Commentary

My heart has heard you say, “Come and talk with me.” And my heart responds, “LORD, I am coming.”Psalm 27:8, NLT The LORD is so good! He gives us every good thing.

Here is the main thing He wants from us, above all: To be with Him!

The LORD created mankind (all humans) for relationship with Him. From the very beginning, when He (Elohim, the Creator, the Godhead) created the world (Genesis 1), His desire was to have a kids, whom he could love on, and who would choose to love Him back.

We don’t know how long the LORD enjoyed communing with His first children, Adam and Eve, but when they betrayed Him and started following the enemy instead, that perfect fellowship was broken. That wonderful loving connection between God and His children was severed.

Someone once said “It’s always darkest right before dawn.”

And, if that’s the case ( and it is), then we should live with Hope, not despair: for “the Light still shines in darkness and the darkness can’t overcome it” (Isaiah 9:2; John 1:4-5).

Most likely, those words seem hollow right now to Jews all over the world as they prepare to observe Hanakkuk or “Festival of Lights” this Friday: for Hamas’ attack on October 7 and subsequent atrocities have brought a deep darkness of despair upon them.

Normally, Hanakkuk or Chanukah ( as some call it) is an eight-day celebration of the reclaiming and rededication of the Temple from the Seleucids (Syrian-Greeks) in 164 B.C. Tradition holds that they only found a single cruse of uncontaminated olive oil in the Temple to light the Menorah ( sevenbranched candelabrum).

Attack on Israel Rips off Scab of Deep Anti Semitism at Woke Colleges

Harvard and Yale are often held up as two of America’s most “elite,” “prestigious” and “diverse” institutions of higher education. Not so much.

I don’t intend to criticize all current students or alumni of those schools. (In full disclosure, my nephew attends Harvard and plays on the football team). What I do mean is to highlight the fact that racism and bigotry are just as deeply embedded in human nature at these “enlightened” institutions as they are anywhere else in America.

What am I referring to?

A legalistic mindset can lead us to thinking more highly of ourselves as we ought to, as human nature disparages godly logic.

It should be concerning to us when others appear overly impressed by us (or someone else;) exalting people for what GOD is doing. We need to tell them… It’s not me you’re impressed with, it’s God working in me that impresses you; you’re impressed by HIM. They will immediately get what you are saying. We believers can learn from the errors of our forefathers, see Numbers 20:10-13.

Sometimes in the attempt to forgo legalism, we are consequently drawn to the OSAS doctrine, which is in essence, doing nothing.

It’s true we don’t do works to earn our way into Heaven, and YES, we are only saved by His Grace, not of works. See Ephesians 2:8-9. However, if we truly believe, we will truly love Him and desire to please Him, therefore, we WILL do good works. (We will use our will to choose His Will.)

The “Lawfare” by the Radical Left to Remove Trump from State Ballots is Dangerous, Undemocratic They just never stop. May we be as committed to protecting and preserving our American ideals and beliefs as the national Left is to erasing them.

As attorney and commentator, Mike Davis, has stated, “what is happening … is so much bigger than President Donald Trump. The “lawfare” ( i.e., illicitly using the law and legal system as a weapon against political enemies) being committed by activist lawyers and activist judges against him are republic-ending tactics. If the radical left can just remove people from ballots, we are not going to have a country anymore.” (Mike Davis, Article III Project (A3P)).

Mike Johnson’s election as U.S. House Speaker marks the culmination of a meteoric rise in the U.S House of Representatives, the result of his diligent but often low-key work advancing conservative constitutional principles and doing so in a respectful and inoffensive manner.

In a highly partisan, if not often toxic, U.S. House of Representatives, Rep. Johnson first spearheaded the introduction of a “Commitment to Civility” resolution and he has remained committed to maintaining civil and courteous interaction among members of Congress, often in the face of heated policy and political disagreement. His demeanor and comportment certainly contributed to his gaining the support for Speaker of his fellow members of the often-rambunctious House Republican Conference.

School Choice Will Soon Find Another Opportunity in Louisiana

All the way back to the administration of Governor Bobby Jindal, Louisiana has viewed private- school choice statewide as very positive public policy that needed to be enshrined in state law to improve the quality of education of poor and minority children, and to provide the same educational choice enjoyed by children from more affluent families. However, Gov. John Bel Edwards has obstructed school choice during his two terms as governor.

For you [Israel] are a people holy to the Lord your God. The Lord your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his people, his treasured possession.”

(Deuteronomy 7:6).

I have been quite taken aback by what I have seen this week. I think many of us have had difficulty processing it.

The massacre at the music festival alone is sufficiently chilling and gutwrenching. It is estimated that a few thousand young people were observing the end of the Jewish holiday season at the Tribe of Nova music festival, which quickly became the location of the worst mass slaughter of Jews since the Holocaust.

NOTE: multiple Bible versions are used for greater ease of understanding.

“It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.” (Galatians 5:1, niv) The law enslaves us, but freedom in Christ liberates believers from the bondage of the law. As for God’s Law; referring to the 10 Commandments, Paul declares: “Let no debt remain outstanding except the continuing debt to love one another, for whoever loves others has fulfilled the law.”

Hillary Clinton made a comment this week attacking and demeaning supporters of President Trump, characterizing them as intrinsically defective and in need of “deprogramming,” with the implicit assertion that Trump supporters are bigots. (CNN interview, C. Amanpour, 10-6-2023).

Clinton, a 2016 presidential candidate and former Secretary of State, called for a “formal deprogramming” of supporters of former President Trump. Discussing the recent removal of House Speaker, Kevin McCarthy, from that post, Clinton contrasted what she called the “sane” part of the GOP caucus who helped prevent a government shutdown with the so-called “cult” wing devoted to Trump.