A HOLY URGENCY

CHRISTIANS, IT'S PAST TIME TO WAKE UP!

Exclusive: Michael Brown has multiple exhortations to 'push back' against the culture

I have a question for every follower of Jesus in America.

What are you waiting for?

At what point will you say, “Enough is enough. I need to stand up for what is right, no matter the cost or consequence.”

How far must things go before the church of America wakes up?

Back in 1991, I wrote these words: “While the American Church celebrates, our beloved country sinks into lower and lower depths. We are not only killing unborn babies, but we have begun to kill helpless adults – actually starving them to death! It is claimed that some of them are in a ‘persistent vegetative state.’ I believe it is the Church that is in a persistent vegetative state. Will nothing awaken us from our stupor?”

Sadly, in many ways, we were much more awake and alert back then, yet things are far worse today in our culture.

Why then are we in such a spiritual stupor?

Our obsession with entertainment and sports has put us to sleep.

Our addiction to the lusts of the flesh and the world has blinded our eyes.

Our desire to escape persecution and hardship for the gospel has made us weak and susceptible.

Our soft-sell, what’s-in-it-for-me message has seduced us into a deep, self-centered slumber.

Now, when compromise is all around us and when Christian leaders are capitulating to culture left and right; now, when America is in the midst of a massive, anti-God, anti-Bible revolution; now, when the need has never been more urgent – right now, we are snoring so loudly we don’t even hear the trumpet blast.

Now is the time to wake up and stand up.

Now is the time to cast off all lethargy, apathy and indifference.

Now is the time to fight back and push back, but not in the spirit of the world.

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We cannot respond in a spirit of carnal anger, hatred, intimidation, or, God forbid, violence.

Instead, we must push back with fervent prayer and renewed devotion.

We must push back with sexual purity and solid marriages and families.

We must push back with truth until the lies are dispelled.

We must push back with faith and confidence and fearlessness.

We must push back with boldness, unashamed of Jesus.

We must push back with a united front, refusing to bow down to the gods of this age.

We must push back in every area of society, regardless of cost or consequence, determined to do what is right because it is right, not because it is expedient or politically correct.

The latest events in the saga of Aaron and Melissa Klein of Sweet Cakes by Melissa should be enough to awaken us out of our slumber, but sadly, their situation is but the tip of the iceberg in today’s anti-God revolution.

The fact that the Supreme Court of the United States could potentially make same-sex “marriage” the law of the land should be enough to stir us out of our cozy dreams.

The fact that an increasing number of Americans no longer identify as “Christian,” that our kids are getting exposed to the most outrageous material in sex-ed classes (and at younger and younger ages), that nudity on TV has become normal, that half of all children born to first-time American mothers are out of wedlock, that young men need to take Viagra due to sexual burnout because of porn and promiscuity – just to name a few obvious signs of cultural decline – all this should serve to awaken us with a sense of holy urgency.

But does it?

On April 17, Cardinal Francis George passed away, but one of his quotes will live on for years.

He famously said, “I expect to die in bed, my successor will die in prison, and his successor will die a martyr in the public square. His successor will pick up the shards of a ruined society and slowly help rebuild civilization, as the church has done so often in human history.”

Many of us will also die in our beds, but because of sleepiness, not because it is our time to go.

May God shake us up before it’s too late to stand and take action!

In my new book, “Outlasting the Gay Revolution,” to be published in September, I lay out eight principles for long-term cultural change, part of a multi-generational vision to “slowly help rebuild civilization.”

But if we do what is right today, loving God with all our hearts and loving our neighbor as ourselves (which does not mean always agreeing with our neighbor), we can stem the tide of cultural decline, turning back the tide of spiritual and moral collapse with the help and intervention of Almighty God.

Why not? And why not now?

With the Lord, radical, dramatic, nationwide change is possible, and that change begins with each of us individually as we take responsibility for our own lives and say, “God, use me to touch my world.”

That’s how the Jesus revolution spreads and catches fire.

One life at a time.

Beginning with me.

Beginning with you.

Can I count you in?

[Congratulations to WND on 18 years of pushing back on the Internet and beyond. May your impact be exponentially multiplied in the years ahead.]

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My comments: Most Christians are in a state of unbelief. They do not believe the Word of God. They do not believe that Satan Rules this Wicked America and the Whole World [1 John 5:19]. They do not believe The Book of Revelation. Many are part of the ongoing Apostasy and will receive the Beast of Revelation as "god" and worship him and receive his "mark," Damning themselves to Eternal Hell. Yet a Few have chosen the Narrow Way and will Stand Firm to the End and be Saved. (Matthew 24:13) This is the way it has been in every generation.

