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From Gettysburg to ObamaCare

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By Dr. Tony Beam.

What does July 1 through July 3, 1863 have in common with March 26 through March 28, 2012? They represent three days over 100 years apart where the United States grappled with what kind of country we are and will be.

The Battle of Gettysburg involved over one hundred and sixty five thousand soldiers with close to fifty one thousand causalities. The country came to death grips on the fields of Pennsylvania over what kind of country would survive. Would we be a country where freedom belonged to every person regardless of his or her skin color? Would we be one country united under one flag or would we splinter into two countries with very different futures?

Gettysburg was the turning point of the Civil War. The war would drag on for close to two more years but after Lee failed in his attempt to invade the North the final outcome was really never in doubt.

Our three days, March 26 through March 28 of 2012, will go down in history as three days at the U.S. Supreme Court where once again, we will decide what kind of country will survive. This time the issue of freedom will not be decided by cannonballs and grapeshot but by nine robed justices. For the first time in American history the court will decide whether or not the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution can be stretched to compel Americans to purchase a product. Will we continue to be a country where we enjoy the freedom to make choices in the marketplace free from government compulsion? Will we survive our current debt crisis or will we enshrine a new entitlement program that will eventually grow into a monster that will consume our economy?

Writing for Fox News Karen Harned cites five key freedoms we will lose if the Supreme Court upholds ObamaCare. “It will strip Americans of the freedoms they hold dear and chisel away their ability to exercise individual liberties and freedoms,” Harned said. In addition to undermining our individual liberties, Harned says, “If the individual mandate is upheld, the Constitution will not protect Americans from any mandate Congress wants to impose.” She’s absolutely right. If Congress can force every American to buy a healthcare plan or pay a penalty what will stop them from forcing every American to buy a car that gets over 50 miles to the gallon or have solar panels installed in their homes? How long will it be before the government decides obesity is a national crisis and dictates that every American has to eat what the government considers to be a healthy diet?

Harned points out the ObamaCare mandate will infringe on the right of individuals to own and operate a small business. “Any benefits of this law are far-outweighed by the infringement and violation of small businesses’ personal liberties and by the government’s over-reach into the day-to-day operations.” Again, Harned is right. Most small businesses will not be able to follow the strict guidelines for insurance coverage for their employees. Faced with the choice of paying a confiscatory fine or provide coverage the owner knows they can’t possibly pay for most small business owners will just throw in the towel. Many more would be entrepreneurs will abandon the dream of operating their own business and simply go to work for someone else. The end result will be fewer jobs and a stifled economy.

Endangered freedom number four on Harned’s list is the freedom to decide what is medically best for our families and businesses. “If ObamaCare is upheld, over half of all Americans would be forced onto some type of government-run health-care by the end of the decade. Elite bureaucrats would be in charge of deciding what medical tests you need or should have based on costs.” This may be the most frightening element of ObamaCare. Right now, you have choices over the quality and the quantity, and the who and the what of your health care. If ObamaCare is declared constitutional those choices will soon pass into the hands of bureaucrats who will be more concerned about collective costs than personal care.

Finally, Harned points out, “ObamaCare is already a significant drag on the nation’s economy and could threaten to sink it even further when the mandate goes into effect in 2014.” The final freedom hanging in the balance is economic freedom. Will we continue to be a country where our children and our grandchildren will have the opportunity to prosper under the freest, most dynamic and productive economy in the world? Or will we extinguish the flame of economic freedom by smothering it under the weight of unsustainable debt?

Three days. In 1863, in the quite Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg, it was three days of bloody battles that decided the future of a country. The Angle stone wall marks what has come to be known as the high water mark of the Confederacy. There the remnants of General Longstreet’s division of Virginians momentarily pushed the Union forces back before reinforcements were brought up to hold the line. The Union army held and ultimately the Union was preserved.

Verbal volleys that will be no less significant than the rifle volleys that decided the Civil War will decide the outcome of our three-day struggle. As in 1863 the eyes of a battle weary populace look once again to an epic battle that will decide the outcome of our nation. Will freedom survive? Will our nation survive the cost of mandated healthcare? Three days should tell the tale.

You can hear Dr. Tony Beam live on Christian Talk 660 weekday mornings from 7:00-9:00 AM (EST) as he is the host of Christian Worldview Today. Visit Dr. Beam’s website at www.tonybeam.com.

Dr. Tony Beam is Vice-President for Student Services and the Director of the Christian Worldview Center at North Greenville University in Tigerville, South Carolina, Dr. Tony Beam received his Master of Divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina, and his Doctor of Ministry from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.

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If I Were the Devil: Paul Harvey – 1965

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This speech was broadcast by legendary ABC Radio commentator Paul Harvey on April 3, 1965:

“If I were the Devil . . . I mean, if I were the Prince of Darkness, I would of course, want to engulf the whole earth in darkness. I would have a third of its real estate and four-fifths of its population, but I would not be happy until I had seized the ripest apple on the tree, so I should set about however necessary to take over the United States. I would begin with a campaign of whispers. With the wisdom of a serpent, I would whisper to you as I whispered to Eve: “Do as you please.” “Do as you please.” To the young, I would whisper, “The Bible is a myth.” I would convince them that man created God instead of the other way around. I would confide that what is bad is good, and what is good is “square”. In the ears of the young marrieds, I would whisper that work is debasing, that cocktail parties are good for you. I would caution them not to be extreme in religion, in patriotism, in moral conduct. And the old, I would teach to pray. I would teach them to say after me: “Our Father, which art in Washington” . . .

If I were the devil, I’d educate authors in how to make lurid literature exciting so that anything else would appear dull an uninteresting. I’d threaten T.V. with dirtier movies and vice versa. And then, if I were the devil, I’d get organized. I’d infiltrate unions and urge more loafing and less work, because idle hands usually work for me. I’d peddle narcotics to whom I could. I’d sell alcohol to ladies and gentlemen of distinction. And I’d tranquilize the rest with pills. If I were the devil, I would encourage schools to refine yound intellects but neglect to discipline emotions . . . let those run wild. I would designate an athiest to front for me before the highest courts in the land and I would get preachers to say “she’s right.” With flattery and promises of power, I could get the courts to rule what I construe as against God and in favor of pornography, and thus, I would evict God from the courthouse, and then from the school house, and then from the houses of Congress and then, in His own churches I would substitute psychology for religion, and I would deify science because that way men would become smart enough to create super weapons but not wise enough to control them.

