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IPCC LIFE
Monday – May 11, 2009 Volume 20, Number 18
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Today’s News and Culture
Through the Lens of a Christian Worldview
By Bishop Clyde M. Hughes

THIS WEEK’S NEWS AND COMMENTS:

* LARRY AUSTIN REPORTS ON REVIVAL IN PRISON
* NATIONAL YOUTH DIRECTOR MINISTERS AT JAMESTOWN IPCC
* KING’S COMMISSION GRADUATION
* IPCC MINISTER GRADUATES FROM LAW SCHOOL
* I AM THE IPCC
* BRAZIL TRIP
* ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND CAMPMEETING, July 20 - 23, 2009
* PENTECOST SUNDAY
* IPCC WOMEN’S MINISTRIES AND PASTORS’ RETREATS
* DARLA WINN AVAILABLE FOR SERVICES
* MILITARY HALL OF FAME PRAYER REQUESTS
* 26 SIMILARITIES BETWEEN AMERICA AND NAZI GERMANY
* PRESIDENT REFUSES TO ALLOW DAY OF PRAYER EVENT
* DAISY CHAIN, Protecting the ‘Least of These’ from Abuse (Abuse in the parsonage)
* D.C. CITY COUNCIL PASSES GAY MARRIAGE BILL
* ARE THE EPISCOPALIANS CRAZY OR JUST REPROBATED?
* SENTENCE SERMONS & QUIPS

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LARRY AUSTIN REPORTS ON REVIVAL IN PRISON - The reason why so few souls are reported converted is according to one study, 98% of non-professing Christians never go to church and according to Bill Bright, 95% of Christians never witness. Larry Austin has found a way around those shameful statistics: Go where the greatest percentage of sinners congregate. Some would call that prison. He has reported that revival has broken out in his services at the prison in Carson City, MI. He says they "had a mighty service, the one that one really enjoys, where the Holy Spirit has control…. From the very start the presence of the Lord was so mighty the men fell right in worshipping the Lord. The Spirit was moving, it could be felt in such a mighty way. And I did not have to preach it was of those kind of services." Often a minister will say he has no place to minister. Or, they want to start a church, become a missionary, or do a great work while driving by hundreds of opportunities each week and doing nothing where they are planted. Brother Austin is a witness of the potential to fill needs easily discovered by simply opening our eyes to the needs right before our eyes.

NATIONAL YOUTH DIRECTOR MINISTERS AT JAMESTOWN IPCC - Jimmy Brockway ministered yesterday to the folks at Jamestown, OH. I’m sure they were appreciative of his ministry.

KING’S COMMISSION GRADUATION - An impressive group of people came to London to witness the third commencement of King’s Commission, our intensive nine month discipleship training program. The atmosphere was positively charged as the graduates were challenged to pursue their quest for God. About 90% of high school graduates leave the church. KC offers courses on Old and New Testament Survey, Developing a Christian Worldview and IPCC History, Marriage and the Family, Personal Development, Personal Evangelism, and Leadership. Probably more important is the daily regimen they develop for personal devotions and Bible study. Brent Hubbard pours his life into the students. In addition, Ervin Hargrave, Aaron Turner, and myself have been the teachers this year.

IPCC MINISTER GRADUATES FROM LAW SCHOOL - Dustin Hughes received a Juris Doctorate with Track Honors from the University of Dayton School of Law Saturday after pursuing the intense program while helping care for his quadruplets. Track Honors reflects a GPA of more than 3.5 in courses within a track of study. Of the approximate 150 graduates, he was the only one who gave thanks to Jesus Christ in the printed program, although 4 others thanked God. About 1% of Americans hold a doctorate degree. He will take the Bar Exam in July. 92% of the school's graduates pass the exam on their first try, the second highest record of the 9 law schools in Ohio. When he passes, he will become the first IPCC member ever to become an attorney and will join former IPCC ministers Horace S. Ward, Jr., and Richard Edwards in having an earned doctorate from a fully accredited institution in our 92 year history. One of the reasons he chose law was to assist in the various legal needs of the IPCC. One sign of getting old is seeing your kids outstage you. But when you have eight who surpass you in some form or manner, you feel really old. There was a day when it seemed about everyone thought I was too neglectful of my family, out slaying imaginary dragons, but I didn’t know how to get out. Yesterday, on Mother’s Day, I was once again reminded of a mother who bore much of the weight of raising eight kids on a very meager income, getting them ready for school or church, chipping the ice off a van which had little or no heat in it, and loading them up alone many times for church, enduring much of the typical teen years, etc. So my pride in my children includes the acknowledgment that the credit goes to the grace of God who covers for the misguided, but sincere; and a near supernatural mother. And, that is no statement of false modesty.


