Submitted by: Donald Hank
The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
The Supreme Court, the ACLU and other government officials have long tightened up on, and reversed the intent of, the concept of "making of any law respecting an establishment of religion." They have all but unanimously determined that, while the government may be involved in religion at will, the churches may not get involved in government.
That is the inverse of what the Founders intended. They wanted a Christian populace that would serve to limit oversized government, not a government that would limit the scope, influence and reach of religion.
Now, in the most radical move yet, the Obama administration is directly "respecting an establishment of religion," and that establishment is the Marxist religious left, originally led by Jim Wallis.
Mr, Obama, even if you are eligible to be president, you have no right to "respect an establishment of religion." This is forbidden to you.
But worse, it is odious to grassroots Americans because the establishment of religion you have chosen to respect (read: support) is way outside the mainstream of American culture.
Grassroots Americans generally know that socialism is alien to Christ's teachings.
And for any that aren't aware of this, you need to read what Jesus said about the socialists of His day:
Don Hank
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THE USUAL SUSPECTS
White House pushing churches to be 'green'?
See what else Obama's faith adviser is nudging
Posted: May 28, 2011
10:50 pm Eastern
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By Aaron Klein© 2011 WND
Lynne Hybels |
The "greenest" church on the planet? Scripture as it relates to the Palestinians? Fighting American "racial injustice"?
Meet the latest addition to President Obama's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, a White House group already replete with advocates for using religion to advance "social justice."
In January, Obama named to his faith council Lynne Hybels, a leader of Willow Creek Church, an inter-denominational, multi-generational megachurch located in a Chicago suburb.
The church is led by Hybels' husband, Bill, a social justice advocate who created the Global Leadership Summit, an international Christian group.
Lynne Hybels' official title at Willow Creek Church is Advocate for Global Engagement. She is also a regular contributor to the progressive Sojourners magazine, the publication of a ministry by the same name professing a devotion to the pursuit of "social justice."
Sojourners was founded by Jim Wallis, who is also a member of Obama's faith council.
Hybels and her husband are deeply involved in Sojourners initiatives and participate in the ministry's events.
Hybels is a regular traveler to the Middle East.
In March, she keynoted a conference in Bethlehem called "Christ at the Checkpoint: Theology in the Service of Peace and Justice." She wrote about the experience in aSojourners magazine article entitled, "Jesus-Focused Conversations in Occupied Bethlehem."
According to its own description, the Bethlehem conference was meant to "equip the global church to understand Scripture as it relates to the Palestinian context, and to discuss the theological importance of Peace and Justice in an Evangelical context."
One year earlier, she signed a letter to Obama, entitled, "Christians Support Bold Action for Holy Land Peace Campaign" calling for an immediate deal to create a Palestinian state.
The letter urged U.S. engagement with a "Palestinian unity government," a reference to a unity deal the Palestinian Authority had inked with the Hamas terrorist organization.
The letter had one sentence noting Palestinian rocketing on Israeli towns, but the majority of the text decried purported Israeli actions, including settlement growth , as "rapidly diminishing any possibility for the creation of a viable Palestinian state."
The letter demanded an immediate end to the Israeli naval blockade of the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip. Israel has said the blockade is necessary to ensure Hamas cannot rearm itself.
A review of Hybels' Sojourners magazine articles finds a focus on issues of race and the Middle East. Titles include, "An Apology to My Muslim Friends," and "Racial Reconciliation: A Necessary Conversion."
In the latter article, Hybels wrote against what she deemed the "reality" of ongoing "racial injustice" in the U.S.
"In 2001, my husband Bill was jolted out of racial complacency," she related. "Through books he read and conversations he had with African-American pastors, he was broken by the reality of ongoing racial injustice in the U.S."
Continued Hybels: "He describes it as having a kind of 'second conversion,' where the scales fell off his eyes and he suddenly saw with horrible clarity of something that broke the heart of God and ought to break his heart."
In one article, Hybels argued the church should be used to fight so-called global warming.
In a blog posting entitled, "Beyond Charity: Living a Life of Compassion and Justice," Hybels writes at Sojourners: "The battle against injustice is a tough and ugly war. While I am proud that Willow has entered that war, the truth is we have just begun to fight. .
"I look forward to the day when we as a church will be known for being the greenest church on the planet, not just because we enjoy the beauty of God's creation, but because we know that climate change is a justice issue," she wrote.
Indeed, her church is at the center of using faith to fight so-called social justice. Hybels herself established a church board for Middle East engagement. She writes on her website she is an advocate for "Comprehensive Immigration Reform."
With her husband, she addressed a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Border Security and Refugees in October 2009, arguing for comprehensive immigration reform.
Hybels and Wallis are the latest in a list of progressives to grace Obama's faith council.
WND reported Eboo Patel, also a member of the White House faith council, declared that everything he was taught about Christopher Columbus, Thomas Jefferson and American "fairness" and "equality" was wrong.
WND also reported Patel, a Muslim activist from Chicago, compared al-Qaida to what he called Christian "totalitarians" in the U.S. and Jewish "totalitarians" in Israel.
Earlier, WND reported Patel is deeply tied to Weatherman terrorist group founder Bill Ayers. Also, Patel blasted what he called the "myths" of America - describing them as beliefs that the country is "a land of freedom and equality and justice."
With research by Brenda J. Elliott
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