Wednesday, July 23, 2025

Ligonier Ministries: R.C. Sproul: For Justification by Faith Alone

 Here are some quotes from the late RC Sproul (1939-2017):

  • "While God-given, the conscience has certain limitations in its ability to discern right from wrong. To hold a razor's edge, it must constantly be informed by the Word of God."
  • "We often hear the question, 'What happens to the poor innocent native in Africa who never had an opportunity to hear the gospel?'...Nothing happens to the poor innocent native who never had an opportunity to hear the gospel. Innocent people don't need salvation."
  • "Does saving faith require a trust in the righteousness of Christ alone as the grounds of our justification? Or may a person have a different view of the gospel and still be a Christian?" 
  • "It is to Rome's credit, in my opinion, that she placed anathema on what she believed to be a false and heretical gospel. If sola fide is a distortion of the biblical gospel, surely it deserves such anathema. If the Reformers were preaching and teaching a false gospel, then they were apostate and deserved the labels put on them by Vatican I, 'schismatics and heretics.'" 
  • "The Reformation was waged, not over the question of justification by faith, but over the issue of justification by faith alone. It was the sola of sola fide that was the central point of dispute."
  • "I said that if justification by faith alone is essential for salvation, and if Rome rejects justification by faith alone, then the conclusion follows by resistless logic that Rome rejects an essential truth of Christianity. When I use the word, if, here, I do so for the sake of the present argument. In my mind, there is no if about it. I am convinced, as were the Reformers, that justification by faith alone is essential to the gospel, and that Rome clearly rejects it." 
  • "Agreement between Rome and Evangelicals can be reached in several ways. One is for Evangelicals to abandon their historic position of sola fide. A second is for Rome to adopt sola fide as its official doctrine. The third is for agreement to be reached that sola fide is not essential to the gospel." 
  • "To indicate that the Roman view is inadequate, or it falls short, is a gentle criticism. In my estimation, it is too gentle. One could construe this statement to mean that, though it has shortcomings and is less than adequate, the Roman 'version of the gospel' is still just that, a 'version of the gospel.' The New Testament makes it clear that there is only one gospel. An 'inadequate' gospel is not the gospel. A gospel that 'falls short' of its essence is not a true gospel and must be vigorously rejected." 
  • "I can imagine no Reformed theologian from the 16th century to the present day suggesting that the Roman Catholic view is not a serious threat to the gospel."

10 Myths About Death That Just Aren’t True

  10 Myths About Death That Just Aren’t True - msn.com

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Recommended sermons: 

  • How to Benefit from a Funeral, by Dr. David P. Murray: The text for this sermon is Ecclesiastes 7:2 &3: "It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better."
  • Lies Told at Funerals, by Rev. Roger Higginson : The text for this sermon is 2 Timothy 4:24 and Ezekiel 33:7 & 8: Here is the words of Ezekiel 33:7 & 8: "So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand."
  • Death at its Own Funeral, by Dr. Ian Brown [Text: I Corinthians 15:51-57: "Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord."   
  • A Graveside service No One Would Dare Preach Today, by Rev. David Stewart [Text: 2 Samuel 3:33: "And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?"]

NY Pays $225K to End Legal Battles with Christian Photographer Over Same-Sex Marriage

 NY Pays $225K to End Legal Battles with Christian Photographer Over Same-Sex Marriage - christianpost.com

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Recommended sermons and podcasts:

  1. Knuckle-Dragging Neanderthals Oppose Same-Sex Marriage - The Atrocities of Nero, by Pastor Kevin Swanson (2014)
  2. A Biblical Response to the Supreme Court Decision, by Dr. David P. Murray (2015) [The Text for this sermon is Revelation 18:4: "And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues."]
  3. Religion Without Regeneration: John Wesley's Testimony, by Rev. Ian Brown [The text for this sermon is Matthew 7:21-23"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."]

Is Nike Returning to Normalcy?

 Is Nike Returning to Normalcy? - redstate.com

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Recommended reading: Pat Buchanan: A Hero Who Deserves Trump's Medal of Freedom - americanthinker.com

The following quote is from The Great Betrayal: How American Sovereignty and Social Justice are Being Sacrificed to the Gods of the Global Economy:

"No site better captures yesterday's America than Detroit, forge and furnace of America's democracy. Detroit is the burned out case of American cities. The Empire of the Sun has its revenge. Japanese imports helped kill the city that built the weapons that destroyed the empire. Now grandsons of the soldiers of the imperial army work at high paying manufacturing jobs once held by the fathers of ten-dollar-an-hour retail clerks in Macomb County.