If I were Satan, I’d make the symbol of Easter an egg, and the symbol of Christmas, a bottle. If I were the devil, I would take from those who have and I would give to those who wanted, until I had killed the incentive of the ambitious. And then, my police state would force everybody back to work. Then, I could separate families, putting children in uniform, women in coal mines, and objectors in slave camps. In other words, if I were Satan, I’d just keep on doing what he’s doing.

Paul Harvey, Good Day.”

CFA Editor’s note… “and so Satan inspired a group of atheists to write the Humanist Manifestos as a guide to implement his devilish plot, retained a group of Marxist lawyers to form a legal attack team called the Anti-Christian Legal Unit to begin taking away America’s Bill of Rights, then he possessed a group of ungodly justices on the Supreme Court to not uphold the Constitution, but bypass it by legislating from the bench, and then Satan turned the Public School system into into indoctrination centers where the doctrines of ungodly Secular Humanism are used to brainwash several successive generations, and here we are today, right where Paul Harvey predicted we would be.”

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Annual Awareness Event for Friends of MANNA Ministries, Inc.

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Dear Friends & Prayer Partners…

I can hardly wait for March 30, 2012 to get here. That, of course, is the date of our “Annual Friends of MANNA Ministries, Inc. Banquet.” I look forward to it for a number of reasons. We get to sit down and fellowship together around a delicious meal and then, of course, I always plan some of the best singing that you are going to be able to hear any place. We will have testimonies from people who have been saved in this last year, as well as those who were already saved, but will give testimony to the wonderful grace and great power of God. I then will look forward to sharing a short message with you about what God is doing in these days. Believe me, God is doing a lot in these days. Who is invited to attend? Everyone! It is an open invitation for anyone that would like to attend for them to attend. In fact, the more the better. Because we can not provide child-care we would ask that only adults attend. This would be a great weekend to attend the banquet and spend some time in Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge and the Smoky Mountains. I will really be disappointed if I don’t see you there.

I made mention of the wonderful grace and the great power of God in the previous paragraph. Let me give testimony of what I have witnessed in February.

Pictured above is a beautiful family along with two guest who are friends of the two children. All were saved on Sunday morning, February 11, 2012, at Bethlehem Baptist Church, Hazel Green, AL. They were 6 of the 32 that were saved of Sunday morning with an additional 20 saved on Saturday night at the Sportsman’s Banquet. There were 52 on the weekend saved. What an incredible movement of God.

Russell and Rhonda Benoit were 2 of the 15 saved at First Baptist Church, Sulphur, LA on Sunday morning, February 5, 2012. I will be back in that great church beginning Sunday, May 20, 2012, for a full revival.

On Friday night, February 24, 2012, I witnessed 59 people saved at a Wildgame Dinner sponsored by the Chipola Baptist Association located at the Eastside Baptist Church, Marianna, FL. Think of that, 59 people saved in one service who came primarily to eat deer, alligator and wild hog. Then on Sunday morning there were 2 young men saved in the One Day Revival service at Eastside Baptist Church for a total of 61 for the weekend.

I have to be one of the most blessed people on the face of this earth to see all the people saved that I see. Isn’t God so good. Just think of your investment. I go because there are people that give and because of your gift you have a great part of the greatest work this side of heaven by enlarging the Kingdom of God. As always, we are providing an envelope for you to write a check to MANNA Ministries, Inc. with you investment in the Kingdom work. Just as everybody is invited to the banquet, everybody is invited to have a part in MANNA Ministries, Inc.

If you would like to invest in a soul-winning ministry that reaches in excess of 3,000 people per year, you can do so by going to www.mannaministriesinc.weebly.com and follow the instructions for online giving or you can use paypal for MANNA Ministries, Inc. or mail it USPS to MANNA Ministries, Inc., PO Box 4037, Maryville, TN 37802-4037. Please make it payable to MANNA Ministries, Inc. and thank you for you prayers and financial support,

Sincerely,

Morris Anderson

MANNA Ministries, Inc.
President & Founder, Dr. Morris L. Anderson, Evangelist
Sponsor of Morris Anderson Outdoors
PO Box 4037; Maryville, TN  37802-4037
Phone: 865.984.6982
Email: morrisanderson@bellsouth.net
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Chuck’s Annual Reading List

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By Chuck Baldwin
March 22, 2012

It’s time for my annual suggested reading list column. First, here are a couple of maxims about reading in general. “Leaders are readers.” And, “A man is the sum total of the people he associates with and the books he reads.” Accordingly, here are books that I have recently read, that I am currently reading, or that are on my short list of books soon to read.

“Romans 13: The True Meaning of Submission”
By Tim Baldwin and Chuck Baldwin

This is a blockbuster book co-authored by my constitutional attorney son and me. It exposes the fallacy of the “Obey-the-government-no-matter-what” interpretation of Romans chapter 13. I am absolutely convinced that if enough Christian ministers and churchmen truly understood the true meaning of Romans 13, they could change the course and direction of our country. If you don’t read any other book this year (beside the Bible, of course,) I strongly encourage you to read this book. You can find it online here:

http://www.romans13truth.com/

Life of Washington
“A rare, faith-filled, historic biography of America’s first President, George Washington. Originally published in 1842.”
By Anna C. Reed

War Is A Racket
By Brigadier General Smedley D. Butler

Every American should read this classic. I try to stay reminded of General Butler’s wisdom by reading his book every year or two.

Boston’s Gun Bible
By Boston T. Party

A terrific manual on the Second Amendment, shooting, guns, self-defense, etc. Every American who claims to love liberty should read the chapter entitled “How To Become A Rifleman.” That chapter alone is worth the price of the book.

Patriots
“A Novel of Survival in the Coming Collapse”
By James Wesley, Rawles

This is a book that I whole-heartily recommend. This just might be the quintessential book on survival, preparedness, and the political, social, and military science behind it.

*Lex Rex, or The Law and the Prince
By Samuel Rutherford (1600 – March 20, 1661)

*Two Books on the Elements of Universal Jurisprudence By Samuel Pufendorf (January 8, 1632 – October 13, 1694)

*The Rights of War and Peace
By Hugo Grotius (April 10, 1583 – August 28, 1645)

*On The Law Of War And Peace
By Hugo Grotius

*The Law of Nations
Emer de Vattel (April 25, 1714 – December 28, 1767)

*Discourses Concerning Government
Algernon Sidney (January 14 or 15, 1623 – December 7, 1683)

*Second Treatise of Government
By John Locke (August 29, 1632 – October 28, 1704)

This is another one that I try to read every year.

