As we grieve for the loss of brothers and sisters at Fort Hood, Texas, and pray for Gods peace and comfort for their families and the community, may we consider the urgent need to come to our senses regarding the folly of political correctness.

How many tragic events will it take before we realize that our current battles are not unlike the battles of yesterday? Why are we so often surprised by the actions of people who have a clear and dangerous ideological distinction from us? Many of us remember the stories of the Nazi occupation of European countries, the concentration and death camps and the determination of the followers of one ideology to extinguish all others. It took tremendous resolve and sacrifice to win this war. We faced a similar threat after World War II and fought the Communist in Korea and Vietnam and a Cold War with an arms build up and a somewhat diminished ideological debate. That debate like many others has been abandoned by the embracing of the new tolerance and moral relativity.

We are witnessing the fruits of ideological capitulation on the part of our religious, educational and political institutions. Nurtured by our intellectual political enemies in the universities and agencies of social change "Political Correctness" has become the defining quality of the New Progressive American. Not willing or able to take a stand against ideologies that destroy the liberating qualities of a moral absolute we are now unwittingly falling for anything, surrendering security and freedom. PC has neutered our ability to engage in a reasonable debate regarding the validity and consequences of philosophies and ideologies that shore up or tear down the God given freedoms we have been blessed with in America.

Kerby Anderson, of Probe Ministries International explains the problem.

“Much of the confusion stems from our country's misunderstanding of democratic pluralism. Our founders wisely established a country that protected individual personal beliefs with constitutional guarantees of speech, assembly, and religion. But undergirding this pluralism was a legal foundation that presupposed a Judeo-Christian system of ethics. Thus, in the area of personal ethics, people are free to think and believe anything they want. Moreover, they are free to practice a high degree of ethical pluralism in their personal life. To use a common phrase, they are free "to do their own thing." But that doesn't imply total ethical anarchy. Not everyone can "do his own thing" in every arena of life, so government must set some limits to human behavior.”

We are called time and again to stand up and engage the enemies of this freedom at all levels, spiritual, intellectual and physical. By necessity this will entail a healthy discussion unfettered by the touchy feely relativity of the PC intellectual. This will entail a healthy loving evangelical proclamation of the absolutes found in scripture with the hope of the propagation of the forgiveness and grace of Jesus Christ. This will entail a strong posture of defense in our government and military that stands to defend the rights of all who do good, and punishing those who do evil while maintaining the highest capacities and qualities of justice and liberty. (Romans 13) This assumes that we are able to freely discern and express what is good and evil without the interference of those who would destroy our freedoms.

This first great battle was lost in the Garden of Eden. (Genesis chapters 2 and 3) When Eve was approached by the serpent, his first strike was to her intellect. He questioned Eve as to the validity of Gods word. “ Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’? As the devil twisted the words of God, Eve accepted his premise that perhaps God was not revealing all the beneficial attributes of his creation. Having captured Eves mind it was a short step to corrupting her will. You know the rest of the story. The concept is clear in scripture “as he thinketh in his heart so is he” (Proverbs 23:) the mind and heart control the will. “A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.” (Matthew 12: 35)

In many countries, Muslim thinking, based on studies of their religious text the Koran, is perceived as anti-Christian and consequently follows that it is anti-American. Many Muslims assume incorrectly that all Americans are Christian, much like we assume incorrectly that all Muslims are either followers of a peaceful religion or terrorist. Our lack of understanding the extremes in both the Christian and Muslim world adds to our confusion and ability to reason correctly. In fact sin has no boundaries; the Muslim and the Christian are equally plagued with sin and its tragic consequences. The great distinction (that we are in danger of losing) is the fact that our foundation of freedom is based on scriptural principles and the freedom by which Christ has set us free. (Galatians 5:1) In comparison many extremist believe the Koran calls for death to infidels and un-believers (Jews and Christians included), Christianity calls for speaking the truth in love and extending the grace and forgiveness of our lord Jesus Christ to those who are lost. We have no mandate to force our faith upon the others by the sword but to explain the mercy and grace of the gospel, and to teach all things that has been revealed to us in His word. (Matthew 28:20)

