A MANIFESTO FOR MY BLOG.
Some have told me that when they see my posts that rebuke and warn, they wonder, “Mario, what is your problem?”
I do have a problem, but it is not what they think.
I am not negative, nor am I fearful.
I have not given up or given in.
None of those things are my problem.
My problem is of a different nature.
My problem is that I serve a God Who is limitless in power and wisdom, and His excellence infuses me with zeal to declare that we can be better, and we can do better, as a church and as a nation.
I see no place for compromise.
There is no reason to accept the slavery of the God-haters.
We are not supposed to sit down and shut up.
A weaker church with a smaller voice is not the new normal—it is blasphemy.
I believe Satan doesn’t stand a chance.
An amoeba would have a better chance of surviving on the surface of the sun than Satan has of surviving against God.
I believe that prayer and worship kills the devil’s lies.
I oppose any decision, by any leader, that is based on fear or unbelief.
Back in the day, we didn’t scare as easily.
Formerly, pastors didn’t have to seduce people into serving God.
We didn’t back down and we didn’t let ourselves starve on the table scraps of watered-down preaching.
I miss the days when the church was not the court jester to America, but was the conscience of the nation.
The church was a firewall against intellectual dishonesty, injustice, and depravity.
I miss those days.
But I am not railing because I am afraid those days are gone forever—it’s just the opposite.
I see no reason why we can’t have them back.
My resolve to bring those days back fuels my rebuke of pastors and secular officials alike.
Speaking of rebukes—let me clarify why I rebuke our leaders.
My rebukes are rooted in my conviction that America is a miracle.
We did not make ourselves great.
God made us great.
When you try to “fundamentally change America” and make her pro-late term abortion, pro-Islam, anti-Israel, anti-marriage, and anti-Christ, you are messing with God, and you need to know it.
You need to be rebuked.
When I rebuke our elected officials, I am not abandoning my call to the Gospel, I am preaching the true Gospel.
Look at Acts 3:14-15:
“But you denied the Holy and Just One, and asked for a murderer to be granted to you, and killed the Prince of Life, Whom God raised from the dead, of which we are witnesses.”
Peter unleashes a stinging charge that includes rebellion, because they denied the Holy One;
perversion, because they chose Barabbas;
and murder because they killed Christ when He was innocent.
Peter did all of this in the middle of a soul-winning sermon!
Don’t tell me, “Well, that was different.”
How can it be different?
Peter was giving the public and their leaders a tongue lashing for committing state sponsored murder, for engaging in tyranny, and for lying about it.
There is no difference.
But there is a big difference between Peter and many American preachers.
He did not worry that he would look hateful or unloving by leveling these charges.
He was not preaching to ‘make nice’—he was preaching to make disciples.
That is the ultimate love.
Peter also knew that the fate of Israel hung in the balance.
He was calling his nation back from disaster.
That is the same duty of every vessel of God in America:
To call America back from disaster.
So let me ask you a question:
What do you preach when you see history repeating itself?
No nation has ever done what we are doing right now that did not end in either a dictatorship or a totalitarian state.
Should I be silent?
Can you deny that Islamists are murdering Christians?
Can you deny that Democrats don’t care?
Do you see the Deep State cancelling our freedoms illegally?
Do you deny that our Constitution is being trampled upon?
The accusations of anger and extremism aimed at my writings begin to evaporate when you answer those questions honestly.
If anything, I am being too tame in confronting this disaster.
So the next time you wonder what is wrong with Mario, remember this:
My writing is driven by equal parts urgency and faith.
I cannot hold back because the fate of this nation hangs in the balance, and I cannot hold back because I know that my God loves America and is mighty to save.
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