Well, it is official.  Our current presidential administration has publicly stated that the American public is being exposed to too much news and information.  Fox News has reported that, while addressing the graduating class of Virginia’s Hampton University, the president told the 2010 class that they were “coming of age in a 24/7 media environment that bombards us with all kinds of content and exposes us to all kinds of arguments, some of which don’t always rank that high on the truth meter.”  He further stated that, “information becomes a distraction, a diversion” and is “pressure on our country and on our democracy.”

Of course, this philosophy is nothing new.  One of Adolf Hitler’s aids, Joseph Goebbels, stated that if the state tells a big enough lie often enough, it will be believed.  He also stated that “truth is the enemy of the state.”  Lenin added, “A lie told often enough becomes truth.” Thus, in the mind of those who would enslave America, the public must not have open and free access to information and truth.

This is a dangerous position for our administration to embrace.  Such pronouncements place our country on the road that leads to the restrictive access of nations like China and North Korea.  In those countries, the people are only permitted to see and hear what the government wants them to hear.  Thus, they are easier controlled.

We must follow the biblical admonition and pray for those in authority.  Pray for their conversion.  Pray for them to become Godly men and women who lead in righteousness.

[*Source: Foxnews.com http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/05/11/obama-swipes-media-questions-accuracy-content-environment]

Here is a YouTube video that seemed like far-fetched fantasy in 1948.  Yet, its message is very relevant for Americans today.

Christians need to awaken from our apathy and get serious about the Lord’s command to evangelize and reach the world. This video is presents staggering statistics that are real and alarming. Watch the video and post your comments. What do you believe the Christian response must be?

It seems that every day, the news is reporting another action of our politicians that appears to ignore our Constitutional boundaries. The biggest flap is concerning the qualification of Obama to be President. Until this point, there has been no Certificate of Live Birth (COLB) produced to verify that he is a natural-born citizen of the United States, as required by our Constitution.  Of course, there are many who are angry over his consistent refusal to address the situation and produce a COLB.  (It seems that, if he were natural born, the common sense thing to do would be to produce the COLB and end the debate. That should be a no-brainer).

Anyway, that issue and many other have spawned a national discussion over the Constitution. Citizens should be alarmed and angry that the founding document seems to no longer matter.  It should distress the nation that our guiding document is ignored and no one can seem to stop the ignoring of it.

However, I would like to surmise that we should not be surprised. It should not be a cause for amazement that politicians simply ignore the portions of the Constitution that they find disagreeable or unpleasant. After all. . .Is that not what people do with God’s Word?

We have sown the seeds for this ignoring of the U.S. Constitution. When our nation declared that the Bible, the Word of God, was no longer applicable to our governance, then we planted seeds that are now bearing fruit. If a man has no regard for the most sacred document of all history (i.e., the Bible), then is it any wonder that lesser documents can be ignored or disposed of at will?

Yes, we should insist upon being governed by our nation’s founding document.  We must demand that Constitutional boundaries be adhered to.  Yet, we must remain prayerful for our nation’s leaders.  Our prayer must be that they come to salvation and begin to love God’s Word.  When they respect God’s Word, only then will the Constitution will be restored to its rightful authority.

Professing Themselves to be Wise
For the past couple of weeks, the American public has been exposed to the supposed mystery of a man giving birth to a baby. The printed stories and internet versions all feature a photo of the alleged “man” with his pregnant abdomen. The alleged “man” is now known by the name of Thomas Beatie. Although Thomas was born as Tracy Lagondino, a woman, he was surgically altered to now have the appearance of a man. Thomas went through what is known as “gender reassignment,” and the state of Oregon declared that Thomas is now legally a man.

Of course, this has spawned much discussion by the talking heads of the media. Some are fascinated by the “history-making” even of a man giving birth. How foolish! Romans 1:22 quickly comes to my mind, “Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools.” Within its context, this verse precedes the description of those who have been given over to a reprobate mind by God (Romans 1:23-32). Included in this list of reprobates are those who “change the natural use into that which is against nature” (v.26). The first part of this verse defines such behavior as “vile affections.”

It is a fool who believes that simply altering one’s anatomy is all that is required for gender reassignment. God created men and women different in more ways that anatomy. The physical alterations do not alter the chromosome differences between men and women. It does not alter the physiological, mental and emotional differences between men and women. Thomas even chose to keep the female reproductive organs in her body. That is uniquely female. The state of Oregon was in error when it declared that this anatomically altered individual was a man. Unless the state can make the core changes at the genetic level of life, then Thomas is still a woman.

However, I am certain that the media will continue to try and push this hoax on the American public. They will declare that history has been made (although women have been giving birth since the beginning of history). This is an important event that must be swallowed by the gullible. The left-wing liberals of our country have long sought for a definitive benchmark by which to redefine the family unit. Thus, this lie must be accepted by the public. It was Joseph Goebbels, an aide to Hitler, who stated that if the state tells a big enough lie often enough, it will be believed. Lenin added, “A lie told often enough becomes truth.” Thus, this lie will be told often and loud, in order to be redefined as truth.

The American public must expose this farce for what it is. . .A lie from Satan. Like Satan, mankind is shaking his fist at the Almighty God and saying, “You will not control me!” How sad it is. We must pray for those who have become prey for the media lies. We must pray for the Lord to raise up a generation of Godly people that will seek to impact the world by reaching the lost with the gospel of Jesus Christ. We must reach the world in our generation for His glory!

The following is a brief excerpt from an Associated Press release this morning. . .

At least one in four teenage girls nationwide has a sexually transmitted disease, or more than 3 million teens, according to the first study of its kind in this age group.

A virus that causes cervical cancer is by far the most common sexually transmitted infection in teen girls aged 14 to 19, while the highest overall prevalence is among black girls – nearly half the blacks studied had at least one STD. That rate compared with 20 percent among both whites and Mexican-American teens, the study from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found.

The study goes on to imply that one of the reasons for this alarming report is the teaching of abstinence to our teenagers.Is not this living proof of Romans 1:22, “Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools“?  It is absurd to lay the blame for these findings at the feet of abstinence teaching.

To follow their reasoning, then we should educate bank robbers on successful ways to elude being caught.  After all, we should want to help them escape the hurtful consequences of capture and conviction!  Of course, this is an absurd notion.  Yet,  when will we learn that we must educate our children with the idea that choices have consequences?  It has been accurately stated that trying to build a moral nation without teaching consequences, is a futil as rearranging the furniture on the deck of the Titanic. To anyone with normal intelligence, it would be simple to avoid a STD (i.e., Sexually Transmitted Disease). 

By virtue of definition, if a person does not engage in the act of transmission, then nothing is transmitted.  Therefore, abstinence works!

What will reduce STD’s is not only the teaching of abstinence, but the practicing of abstinence before marriage and being monogamous in marriage.  This may strike some as being out of touch with modern day reality.  However, it is still a biblical truth. . .”Thou shalt not commit adultery.“  No one, not even modern man, can avoid the consequences of violating God’s Law.