BRAZIL TRIP - You are invited to join Global Missions Board Member Richard Blevins, Field Secretary for South America Damron Bradshaw and myself on a quick trip to Brazil to the Quadrennial Convention of the Pentecostal Church of Christ of Brazil. We will depart July 12 and return July 19, the day before our Annual Conference and Campmeeting. The convention of the Brazilian church is thrilling, to say the least, with tremendous music, great preaching, and fellowship with people unsurpassed in both their friendliness and zeal for God. You will be impressed! Travelers would be expected to pay all their expenses and promote IPCC missions on their return. While our tickets have been purchased, there may still be time to share a flight on the overseas portion of the travel.

ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND CAMPMEETING, July 20 - 23, 2009 - Years ago I was scheduled to speak at a service in the Brazil convention and one of the ministers said, "God is going to speak tonight!"

I’m not sure He did that night in the way the minister thought, but God is planning on speaking at the upcoming Annual Conference and Campmeeting. We have cleared the business schedule in the mornings to hear from one of the most recommended campmeeting speakers in our history, B. H. Clendennin. If you recall Glyn Lowery, the Assemblies of God speaker who was the best of a combination of being a great proponent of holy living yet very evangelistic in his outreach, he recommended his mentor, Bert Clendennen. Although he will easily be the oldest campmeeting speaker we have ever had, he requested more than the puff job of evening speaking. His Schools of Ministries are now in a hundred nations and his theme is getting back to God. He is known for his fervor for God. This is one campmeeting you can dare afford to miss.

PENTECOST SUNDAY - Many churches celebrate Pentecost Sunday in their liturgical calendar. Which churches celebrate it the least? Pentecostal churches! Thus, we are calling on all IPCC churches to set aside Pentecost Sunday, May 31, 2009, for a Celebration of Pentecost. No, we are definitely not trying to bring in formality or a stodgy liturgy into our churches, just seeking to have our main distinctive highlighted. A surprising percentage of Pentecostal believers neither know or practice Pentecostal distinctives. No programs will be provided. You should use your own creativity to arrange the service. After all, isn’t that partly what Pentecost is about?

IPCC WOMEN’S MINISTRIES AND PASTORS’ RETREAT REGISTRATIONS BEING RECEIVED – May 21 - 23, 2009 are the dates of this year’s WM Retreat. The Pastor’s Retreat will precede that retreat covering May 20 - 21. The charge is only $10 with the remainder of the costs being furnished by the WM Department. Contact Janice Boyce for information or registration at jwboyce@intelliport.com

DARLA WINN AVAILABLE FOR SERVICES – IPCC evangelist and pastor Darla Winn will be in the Michigan/Ohio area from May 20 to about June 20. She is interested in planting a church in California and is seeking services in the area and partners in the effort. You may reach her at 951-704-3794 or e-mail at buildingppl@yahoo.com.

MILITARY HALL OF FAME - The IPCC wishes to honor the soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and Coast Guard members from within IPCC churches. Churches and members of the IPCC are encouraged to send a 5x7 photo along with the name, rank, and relationship to the church or member of the service member. Particularly, we would like to have participation on behalf of service members who are members of IPCC churches, but immediate family members (spouses, parents, children, siblings, and grandchildren) of IPCC members may be included. We also welcome pictures of discharged veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. Digital photos may be sent. And, just because we honor our vets does not mean their good works can ever replace the need for Christ's redemptive work within them.

