We Need to Get Over It – Politics is Biblical
Definition of Politics:
“A set of activities associated with the governance of a country or an area. It involves making decisions that apply to a group of members.
Definition of Politics:
“A set of activities associated with the governance of a country or an area. It involves making decisions that apply to a group of members. It refers to achieving and exercising positions of governance—organized control over a human community, particularly a state.” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politics
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Politics is Biblical. Wrap your head around that for a moment, and let me explain. We have been handed a false narrative that we have to choose one or the other: If we are political, we can't insert religion into our politics. If we are Biblical, we have to be non-political.
But, just look at the definition, and you see the political falls squarely into the Biblical: "Politics is a set of activities associated with the governance of a country or an area."
Consider: God gave all authority to Jesus Christ, and He deeds it to those called by His Name. By allowing the culture to dictate political activity, and by barring Christianity from having a voice, we choose to live outside of God's Law and fall into the hands of man's arbitrary laws, depending on who is the most powerful.
When we cede God's authority, though, we get exactly what we don't want: corruption of His Word. Corruption of the Bible defiles all of creation, because God is the Creator.
The Bible says much about our responsibility as Christians to govern, and to do so righteously. Proverbs 29:2 tells us, When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan (NKJV). And, Righteousness and justice are the foundation of [God’s] throne (Psalm 97:2 NKJV).
Just as firemen are sent to extinguish flames in a burning building and bring people to safety, Christians quench fires of corruption and lead people not only to safety, but to salvation through Jesus Christ.
We cannot do that if we run from confronting corruption along with those we are sent to save. Politics, then, becomes a Christian mission field, as God asks whom shall He send in order to reestablish the righteousness of Jesus Christ.
Again, looking at the definition, the entire Bible is political:
- "Being Biblical” involves “making decisions that apply to all the group.”
- "Being Biblical” refers to “achieving and exercising positions of governance—organized control over a human community, particularly a state," or, in this case, over our nation.
For the Church, how about we stop saying we are not political; to be Biblical is to be political. Instead, of saying, "We are non-political, we are Biblical," re-frame our words something like this: "We are non-partisan, we are Biblical.” “We are non-denominational, we are Biblical.”
Politics involves governmental authority, and as believers in the One to whom all authority in Heaven and on earth was given, we must follow His footsteps and be Salt & Light in the seats of authority in Washington D.C. and our home states, as well.
To find out how to vote Biblically, visit
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Educate, mobilize and activate your congregation or organization by starting a Biblical Citizenship Ministry: https://saltandlightcouncil.org/start-a-slc-ministry-2019/#anchor
Watch this 1-minute video: Politics is Not a Dirty Word: https://youtu.be/d0vsmYZMWuA
Gail Levin is Director of The Salt & Light Council, https://saltandlightcouncil.org/
NOTE: Blogs published on the Judeo-Christian Caucus website are the opinions of their authors and not necessarily those of the Judeo-Christian Caucus.
MANDATORY PUPIL TRAUMA “SCREENINGS?”
California’s first-ever Surgeon General is hoping to require mandatory “screening” for childhood trauma before a student can enroll in school.
California’s first-ever Surgeon General is hoping to require mandatory “screening” for childhood trauma before a student can enroll in school. Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, who was appointed to the post in January by Gov. Gavin Newsom, made the comments in a recent interview with NBC. Such screenings would result in care plans for students exhibiting signs of “toxic stress,” which she believes shows up in physical ailments or poor impulse control. “Instead of reacting harshly and punitively, every educator is trained in recognizing these things. Instead of suspending and expelling or saying, ‘What’s wrong with you?’ we say, ‘What happened to you?'” she explained, adding, “This involves public education, routine screening to enable early detection and early intervention, and cross-sector coordinated care.” Stephen Frank, Senior Contributing Editor with California Political Review argues such a policy would undermine parental rights. “We need a movement now to stop this threat to families and children. As I have said before, government believes your children belong to the State—not the parents. Who is to decide what a trauma is—government?”
SCRIPTURE: Ezekiel 3:17; 1 John 4:1.
PRAY: Mandatory childhood screenings fail to gain traction.
ACTION: Write a postcard to your state legislator: “Dear (Rep. or Sen. [Name]), I am vehemently opposed to childhood trauma screenings as a condition for school enrollment and urge you to oppose any such proposals.”
SB 673 Rally & Hearing – More Info - Senator Mike Morrell
SB 673 Rally & Hearing – More Info - SB 673 provides everything you need to combat Comprehensive Sexual Education (CSE) in our public schools.
The Legislative Action Toolkit - SB 673 provides everything you need to combat Comprehensive Sexual Education (CSE) in our public schools.
