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A NICKEL AIN’T WORTH A DIME ANYMORE

Sunday, May 27th, 2012

WHO WILL STAND IN THE GAP?

The great and eloquent (!!) “wordsmith” Yogi Berra once said “a nickel ain’t worth a dime anymore” when he was at the 1955 opening of a new ice cream shop in the Bronx. The famed New York Yankee catcher from the “Hill” in St. Louis was lamenting, jokingly, the cost of a cone going up to 10 cents!

What else “ain’t worth a dime anymore”? When you think about the state of society and the future of our kids, it is enough to make a strong man shudder with fear and trembling. Do we really want our children to face what we know is a completely depraved and apostate society coming down the pike at us? We have no choice, unless End Time events spin out of control at warp speed, the anti-Christ is revealed and Jesus ends it all?

In the meantime, we have to live daily and plan and teach and guide our children. Now, more than ever, we have to teach the ways of the Lord with a more critical emphasis on Perseverance. This is the direction I sense the Lord leading me into. There is a strong Biblical reason for this. Jesus Himself says that “he who stands firm to the end, will be saved” (Matthew 24:13 NIV)!!!

What we’re seeing today is the acceleration of the “Falling Away” predicted by the Apostle Paul in 2 Thessalonians….or the Apostasy. An apostate is one who has once believed something of the Truth of God in Christ, but like the parable portion of the seed cast on hard ground, his faith never really took root to become real!

More and more, with this happening, the horrible thing is Scandal of the American church slide into oblivion! It is not just the current issue over gay so-called “marriage” which is exposing the weak underbelly of today’s so-called Christian leaders, but their entire modus operandi.

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REMEMBERING OUR HEROES

Saturday, May 26th, 2012

BY PASTOR MIKE HENDERSON (US. ARMY RETIRED)

First Baptist Church Springfield, Illinois 

I could not tell you when the focus of Memorial Day shifted from remembering our fallen heroes and those who survived and supported them in some military capacity to just a three day weekend full of hedonism for some, family time for many and R & R for others. But it has. Statistics tell us that only 7%1 of Americans will actually celebrate it for its true purpose, remembering our veterans, and up to 80%2 are not familiar with its true meaning. Do I have a dog in the fight? Yes. I come from a long line of Military Veterans that have fought in every major war since before America’s history. Does that mean I am surprised or even angered because of the statistics? No to both questions; here is why. First of all those who do celebrate it have good reason to do so.
They may have lost a veteran, know someone who has or just have a deep patriotism for America. Others just see it as another holiday and there is no real driving push to see it as any other way. Morality and Ethic are the two driving factors behind all good purpose and reason. Our culture has shifted so far to the left that today’s morality no longer reflects good reasoning and purpose. When I was growing up you celebrated Memorial Day because there was a hallowedness that made it a special day. Today, for the majority, there is no hallowedness. So, although it is very sad, it does not surprise me that it has become for most just a three day weekend to start summer festivities.
Today I want to remember all the troops from time immemorial that have fought and supported the life that we have been so graciously given in the USA. War is usually the result of some narcissistic behavior of a power warlord whose desire is to oppress and suppress the masses into his control, whether on their own soil or the sovereign soil of another country.

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