GLOBAL JIHAD

TALIBAN GANG-RAPED SUICIDE BOMBER BEFORE ATTACK

Man given brutal send-off arrested before carrying out deed

Published: 6 hours ago

(The Nation) Afghanistan’s intelligence agency – has arrested a would-be suicide bomber who says, he was gang-raped by Taliban commanders before sending him out for a suicide attack.

A statement issued today by NDS states that the victim of the gang-rape planned to carry out a suicide attack on the police headquarters of Bagrami District of Kabul, but he was arrested before he could reach to his target.

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WND VIDEO

'BRUTAL' BLACK-ON-WHITE MOB ATTACK NEAR BALTIMORE

Disabled victim beaten after intervening to stop fight

Cheryl Chumley

Baltimore-area police have arrested two – and more will likely follow – in the case of a mob of black high school youths rushing a 61-year-old white man outside his home and beating him so badly he was placed in a medically induced coma.

One police spokesman for the Dundalk, Maryland, force called the attack vicious.

“This is not a simple fist fight,” he said, to WBAL-TV “This is a brutal assault.”

The incident began when the man, Richard Fletcher, noticed two girls fighting near his truck and went outside to intervene. That’s when a mass of youths, mostly from the nearby Baltimore Community High School, attacked him.

A neighbor described the extent of Fletcher’s injuries, telling WBAL he had to get a blood transfusion, stitches on his face, and had suffered bleeding on the brain, a broken nose and broken ribs. Police officials say the man was placed in a medically induced coma for several days.

Black mobs routinely terrorize cities across the country, but the media and government are silent. Read the detailed account of rampant racial crime in “White Girl Bleed A Lot: The Return of Racial Violence to America and How the Media Ignore It.”

Police say they’ve arrested two – both juveniles – and one will be tried as an adult.

Residents of the neighborhood said the youths have been terrorizing the area for some time, committing acts that range from petty theft to major property damages.

“You wouldn’t believe it. Everybody goes in the house and shuts their door. You have to live like a prisoner. But when I came down and seen that man, it made you totally sick,” a resident told the TV station.

Concerned citizens have started a GoFundMe page to raise money for the victim’s medical bills, which they estimate could hit $400,000. Postings on that page also indicated Fletcher was disabled and “this gentleman did not deserve any of this.”

Baltimore, meanwhile, has been in a high state of tension for nearly a week, due to the death of Freddie Gray, a police suspect who was taken into custody and later transported to the hospital for treatment of a spinal injury. He died several days later. Friday, law enforcement officials are expected to release the results of his medical report.

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WND EXCLUSIVE

SURPRISE! IRAN INTERCEPTED TWO U.S.-DEFENDED SHIPS

Tehran confronted U.S. vessel 5 days before Tuesday incident

F. Michael Maloof

WASHINGTON – The Iran Revolutionary Guard naval patrol intercepted a U.S.-flagged ship five days before firing shots on the Marshall Island-flagged Maersk Tigris and seizing it, representing what U.S. Defense Department officials call a “pattern of behavior” as Washington and Tehran seek to finalize a nuclear agreement.

At an off-camera news conference, Pentagon spokesman U.S. Army Col. Steve Warren confirmed that in addition to the widely reported Maersk Tigris incident Tuesday, the Revolutionary Guard sought to board the U.S.-flagged Maersk Kensington in international waters last Friday.

Iran claims much of the waters within the narrow Strait of Hormuz, through which some 30 percent of the world’s oil and other trade traverse, is within its territory.

In response to WND questioning, Warren said four Iranian patrol boats approached the Kensington, came astern of the cargo container ship and followed it for some 20 minutes in actions that the master of the Kensington interpreted as “aggressive.”

Warren said there was no U.S. Navy involvement at the time. After the incident, he said the ship’s captain filed a report with U.S. Navy Command.

Amid the ongoing nuclear negotiations with Iran, Warren said it is unknown why the Iranians “are operating this way.’

“We certainly call on them to respect all of the internationally established rules of freedom of navigation, Law of the Sea, to which (Iran) is a signatory and under established protocols,” he said.

“Atomic Iran: How the Terrorist Regime Bought the Bomb and the American Politicians” foretold Tehran’s true intentions when many scoffed.

