Socialism And The Sin Of Coveting

Let me preface this post by stating that I’m not a wealthy person. I’m nothing more than a Baptist pastor who lives paycheck to paycheck to provide for my family. Therefore, I have nothing to lose by the, “redistribution of wealth” system of government that we’re currently experiencing but understanding the situation I also stand to gain nothing either.


No sir, it isn't a right. It is now a government mandate!

Socialism takes the view that capitalism is an unfair system that concentrates power and wealth to a minority of the population that derives wealth through exploitation. What the socialist’s agenda aims to do is redistribute wealth among the masses. There are still some out there who don’t believe this is President Obama’s agenda but as they say, “The proof is in the pudding.”

Let’s, just for a minute, look at what our president is doing instead of what he’s saying. The Obama Administration is demonizing the success of the business savvy in America. The auto industry, real estate market, banking industry and health professionals have been at the top of the list. Slowly but surely the government is “taking” these industries from American people and turning them into government run programs. Sure, we may not like the prices of many products on the market but it’s no different than the kid who sells you a can of soda at a ballgame for $2.00. We may not like the price but we buy the product anyway. That’s capitalism! That’s what makes America great! The notion that anyone who has some ingenuity and desire can turn a profit, regardless of race of gender, is what this country is supposed to be about. Now we’re taking that away for the hope of a handout.


Like I already said, I never made my millions and you’re more than likely in the same boat as me and we’re actually the ones in the most vulnerable position. The fat cat (the guy who rolled up his sleeve and busted it to found the company) is always going to get his. That means the cost associated with Obama’s new regulations is going to cost the employees and the consumers. That’s right, America. The working class is about to take a massive hit.

Just this week the CEO’s of Caterpillar and John Deere announced that the new healthcare legislation is going to cost their companies hundreds of millions of dollars. Who did they say it would hurt? The company employees and the economies where these companies are located are the one’s that’ll be taking that hit. What was the response of the government? The Democratic leadership demanded that the CEO’s of these companies appear before congress for a tongue lashing. When did John Deere and Caterpillar become enemies of the state?

We’re being lied to America. The Obama Administration isn’t creating jobs, they’re taking them. Included in the healthcare bill that was passed by the democrats was also a government overhaul of student loans. Guess where the impact of this is going to be felt? If you said lost jobs and higher tuition then you are correct. Thus, the eyebrows are raised and the first question is asked. The government is clearly taking but who is receiving? Ah, now we’re getting somewhere. Our government is redistributing America’s wealth from the American population to the government. So far, everything we’ve seen this administration do is going to cost the American people in consumer costs, taxes and jobs. Despite the fact that there clearly is no redistribution of wealth, only the taking of, many people I talk with still believe that they are going to receive something free from this administration. Just wait until they find out that they have to pay for their “free healthcare” or they’ll be fined for not purchasing what is now a government mandated product.

Here’s the problem. This agenda is bases on wanting something that someone else has. It screams, “not fair” to the wealthy and, “give me some of what you have!” It is in direct violation of the 10th Commandment.

"You shall not covet your neighbor's house. You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, or his manservant or maidservant, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor." – Exodus 20:17

We have all kinds of reasons to oppose the socialist agenda being brought about by our current government but perhaps the one that should be moved to the top of the list is because it is in direct violation to the Word of God. Let’s focus on what God has given us and realize what we’re blessed with. Let’s figure out how we can work harder to gain more for our families. Let’s quit taking what isn't ours!

In Him There Is No Darkness!

As we are moving into spring and closer to summer, here’s an interesting fact that you may not know. The days are longer in summer and shorter in winter the further you move from the equator. It's generally dark on a summer night in Florida by 8:30 p.m., but in Vermont, there will still be some light at 10:00 p.m. The situation is reversed in the winter, where the sun will go down in Vermont by 3:45 p.m. while it remains light in Florida until 5:15 p.m.. Northern Alaska is called the "Land of the Midnight Sun" because it never gets dark during the summer months. That part of the earth is facing the sun all day and all night.

We tend to enjoy the light more than we do darkness because if nothing else it allows us to get more accomplished. Darkness brings a sense of uncertainty and doubt. However, in the light all things are visible where nothing is hidden. John the Apostle uses a light and darkness to illustrate our relationship to Jesus.

1 John 1

⁵This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all. ⁶If we claim to have fellowship with him yet walk in the darkness, we lie and do not live by the truth. ⁷But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus, his Son, purifies us from all sin.

From the very beginning God has always been associated with light. The Holiness of God is described as burning (bright) or radiant. There is nothing corrupt or wrong about God. That’s why He’s described with the word, “light.” If we desire to truly take on the image of God as Christians then we must the walk in God’s light. That means there should be nothing corrupt or wrong found in us either.