*Among others, these seven classics are books that our Founding Fathers read. They provide scriptural, historical, philosophical, moral, and political principles necessary to the understanding of American law, jurisprudence, and constitutional government. Caution: reading these books may turn one into a patriot in the similitude of Washington, Henry, and Jefferson. The books can be obtained very reasonably, but, if you have to, sell your clothes to get them. But, be advised, you will not be able to read these books quickly; and you must be prepared to rethink virtually everything you’ve been taught in school, read in newspapers, or watched on television.

They Preached Liberty
“An anthology of timely quotations from New England ministers of the American Revolution on the subject of liberty: its source, nature, obligations, types, and blessings.”
Edited by Franklin P. Cole

I wish every preacher in America would read this book, and also these next two:

Political Sermons of the American Founding Era, 1730-1805 Edited by Ellis Sandoz

The Battle of Lexington
“A Sermon and Eyewitness Narrative”
By Jonas Clark, Pastor, Church of Lexington Originally Titled: The Fate of Blood-Thirsty Oppressors and God’s Tender Care of His Distressed People

Here is the eyewitness account of the man who led the Minutemen as they fired the “shot heard ’round the world” on Lexington Green and later at Concord Bridge. The Minutemen were comprised mostly of the male congregants of Clark’s Church of Lexington. You haven’t been told that in your modern history books or by your church pastor, have you? Read the book.

The Art Of The Rifle
By Jeff Cooper

[George] Patton’s Principles
“A Handbook for Managers Who Mean It!”
By Porter B. Williamson

This is another book I try to read every year or so.

Hitler’s Cross
“The revealing story of how the Cross of Christ was used as a symbol of the Nazi agenda.”
By Erwin W. Lutzer

As I have said many times, this is a book that everyone needs to read. I have personally recommended this book to hundreds of people. Get this book!

The Federal Siege At Ruby Ridge
By Randy and Sara Weaver

The siege against the Weaver home in Northern Idaho by federal police agencies (along with the siege against the Branch Davidians outside Waco, Texas) is without a doubt one of the most egregious examples of federal abuse of power in the history of the United States. I had studied the siege when it occurred back in 1992, but until I read the first-person account by the Weavers themselves, I did not have the full picture of what actually took place. Regardless of what one thinks of Randy Weaver and his personal, political, and social views, he and his family are American citizens, and to have happen to them what happened is both a personal nightmare and a national disgrace. Pray you don’t ever have to endure what they did. But since no federal officer who participated in the murder of a mother and her teenage son at Ruby Ridge, Idaho, was ever brought to justice, don’t think for one minute that it cannot happen to you. I wept all the way through this book.

The Pilgrim’s Progress
By John Bunyan

This is the immortal book that has sold more copies worldwide than any other book, with the exception of the Holy Bible. A timeless treasure that every Christian should read.

Death By Government
By R. J. Rummel

Read this and you will discover that John Dillinger, Al Capone, and Bonnie and Clyde were rank amateurs.

John Wayne: The Man Behind The Myth
By Michael Munn

A wonderful read about Hollywood’s most famous and enduring legend. John Wayne’s face and name are more recognized around the world than any other American, living or dead. FYI, my favorite John Wayne movies are: True Grit, Sands of Iwo Jima, The Alamo, The Green Berets, She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, The Searchers, and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.

A Foreign Policy Of Freedom
“Peace, Commerce, And Honest Friendship”
By Congressman Ron Paul

The Law
By Frederic Bastiat

This is another classic that needs to be read every year.

Vindiciae, Contra Tyrannos
Or Concerning The Legitimate Power Of A Prince Over The People, And Of The People Over The Prince Edited by George Garnett

This is another must-read for all freedom lovers.

The Black Book Of Communism
By Stephane Courtois, Nicolas Werth, Jean-Louis Panne, Andrzej Paczkowski, Karel Bartosek, and Jean-Louis Margolin

This is the most definitive and comprehensive book I have ever found on the history and fallout of communism all over the world.

There you have it, fellow patriots: my suggested reading list for 2012. Whatever we do this year, let’s read a few good books!

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Defy the Illegitimate

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By Coach Dave Daubenmire
Originally Published on NewsWithViews.com
Reprinted with Permission of the author

The most common use of the term “bastard” refers to a child who is born from illegitimate means. Marriage is what makes a child “legitimate.” Any child produced outside of a legal-marriage was once considered “illegitimate” because he/she was not under the authority of a father.

Illegitimacy is destroying America. A father-less generation of children is roaming the streets of America in search of authority. Recent statistics show that over 40% of all babies born in America are bastards.

To many of those children, government becomes the father. We have seen the effects that “government-parenthood” has had on this nation. A government-paycheck does not a father make.

But the larger issue is that our Federal Government has become bastardized. At its origin, the Federal Government was the birth-child of the thirteen colonies. “We the People of the United States” gave birth to the Federal Government, and, as Thomas Jefferson said, tied it “down with the chains of the Constitution.”

Follow me now. The Federal Government was the birth child of the U.S. Constitution. The Constitution was the spawn of the Declaration of Independence. The Declaration received its authority from the elected representatives of the thirteen States who gathered at Independence Hall in Philadelphia and signed it. Those elected representatives received their authority from the individual citizens in the independent states. The individual-citizens were endowed with the authority as a birthright from their Creator. The Creator was, and still is, the ultimate authority over the individual. He IS the Father of all.

Today, our “government” is a bastard-child. It has usurped authority that it has no claim to. In our system of self-government, the Federal Government is chained down by the Constitution. The first sentence of the Preamble to the Constitution identifies the authority structure. “We the People of the United States…”

All government authority in the United States emanates from God, the granter of all rights, through the people, the recipients of all rights, to the government, the protector of all rights. But a coup has taken place in America. The “government” has been “emancipated” from the constraints of the Father. A government that no longer answers to the legitimate authority has become a “bastard” child.

That is what identifies a bastard…a child with no legitimate authority figure. The Federal Government is a “bastard” because it no longer comes under the authority of its Father.

Look at what is going on in Washington. Because we no longer recognize from were governmental authority comes, our three branches of government have lost sight of their legitimate purpose. Our Founders gave us three branches of government based on Isaiah 33:22 For the Lord is our JUDGE, the Lord is our LAWGIVER, the Lord is our KING; He will save us.

Our government is out of control. It has become an unruly step-child. Just like a family, the authority must be established under the headship of the Father. Only the “Father” can give government, and its voice, legitimacy.