"But why blame the Japanese? We did it to ourselves. We Americans created a post war trading regime, in which, over 25 years, Japan bought 400,000 American cars while selling us 40 million Japanese cars, a ratio of 100:1. One president after another sat still while a third of America's greatest industry was shipped off to Japan...

"Americans no longer make their own cameras, shoes, radios, TVs, toys. A fifth of our steal, a third of our autos, half our machine tools, and two-thirds of our textiles are made abroad...

"The decline and fall of Middle America was neither preordained nor inevitable. It was engineered in Washington D.C. Wages have fallen and the standard of living of American families has stagnated because of a basic law: the law of supply and demand. The price of labor has been dropping because the supply of labor has exploded...

"Having declared free trade and open borders to be American policy, why are we surprised that corporate executives padlocked their plants in the Rust Belt and moved over seas?  Why keep your plants here when you can manufacture at a fraction of the cost abroad, ship your goods back, and pocket the windfall profits that come from firing $20 an hour Americans and hiring fifty-cent-an-hour Asians? A pair of Nikes that sells for $150 in the United States costs $5 in wages to make in Indonesia. Any wonder that Nike president Philip Knight is the fifth richest man in America, with $5.2 billion, while his Indonesian workers make 31 cents an hour?"


LIVE: White House press briefing with Tulsi Gabbard, Karoline Leavitt

 LIVE: White House press briefing with Tulsi Gabbard, Karoline Leavitt (Video)

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This reminds me of a sign when Donald Trump was president. The sign quoted Trump as saying, "In reality, they're not after me, they're after you. I'm just in the way!"

Poll: 60% of Gen Z Kids Like Socialism, 34% Like Communism

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America has their own version of communism rising up in New York City. Here are some resources for a more complete history of communism and the USSR:

  1. The Bolshevik Revolution of 1917, by Dr. Peter Hammond
  2. None Dare Call It Conspiracy, by Gary Allen (1971)
  3. Young Americans Shouldn't Memory-Hole Soviet Horrors - townhall.com
  4. How Marxists Subvert Churches and Society, by Dr. Peter Hammond
  5. Election Recap: America Chooses Trumpism Over Marxism, by David Wheaton from The Christain Worldview

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Someone once said, "You can vote communists into office, but you'll have to shoot your way out!"

A History Teacher Reacts | "Complete History of the Soviet Union, Arranged to the Melody of Tetris"

Recommended reading: 95 Years Ago, The USSR Was Formed. Let's Look at the Numbers - dailycaller.com

Excerpt from this article: "According to “The Black Book of Communism: Crimes, Terror, Repression,” a text considered the standard recollection of the USSR’s atrocities, 20 million perished as a result of Stalin’s targeted killings, forced labor, famine, and collectivization. These numbers were confirmed by a major Soviet newspaper in 1989...An estimate cited by the libertarian magazine Reason puts the total number of people killed because of communism from 1900 to 2000 at a staggering 94 million — making it by far the bloodiest ideology in recent history."----------------------------------------------------------------------


Dick Cheney on CFR


The Trilateral Commission - (Clips) from Barney Miller - Se7 Ep8 (1981)


Here is a quote from David Rockefeller: "We are grateful to the Washington Post, the New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost 40 years......It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subjected to the lights of publicity during those years. But, the world is more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government. The supernational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national autodetermination practiced in past centuries.”  (Memoirs)