Warren said that at no time did the Iranians attempt to board the Kensington. He also didn’t know what cargo either the Kensington or the Tigris was carrying that would have warranted Iranian focus.

He said, because the Tigris was a Marshall Islands-registered cargo ship, the U.S. has decided, following consultation with authorities there, that it would be subject to U.S. protection.

However, it has now been docked for some three days at the Iranian port of Bandar Abbas.

Cautious approach

Warren indicated the U.S. is taking a cautious approach in its handling of the Tigris seizure.

The Iranians apparently forced the Tigris into Iranian territorial waters by firing shots across its bow.

After the seizure, the U.S. Navy moved the guided missile warship U.S.S. Farragut into waters off the Iranian coast along with three coastal patrol ships, the Thunderbolt, Fire Bolt and Typhoon.

To date, Warren said, the Farragut has taken no action on the Tigris.

A compact with the Marshall Islands, Warren said, includes a provision to protect its ships that stipulates “the United States has full discretion on what actions to take.”

Any “rescue” of the ship, Warren said, would require a “presidential decision.”

Asked if the Tigris had been searched, Warren said to ask the Iranians.

“Certainly if the Tigris were sinking, the Farragut would render aid,” suggesting that under international maritime law, the U.S. would be authorized to enter Iranian territorial waters to the Port of Bandar Abbas.

A reporter asked Warren if the seizure of a ship by Iran constituted distress, and, if so, why the Farragut wouldn’t go in and take back the ship.

After a long pause, he asked, “Any other questions?”

‘Pattern’

While the Tigris is a Marshall Island-flagged vessel, it is owned by the Danish shipping company Maersk, which said the crew is safe and “in good spirits.”

The Danish Foreign Ministry is said to be in contact with Iran but still doesn’t know the reason for the seizure.

Warren said the Defense Department has not been in contact with Iran regarding the ship.

A request to the State Department to find out whether it had been in contact with Iran on the vessel’s seizure went unanswered.

Warren said the Iranians have given several different reasons for their actions.

“They initially said that it was some sort of security inspection. Later they said there were some economic reasons. So, the Iranians have not been clear why they have done this.”

Warren said he wouldn’t “speculate” as to why the Revolutionary Guard targeted the ships.

“Certainly, (the Iranians) have harassed two ships that have tried to traverse the strait,” indicating a “pattern within a matter or four or five days, so that it certainly created a situation where maritime cargo vessels presumably would have to consider the risks of traversing that strait.”

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Division in Revolutionary Guard?

It is significant that it was the Revolutionary Guard that seized the vessel, reflecting a possible division within the IRGC itself on the outcome of Iran’s nuclear negotiations with the West.

There are “key forces inside” the IRGC with their own political, security, economic and ideological goals, wrote Morteza Kazemian, an Iranian journalist and political activist.

“And while these elements are formally under the umbrella of the IRGC and follow the guidance of the absolute leader of the country, they have their own distinct goals and paths,” he said.

An element within the IRGC, Hazemain said, opposes the nuclear framework agreement.

It “will not support a nuclear resolution because of the vast benefits it derives from the economic sanctions against the country through its vast resources such as shipping ports, airports, illegal trading channels, security and military associations.”

“Members of the group have their eyes fixed on their economic interests and have no concerns or priorities about the regime or ideological preferences,” he said. “They however oppose an agreement under the cover of defending the regime and the revolution, without hinting at the main reason for their opposition.”

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QUEERLY BELOVED

850 RABBIS LINE UP AGAINST SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

Attorney says 'gay' decision could be 'forever open to question'

Bob Unruh

Evidence of a pro-”gay” bias by two Supreme Court justices, especially Ruth Ginsburg, could undermine the court’s ruling on same-sex “marriage,” according to a constitutional expert.

“The decision will forever be open to question of whether it was an honest and fair decision of the court or was controlled by their personal viewpoints on the issue,” Col. John Eidsmoe told WND on Wednesday, one day after the justices heard arguments over whether same-sex “marriage” will be mandated across the U.S.

Eidsmoe is a lecturer at colleges and universities and a constitutional attorney with a successful litigation record in court cases involving religious freedom. He holds five degrees in law, theology and political science, including two doctorates, and he’s written numerous books including “Christianity & the Constitution.”

WND has reported on groups urging Ginsburg and Elena Kagan to recuse themselves from the marriage case, since they already have made public statements or taken actions supporting homosexuality, including by performing same-sex ceremonies.