Because of my efforts in working with the Personhood movement I constantly hear Roe V Wade referenced as a reason not to put it on the ballot. The Pro-Life movement lives in fear of the Supreme Court and their bastardized-authority. It is time the courts came under authority of the Father.

A Supreme Court decision is not law. It is merely an “opinion” issued by a “court.” Roe V Wade is not the “Law of the Land,” as we are so often told.

Legislatures make laws and courts offer opinions on those laws. Currently in America, Abortion is illegal in 44 States. Right now, according to the laws in Ohio, abortion is illegal. A Supreme Court “opinion” cannot overturn a legitimate law. We just think it does. It is time for the State of Ohio to reclaim its legal authority and declare abortion illegal within our borders. It is time for the states to defy the bastards.

In 2005 in the case of Gonzales v Raich the Supreme Court opined that medical use of marijuana was illegal in all fifty states. You heard me right. The “law of the land” regarding marijuana is that it is illegal. Yet currently, there are sixteen states that permit the medical use of marijuana.

On September 21, 1996 President Bill Clinton signed into law, the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), defining marriage as a union between one man and one woman. Federal courts all across this nation have upheld the legality of the law. Yet today, six states permit homosexual marriage. Just last year theObama administration said that it would no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act, in clear violation of established law.

I could go on. The Federal Government and the Federal Courts are operating with illegitimate authority. It is a perfect example of the children telling the parents what to do.

And it will only get worse. It is time for the states to defy the bastards!! It is our only hope of surviving as a free nation.

In Worchester v Georgia 1832 President Andrew Jackson received an unfavorable ruling from the John Marshall-led Supreme Court. His legendary response was “John Marshall has made his decision; now let him enforce it!” Still today, the Supreme Court has no enforcement powers for its illegitimate rulings. In a later writing President Jackson went on to say,“…the decision of the Supreme Court has fell still born, and they find that they cannot coerce Georgia to yield to its mandate.”

The Constitution is under assault because our government is a bastardized-entity that has divorced itself from the “laws of Nature and of Nature’s God.” Without the foundations of the Scriptures to stand upon, our entire Federal Government has its feet firmly planted in thin air…

In 1803 in Marbury v Madison the SCOTUS declared “a law repugnant to the Constitution is null and void.” That still holds true today.

The courts have told us in the past that:

• Black men were 3/5 of a human being
• Separate but equal was constitutional.
• Women had no right to vote.

Today they want to tell us that:

• The right to bear arms is not absolute.
• The right to privacy no longer applies to individuals.
• Freedom of speech, religion, and assembly are conditional.
• The Right to Life applies only to “wanted” children.

Can you trust the courts to protect your rights? What if they don’t? I say it is time to defy the bastards. Our children’s future depends on it. Let’s recriminalize abortion in Ohio.

Thomas Jefferson, who authored the Declaration, said this, “The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.” And this “Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God.”

This nation was birthed in rebellion. Jesus’ death was a result of rebellion against illegitimate authority. The Apostle Paul wrote nearly two-thirds of the New Testament, much of it from jail, in rebellion against illegitimate religious authority. Peter said “We ought to obey God rather than man.” We are not the first people to have been in this predicament.

Ultimately, that is a decision that we are all going to have to make. At what point does a man stand up and say “enough is enough?”

Aye. Fight and you may die. Run, and you’ll live. At least awhile… And dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willing to trade all the days from this day to that for one chance — just one chance — to come back here and tell our enemies that they make take our lives, but they’ll never take our freedom!! -Braveheart

Last week the Federal Government seized ALL power over the lives of individual Americans. Now they can lock you up without charges, kill you if the President thinks you are a danger to America, arrest you for picketing out side an event where an elected official is present, and force you to pay for things that are in direct conflict with your conscience.

“Educate and inform the whole mass of the people… They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.” -Thomas Jefferson.

Are you willing to trust the governance of your liberties to those who cannot govern themselves?

The battle for liberty will be fought in the individual states, not in the White House. Instead of putting all of our eggs in the 2012 presidential basket, it is imperative that we focus instead on what is going on in our own back yard.

The States created the Federal Government. The only power they have over us is the power we give unto them. Those in Washington DC no longer represent “the people.”

If we go down, let’s go down, standing up. It is time for the states to defy the bastards!

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© 2012 Dave Daubenmire – All Rights Reserved

Coach Dave Daubenmire

Coach Dave Daubenmire, founder and President of Pass The Salt Ministries www.ptsalt.com and Minutemen Unitedwww.minutemenunited.org, is host of the high octane Pass The Salt radio show heard in Columbus, Ohio.

In 1999 Coach Daubenmire was sued by the ACLU for praying with his teams while coaching high school in Ohio. He now spends his energy fighting for Christian principles in the public domain.

E-Mail: coach@ptsalt.com

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The Brotherhood Of The Free

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By Chuck Baldwin
March 15, 2012

One of my all-time favorite pieces of literature is this section from Friedrich Schiller’s William Tell:

“By this fair light which greeteth us, before
Those other nations, that, beneath us far,
In noisome cities pent, draw painful breath,
Swear we the oath of our confederacy!
A band of brothers true we swear to be,
Never to part in danger or in death!

“We swear we will be free as were our sires,
And sooner die than live in slavery!

“We swear, to put our trust in God Most High,
And not to quail before the might of man!”

Another personal favorite is the St. Crispin’s Day speech from Shakespeare’s Henry V:

“This story shall the good man teach his son;
And Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by,
From this day to the ending of the world,
But we in it shall be remembered.

“We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he today that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother, be he ne’er so vile.
This day shall gentle his condition.

“And gentlemen in England now-a-bed
Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here,
And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks
That fought with us upon Saint Crispin’s day.”

Schiller and Shakespeare called it “Band of Brothers.” The Apostle Peter called it “Brotherhood.” (I Peter 2:17) Call it what you will: without it, no cause will prevail. And that is one of the biggest problems we face in America today: there is very little brotherhood among brothers.

No, not all brothers are part of the brotherhood. The Scripture acknowledges this in Proverbs 18:24, “There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.” And again in Proverbs 27:10, “Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother afar off.” A brother that doesn’t “stick close” is certainly not part of the brotherhood. Neither is a brother that is “afar off.”

The sad truth is, even in the vast majority of churches, brotherhood is virtually unknown. Sitting in a church congregation is no more indicative of brotherhood than sitting in a crowded football stadium. In fact, there might even be MORE brotherhood at a football game than there is in the average church today.

Churches today are literally eaten up with malice, jealousy, gossip, slander, backbiting, faultfinding, ad infinitum. (But the same is true with other establishment organizations as well.) For all intents and purposes, today’s churches make a mockery of all that Jesus taught regarding Christian love and brotherhood. On the whole, it simply does not exist today.