Watch This Video Message - Senator Mike Morrell
What is SB 673? Transparency, Equity, and Accountability Youth Instructional Materials Act (Senate Bill 673) Given the social-emotional and developmental aspects of children, parents are entitled to oversight and supervision of their elementary age children’s Comprehensive Sexuality Education (CSE) and instruction.
#1) SB 673 provides increased parental oversight & supervision for sexuality education (TK-6th grade) curriculum by requiring districts to place content and material online for ease of parent review. Many parents have reported difficulties in accessing curriculum for review and since it usually requires several hours to review all materials, it is inconvenient for both parents and school districts. This is especially important for single working mothers who may not be able to take time off work to review curriculum at district offices. Requiring districts to make curriculum available online would save time for both parents and school district employees, while insuring transparency.
#2) SB 673 provides increased parental oversight, for TK-6th grade, which must include an “active opt-in," with a parent signature for student participation. This protection is important for our youngest, most vulnerable children who require parental supervision due to the complexities of the content and materials. There have been several reports throughout California, of children who have accidentally received this instruction against their parents' written directives. Since parents are uniquely qualified to assess their children's emotional maturity, a signature on a permission slip is a parent's ultimate safeguard. This is equally important to protect school districts from costly liability issues.
#3) Finally, the California Healthy Youth Act does not require that sexual health and HIV prevention education for elementary school children (TK-6th grade) be age appropriate and medically accurate, as it does in grades 7-12. SB673 closes a loophole to provide clarity and ensure our children are not exposed to inappropriate or inaccurate instruction. All children must receive age appropriate and medically accurate information and our youngest children deserve these added protections.
BECAUSE SENATOR MORRELL STOOD UP FOR PARENTS...
Thank you Senator Morrell! Because of you there is a bill! Thanks also to co-authors, Senator Patricia Bates, Senator Ling Ling Chang, Senator Shannon Grove, Senator Nielsen, Senator Stone, and co-author, Assemblymen Gallagher! Show some love to these Senators and the Assembly Member who stood up and supported "Parent Rights, Transparency and Oversight!" Well done! Also, check out Senator Morrells website. Click on the "Find Out More" button and you'll will be re-directed to his website..."Getting Educated on the Sex Ed Debate"!
WHICH CALIF. STATE LEGISLATORS ARE PRO-LIFE—OR NOT?
SB 24 (College Chemical Abortion Bill) is now law, and AB 624 (Abortion Hotline on Student IDs) was vetoed by the Governor.
SB 24 (College Chemical Abortion Bill) is now law, and AB 624 (Abortion Hotline on Student IDs) was vetoed by the Governor. Both deal with abortion. Check these lists and note how legislators voted. Hold them accountable for voting for abortion bills, or nothing will change. For SB 24, watch the video from the movie Unplanned to see a dramatization of former Planned Parenthood clinic director Abby Johnson’s chemical abortion: This is not a simple procedure; it’s a nightmare. Warning: The content is disturbing. Not for children to see.
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CA LEGISLATOR VOTING RECORDS
SIGN THE PETITION TO SUPPORT OPT-IN FOR K-6TH GRADE SEX-ED CURRICULA
California parents and taxpayers irate over sex-ed curriculum standards can show their support for SB 673
California parents and taxpayers irate over sex-ed curriculum standards can show their support for SB 673, by State Senator Mike Morrell. The bill offers parental oversight through opt-in requirements before children are presented with sexuality information. SB 673 also requires the curriculum be age-appropriate and available for review online. Get educated by clicking the following links; get activated to help pass this bill!.
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SCOTUS Rejects ‘In God We Trust’ Challenge
The Supreme Court announced yesterday it will not take up a legal dispute
Jun 11, 2019
The Supreme Court announced yesterday it will not take up a legal dispute by atheist groups which sought to remove the words “In God We Trust” from U.S. currency.
Michael Newdow, an activist who filed the lawsuit on behalf of a group of atheists, argued the law to inscribe the nation’s motto on U.S. money was a violation of the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause, which prohibits Congress from establishing a national religion. The groups filing the lawsuit also claimed that the phrase was in violation of the due process clause in the Fifth Amendment, and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, because according to them, it forces “Petitioners (who are Atheists) to bear and proselytize that monotheistic message.”
The Court declined to take up the case.
The 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Paul, Minnesota had previously ruled that the phrase “does not compel citizens to engage in a religious observance” and dismissed the case. In 2004, Newdow also brought a case arguing the words “under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance violated the First Amendment, though was unsuccessful before the Supreme Court. He also sought to block Chief Justice John Roberts from saying the phrase “So help me God” while administering the presidential oath of office to President Barack Obama during his inauguration in 2009. Newdow also sought to stop the phrase from being recited in the 2013 and 2017 inaugurations. A federal court threw out that lawsuit, and the Supreme Court in 2011 declined to take up the case.