To date, however, they have refused.

Just prior to the Tuesday arguments in the marriage case, Fox News reported Kagan and Ginsburg again were being urged to recuse themselves.

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Eidsmoe, who is with the religious rights-focused Foundation for Moral Law, which was led by Judge Roy Moore before he was elected as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, submitted a motion to the Supreme Court addressing the issue of the bias by Kagan and Ginsburg.

The motion stated: “Four weeks after this court granted certiorari in these cases, Justice Ginsburg was asked whether parts of the country might not accept same-sex marriage being constitutionalized. She answered: ‘I think it’s doubtful that it wouldn’t be accepted. The change in people’s attitudes on that issue has been enormous … It would not take a large adjustment.’”

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Ginsburg’s interview was with Bloomberg News on Feb. 12.

“These extrajudicial comments about a matter pending before the court violate Canon 3A(6) of the Code of Conduct for United States judges: ‘A judge should not make public comment on the merits of a matter pending or impending in any court,’” the motion said.

If Kagan and Ginsburg do not step away from the case, “then respondent moves the entire court to review the underlying facts and grant the requested disqualification. Justices Ginsburg and Kagan have an interest – their official acts in performing same-sex marriages as Supreme Court justices – that would be substantially affected by a decision in these cases, or would at least cause their impartiality to ‘reasonably be questioned.’”

Joining in the call for Kagan and Ginsburg to be removed from the case were hundreds of members of the Rabbinical Alliance of America.

“We join many other[s] who are appalled and deeply ashamed” that Ginsburg and Kagan “have still not had the grace, or decency to adhere to the U.S. code which calls upon a justice to ‘Disqualify himself in any proceeding in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned.’

“We call upon Chief Justice Roberts, President Obama and the House and Senate Judiciary committees to speak out and take the necessary steps to disqualify Kagan and Ginsburg from participating in these proceedings,” said the statement, which represented the 850 members of the organization.

“Furthermore, we invite the leadership of all religious denominations including but not limited to the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, the Southern Baptist Convention, as well as African America, Latino and Muslim religious organizations to join our demand that simple justice requires these two pro same-gender ‘marriage’ activist justices be disqualified.”

The group wanted the disqualifications before the case was heard, but under the operations of the Supreme Court, an announcement about a recusal could be made just about any time, including when the final opinion is released.

The rabbis said: “We ask all presidential candidates, Democrats and Republicans from Secretary Hillary Clinton to Gov. Scott Walker and everyone in between, regardless of their viewpoint on the marriage issue, to vocally advocate that to [e]nsure the integrity and impartiality of our highest court, Justices Ginsburg and Kagan must be disqualified.”

Elena Kagan

A report by The Hill cited Scott Lively of Abiding Truth Ministries, who released a statement at the Supreme Court building urging the two justices to recuse.

“Justices Ginsburg and Kagan, knowing full well that unique legal issues regarding the definition of marriage would soon come before them, deliberately officiated at so-called homosexual wedding ceremonies creating not merely the appearance of bias, but an actual and blatant conflict of interest,” Lively said, according to The Hill.

“In my personal view they have committed an unparalleled breach of judicial ethics by elevating the importance of their own favored political cause of gay rights above the integrity of the court and of our nation.”

The questions before the court were whether states are required to recognize a “marriage” between two people of the same sex and whether states have to recognize same-sex “marriage” licenses from other states under the 14th Amendment.

Eidsmoe, who currently is an adjunct professor at Oak Brook College of Law and Handong International Law School, told WND that if a Supreme Court justice does not recuse appropriately, other justices could force the issue.

He hopes it will come up as a subject of discussion when the justices meet to discuss the case, vote on it and assign someone to write an opinion.

His organization cited the Code of Conduct and law that requires a judge “shall disqualify himself in any proceeding in which his impartiality might reasonably be questioned.”

The foundation statement on the controversy continued:”Because they have performed same-sex marriages, and because Justice Ginsburg has spoken publicly in favor of same-sex marriage, the foundation contends that those justices are predisposed to rule in favor of same-sex marriage and are unable or unwilling to consider this case impartially, and that their words and actions give the appearance of bias, if not bias itself.”

