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Was Jesus a leader?

Daily Brief #12 “Asked who would be considered conservative Christian leaders today- with Graham in his 90s and the recent death of Jerry Falwell – Land said that “leaders are leaders because people follow them.”  So says Richard Land. Every year as we approach the commemoration of Christ’s passion, crucifixion and resurrection the people Jesus has saved recall his triumphal entry into Jerusalem. And the most part of the multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut branches from the trees, and spread them in the way.  And the multitudes that went before him, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.” Judging by the multitudes that followed him, and the words of Richard Land, in this grand triumphal entry, Jesus was a leader. But after he drove the money lenders from the Temple, confounded the ...

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A Meditation on Glenn Beck’s Divine Mission

[I have been in prayerful thought about the events taking place this weekend under Glenn Beck’s auspices.  He portrays them as the beginning of a Great Revival of faith in America.  People I know and think well of are involved.  Yet I find I cannot ignore the check in my spirit that prevents me from accepting that the events or their sponsor are what he professes them to be.  This posting is an effort to lay out the elements that contribute to my misgivings, insofar as they are susceptible to articulation.  Herein I attempt to share a train of thought and the destination toward which  it points.   Is it the right one? With God’s help, time may tell.] Glenn Beck: “I mean, the one part of culture that I am doing a lot of is faith.  But general faith.  We have got to get back to our churches, our synagogues, our mosques, ...

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Glenn Beck's hollow piety

As I expected, my  WND article this week has generated a remarkable reaction from readers, including a number of folks who express dismay at the fact that I (like Joseph Farah) would dare to question the sincerity of Glenn Beck's professions of respect for God just because he belittles the importance of the 'gay marriage' issue. . In answer to one such 'shame on you' email I sent the following response, which I think worth sharing here: Before wishing shame on me, it would repay your time to read what I have written on what the "gay marriage" issue involves.  If after doing so you can still accept Beck's careless disregard for God's priorities, I will still pray that God may open your eyes (as I pray for Glenn Beck). We can't defeat the so-called progressives by accepting their standards and priorities. I made no charges against Beck, as you ...

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Mehlman’s gay revelation outs GOP elite's charade

Reflecting on Ken Mehlman’s revelation that he has been and is a practicing homosexual, I found myself thinking of Penelope, the wife of Homer’s Ulysses.  After the Greek victory over the Trojans, he took the long way home, so long in fact that his family pretty much gave him up for dead.  Penelope found herself besieged by suitors eager to try their hands at usurping Ulysses domain while before his son came of age to challenge them. Still loyal in hope and affection to her husband, Penelope devised the famous strategy by which she put off the day when she would be force to choose among the importunate parasites who had taken up residence in the royal compound.   She undertook to weave a shroud for the funeral of her aged father-in-law Laertes,  vowing to make her decision only after it was completed. Work on the shroud gave her the excuse to hold ...

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Is ‘ruling class’ right for America?

Daily Brief #11 Having sapped the foundations of liberty for several decades, key elitist forces  are completing the emplacement of the economic and political WMD’s with which to overturn government of, by and for the people.  But thanks to the arrogance of the Obama faction, many Americans have awakened to the fact that we are in the midst of an assault against the sovereignty of the people. These Americans are praying, writing, gathering, speaking and organizing to produce what could be one of the most spectacular tidal waves of democratic revulsion this country has ever seen.  This is cause for hope and satisfaction.  But in political battle there are times when a change in language cedes victory to the enemy just as the contest reaches its tipping point. In this respect I’ve noticed that some people who seem sincerely committed to encouraging the rejection of totalitarian elitism are adopting a paradigm that ...

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Does Ground Zero Mosque reveal elitists’ politically preferred religion?

In chemistry a reagent is defined as “a substance used to detect or measure another substance or to convert one substance into another by means of the reaction which it causes.”  With this in mind, the Ground Zero Mosque (GZM) project is turning out to be an effective political reagent.  In their reactions to it America’s political and other public figures are taking stands that reveal their core priorities and motivations. In my last posting I discussed this in regard to Ron Paul’s slashing attack on the GZM’s opponents, among them the families and friends of those murdered in the 9-11 attacks, or who died in the aftermath. Paul’s view of the issue suffers from an understanding of freedom that ignores the fact that a God ordained concept of natural right is the basis for every claim to liberty, including the claim to religious liberty.  Paul is blinded by the idolatry of ...

