GEORGE ORWELL’S “1984”: MAGA KID WAS PERSECUTED FOR COMMITTING “FACECRIME”

1984: MAGA Kid Was Persecuted For Committing "Facecrime"

GEORGE ORWELL’S “1984”: 
MAGA KID WAS PERSECUTED FOR COMMITTING “FACECRIME”

Leftists enforced Orwellian notion that having the improper facial expression is politically incorrect

BY PAUL JOSEPH WATSON
SEE: https://www.infowars.com/1984-maga-kid-was-persecuted-for-committing-facecrime/; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
Following the massive demonization of ‘MAGA kid’ Nick Sandmann for the crime of smirking, some of his supporters pointed out startling parallels to George Orwell’s 1984, in which citizens were persecuted for committing “facecrime”.
Even after video footage proved that Native American Nathan Phillips walked straight into the middle of a group of Covington High School teens and was not “mobbed” by them as the media had claimed, Sandmann was still crucified for smirking during the encounter.
In victimizing Sandmann over a facial expression, leftists are mimicking Big Brother’s treatment of dissidents who committed “face crime” in Orwell’s fictional dystopian classic.
Orwell writes about face crime in Part 1, Chapter 5 of 1984;
“The smallest thing could give you away. A nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself—anything that carried with it the suggestion of abnormality, of having something to hide. In any case, to wear an improper expression on your face (to look incredulous when a victory was announced, for example) was itself a punishable offence. There was even a word for it in Newspeak: facecrime, it was called.”
Another comment in relation to the book points out that a “person committed a face crime if he had a politically incorrect expression on his face at any time.”
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In essence, that’s precisely what Sandmann was persecuted for since he merely stood his ground and adopted an expression, at no point attempting to provoke or get in Nathan Phillips’ face.
As we document in the video below, innumerable leftists also had Twitter meltdowns over Sandmann’s expression alone, claiming that it represented bigotry and white privilege.


NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO SIGNS ABORTION BILL ALLOWING MURDER OF UNBORN UP UNTIL BIRTH

NEW YORK GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO SIGNS ABORTION BILL ALLOWING MURDER OF UNBORN 
UP UNTIL BIRTH
SEE: https://christiannews.net/2019/01/23/new-york-governor-andrew-cuomo-signs-abortion-bill-allowing-murder-of-unborn-up-until-birth/;  republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
ALBANY, N.Y. — Liberal New York governor Andrew Cuomo, who has decried what he calls “extreme conservative” politicians who impose on the people by law “their view of what God says should be done,” has signed into law a bill that expands abortion access in the state, allowing babies to be killed during the third trimester if they are not expected to survive or if they are deemed to threaten the health or life of the mother.
The Reproductive Health Act passed the state Senate 38-24 and the Assembly 92-47 on Tuesday—the day marking the 46th year of Roe v. Wade—and was quickly signed into law the same day by Cuomo, who was joined during the signing ceremony by Sarah Ragle Weddington, the attorney who had represented Roe before the Supreme Court.
As previously reported, Roe, who later came forward as Norma McCorvey, admitted in her 1994 book “I Am Roe” that her case was a lie, outlining that she made up the claim that she had been raped at the advice of her feminist attorneys to make her effort more convincing.
McCorvey also never obtained an abortion, but put her daughter up for adoption and went on to become a vocal pro-life advocate, even going to court in an effort to overturn the ruling.
“My decisions were wrong and I am fighting with every breath to change what has occurred,” McCorvey, who died in 2017, said in 2008.
Cuomo praised Waddington during his speech, and also presented her with an award for “public service,” telling her “God bless you” as he kissed her on the cheek.
“In many ways, Sarah, what you did is what we as a collective try to do. You made such a difference in your life. You’ve been such an example for so many. Rarely has such a precedent been so powerful for so long,” he stated. “And they way you did it, taking on all the odds—you couldn’t write a better story or heroism or courage or leadership.”
“Sarah, that is such a beautiful public service. That is such a precedent that had driven laws all across the nation,” Cuomo remarked.
He told those gathered that the event that he believed the bill was necessary because he feared that Roe v. Wade would be overturned by the Supreme Court and that he needed to “protect our state.” As previously reported, Cuomo had refused to sign the budget bill this coming April without the passage of the Reproductive Health Act.
“We should not be here in the first place. We should not have a federal government that is trying to roll back women’s rights,” Cuomo stated. “This administration defies American evolution. We’re supposed to be moving forward. We’re supposed to be advancing. We’re supposed to live and learn. We’re supposed to be growing.”
He again called for the presentation of a ballot initiative, which would codify what he called “a woman’s right to control her own body” in the New York Constitution. The constitutional amendment would be in addition to the legislation that he signed Tuesday evening, so as to prevent any efforts to restrict or do away with abortion in the state by future leadership.
Cuomo claimed that the issue is a matter of “equality,” comparing it to his efforts for “marriage equality.”
“This has been too long coming, and it has been too obvious and too unfair. Women’s equality in the law and in the constitution for all,” he stated, generating applause.
According to video footage posted online, the Senate chambers broke into standing cheers and applause after the bill was passed.

Photo Credit: Joseph Spector

One World Trade Center was also lit pink overnight to celebrate the passage of the so-called Reproductive Health Act, according to Joseph Spector of the Albany Democrat & Chronicle.
In addition to allowing babies to be aborted at any time if they deemed non-viable or if the mother’s health or life is stated to be jeopardized, the legislation also removes protections for babies who survive attempted abortions and eliminates language from criminal statutes that would prosecute an individual for acts that result in the death of an unborn baby. Non-physicians will additionally now be permitted to perform abortions.
“The legislature finds that comprehensive reproductive health care, including contraception and abortion, is a fundamental component of a woman’s health, privacy and equality,” the bill reads. “Abortion is one of the safest medical procedures performed in the United States; the goal of medical regulation should be to improve the quality and availability of healthcare services.”
Groups such as New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms were among those who actively opposed the legislation, while also acknowledging that it would likely pass due to the Democratic control of the state legislature.
“New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms opposes the Reproductive Health Act in the strongest possible terms. We respectfully call upon members of the legislature to summon the courage and compassion to vote against it,” it wrote in a Memorandum of Opposition.
Among its numerous concerns, the organization lamented the legislation’s expansion into the “health” of the mother, which it believes is a broad term that could be utilized for virtually any reason. It pointed to the 1973 Supreme Court case of Doe v. Bolton, which determined that “medical judgment may be exercised in the light of all factors—physical, emotional, psychological, familial, and the woman’s age—relevant to the well-being of the patient. All these factors may relate to health.”
As previously reported, former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop once outlined that the life or health of the mother is never a reason for an abortion as doctors will simply deliver the baby in order to save both lives.
“Protection of the life of the mother as an excuse for an abortion is a smoke screen. In my 36 years of pediatric surgery, I have never known of one instance where the child had to be aborted to save the mother’s life,” he said. “If toward the end of the pregnancy complications arise that threaten the mother’s health, the doctor will induce labor or perform a Caesarean section.”
“[The doctor’s] intention is to save the life of both the mother and the baby,” Koop continued. “The baby’s life is never willfully destroyed because the mother’s life is in danger.”
2 Kings 21:16 reads, “Moreover, Manasseh shed innocent blood very much, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another; beside his sin wherewith he made Judah to sin, in doing that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.”
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One World Trade Center Lit Up in Pink 

to Celebrate NY Abortion Law

EXCERPTS:
Entitled the Reproductive Health Act, New York’s latest abortion law allows termination of a pregnancy until the expected day of birth with certain limitations:
[An] abortion May be performed by a licensed, certified, or authorized practitioner within 24 weeks from the commencement of pregnancy, or there is an absence of fetal viability, or at any time when necessary to protect a patient’s life or health.
Breitbart News reported:
The [Reproductive Health Act] also redefines “person” as “a human being who has been born and is alive,” eliminating the possibility of recognizing the personhood of an unborn child. During her presidential campaign in 2016, Hillary Clinton stated that “the unborn person doesn’t have constitutional rights.”
Breitbart News also highlighted the Reproductive Health Act’s ending of criminal penalties for self-abortion and harming or killing — with specific mention of  “homicide” — unborn children. 
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SEE ALSO:
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THE TRUTH ABOUT 9 MONTH ABORTION LAW 

IN NEW YORK

Find out what the media is hiding 

about the state’s new bill

NY’s Barbaric New Ninth-Month Abortion Law Isn’t About Women – It’s About Money

New Abortion Law in New York is Outrageous!

How To Schedule Abortion At Nine Months Pregnant!

Infowars Reporter Millie Weaver challenges the Democrat talking point that “late-term abortions are only available for medical emergencies” by showing she was able to schedule an abortion appointment in her 9th month of pregnancy simply using the vague excuse of depression.

DAVID DALEIDEN, UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST, DISMISSES SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS’S 2020 WHITE HOUSE BID~REMINDS ALL THAT SHE ORDERED A SWAT TEAM RAID OF HIS HOME TO SEIZE ABORTED BABY PARTS VIDEOS

DAVID DALEIDEN, UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST, DISMISSES SENATOR KAMALA HARRIS’S 2020 WHITE HOUSE BID


Controversy is swirling over Senator Harris’ past criminal justice record. Undercover video journalist and pro-life advocate David Daleiden CLAIMS Harris once sent a SWAT team to raid his home when she was attorney general of California. One America’s Neil W. McCabe spoke to him about the situation.

Pro-Life Groups Demand Kamala Harris Resign After Raiding David Daleiden’s Home, Stealing Videos

MACRON & MERKEL BOOED BEFORE SIGNING ‘EUROPEAN ARMY’ TREATY~CHORUS OF JEERS GREETS GLOBALISTS

Macron & Merkel Booed Before Signing 'European Army' Treaty
LOVING THE “OLDER WOMAN” 
IN ADDITION TO HIS “OLDER WIFE”:
MACRON’S HAND ON HER KNEE FOR THE CAMERA:
MACRON & MERKEL BOOED BEFORE SIGNING ‘EUROPEAN ARMY’ TREATY~CHORUS OF JEERS GREETS GLOBALISTS
BY PAUL JOSEPH WATSON
SEE: https://www.infowars.com/macron-merkel-booed-before-signing-european-army-treaty/;  republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes: 
Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron were booed during the signing of a treaty that takes another giant leap towards establishing a European army.
Video footage shows the two leaders posing for photographs in Aix-la-Chapelle, Germany earlier today as a chorus of jeers can be heard in the background.
According to Sputnik, “the treaty will reportedly strengthen the existing ties between Germany and France, in particular, in the fields of economic, foreign and security policy, education and culture, research and technologies, climate and environment, as well as cooperation between border regions and civil societies” and “is intended as a step towards a European army”.
The European Union is moving towards an EU army despite repeated assurances down the years that such a scenario would never happen.
Macron continues to pursue globalist policies despite his popularity sinking to a paltry 23% and France being beset by violent protests for almost two months.
The signing of the treaty solidifies Angela Merkel’s commitment to globalism.
During an event aimed at combating populism entitled Parliamentarism in the Tension of Globalization and National Sovereignty last year, the German chancellor brazenly said that “nation-states should be willing to give up their sovereignty today” and this should be done via an “orderly process”.
“There were [politicians] who believed that they could decide when these agreements are no longer valid because they are representing The People,” she said.
“[But] the people are individuals who are living in a country, they are not a group who define themselves as the [German] people,” she stressed.

EU CRISIS: Merkel and Macron start European Union TAKEOVER – sparking Yellow Vest BACKLASH


This morning, the French President and German Chancellor signed off on the Aachen Treaty, the latest Franco-German bid to strong-arm the EU under their control. But the pair faced furious protests from the so-called ‘Yellow Vest’ movement, who have blighted Mr Macron’s leadership of France in recent weeks. The extension to the Elysee Treaty, which affirmed the two nations’ post-war reconciliation in 1963, was signed at a ceremony in the German border city of Aachen. Mrs Merkel said the Franco-German treaty will act at the first step towards a “European army”, in her speech in the coronation room of Aachen town hall. She added the treaty reinforces the “foundation of cooperation between our countries”.”Seventy-four years, a single human lifetime, after the end of World War II, what seems self-evident is being called into question again.”That’s why, first of all, there needs to be a new commitment toward our responsibility within the European Union, a responsibility held by Germany and France…

Reporters At Davos Document EU Army Plan

Dan Lyman joins Alex Jones live via Skype from Davos, Switzerland to detail the list of world elites in attendance thus far, and he also discusses the meeting between Germany’s Merkel and France’s Macron where they officially signed into action an army for the European Union, fulfilling Hitler’s dream.

GUY VERHOFSTADT DETAILS THE FUTURE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) ARMY AS PER MERKEL / MACRON


OXFAM REPORT NOTES INCREASING GAP BETWEEN RICH & POOR, FUELING ANGER

Winnie Byanyima, executive director of Oxfam International, 
says the report reveals that the number of billionaires has almost doubled 
since the financial crisis. 
OXFAM REPORT NOTES INCREASING GAP BETWEEN 
RICH & POOR, FUELING ANGER
BY WARREN MASS
Oxfam International released a report on January 21 asserting that governments worldwide are under-funding public services and failing to clamp down on tax dodging, policies that Oxfam blames for increasing the gap between rich and poor. 
Winnie Byanyima, the executive director of Oxfam International, said in a statement quoted by Reuters: “Poor people suffer twice from being deprived of basic services and also paying a higher burden of taxation.”
Billionaire fortunes increased by 12 percent last year, or a collective $2.5 billion a day, while the world’s 3.8 billion poorest people saw their wealth drop a collective $500 million every day, Byanyima stated.
“People across the globe are angry and frustrated,” said Byanyima.
The charity maintains that tax rates for the rich and corporations have been cut in recent decades. When governments fail to tax the wealthy, they pass the tax burden on to poor people through consumer levies such as the value added tax (VAT), Byanyima said.
“An indirect tax like that, that taxes salt, sugar or soap, the basics that people need … then poor people pay relatively more out of their income than rich people,” she said.
The VAT to which Byanyima refers is a common feature in counties outside the United States, especially in European countries, whose tax systems tend to be more socialistic than that of the United States. 
The New American noted in 2010 that a VAT “is difficult to escape through normal tax evasion strategies and would force the 50 percent of people in the poor and middle classes who pay no income taxes at present to start to contribute to the ever-increasing costs of the nanny state.”
Though Oxfam and other charities are to be commended for providing help to the poor, the question remains as to whether the income gap between the rich and the poor is due to lack of “fairness,” or other factors. A 2015 article in The New American (Is “Income Inequality” Unfair?”) discussed how “income differences can be the result of something other than capitalist greed, racism, sexism, union busting, gluttonous stockholders, globalization, imports, automation, or the grasping shenanigans of the top 1 percent.” The writer concluded, “a key reason that high-income families have higher earnings than low-income families is that they largely work more…. There are more workers working more hours in high-income families, on average, than in low-income families.”
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Wealth of half of humanity dropping by 11 percent – 

Winnie Byanyima

Ocasio-Cortez agrees a world that allows for billionaires is immoral

Just Like the Communist/ Globalist Pope


IRS BECOMING BIG BROTHER WITH $99 MILLION SUPERCOMPUTER

$99 MILLION SUPERCOMPUTER 
BY MICHAEL TENNANT
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:



The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is building a $99-million supercomputer that will give the agency the “unprecedented ability to track the lives and transactions of tens of millions of American citizens,” tax expert Daniel Pilla reports.



