Zohran Mamdani, AOC, Ilhan Omar, and Jasmine Crockett the Gifts that Keep on Giving
The Chief – February 25, 2026
Supreme Court Tells Congress to Do its Job
William – February 20, 2026
Zohran Mamdani, AOC, Ilhan Omar, and Jasmine Crockett the Gifts that Keep on Giving
Before you ask why I am praising this merry band of whackos, maybe ask yourself the same question. Folks, politics have taken a wild turn in the last 12 years. Actually, make it 20 years! The Tea Party started all of this with the rise of “Republican” political types who simply voted NO on everything… ala Ted Cruz. I use air quotes because I do not think these types are actually Republicans, they must regurgitate the talking points on the TV. Then came Donald Trump, and the rise of the politician who actually did what he said he would do! It was also the rise of the MAGA movement, which I struggle to define as MAGA folks are all over the place and are typically only single-issue voters. President Trump winning and the rise of his supporters also gave rise to whackos on the Left side of the aisle.
I call their movement MEGA. As in MEGA sized government. They have their supporters.
I recall the day when Gavin Newsom, the mayor of San Francisco, was a left-wing whacko; however, the names above make him look almost sane. I think that is the whole point of his candidacy for President.
I work with someone who openly declares the above group needs to be voted out and shut up. This could not be more stupid, but when you can only repeat what info Sean Hannity gives you, I’m not surprised. Crockett is a nut, AOC is usually spouting off garbage that is not remotely true, and outside her enclave of New York City, she is basically unelectable. Omar loves defending Somalians who are ripping off our government; it’s actually quite laughable. None of those mentioned so far would bit’sllowed in the Democrat party years ago, but like the GOP, they have changed and not for the better.
Mamdani on the other hand is a totally different brand of crazy. One who may well take down some Democrats in New York and possibly nationwide. Mamdani ,during a heavy snow fall, did not open the warming centers in New York City. As a result, 19 homeless people froze to death. Maybe this is their way of handling the homeless now that their plans have mostly been exposed as a grift. Mamdani has now gone after the governor of New York, in essence, with a threat of a large property tax increases if she doesn’t levy a tax on billionaires. Folks, a tax on property will be devastating to New York City.
Check it out…
In 2026, the average annual property tax in New York City is approximately $10,311, with an effective tax rate of about 1.90% for a typical home. While New York State’s average effective rate is 1.45%, NYC often has a higher tax burden, with median bills often exceeding $6,500-$12,000 depending on location and property type.
Increasing that will cause a large number of people to leave the City, not to mention the exodus already taking place.
Mamdani’s ideas, as stated above, make Gavin Newsom look like a moderate in comparison. Heck, all of the above electeds are starting to make Gavin look and sound reasonable. As a result, I would suggest to fellow Republicans, keep those electeds in power. Depending on the tea leaves you read, the election and control of Congress may hang in the balance…. Why not give us an edge based on the comments made by these crazies? Heck, I would toss a camera and a microphone in front of each of them daily to get their latest political takes.
Silence them at your own peril. The target of these political types are the broke, uneducated, criminal types, and illegal aliens. Not a group I would want to ally with. My prediction, Mamdani spends New York City into a fiscal cliff of epic proportions in a couple years! Tie the milestone around the necks of the far Left! Heck even the center Left. I want to make known just how whacky these types are.
The Chief
PS my rational is because we have some whackos on our side as well. The fewer on our side the better. Oh, having the Broad Squad wearing “Fuck ICE” buttons and yelling “K.K.K.” at the State of the Union speech last night was really classy as well.
Zionism and Scofield
Folks, a bedrock belief of the Scofield Reference Bible is Zionism. Scofield taught that Jesus offered the Kingdom of God to the Jews. The First Century Jews rejected it, and God went to Plan B, the Church. Sometime in the future, God will remove the Church (via a secret rapture) and then get back to dealing with the Jews. This is actual Replacement Theology. Scofield’s followers claim they oppose Replacement Theology but theirs is a strawman argument used to silence those that disagree with their extrabiblical views. Scofield is the one that replaces Israel with the Church. The Bible clearly teaches that the Church is the true Israel created from a remnant of Israel that later had Gentiles grafted into it.
For if the casting away of them be the reconciling of the world, what shall the receiving of them be, but life from the dead? For if the firstfruit be holy, the lump is also holy: and if the root be holy, so are the branches. And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert graffed in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree; Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee. Thou wilt say then, The branches were broken off, that I might be graffed in. Well; because of unbelief they were broken off, and thou standest by faith. Be not highminded, but fear: For if God spared not the natural branches, take heed lest he also spare not thee.
Romans 11:15–21.
Included with Scofield’s view is a rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem, renewal of sacrifices in said temple, a worldwide tribulation, a worldwide political dictator commonly known as The Antichrist, lots of dead Jews, and if Hal Lidsey and others are to be believed, a thermonuclear war ending with Jesus sitting on an earthly throne in Jerusalem. Part of Scofield’s system is that God is not done with the Jews and has not kept His Word to them to fulfill the promises made to Abraham. (I mostly rebuked this in my last post.)