Recommended reading: NONE DARE CALL IT CONSPIRACY by Gary Allen


Today in the News - Thursday, July 24, 2025

 Today's Headlines

  1. 3-Year-Old Girl Suffers Devastating Consequences from Her Father's 'Gender Transition' - lifesitenews.com
  2. President Trump Delivers Again: ICE Arrests Surge Nationwide - whitehouse.gov
  3. Trump warns US will strike Iran’s nuclear sites again after Iranian FM says regime won’t give up enrichment - allisraelnews.com
  4. 'This time the Israeli effort is different': How assassinations of Iranian scientists set back Tehran's nuclear program - worldisraelnews.com
  5. USA Fencing changes transgender policy amid controversy over women's events - foxnews.com
  6. Trump says Obama 'guilty' of 'treason' for ordering 2016 Russia investigation - nypost.com
  7. Will Obama skate? Constitutional expert examines criminal evidence against Barack - wnd.com
  8. Revealed: Deep State buried evidence Russia did not want Trump to beat Hillary in 2016 - wnd.com
  9. Homan Had the Perfect Response to Hunter Biden's Criticism of ICE - townhall.com
  10. Is Nike Returning to Normalcy?- redstate.com
  11. Report: Obama Knew Russia Wanted Hillary to Win, and the Reason is Hugh - pjmedia.com
  12. The Late...Late Show - frontpagemag.com
  13. Trump Admin's Latest Addition Wants to Keep DOGE Cuts Alive - Here's How - hotair.com
  14. How Trump Dethroned The Associated Press and Slayed America’s Media Giants - hotair.com
  15. End Palestinian Authority’s “Pay-To-Slay” Program - hotair.com
  16. WEF Said Eat Bugs... While Klaus Schwab Billed The Forum For Massages And Moët: Leaked Investigation - zerohedge.com
  17. Extreme Measures: To Dodge Epstein Vote, Johnson Calls Early Summer Recess - zerohedge.com
  18. Conservatives Are Having Their Greatest Week In Culture Since Trump Trounced Kamala - dailycaller.com
  19. Texas Congressman Attempts to Turn Trump's Executive Orders into Law - dailysignal.com
  20. Analysis Conclusively Confirms Study Finding Same-sex Parenting Bad for Kids - thenewamerican.com
  21. Democrats Resist Clean Voter Rolls That Prevents Dead Voters in Congressional Hearings -thefederalist.com
  22. UK Orthopedic Surgeon Exposes Corruption In Western Medicine: ‘They Farm Us For Profit' - 100percentfedup.com
  23. To Discover The Truth About Epstein, Just Follow The Money - endoftheamericandream.com
  24. AI, By its Nature, is Hell Bound - canadafreepress.com
  25. Getting Off the Road to Ruin - americanthinker.com
  26. Poll: 60% of Gen Z Kids Like Socialism, 34% Like Communism - americanthinker.com
  27. Olympics Ban Males in Female Sports - legalinsurrection.com
  28. 'Japanese First': Rising Anti-Foreigner Sentiment Sparks Political Surge in Japan - rairfoundation.com
  29. Thousands of US Workers Axed as Freight, Lumber and Beverage Giants Automate, Abandon Local Economies, and Discard American Workers - naturalnews.com
  30. NY Pays $225K to End Legal Battles with Christian Photographer Over Same-Sex Marriage - christianpost.com