The IRS is already dangerous enough, notes Pilla. “The IRS lays claim to your data without court authority more so than any other government agency. And to make matters worse, they share the data with any other federal, state or local government agency claiming an interest, including foreign governments.”



The IRS already receives billions of tax documents annually, and the amount of information the agency receives continues to grow. According to the IRS’ 2018 – 2022 Strategic Plan, the agency’s data volume increased a hundredfold between 2007 and 2017, while the number of users with access to that data grew by a factor of 23.



But that’s not enough for the IRS, which states in its Strategic Plan that it wants “to increase its access to data, and use that data more effectively to drive its agency-wide decision making, as well as case evaluations and selections for enforcement purposes,” pens Pilla. Thus, the agency is investing $99 million in a contract with Palantir Technologies of Palo Alto, California, to provide hardware, software, and training to “capture, curate, store, search, share, transfer, perform deconfliction, analyze and visualize large amounts of disparate structured and unstructured data.”







Specifically, Palantir is tasked with building and training IRS employees to use a supercomputer to “search, analyze, visualize, and interact with a wide variety of disparate data sets so users will be able to leverage the platform to perform advanced analytics, such as link, pattern, statistical, behavioral, and geospatial analysis on an investigative platform that is scalable and interoperable with existing IRS equipment and systems.”



Under the terms of the contract, writes Pilla, the system has to meet the following criteria:



Allow for the rapid ingestion of massive amounts of data.



Users should be able to immediately use the imported data in the imported format to perform queries, analysis and identify links.



Allow users to drill down on massive amounts of disparate data to find connections.



Allow users to visualize connections from millions of records with thousands of links by grouping data visualization by the commonalities and roles.



The dangers of such a supercomputer in the hands of the IRS should be obvious, but in case they aren’t, Pilla spells them out:



This would allow the IRS to meaningfully link tens of millions of tax returns, billions of information returns, and trillions of bank and credit card transactions, phone records and even social media posts. For example, if a U.S. citizen moves money from a Swiss bank to some other offshore bank, then uses credit or debit cards to spend the money in the U.S., Palantir’s software can link those transactions. It could also flag a person whose tax return shows relatively low annual income but whose social-media posts indicate something entirely different.



In other words, the IRS would have what it needs to squeeze every last penny — and then some — out of every taxpayer. That is precisely what the agency wants to do to create its so-called “up-front tax system.” “Under that system,” says Pilla, “the taxpayer is essentially removed from the tax preparation process because the IRS knows everything there is to know about your personal, business and financial affairs to the point where the agency prepares the return for you.”



Needless to say, all this data in the hands of the IRS will make future abuses of that agency’s power even more likely. Think how much simpler it will be for the IRS to target groups that use unapproved terms like “Tea Party” or are associated, however tangentially, with disfavored persons or organizations, when all it has to do is run a query over its zillions of interconnected electronic records. Add to that the fact that the number of users with access to the data is growing by leaps and bounds, and the opportunities for personal score-settling and data breaches abound.



The IRS’ ongoing quest for omniscience needs to be thwarted as soon as possible, preferably by abolishing the abominable agency before it becomes too powerful 

to confront.

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Silicon Valley Doesn’t Like Trump. It Can Still Work With the Government.



BY ANDREW ROSS SORKIN








Alex Karp, the head of Palantir, whose software has been used to target terrorists, said American companies had a moral obligation to support the country and its military no matter who was president.CreditCreditChristophe Petit Tesson/EPA, via Shutterstock



Google abandoned a Pentagon contract in the face of internal opposition. Mr. Karp, who voted for Hillary Clinton, said that with government work, “you’re buying into the inherent fabric and structure of the country.”CreditChristie Hemm Klok for The New York Times

THE WOMEN’S MARCH FOR ISLAM~WHY FEMINISTS LOVE MUHAMMAD!

THE WOMEN’S MARCH FOR ISLAM~
WHY FEMINISTS LOVE MUHAMMAD!
NADIA HASSAN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
YOUNG LEADERS INSTITUTE 
EXPOSED FOR LIES, DECEPTION, REVISIONIST HISTORY, AND ISLAMIC PROPAGANDA

Published on Jan 22, 2019
While the Women’s March is supposed to be about women, the so-called “feminist” speakers openly promote Islam, Muhammad, and the Quran, which are history’s greatest forces for misogyny and oppression. Since the event’s organizers (Tamika Mallory and Linda Sarsour) are embroiled in controversy over antisemitic sentiments, the movement seems to be falling apart.
David Wood discusses the issue, and breaks down ALL the distortions she spews forth to the gullible, citing ALL the historical truthful evidence to the contrary:

Nadia S. Hassan at IAPD Convocation

Nadia Hassan, MBA is known amongst her peers as a Social Strategist for young people.  A California girl and daughter of US Marine, she is the Executive Director of Young Leaders Institute, a youth leadership platform and network connector that empowers youth toward social entrepreneurship and social innovation.  Nadia has an MBA from Bentley University, where she did her thesis in Islamic Finance and Sustainable Economics.
In 2011, Nadia founded the Villa Park Peace Coalition (an interfaith peace coalition) to counteract the hate and anti-Muslim bigotry coming from the Tea Party in Orange County.  Nadia led The Coalition to a victory which resulted in the defeat of a Villa Park City Council member, who was dismissed from her position as Vice Chairperson of the GOP for her bigoted rhetoric.  Nadia’s political activism gained her media attention with numerous media outlets, such as CNN, USA Today, Al-Jazeerah, Washington Post- and others- as well as board and committee appointees with numerous interfaith organizations.
Nadia is currently a media contributor and has appeared on TV / radio shows such as The Heat, Open Lens, Sputnik Radio, and U.S. Arab Radio.  As a peace and justice advocate, Nadia uses her national platform to fervently speak out against the systemic racism and the religious intolerance that is currently plaguing our communal and political spheres.  Nadia serves on the Prince George’s County Muslim Council and also serves as a National Committee Board Member to the American Muslim Democratic Caucus.
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SEE ALSO:
https://www.jihadwatch.org/2019/02/uae-forum-promotes-dubious-islamic-peace

WORLD ELITE MEET IN DAVOS TO PLOT DESTRUCTION OF WORLDWIDE NATIONALIST UPRISING~THE GLOBALISTS ARE RUNNING SCARED, BUT DESPITE “GLOBAL WARMING” CONCERNS, THEY’LL FLY IN ON 1,500 PRIVATE JETS!

Experts predict up to 1,500 individual private flights in and out of airfields serving Swiss ski resort for World Economic Forum
World Elite Meet In Davos To Plot Destruction Of Worldwide Nationalist Uprising
WORLD ELITE MEET IN DAVOS TO PLOT DESTRUCTION 
OF WORLDWIDE NATIONALIST UPRISING~
THE GLOBALISTS ARE RUNNING SCARED! 
BY HARRISON SMITH
SEE: https://www.infowars.com/world-elite-meet-in-davos-to-plot-destruction-of-worldwide-nationalist-uprising/; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
“Rules for thee, but not for me” seems to be the operating mantra of the world elite as 1,500 private planes converge in Switzerland so that they can tell us how bad climate change is.
The hypocrisy of globalists is evident as they descend on Davos in private jets this week to attend the World Economic Forum.
These types of globalist confabs are exactly what President Trump is fighting against with his America First agenda.
Brighteon Version:

1,500 private jets expected at Davos, where attendees are discussing ‘safeguarding our planet’ from climate change

SEE: https://www.marketwatch.com/story/1500-private-jets-expected-at-davos-despite-global-warming-being-a-major-concern-2019-01-22?mod=hp_minor_pos21

Reporters At Davos Document EU Army Plan

Dan Lyman joins Alex Jones live via Skype from Davos, Switzerland to detail the list of world elites in attendance thus far, and he also discusses the meeting between Germany’s Merkel and France’s Macron where they officially signed into action an army for the European Union, fulfilling Hitler’s dream.
ELITES ARE PROTECTED BY WALLS & ARMED GUARDS
AT DAVOS, WHILE THEY WANT GLOBAL GUN CONTROL FOR THE COMMON MASSES

TRAINING FOR SONG LEADERS IN CHURCHES

TRAINING FOR SONG LEADERS 
BY DAVID CLOUD OF “WAY OF LIFE”
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
Enlarged January 23, 2019 (first published January 31, 2007 as “Marks of Good Song Leaders”)
David Cloud, Way of Life Literature, P.O. Box 610368, Port Huron, MI 48061
866-295-4143, fbns@wayoflife.org
Training for Song Leaders

The position of song leader is important. Just as orchestras need good conductors and armies need good officers, churches must have the right song leaders if they are to have effectual song services. 
An individual can worship God alone effectively if he is so inclined, but a congregation must be led. That is why God has ordained leaders and has set forth high qualifications for them. 

It is true that the New Testament does not spell out the position of song leader or music director, but the Old Testament plainly sets forth this pattern and there is no need to restate it in the New. God tells us that the Old Testament is for our example today (Romans 15:4). 

The song services are too important to be given into the hands of just anyone who happens to be available. Like everything else, we pray for God to raise up the right people for this ministry. To look around and find no one qualified for a ministry is an opportunity to pray to God in faith that He will supply the needs of His house.

We look for those who have the spiritual qualifications required of all church workers, plus they need to understand music and, ideally, have some ability to play a musical instrument. We also look for leadership ability. The song leader must be a leader. He might not be a pastor, but he is a leader of the song service.

I spend a lot of time and effort training song leaders in our missionary work, and the heart of the material I use is found in this report. 

The Bible teaches us that God loves spiritual singing. The largest book of the Bible is a song book. 

Jesus will sing in the congregation in the kingdom (Heb. 2:12). He is the Creator of the human voice. He is the Creator of singing. How wonderful it will be to hear the Man of men sing! 
Lessons about Singing in the Old Testament
David was a skilled musician who created musical instruments with which to praise the Lord (1 Ch. 23:5). He established an elaborate music service in the tabernacle. See 1 Chronicles 15:16-24. There are many lessons in this passage. The musicians were appointed (v. 16). They did not choose their own position. They lifted up their voices with joy (v. 16). There were both singers and instruments (v. 16). They used many instruments: cymbals (v. 19), psalteries (v. 20), harps (v. 21), trumpets, (v. 24). Note that there were no drums. The singers and musicians were instructed (v. 22). They were skillful (vv. 21, 22). God deserves the very best, and God’s people must always aim to be as skillful as possible in His service. 

Before his death, David prepared for the music program in the temple. See also 1 Chronicles 25:1-7. We see similar lessons here. They gave thanks and praised the Lord (v. 3). The singers were under direction of leaders (vv. 2, 3, 6). They ministered the Word of God in music (v. 5). They were instructed and trained (v. 7). They were skillful (v. 7). They prophesied with instruments (vv. 1, 2, 3). I believe that this shines light on 1 Corinthians 14:24, which describes a church service in which “all prophesy.” In this passage, prophesying is defined as speaking to “edification, and exhortation, and comfort” (1 Cor. 14:3). The saints can prophesy in many ways: by preaching and teaching, by singing from the heart, by playing musical instruments skillfully unto the Lord. 

Solomon established the music ministry in the temple. See 2 Chronicles 4:12-13. They played as one (v. 13). There was unity and harmony rather than confusion. This requires a lot of skill and practice. 

Hezekiah re-established the music ministry. See 2 Chronicles 29:25-30. This was after the temple had been shut by Ahaz (2 Ch. 28:24). We see that the music service in the tabernacle and temple had been commanded by God (2 Ch. 29:25).

There will be music ministry in the millennial temple (Eze. 40:44; Psa. 108:1-3; 147; 149; 150). In that day, the whole creation will praise the Lord. Singing to the glory of God will be heard everywhere (Isa. 35:2, 10; 51:11; Jer. 31:12)

In ancient Israel, the music associated with the worship of Almighty God was carefully prepared and skillfully performed with godly oversight. 

All too often the church’s song service is led by individuals who know almost nothing about what they are doing, who lack the skill, enthusiasm, and spirituality to do a good job and aren’t interested in getting a proper education to improve their ministries.

No wonder many are tempted to move to a church that has an enthusiastic contemporary worship service. No wonder young people often think of church as dull. I received an e-mail recently from a woman who informed me that her family left an independent Baptist church that was lifeless and that they are now happy members of a lively, contemporary Southern Baptist congregation. That’s too bad, but I wonder how many people have turned away from the truth because it was presented in a lifeless, incredibly boring manner! 

A doctrinally correct church that is dull, half-hearted, half-dead, and mediocre does not glorify the Lord. God’s people are instructed to do everything heartily (Col. 3:23). 

In fact, if a church is truly lifeless and boring, it is not a real Christ-centered Bible church, in my estimation, because Jesus Christ and the Bible are the most exciting “things” on earth!
Lessons about Singing in the New Testament
Ephesians 5:18-20

This verse describes the kind of church that can offer acceptable worship to God in song. 