Bless Those That Bless You
I would like to look again at Genesis chapter 12. Specifically, what Scofield does with the initial promise to Abram.
“I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will make your name great, and you will be a blessing. I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.”
Genesis 12:2-3. NIV
The following is from Scofield’s footnotes on this verse. I am starting at point 3 since it is the thing you hear most often parroted by his vast array of followers.
(3) Promises to Gentiles. (a) “I will bless those who bless you” (Gen. 12:3). Those who honor Abraham will be blessed. (b) “And whoever curses you I will curse” (Gen. 12:3). This was a warning literally fulfilled in the history of Israel’s persecutions. It has invariably fared ill with the people who have persecuted the Jew—well with those who have protected him. For a nation to commit the sin of anti-Semitism brings inevitable judgment. The future will still more remarkably prove this principle.
Scofield then lists a set of verses that he claims support his claim. Five of the seven passages are directly related to the restoration of Israel after the Babylonian Captivity and are thus one-time events which were already fulfilled. The only other Old Testament verse is Deuteronomy 30: 7 KJV
“And the LORD thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, which persecuted thee.”
In context the verse is saying that God will use Gentile nations to judge (punish) Israel for violating the Covenant (see Deuteronomy 28: 15-68) and then God will judge the nations that he used to punish Israel.
The outlier to these verses is his reference to Matthew 25:40, 45 which have nothing to do with Abraham or Israel. Sorry but these references in Matthew are completely unrelated to the topic.
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me
Matthew 25:40 KJV.
Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
Matthew 25:45 KJV.
The bottom line of his footnote is that Genesis 12:2-3 has nothing to do with Israel since Israel (Jacob) was not a glimmer in anybody’s eye yet. In fact, at this point in the story, Abraham was still Abram and had yet to enter into a Covenant with God. Scofield has done sleight of hand and gotten away with it.
His supporting verses are just crap. He is blowing enough smoke that he hopes his claim will be convincing. I find it curious that he doesn’t quote the obvious story of Balaam being hired to curse Israel if this passage truly means what he claims.
The other passage that gets quoted often to bolster Zionism is this one.
The Peace of Jerusalem
“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: They shall prosper that love thee.”
Psalm 122:6.
Thus, if you support Jerusalem and by extension, Israel, God must bless you. On the other hand, if you oppose Jerusalem then God will punish you. This is taken literally by Scofield led Zionists to be true today even though the biblical nation of Israel was wiped off the map 2,000 years ago and the Old Testament worship ceased forever at that point. The current nation, established in 1948, is not based on the Bible or the law of Moses, instead it is a secular State, but is viewed by many as biblically relevant anyway. Modern Israel’s mere existence is cited as irrefutable proof that Jesus will return any minute.
At one time, Iraqi leader, Sadam Husain, had wanted to restore the city of Babylon. If he had changed the name of the country to Babylon, would all the old biblical passages be recycled again to somehow be relevant in the 21st Century just because of a name change?
The other question that should occur in your mind is why does a literal city in Jerusalem matter at all once you have read the New Testament? The Old Covenant is physical and tangible while the New Covenant is Spiritual.
Somehow Scofield and his minions skip the necessary verses because they don’t fit their presuppositions. The fact is that their best exegetical tool is a pair of household scissors. That way they can cut out the verse they want while simultaneously discarding the limitations of the context and then can make an isolated passage mean whatever they want.
Let’s add a few New Testament passages to the mix.
For it is written, that Abraham had two sons, the one by a bondmaid, the other by a freewoman. But he who was of the bondwoman was born after the flesh; but he of the freewoman was by promise. Which things are an allegory: for these are the two covenants; the one from the mount Sinai, which gendereth to bondage, which is Agar. For this Agar is mount Sinai in Arabia, and answereth to Jerusalem which now is, and is in bondage with her children. But Jerusalem which is above is free, which is the mother of us all. For it is written, Rejoice, thou barren that bearest not; break forth and cry, thou that travailest not: for the desolate hath many more children than she which hath an husband. Now we, brethren, as Isaac was, are the children of promise. But as then he that was born after the flesh persecuted him that was born after the Spirit, even so it is now. Nevertheless what saith the scripture? Cast out the bondwoman and her son: for the son of the bondwoman shall not be heir with the son of the freewoman. So then, brethren, we are not children of the bondwoman, but of the free.
Galatians 4:22–31.
So, we, as Christians, belong to the Jerusalem that is above, not the earthly one which is a city of slaves since it is filled with the offspring of Hagar (Agar).
But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
Hebrews 12:22–23.
In biblical theology, there is the type/antitype model. The type is often an earthly shadow of a heavenly reality. The heavenly reality is the antitype. Likewise, the physical, earthly Jerusalem is a foreshadowing of the heavenly City, the real Jerusalem.
And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
Revelation 21:2.
