sins.”

Acts 4: 18-20 (NIV, 1984)

“Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or teach at all in the name of Jesus. But Peter and John replied, ‘Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to obey you rather than God. For we cannot help speaking about what we have seen and heard.’”