(1) The members must be filled with the Spirit (v. 18). This means to be surrendered to the Spirit, to be controlled by the Spirit, to be led by the Spirit. It is talking about obedience to God and submission to God’s authority in one’s life. 
(2) The members are to speak to one another in song (v. 19). “Yourselves” is plural. The song service is for ministering to one another by the message of the song. 
(3) The members are to make melody in their hearts (v. 19). The singing is to be from the heart, with understanding, with spiritual zeal, not a religious ritual. 
(4) The singing is to be “to the Lord” (v. 19). The people must direct their hearts to the Lord in a conscious way. The singing is “to the Lord” in the sense that it is for His glory, and it is “to the Lord” in the sense that the words are directed to Him. 
(5) The church is to be thankful (v. 20). The thanksgiving is to be directed to the Father through the Son. The Father is the source of all blessings, and the Son is the channel of the Father’s blessings. 

Colossians 3:16

This verse further describes the kind of church that can offer acceptable worship to God in song. 

(1) The Word of God must dwell richly in the believers’ lives. This must be every church’s goal. It is done by good teaching and preaching that builds the people up in God’s Word, by leading the people in Scripture memorization, and by helping each believer to be an effectual Bible student. 
(2) The Word of God must dwell with wisdom, meaning that God’s people must understand the Scripture and it must get down into their daily lives and bring forth holiness and spiritual wisdom. 
(3) The Word of God is to be taught. Every believer is to be a teacher (Heb. 5:12-14). One of the purposes of the singing is to teach one another through the message of the songs and hymns. 
(4) The members are to sing with grace in their hearts. This is the grace of salvation. The church must be careful about receiving members, looking for true salvation. 
(5) The people are to sing to the Lord. The singing is not only for teaching one another, it is addressed to the Lord. Every song should be sung for the Lord, and some songs are sung directly to the Lord. Everything is to be done for His glory and pleasure.

If a church is young and the congregation small, it is understandable that there might not be proper musicians and song leaders. No one expects a young church to have everything that a more established church has. Under such conditions, the church must do the best it can with what it has and beseech God for growth. We are referring here to churches that could do better in this matter but don’t simply because it is not a priority. They are content with mediocrity and dullness.
1. PROPRIETY
The song leader should dress properly according to the situation. If he is leading in a church service, he is leading in the most important forum on earth. The church is the house of God, the pillar and ground of the truth (1 Tim. 3:15), and if men “dress up” for anything, they should dress up for the formal assembly of God’s people in God’s house. People dress up for visits to the White House and meals at classy restaurants and formal weddings and professional orchestra concerts, but the contemporary philosophy promotes a “dress down, be casual” approach to church. We don’t believe that it honors God.

2. LEADERSHIP
Good song leaders lead rather than follow. Many song leaders seem to think that their job is simply to announce the song numbers and sing along with the congregation. But that’s not leading. A robot can do that. A song leader’s job is to lead, and that entails many things. 

The song leader should lead by explaining what the song service is all about, not with lengthy expositions but with brief and hearty comments and instructions.

He should lead by teaching the people how to sing properly unto the Lord.

He should lead by very briefly explaining the message of difficult songs. 

He should lead out with his voice. We would note that when the song leader stops singing during a hymn, it is distracting to those who are following. He shouldn’t stop singing unless absolutely necessary, such as a cough. 

He should lead by his enthusiasm. 

He should lead by encouraging the people to sing. A great many church members either barely sing or don’t sing at all, and that is wrong. God’s people need to be taught that the song service is not for the individual. It is not something that each person decides whether or not to participate. The song service is for the Lord. It is supposed to be an act of worship. To not sing or to half-heartedly sing during congregational singing is dishonoring to the Lord. We are to sing to one another and to the Lord (Col. 3:16). How can you obey that if you don’t sing out heartily? 

He should lead by introducing variety into the services, and in many other ways. 

It is said that “everything rises and falls on leadership,” and there is great deal of truth to that. 

Consider the following examples from the Psalms. Note how the Psalmist exhorts the people to sing and praise God with him. He does not berate or scold. He encourages and instructs and leads, reminding the people why they should praise the Lord.

“Sing unto the Lord, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness” (Psalm 30:4).

“O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt his name together” (Psalm 34:3).

“Sing praises to God, sing praises: sing praises unto our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth: sing ye praises with understanding” (Psalm 47:6-7).

“Exalt the Lord our god, and worship at his holy hill; for the Lord our God is holy” (Psalm 99:9).

“Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands” (Psalm 100:1).

“O give thanks unto the Lord; call upon his name; make known his deeds among the people. Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works” (Psalm 105:1-2).

“Praise ye the Lord, O give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for his mercy endureth for ever” (Psalm 106:1).

“Praise ye the Lord. Praise, O ye servants of the Lord, praise the name of the Lord” (Psalm 113:1).

“O praise the Lord, all ye nations: praise him, all ye people. For his merciful kindness is great toward us; and the truth of the Lord endureth for ever. Praise ye the Lord” (Psalm 117:1-2).

‘Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the name of the Lord; praise him, O ye servants of the Lord” (Psalm 135:1).

“Praise ye the Lord: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely” (Psalm 147:1).

“Praise ye the Lord. Sing unto the Lord a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints” (Psalm 149:1).

“Praise ye the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. … Let every thing that hath breath praise the Lord. Praise ye the Lord” (Psalm 150: 1, 6).

The Psalmists were good song leaders! 
3. PREPARATION
The song leader represents the church and Jesus Christ, and he should therefore be well prepared. He should be prepared week by week by prayerfully seeking the Lord’s will for the service, by choosing the songs prayerfully and wisely, by preparing his own heart before the Lord. 

He should also prepare himself by doing all he can to learn how to be a better song leader. 

It is not absolutely necessary that the song leader be able to read music, but it is a great advantage if he can. Learning how to read music is not that difficult if a person is willing to make the necessary effort. 

He should be prepared by studying the lyrics to songs and hymns and even the backgrounds to the songs. Pastor Ken Shaver, Greater Cumberland Baptist Church, Hopkinville, Kentucky, has led singing in large churches. He observes: “Another thing that I would mention is how important it is to learn the story behind the song. Knowing that H.G. Spafford wrote ‘It is Well’ after his children drowned in a shipwreck and that ‘Amazing Grace’ represents the testimony of a former slave trader, I believe adds so much depth to the songs. 101 Hymn Stories and 101 More Hymn Stories by Kenneth W. Osbeck (Kregel Publications) are both excellent publications.” 

The song leader should also be prepared by understanding how to discern the difference between sacred and contemporary music. (We recommend the video series Music for Good or Evil, available from Way of Life Literature.)

Consider the following testimony of a song leader who is promoting hymns and avoiding CCM and who is doing the necessary preparation to be an effective leader:

“I’ve really enjoyed leading the music for our church. We use sound hymns. No CCM and no songs by CCM artists. That has caused a little angst as I’ve pushed back and denied some songs that people wanted to do for specials. (I always ask, unless I already know, who the author is, and if I don’t know the name immediately I look them up before approving or disapproving. I usually know the name immediately, having read all of your published materials on the music issue). Pastor has stood on the same position, and we haven’t allowed CCM to go forward. I keep track on a spreadsheet of the songs we’ve sung, how often and what dates so I can vary them a bit. As a congregation, we’ve learned several songs that are new to the Church. I also plan the songs based on the sermon topics, attempting to tie them to the progressive idea of the message step-by-step by song. (This is harder to do sometimes than it sounds; sometimes there is a lot of overlap between songs and ideas, but they are always tied to the message topic one way or another.) I also try to vary the way we sing (women doing some verses, men others, etc.) as well as providing some brief information from time to time about a hymn, its author or about a passage from Scripture tied to the hymn, or about the words we are singing to get people to think about them. I think it has really improved our song service. I used your message on song leading to do this, and I believe that it has really improved the service and increased the Church’s love of hymns. I think the reason many churches don’t do music better is because it is seriously time consuming. I spend an hour and a half to two hours a week planning the songs to try and make sure it is as edifying and proper as possible. It’s no light task. Each week I prepare a Music Ministry Sheet, and when I take my family to visitation on Saturday morning, we go early and stuff Sunday’s bulletins with the Sheet so everyone has it.” 
4. EDIFICATION 
1 Corinthians 14 is about church services and spiritual gifts, and the theme is edification. Twenty times in that chapter we find the words “edify,” “know,” and “understand.” Paul says, “Let all things be done unto edifying” (1 Cor. 14:26). 

This means that music used in church services should not be for entertainment. That is not the purpose of church services. The objective is spiritual edification. 

According to Ephesians 5:19 and Colossians 3:16, our music should minister in three directions: toward the Lord (Eph. 5:19), toward ourselves (Eph. 5:19), and toward others (Col. 3:16). 

This means that each song should be selected because of its message. If the message is weak, there is little or no edification. 

Further, if the message of the song is spiritual but couched in words that are not understood by the congregation, there is still no edification. Many of the old hymns use words that must be explained. The song “Beulah Land,” for example. What is Beulah? Unless the people know the meaning of that word, the song will be nearly meaningless. There is the same problem with “Here I raise mine Ebenezer, hither by thy help I’m come” in the song “Come Thou Fount.” The song “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” contains these words: “Lord Sabaoth is His name, from age to age the same…” Unless the people know what Sabaoth means, they will not be edified by that part of the song. 

It is the song leader’s job to explain such things in a concise manner. I don’t mean that he takes 10 minutes to discuss each song. That can become tedious and can discourage the people. The song service is not about the song leader explaining things; it is about actually singing the songs of Zion to one another and to the Lord (Eph. 5:19). The song leader must be careful that he not interpret the service continually with lengthy testimonies and discussions, but it is important to take a moment to define lyrics that might not be understood and to briefly reinforce the message of the songs.

The people need to be taught and reminded to think about the words of the songs. No matter how spiritual the songs are, if the people are not meditating on the message, no edification is accomplished. It is a song leader’s job to lead the people in this matter, to help them focus their attention, not to berate them but to encourage and lead them.

Something as simple as this can do the job: “Folks, let’s sing unto the Lord today. Let’s put aside the cares of life and turn out hearts to Christ. Let’s think about the words of these glorious songs and let the message sink down into our hearts.” 
5. SPIRITUALITY
The Lord Jesus Christ said, “God is a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth” (Jn. 4:24). 

Our song services should be spiritual. The music should not please the flesh, should not be worldly. In this day when the world’s music is creeping into the Lord’s house, song leaders must be on guard continually against this type of thing. If it sounds like the world’s dance or sensual entertainment music, it is not fitting for the house of God! 

“And be not conformed to this world…” (Romans 12:2).

“Love not the world, neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world” (1 John 2:15-16). 

“Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God” (James 4:4).
6. TRUTH
Not only are we to worship God in spirit but also in truth (John 4:24). Thus all of the songs should be doctrinally sound, conforming to the truth of God’s Word. The song leader should go through the lyrics of each song, making sure that it is preaching truth. This is true for the older hymns as well as for the newer ones. For example, the chorus to the song “We’ve a Story to Tell to the Nations” says, “For the darkness shall turn to dawning, and the dawning to noonday bright, and Christ’s great kingdom shall come to earth, the kingdom of love and light.” The second verse says, “We’ve a song to be sung to the nations that shall lift their hearts to the Lord, a song that shall conquer evil and shatter the spear and sword.” That presents the unscriptural post-millennial view of prophecy, that the return of Christ’s kingdom will be gradually brought in as the gospel overthrows the evils of this world. The song “Love Divine, All Loves Excelling” by Charles Wesley has the Methodist doctrine of a second blessing and entire sanctification in the second verse: “Let us find that second rest; take away our bent to sinning…”

An example of a popular contemporary song that contains false teaching is “Majesty.” The author, Jack Hayford, is a popular Pentecostal preacher who believes in tongues speaking, healing in the atonement and such, and his song reflects his theology. The song says, “Majesty, kingdom authority…” What is this kingdom authority? It is the unscriptural charismatic doctrine that believers have apostolic authority here and now. 

Thus the song leader must ever be on his guard against false doctrine, so that we are worshipping God in truth. 
7. ENTHUSIASM AND A POSITIVE ATTITUDE
There is no reason why our song services should be boring, and the song leader has a lot of responsibility in this regard. If he has no enthusiasm and leads in a boring manner, the congregation will probably reflect that. 

Pastor David Earnhart, who has been in the ministry for many years, observes: “I ALWAYS avoid scolding the crowd for not singing! That only makes them resent me! You must give them a positive reason (surely there are many!) for singing heartily. And repeating old clichés (‘Folks, let’s just raise the roof on this verse’) SOON becomes old, and does not work. The song leader must help interpret the meaning of the song and why it should be sung with enthusiasm. That always brings better results.” 
8. WISDOM
An important part of a song leader’s job is choosing the songs, and this requires that he understand the different categories and purposes of the songs. Ephesians 5:19 gives two basic purposes for Christian singing: “Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.” One purpose is to exhort and encourage and instruct one another in Christ, and the other purpose is to praise the Lord. There are songs directed toward man and others directed toward God. The songs and hymns in a standard hymnbook in Baptist churches can be grouped into one of these general categories. 