PRAYER REQUESTS – Jane Auxier, Robert & Thelma Cannon, Clifford and Eunice Edwards, Bettie Erickson, Pauline Ferguson, JoEllen Keeton, Dean Kuhn, Former General Overseer and wife Tom and Hattie Grinder, Lucille Hardeman, Stella Hargrave, David Howes, Arlene Hughes, Ed Hunt, Alma McCarty, Annie Miller, Mike Rice’s mother, Jim Sawyer, Sr., Robert and Margie Stover. We need to be much more serious as we pray for the children of ministers and for the health of all of our ministers. Please pray for the peace of Jerusalem.

26 SIMILARITIES BETWEEN AMERICA AND NAZI GERMANY, Three Forces Destroying the America We Know (Brannon Howse, www.worldviewtimes.com) - Even the most nominally aware person knows all too well that our nation-and the world-is engulfed in a major economic catastrophe. Thanks to the variety of factors at work, some observers have characterized it as the perfect economic storm. Yet this drama is a mere thunder shower by comparison with a far more devastating potential that threatens to wreck not just the American dream but the entire American ideal. If this maelstrom reaches its full power, liberty and justice for all-to say nothing of the pursuit of happiness-will be wiped from the face of the earth. A perfect cultural storm is developing from the convergence of three forces, any one of which would seriously harm our way of life. But together the y portend the near certain doom of the most cherished American values. Socialism, pagan spirituality, and pragmatism have come together over the last several decades to produce a cataclysm waiting to happen. Socialism imposes the redistribution of wealth and private property through an all-powerful, freedom-robbing central government. Pagan spirituality embraces the worship of nature along with occult practices and beliefs. Pragmatism proclaims that the truth or worth of an idea is based solely upon the results it brings (pragmatists believe that truth is relative, situational, and that a desired end justifies any means required to reach it). All three of these political, spiritual, and intellectual systems have taken a dominant place in the American worldview. It's been said that if we don't learn from history we are doomed to repeat it. There are those who have even compared the rumblings in America today as similar to those in pre-Nazi Germany of the 1930s. While I don't buy the notion that our government might be ready to estab lish concentration camps, the storm clouds heading this way have brought ideas into our public policy, laws, and national consciousness that bear a frightening resemblance to what has gone before-in the worst of times. This same collection of worldviews laid a foundation for the atrocities and godless government of Hitler's Germany. Adolph Hitler, you'll recall, established the National Socialist German Workers' Party. He also bought into what I call One World Spirituality, a merging of the three worldviews of evolutionary humanism, Hindu pantheism, and occultism. Atheism in America is no longer in vogue among our "intellectual elite." It's being replaced by the far more insidious pantheism-insidious because it is more acceptable to the masses than outright disbelief in God. Pantheism is on track to become the dominate worldview in America and around the world in very short order. Please understand that I'm not sensationalizing when making these observations. First Chronicles 12:32 says men of the tribe of Issachar were called wise because they "understood the times and knew what God would have them to do." To help you make your own assessment of the situation, I've distinguished 26 benchmark issues that clearly define the intensity of the tempest that is nearly upon us. And yes, there are obvious comparisons with the growth of Nazism in Germany. I will point them out unabashedly because it's only reasonable to say so if something that looks similar to an earlier, dangerous historical parallel actually is similar. After all, storm warnings, by nature, foretell bad news. As you read through my list, I invite you to understand the times and prepare to respond with a Biblical worldview.
1. Hitler outlawed school prayer in Germany. In 1962, The U.S. Supreme Court did the same for us.
2. Hitler eliminated Christian holidays in the schools first by calling Christmas "Yuletide." Most American public schools now call Christmas vacation a "winter break."
3. Hitler took Easter out of schools and instead honored that time of year as the beginning of spring. It has likewise become common for schools in America to refer to time off at Easter as "spring break."