This battle is not to be taken lightly and we ignore its necessity to our peril. As we grieve with those who grieve and pray for the souls that suffer in this loss let us not lose faith in God. May He empower us in His Spirit to engage the enemy at all fronts intellectually, spiritually and physically to preserve our freedom and the freedom of others to pursue God without doing harm. For we truly believe that “He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.”
(Hebrews 11:6)

So the sleeping giant awakes. Of course after many years of slumber the giant appears to be grumpy and even angry. Look at all the freedoms that have been lost since we fell asleep. Apparently, we are risking the possibility of loosing more.

Of course there is pent up frustration on the part of everyday Americans. Our elected leaders and representatives are not listening and not governing with wisdom and regard for the individual. Yes, there is a time for shouting and protesting. But we cannot descend to the tactics of the left without appearing as foolish as they are.

When we are given the legitimate vehicle for debate and discussion we should take the opportunity and use it to our advantage. There are questions that need to be asked and need to be addressed directly. We do not need to give in to the premise that we have a health care crisis, or any crisis for that matter. Let's demand an investigation and find out who is responsible for creating crisis. This administration thrives on crisis. This is the tactic of the leftist Statist. It creates a crisis and then steps in to grab more power in order to solve the manufactured crisis. This sounds pretty fishy to me!

We need to ask for facts and compare them to the facts that we have. There is plenty of information out there that we can use to our advantage. Union thugs will continue to show up at Town Hall meetings and public forums and look for ways to intimidate and push and shove. Our best option is to remain civil and exploit this foolish strategy for what it is, an attempt to silence dissent.

This is a dangerous time for conservatives. If we recall world history we will recognize a similar strategy was used by Statist in Europe and the USSR.

1) Create a crisis

2) Push an extreme agenda as something good for everybody

3) When people protest and disagree - characterize them as an unruly mob

4) Aggravate the dissenters with intimidating and unruly plants

5) Once the dissenters have been successfully demonized-have plants escalate
their tactics and cause violent harm to people and property

6) This will galvanize support for intervention - using national guard and
law enforcement to place dissenting citizens in jail

7) Crimes of dissent will be punished - and persecution will be the end result


We need to be praying and organizing according to Godly wisdom and bring these issues to a reasonable debate. Let us not give in to the powers of darkness.


Ephesians 6:12

For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.

Ephesians 1:19-23

You will also know the unlimited greatness of his power as it works with might and strength for us, the believers. He worked with that same power in Christ when he brought him back to life and gave him the highest position in heaven. He is far above all rulers, authorities, powers, lords, and all other names that can be named, not only in this present world but also in the world to come. God has put everything under the control of Christ. He has made Christ the head of everything for the good of the church. The church is Christ's body and completes him as he fills everything in every way.


Talking points need to be established and tough questions need to be asked politely, firmly and consistently. We must be above the fray and not give in to this socialist tactic - video clips of these events should continue to stress and demonstrate that the leftist Statist have no acceptable answer for the freeman when it comes to government control of the market, private enterprise, the economy, education, welfare, health care or the individual.

Let us not play into their hands!

Psalm 32:12
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord...

Indiana 1851,

Preamble: We, the People of the State of Indiana, grateful to Almighty God for the free exercise of the right to choose our form of government...

Ohio 1852,

Preamble: We, the People of the State of Ohio, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom, to secure its blessings and to promote our common...

Science fiction literature has always taken us on fantastic voyages of the imagination. The most memorable and effective of such literature use truth as its foundation and oppose it by taking dangerous ideas to the most extreme logical conclusions. This is the strength of George Orwells classic "1984". The iconic head of the fictional world power state of Oceania,"Big Brother", was always watching to make sure that you maintained the ideals of the "Party". Thought-crimes where not tolerated and severely punished. In our real world we have created the technology to approximate with amazing similarity the capacity for the state or any collective to track our every move and characterize and categorize our individual ideologies, and material and social preferences.