Columnists: 
  1. John Stossel: War on Capitalism - townhall.com
  2. Scott Pinsker: Ozzy, Epstein, and the 'Late Show' are Dead, Along with the Liberal Media - pjmedia.com
  3. Alex Newman: Rescuing Humanity Means Ending UN "Death Machine", Warns Doc Who Predicted COVID Crazy - thenewamerican.com
Earlier Headlines
  1. Will Barack Obama Be Arrested and Sent to Prison? -endoftheamericandream.com
  2. World On Fire: While Americans Sleep, Here Are 15 Ways That World War III Has Progressed During The Past 7 Days - theeconomiccollapseblog.com
  3. Canada Plans to Euthanize15 Million People in the Next 20 Years - lifesitenews.com
  4. Energy and Water-Hungry AI is Bad for the Environment - expose-news.com
  5. Tulsi Gabbard Declassifies Files On Martin Luther King Jr. Assassination - dailycaller.com
  6. SCOTUS May Overturn 45-Year Precedent - Which Itself Overturned a 193-Year Precedent - thenewamerican.com
  7. 'Sometimes You Just Can't Help It!' Whoopi Defends Cheating CEO - newsbusters.org
  8. The Sound of Silence: Comey, Brennan, Obama Mum on Tulsi Gabbard's Criminal Referral to the DOJ - redstate.com
  9. The Epstein Files Are Just a Sideshow - thefp.com
  10. Friedman to Sheva: Trump and Netanyahu Bet Legacy on Iran Strike, and it Paid Off - israelnationalnews.com
  11. Harvard Sued in Another Antisemitism Lawsuit - algemeiner.com
  12. 'A Special Kind of Vile': Horror Story Emerges from Surrogate Who Confirms Gay Couple Demanded a Dead Baby - wnd.com
  13. 'What Can I Charge Him With?': Cop Faces Serious Consequences for Manufacturing Arrest Reason - wnd.com
  14. Watch: Andrew Fox Dismantles the Gaza Casualty Narrative Used to Tunr the World Against Israel - wnd.com
  15. 'Extensive Public Interest': Judge Overseeing Epstein's Grand Jury Request Makes List of Demands - wnd.com
  16. Bye, UNESCO. It's Not Us; it's You - pjmedia.com
  17. When Da Vinci Built a Robotic Lion to Impress the French - hotair.com
  18. Far-Left Has Gone So Far Left That Even Ocasio-Cortez Too Moderate For Them | The Daily Caller - dailycaller.com
  19. RussiaGate Was Treason. Will Trump Prove No One is Above the Law? - americanthinker.com
  20. 99% of Terrorism Cases in Germany Involve Muslim Foreigners - americanthinker.com
  21. To "drain the swamp" you must first drive out its inhabitants | Canada Free Press - canadafreepress.com
  22. Trump: Paramount Paid $16M '60 Minutes' Settlement - newsmax.com
  23. ‘Now, Do Epstein,’ MLK’s Daughter Urges, After Tulsi Drops 230K Docs On Civil Rights Leader - infowars.com
  24. Judge Needs 3 Things to Unseal Epstein Grand Jury Testimonies - legalinsurrection.com
  25. Trump Announces Major Japan Trade Deal - townhall.com
  26. Why Trump Should Engage World Chaos - frontpagemag.com
  27. 'Woke': U.S. Pulling All Support from U.N. 'Scientific' Body - wnd.com 
  28. These Are the World's Most Critical Oil Chokepoints - zerohedge.com
  29. 'Catastrophic': AI Agent Goes Rogue and Wipes Out Company's Entire Database - zerohedge.com
  30. Rand Paul Tells Charlie Kirk Why He Thinks Fauci Is ‘Most Likely’ Biden Pardon Recipient ‘To Be Chargeable’ - dailycaller.com

Daily Sermon for the Hearing Impaired: You Are Not Your Own

You Are Not Your Own, by Joe W. Allen [Text: Exodus 30:11-33]

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Recommended reading: Brazilian Skateboarder Quotes Bible in Sign Language to Defy Olympic Ban on Religious Displays - lifesitenews.com

Note: This daily sermon for the hearing impaired is dedicated to my good friend, David J. Bishop, who went home to be with his Lord Jesus on July 1, 2021. David was the inspiration for me to begin posting links to sermons for the hearing impaired. David's not deaf anymore. And the first words he heard were from our Lord Jesus, saying to him, "Well done, David, thou good and faithful servant. Enter into the joy of thy Lord!" [Matthew 25:21]

Here is one of the last pictures David sent to me before he died. He was a big sports fan and LOVED the Seattle Seahawks! He was also a BIG baseball fan. I'm sure if David had been able to hear he would have loved the song, Take Me Out to the Ball Game! But David loved our Lord Jesus much, much, much more than any sporting event! Oh, here is a video of Take Me Out to the Ball Game in American Sign Language! (ASL)


Recommended:

Deafness in the News:

Westminster Shorter Catechism Q & A #31-35

The following is from thewestminsterstandard.org:


Q. 31. What is effectual calling?

A. Effectual calling is the work of God’s Spirit, whereby convincing us of our sin and misery, enlightening our minds in the knowledge of Christ, and renewing our wills, he doth persuade and enable us to embrace Jesus Christ, freely offered to us in the gospel.

Q. 32. What benefits do they that are effectually called partake of in this life?
A. They that are effectually called do in this life partake of justification, adoption, sanctification, and the several benefits which, in this life, do either accompany or flow from them.

Q. 33. What is justification?
A. Justification is an act of God’s free grace, wherein he pardoneth all our sins, and accepteth us as righteous in his sight, only for the righteousness of Christ imputed to us, and received by faith alone.

Q. 34. What is adoption?
A. Adoption is an act of God’s free grace, whereby we are received into the number, and have a right to all the privileges, of the sons of God.