In addition to the Supreme Court, Congress has repeatedly upheld the phrase “In God We Trust” as the national motto. The phrase first appeared on coins in 1864 on the two-cent coin. Congress passed legislation in 1955, and it was approved by President Dwight Eisenhower in 1956, requiring all paper and coin currency to bear the words. The laws authorizing its use were first legally challenged in 1970 and 1978 when the federal courts rejected atheist Madalyn Murray O’Hair’s argument that the motto violated the First Amendment.
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3 "Hostile" Witnesses Expose HR 5
HR 5, is in fact a grave threat to freedom, we have yet more evidence.
May 24, 2019
I'm excited because we're gathered more than 44,000 signatures on a petition against the so-called "Equality Act." This dangerous legislation is a wholesale assault on our precious First Amendment liberties. That's why we will continue to petition the Senate to kill the bill in coming days.
You're a true friend of freedom and I'm grateful you are aware of this overt assault on freedom. But our records indicate you have yet to sign our "Stop the Attack on Religious Liberty" petition against HR 5.
Will you do so today?
Go here now to sign the "Stop the Attack on Religious Liberty" petition against HR 5.
Together, we can and must defeat this bill--the single greatest threat to religious liberty in our lifetime. Let me give you more evidence for that claim below...-Mat.
If you have any lingering doubt as to whether the so-called "Equality Act," HR 5, is in fact a grave threat to freedom, we have yet more evidence. And it comes from three unlikely sources . . .
The New York Times, HR 5's openly homosexual House chief sponsor, and a radical lesbian feminist each have surprising things to say about this toxic legislation.
Together, the shocking words of these three "hostile" witnesses point in just one direction. The fraudulently misnamed "Equality Act" is, in fact, an LGBT wrecking ball to our freedom, to social order, and to the rights of women.
Which is why Liberty Counsel is fighting tooth and nail to defeat this dreadful assault on liberty. It passed the House last Friday with unanimous Democrat support. Now it's officially in the Senate where we must stop it cold.
Will you help us wage this fight on Capitol Hill and stand with us as we defend liberty, life and the family in courts across America?
To accomplish that, I am asking you to do two TWO things. First, please add your name to the "Stop the Attack on Religious Liberty" petition against HR 5.
+ + Three "hostile" witnesses expose HR 5's poisonous impact...
First, the New York Times which, I don't need to tell you, is "all-in" for the LGBT agenda. It published this about HR 5, the intentionally misnamed "Equality Act":
The legislation, which amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964, prohibits discrimination of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in both the public and private sectors....It explicitly states that individuals cannot be denied access to a locker room or dressing room on the same basis.
In other words, biological males who claim to be women MUST be given access to women's restrooms, dressing rooms, locker rooms, etc.
And this applies to churches, as well as to religious employers, organizations and colleges. They, too, must allow men who claim to be women into women's previously private spaces.
That's because there is NO religious exemption in the so-called "Equality Act."Instead, LGBT rights trample your First Amendment freedom under this dangerous bill.
As Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.), the openly homosexual House sponsor of the "Equality Act," announced:
We cannot allow claims of religious freedom to be used to discriminate against an LGBT individual.
Put another way: LGBT rights trump yours under HR 5. The best word for that, by the way, is not "equality," but "tyranny."
But there's more. And it's chilling. Julia Beck, a self-described radical lesbian feminist, testified in April before the House Judiciary Committee about the social chaos ahead if HR 5 becomes law. If that happens, Beck said...
Male rapists will go to female prisons and will likely assault female inmates, as has already happened in the UK.
Female survivors of rape will be unable to contest male presence in women's shelters.
Men will dominate women's sports; girls who would have taken first place will be denied scholastic opportunity.
Women who use male pronouns to talk about men may be arrested, fined, and banned from social media platforms.
Girls will stay home from schools when they have their periods to avoid harassment by boys in mixed-sex toilets.
Girls and women will no longer have a right to ask for female medical staff or intimate care providers, including elderly or disabled women who are at serious risk of sexual abuse.
Female security officers will no longer have the right to refuse to perform pat-down or intimate searches of males who say they're female.
And women undergoing security checks will no longer have the right to refuse having those searches performed by men claiming a feminine identity.
The so-called "Equality Act" is a real and present danger to America--and to your freedom. And Liberty Counsel is making every effort to defeat this pernicious measure in the Senate where 46 members, including one Republican, have already signed on as co-sponsors.
That's why I'm asking for your urgently needed help now.
Thanks to friends like you, Liberty Counsel is doing everything possible to defeat the "Equality Act" and stop the LGBT freight train.
And we're defending life, liberty and the family in court against Planned Parenthood, the ACLU, the Southern Poverty Law Center and many others.
We have a huge docket addressing many of the significant issues you deeply care about. But to wage these battles, I need your help.
Thank you for taking immediate action!