Where are you walking now, in darkness or in the light? Perhaps its time we start evaluating how we live by finding the habits, speech patterns, relationships, actions and thoughts that cast a dark shadow over us spiritually and move away from them into God’s light.

Democrats Don’t Want Violence Unless Its Against Unborn Children

On Sunday the Democrats of the U.S. Congress, led by our President, passed a bill that was unconstitutional and opposed by the majority of Americans. On Thursday, they're shocked at the ramifications of ignoring America and trampling on the rights of American citizens. Needless to say, Americans are upset and not wanting to wait until November to voice their outrage.

Our First Amendment rights allow us the privilege of voicing our displeasure towards elected officials, which is one reason why I posted contact information for the Democratic senators who voted on the health care bill on this site, and since the Obama Administration has not yet found a way to to trample that right they're making themselves out to be victims. That's right ladies and gentlemen, our oppressors are trying to make themselves out to me the victims.

Of course the First Amendment doesn't afford us the right to threaten bodily harm upon another person and, in my opinion, those who have done so should be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. However, the left is totally ignoring the hundreds of thousands of phone calls in opposition to the bill that are well thought out and articulated and instead bringing to light the dozens of of calls that are harsh in tone, use profanity and offer threats. Please pay attention to what is going on here. This group of politicians think that you're crazy if you disagree with them and to prove it they are painting you in the same light as the few actual crazies who've called. Don't believe me? How many times have you heard or read about people calling or faxing people in legitimate protest to this new legislation. Looking at the main stream media you'd think that no one have voiced a legitimate protest. However, the U.S. Congress switchboard is burdened down with up to 50,000 calls per day and all we're hearing about are the very minority of them that include profanity and such.

Why is it that our Vice President can drop an f-bomb on national television when gloating to the President about ramming something down the throats of American citizens and yet this party finds it unacceptable for someone to leave a voice mail in protest to the legislation that contains profanity? Why is it that the Speaker of the House can call the Tea Party people Nazis and yet when it comes to leaving messages and voicing criticism to Democratic senators name calling is unacceptable?

Why? Because they think they're better than you! That's why they refused to listen to the majority of the American public and force this bill on us anyway. That's why they can do or say something that they find unacceptable if you do it. That's why they have the ability to opt out of the new health care system when you don't have that ability. They view all Americans as lower class citizens, and not just those who oppose them. The trample of the constitutional rights of republicans and democrats equally and smirk while doing it. Then they have the gall to actually attempt to make you believe they are a victim in some way because people protest against them.

"The bottom line is, we need to be very careful in public life that our rhetoric doesn't incite to violent acts," Maryland Democrat and House Majority leader, Steny Hoyer said on a network morning news show. He said dealing with difficult issues in a civil and peaceful manner is "at the core of our democracy."

I find it extremely ironic that the democrats are concerned about the possible violent acts done against them in retaliation to their actions but show no concern for the violent acts done to unborn babies. In fact their new legislation not only outlines the steps to how a women can and abortion, it makes it easier for them to do so. At least a grown man can defend himself against threats and actual attacks of violence. What can an unborn baby do? Those entrusted with the power to protect unborn babies turned their backs because they've lost their sense of morality and because babies don't vote. The official political stance of the Obama Administration is kill the unborn defenseless babies but please don't direct personal threats against us because we deserve better.

At the end of the day we only have ourselves to blame. Those of us that saw what was coming if Obama were elected as President didn't scream loud enough and those who heard our screams didn't listen and instead voted for socialism. Now we've become like the group of people that Paul describes in Romans 1:21-25.

²¹For although they knew God, they neither glorified him as God nor gave thanks to him, but their thinking became futile and their foolish hearts were darkened. ²²Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools ²³and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images made to look like mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.

²⁴Therefore God gave them over in the sinful desires of their hearts to sexual impurity for the degrading of their bodies with one another. ²⁵They exchanged the truth of God for a lie, and worshiped and served created things rather than the Creator—who is forever praised. Amen.

We've become a country with no morals! Instead of teaching our children to abstain from sex until after marriage our president is saying that, "a woman shouldn't be punished with a baby" after an act of immorality. I've always thought that babies were miracles and blessings. When did they become punishments? Do you see how backwards we are? Guess what America? We elected a President who is anti-American and has no sense of morality. Now we're shocked at the results of him being in office. Sound to me like God is giving us over to our own sinful desires.

Democratic Senators Who Voted For Healthcare Reform

Scroll over the name to find contact info for the Democratic congressmen and women who stood in favor Obama's bill. Let them know that they ignored the voice of the American people. If they are from your district let them know that they'll not be receiving your vote this November.