And he carried me away in the spirit to a great and high mountain, and shewed me that great city, the holy Jerusalem, descending out of heaven from God,
Revelation 21:10.
If you follow this type/antitype theme, you will find that the New Testament Zion and Jerusalem are spiritual realities that were foreshadowed by earthly, Old Testament counterparts. So, when you pray for the peace of Jerusalem in our time, it is really a prayer for God to bless His Church not that he blesses a piece of dirt in Palestine. The piece of dirt in Palestine is just dirt, not something with any spiritual significance. Old Covenant Israel is dead and buried and has been since 70 A.D. whether Scofield or Ted Cruz or Mike Huckabee say differently.
Conclusion
There is nothing special about the Jews in God’s plan, they come to God on the same basis as everyone else; namely, faith in Jesus Christ or not at all. The current and very secular nation of Israel has zero to do with biblical prophecy. All promises in the Old Testament that were made to national Israel were fulfilled long ago. It is a myth that any promises to Old Covenant Israel remain unfulfilled.
Scofield frequently ignores history to force already fulfilled prophecy into the future. Like, many before him, he ignores the time markers given in Scripture because they don’t fit with his presuppositions. I will look more at these areas in upcoming installments.
Promises to Abraham Past or Future
I was going to write a single blog post of the topic of Zionism and America, but the task is just too darn long, so I am opting to break it into smaller pieces. Each part will stand on its own. I don’t know how consistent that I will be working on this, but right now I feel like getting it started.
My purpose in writing this is to prove that most of what Evangelical Christians claim as future prophecy was fulfilled long ago and thus their worldview is hopelessly broken. Perhaps a few will be honest enough to look at the source material and believe it once their presuppositions have been shown to be faulty.
First up is the issue of God’s promises to Abraham. Lest you think this is just a theoretical exercise, check out this article.
[Mike] Huckabee also defended the historical and theological claim that present day Israel is the Israel of the Bible, as have GOP U.S. Senators Ted Cruz of Texas and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina. Huckabee said the Bible would justify Israel’s seizing territory in the Middle East from the Euphrates River in Iraq to the Nile in Egypt.
Huckabee Defends Pollard Meeting, Says God Promised Israel the Entire Middle East
As he did during his testy exchange with Cruz, Carlson pressed Huckabee on the meaning of Genesis 15:18: “To thy seed will I give this land, from the river of Egypt even to the great river Euphrates.”
That would include the “entire Middle East,” including Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia, Carlson said. In other words, whole countries.
“It would be a big piece of land,” Huckabee agreed:
“But here’s the point. … This particular area that we’re talking about now, Israel, is a land that God gave through Abraham to a people that he chose. It was a people, a place, and a purpose. We can look at it that way.”
Carlson insisted that Huckabee explain what “land” he meant. “Does Israel have the right to that land? Because you’re appealing to Genesis, you’re saying that’s the original deed?” Carlson asked.
Huckabee: “It would be fine if they took it all.”
- What are the promises that God made to Abram?
- Were these promises fulfilled?
- Is the modern nation of Israel biblically relevant?
God’s first promise to Abram is when Abram was called by the Lord.
Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father’s house, unto a land that I will shew thee: And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.
Genesis 12:1–3.
I plan to have more to say on portions of this passage in a later post. In Genesis 15, God makes a covenant with Abram. Later God changes his name to Abraham.
Here is the first promise, Abram’s seed (descendants) will be as numerous as the stars.
And, behold, the word of the LORD came unto him, saying, This shall not be thine heir; but he that shall come forth out of thine own bowels shall be thine heir. And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be. And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Genesis 15:4–6.
The next promise that God gave Abram was a land grant. The caveat was that the land could not be inherited for four hundred years. This is a prophecy of the captivity in Egypt.
And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years; And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance. And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. 16 But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
Genesis 15:13–16.
Later, the land grant is given more specifically.
In the same day the LORD made a covenant with Abram, saying, Unto thy seed have I given this land, from the river of Egypt unto the great river, the river Euphrates:
Genesis 15:18.
So, God in Genesis chapters 12 to 15 made Abraham three promises, That he would have many offspring, that the nations of the earth would be blessed, and that a parcel of land would be given.
When God late announces that Abram will be the father of Isaac, he changes his name to Abraham and his wife then becomes Sarah.
As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. And I will make thee exceeding fruitful, and I will make nations of thee, and kings shall come out of thee. And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession; and I will be their God.
Genesis 17:4–8.
Nations Blessed
Per the New Testament, the ultimate fulfillment of the world being blessed by the seed of Abraham was found in Jesus Christ.
Now to Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He saith not, And to seeds, as of many; but as of one, And to thy seed, which is Christ. Galatians 3:16.
Land Promise
Later, the land promise is affirmed to Josua.
Every place that the sole of your foot shall tread upon, that have I given unto you, as I said unto Moses. From the wilderness and this Lebanon even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.
Joshua 1:3–4.
Joshua, at the end of his life gives a different description of the Promised Land.