This past Sunday, I delivered a message simply entitled, “Brotherhood.” I encourage readers to watch or download this message at:

http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/redirection2/go2/?WPNTHJ

For the sake of this column, and for the freedom movement especially, let me issue a clarion call for all of us who call ourselves Patriots. It is absolutely critical that we recognize The Brotherhood of the Free.

After signing the Declaration of Independence, Benjamin Franklin said, “We must hang together, or we most assuredly will hang separately.” How right he was!

Our patriot-forebears, this “Band of Brothers,” were as diverse a group of men as would ever be found. They represented virtually every Christian denomination that existed in Colonial America. They also included men who identified with no Christian church or denomination. While most of our Founding Fathers were Christians, not all of them were. But they all joined shoulder-to-shoulder in the fight for liberty and independence. Christians were fighting for the freedom to worship God as they pleased, and non-Christians were fighting for the freedom to not worship God if they pleased. But both fought side-by-side for freedom. Why do Christians today have such a blind spot in this regard?

It doesn’t matter that Mitt Romney is a Mormon, or that Newt Gingrich is a Catholic, or that Rick Santorum is a Catholic. What matters is that not one of them is part of The Brotherhood of the Free. Not one of them has a clue as to what the real principles of liberty and constitutional government are all about. Not one of them recognizes the New World Order, the emerging police state, or the foolhardiness of perpetual war–whatever church they attend notwithstanding!

And that’s the problem with most of our Christian “brothers”: They just don’t get it! And when push comes to shove, most of them will join with the forces of darkness in persecuting real Patriots and freedom lovers. Don’t believe it? Look at how they are treating Ron Paul.

Say what you want about Ron Paul, he is an elder statesman in The Brotherhood of the Free. Ron Paul is in the Brotherhood. He knows what’s going on. He sees the danger. He cares about liberty. He understands the Constitution. He is my brother in the fight!

Do I agree with Dr. Paul about every issue? No! We will never agree with our fellow Patriots about every single issue–neither should we have to. We agree on the basics. We each love liberty and independence. We believe in constitutional government. We despise globalism, corporatism, socialism, and fascism. We recognize a police state when we see it. We recognize the right of free moral beings to make their own personal moral choices. As Christians, we know that only Christ can change the hearts (and thereby, the conduct) of men–NOT GOVERNMENT!

Does anyone find it more than interesting that men such as John Adams, Sam Adams, and George Washington joined with Benjamin Franklin in signing the Declaration of Independence? The Adams boys and Mr. Washington were well known far and wide as men of intense piety and personal morality, while Mr. Franklin was known by everyone to be an incurable ladies man–even in his old age. If John and Sam and George would have behaved as so-called Christians do today, they would have said, “If Ben is signing this document, count me out!” But there they were, side-by-side, shoulder-to-shoulder, fighting for liberty and independence.

I, too, will gladly stand with my fellows in The Brotherhood of the Free. It doesn’t mean that I approve of all that they do. It doesn’t mean that I believe all that they believe. But it does mean as long as they are part of the Brotherhood and are willing to fight for the principles of liberty, I will stand with them!

Joining Ron Paul are thousands of men and women who should be recognized as part of this noble Brotherhood. As did our Founding Fathers, we come from varied walks of life, varied religious persuasions, varied belief systems, etc., but we all share a love of liberty and independence that burns deeply in our breasts.

Accordingly, I am glad to stand with (and to have stood with) Patriots such as Montana State Legislator Rick Jore, John McManus, Dr. Stan Montieth, Howard Phillips, Larry Pratt, Paul Walter, Herb Titus, Bill Olson, Ed Vieira, Judge Darrell White, Judge Andrew Napolitano, Pat Buchanan, Chelene Nightingale, Charley Reese, Scott Bradley, Joel Skousen, Tom DeWeese, Ezola Foster, Sheriff Richard Mack, Alex Jones, Governor Jesse Ventura, Sam Bushman, the late Congresswoman Helen Chenoweth-Hage, the late William Shearer, the late Joseph Sobran, the late George Putnam, and thousands like them.

My dear fellow Patriots, we are part of a Brotherhood. As Franklin said, “We must hang together.” If we do, the cause of liberty will prevail. If we do not, the cause of liberty will most assuredly perish.

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Today’s Pastors are ‘Lip Service’ Pastors

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This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.-Matt.15:8

“Talk is cheap.” Heard regularly on athletic fields across America.

I better warn you. You have walked in during one of my rants. You might be better off if you just turned and walked out the same way you entered.

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out…

I am sick and tired of the Christian-weenies. The cowardice of the average American Christian male is disheartening.

There is a difference you know…between a male and a man. The nation is peppered with Christian males, but you will look long and hard before you set your eyes on a Christian MAN. Male by birth, man by choice.

We are in the mess we are in because of it…the lack of Christian men. The “war on women’ is all of the rage in the media during this election season. But a war on manhood has been going on for at least two-generations.

The other day a friend of mine wanted to introduce me to a guy he had recently met. “You’ll love him Coach. He is a man’s man.”

I didn’t have to ask him what he meant by that description. He knew, and I knew, what a “man’s man” really is. They are rare today…especially in the church. Most are passive men, neutered and gelded by the feminization of the culture.

The average “man’s man” wants nothing to do with church. As a man once lamented to me after having heard me speak, “I have been fighting to hang on to my balls ever since I walked the aisle.”

Even worse, the average pastor has no idea what to do with a man’s man. Most are looking for “Yes” men who obediently follow the lead of their shepherd. The last thing they want to deal with is a boat-rocker, one who makes waves inside the pastor’s “love boat.”

I find it revealing that the most popular Christian film of the year isCourageous. Finally, some one is realizing that Christian testosterone is a good thing.

Nothing has contributed more to the demise of America than the “metro-sexualization” of the American male.

Our churches are the worst. From moussed-haired, skinny-jeaned, metro-sexual “worship pastors,” to insolated and isolated mega-church “Preaching Pastors,” they are sissified males who model a pacified, effeminized version of Jesus.

At a time when our pulpits need testosterone-filled Ted Nugents we get estrogen-loving Teddy Bears. It is no wonder the “saltless church” is getting its butt kicked all across this nation.

They talk a good game….give lip service…but very few are willing to walk the talk. They are deceived, ignorant, or cowardly. None of the three is acceptable for a leader. Most have traded their backbone for a wishbone. Wishing ain’t much of a plan when at war.