Q. 35. What is sanctification?
A. Sanctification is the work of God’s free grace, whereby we are renewed in the whole man after the image of God, and are enabled more and more to die unto sin, and live unto righteousness.

Recommended sermon:  The Westminster Assembly, by Dr. Sinclair B. Ferguson

Today in History - July 24

A special thanks to Wikipedia.org for following historical information. The sermons I have chosen from Sermonaudio.com

1712 – War of the Spanish Succession: The French under Marshal Villars win a decisive victory over Eugene of Savoy at Denain.[2]

Recommended sermons and podcasts: The Colonial Wars of America and Providential Significance, by Historian Bill Potter

1974 – Watergate scandal: The United States Supreme Court unanimously ruled that President Richard Nixon did not have the authority to withhold subpoenaed White House tapes and they order him to surrender the tapes to the Watergate special prosecutor.


"Whenever you run a clandestine operation, you run two things at the same time: you prepare the team for the hit, and you keep it so small there's nobody to spread it all around. And across the hall is a big staff working on what we call special plans. They're preparing the cover story. The cover story is what they want people to believe and to talk about, and to argue about." - From a 1992 speech by Col. Fletcher Prouty, former chief of special operations, Joint Chief of Staff, as quoted in Deep Truth: The Lives of Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein:

Daily Bible Verses for Thursday, July 24, 2025

 "Knowing this first, that no prophecy of the scripture is of any private interpretation. For the prophecy came not in old time but the will of man: but holy men of God spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost." 2 Peter 1:20 & 21

The following sermons are on 2 Peter 1:20 & 21:
  1. The Private Interpretation of Scripture, by Rev. Gordon Dane
  2. Inspiration, by Rev. Roger Higginson
  3. The Inspiration of Scripture, by Dr. David P. Murray
  4. How to Get the Most Out of Your Bible: The Bible is Inspired, by Dr. Ian Brown
  5. The Bible - No Book Like It, by Rev. Lawrence J. Bilkes
  6. Private Interpretation of the Scriptures - Great Blessing of the Reformation, by Rev. Gordon Dane

Daily Bible Reading for Thursday, July 24, 2025

The following Bible readings are taken from the website, Oneyearbibleonline.com. If you follow this reading plan you will read through the whole Bible in one year. I highly encourage you to do so. Also, the sermons below each section are ones that I have chosen from the website, Sermonaudio.com

2 Chronicles 11-13

The following sermons are on 2 Chronicles 11-13:


Recommended sermon: Dealing with Difficult Prophecy Passages in the Bible, by Gary DeMar [Text: Psalm 18; Zechariah 12; 2 Thessalonians 2
Recommended sermon: 
  1. The Father of Lies, by David VanBrugge [Text: Proverbs 19; John 8:44]
  2. Finishing Wisely, by Rev. Ryan McKee [Text: Proverbs 19]

PANIC: CNN Cuts The FEED as Tulsi EXPOSES Obama's Dark Crimes, Clinton Sick Secrets from White House (Video)

Benny Johnson: PANIC: CNN Cuts The FEED as Tulsi EXPOSES Obama's Dark Crimes, Clinton Sick Secrets from White House (Video)

🔥 BREAKING: Trump Tulsi RELEASE BOMBSHELL NEWS TREASON EVIDENCE OBAMA! Trump Elon Musk Japan Deal

TrueLife News: BREAKING: Trump Tulsi RELEASE BOMBSHELL NEWS TREASON EVIDENCE OBAMA! Trump Elon Musk Japan Deal

LIVE: White House press briefing with Tulsi Gabbard, Karoline Leavitt

LIVE: White House press briefing with Tulsi Gabbard, Karoline Leavitt (Video)
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This reminds me of a sign when Donald Trump was president. The sign quoted Trump as saying, "In reality, they're not after me, they're after you. I'm just in the way!"

NY Pays $225K to End Legal Battles with Christian Photographer Over Same-Sex Marriage

  NY Pays $225K to End Legal Battles with Christian Photographer Over Same-Sex Marriage - christianpost.com

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Recommended sermons and podcasts:

  1. Knuckle-Dragging Neanderthals Oppose Same-Sex Marriage - The Atrocities of Nero, by Pastor Kevin Swanson (2014)
  2. A Biblical Response to the Supreme Court Decision, by Dr. David P. Murray (2015) [The Text for this sermon is Revelation 18:4: "And I heard another voice from heaven, saying, Come out of her, my people, that ye be not partakers of her sins, and that ye receive not of her plagues."]
  3. Religion Without Regeneration: John Wesley's Testimony, by Rev. Ian Brown [The text for this sermon is Matthew 7:21-23"Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity."]