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Ron Paul is wrong, GZM is not a Muslim right

According to Newsmax “Ron Paul unleashed a lengthy and at times angry statement on his website Friday that supports the rights of Muslims to build what’s become known as the “Ground Zero Mosque.”  As they read about it, I’m sure not a few of his admirers will disagree with him.  But as usual they’ll dismiss it as another aberrant outburst from someone whose views they otherwise applaud. If Newsmax is right about his feelings, though, it makes sense to ask why he feels anger at the people opposing the GZM project.  I think it’s because he accepts the view that “this is all about hate and Islamaphobia.  We now have an epidemic of “sunshine patriots” on both the right and the left who are all for freedom, as long as there’s no controversy and nobody is offended.” It’s clear that Paul sees the issue as a test of the sincerity of one’s ...

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Obama –The Equal Opportunity Hater?

August 17, 2009 · 4 comments

WND reports that “Glenn Beck fans are fighting back… “against an Obama faction effort to destroy the advertiser base for Beck’s Fox News commentary program. “Now a husband and wife team of Beck fans has launched a website-DefendGlenn.com- that lists the contact information for advertisers for Beck’s and other Fox News programs…” Though the Obama faction effort purports to be a reaction to Beck’s remark that Obama “has a deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture,” I suspect that their real motivation has more to do with the role he has played as a focal point for opposition to the Obama faction’s drive to subject the United States to a totalitarian national socialist regime. People who oppose their intention should do more than applaud the defenders of Beck’s freedom of speech; they should pitch in and help them out.

That said, I find myself unable to agree with Beck’s statement about Obama’s anti-white attitudes. Casting Obama as some kind of anti-white racist re-enforces the false notion that he speaks from or in any way represents the aggrieved heart of black Americans, the heart that tragically leads some black people (like Henry Gates and other members of the leftist black elite) to wallow incessantly in the world of hurt connected with what they feel is the persistent reality of white racism in America. All too often, however, the wallowing has an ironic “the lady doth protest too much” (Hamlet, Act 3, Scene 2) quality about it: Blacks who enjoy all the benefits and prestige American society can offer, using exaggerated gestures of condemnation of white racism to affirm their continued identification with the plight of other, less favored blacks. Is their show of angry resentment for the benefit of those less favored, or does it mainly serve to exploit (for “professional” purposes?) the embarrassed guilt that still influences the actions of so many other Americans who wish conscientiously to deal with the nation’s heritage of racial injustice, fear and mistrust?

Barack Obama surely epitomizes this ironic exploitation of racial embarrassment. It was, and continues to be, a ruthlessly deployed weapon in his arsenal for political warfare. Consider for example elements of the Obama faction who now absurdly claim that people who notice and declare Obama’s commitment to totalitarian national socialism are doing so because he’s black. Actually, Obama’s commitment to totalitarian socialism is more likely related to the emotional role and influence of anti-American leftists (e.g., his mother, Frank Davis, Bill Ayers) in his life and upbringing than to the facts of his racial biology.

After his father abandoned him, these communist/leftist figures provided emotional compensation for that abandonment. Did they redirect the pain and resentment it occasioned away from his father? Did their ideological fervor refocus it instead against the supposedly unjust American economic and political system? The hatred most characteristic of those who influenced Obama’s emotional core is not hatred of whites or of white culture- it’s hatred of the United States and of all that it stood for while leading the fight against expansive international communism.

Nothing about Barack Obama authentically represents or invokes the heritage of black Americans. Throughout his career he has championed the so-called right to abortion. From its inception with people like Margaret Sanger, to its genocidal implications for black Americans today, the promotion of a so called right to murder children in the womb has been allied with forces aiming to eliminate “inferior” races from the catalogue of human existence. (Given the anti-black implications of his fanatical commitment to the abortion agenda, the question arises: Did Obama’s emotional pain over his father’s abandonment result in sub-rosa resentment against his black racial heritage?) Authentic Christian faith has also been characteristic of the black American identity, reflecting the Gospel of love and reverence for God’s will. That is a far cry from the peculiar mélange of race hatred and covert Islamism that claimed Obama’s allegiance as a member of the congregation that assembled to hear the hate speech that passed for sermonizing in Reverend Jeremiah Wright’s services.

And despite the leftist cant characteristic of the manipulated media’s preferred black figureheads, many black Americans reject totalitarian socialist schemes to establish government domination and repression. Like my father, they donned the uniform of America’s armed forces and fought with courage, pride and good conscience against the communist/national socialist devaluation of unalienable rights, and its collectivist/elitist assault on respect for the intrinsic worth of each and every human life.