And ye have seen all that the LORD your God hath done unto all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is he that hath fought for you. Behold, I have divided unto you by lot these nations that remain, to be an inheritance for your tribes, from Jordan, with all the nations that I have cut off, even unto the great sea westward. And the LORD your God, he shall expel them from before you, and drive them from out of your sight; and ye shall possess their land, as the LORD your God hath promised unto you.
Joshua 23:3–5.
When Joshua died, Israel controlled both sides of the Jordan River to the Mediterranean Sea. That seems a far cry from the Euphrates.
Now therefore fear the LORD, and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood, and in Egypt; and serve ye the LORD.
Joshua 24:14.
However, what is the “other side of the flood”? Oh, wow! It’s the Euphrates River. So the promise was fulfilled just as God had promises Abraham.
But wait, there’s more.
David smote also Hadadezer, the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his border at the river Euphrates.
2 Samuel 8:3.
King David recovered his border at the Euphrates River.
For he [Solomon] had dominion over all the region on this side the river, from Tiphsah even to Azzah, over all the kings on this side the river: and he had peace on all sides round about him.
1 Kings 4:24.
Solomon ruled it too. So, Israel conquered the land to the Euphrates and held it for many years.
And the LORD gave unto Israel all the land which he sware to give unto their fathers; and they possessed it, and dwelt therein. And the LORD gave them rest round about, according to all that he sware unto their fathers: and there stood not a man of all their enemies before them; the LORD delivered all their enemies into their hand. There failed not ought of any good thing which the LORD had spoken unto the house of Israel; all came to pass.
Joshua 21:43–45.
Offspring as the Stars
Their children also multipliedst thou as the stars of heaven, and broughtest them into the land, concerning which thou hadst promised to their fathers, that they should go in to possess it.
Nehemiah 9:23.
Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Deuteronomy 10:22.
Conclusion
God fulfilled all the promises made to Abraham.
Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.
1 Kings 8:56.
The Old Covenant is over and decisively so in 70 A.D; God divorced Israel, the Great Harlot, Babylon where Christ was crucified. Beginning at Pentecost, God took a new people from Israel, starting with a remnant. Later Gentiles were grafted into the cultivated olive tree (Israel). A new assembly (ecclesia) of New Testament believers arose during the last days of Israel. This is the new bride of Christ, the Church. Thus, the Church is the true Israel, the offspring of Abraham and Jacob.
Not as though the word of God hath taken none effect. For they are not all Israel, which are of Israel: Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but, In Isaac shall thy seed be called. That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
Romans 9:6–8.
Know ye therefore that they which are of faith, the same are the children of Abraham. And the scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the heathen through faith, preached before the gospel unto Abraham, saying, In thee shall all nations be blessed. So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithful Abraham.
Galatians 3:7–9.
And if ye be Christ’s, then are ye Abraham’s seed, and heirs according to the promise.
Galatians 3:29.
Maintaining the land promised to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob was contingent of obedience of God’s Covenant. Moses and Joshua both knew that eventually Israel would disobey and be taken to foreign lands as punishment. A remnant would eventually return, and they were. In the final days, Israel chose Caesar over Christ. “We have no king but Caesar” and then “His blood be upon us and our children.” Jesus told them that their house would be left to them desolate and not one stone would be left upon another but by then their fate was sealed.
Huckabee, Cruz, Graham, and the rest of the disciples of Scofield are wrong but given a choice between their presuppositions and the actual text of the Bible, they can only see Scofield’s Notes. Their willful ignorance results in a fatal case of paralysis for the progress of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
The Supreme Court got it Really Right
I have been told by many so called conservatives that the courts only strike down Republican laws, never Liberal ones. This is patently untrue, but I cannot control the way you think as you have been programmed by tv media to think the way you do.
The Constitution says that taxes must originate in the House of Representatives, not the Senate, nor by Executive Order from the Executive branch. The reason for this is our Founders set up a process where checks and balances are a thing. Large states like California, Texas, and Florida get a large says about matters in the House, while small states like Rhode Island, the Dakota’s, and Montana can hold a larger say in the Senate on matters. The Executive branch is not allowed to issue Executive Orders on certain things; they must originate in the House.
“Sorry rules are rules.”
The Constitution states that Congress has the power: “To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes;”
Oh, isn’t that the rallying cry of the Tea Party, far right types whenever the Liberals are in control of things? It’s all about the Constitution.
As William wrote in his blog, if Congress did its job, we would not be here. This has gone back to at least the W. Bush presidency, we no longer have a budget, we do Executive Orders and Continuing Resolutions; neither of which is authorized by the Constitution. We fund the government for around 60-90 days at a time.
This Executive Order gambit has taken on a life of its own; due to Congress not doing its job.
The problem is actually a bi-partisan one. Both parties do it. When one party controls the White House, the other party, if they control Congress, digs in and refuses to pass any legislation that helps the party in power. As a direct result, the White House does executive Orders to go around Congress. Then it is essentially up to the courts to litigate it.