Extreme Measures: To Dodge Epstein Vote, Johnson Calls Early Summer Recess

 Extreme Measures: To Dodge Epstein Vote, Johnson Calls Early Summer Recess - zerohedge.com

Excerpt: "'Why are you running cover for an underage sex trafficking ring?' asks Massie..."

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Recommended reading: What to Do if You Suspect a Child is Being Sexually Abused - christianpost.com 

Extreme Measures: To Dodge Epstein Vote, Johnson Calls Early Summer Recess

Extreme Measures: To Dodge Epstein Vote, Johnson Calls Early Summer Recess - zerohedge.com

Excerpt: "'Why are you running cover for an underage sex trafficking ring?' asks Massie..."

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Recommended reading: 

Is Nike Returning to Normalcy?

  Is Nike Returning to Normalcy? - redstate.com

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Recommended reading: Pat Buchanan: A Hero Who Deserves Trump's Medal of Freedom - americanthinker.com

The following quote is from The Great Betrayal: How American Sovereignty and Social Justice are Being Sacrificed to the Gods of the Global Economy:

"No site better captures yesterday's America than Detroit, forge and furnace of America's democracy. Detroit is the burned out case of American cities. The Empire of the Sun has its revenge. Japanese imports helped kill the city that built the weapons that destroyed the empire. Now grandsons of the soldiers of the imperial army work at high paying manufacturing jobs once held by the fathers of ten-dollar-an-hour retail clerks in Macomb County.

"But why blame the Japanese? We did it to ourselves. We Americans created a post war trading regime, in which, over 25 years, Japan bought 400,000 American cars while selling us 40 million Japanese cars, a ratio of 100:1. One president after another sat still while a third of America's greatest industry was shipped off to Japan...

"Americans no longer make their own cameras, shoes, radios, TVs, toys. A fifth of our steal, a third of our autos, half our machine tools, and two-thirds of our textiles are made abroad...

"The decline and fall of Middle America was neither preordained nor inevitable. It was engineered in Washington D.C. Wages have fallen and the standard of living of American families has stagnated because of a basic law: the law of supply and demand. The price of labor has been dropping because the supply of labor has exploded...

"Having declared free trade and open borders to be American policy, why are we surprised that corporate executives padlocked their plants in the Rust Belt and moved over seas?  Why keep your plants here when you can manufacture at a fraction of the cost abroad, ship your goods back, and pocket the windfall profits that come from firing $20 an hour Americans and hiring fifty-cent-an-hour Asians? A pair of Nikes that sells for $150 in the United States costs $5 in wages to make in Indonesia. Any wonder that Nike president Philip Knight is the fifth richest man in America, with $5.2 billion, while his Indonesian workers make 31 cents an hour?"


10 Myths About Death That Just Aren’t True

  10 Myths About Death That Just Aren’t True - msn.com

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Recommended sermons: 

  • How to Benefit from a Funeral, by Dr. David P. Murray: The text for this sermon is Ecclesiastes 7:2 &3: "It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart. Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better."
  • Lies Told at Funerals, by Rev. Roger Higginson : The text for this sermon is 2 Timothy 4:24 and Ezekiel 33:7 & 8: Here is the words of Ezekiel 33:7 & 8: "So thou, O son of man, I have set thee a watchman unto the house of Israel; therefore thou shalt hear the word at my mouth, and warn them from me. When I say unto the wicked, O wicked man, thou shalt surely die; if thou dost not speak to warn the wicked from his way, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity; but his blood will I require at thine hand."
  • Death at its Own Funeral, by Dr. Ian Brown [Text: I Corinthians 15:51-57: "Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord."   
  • A Graveside service No One Would Dare Preach Today, by Rev. David Stewart [Text: 2 Samuel 3:33: "And the king lamented over Abner, and said, Died Abner as a fool dieth?"]

Ligonier Ministries: R.C. Sproul: For Justification by Faith Alone

 Here are some quotes from the late RC Sproul (1939-2017): "While God-given, the conscience has certain limitations in its ability to d...