Gary Ackerman, Rob Andrews, Joe Baca, Brian Baird, Tammy Baldwin, Melissa Bean, Xavier Becerra, Shelley Berkley, Howard Berman, Sanford Bishop, Tim Bishop, Earl Blumenauer, John Boccieri, Leonard Boswell, Allen Boyd, Bob Brady, Bruce Braley, Corrine Brown, G.K. Butterfield, Lois Capps, Mike Capuano, Dennis Cardoza, Russ Carnahan, Chris Carney, Andre Carson, Kathy Castor, Judy Chu, Yvette Clarke, William Clay, Emanuel Cleaver, Jim Clyburn, Steve Cohen, Gerry Connolly, John Conyers, Jim Cooper, Jim Costa, Jerry Costello, Joe Courtney, Joseph Crowley, Henry Cuellar, Elijah Cummings, Kathy Dahlkemper, Danny Davis, Susan Davis, Peter DeFazio, Diana DeGette, Rosa DeLauro, Bill Delahunt, Norm Dicks, John Dingell, Lloyd Doggett, Joe Donnelly, Mike Doyle, Steve Driehaus, Donna Edwards, Keith Ellison, Brad Ellsworth, Eliot Engel, Anna Eshoo, Bob Etheridge, Sam Farr, Chaka Fattah, Bob Filner, Bill Foster, Barney Frank, Marcia Fudge, John Garamendi, Gabrielle Giffords, Charlie Gonzalez, Bart Gordon, Alan Grayson, Gene Green, Al Green, Raul Grijalva, Luis Gutierrez, John Hall, Deborah Halvorson, Phil Hare, Jane Harman, Alcee Hastings, Martin Heinrich, Brian Higgins, Baron Hill, James Himes, Maurice Hinchey, Ruben Hinojosa, Mazie Hirono, Paul Hodes, Rush Holt, Mike Honda, Steny Hoyer, Jay Inslee, Steve Israel, Jesse Jackson, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Eddie Johnson, Hank Johnson, Steve Kagen, Paul Kanjorski, Marcy Kaptur, Patrick Kennedy, Dale Kildee, Carolyn Kilpatrick, Mary Jo Kilroy, Ron Kind, Ann Kirkpatrick, Ron Klein, Suzanne Kosmas, Dennis Kucinich, James Langevin, Rick Larsen, John Larson, Barbara Lee, Sander Levin, John Lewis, David Loebsack, Zoe Lofgren, Nita Lowey, Ben Lujan, Daniel Maffei, Carolyn Maloney, Edward Markey, Betsy Markey, Doris Matsui, Carolyn McCarthy, Betty McCollum, Jim McDermott, James McGovern, Jerry McNerney, Kendrick Meek, Gregory Meeks, Michael Michaud, George Miller, Brad Miller, Harry Mitchell, Alan Mollohan, Gwen Moore, Dennis Moore, James Moran, Patrick Murphy, Scott Murphy, Christopher Murphy, Jerrold Nadler, Grace Napolitano, Richard Neal, James Oberstar, David Obey, John Olver, Solomon Ortiz, William Owens, Frank Pallone, Bill Pascrell, Ed Pastor, Donald Payne, Nancy Pelosi, Ed Perlmutter, Tom Perriello, Gary Peters, Chellie Pingree, Jared Polis, Earl Pomeroy, David Price, Mike Quigley, Nick Rahall, Charles Rangel, Silvestre Reyes, Laura Richardson, Ciro Rodriguez, Steven Rothman, Lucille Roybal-Allard, Dutch Ruppersberger, Bobby Rush, Tim Ryan, John Salazar, Loretta Sanchez, Linda Sanchez, John Sarbanes, Jan Schakowsky, Mark Schauer, Adam Schiff, Kurt Schrader, Allyson Schwartz, Robert Scott, David Scott, Jose Serrano, Joe Sestak, Carol Shea-Porter, Brad Sherman, Albio Sires, Louise Slaughter, Adam Smith, Vic Snyder, Jackie Speier, John Spratt, Pete Stark, Bart Stupak, Betty Sutton, Bennie Thompson, Mike Thompson, John Tierney, Dina Titus, Paul Tonko, Edolphus Towns, Niki Tsongas, Chris Van Hollen, Nydia Velazquez, Peter Visclosky, Timothy Walz, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Maxine Waters, Diane Watson, Melvin Watt, Henry Waxman, Anthony Weiner, Peter Welch, Charles Wilson, Lynn Woolsey, David Wu, John Yarmuth

Republican Senators Who Opposed Obama's Healthcare Reform

Scroll over the name to find contact info for the Republican congressmen and women who stood in opposition to Obama's bill. Let them know that they are appreciated and encourage them to continue to listening to the voice of the American people. If they are from your district let them know that they'll be receiving your vote this November.