Of course much of this capacity is due to our perception that these technologies help keep us safe from criminals, gives us flexibility in our methods of paying for transactions, makes our lives more pleasing by being able to communicate with one person intimately or hundreds of thousands of people at once. Much of the power of Orwells fictional state was assumed by stealth and deception. One of many parallels to our current state is Big Brothers design to rewrite history and any narrative or opinion that stood opposed to the Party. What the Party said was the truth, the Party slogan was "Who controls the past controls the future; who controls the present controls the past". Citizens of Oceania were educated in "doublethink" a mental gymnastic that allowed them to hold contradictory positions simultaneously and unquestioningly.

It appears that perhaps we have also been victimized by the same tactics. Our nations mainstream media currently described by Rush Limbaugh as "A P Obama" or "state run media" has never been more supportive of any other President. In fact, they see the current administration as a demonstration of how powerfully effective they have become in swaying public opinion. Our institutions of higher learning pride themselves in their adherence to relativity and non-judgmental tolerance of all ideas, heralding them all as holding equal value,and denying any absolute.

Robin Hood and his envy philosophy along with modern technology and the current trend in education, media and politics appear to be aligned to a similar end. The details and means of control may differ from Orwells vision, however, in relation to the economy, big business and health care, the final goal of the Statist is ultimate control of every aspect of the individuals life.

The term "Statist" is borrowed from Mark Levins bestselling book "Liberty and Tyranny".
He more accurately describes the Modern Liberal believing

"in the supremacy of the state, thereby rejecting the principles of the Declaration and the order of civil society, in whole or in part. For the Modern Liberal, the individual's imperfection and personal pursuits impede the objective of a utopian state. In this, Modern Liberalism promotes what French historian Alexis de Tocqueville described as a soft tyranny, which becomes increasingly more oppressive , potentially leading to a hard tyranny (some form of totalitarianism). As the word "liberal" is, in its classical meaning , the opposite of authoritarian, it is more accurate, therefore, to characterize the Modern Liberal as a Statist."
pg 4 "Liberty and Tyranny" Mark Levin


Robin Hood the classic liberal appears to be morphing into Big Brother the Statist.

Private enterprise is a powerful declaration of the individuals creativity and liberty. Big business may or may not abuse the creativity of the individual and they may or may not prosper as a result. The individual has laws that protect him from such abuse as well as freedom to benefit from his labor. Statist minded unions and big government are enemies of the individual and big business. As allies they present a formidable threat to liberty and freedom. People depend on big business, the private sector, and free enterprise to create jobs and help produce wealth for themselves and for others. Statist proponents of big government want people dependent on them, not big business, the private sector or free enterprise. Statist are now using all of their power to tax,regulate, and steal from big business, transferring our trust to big government.

Private sector health care industry (which creates wealth) cannot compete with a government system (which creates debt) that does not need to earn a profit and that has taxing and regulatory powers over them. Attacking private enterprise using the Robin Hood philosophy places more people at the mercy of Big Brother government. Cradle to grave care is what the miseducated masses are clamoring for and very few understand that Liberty and Freedom are at stake.

It is time for America to grow up and take the admonition of scripture at its word. We must continue to re-educate ourselves and generations to come with the knowledge of truth and its application in all areas of our lives. That these are words of truth and as the patriots understood they are the foundation of our liberties and freedom under law.


1 Corinthians 13:11

"When I was a child, I spoke like a child, thought like a child, and reasoned like a child. When I became an adult, I no longer used childish ways."


Patrick Henry

"It cannot be emphasized to strongly or to often that this great nation was founded not by religionist, but by Christians; not on religions but on the gospel of Jesus Christ!"


Psalm 32:12
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord...