Typically, the process works this way. The party out of power (not the White House), finds a friendly judge, said judge rules it unconstitutional and blocks it. Then the President, via the Department of Justice, appeals the ruling to Appeals Court. When that occurs, the Executive Order, could be allowed to continue pending appeal outcome, which is what typically occurs. In the case of tariffs, it was allowed to continue. The appeals court will rule (it’s typically a random 3 judge panel, not one judge). If the outcome is not to the liking of one party or the other, it can be sent to the Supreme Court. If the Court agrees to hear it, they usually issue a stay and allow the law/regulation to remain in place until they rule on its legality. The Supreme Court ruled today, 6-3 saying tariffs done by Executive Order are illegal.
In closing, I will say this, regardless of your belief on tariffs, I have made mine known previously, this is a big win for the rule of law. Just imagine for a minute if the Supreme Court ruled the other way, it opens Pandora’s Box for the other party to do the same on their legislative priorities. If that were to occur, what is the point of Congress? Trump is aiming his anger at the Court; he should be aiming his anger at Congress.
By The Chief
Supreme Court Tells Congress to Do its Job
The US Supreme Court just struck down President Trump’s ability to set tariff rates with other countries. The vote was 6 to 3. I never could figure the Constitutional basis that gave Trump this power. Yes, it was good from a fiscal point of view, but …
This ruling essentially told the do-nothing Congress, this characterization is true of both parties, that they must do their job. Congress has been a broken and failed institution for my entire adult life and then some.
Trump has proved that tariffs can be an effective way to generate revenue, they were for most of the country’s history and could be again. The Court has said that Congress needs to lead. Constitutionally, that is a correct statement, but in reality, it is not likely to happen.
This ruling is also good because the Court is politely saying that rule by Executive Order must have limitations. If Congress had any genitals, rule by Executive Order would be illegal.
Protestants Acting Stupidly
Early this morning on good ‘ole Facebook, I came across a bunch of posts blasting the idea of Ash Wednesday. I decided to write a blog on this subject, and I’ll be darned if I can find any samples now. But I will fire away on my thoughts and keep looking for examples.
“Ash Wednesday is a holy day of prayer and fasting in many Western Christian denominations. It is preceded by Shrove Tuesday and marks the first day of Lent: the seven weeks of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving before the arrival of Easter.”
This is another religious lie of the Roman Catholic Church to enslave people to works righteousness rather than the freedom of biblical grace and mercy of the gospel! Ephesians 2:8-9
First, why is it OK for Protestants to celebrate Christmas and Easter and then dis the folks that they stole the holidays from to start with? Ash Wednesday is just as much part of the Church calendar as Christmas and Easter.
Folks, it’s a much better argument that Jesus was born in September, on or about the Day of Atonement, than anything that places his real date of birth near December 25th. I have a video by some Protestants arguing vigorously that Jesus was born on the traditional date of Christmas (12/25) but really their evidence is thin.
Easter, in the spring, is a much better and firmer argument but the date of Easter is rarely near the Passover, at least in current reckoning. Since at least three different calendars were used, I can understand the confusion. (oh, the calendars are Julian, Gregorian, Jewish)
Just so you know, the Church calendar was created many centuries ago and goes beyond the year 8,000. They have much more faith in the providence of God and our mission as Christians than the current crop of believers today with their any minute Rapture.
The presumption, by the posters that I saw who were attacking Ash Wednesday, is that they have everything right and those following the Church calendar, especially Roman Catholics, are heretics, syncretizes, or out right pagans. Their basic argument was that Lent and Ash Wednesday are not in the Bible.
Mark 7:9 “He was also saying to them, “You are experts at setting aside the commandment of God in order to keep your tradition.”
On Photo: The Catholic Ash Wednesday ceremony is pure witchcraft” Andre Salloum
Hey, Protestants! The following are not in the Bible either:
Grape Juice For Communion.
Anything Less Than Weekly Communion.
Baby Dedication.
Baptism By Immersion.
Age Of Accountability.
The Rapture.
Walking an isle or the “Sinner’s Prayer”
But most of you practice these things as if they were found in the KJV.
Why is it wrong to commemorate the 40 days that Jesus suffered in the wilderness as a preparation for celebrating his passion and death? Nobody says you have to do it, but what about Christian liberty? Why is it wrong for believers to reflect a little on what it cost God to come as a man to save you from your sins? Oh, for you that don’t know, Sundays are exempted from the 40-day calculation, since it is a day of worship.
Back in December, I went to church with my parents. I attended their once Baptist and now nondenominational church. The pastor bragged about how he didn’t follow the traditions of men but only the Scriptures. Meanwhile, everything in the bulletin or their service was a tradition of men. They were dispensational/premillennial in their eschatology. A Tradition of man unknown to the church until the 1830’s. They had a Baptist during the service. It was by immersion. Not in the Bible. It was a “believer’s baptism”. Again, this is not the biblical norm, the exception was the Ethiopian eunuch, typically, the practice was that whole families baptized on the basis of the father, who was head of the household, professing faith. In such cases, children, spouses, and servants were all baptized because of the man’s profession of faith. Then there was an assortment of ministries which were unknown until the time of Chrles Wesley. Oh, to this pastor, the world belongs to Satan until some future time. God was only the savior of your soul; the rest was not God’s concern. Again, not in the Bible. Lastly, they sang zero hymns from or based on the book of Psalms. God gave us a song book but we never use it.