The following are a few examples of the various types of songs and hymns in a standard hymnbook.
SONGS DIRECTED TOWARD MAN
Songs of Exhortation 
Take the Name of Jesus with You
There Is Power in the Blood
We’ll Work Till Jesus Comes
We’re Marching to Zion
Will Jesus Find Us Watching?
God Will Take Care of You
God Leads Us Along
Jesus Never Fails
In Times Like These
His Way with Thee (Would you live for Jesus)
Is Your All on the Altar?
Yield Not to Temptation
Trust and Obey
Take Time to Be Holy
Tell It to Jesus
Make Me a Channel of Blessing
Our Best
Count Your Blessings
Songs of Encouragement
Sweet By and By
Face to Face
There’ll Be No Dark Valley
My Savior First of All
Where We’ll Never Grow Old
Beulah Land
When We All Get to Heaven
He the Pearly Gates Will Open
Saved by Grace
When He Cometh
Is It the Crowning Day?
Some Golden Daybreak
Just When I Need Him Most
Does Jesus Care?
Day by Day
Near to the Heart of God
All the Way My Savior Leads Me
‘Til the Storm Passes By
Each Step I Take
Anywhere With Jesus
Never Alone
Trusting Jesus
Burdens Are Lifted at Calvary
Songs of Commitment
Where He Leads I’ll Follow
Wherever He Leads I’ll Go
If Jesus Goes With Me
Living for Jesus
Higher Ground
Give Me Jesus
Songs of Evangelism
Room at the Cross for You
Kneel at the Cross
Are You Washed in the Blood?
There Is Power in the Blood
There Is a Fountain
Look to the Lamb of God
Ye Must Be Born Again
Whosoever Will
Look and Live
Christ Receiveth Sinful Men
Jesus Saves
He Is Able to Deliver Thee
Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus
The Light of the World Is Jesus
Verily, Verily
Once for All
Honey in the Rock
Jesus Is Calling
Have You Any Room for Jesus?
Throw Out the Lifeline
SONGS DIRECTED TOWARD GOD
The second broad category is that of “singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.” There are four basic types of worship songs and hymns that come under this category: (1) those with lyrics that are directed to God or in direct praise about God; (2) those that are meditative and that reflect upon God; (3) those that are testimonies about God, and (4) those that are prayers to God.
Worship Directed to God or in Direct Praise about God
Glory to His Name
I Need Thee Every Hour
Lead Me to Calvary
Jesus, Lover of My Soul
Rock of Ages
Come, Thou Almighty King
To God Be the Glory
Our Great Savior
All Hail the Power
My Jesus, I Love Thee
Jesus! the Very Thought of Thee
Jesus, I Am Resting
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
O Worship the King
To God Be the Glory
Meditative Worship about God 
What a Wonderful Savior
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross
Jesus Paid It All
Near the Cross
Blessed Redeemer
One Day
The Old Rugged Cross
At the Cross
And Can It Be That I Should Gain?
Nothing but the Blood
Wounded for Me
In the Garden
Alas and Did My Savior Bleed?
Hallelujah for the Cross
He Lives
I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
Like a River Glorious
He Hideth My Soul
All That Thrills My Soul
No One Ever Cared for Me Like Jesus
Blessed Be the Name
I Am His, and He Is Mine
Jesus Is the Sweetest Name I Know
It’s Just Like His Great Love
The Love of God
He Is So Precious to Me
No, Not One!
The Lily of the Valley
If I Gained the World

Some hymns are a combination of encouragement to the believer and worship directed to God. “Savior, Like a Shepherd Lead Us” is an example of this. The lyrics are all directed to Christ, and sometimes they remind us of his tender care and sometimes they are pure worship: “Blessed Jesus, Blessed Jesus, Thou hast bought us, Thine we are…” 
Worshipful Testimony
These are in the category of worship to God because the believer’s testimony is all of God and because of His love and grace.

My Faith Has Found a Resting Place
My Anchor Holds
Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
A Shelter in the Time of Storm
The Heaven of Rest
I Know Whom I Have Believed
Blessed Assurance
We Have an Anchor
It Is Well With My Soul
The Solid Rock
Love Lifted Me
My Savior’s Love
Such Love
Wonderful, Wonderful Jesus
He Keeps Me Singing
I Will Sing the Wondrous Story
Since Jesus Came into My Heart
My Redeemer
Only a Sinner
Grace Greater Than Our Sin
Wonderful Grace of Jesus
He Included Me
Built on the Rock
Surely Goodness and Mercy
Jesus Is All the World to Me
A Child of the King
Moment by Moment
Christ Liveth in Me
Nor Silver Nor Gold
Hallelujah, ‘Tis Done
A New Name in Glory
The Cleansing Wave
I Love to Tell the Story
Since I Have Been Redeemed
The Old Account Settled
Amazing Grace
Saved, Saved!
Redeemed
Saved by the Blood!
Now I Belong to Jesus
Prayers to God
Come, Thou Fount
Whiter Than Snow
Open My Eyes, That I May See
My Faith Looks Up to thee
Take My Life, and Let It Be
More Love to Thee
Just a Closer Walk with Thee
O to Be Like Thee!
Make Me a Blessing
Draw Me Nearer
Revive Thy Work
Lead Me Gently Home, Father
Cleanse Me

If we are going to worship God in song we have to use songs that are truly worshipful. 

A proper selection of songs and hymns is therefore basic. The song leader must understand the purpose of the various songs and hymns and make a wise, Spirit-led choice for each service.
9. SPIRITUAL DISCERNMENT 
Those who are in charge of the church’s music must have spiritual discernment so they can select godly songs and reject those that are worldly and that appeal to the flesh. One of the chief ways that contemporary music enters churches is through the specials. I witnessed this on a recent preaching trip to 12 churches in three countries. About half of the churches allowed special music that was at least mildly contemporary. In each of these cases, the congregational music was traditional, while the special music was contemporary. I learned that the men in charge of the music did not know how to discern contemporary music. 

A friend wrote recently, “‘In Christ Alone’ is a song that has been sung several times at our church. This song was popularized by Michael English (CCM) and was written by Shawn Craig of the CCM group Philips, Craig and Dean. It takes a strong pastor and a strong song leader to help guard from the wrong music coming in.” (The song “In Christ Alone” by Shawn Craig should not be confused with the song by the same name written by Getty/Townend.)
10. PATIENCE AND HUMILITY
The following suggestions were given to me by a song leader in Canada: 

“In my 10-years as a song leader, and at times a choir director and ensemble leader, I found that ‘working with people’ was an important skill. With regard to leadership, instead of being demanding or simply expecting, patiently work with the pianist. Plan ahead and give the numbers to your pianist well in advance. Encourage your pianist. If there’s credit to dole out or blame to assign, take the blame for yourself and dole out the credit to the musicians. Too often I’ve seen a song leader stop, stare, or comment when the pianist made a mistake which subsequently embarrassed the leader. Don’t take your embarrassment out on the musician. Be flexible and don’t draw attention to others’ mistakes (as if to make sure that everyone knows the mistake wasn’t yours). Better yet, learn not to be embarrassed. Kill your pride, and let accidents and mistakes roll off of you graciously. A gracious attitude toward mistakes encourages the musicians to keep trying, knowing that a mistake or two isn’t the end of the world. When I first started song leading, the pianist at my home church was very unskilled (having just taken up the piano) and very uncertain about what skills she had. She would often get the timing wrong. For a time, I picked only songs she felt comfortable playing, and at times my arms waved in submission to her timing. We learned to sing it her way, without any public comment or criticism from me. I just tried to work graciously with whatever happened. As her skill improved, I could point out the timing issues, which she could now properly address. Because her heart was dedicated to serving the Lord, she practiced and practiced until she became a good church pianist. But, in the beginning, I submitted myself to her and worked with her within her abilities, to help her get up to speed. It was an important lesson for me, as a young man, to submit to others rather than lord over them.”
11. LIBERTY AND DIVERSITY
Too many churches are stuck in a rut with their song services. “Victory in Jesus” is a wonderful song, but when it is sung every week for fifty years, even a wonderful song can grow tiresome! There are hundreds of songs in the traditional sacred hymnbooks, but many churches sing only a few of them. Variety is the spice of life. The largest book in the Bible is Psalms, and God has provided 150 different psalms in this inspired hymnal. 
Suggestions for Introducing Variety into a Song Service
New songs should be introduced regularly and then sung frequently until they become an integral part of the church family’s ever-enlarging song repertoire. 

One of the best hymnals with the largest selection of songs that we have seen in one volume is SONGS AND HYMNS OF REVIVAL. It is published by North Valley Publications, Santa Clara, CA (We don’t recommend the music published by Golden State Baptist College.) Majesty Music’s hymnal Majesty Hymns contains many beautiful songs which were written in the last few decades. (We don’t recommend Majesty Music’s latest hymnal Rejoice Hymns, as it contains many contemporary worship songs by Getty/Townend and others. It is sad to see Majesty Music moving in this direction.) This music is contemporary in the sense that it is new but it is not contemporary in style. 

Pastor David Earnhart says: “For many years we have used the Chorus of the Month. And don’t forget the ‘old songs.’ I have often used songs like ‘Thank You Lord for Saving My Soul.’ Last year many raised their hands to indicate they did not know that song (even if it was ‘old hat’ to us old-timers!). This brings new Christians into the ‘common fold’ of music shared by Christians over many miles, and even generations.”

Pastor Don Williams, Believers Baptist Church in Winona Lake, Indiana, says: “As for learning new songs, my family regularly picks out a new song from our hymnal and works on learning it for a couple weeks. Then we introduce it to the congregation as a special and begin to sing it in the song services. Our church has learned a lot of new songs that way.”

Singing Scripture is a wonderful way to praise the Lord and edify the saints. During the Sunday evening services, for example, some churches sing Scripture songs. Two sources for these are North County Baptist Church, 221 W. 9th Ave., Escondido, CA 92027 and Tri-City Baptist Church, 4500 Selsa Rd., Blue Springs, MO 64015. Not only do these introduce variety within the music program, but nothing surpasses the actual words and verses of Scripture for doctrinal purity. 

Even the most familiar songs can be made more interesting by an imaginative change in the manner of presentation. There are endless means of singing old songs in new ways (without going contemporary). (1) Musicians can drop out while the congregation sings a capella. (2) One verse can be sung by the women, the next by the men. (3) One verse can be sung by the young people, another by the old people. (4) The choir, singing group, or soloist can be accompanied by the congregation in places. (5) An instrument can play the first stanza and chorus and then the congregation can come in and sing. (6) The timing of the song can be altered. (7) The chorus can be sung with a little more enthusiasm and volume as the song progresses. (8) Some songs can be sung as a round (e.g., Mat. 6:33). (9) Some stanzas or the chorus can be slowed down in tempo to allow the people to better think about the words.

The song service can be spiced up with the multiplication of musical instruments. Some of the most enjoyable song services I have participated in have been those accompanied by small orchestras. The Majesty Hymnal offers complete orchestrations for each song in the volume.

There can be a focus on worship songs in some services, and the song leader can work toward getting the people to really worship the Lord by singing the songs to the Lord from the heart. Hymns directed to the Lord include the following:

Come, Thou Almighty King
Come, Thou Fount 
I Need Thee Every Hour
Draw Me Nearer
Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Jesus, I Am Resting
Jesus, Lover of My Soul
Jesus! the Very Thought of Thee
Lead Me to Calvary
More Love to Thee
My Jesus, I Love Thee
O to Be Like Thee!
Our Great Savior
Rock of Ages
Saviour, Like a Shepherd Lead Us
Take My Life and Let It Be
To God Be the Glory

Some hymns are a combination of singing to the brethren and singing directly to the Lord. Examples are “Day by Day,” “Living for Jesus,” and “I’m Pressing on the Upward Way.”
12. A BODY MINISTRY
The song service is not just about one man leading; it is a ministry of the entire church and the more the whole church is involved, the better.

“Now ye are the body of Christ, and members in particular” (1 Corinthians 12:27).

One song leader made the following good suggestion:

“I would say to let the people be involved. Periodic singspirations, where the congregation gets to choose songs, is a huge boost. People love it because they get to pick their favorites. Kids really get into it. I would also say when people want to sing a certain hymn, if you can work it in without doing violence to the song service, do so. It invests them in it. One human tendency is to refuse that because we want to be in charge. Relax that grip and let the body parts have a say now and then. They will grow more in love with the service that way.”

Once a month our church has a song service in which the people take turns quoting or reading a favorite verse and then choosing a hymn. We sing the first two stanzas of the hymns to allow more people to participate.
CONCLUSION
I will conclude with these comments from Missionary Doug Hammett: “Keep the service alive! A song leader who is anticipating meeting with the Lord in the service will display that in his countenance, tone of voice and attitude. It will catch fire with the people as well. Encourage the people to participate. Don’t berate them; encourage them. Keep the service warm! Speak to the people as friends. Don’t be afraid to encourage one person by name, all the others will pay close attention to what you are saying to him. Keep a record of what you sing and don’t get in a rut!!! Singing the same old songs all the time may be easy for you, but it will put the people to sleep mentally. Remember you are preparing for the preaching! Starting the service with lively music and bringing the mood to a thoughtful, reflective manner before the message is a good plan.”