South Carolina 1778,
Preamble: We, the people of the State of South Carolina, grateful to God for our liberties, do ordain and establish this Constitution

Massachusetts 1780,
Preamble: We, the people of Massachusetts, acknowledging with grateful hearts, the goodness of the Great Legislator of the Universe...In the course of His Providence, an opportunity and devoutly imploring His direction...

There is a story told about a landowner who went out at daybreak to hire workers for his vineyard. After agreeing to pay the workers the usual day's wages, he sent them to work in his vineyard. About 9 a.m. he saw others standing in the marketplace without work. He said to them, 'Work in my vineyard, and I'll give you whatever is right.' So they went. "He went out again about noon and 3 p.m. and did the same thing. About 5 p.m. he went out and found some others standing around. He said to them, 'Why are you standing here all day long without work?' " 'No one has hired us,' they answered him. "He said to them, 'Work in my vineyard.'

"When evening came, the owner of the vineyard told the supervisor, 'Call the workers, and give them their wages. Start with the last, and end with the first.' "Those who started working about 5 p.m. came, and each received a day's wages. When those who had been hired first came, they expected to receive more. But each of them received a day's wages. Although they took it, they began to protest to the owner. They said, 'These last workers have worked only one hour. Yet, you've treated us all the same, even though we worked hard all day under a blazing sun.' "The owner said to one of them, 'Friend, I'm not treating you unfairly. Didn't you agree with me on a day's wages? Take your money and go! I want to give this last worker as much as I gave you. Can't I do what I want with my own money? Or do you resent my generosity towards others?'

If this story sounds familiar it may be because you recall having read this in the Bible. (Matthew 20)

This is a story told by Jesus to illustrate what the kingdom of heaven is like. Certainly there are several principles that we can glean from this lesson as applied to many areas of our lives. It may be helpful to study the passage within the context of Jesus' circumstance among the disciples and teachers of the region. The lesson as applied in relation to this post on envy and covetousness is found in exploring the reaction of the supposedly slighted workers in comparison with recent events in our "common era". (A.D. vs C.E. post in process)

Our first instinctive reaction is to side with the workers who worked hard all day and feeling somehow they were treated un-fairly. Had there been union representation in this crowd the owner of the vineyard would have been strong armed into paying out amounts equated to the hours worked. These tactics have been used in the past and are used today not only by unions and big labor executives, but also by government and most recently by the Obama administration. Not long ago a crowd of Obama supporters, members of ACORN, were encouraged to protest at the private homes of chief banking executives. Expressions of outrage revealing violent intent set the tone of the medias message for the day. At a subsequent meeting with some of these executives in an effort to secure concessions from the banking industry, Obama told them "my administration is the only thing between you and the pitchforks". This is not characteristic of great leadership, rather it is an indication of one who seeks ultimate control.

Envy and covetousness is a valuable tool of the left and they have found a way to make it trendy and effective. Manipulating the emotional response of an immature and miseducated populace to gather and focus intimidating pressure is a tactic of political despots. This is not the wisdom found in the kingdom of heaven.

As Christians, citizens of the heavenly kingdom, we should be quick to identify this type of immature reasoning, and to guard against it in our lives and to teach others about its dangers.As a self governing people we have created laws to protect us from abusive employers who go far beyond the supposed slight that the workers in Jesus story imagine. However, we have few laws that protect us from abusive government and their allies. Has justice been served by the recent forced takeover of GM? Their executives have certainly made un-wise decisions but their sad situation was taken advantage of by an administration obsessed with the desire to control.

Ask any of the GM dealers,employees and members of surrounding communities if they feel better now that justice has been done? Now that greed and envy at GM has been curtailed by our compassionate government, where do these thousands of people find work? Local merchants and service industries have lost significant revenue because of these closings. The media has made little mention of the negative impact to the local communities, civic organizations and charities that these dealerships supported.

There has been growing concern about the overreaching political tactics of this leftist regime. Hopefully this concern will develop into responsible political action. However, many are still foolishly looking to Washington for leadership and help in getting even with imagined capitalist villains. Envy and covetousness are getting the better of us as we surrender our liberty in exchange for the porridge of cradle to grave welfcare and the promise of a bright healthy future.