Foundation President Kayla Moore said: “Common sense dictates that one who has performed same-sex marriages cannot objectively rule on their legality. If these justices participate in this case, the court’s decision will forever be questioned as being based on their personal feelings rather than on the Constitution itself. With far less evidence of bias Chief Justice Roy Moore voluntarily did not vote on the recent Alabama Supreme Court case regarding same-sex marriage. Justices Ginsburg and Kagan should follow his example.”

Earlier, the American Family Association launched a campaign urging citizens to explain to their representatives in Congress why the two justices shouldn’t participate in the case.

“U.S. Supreme Court Justices Elena Kagan and Ruth Bader Ginsburg should recuse themselves from any cases involving the homosexual marriage issue on the basis that they have conducted same-sex marriage ceremonies,” the campaign letter states.

A petition has been created in support of ordinances that allow Christian business owners to live by their faith.

Fox News reported Kagan performed a Sept. 21, 2014, same-sex marriage for her former law clerk, Mitchell Reich, and his partner, in Maryland. NPR reported Ginsburg performed a same-sex marriage at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C., in August 2013, the campaign said.

Brian Camenker, whose Mass Resistance organization has released a detailed report on Kagan’s pro-homosexual activism while she was at Harvard, added, “Federal law is clear, if there’s a perception of bias. There is no question there is a question of bias [here].”

Ruth Ginsburg

His report, which he compiled with Amy Contrada of Mass Resistance and Peter LaBarbera of Americans for Truth About Homosexuality, originally was published when Kagan was a candidate for the court.

It’s been updated now and re-released.

The report is blunt: “Kagan is committed to the radical campaign pushing acceptance of homosexuality and transgenderism as ‘civil rights.’ Her unprecedented activism supporting that view as dean of Harvard Law School (2003-2009) calls into question her ability to judge fairly and impartially on same-sex ‘marriage’ and other homosexuality- or transgender-related issues that may come before the nations’ highest court.”

The report continued: “There should be grave concern over Kagan’s issues advocacy concerning ‘sexual orientation.’ Even before her nomination to the court, her enthusiastic and committed pro-homosexuality activism at Harvard (including her recruitment to the faculty of radical ‘gay’ activist scholars like former ACLU lawyer William Rubenstein and elevation of radical out lesbian Professor Janet Halley) was highly significant for the nation. 

Now, it is imperative that senators and the U.S. public gain an accurate understanding of the radical, pro-homosexual environment that was Kagan’s home at Harvard – and the GLBT legal agenda that Kagan herself helped foster as dean.”

Kagan’s work at Harvard, the report said, included her legitimization of “gay rights” and law studies.

Others:

• Kagan recruited former ACLU lawyer (and former ACT-Up activist) William Rubenstein, an expert on “queer” legal issues.
• Kagan promoted and facilitated the “transgender” legal agenda during her tenure at Harvard, including a “Transgender Law” course.
• She “encouraged Harvard students to get involved in homosexual activist legal work.”
• She “engaged in ongoing radical advocacy opposing ‘Don’t Ask Don’t Tell’ and demanding an end to the ban on homosexuals serving in the military. Her highly partisan actions are unbecoming a future judge – especially one who would be called upon to adjudicate such weighty and divisive matters.”
• She continued to encourage students at Harvard to “come up with ideas of how to harass” military recruiters even after she had lost a legal fight that tried to keep them off campus. “Kagan’s actions blatantly disrespected our military and exposed her as the out-of-touch, socially leftist academic that she is.”

Kagan also moderated a panel on “LGBT law” that was promoted as “A Celebration of LGBT Life at Harvard.”

The report said: “In her role as dean, Kagan oversaw the HLS curriculum and new faculty appointments. Thus, she must have endorsed the following HLS offerings as legitimate subjects and viewpoints (i.e., ‘gay rights’ and ‘transgender rights’ are true civil rights; any disagreement or disapproval is therefore illegal discrimination). One of her major efforts as dean was ‘modernizing’ the curriculum including eliminating a required Constitution course, and instead requiring international law courses.”

Kagan also attended the first reunion of the Harvard Law School LGBT alumni, the report said. “Reportedly it was the first event of its kind in the nation.”

Ginsburg, meanwhile, apparently has not been involved in public advocacy, but she has voiced her opinion, as WND reported.

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My comments: America elected a godless, Socialist, Secular Humanist president and he has appointed, a godless, Socialist, Secular Humanist woman, Kagan, to the Supreme Court. They are both HATERS of God, His Christ Jesus and His Word as demonstrated by their actions. For this, America will pay a TERRIBLE PRICE.