ED STETZER STICKS UP FOR PRO-CHOICE STUDENTS, CALLS PRO-LIFE SPEAKER TOO “PROVOCATIVE”

ED STETZER STICKS UP FOR PRO-CHOICE STUDENTS, CALLS PRO-LIFE SPEAKER TOO “PROVOCATIVE”
SEE: https://pulpitandpen.org/2019/01/16/ed-stetzer-sticks-up-for-pro-choice-students-calls-pro-life-speaker-too-provocative/;  republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
Wheaton College is so theologically messed up that it has handed over the Billy Graham Center to Ed Stetzer, who has subsequently trotted in the Mystichicks (Moore, Voskamp, Caine) to disciple and teach the students. Ed Stetzer has been on the wrong side (and the money-making side) of every evangelical controversy in the last fifteen years. And most recently, Stetzer is defending pro-choice Wheaton students who melted like snowflakes over a pro-life speaker giving them the facts on abortion.
In an article at Christianity Astray, Stetzer begins by clarifying that Wheaton’s official position is pro-life. This is called being website orthodox, referring people to a statement, confession, or hyperlink, that supposedly proves your orthodoxy. This is Stetzer’s way of defending pro-choice students and their pro-choice point of view while saying to anyone questioning the decision, “We are all pro-life here, so there’s nothing to see, Citizen…move along.”
Of course, Stetzer’s proposition that Wheaton faculty are all pro-life because they abide by a document on Wheaton’s website somewhere is spurious. Remember the hijab-wearing Muslim professor who claimed that Muslims and Christians worshipped the same God? Yeah, that was at Wheaton. So I think it’s safe to assume that their “our college officially believes this, so that’s all there is to it,” stops at hijab-wearing Muslim professors. You’ll have to forgive us for being incredulous.
For those who don’t know, Ryan Bomberger was recently asked to speak at Wheaton on the topic of abortion and race at the request of the College Republicans. His talk was entitled, “Black Lives Matter In and Out of the Womb.” It’s here that you can cue the outrage, and as you can imagine among Generation Snowflake, it went over like a lead balloon.
The weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth could be heard all the way from Stetzer’s Beth Moore lined office.. The Student Government Association, with the help of two staff members (Peter Hansen and Crystal Cartwright) of the Office of Student Activities, sent out an email denouncing Bombgarner. It was signed by students, Lauren Rowley (Student Body President), Tyler Waaler (Student Body Vice President) and Sammie Shields (EVP of Community Diversity), and the letter claimed that his comments “made many students, staff and faculty of color feel unheard, underrepresented and unsafe on our campus.”
Bomberger, by the way, is black. So then, the news media picked up the story because it’s pretty hilarious that someone considerably more “black” than Kyle J. Howard would make students of color feel “underrepresented.” To which all God’s people said under their breath, idiots.
Who comes to the rescue but Ed Stetzer?
Rushing in on his gallant white surfboard upon which he rides all the major waves of culture, Stetzer claimed that Bomberger’s message wasn’t the problem but something (he doesn’t know what) that he said afterward must have been the problem and that he must have been “provocative.”
But Stetzer is not defending the pro-choice position. No, sir. He’s pro-life because that’s the official position of Wheaton College. He’s only defending the snowflake students swooning on the fainting couches in their safe spaces because the pro-life speaker gave them emotional boo-boos.
Of the pro-life speaker, Stetzer wrote…
If disagreement is unsafe, then Wheaton is unsafe. If you don’t like people challenging your ideas when you are intentionally provocative, this is not the place to come and speak.
What a Judas Priest, that guy.
He continued…
You see, we debate ideas here at Wheaton, and our students felt that some of Bomberger’s comments after the talk were unhelpful and dismissive, not about abortion, but about other issues of concern to them.
Honestly, I would not have used the charged word “safe” that the students used in that email, but it does convey the kind of place we want Wheaton to be—a safe place to debate ideas and a safe place for people of color.
It doesn’t really sound like ideas are debated at Wheaton. It sounds like they’re raising a generation of fragile crybabies, whose professors stick binkies in their mouths instead of making them grow up and deal with facts like black babies being slaughtered at enormously disproportionate rates.

CHINESE REWRITE BIBLE TO MAKE IT MORE COMMUNIST

CHINESE REWRITE BIBLE TO MAKE IT MORE COMMUNIST
SEE: https://pulpitandpen.org/2019/01/18/chinese-rewrite-bible-to-make-it-more-communist/;  republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
[Lifesite News] BEIJING, January 18, 2019 (LifeSiteNews) – As it arrests Christian pastors, vandalizes or destroys Christians churches, and demands control over Christian leaders, the Chinese government is also altering Christian scriptures to suit its tastes.
In 2018, the Communist Chinese government embarked on a five-year plan to make Christianity more compatible to what it sees as authentic Chinese and socialist values. Stephen Mosher, author of Bully of Asia: Why China’s Dream Is the New Threat to World Order, told LifeSiteNews that altering the Bible is part of this plan.
“It is part of a larger effort in China to sinicize all religions, at the same time bringing them into line with Communist ideology,” Mosher said by email.
“So far, it is (1) no longer possible to buy a copy of the Bible online [in China], (2) existing copies of the Bible are being confiscated whenever the authorities come across them, and (3) there are new versions of all sacred texts – Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, etc. – that reinforce Communist ideology in the making,” he continued.
Bob Fu, a Chinese Evangelical pastor, testified at the U.S. House of Representatives last year that one of the ways China hopes to make Christianity more “Chinese” is to retranslate the Old Testament and write new commentaries on the New Testament.
“The plan made it clear that ‘Sinicization of Christianity’ means to change ‘Christianity in China’ into ‘Chinese Christianity,’” Fu told members of the House Foreign Affairs’ Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations last September.
The scheme emphasizes that “the heart and soul of Christianity’s Sinicization is to Sincize the Christian theology” and wants even to “re-translate the Bible or re-write biblical commentaries.”
Fu said a retranslation would involve a summary of the Old Testament with Buddhist scripture and Confucian teachings.
The pastor told The Christian Post that there are official guidelines “that the new Bible should not look westernized and [should look] Chinese and reflect Chinese ethics of Confucianism and socialism.”
“The Old Testament will be messed up. The New Testament will have new commentaries to interpret it.”
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[Editor’s Note: This article was written by Dorothy Cummings McLean and first published at LifeSiteNews. This HT is not an endorsement of LifeSiteNews]
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CHRISTIANITY TO BE MIXED WITH BUDDHISM TO MAKE IT “CHINESE CHRISTIANITY”, AGREEABLE TO THE COMMUNIST STATE
EXCERPT: “The plan, finalized at a meeting this March, proposes “cultivating and implementing the socialist core values” and will be supervised by the national religious affairs bureau. “Every province, autonomous region and municipality’s TSPM and CCC seminaries and churches will cooperate with it,” according to Fu.”


AND: https://bitterwinter.org/you-shall-have-no-god-before-marx/
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China Rewrites Bible



Propaganda materials
Propaganda materials declaring the Communist Party members cannot believe in religion, issued by a school in northeastern China.

A public institution demands its Party members sign their names after watching a “Party micro-lecture,” to make sure that all have been acquainted with the atheist propaganda.
Communist Party members must be unyielding Marxist atheists
Propaganda material distributed to teachers in a school of northeastern China quotes Xi Jinping’s call for party members “to be unyielding Marxist atheists, strictly abide by regulations of the Party Constitution, strengthen their conviction and ideals, keep the Party’s goal firmly in mind, and not seek for values and beliefs from religions.”

DR. DON BOYS: “WHAT DOES THE LGBTQ CROWD REALLY WANT?”

WHAT DOES THE LGBTQ CROWD REALLY WANT?
BY DR. DON BOYS
SEE: http://the-trumpet-online.com/lgbtq-crowd-really-want/; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
Well, the zealots of the LGBTQ crowd have demanded that Karen Pence, wife of Vice President Pence, resign from her job as art teacher at a Virginia Christian school. It seems the school has a policy of not accepting students or hiring teachers unless they adhere to the biblical position that homosexuality is evil. (Gasp! how dare they!) If the Pence family caves to the bullies on the disgusting left, then they will have demonstrated that they are weak, wobbly, and wimpy Christians.
What do the homosexuals want? They want compliance with their irrational, irresponsible, and immoral demands: Everyone must march to their tune even if the music and the march are obnoxious.
Pastor Justin Hoke, spiritual leader of Trinity Bible Presbyterian Church in Weed, California, is standing in the unemployment line after he declared on his church sign on December 3, “Bruce Jenner is still a man. Homosexuality is still a sin. The culture may change. The Bible does not.” The sign said it all. It could not be more factual and the fact that it is true does not mean it is hateful. Truth is not hate, maybe uncomfortable but not hateful. But the LGBTQ activists came down hard on the pastor and even some of his church leaders refused to stand with him.
All radical leftists talk about tolerance, fairness, equal rights, freedom of expression, freedom of religion but that is only applicable if everyone drinks the purple Kool Aid by accepting their radical agenda. Are all radical leftists hypocrites or are all hypocrites radical leftists?
What in the world do homosexuals really want? They want acceptance even respectability and no criticism. It seems they want special treatment, not equal rights; and their death rate indicates they will receive “rites,” not rights if they continue on a dead-end street. 
More than 60% of America’s AIDS cases and over 50% of syphilis cases (and other STDs) come from the homosexual crowd. Moreover, the stats indicate that they live twenty-four years fewer than normal people because of some of the dumb, dangerous, and deadly things they do.
Homosexuality is wrong today, was wrong yesterday and will be wrong tomorrow no matter what any court or authority might decide. However, stating that fact can be dangerous for its advocate.
Author George Orwell wrote, “In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.” And it seems that is where we are today. The exertions of academia, media, Hollywood, Congress, and the courts have accomplished a remarkable feat: incredibly, they have transformed our nation in twenty-five years by being disingenuous, deceptive, and dishonest. The permissive crowd has convinced most people to believe right is now wrong and wrong is now right. Decent living is now considered unnecessary and perversion is no longer repugnant, reprehensible, and repulsive, but is thought (by non-thinkers) to be courageous, even commendable.
It seems “we have come a long way baby,” in recent few years but we’ve gone in the wrong direction. Many stalwart Americans are standing athwart the gasping, heaving body of American culture saying, “You are wrong. Perversion is immoral and it will destroy those who practice it and it will destroy this nation.” Our lives should be directed by good judgment, common sense, and God’s commandments.
Same-sex “marriage” zealots tell us that such “marriages” are a matter of fairness but it is a matter of right and wrong. Same-sex “marriages” are also an oxymoron. They talk of “marriage” but two people of the same gender yoking is not marriage and saying so does not make it so. If every court in America and every politician says same-sex “marriage” is normal and desirable, it is still not so. A falsehood is still a falsehood if everyone affirms it and the truth is still the truth if everyone rejects it!
The cousin of Chief Justice Roberts who is an admitted lesbian declared that homosexuality should be legal because “society is becoming more accepting of the humanity of same-sex couples and the simple truth that we deserve to be treated with dignity, respect and equality under the law.” Must I lecture Chief Justice Roberts’ cousin that right and wrong are not decided by society’s constantly changing values—or by any court? It should be remembered that some cultures slaughtered children while others ate their enemies. In other ancient cultures, children were sacrificed to pagan gods. My comparison is not accidental. Homosexuality has always been considered an unspeakable crime against nature and against a holy God!
It is inconceivable that homosexuals, with a straight face, demand respect and recognition and reception of their lifestyle! Informed people are mindful that they do extremely disgusting, dangerous, and deadly things. And they demand respect. What chutzpah! Or as the British say, “What cheek.” But, it seems homosexuals are without shame.
I introduced a bill in the Indiana House of Representatives in 1977 to restore sodomy as a felony as it had been since Indiana became a state. My opposition came out of the arts, universities, and closets to protest my bill. A professor from Indiana University irrationally characterized the biblical characters David and Jonathan as lovers and stated that homosexuals only want to be left alone. He ranted that the new law would be tyrannical and repressive; however, what it would have done is restrict homosexuals from cruising in the parks and having abnormal sex with strangers in public bathrooms, among other things. It would also have made some university professors unlawful, uncomfortable, and unemployed.
I informed him and my fellow committee members that homosexuals did not just want to be left alone but they wanted the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval on their immoral actions. I said, “They want the public to accept and respect their lifestyle but that will not happen as long as sincere, dedicated, and informed Christians are still alive.”
I also abhor the tidal wave of fornication that has deluged America but at least fornication is not aberrant or abnormal. Homosexual activists have hijacked our culture. I was wrong in my prediction. Many Christian leaders have caved to the LGBTQ under the cover of “love.” It’s really palpable cowardice.
All principled people have always realized that truth always trumps love.
Many Evangelicals have raised the white flag in this battle as they refuse to stand on biblical truth and they use reason to commit treason against Christ. The cowards, compromisers, and charlatans speak of “love” while they strangle unpleasant truth. And even if we in opposition are filled with hate, it is better to have truth in hate than error in love.
Besides, unpleasant, uncomfortable, and unpopular truth is not always hate speech.
Boys’ book, Muslim Invasion: The Fuse is Burning! is available; to get your copy. An eBook edition is also available.
Websites Links
http://biblicallawcenter.com/
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Double Standard Revealed in Media Attack 

on Karen Pence’s Christianity

The media sunk to a new low when they attacked second lady Karen Pence this week for her decision to teach art at a Christian school in Virginia. CNN’s chief national correspondent John King even questioned whether or not Pence should receive taxpayer-funded security protection or government housing because she is working for a Christian school.

The War on Christianity is Coming to You

“LES GILETS JAUNES”, ACT 10, RENDER HOMAGE TO THE VICTIMS AS PARIS & OTHER CITIES PROTEST MACRON & GLOBALISM

“LES GILETS JAUNES”, ACT 10, 
RENDER HOMAGE TO THE VICTIMS 
AS PARIS & OTHER CITIES PROTEST MACRON & GLOBALISM
Des milliers de Gilets Jaunes toujours très mobilisés se sont donné rendez-vous à l’esplanade des Invalides pour entamer une grande marche dans la capitale et revenir au point de départ. Un hommage aux victimes a été rendu.
A Paris, le samedi 19 janvier 2018.