Sorry if I don’t sound very “Christian,” but our leadership sucks. The pulpits of America are filled with man-pleasers who are striving to do all they can to appease their customers.

Their real job is to train, equip, and mobilize their “flock” for the work of the ministry. They have done a putrid job. They are weak role models, displaying a weak, compromising Savior.

They love to visit the hospital to pray with the “saints,” but they are MIA on the battle field where the saints are being destroyed.

Jesus said “Be of good cheer, for I have overcome the World.”That’s a pretty big deal to me. He overcame so that we could overcome as well. “Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done ON EARTH, as it is in heaven.”

Why are we so afraid to do His will? Why are we so afraid to exhort others to do the same? Why are we so willing to go down without a fight? Why are we so afraid to confront evil?

Passive leaders. Instead of God’s Generals we get God’s Nursemaids. What leader worth his salt would want to keep his troops dependant on him for his daily struggles? Why haven’t our pulpits raised up men who will raise up other men? Duplication of oneself is the greatest demonstration of leadership.

Instead of reproducing leaders, we are reproducing followers. Instead of men, we have geldings.

I have heard from men who want to come to my Spiritual Bootcamp…but they first have to get their pastor’s approval. Can you believe this crap? For heaven’s sake GROW UP!! It is time you were weaned off of your pastor’s milk! He should be pushing you out the door…no wait…leading you out the door! Put on your big-boy pants, fellas.

Can I cut to the chase? Our “church system” is producing passive men. They claim to “serve the Lord” yet they bow to every un-Godly authority that crosses their path. Lip service. It reminds me of my dog hanging his head out of the car window. It’s all just lips flapping in the wind.

Should we “obey God or man?” We all know the answer to that question. But Christian men cower in the corner, sucking off of the pastor’s teat, while the very future of their children hangs in the balance.

What a sick, pathetic army we are…paralyzed by fear…hiding from the enemy…depending on the wishbone rather than they backbone. First-century Christians used the Gospel to turn the world upside down. The Black-Robed Regiment led the fight for American Independence. The Greatest Generation saved the world from Hitler. Today’s men are sitting in padded pews, at least when not looking at Porn.

The men lived in different times, fought different battles, and overcame different obstacles. They used the same Bible, but today we have a different Gospel. At some point we traded the True Gospel for a gospel of appeasement? It is time for us to man-up

Look at the pathetic response from the Catholic Church over birth control. Instead of Bishops and their flocks surrounding the Capitol and demanding someone reign-in the Communist who reigns over us, we watch them grovel at the feet of the political system begging for “our rights.”

“Please Mr. Obama; may I have another cup of porridge?”

We have yielded our schools to the enemies of the cross. We have permitted the slaughter of the innocent in the security of their mother’s womb. We have sat in our churches and sucked on the nipple while they have legalized the deviant in the name of liberty. We have “prayed for our leaders” while our tax-dollar have been used to submerge a crucifix in urine. They have attacked public prayer, public religious expression, and all manner of God-given free exercise of faith.

“Please Mr. Obama; may I have another cup of porridge?”

We are nothing more than sniffling, powerless, pampered, pabulum eating, weak-kneed off-spring of the King of Kings. I question if most of them are even saved.

Wake up Christian!! The same Spirit that raised Christ from the dead dwells inside your mortal body!! It is time to come out of the closet.

I look at my precious 16-month grand-daughter and wonder what un-spoken horror she might have to go through because of the cowardice of her “Grampy’s” generation.

He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son. But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death. -Rev. 21:7-8.

Interesting, isn’t it? The first sinner that the Lord identifies is the fearful. No wonder the world is marching all over the church.

“Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.” -Luke 21

Whistling past the graveyard, that’s what our pulpits are teaching. Man-pleasers, hiding from evil, ashamed of the Gospel…lambs for the slaughter.

It’s all just lip service…empty words…“Full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

“Please Mr. Obama, may I have some freedom?”

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Coach Dave Daubenmire, founder and President of Pass The Salt Ministries www.ptsalt.com and Minutemen Unitedwww.minutemenunited.org, is host of the high octane Pass The Salt radio show heard in Columbus, Ohio.

In 1999 Coach Daubenmire was sued by the ACLU for praying with his teams while coaching high school in Ohio. He now spends his energy fighting for Christian principles in the public domain.

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Status Quo Has To Go

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By Chuck Baldwin
March 8, 2012

A few weeks ago, I said in this column, “It is far more important who is elected as your governor than who is elected President. It is far more important who is elected as your State attorney general than who is appointed US attorney general. It is far more important who is elected to your State legislature than who is elected to the US House and Senate. It is far more important who is elected as your sheriff than who is appointed as the Director of the FBI. But if all you watch is FOX News, CNN, NBC, CBS, and ABC, you will be mesmerized with national politics, and you will forget about that which is the most important defender of our liberties: our individual state governments. In fact, in many cases today, our State and local governments are as abusive of our liberties as is the federal government. This is mainly due to the inattention and misunderstanding of the People as to the importance of electing local and State leaders who will accept, as their first responsibility, the maintenance of liberty for the people they represent. And by nature, that means being a faithful watchdog to the incursions of the federal government against our freedoms.”

See my column at: http://chuckbaldwinlive.com/home/?p=4471

I can’t stress enough that our liberties will be won or lost at the State level. All of the evil machinations that spew forth from that Cesspool By The Potomac would have absolutely no bearing upon or authority over our lives without the approbation of our State leaders. If our states had governors like Patrick Henry and State legislators and senators like Samuel Adams today, Washington, D.C., would not be the obnoxious bully that it is.

And let’s face it: some states are better positioned to reclaim their lawful jurisdictional authority than other states. Furthermore, I am personally convinced that all it would take would be for three or four states to draw their “line in the sand” and a host–maybe even a majority–of other states would quickly follow suit. And I further believe that my home State of Montana is uniquely poised to be one of those states.

The problem in Montana, however, is similar to that of most states: the “good-old-boy,” “politics-as-usual,” “scratch-my-back-and-I’ll-scratch-yours” politicians are ensconced in the State political infrastructure. And it’s going to take some political dynamite to blast them out! And that dynamite is a courageous constitutionalist (or better yet, a host of courageous constitutionalists) who is not afraid to take on these arrogant elitists and restore the principles of liberty to their states. In short, the status quo has to go!

And I want to let readers know that there is an epic battle underway right now in Montana that is both a microcosm and precursor of the battle that is raging nationally. In fact, this political duel might be the most important fight in the State of Montana this year. And because of Montana’s leadership in the national fight for freedom, it must be regarded as one of the most important political duels in the country.