Mat Staver
Found and Chairman
Liberty Counsel
Dangerous Attack on Religious Freedom
This bill amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964
Dangerous Attack on Religious Freedom
Mar 19, 2019
Post by: Liberty Counsel
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Members of the U.S. House of Representatives introduced a bill that threatens the free exercise of religion and free speech. H.R. 5, known as the Equality Act, broadly imposes the LGBT agenda and does not exempt churches or religious employers, organizations or colleges. It specifically forbids raising religious free exercise as a claim or defense to the LGBT agenda.
This bill amends the Civil Rights Act of 1964 by striking the word “sex,” and inserting “sex, sexual orientation, gender identity” as protected classes throughout the federal code. This amendment applies to employment, housing, rental, public accommodation and more.
Therefore, church leadership and nonprofit faith-based organizations and schools would be forced to hire gender-confused individuals and allow men access to female (or vice versa) restrooms, showers, locker rooms, dressing rooms, shelters, dormitories and sports. This legislation would also create many more victims -- like women in shelters who have been sexually assaulted by a man posing as a “transgender” to gain access to the facility.
Churches that provide weddings or baby showers would be forced to provide the same facilities to LGBT events and “same-sex weddings.” Church tax-exemption and college accreditation (including federal student loans) would be affected.
LGBT indoctrination would be required in school curricula and in workplaces, and Christian teachers in public schools would be forced to not only to listen to such presentations but also to make them for students. Private Christian schools will also be affected.
Faith-based adoption agencies would be forced to go against their religious beliefs and convictions and would be required to place children in homes with same-sex couples. The bill also demands that religious families accept practicing LGBT minors in their home as a prerequisite for being approved as foster parents. State social services could also remove children from their home if the parents oppose the child's “right to transition to a person of the other sex” or enter homosexual sexual relationships.
Christian business professionals (photographers, artists, bakers, wedding planners, printers, etc.) would be forced to use their creative expression to promote the LGBT agenda or face fines and imprisonment. Home-based businesses would be forced to hire and welcome LGBT people into their privately-owned home, even if they are trying to raise their children according to their own religious beliefs. Under H.R.5, property owners would be forced to accept renters whose actions violate their religious beliefs, including renting out a room in their home or their private vacation home.
This bill also gags counselors from giving professional help to those minors and adults facing unwanted same-sex desires or actions. It even punishes counselors who share their own story of finding freedom in Christ from homosexuality. This bill literally sets the stage for setting up the Bible as prohibited material where it addresses homosexuality.
“The Equality Act is not about equality. This bill eviscerated religious freedom and targets churches with an LGBT wrecking ball,” said Liberty Counsel Founder and Chairman Mat Staver. “This bill pushes the LGBT agenda on all people and targets Christianity in every area of life—including the church. There also will be an increase of sexual assaults when males ‘identifying as females’ are allowed to use girls and women's bathrooms and locker rooms. We will see an increase of instances where Christians and others are being punished unless they violate their beliefs in order to comply with such a law. And that is just the beginning of unconstitutional chaos in America,” said Staver.
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A Simple Procedure... or a Nightmare?
THIS VIDEO CAN STOP CALIF. SB 24 - The College Student Right to Access Act, if we all act now!
THIS VIDEO SHOWS THE DANGERS OF CALIF. SB 24 - The College Student Right to Access Act that has now been put into law.
SB 24 mandates the abortion pill be sold at every CSU and UC health center. Currently, it is moving through committees on its way to the Governor’s desk. In response, this video has been made available by the producer of the movie Unplanned to alert Calif. citizens to what the legislature has now passed into law in the state of California.
In the movie, the realistic portrayal of Abby Johnson’s chemical abortion using RU-486 is relived. She is lied to about its effect on her body (mild), becomes ill (desperately), and recognizes the consequences of her actions (grievous). The producer of the movie, Chris Jones, and his team, gave us that clip from the movie.
Watch this video. Warning, it is unsettling, which is exactly the reason we must stop the bill from becoming law. Then, contact Gov. Newsom and your State Assemblyperson, as the video explains. We MUST reach our legislators and hold them accountable. Write your response, or use this one:
“The abortion pill does not belong on college campuses where unsuspecting women gain easy access to it. As well, California parents must know their daughters are in danger. Through the distribution of this video clip, the truth about RU-486 will be shouted from the rooftops: It isn’t just a simple procedure. It’s a nightmare.”
TAKE ACTION NOW
California Senator Connie Leyva and Planned Parenthood want to mandate the RU-486 nightmare be dispensed at every CSU and UC campus health center. VOICE YOUR CONCERNS - Contact Governor Newsom and your California Assembly member today - Tell them you know the truth about RU-486.
* Contact Governor Newsom at: (916) 445-2841
* Contact Assembly: http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/