“PALESTINIAN” AUTHORITY SPENDS SIX TIMES MORE ON JIHAD TERRORISTS THAN IT DOES ON ITS OWN NEEDY

“PALESTINIAN” AUTHORITY SPENDS SIX TIMES MORE ON JIHAD TERRORISTS THAN IT DOES 
ON ITS OWN NEEDY
BY ROBERT SPENCER
SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2019/01/palestinian-authority-spends-six-times-more-on-jihad-terrorists-than-it-does-on-its-own-needy; republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
So if there really are any “Palestinians” who are starving, it isn’t Israel’s doing.
“PA spends 6 times more on terrorists than on its own needy,” by Maurice Hirsch, Palestinian Media Watch, January 17, 2019 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
In its 2017 budget, the Palestinian Authority allocated 550 million shekels to pay salaries to terrorist prisoners and released terrorist prisoners. The salaries paid to these recipients, among them murderers, ranged from 1,400 shekels/month to 12,000 shekels/month. The beneficiaries of these payments are no more than a few tens of thousands of Palestinians.
In contrast, the PA spent only 605 million to provide financial assistance to needy Palestinian families. According to the PA budget, the 118,000 needy families received payments ranging between 750 to 1,800 shekels/quarter.
Of the 605 million shekel expenditure, 515 million shekels was funded by the international community (165 million shekels by the European Union, and 350 million shekels by the World Bank). As such, the PA contributed only 90 million shekels of the 604 million shekel expenditure.
In other words, while the PA spent 550 million shekels of its budget a year to incentivize and reward terrorists no more the a few tens of thousands of terrorists, it spends only 90 million shekels to support its needy population. In comparison, the amount it spent on the needy equals only 16% of the amount the PA prefers to spend on rewards for terror and murder!…

AMERICANS CALL UPON TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT TO PURSUE “COMPLETE OUTLAW OF ABORTION” AS PROMISED TO DYING TEEN

AMERICANS CALL UPON TEXAS GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT TO PURSUE “COMPLETE OUTLAW OF ABORTION” 
AS PROMISED TO DYING TEEN 
BY HEATHER CLARK
Americans nationwide are calling upon Texas governor Greg Abbott to keep his promise to a teenager who died of cancer in August, who asked Abbott as his dying wish to work to outlaw abortion in the Lone Star State.
“For my wish, I wanted to talk to you and discuss a bill of abolition,” 16-year-old Jeremiah Thomas, who was diagnosed with osteoblastic osteosarcoma, told Abbott on the phone last June from his hospital room at McLane Children’s Hospital. “[W]e want you to treat abortion like an act of murder that should be punished by law.”
“I know that it must be difficult standing against a whole federal beast that forces abortion on us, but I think that we … could end abortion here and now,” he said.
Abbott’s response made Thomas smile. He noted that the Texas Republican party platform expresses a desire to abolish abortion, and that lawmakers planned on putting forward a bill that would make abortion illegal in the state.
“Your wish is on the Republican party platform and it’s what we’re going to be pursuing this next legislative session—that’s to outlaw abortion altogether in the state of Texas,” he told Thomas, the recording of which was posted to social media. “And so, your wish has been granted.”
The legislation referenced by Abbott is that of Rep. Tony Tinderholt, R-Arlington, who similarly presented a bill in 2017 to abolish abortion, but it was stalled by the speaker of the House. Tinderholt has re-filed his bill for the 2019 legislative season.
Tinderholt told reporters upon first filing the measure that the bill is in response to language in the Texas Republican Party platform, which was passed in May 2016, calling for the complete abolition of abortion in the state.
“We call upon the Texas legislature to enact legislation stopping the murder of unborn children; and to ignore and refuse to enforce any and all federal statutes, regulations, executive orders, and court rulings, which would deprive an unborn child of the right to life,” the platform text reads.
Now that the Abolition of Abortion in Texas Act, House Bill 948, has again been put forward and the legislature is back in session, a campaign has been launched to hold Abbott to his promise.
Matt Trewhella, pastor of Mercy Seat Christian Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, leader of a ministry that serves to be a voice for preborn children and author of “The Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrates,” told Christian News Network that the time is right to press Abbott to take a stand for the preborn.
“This whole thing that the GOP politicians and pro-life, pro-family groups have been doing for years of trying to regulate the murder of the preborn needs to stop,” he stated. “Rather they need to say, ‘State magistrates, do your duty and stop this murder in our state.’”
“Gov. Abbott can use his influence behind the scenes regarding this bill of interposition and abolition of the murder of the preborn,” Trewhella explained. “We’re hoping that he will use his influence behind the scenes so that the bill does get a full hearing before the legislature, and we’re hopeful that it will pass and that he will sign it.”

Trewhella

Trewhella outlined that today’s civil leaders must return to the concept of interposition—that is, to stand in the gap whenever those of greater power issue decrees that are evil and conflict with the law of God.
“Western civilization has always stood upon the needed premise that divine law trumps human law [and] that unjust laws are no laws at all,” he stated, adding that the Supreme Court ruling of Roe v. Wade is “not even a law,” but an opinion.
Trewhella further pointed to the words of the words of Thomas Jefferson, who wrote a letter to William Jarvis in 1820 to express concern about the inordinate weight of authority and infallibility presumed to belong to the nation’s judges.
“You seem … to consider the judges as the ultimate arbiters of all constitutional questions; a very dangerous doctrine indeed and one which would place us under the despotism of an Oligarchy,” Jefferson wrote. “… The Constitution has erected no such single tribunal knowing that, to whatever hands confided, with the corruptions of time and party it’s members would become despots. It has more wisely made all the departments co-equal and co-sovereign within themselves.”
Trewhella explained that such is why the founders created multiple levels and branches of government, so that “if any one branch began to play the tyrant, even if it was the Supreme Court itself, all of the branches would interpose against the tyrant in order to reign in their tyranny.”
He lamented that no civil magistrates seem to be taking a stand in modern times.
“Do we think we can fill the nation with innocent blood and escape the righteous judgment of God?” Trewhella asked. “The interposition of the just magistrate or magistrates may possibly abate the just judgment of God, but none has come forth—not one governor, not one attorney general, not one legislature, not one mayor, not one city council.”
“46 years now of brutal bloodshed of the most helpless, and all these lesser magistrates have done is quibble and falsely lament how they must obey the Supreme Court. And such thinking as that stands in utter contradiction to Scripture and utter contradiction to the whole history of western civilization,” he added.

Fallin

While it is not known where Gov. Abbott stands in regard to interposition and his view of the Supreme Court, other Republican governors who identify as pro-life have rejected challenges to Roe because they feel that the effort is futile.
As previously reported, in 2016, then-Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin, a Republican who identified herself as “the most pro-life governor in the nation,” vetoed a bill that would have outlawed abortion in the state, opining that the issue of abortion has to be dealt with in the nation’s highest court, and that the legislation would not “accomplish that re-examination.”
“In fact, the most direct path to a re-examination of the United States Supreme Court’s ruling in Roe v. Wade is the appointment of a conservative, pro-life justice to the United States Supreme Court,” she remarked in her veto message.
And while it would not have outlawed abortion altogether, Republican Ohio Gov. John Kasich has now twice vetoed a bill that would ban abortion whenever a heartbeat is detected, stating that such a law would not hold up in court and the state would end up paying thousands in legal fees to Planned Parenthood. He similarly expressed the mindset that he felt bound to the Supreme Court.

Kasich Photo Credit: Gage Skidmore

“As governor, I have worked hard to strengthen Ohio’s protections for the sanctity of human life, and I have a deep respect for my fellow members of the pro-life community and their ongoing efforts in defense of unborn life,” Kasich wrote in his veto explanation. “However, the central provision of H.B. 258, that an abortion cannot be performed if a heartbeat has been detected in the unborn child, is contrary to the Supreme Court rulings on abortion.”
“This is why we need to call upon [Gov. Abbott] to be different,” Trewhella said. “The GOP politicians and the pro-life, pro-family groups have been following the Roe paradigm for 46 years now. In other words, [they are] acting like they have to obey the Roe v. Wade issued by the court in 1973. And so everything they do goes back to the court, and the court is the tyrant that started this bloodshed.”
“What we’re saying here is, and what Rep. Tinderholt’s bill does—it says, we’re going to ignore the Roe v. Wade opinion, we are going to ignore the Supreme Court, we are not going to obey this evil that they have foisted upon the land,” he outlined. “And this is what our founders expected to happen, because our founders established a true federalism.”
When laws are challenged in court, it is the job of the state attorney general’s office to defend those statutes and the position of the governor. The office of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has already made statements that have raised concern.
As previously reported, in 2017, as the State of Texas had been sued surrounding a law that required aborted babies to either be buried or cremated—which could have shut down a number of abortion facilities that were not able to comply, whether financially or due to a lack of business cooperation—Assistant Attorney General John Langley surprisingly told U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks in court that “fetal tissue is not human remains” under Texas law.
“So it’s the official doctrine of the state that fetal tissue is not human remains?” Sparks inquired. “So you’re bringing dignity to non-human remains?”
“[Texas cremation law] deals with human bodies—bodies that have been born, lived and died. Fetal remains are categorized as pathological waste. It’s not a human body. It hasn’t been born,” Langley later stated. “It’s the state’s best effort to try to make the best of this situation.”
Paxton, who reportedly attends Stonebriar Community Church in Frisco, also said in a statement in September following an adverse court ruling, “We established during a weeklong trial in July that the law is constitutional and does not impact the abortion procedure or the availability of abortion in Texas.”
It is remarks like these, Trewhella said, that heighten the need to call upon Abbott and his administration to stand unwaveringly this time around. He noted that it is the duty of the people to encourage Abbott to do what is right, and then to support him when he does so.
“The role of the people regarding the Doctrine of the Lesser Magistrate is to prod their magistrates to do right when evil is trying to be done by the superior civil authority, and then to rally around their magistrate—to give them everything personally, publicly, of their prayers—to stand with them in their interposition,” Trewhella stated.
When asked how he could provide insight into why Christians need to get involved in issues such as these, he explained that the Body of Christ must live in sync with the heart of God, and must be motivated to act out of a burden for those things that hurt and offend a holy God, rather than coasting along with the rest of cultural Christianity.
“When you read history and you read the prophets of the Holy Scripture, you see that luxury is often an enemy of the souls of men. Luxury and ease tends of un-man them and destroy nations. And we, as Christian people, are not immune to the luxury and ease of this nation,” Trewhella said. “And so, we have to spend time in God’s Word and with each other talking about the things of Him in order to be built up in the faith, in order to stay on the straight and narrow path, and to do those things that are dear to His heart.”
“When it comes to the helpless and the shedding of innocent blood, we need to speak out so that bloodshed is brought to an end in our nation,” he exhorted.
A website has been launched surrounding the effort, called JeremiahsWish.org, where visitors may also sign a petition to Gov. Abbott. Supporters nationwide are additionally uploading videos to social media that kindly call for Abbott to keep his promise to Thomas.
“I join Jeremiah’s wish to see abortion ended in Texas,” the petition reads. “Please keep your promise to pursue the complete outlaw of abortion this legislative session by making it an emergency item. I promise to stand with you to protect the preborn children of Texas.”

Feminists Get Pop Quiz: 