So yeh, mister Protestant, tell me how that whole thing is going for you? I have my disagreements with Rome too but most of the Protestant folks out there are theologically no better. They just like their heresies better than those of the other guys.
Oh, just so you know, using either geography or raw numbers, more Christians celebrate Lent than don’t. The Roman Catholic Church, Orthodox, and some Protestants including Anglican, Lutherans, celebrate Lent. That leaves Christians in and around the Presbyterian and Baptist denominations as the outliers.
Folks, this is a stupid thing to argue about. Why must we unchurch everyone else to advance our ideas? It gets old really fast. If you have the time to beat up on your fellow Christians then it means you aren’t facing the right way to fight the enemy, just sayin’.
Paranoia on Steroids
I was witness to a customer and a colleague talking about things they saw on the television. As documented in this space, I do not have cable, nor do I partake in watching much more than, call it an hour a week. I think 90% of what is on said virtual babysitter is propaganda one way or the other. That includes Fox News.
They got to talking today, saying there are reports of people impersonating ICE agents and how it is impossible to know what is real and not. Since all ICE agents are masked, anyone could impersonate them, right? Right? The said the agents can bust down your door or shoot you while driving by… because they can! They can detain you and ask questions later. They were roused about how the shootings were not necessary and were entirely avoidable. I had to get up and take a long trip to the bathroom as this was unreal. But this is a reminder we live amongst the sheep; you view the tv for hours on end and think it is gospel truth.
This is why I am glad to be a libertarian; I will break down how the above is not true at all.
First of all, a warrant is required to enter your house by force (aka kicking the door down.) ICE agents, while masked, must still present valid ID documentation if asked. They also cannot enter your property via a locked gate, again, unless they have a warrant or are chasing you (the illegal criminal) on foot or by car.
If you are stupid enough to open your door for someone you don’t recognize, or feel has dubious credentials, you deserve your fate! There is nothing wrong with asking for someone’s credentials or flat out not answering the door. I don’t. If I’m not expecting you, you either better be dropping something off, or beat it. I will not allow entry!
Again, they need a warrant to operate. They cannot and do not operate in a vacuum like the folks on cable TV will have you believe. When ICE shows up to do a raid, they are usually looking for one or more people, who are here illegally, who have criminal records, and missed their court date. Read the sentence again. They do not simply raid the local Home Depot parking lot, that’s a lie. Also, this may be news to our California readers, but some cities and counties DO cooperate with ICE. When a person is arrested and it turns out they are here illegally, they can be turned over to ICE that night! Other times the person is picked up for a crime like; DUI, domestic violence, battery, or theft and when discovered is also turned over to ICE.
Regarding the statements about people in the home/car also being arrested and deported that is a thing also. It’s also legal. Choose your friends wisely! Folks, if I am in the car with a criminal illegal alien, I too can expect to be detained for questioning, just like if I was hiding someone in my house; in which case you can kick my door down! See how that works? I’m shielded from the law if I am doing nothing wrong, such protections do not exist when I am harboring a fugitive from the law! Folks, no judge will issue a bench warrant for failure to appear if you missed a hearing about a speeding ticket, these people are the worst of the worst.
Now regarding the part about shooting illegal criminal aliens. Again, what you are seeing on tv are clips from the incidents are formatted and condensed to fit a narrative. In the case of the women who tried to make a getaway in her car and was shot 3 times, it is hard to argue that she was a saint. She was agitating officers all day and was told to exit the car! She made a choice, that choice was suicide by cop! The other person who was killed, again, was agitating and out of control. He even brandished what appeared to be a weapon. I never am happy or will defend the shotting of someone, but come on, in both cases it was extremely avoidable.
The only commentary I will provide to defend the ICE agents is this. They have a very thankless job. They are vilified by the news/print/radio media constantly. They have been doxed (identity given to the public) and had their/spouses/family’s lives threatened by deranged whackos. They are doing their jobs. Oh, and the current President ran on this exact agenda. It should not be a surprise. Folks speaking again as a libertarian, the law gives wide latitude to peace (police type) officers when they are involved in a shooting. If said officer claims they feared for their life, or thought they saw a gun, they typically have the right to use deadly force, even in a state like California. It is not smart at all to agitate someone who is wearing a badge and carrying a gun, especially when they can use and apply deadly force as they see fit. I would not want to be hoping that officer is having a good day while I taunt him mercilessly.