Given Obama’s upbringing, the self-avowed leftist predilections of his university life, the socialist stances characteristic of his brief political career, and the national socialist policies he is trying to force on the American people today, I would suggest that his race has nothing to do with the deep animus that characterizes his policies and actions. The target of his ill will isn’t just whites- its black Americans, Jews, Asians, South Asians, Africans, Hispanics and yes, Europeans, Aussies and Brits, indeed any human beings who hold fast to the idea of liberty and the principles of God ordained human rights and moral dignity from which it springs. Rather than surrendering to the racial division Obama seeks to exploit, Americans of all backgrounds should unite on the common ground of decent humanity offered by our American creed.

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JCook August 18, 2009 at 3:14 pm

Without a doubt, your thoughts about standing on our common humanity that we share through our common history is sound advice for a sound world.
However, as a friend of mine is fond of saying, check your premise. You assume that we have indeed been taught that as Americans we share a common history. This just isn't borne out by observation.

We allow our public schools to leave us psychologically stuck in antebellum America and wallowing in collective guilt for the tragedy of slavery. Unless or until our education system learns to teach our children that we aren't the sum of our transgressions, rather the sum or our victories over those transgressions, we will continue to act as if race is the first and final definition of a person.

No matter how divided our ancestors were, we should strive to be of one creed today–a unique, blessed nation of thinking individuals. But that's not what we are taught. We are taught that we are, and shall ever remain, separated by historical and racial boundaries.

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chiu_chunling August 18, 2009 at 3:08 pm

Indeed, I would go so far as to say that it is deep-seated insecurity, not hate, which drives almost everything Obama is and does. It is true that he is comfortable associating with those who live for hate, but not because he is one of them. He embraces their affection because it is so easy to please them…all he must do is mechanically act out the role of champion for their demented fantasies.

This is, perhaps, the root of Obama's apparent charisma. He gives Americans permission to believe that the agenda he embraces is motivated by something other than overflowing malice towards Americans. Looking at him, there isn't any gleam of hatred in his eyes. There is only a desperate need to be accepted.

It is the trait that humans love in their dogs…so perhaps it is inevitable that eventually a democracy should choose such a man to be 'leader of the free world.'

Forgive my laughter. You have better reasons to hate me, after all.

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notredameal August 17, 2009 at 8:51 pm

Obama is the most divisive political figure I have ever seen. His arrogance and ego are exposing his true colors…..red.

At every opportunity, he apologizes to the world for our foreign policy, while never pointing towards the countless military and humanitarian aid our country has bestowed on so many others.

His belly aching is lame and highly unprofessional – how many times is he going to remind us that he inherited an economic mess – if he didn't truly understand what he was getting himself into then why on earth did he run for office? Hey Obama, you made your bed now sleep in it and stop blaming the previous administration – you come across very petty doing so!

The bottom line, as I see it, is this: If Obama has complete confidence in his abilities, his leadership and his ideals then why does he constantly have to bad mouth the opposition? His insecurities are very apparent….not transparent.

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gilbertabrett August 17, 2009 at 1:53 pm

Funny you should post this today. I came home for lunch and my mom sees the advertisement for tonight's 'news.' They are crying that the big bad Aryan nation men are after poor wittle King Hussein. This area of Hampton Roads is well known for stirring the racial toilet to get ALL the stink to the top. They live for it around here. When the real news gets dull or they do not want us to KNOW what is REALLY going on, someone starts crying about white people and black people… like they are the ONLY two races in the country OR the only two that can't seem to get along "without the government or 'news' casters getting involved." Oh, what would we do without these oh so enlightened individuals???

Personally, even though the 'media' has recognized and 'reported' on King Hussein's 'swagger,' I still think his white side outshines his African heritage. After all, he was not raised by any BLACK Americans… Michelle is probably the first close-to-the-real thang he ever knew AND SHE IS A FAR CRY FROM THE GHETTO GIRLS I GREW UP WITH. I imagine he got more of a "taste" of that when he met Larry Sinclair… oops…

My mom says that is what the 'news' does when they are trying to throw you off track of what is really going on – start crying about race issues. King Hussein could care less about color as long as he is able to maintain his position AND POWER.

Have a great week Dr. Keyes and keep putting the postings out. I love to come home and read what you have written EVERYDAY!

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