I’m talking about the race for Montana State Senate District Three. The incumbent is the personification of the word RINO. This neocon is the bane of liberty and constitutional government. In fact, he is quoted as having told a gathering of local Republicans a few days ago, “We are NOT constitutionalists; we are NOT freedom-fighters.” Pray tell, Senator, if you are not willing to support and defend the Constitution, if you are not willing to support and defend freedom, what in Hades are you doing in public office?

This man comes from a long-established Montanan family with a good reputation in the State. Unfortunately, he has used that reputation to vault himself to the State senate. Name the issue and this Big Government toady is on the wrong side of it. He’s on the wrong side of the Second Amendment issue; he’s on the wrong side of the life issue; he’s on the wrong side of the less government and less taxes issue; he’s on the wrong side of the right to work issue; he’s on the wrong side of the State sovereignty issue; and he’s on the wrong side of the right of parents to educate their children via private or Christian education or homeschooling issue. And adding insult to injury, if this man is reelected this year, he will, in all likelihood, be elected Senate President, which means he will use his incredible power and influence to kill most of the good legislation that many of the noble house members and senators will bring forth next legislative term–not to mention the scores of RINOs and neocons that he will help place in key political positions around the State. This man simply must be defeated in the Republican primary, which takes place this June.

And the good news is that there is a courageous constitutionalist who is running against this neocon Neanderthal. His name is Rollan Roberts II. I’ve known Rollan for many years, and I can tell you that Rollan is as straight as a gun barrel on every single constitutional issue facing us today. He’s straight on the Second Amendment issue; he’s straight on the life issue; he’s straight on the private and Christian education and homeschooling issue; he’s straight on the State sovereignty issue; he’s straight on the constitutional government issue; he’s straight on the right to work issue; and he’s straight on the less government and less taxes issue. Rollan has the grit and determination of Ron Paul; he has the business acumen of Steve Forbes; and he has the look and polish of Ronald Reagan. Rollan Roberts is the real deal!

As you can imagine, Rollan is going up against a political MACHINE. These elitists have already attempted to threaten and intimidate Rollan by using very graphic language. They are making it their reason for getting up in the morning to defeat Rollan in the primary election. They know what is at stake. If Rollan can beat this Big Government elitist, their plans to dominate the State senate and thwart the noble efforts of the many constitutionalists, which are in the Montana House of Representatives, will be set back for years to come.

For all intents and purposes, Rollan has two months (sixty days) to win this senate seat. You see, a large number of Montanans vote via mail-in ballot, and these ballots are distributed on the first of May. So, Rollan has the months of March and April to upset this elitist RINO. And I’m telling you: Rollan has a VERY GOOD CHANCE of succeeding. A lot of Montanans see through his opponent and are working and praying for Rollan’s success.

I am asking all of my readers, if you believe in constitutional government, if you believe in State sovereignty, if you want to help a man who is uniquely poised to make a difference, not only in the State of Montana, but in the entire country as well, please consider helping Rollan Roberts II win this State senate seat. If every reader sends a $20 contribution to Rollan’s election campaign, this just might put him over the top. Will you help?

Rollan’s campaign website is:  http://www.rr2senate.com

Again, time is of the essence! Rollan only has two months to win this race. If he wins the primary, he will most assuredly win the general election in November, as this senate district is heavily Republican. In fact, as of this writing, I haven’t even heard of a Democrat who has filed for this seat.

Will you prayerfully consider helping Rollan Roberts? If I didn’t know this man as I do, I would not use this column to ask readers to support him.

Ladies and gentlemen, when we find good constitutionalists who are running for public office, we need to do everything we can to support them. If you know of such people who are running for public office in your State and community, please support them. As I said, our liberties will be won or lost at the State level!

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Let the Sparks Fly

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By Coach Dave Daubenmire
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“Evil is like a shadow–it has no real substance of its own, it is simply a lack of light. You cannot cause a shadow to disappear by trying to fight it, stamp on it, by railing against it, or any other form of emotional or physical resistance. In order to cause a shadow to disappear, you must shine light on it.” - Shakti Gawain

Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend. -Prov. 27:17

Why do we feel like we have to apologize for speaking the truth?

Perhaps I am from the old-school, but I think we are supposed to apologize when we are un-truthful. Lying. That is what my parents taught me to apologize for.

But everything is upside down in America. Good is evil…evil is good. Black is white…white is black.

“Woe to those who call good evil and evil good.”

We are apologizing for the wrong things, and I am sick and tired of it.

It reminds me of the time when I used to teach “troubled” kids. In truth, they were rebellious, unregenerate, and of their father the devil. That is what I told them.

But they had been told that they had “special needs.” Most of them could have been straightened out by a little love and the “board of education.” Their “behavior” was their disability. They needed to be taught to respect authority, but, of course, that wasn’t permissible.

“I have a learning disability” one of the punks said to me one day.

“Yeah, I know.” I responded. “Your disability is that you are proud of what you should be ashamed of and ashamed of what you should be proud of.

I used tough-love on those kids. I was harsh. I spoke the truth to them. I made them responsible for their behavior. I restored their dignity. To this day, those “troubled kids”, now adults, would run through a wall for me.

That’s what truth does for people. It sets them free. Truth empowers the soul. Only by facing the truth of their condition can they ever truly be healed.

That doesn’t mean I never wished I had said something differently. Many times I could have delivered the truth in a more palatable way, but more often than not, the truth is hard to swallow no matter how much you sugar-coat it.

I have never once in my life apologized for speaking the truth. Never have, never will.

(Read some of the emails I receive and you will see what I mean.)

We, those of us who are not afraid to speak the truth, are rapidly disappearing. At a time when straight-talking is more needed than ever, very few are willing to take the heat.

It is time for some of them to get out of the kitchen.

Rush is sorry. Franklin Graham is sorry. They are trying to make Kirk Cameron apologize. The President apologizes, the Generals apologize. Most pastors are afraid to offend.

Pointing out slutty behavior is not wrong. Engaging in slutty behavior is. Telling a woman who aborted her baby that she murdered her child is not wrong. Murdering the child is. Calling homosexual behavior “unnatural” and “ultimately destructive to so many of the foundations of civilization” is not wrong. Engaging in homosexual behavior is.

Why is speaking the truth so hard to do? Why do Christian men apologize for what the Bible teaches? Wasn’t it Paul who asked “Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the truth?

I say it is time Christian-men grew some stones.