Learn Abortion is Leading Cause of Death in US

Report by Kaitlin Bennett of Infowars


WHAT THE IRS CAN & SHOULD DO TO REIN IN PRO-JIHAD & “PALESTINIAN” PROPAGANDA AT UNIVERSITIES

WHAT THE IRS CAN & SHOULD DO TO REIN IN 
PRO-JIHAD & “PALESTINIAN” PROPAGANDA 
AT UNIVERSITIES
BY ROBERT SPENCER
SEE: https://www.jihadwatch.org/2019/01/what-the-irs-can-and-should-do-to-rein-in-islamic-and-palestinian-propaganda-at-universities;  republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:
Universities today are not institutions of higher learning, but indoctrination centers for far-Left propaganda. Leonard Getz, a retired IRS official, here explains how the IRS can and should put a stop to this.
“How the IRS Can Rein In Radical Islam and Anti-Israel Propaganda Courses at Universities,” by Leonard Getz and Cliff Rieders, PJ Media, January 18, 2019:
In its Fall 2018 catalogue, Tufts University’s Colonialism Studies and Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies departments offered the course “Colonizing Palestine” which “will address crucial questions relating to this embattled nation, the Israeli state which illegally occupies Palestine, and the broader global forces that impinge on Palestinians and Israelis.” Several Jewish organizations, news outlets, and students quickly reacted to the course’s stated premise, characterizing it as “political propaganda masquerading as an academic class.”
One student wrote: “This language is not merely inflammatory — it positions a one-sided narrative as truth from the outset of the semester.” A student group pointed out that the course violates the school’s presidential guidelines. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) responded, demanding that Tufts University “must ensure that classes examining the complex Israeli-Palestinian conflict are not one sided platforms for propaganda that demonize Israel & empower anti-Israel activists.”
The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America (CAMERA) noted: “In addition to the title of the course suggesting a distorted account of the Palestinian-Israel conflict, the course professor, Thomas Abowd is an outspoken activist against Israel. He is on the advisory board for the Boston branch of Jewish Voice for Peace — an extremist pro-BDS [Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions] organization that has hosted and honored the terrorist Rasmea Odeah.”
The Endowment for Middle East Truth (EMET) painted a broader picture: “[T]his class is a paramount example of what has been occurring in the field of Middle East Studies over the last quarter of a century, where the truth — and a good solid education — is being sacrificed on the altar of mere political propaganda.”
The concerns expressed had no impact on the school’s policy. Indeed, the Tufts administration merely responded: “We will not let these spurious attacks derail inquiry at our university.”
No one mentioned, and the university does not seem concerned, that this course and many courses like it put the university’s tax-exempt status in jeopardy.
Educational facilities such as Tufts and all other universities are required to adhere to specific tax-exempt status clauses embedded in the Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3) and Treasury Regulations 1.501(c)(3)-1(d)(3). Under the regulation, an organization may be educational even if it advocates a particular position or viewpoint, so long as it presents a sufficiently full and fair exposition of the pertinent facts as to permit an individual or the public to form an independent opinion or conclusion.
In 1986, the IRS developed the “methodology test” to supplement the regulation’s “full and fair exposition” standard — Revenue Procedure 86-43. The test assists in determining whether the method used by an educational organization to communicate a particular viewpoint or position is educational. Under the test, a method is not educational if it fails to provide a “factual foundation” for the position or viewpoint or “a development from the relevant facts that would materially aid a listener or reader in a learning process.”
The IRS identified four factors that would lead to the conclusion the method of instruction is not educational:
  • a significant portion of the group’s communications consists of the presentation of viewpoints or positions that are unsupported by facts;
  • facts that purport to support the viewpoints or positions are distorted;
  • the group’s presentations make substantial use of inflammatory and disparaging terms and express conclusions based more on strong emotional feelings rather than objective evaluation; and
  • the presentation’s approach is not aimed at developing the audience’s understanding of the subject matter because it does not consider their background or training.
The presence of any one of these factors indicates the organization’s method of communicating its views does not meet the criteria to be “educational” and therefore subject to having their tax-exempt status revoked.
So far, two cases applying the methodology test have gone to court. In Nationalist Movement v. Comm’r, 102 T.C. 558, *4 (April 11, 1994) the Tax Court held for the government, finding that this group did not qualify as educational when its newsletters were filled with inflammatory language and unsupported conclusions. The court also rejected the argument that the methodology test was overly vague. Further, the court did not find the test’s purpose or effect to be the suppression of “disfavored ideas.”
In National Association for the Legal Support of Alternative Schools v. Comm’r, 71 T.C. 118 (1978) the court held that a group that advocated for the use of alternative schools met the “full and fair exposition” test when it (1) made publicly available copies of all the briefs, including those of the opposing parties in relevant legal actions; (2) encouraged those with different viewpoints to submit articles to its newsletter; and (3) provided information on a subject that was useful and beneficial to the public.
A review of several universities’ approach to Israel and Middle East studies indicate a failure to meet the IRS criteria of being an educational facility.
In Commentary’s July/August 2018 issue, Boston College’s Sociology Course 3367, “Human Rights and Social Justice in Israel & Palestine” is extensively discussed in the Ardie Goldman article “My Time Among the Propagandists”. Like Tufts’ Professor Abowd, this class is taught by Associate Professor Eve Spangler, who also promotes the BDS movement and is a speaker for the campus’ Students for Justice in Palestine. Goldman observed the students’ hostility and “presumed to have been the product of a combination of sources: the bias of their classroom lectures, the partisan readings they had been assigned, and the politically skewed experiences of their tour up to that point.” Like Tufts, the course description raises serious issues as to whether the university is promoting a prohibited political agenda. While it purports to “prepare students to better understand the Israeli/Palestinian conflict in a “human rights framework” it invokes terms as “apartheid,” “genocide,” and “ethnic cleansing,” attributing these negative precepts to the state of Israel; “ … students will be “bearing witness’ … to the sufferings and resilience of occupied communities and the courage and wisdom of dissidents,” a barely veiled reference to Palestinians Arabs living under Israeli authority.
Is the charged and partisan language educational, or does it fail the IRS criteria for use of inflammatory and disparaging terms, and express conclusions based on strong emotional feelings rather than objective evaluation?
The course description also indicates an unacceptable bias. “[N]arratives often trump facts … For this class, we will not be interested in the often described and seemingly contradictory land claims found in the Old Testament and the Quran.” In fact, there are no contradictory land claims between the Old Testament and the Quran. The Old Testament — the Bible/Torah — claims the land of Israel belongs to the Jewish people, while the Quran never claims the land of Israel belongs to Muslims.
Goldman observes: “Conflicting facts were dismissed, even ridiculed. Anecdotes that described coexistence between local Jews and Arabs were ignored because they didn’t fit the recognized paradigm. Such tours target the heart, not the mind.” A strong case could be made that Sanger’s class and the tour violate criteria 1, 2, and 3 of Rev Proc 86-43, putting Boston College in the crosshairs of the IRS.
Let us review the Ethnic Studies Department at the University of California, Berkeley. In September 2015 that department sponsored a talk by Omar Barghouti, a co-founder of the anti-Israel BDS campaign. According to U of C Student Adah Forer: “A double standard is evident, as multiple departments refused to host Professor Alan Dershowitz but have hosted anti-Israel speakers in the past, thus taking away from the academic integrity they supposedly stand for.” It is also in violation of its tax-exempt status as an educational institution.
Like many universities in this country, UC Berkeley’s Middle East Studies program is subsidized by Saudi Arabia. According to an article by Giulio Meotti, “Islam Buys Out Western Academia (June 2011)”: “Riyadh spent one hundred billion dollars to spread Wahhabism, the most anti-Semitic and extremist version of Islam … 5 million dollars were donated to the Center for Middle East Studies at Berkeley, 20 million dollars were donated to the Middle East Studies Center at the University of Arkansas.”
On April 14, 2017, Prof. Phyllis Chesler, the world’s foremost expert on honor killings, was disinvited from an honor killings conference at the University of Arkansas by three professors from The King Fahd Center of Middle East Studies because she wrote for “right wing publications.” Disinviting Ms. Chesler was a violation of Revenue Procedure 86-43. (To its credit, University of Arkansas suspended the director of the Center for disinviting her.)
The Alavi Foundation, a private, Iranian-American not-for profit organization, has provided since 1973 over $50 million to clinics and universities including Harvard, Columbia, Princeton, Rutgers University, Bard College, the University of Virginia, Brandeis University, Catholic University of America, and Sacred Heart University to promote the study of Persian culture and civilization. Hamid Azimi, communications director for the Iranian-American Community of Northern California, said the Alavi Foundation is just one part of Iran’s “propaganda machine” in the United States. In June 2017, a Manhattan jury found that the Alavi Foundation was controlled by the Tehran regime, a violation of U.S. sanctions against Iran.
“Did this foundation attempt to subvert American academic institutions?” asked Congressman Dan Donovan (R-NY), on August 1, 2017. “We need to investigate this, and universities have to do a better job of vetting their donors.” “This is all about Iran laundering their policies through academe,” said Michael Rubin, an Iran expert at the American Enterprise Institute think tank.
Consider the teachings of the following university professors
Rutgers Professor Hooshang Amirahmadi: “Unfortunately, a large part of the problems between Iran and the US are not based in reality, but are based on myths. The problem of terrorism is a true myth. Iran has not been involved in any terrorist organization. Neither Hezbollah nor Hamas are terrorist organizations.” If this viewpoint is not based on facts it is a violation of Rev. Proc 86-43, subjecting Rutgers to losing its tax-exempt status.
Columbia University Professor Rashid Khalidi admonished Washington, D.C. for its “hysteria about suicide bombers,” “worries that Jews will ‘Infest’ the Trump Administration,” and insists that “Jerusalem is and has to be seen as the capital of Palestine, of a Palestinian-Arab state.” During 2015 and 2016, 93% of Israel-related events sponsored by the Center for Palestine Studies at Columbia University, directed by Khalidi, included anti-Israel, pro-BDS speakers” — more than double any other U.S. school. These teaching are violations of Rev. Proc 86-43, i.e., viewpoints unsupported by facts and which are inflammatory and disparaging.
Georgetown University’s H.R.H. Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Center for Muslim-Christian Understanding received $20M from Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal (recently arrested for financial corruption). The past director of this program, John Esposito, taught that “Islamist violence is beyond the bounds of approved research … Islamist movements are movements of democratic reform.” The Investigative Project on Terrorism found Esposito allied with a series of people directly involved in terrorist and extremist movements, including convicted terrorist Sami Al-Arian, an acknowledged member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad. The late Muslim American Society Imam W. Deen Mohammed did not mince words when he said, referring to the bin Talal Center, “these donations are not intended to fund objective scholarship, they’re meant to forward the Wahabi School of thought.”
Georgetown’s violations are not restricted to the classroom. It is open to the world via its online “The Bridge Initiative” dedicated to the exposing and disposing of “Islamophobia.” On the surface this sounds like a worthwhile endeavor. It sets out to “examine attitudes and behaviors towards Muslims; dissect public discourses on Islam; and uncover the operational mechanisms of engineered Islamophobia in an effort to raise public awareness and enrich public discourse on this pernicious form of prejudice.” The Bridge Initiative sets the stage for the view that any criticism of anything Islam is Islamophobic. Its premise is that, “in recent decades, anti-Islam and anti-Muslim bigotry and discrimination has increased exponentially in the United States and Europe, with national and global consequences. Pseudo-scholars and polemicists peddle their writing online, are viewed by many as credible and reliable voices, and therefore strongly impact popular culture. … As a result, Americans — the majority of whom look to the Internet for information and answers on pressing questions — miss credible empirical information and are bombarded with pseudo-scholarship that fosters prejudice and fear.”
Consider the article on the Bridge Initiative website written by Brooklyn College, “Prof Moustafa Bayoumi on Being Muslim and American During the War on Terror” posted on May 8, 2017, written by Bridge Initiative Team. He explains that Islamophobia existed long before 9/11, but that afterward the government started using it for political purposes. This is stated without any examples or proof of how the government is using Islamophobia for political purposes. Thus, it is a violation of Rev Proc 86-43.
The piece “As Islamophobia Surges, Anti-Muslim Speakers Exploit Fears”, posted on June 29, 2016, and also written by Bridge Initiative Team, states: “In the decade-and-a-half since 9/11, anti-Muslim speakers, bloggers and activists like Robert Spencer and Brigitte Gabriel have become a dime a dozen. “
Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch and has led seminars on Islam and jihad for the United States Central Command, the United States Army Command, and the Joint Terrorism Task Force. He is the author of numerous books, including Stealth Jihad: How Radical Islam is Subverting America Without Guns or Bombs.
Brigitte Gabriel is founder and chairman of ACT for America, a large national security grassroots organization in the United States. She has addressed the United Nations, the Australian prime minister, members of British Parliament/House of Commons, members of the United States Congress, the Pentagon, the Joint Forces Staff College, the U.S. Special Operations Command, The U.S. Asymmetric Warfare group, and the FBI. In 2016, she was knighted by the Knights of Malta in Europe for her international work on fighting terrorism and standing up for Western Judeo-Christian values. Others knighted include Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, Nelson Mandela, and former British Prime Minister Tony Blair. She has said: “Moderate Muslims must organize and engage those enlightened, educated and westernized Muslims in the community to begin a dialogue to discuss the possibility of reform in Islam.”
Is it a fact that Robert Spencer and Brigitte Gabriel are anti-Muslim, or are they being unfairly labeled by the Bridge Initiative because they speak out against radical Islam? Is it presenting a sufficiently full and fair exposition of the pertinent facts to permit an individual or the public to form an independent opinion or conclusion about Robert Spencer and Brigitte Gabriel? Or is the Bridge Initiative espousing a disparaging opinion and trying to spin it as a fact, rendering Georgetown University in violation of its tax-exempt status?
While the Bridge Initiative does acknowledge that “rational criticism of Islam or Muslims based on factual evidence is not intrinsically Islamophobia,” a browser would be hard-pressed to find any examples of this on its website. Nor would one find any consideration of the view that Americans are not Islamophobic, but concerned and wary of the lack of Muslim recognition and condemnation of radical elements in Islam responsible for worldwide terrorism.
In the Bridge Initiative world, any criticism of Islam is Islamophobic — including, and especially, of the Muslim Brotherhood. It heaps praise on this organization, touting it as a “force for democratization and stability in the Middle East.” It criticizes “Ted Cruz’s Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Bill” (posted on January 18, 2017, and written by Bridge Initiative Team), declaring: “The basis for Cruz’s bill is one solitary document: a memo from the early 1990s supposedly written by a leading figure of the Muslim Brotherhood, which details a plan to subvert Western civilization. Cruz’s guide on this matter, Frank Gaffney, is the leader of the Center for Security Policy — a recognized anti-Muslim hate group. Their claims about the memo have been debunked.”
What does the Bridge Initiative mean by “recognized?” It means recognized only by the left-leaning Southern Poverty Law Center. The article omits that important fact. And how was it “debunked?” It was “debunked” in an earlier article by the Bridge Initiative Team themselves, and no one else.…

COURT RULES UNDERCOVER VIDEOS OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD SELLING BABY BODY PARTS ARE AUTHENTIC

COURT RULES UNDERCOVER VIDEOS OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD SELLING BABY BODY PARTS 
ARE AUTHENTIC
for informational, educational and research purposes:
The court ruling refutes Planned Parenthood’s own talking points about how 
the CMP videos were “highly edited.”
thefederalist.com
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the state of Texas can strip taxpayer 
subsidies from Planned Parenthood, primarily based on evidence found in undercover 
videos of the abortion provider’s involvement in harvesting and selling aborted baby 
body parts for profit. The undercover videos in question were first released in 2015 by 
David Daleiden, founder and project lead at the Center for Medical Progress (CMP), 
and scrutinized by Planned Parenthood and members of the media as “deceptively 
edited.” “Planned Parenthood for years has been smearing us trying to say the videos 
were not accurate or somehow misleading,” Daleiden said in an interview with Federalist 
contributor DC McAllister. “The Fifth Circuit explicitly found in their ruling last night that 
the Center for Medical Progress’ videos are authentic…and could be relied upon by Texas 
and by others as the regulatory and other enforcement proceedings.”
Embedded video
The court ruling directly refutes Planned Parenthood’s own talking points about how the 
CMP videos were “highly edited,” and “falsely portray[ing] Planned Parenthood’s 
participation in tissue donation programs.”
“The video camera doesn’t lie: CMP’s undercover video series caught Planned 
Parenthood’s top leaders openly admitting to selling baby body parts for profit in 
violation of federal law,” said the Center for Medical Progress in a statement. “Now it 
is time for the Department of Justice to do its job and hold Planned Parenthood 
accountable to the law.”
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Feminists Get Pop Quiz: Learn Abortion 

is Leading Cause of Death in US



LINDA SARSOUR IS A BAD OMEN FOR AMERICA

Brooklyn Girl with Hateful, Islamist Views

EXCERPTS:
“Despite having a wife in the spotlight, Sarsour’s husband, Maher Judeh (a.k.a., Maher Abo Tamer) believes that Muslim women should censor themselves on social media, saying “they can socialize on Facebook with friends but to an extent [sic].”  Judeh works as a cashier at a deli/convenience store in Brooklyn. The deli is known for selling alcohol to minors.”
“In the past, Judeh has expresses a fondness for Fatah. He praised Palestinian Authority police officer Amjad Sukkari “Abu Omar” as a hero. Sukkari carried out a shooting attack at a checkpoint in Israel. He mourned the death of the brothers (and Hamas “master terrorists”) Adel and Imad Awadallah. Judeh has also spoken of the founder of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), George Habash, in glowing terms.  Habash has been describes by some as the “godfather of Middle East terrorism.”  Judeh at one point in time was allegedly facing deportation.”
“Sarsour is seen as a rising star in the Democratic Party.  However, when she’s not busy with narcissistic self-promotion, she spews hatred.” 
LINDA SARSOUR IS A BAD OMEN FOR AMERICA
BY RAMI DABBAS
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:

Every day more secrets are revealed about the Muslim Brotherhood and the State of Qatar, which stands behind the Muslim Brotherhood and supports it financially and morally through several tools and institutions, both inside Arab countries and in the West, especially in the United States of America, under the cover of the charities and NGO organizations located in those countries.



Linda Sarsour is an Arab American of Palestinian origin and executive director of the New York-based Arab American Society, an association that is administratively linked to the Qatar Foundation International and ideologically follows the Muslim Brotherhood and Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi – a terror promoter — who strongly supports the terrorist Hamas movement and the Qatari government, which is allied with adherents of political Islam. The Qatar Foundation International is closely linked to the Qatari government. Former US Treasury Department analyst Jonathan Schanzer describes the institution  as “an ATM for the Muslim Brotherhood and its affiliated groups, the spiritual father of the Muslim Brotherhood, Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi, as well as funding Hamas and terror groups in Syria.” Schanzer stressed that Qatar’s neighbors from Arab countries were “nauseated” by Qatar’s support for the Muslim Brotherhood.