Next Post - Let's Grow Up part 3 - Robin Hoods Big Brother

Psalm 32:12
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord...

Georgia 1777

Preamble: We, the people of Georgia, relying upon protection and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish this Constitution...

Vermont 1777

Preamble: Whereas all government ought to enable the individuals who compose it to enjoy their natural rights, and other blessings which the Author of Existence has bestowed on man...

Hosea 4:6

"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge:"

The awe and devotion of both the state run media and its audience to the Obama administrations Robin Hood like antics is truly disturbing. It is not the fact that this administration misses no opportunity to expand its tax base and broaden its scope of power that is disturbing. What concerns the conservative patriot today is the number of child like devotees following merrily along behind the pied piper, little knowing or caring about the peril that lies ahead.

What has bewitched these followers? How has their capacity to reason been handicapped? Why are they so easily deceived?

Many of Obamas followers, who consider themselves intellectual contemporaries, have worked tirelessly for this very day. Finally, one of their own, the product of an educational system totally enamored by and directed toward the creation of a socialist utopia, has assumed the mantel of national leadership. They, along with mainstream state run media, are totally invested in the reconstruction of the Patriots American ideal. Unless we grow up, American life, as we once knew it, is destined for the trash heap; the lesson learned: Americans are not able to govern themselves so government will do it for them, and as a bonus, government will return wealth to its rightful owners.

How is it that many of our neighbors and friends, the great electorate, have been taken captive by philosophies of vain deceit? The foundation of these philosophies are shared by many in all segments of society and educational levels. The socialist liberal philosophy is basically built upon child like reasoning. The same reasoning is used by a four year old when he ask "why does Johnny have more marbles than I have?" and then loudly proclaims "that's not fair, you need to give me some of your marbles so we are even". The same immature reasoning is used in the intellectual debates at Harvard when the professor declares that "it is only fair that all views and ideas are equally valid". The same reasoning is used when one makes the statement that "America is bad because it has so much more of everything than other countries."

The foundation of this immature philosophy is "envy" and "covetousness".

James 3:14,16

"But if you have bitter envy in your heart and the desire to get the better of others, have no pride in this, talking falsely against what is true... For where envy is, and the desire to get the better of others, there is no order, but every sort of evil-doing."

One of the effective tools used by the liberal socialist in pursuing state control of private enterprise and the economy is "envy". How many of us feel the need to get even with those big shot wall street executives? Or as children have been placated by our parents equal distribution of a chocolate bar?

The heroic tales of Robin Hood live on in the minds of those who demand equal outcomes for all. In truth, Robin Hood was a thief. His motto "I rob from the rich to give to the poor" is somewhat similar to Obamas "returning wealth to its rightful owners". Robin Hood also targeted the rich and greedy masters of finance, wealth and labor. His method was not successful in tearing down the abusive system of feudalism. Feudalism lost its grip upon the people once they became Biblicaly literate and applied the liberating principles of scripture in all areas of life.

Robin Hood would be pleased however, to know his legacy lives on in the hearts of the allies of big government, the labor unions. These allies are currently serving as a means to an end for big brother government. Little do they know that once they have served their purpose, they too will be tossed aside into the ash heap of American political history joining us in lamenting the fall of the Patriots American ideal.


Next Post - Let's Grow Up - Part 2 - There Are No Unions In Heaven.

Psalm 32:12
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord....

Maryland 1776, Preamble: We, the people of the state of Maryland, grateful to Almighty God for our civil and religious liberty...

Pennsylvania 1776, Preamble: We, the people of Pennsylvania, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of civil and religious liberty, and  humbly invoking His guidance...

Virginia 1776, Bill of Rights, XVI Religion: The Duty which we owe our Creator can be directed only by Reason and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian Forbearance, Love and Charity towards each other...