Rush called the Georgetown law-student a slut. He apologized for it. But what he said was truthful. What he should have said in his apology is this:

“I shouldn’t have called Miss Fluke a slut. I have no idea what her personal sexual-behavior is. When I was growing up, my mother taught me that a woman who had sexual relations outside of marriage was engaging in slutty behavior. Miss Fluke appears to be promoting slutty behavior. My mistake was assuming she was engaging in the same behavior she was promoting.

Rush’s rebuke would have been more credible had he not exhibited the same behavior he criticized.

Why do we cow-tow to the evil? What do we permit haters of God to dictate how we represent Jesus?

Franklin Graham questioned the President’s Christianity. The God-haters bellowed until Rev. Graham caved. The God-haters demand he apologize for defending the faith. Buckling under to their bullying is not Christian. (“The righteous are as bold as lions”) What he should have said is this.

I do not know the spiritual condition of President Obama. No one knows that but the Holy Spirit. The President tells us that he is a Christian, but Jesus warned us in the Holy Scriptures that we must judge a tree by his fruit. Homosexuality is un-Biblical. Abortion violates Christian law. Deception is unrighteous. Taking from one and giving to another is thievery. Forcing one to pay for what violates the conscience is not Christian.

Mr. Obama self-identifies as a Christian, but his belief system certainly does not line up with Biblical teachings. His fruit is not that of a Christian. As a minister of the Gospel, I have a duty to point that out. Mr. Obama, like all of us, will stand before Jesus and give account for his behavior.

Speaking the truth is getting more and more dangerous every day. I believe that in our lifetime we will once again see Christians die for what they believe.

I don’t want to die, but I don’t fear death. Most men live their lives like they are more afraid of living than they are of dying. When I go down I want to be standing up.

There is war raging around us. The battle is over truth. When we give ground; when we flinch in the face of fire, we dishonor the Christ we claim to serve. Compromise is Satan’s business card.

“Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels” -Mark 8:38

Rather than just complaining, I am endeavoring to do something about it. Watch this 2-minute video about our Spiritual Boot-Camps called “Let The Sparks Fly!” It is time to help men grow some hair on their chests.

I don’t know what the future holds but I am not willing to sit around and lose without a fight. No matter what your beliefs are in regards to end-times theology, I can assure you that Christ is not glorified by the cowardice of American Christian men.

You round up the men. I am willing to bring the Boot-Camp to you. Have Truth, Will Travel. Give me a call 740-323-0871 orcoach@ptsalt.com. I charge no fee.

“Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were unlearned and ignorant men, they marvelled; and they took knowledge of them, that they had been with Jesus.” -Acts 4:13

Aren’t you sick of cowering in the corner? Isn’t your butt sore from sitting in the pew? Don’t you want to stand up and be counted for Jesus?! What kind of Christian-legacy are you leaving to your children?

The enemy never sleeps. Darkness is the absence of light. “Let your light so shine before men…”

It’s time to make the sparks fly.

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© 2012 Dave Daubenmire – All Rights Reserved

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Coach Dave Daubenmire, founder and President of Pass The Salt Ministries www.ptsalt.com and Minutemen Unitedwww.minutemenunited.org, is host of the high octane Pass The Salt radio show heard in Columbus, Ohio.

In 1999 Coach Daubenmire was sued by the ACLU for praying with his teams while coaching high school in Ohio. He now spends his energy fighting for Christian principles in the public domain.

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Senator Mitch McConnell Promises New Policy Toward Iran

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By Dr. Tony Beam.

Addressing AIPAC during a Monday evening Gala celebration, Senator Mitch McConnell (R-KY) proposed a bold new policy concerning Iran. “If Iran at anytime begins to enrich uranium to weapons grade or goes forward with a nuclear weapons program then the United States will use overwhelming military force to end that program.”

The statement represents a clear escalation in the political war between Republicans and the Administration over the current policy toward Iran that emphasizes crippling sanctions and a wait and see posture.

Senator McConnell’s new proposal was met with thunderous applause from the 13,000 plus attendees at the AIPAC Gala. He called President Obama’s repeated announcement that the administration keeps “all options on the table” a talking point not a policy. He called for a “straightforward, deliberate plan” that would force Tehran to negotiate to preserve its survival.

McConnell also said that if the U.S. intelligence, at any time informs Congress that Iran has begun to enrich uranium to weapons-grade standards or decided to develop a nuclear weapon, he would consult with the president and the joint congressional leadership on legislation authorizing the use of American military force. These statements by McConnell brought the first new idea of the table in the ongoing debate over how to deal with Iran. Yesterday, President Obama rehashed his Administration’s accomplishments but offered nothing new. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi rehashed the Obama Administration’s accomplishments but offered nothing new or even anything mildly interesting. Against this backdrop, Senator McConnell’s proposal shines in bright contrast to the pale policies of the past.

McConnell said the authorization for U.S. military force against Iran would make clear that if Iran or its proxies retaliate against the United States or its interests, they would face overwhelming response. His rhetoric may be bold but he may face a tough fight getting a war resolution through a war-weary congress. Washington state Representative Adam Smith, the top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, released a statement saying that while Obama has been correct in holding out the option of military force, sanctions should be given enough time to work. “Taking unilateral military action at this point is unnecessary and would only serve to undermine International consensus,” Smith said.

McConnell concluded his remarks by calling Iran, “a self-described revolutionary state that is determined to shift the balance of power in the Middle East.” He talked of a “day of reckoning” being approached by Israel and the United States where, “We either do what it takes to preserve the balance of power within the broader Middle East or risk a nuclear arms race across the region that’s almost certain to upend it.”

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who echoed his own words that were spoken to President Obama just a few hours earlier, followed Senator McConnell. Concerning the support of the United States he expressed his gratitude. Concerning Israel’s path he said, “We must always remain the masters of our own fate.” He said, “We have waited for diplomacy to work. We have waited for sanctions to work. We cannot afford to wait much longer.”

Will fellow Republicans embrace Senator McConnell’s bold new plan? No one knows but one thing is for sure…they had better buckle-up for the debate!

You can hear Dr. Tony Beam live on Christian Talk 660 weekday mornings from 7:00-9:00 AM (EST) as he is the host of Christian Worldview Today. Visit Dr. Beam’s website at www.tonybeam.com.

Dr. Tony Beam is Vice-President for Student Services and the Director of the Christian Worldview Center at North Greenville University in Tigerville, South Carolina, Dr. Tony Beam received his Master of Divinity from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in Wake Forest, North Carolina, and his Doctor of Ministry from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.

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