Last point, I overheard the 90-day guy saying, “how come they can’t just shoot them in the leg?” This is a typical, highly uneducated response that I have come to expect from a “California Conservative.” First, you are not trained to shoot someone in the leg. Tell me you haven’t shot a gun before without telling me you haven’t shot a gun before. No gun range has the ability to get you to shoot someone in the leg, it’s a small target! Hence you aim for the center mass (the torso). Law enforcement is trained to only discharge their weapon to protect lives and property; think self-defense. This is the difference between cops and soldiers. The other aspect of a police shooting that he doesn’t have the ability to comprehend is, until the threat is considered neutralized, the medics cannot give the victim medical attention. So, to lay it out, shooting the person in the leg will likely just cause them to bleed out anyway. Trust me most of the time when there is an officer involved shooting, the criminal is very well known, and the police planned for this likely happening.
The Chief
Jesse Jackson Assumes Room Temperature
Yep. In the words of broadcaster, Rush Limbaugh, Jesse Jackson has assumed room temperature. Jackson who catapulted his association with Martin Luther King into a life’s work, has died.
Jesse was a false prophet of the social gospel that enslaves millions of black Americans. As long as he could deliver the votes every four years, he had a seat when Democrats—the Party of the KKK and Jim Crow—caucused.
Jesse was not a Christian. He preached, another, Jesus, another salvation, and a false gospel.
“But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.”
Galatians 1:8.
Jackson was a man who spoke falsely.
“Also of your own selves shall men arise, speaking perverse things, to draw away disciples after them.”
Acts 20:30
He deceived the masses and was rewarded handsomely for it.
“For they that are such serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the simple.”
Romans 16:18
He preached a false Jesus, a false gospel, a lying spirit, and led many astray who had their itching ears tickled.
“For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.”
2 Corinthians 11:4.
Jackson was a wolf in sheep’s clothing. He and his fellow Justice Brother, Al Sharpton, made it their life’s mission to capitalized on misery and did their best to keep black people in subjugation to their plantation masters of the Democrat Party. They made it their mission in life to promote abortion of blacks, dependance on government programs, and the false gospel of socialism. They did all this evil wearing the collar of a servant of Christ. They led zero people into heaven and legions into hell in this life and the next.
Ray Stevens did a song many years ago asking, if Jesus would wear a Rolex on his television show? Jesse surely would and did.
He lived the “high life” while exploiting the poor. He got caught many years ago having fathered a child out of wedlock. Did he repent? Nope. He was sorry he got caught, not that he had his zipper down.
Yes, I’m picking on him. He deserves it. Sadly, he is just one of many from the so-called Baby Boomer generation that F*ed-up this country.
Folks, this country is the dumpster fire that it is because of the Baby Boomers. Nothing will get fixed until they are in the grave and the policies that they enacted are in the ash heap of history. FDR put us on the road to socialism but the Boomers of the 1960’s and 70’s brought the policies of FDR into fruition. The Democrat Party of JFK died in 1972 when Hayden, Fonda, et al took over.
There are and were good people in the Boomer generation, but they were out maneuvered and out matched by the godless humanists and atheists of their generation. They were the most selfish and destructive group of humans in the history of this nation, possibly any nation. Boomers have squandered the blessings of previous generations. Their legacy is one of debt, servitude, and destruction. They purposely left the next generation worse off than they were. The sad part is that they don’t care. Their whole world is based on selfishness without consequences.
Jackson and the Boomers exemplify the biblical axiom that “the compassion of the wicked is cruelty” and the other biblical description of evil men, “eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow we die.” On these two pillars are the Boomer’s actions explained.
For the first time in his existence, Jesse Jackson believes in the God of the Bible, but it’s too late for his soul.
Why Abolitionists are the New CRA
Scenario
Imagine that you are an elected representative in the lower house of your state legislature. You ran as a prolife candidate and decided to introduce a bill to outlaw abortion in your state. Furthermore, you have decided to include criminal sanctions on abortionists in your legislation. Such a law has not been proposed before in your state. You feel that while this bill will be controversial, that it is the right thing to do.
After hearing about your bill, a prolife group from out of state says they are coming to lobby in support of your legislation.
Once the out of state group arrives, they read your legislation and then publicly call you a baby killer and murderer. They denounce your idea. They call you a Judas and hater of God. They also label you an enemy of life and of the unborn. Their main complaints are that there are no criminal sanctions in your bill to punish women that have abortions and your bill doesn’t outlaw abortion drugs sent via mail or other delivery services. The group lights you up on social media and via local television stations.
The prolife group uses scorched earth tactics and vilifies anyone that opposes them. They claim to represent God and his Word. Furthermore, they don’t want to educate churches or Christians and persuade them to strengthen local laws. They want their point of view enshrined into state law and then they will go back to their respective states until the next opportunity comes along.
The legislator is dumbfounded by this treatment. Not too many years ago, his bill would have been called a cutting-edge idea, and he would have been called a maverick of the prolife movement. Now his so-called brothers in Christ are stopping just short of burning him at the stake.
Oh, the scenario above is being played out right now in the state of Iowa.