The Qatar Foundation and the Emir of Qatar established the Al-Qaradawi Research Center in honor of Qaradawi. The purpose of the Center was to promote Al-Qaradawi’s ideas on the basis that he was a pioneer of moderate Islamic thought for Muslims today. In January 2012, the Qatar Foundation (QF) opened a center for Islamic legislation and advocacy. Tariq Ramadan, the grandson of the Brotherhood’s founder Hassan al-Banna and the son of Brotherhood leader Saeed Ramadan, was appointed as the director of research of  the center.



At the same time, the Qatar Foundation has strong ties to the International Institute of Islamic Thought, an affiliate of the Muslim Brotherhood in the United States that was investigated on terror finance issues after the 9/11 attacks. The deputy director of the Qatar Foundation for Islamic Legislation and Advocacy was Jasser Odeh. At the same time, he taught and lectured at the International Institute of Islamic Thought, as he mentioned in his own profile. The Muslim Brotherhood in the United States described the International Institute of Islamic Thought as one of “our organizations and institutions owned by our friends” in a secret memo issued in 1991. The memo states that the purpose of its network in the United States is “a kind of grand jihad in eliminating and destructing Western civilization from within.”



Now we come back to Linda Sarsour, who also has suspicious personal relationships. In 2004, Sarsour told the press that the US authorities questioned her and her Palestinian husband Maher Judeh, who was threatened with deportation after living in the United States for seven years. In the same interview, Sarsour mentioned that one of her cousins spent 25 years in prison in Israel, and that a family friend was sentenced to 99 years in prison. She added that her unmarried brother was also serving a 12-month sentence for being a member of Hamas.



The New York Police Department opened an investigation into the relationships of the Arab-American Association, headed by Linda Sarsour, and tried to obtain information about its board members. It found that its chairman was Dr. Ahmed Jaber, head of the Dawood mosque, known as the Islamic Mission in America. Sarsour is constantly trying to portray law enforcement officials and the government as unfair to Muslims, and her claims and fears of terrorist plots are in fact government conspiracies, according to Sarsour.



For example, Sarsour said that New York police detectives fabricated terror cases so they could get funding for the New York Police Department. The government stopped an al-Qaeda plot to destroy an aircraft using an explosive device hidden in a person’s underwear: Sarsour claimed the attacker was actually a CIA agent. In an interview, Sarsour said that “fear of Islam” is merely a manifestation of American persecution of minorities, and the United States remains a democratic state with an authoritarian element. Sarsour is known to launch fierce attacks on Muslim Brotherhood opponents, including Muslim dissidents themselves, so the Qatar-affiliated Brotherhood put its money in the right place when it decided to invest in her organization.



Sarsour was honored as one of the “Extraordinary Brooklyn Women,” and has sparked controversy because of her closeness to Bill de Blasio, the mayor of New York. The newspapers added that in the past, if you wanted to become mayor of New York, you had to campaign to get closer to the Jews and get their votes, but now in a clear shift, you need to race not only to get the support of Muslims, but the voices of those with ties to Hamas, as is the case Linda Sarsour. Sarsour has also been charged with anti-Semitism because of her public pride that she has relatives who have been convicted of belonging to the terrorist Hamas movement.



Linda’s brother, Jameel Sarsour, is accused of belonging to the terrorist group Hamas and being on the terrorist list of the United States government, under the category of a “specialized international terrorist” by the US Treasury Department. It is strange that Jamil Sarsour lives freely in the U.S. although the government has given him this terrorist label. The FBI agents who investigated him, including FBI agent Robert Wright and retired FBI agent John Vincent, are very angry about it.



Despite this, Sarsour was a familiar face in the Obama White House. The Obama administration opened the White House to adherents of political Islam; they attended hundreds of meetings at the White House. Court documents and other records have confirmed that many of these visitors belong to groups that act as fronts for the Muslim Brotherhood, Hamas and other Islamic organizations. These investigations were based on a comprehensive analysis of records of visitors to the White House. These meetings were conducted with groups such as the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and other groups linked to the Muslim Brotherhood. In 2013, White House officials received a delegation from the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt, which is now banned in Egypt and many Arab states as a terror group. It seeks to impose Sharia by force. They visited the White House. And Sarsour confirmed that she was  invited to at least seven White House meetings between 2010 and 2014.



Obama is gone from the White House, but Sarsour’s continuing influence on the Left is a bad omen for America, a sign of what will happen in the future.

DOCUMENTARY FILM “KILLING FREE SPEECH”: LEFTISTS UN-IRONICALLY TRY TO SHUT IT DOWN

In a Time of Universal Deceit, 
Telling the Truth Is a Revolutionary Act
DOCUMENTARY FILM “KILLING FREE SPEECH”: 
LEFTISTS UN-IRONICALLY TRY TO SHUT IT DOWN
TRAILER:

BY MICHAEL HANSEN
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:








Liberty is dying in America, and I (the director of Killing Europe) expose in the new movie Killing Free Speech how the U.S. is going down the same self-destructive road as Europe. The film exposes the radical left’s actions to silence free speech and the mainstream media’s efforts to shut down any point of view impeding an open-border agenda. From Antifa violence in the streets to CAIR-imposed censorship, to hijab-wearing teachers teaching Islamic values in our schools. The film features embattled Border Patrol agents and shocking undercover footage of the far-left extremist groups operating in America. Killing Free Speech reveals their tactics and lays bare the open-borders agenda on the radical left.



“NBPC 1613 wants the public to know the truth about what is going on at the border so that they can make informed decisions as to what is truly needed to secure the borders effectively, humanely and safely. Killing Free Speech gave us a voice and an opportunity to speak the truth and it is a powerful testament to the men and women of the Border Patrol who risk their lives every day.”



Terence L. Shigg
National Border Patrol Council Local 1613 President



Monday, October 15, 2018 was the date of the first screening of Killing Free Speech. It was previewed at the National Border Patrol Council Local 1613. The film was such a hit with the border patrol agents that they planned to have the Texas Border Patrol set up a screening as well. However, when select media outlets learned of the screenings, they wrote scorching articles accusing the border patrol union of “endorsing extremist video featuring white nationalists.”



This was, of course, fake news. Must conservatives featured in the documentary are in fact members of minority communities in this country. Terence Shigg, National Border Patrol Council Local 1613 President, is himself African American, and as Terence points out, “Nowhere in the article do the journalists actually identify what white nationalist appear in the movie.”



Ironically, the articles proves the film right about the mainstream media, but sadly, the articles worked to their intention. Border Patrol National was put under so much pressure that any additional screenings were off the table, and for the time being, the media was able to silence the Border Patrol.



This brings us to the government shutdown and the border wall. Why is the mainstream media misrepresenting what is going on at the border? Why do journalists discredit the Border Patrol for endorsing films that give them a voice? And is the Democratic Party against the border wall so much so that they are willing to shut down the government?



“The reality is that border patrol agents are saying ‘We want this wall, we need this wall, it will work.’ I don’t think that the mainstream media want to accept the fact that a border wall will advance security, because, quite frankly, I don’t think they believe in border security”



Joshua
Border Patrol Agent, San Diego Border



In light of the media smear campaign of his movie and the government shutdown, I put out the following statement: “I have decided put my movie out for free viewing to the public until the Border Patrol get what they need to secure our border and we get the wall.”



Full Statement From National Border Patrol Council



The National Border Patrol Council Local 1613 got involved with this project because we are concerned that the current narrative being pushed by the majority of media outlets is biased and negative in regards to Border Patrol Agents. NBPC 1613 has worked tirelessly to get the truth out about what our agents do into the public forum but it is a daunting task when our message does not fit the agenda for most media outlets. Free speech is a movie that falls in line with what we as a council, as Border Patrol Agents and as Law Enforcement Officers have seen as the slow decay of the right and the ability to speak truth to power.  NBPC 1613 wants the public to know the truth about what is going on at the border so that they can make informed decisions as to what is truly needed to secure the borders effectively, humanely and safely.



Killing Free Speech gave us a voice and an opportunity to speak the truth and it is a powerful testament to the men and women of the Border Patrol who risk their lives every day.



Terence L. Shigg
National Border Patrol Council Local 1613 President

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VIDEO:

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH USA KICKS OUT PRO-LIFERS, OPENS DOORS TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD DURING WOMEN’S MARCH

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH USA KICKS OUT PRO-LIFERS, OPENS DOORS TO PLANNED PARENTHOOD 
DURING WOMEN’S MARCH 
Old Stone Church in Cleveland, Ohio opened up their doors to Planned Parenthood at the conclusion of the 2019 Women’s March, but did not want to welcome pro-life activists concerned by the Church’s decision.
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:

Thousands of angry feminists gathered in major cities across America today to celebrate the mass murder of the unborn and yell at the sky about President Trump for the annual Women’s March.



One such march took place in Cleveland, Ohio. A group of women spoke at a podium in Public Square before hundreds of liberals marched together down the streets.



The march’s final destination was at Old Stone Church, a rather odd host for an infanticide rally. The Presbyterian church founded in 1819 allowed the women to utilize their church to host the remainder of their speakers, and even let Planned Parenthood set up a table to hand out information and collect memberships.



Rev. Mark Eldred of Old Stone welcomed the rally with open arms, but was incensed by pro-life activists that questioned the Church’s motives. Eldred kicked out the pro-lifers, and eerily told reporter Kaitlin Bennett that he was okay with his church being an arm in their propaganda to kill baby’s.



Watch the crazy scene above.

DEMOCRAT REP. PRESENTS BILL TO REPEAL LAW ALLOWING RECITATION OF LORD’S PRAYER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOLS


THAT IS, DIE IF YOU’RE A CHRISTIAN
FROM: WASHINGTON TIMES
“Democratic State Rep. Amanda Bouldin took to her Facebook page Tuesday to accuse Republicans of sexism in their legislation to prohibit women from exposing their nipples or breasts in public, with the exception of breastfeeding.”
DEMOCRAT REP. PRESENTS BILL TO REPEAL LAW ALLOWING RECITATION OF LORD’S PRAYER 
IN NEW HAMPSHIRE SCHOOLS
BY HEATHER CLARK
republished below in full unedited for informational, educational and research purposes:

CONCORD, N.H. — A Democratic member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives has filed a bill that would repeal a 40-year-old state law that allows for the recitation of The Lord’s Prayer in public elementary schools.



Rep. Amanda Bouldin, who represents the Manchester area, recently filed House Bill 289, with eight co-sponsors—all Democratic.



It repeals the 1975 statute Section 194:15-a, which is stated to be dormant in that no schools in the state are currently known to engage in the practice of reciting The Lord’s Prayer in class.



“As an affirmation of the freedom of religion in this country, a school district may authorize the recitation of the traditional Lord’s prayer in public elementary schools. Pupil participation in the recitation of the prayer shall be voluntary. Pupils shall be reminded that this Lord’s prayer is the prayer our pilgrim fathers recited when they came to this country in their search for freedom,” the law reads.







“Pupils shall be informed that these exercises are not meant to influence an individual’s personal religious beliefs in any manner. The exercises shall be conducted so that pupils shall learn of our great freedoms, which freedoms include the freedom of religion and are symbolized by the recitation of the Lord’s prayer,” it states.




However, due to an advisory opinion some time ago from the New Hampshire Supreme Court—at the request of legislators—that deemed the statute to be unconstitutional, Bouldin believes that the law needs to go. She told local television station WMUR that the Lord’s Prayer statute “continues to live in our RSAs today sort of as a hidden virus.”



“Our own Supreme Court has declared it [unconstitutional] and no teacher would want to take advantage of this opportunity because they would be worried about the liability and constitutionality of teaching prayer in public schools,” she also told the New Hampshire Union-Leader.



Bouldin’s bill simply reads, “In the year of our Lord two thousand nineteen; An act relative to the recitation of The Lord’s Prayer in public elementary schools. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened … RSA 194:15-a, relative to recitation of the Lord’s prayer in elementary schools, is repealed.”




The House Education Committee heard arguments both for and against the repeal on Wednesday.



“As an educator of elementary-age children, I know how impressionable they can be and how they look to their teacher for guidance,” remarked Rep. Joshua Query, D-Manchester. “Allowing teachers to lead their class in this prayer can be confusing and intimidating to those children of different faiths.”



“Yeah, under the current laws today it would be considered unconstitutional, [but] that doesn’t make it right,” declared Josh Moore of Merrimack. “And it doesn’t make it relative to what the framers actually believed in.”



Shannon McGinley of the group Cornerstone called Bouldin’s proposal “a clear rejection of the law’s framework within which mere recitation of the Lord’s Prayer is permitted within historical context for the purpose of teaching students about what the law calls ‘our great freedoms.’”



“Ruling out recitation of the Lord’s Prayer is one thing; airbrushing it out of American history is another,” she said, according to the Union-Leader.

Webster

As previously reported, in 1828, just 41 years after the signing of the U.S. Constitution, Noah Webster, known as the Father of American Scholarship and Education, wrote, “In my view, the Christian religion is the most important and one of the first things in which all children, under a free government, ought to be instructed. … No truth is more evident to my mind than that the Christian religion must be the basis of any government intended to secure the rights and privileges of a free people.”



He also wrote in his publication “Letters to a Young Man Commencing His Education”:



“Let it then be the first study of your early years to learn in what consists real worth or dignity of character. To ascertain this important point, consider the character and attributes of the Supreme Being. As God is the only perfect being in the universe, His character, consisting of all that is good and great, must be the model of all human excellence, and His laws must of course be the only rules of conduct by which His rational creatures can reach any portion of like excellence.”



According to the office of the chaplain of the U.S. House of Representatives, the first prayer of the Continental Congress was presented on Sept. 7, 1774 by Jacob Duche of Christ Church of Philadelphia, and was delivered in the name of Jesus.



“O Lord our Heavenly Father, high and mighty King of kings, and Lord of lords, who dost from thy throne behold all the dwellers on earth and reignest with power supreme and uncontrolled over all the kingdoms, empires and governments,” he prayed, “look down in mercy, we beseech Thee, on these our American States, who have fled to Thee from the rod of the oppressor and thrown themselves on Thy gracious protection, desiring to be henceforth dependent only on Thee.”
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