Robert Aderholt, Todd Akin, Rodney Alexander, Steve Austria, Michele Bachmann, Spencer Bachus, J. Gresham Barrett, Roscoe Bartlett, Joe Barton, Judy Biggert, Brian Bilbray, Gus Bilirakis, Rob Bishop, Marsha Blackburn, Roy Blunt, John Boehner, Jo Bonner, John Boozman, Charles Boustany, Kevin Brady, Paul Broun, Henry Brown, Ginny Brown-Waite, Vern Buchanan, Michael Burgess, Dan Burton, Steve Buyer, Ken Calvert, Dave Camp, John Campbell, Eric Cantor, Joseph Cao, Shelley Moore Capito, John Carter, Bill Cassidy, Mike Castle, Jason Chaffetz, Howard Coble, Mike Coffman, Tom Cole, Mike Conaway, Ander Crenshaw, John Culberson, Geoff Davis, Nathan Deal, Charlie Dent, Mario Diaz-Balart, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, David Dreier, Jimmy Duncan, Vern Ehlers, Jo Ann Emerson, Mary Fallin, Jeff Flake, John Fleming, Randy Forbes, Jeff Fortenberry, Virginia Foxx, Trent Franks, Rodney Frelinghuysen, Elton Gallegly, Scott Garrett, Jim Gerlach, Phil Gingrey, Louie Gohmert, Bob Goodlatte, Kay Granger, Sam Graves, Parker Griffith, Brett Guthrie, Ralph Hall, Gregg Harper, Doc Hastings, Dean Heller, Jeb Hensarling, Wally Herger, Peter Hoekstra, Duncan Hunter, Bob Inglis, Darrell Issa, Lynn Jenkins, Sam Johnson, Tim Johnson, Walter Jones, Jim Jordan, Peter King, Steve King, Jack Kingston, Mark Kirk, John Kline, Steven LaTourette, Doug Lamborn, Leonard Lance, Tom Latham, Robert Latta, Christopher Lee, Jerry Lewis, John Linder, Frank LoBiondo, Frank Lucas, Blaine Luetkemeyer, Cynthia Lummis, Daniel Lungren, Connie Mack, Mary Mack, Donald Manzullo, Kenny Marchant, Kevin McCarthy, Michael McCaul, Tom McClintock, Thad McCotter, Patrick McHenry, Buck McKeon, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, John Mica, Gary Miller, Candice Miller, Jeff Miller, Jerry Moran, Tim Murphy, Sue Myrick, Randy Neugebauer, Devin Nunes, Pete Olson, Ron Paul, Erik Paulsen, Mike Pence, Thomas Petri, Joe Pitts, Todd Platts, Ted Poe, Bill Posey, Tom Price, Adam Putnam, George Radanovich, Dennis Rehberg, David Reichert, Phil Roe, Mike Rogers, Hal Rogers, Mike Rogers, Dana Rohrabacher, Thomas Rooney, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Peter Roskam, Edward Royce, Paul Ryan, Steve Scalise, Jean Schmidt, Aaron Schock, Jim Sensenbrenner, Pete Sessions, John Shadegg, John Shimkus, Bill Shuster, Michael Simpson, Lamar Smith, Christopher Smith, Adrian Smith, Mark Souder, Cliff Stearns, John Sullivan, Lee Terry, Glenn Thompson, Mac Thornberry, Todd Tiahrt, Pat Tiberi, Michael Turner, Fred Upton, Greg Walden, Zachary Wamp, Lynn Westmoreland, Ed Whitfield, Joe Wilson, Robert Wittman, Frank Wolf, Don Young, Bill Young

Democratic Senators Who Voted Against Healthcare Reform

Scroll over the name to find contact info for the democratic congressmen and women who stood in opposition to Obama's bill. Let them know that they are appreciated and encourage them to continue to listening to the voice of the American people. If they are from your district let them know that they'll be receiving your vote this November.

John Adler, Jason Altmire, Mike Arcuri, John Barrow, Marion Berry, Dan Boren, Rick Boucher, Bobby Bright, Ben Chandler, Travis Childers, Lincoln Davis, Artur Davis, Chet Edwards, Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, Tim Holden, Larry Kissell, Frank Kratovil, Daniel Lipinski, Stephen Lynch, Jim Marshall, Jim Matheson, Mike McIntyre, Michael McMahon, Charles Melancon, Walt Minnick, Glenn Nye, Collin Peterson, Mike Ross, Heath Shuler, Ike Skelton, Zachary Space, John Tanner, Gene Taylor, Harry Teague