Just Like the CRA
This sounds eerily familiar to me. I was once part of a similar and equally zealous group, the California Republican Assembly. Yep, I was personally recruited by Barbara Alby in the narthex of Capital Christian Center in Sacramento to be part of her evangelical army of Republicans fighting against the devil and taking back our state for Christ. I was told that the liberals were the tools of the devil and that any opposition was because those opposing us were his minions. This was Frank Peretti’s spiritual warfare writ large, and I had a chance to make a difference.
Well, we ran the infidels out of the CRA and then used various chapters to capture county central committees across the state. In a few short years we captured the California Republican Party. After Barbara and her fellow travelers took over the State Party, they kicked CRA to the curb. From the time Barbara Alby took an interest in CRA until she won election to the California Assembly (the lower house of the California legislature), CRA went from a membership of just over 80,000 to about 15,000. Purity and fidelity have their cost.
Those Ignorant of History …
Oh, while the Abolitionists are running their campaign in Iowa, they are also taking to the Internet and denouncing the evils of the Roman Catholic Church on Facebook. This is more proof that they are ignorant and not really prolife.
Folks, it is an undisputable fact that without the Roman Catholic Church, the prolife movement in the United States would never have existed. Yes, I have doctrinal differences with Rome, but the Catholic Church was the only religious group consistently opposing abortion in our country during the time that Roe v Wade was the Supreme Law of the land.
Furthermore, it is a fact that the so-called “mainstream” Protestant churches—Methodist, Presbyterian, and Episcopal—were advocating for legalized abortion in the 1960’s and early 70’s and even allowing abortion clinics to operate on church property. Abortion was welcomed by these Protestant groups as an expression of Christian charity and love for the poor.
Evangelicals were “fair weather’ opponents of abortion and sporadically opposed it. Also, they were very late to get involved in the issue.
Lastly, it was Roman Catholics on the US Supreme Court that finally overturned Roe v Wade. (The Court’s make-up in recent decades skews Catholic & conservative or Jewish & liberal.)
Biden’s token black appointee may claim to be protestant (I really don’t know) but since she still doesn’t know how to define what a woman is, I can’t take her seriously on anything.
Going Scorched Earth
Oh, not that it will move the needle, but I have occasionally tried to tell the Abolitionist folks that in the political world, it is ok to make incremental changes to the law. Change what you can now and try for more next year; however, they dismiss the idea of incrementalism and want an all or nothing result.
As a result, Abolitionists have denounced and ridiculed Students for Life (a large nationwide group of mostly college aged students) for this exact reason. Abolitionists view their mission as a holy war, and anything less than total victory is compromise with evil.
I also have repeatedly suggested to Abolitionists that they need bottom-up solutions that begin by educating the church, then local communities and then trying to change the law. Top-down solutions are not biblical and will not last. Dr. Gary North and a host of others have said this since at least the 1980’s. North was critical of Falwell’s Moral Majority for these same reasons.
Failure is Guaranteed
The Abolitionists will fail because they are doing it the wrong way. They are trying to mimic the world’s way of doing things and not the Bible’s. They think the Bible doesn’t address or speak to God’s response to Power Religion, but it does. However, Abolitionists would rather shoot now and aim later.
Like socialism, Abolitionists just think the right people haven’t tried their tactics yet.
Sorry dudes, we tried it almost 40 years ago and screwed the pooch. California is a one-party state because evangelical Christians tried the same exact tactics that you are using now and destroyed everything we touched with our scorched earth tactics. We killed the California Republican Assembly, the Republican Party in California and created the circumstances that allowed Charles Munger Jr. to take over the Republican Party.
I know. I was there. I had a front row seat to the whole thing. I made it possible. I regret it deeply and have for many years.
Final Comments
The Abolitionist movement will fail. Been there, done that. They will unchurch everyone that disagrees with their jihad tactics and do more harm to the cause of life as a result. More babies will die because of their demand for all or nothing legislation. Abolitionists don’t want to do the hard work of changing hearts and minds. They want to use the power of the sword to do it for them.
Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping
Folks, I feel for Samantha Guthrie. Having your 84-year-old mom disappear under suspicious circumstances has got to rock your world. Clearly foul play was involved. Whatever happened to Nancy, I don’t have any reason to think Samantha was involved. It’s just a feeling. I really don’t know anything about Samantha Guthrie except she works for NBC. She is a fellow human being made in the image of God, and I feel terrible for her.
I don’t think this was a kidnapping. If it is, it’s the weirdest story since Patty Hurst.
I think Samantha’s mom was killed the night that she disappeared. I also think the body is very near her mom’s home.
We have zero indication of “proof of life”. Also, bit coin ransom sounds bogus. It is a third party injecting themselves into a tragic situation or a deliberate misdirection by the perpetrators.
Was mom really the target? Just wondering? If so, why? This thing stinks. Right now, law enforcement has too many cooks in the kitchen and I think that is making the case even more complicated.
I’m praying for Samantha and her mom but as you can see, I’m not hopeful that this will have a happy ending.