How and why you should bring glory and honor to God in everything you think, say and do.

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Dr. R.J. Rushdoony, one of the great scholars of the 20th Century, delivers a prophetic warning to the West.

Dr. R.J. Rushdoony

In this rare, never-seen-before video excerpt - taken from a lecture he gave in Tampa Bay in the early 90's - "Rush" uses autism as a metaphor for a spiritual sickness that has become epidemic: an obsession with self; that whether we are talking about church or politics, people are asking the same thing: "What's in it for me?"

Prescient as always, his warning that this form of autism, if left unchecked, could spell a 200 year dark age for Western Civilization may well be coming true.

Watch the video here. (Length 7:32)

It’s that time of year when we are all encouraged to make New Year’s resolutions. This year, though, the advice I’m going to follow was written long before the 21st century’s economic and cultural woes. This advisor’s recommendations have stood the test of time, and I, for one, will heed his sage advice.

Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain:

In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened,

And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low;

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If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up.— Daniel 3:17–18

“At the heart of Liberty is the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning, of the universe, and of the mystery of human life.”—Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, quoted in "Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty," p. 139

[Y]e shall be as gods, knowing good and evil. — Genesis 3:5

When the serpent told Eve that she and Adam would be as gods if they disobeyed God and ate the forbidden fruit, he meant that they would be able to decide for themselves what was good and what was evil.[1] They would, in Justice Kennedy’s words, acquire “the right to define one’s own concept of existence, of meaning,” etc.

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Editor's Note: This article was originally published in 1992... I am amazed at how clearly it still speaks to us today! Please start a monthly prayer meeting at your local gov't building for the renewal of America. If possible, let's all try to pray the first Saturday of each month. I will be at the Monroe County (Illinois) Courthouse this Saturday at 1:00 pm (Central Time). Won't you please join with me in prayer? After all, we serve a mighty King and now is not the time for His people to retreat.

“What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” (Ecclesiastes 1:9 NIV)

Modern-day liberals – or “progressives” as they more discreetly prefer – labor under an awkward misconception; namely, that there is anything remotely “progressive” about the fundamental canons of their blind, secular-humanist faith. In fact, today’s liberalism is largely a sanitized retread of an antiquated mythology – one that significantly predates the only truly progressive movement: biblical Christianity.

While visiting the Rivermont Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Lynchburg, Va., a few weeks back, I heard a troubling, albeit thought-provoking, sermon. Pastor John Mabray addressed the ancient Canaanite practice of Baal worship and, though he didn’t reveal it by name, connected the dots to its present-day progeny: liberalism. Baal, the half-bull, half-man god of fertility, was the focal point of pagan idolatry in Semitic Israel until God revealed His monotheistic nature to Judaism’s forebears.

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Author’s note: Rick Warren has a daunting task ahead of him during his upcoming inaugural prayer for Barack Obama. Here are some brief humble suggestions for him as he prepares for this historic moment. May we be in prayer for Obama’s salvation and national repentance.

Lord we begin this year with our heads low and our hearts contrite.

We have neglected your Word and commandments.

Forgive us Lord for embracing “Change” without repentance.

Forgive us for putting “Country First" instead of Christ.

Forgive us for worshiping our presidential choice.

For promoting pragmatism, and endorsing evil.

Remind us our vote is the currency of our virtue.

Forgive us for applauding an Esther (Palin), when she was a sign of God’s judgment.

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Part Two

When we become Christians we are commanded to repent from our former worldview and lifestyle, but that does not mean that we are on our own to invent what we imagine is an acceptable Christian lifestyle. The Jews were cast aside by Jehovah and He turned to the Gentiles because they refused to commit themselves to the gospel. Instead, they sought to establish their own righteousness by establishing numerous laws in their Talmud, and it was the man-inspired Talmud, not the God-inspired Old Testament that the Priests memorized and taught. Are we not attempting the same thing today by approaching our cultural issues from our perspective instead of analyzing them from God’s perspective?

Neither does it mean that we are to mentally assent to the truths of Scripture without having any inclination of incorporating the biblical truths we learn into our world and life view. Jesus expects us to commit our complete lifestyle to following His perfect ethical standard of behavior. The following words from the apostle John should prove more than a little alarming to those who are going through life according to their own drumbeat:

Conversion is the soul's surrender to God, and acceptance of God--as Guide through this world of sin.

"Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked." Psalm 1:1

Notice exactly how this is expressed--it is not "does not walk in the open wickedness" nor even "the manifest folly of the wicked," but "does not walk in the counsel of the wicked." How searching that is! How it narrows things down!

The ungodly are ever ready to "counsel" the believer, seeming to be very solicitous of his welfare. They will warn him against being too strict and extreme, advising him to be broad-minded and to "make the best of both worlds." But the policy of the "ungodly"--that is, of those who leave God out of their lives, who have no "fear of God"--is regulated by self-will and self-pleasing, and is dominated by what they call "common sense."

or a Sermon Preached at the Fast, upon the 26th Day of December 1650.

Notwithstanding the Lord turned not from the fierceness of his great wrath wherewith his anger was kindled against Judah, because of the provocations that Manasseh had provoked him withal.