4. Hitler controlled the church using intimidation and threats. A half-century ago, U.S. Senator and Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Baines Johnson, promoted a bill that included an amendment to use the Internal Revenue Service to remove the non-profit status of a church that speaks against the election of any specific political candidate.
5. Hitler enticed thousands of pastors to promote paganism in their congregations. Neopaganism is one of the fastest growing religions in America, doubling every 18 months according to a June 2008 article in The Denver Post. Many American church-goers practice paganism such as "Christian" yoga, contemplative prayer, and walking a labyrinth. As evidence that church doors continue to open further to aberrant beliefs, a 2008 survey found that 57% of evangelicals do not believe Jesus Christ is the only way to God.
6. Hitler was an environmentalist and vegetarian. Marriages performed by the Nazi state frequently included blessings of "Mother Earth" and "Father Sky." Today Americans increasingly accept radical environmentalism, pantheism, and the celebration of Earth Day.
7. Hitler was fascinated by eastern mysticism. Today an increasing number of American pastors encourage their followers to become "mystic warriors".
8. Hitler believed in reincarnation. He even convinced SS officers that by murdering millions of Jews and other "undesirables" they were allowing them to get on with the reincarnation process and come back more quickly in an advanced status. Americans increasingly accept the idea of reincarnation as well as good and bad karma.
9. Hitler's holocaust killed between 8 and 11 million Jews and non-Jews. Americans have killed an estimated 50 million babies since abortion was legalized through the U.S. Supreme Court in 1973. According to a July 7, 2008 article on worldnetdaily.com "An abortionist who claims to have destroyed more than 20,000 unborn children and who once was Hillary Clinton's OB-GYN says he is doing 'God's work' when he terminates a pregnancy…He admits that abortion kills a human soul."
10.Hitler killed 270,000 handicapped people through active euthanasia.[1] America and the courts are rushing toward the same with the murder of individuals such as Terri Schiavo. Oregon voters passed their Death with Dignity Act in 1994 and re-affirmed it in 1997. Washington state voters legalized doctor-assisted suicide on November 4, 2008. In December 2008, a Montana judge ruled terminally ill residents of that state have the right to physician-assisted suicide, and "death with dignity" is gaining acceptance in other states as well.
11.Private schools were abolished by Hitler and all education placed under Nazi control. There is constant pressure from federal and many state education authorities to require that Christian schools use state-mandated, humanistic textb ooks. The Home School Legal Defense Association is fighting numerous battles at any given time to prevent parents from loosing the right to educate their children as they see fit. In August 2008, a federal district court ruled that the state of California university system may choose not to recognize the diplomas-and thereby deny college entrance to-students who attended a school using textbooks that express a Biblical worldview in the areas of history and science (i.e., Christian schools).
12.Hitler prevented dissenters from using radio to challenge his worldview. Many powerful liberals in America have made clear their intent to reintroduce the "Fairness Doctrine" that would require conservative and religious radio stations to offer equal time to anti-Christian, anti-conservative worldviews.
13.Pastors who spoke against Hitler's worldview and his murderous regime found themselves on trial and frequently imprisoned for "Abuse of Pulpit." In America, hate-crime legislation has the potential to criminalize Christians and pastors who speak out against the homosexual agenda.
14.Many Christians in Germany justified their allegiance to Hitler through a belief that "Their duty to God was spiritual; their duty to the state was political."[2] Man y American Christians now have bought the lie that their worldview can be divided between the secular and the sacred-the politician has one area of responsibility, the pastor another, and never shall the two meet. Yet the Bible teaches that all issues are fundamentally spiritual.
15.Hitler outlawed the cross and replaced it with the swastika. Today many churches, Christian colleges, and universities have willingly removed the cross from their buildings. Numerous court cases sponsored by the ACLU have required the removal of the cross from public grounds. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2005 that the Ten Commandments cannot be posted on public grounds for religious purposes.
16.Hitler was fascinated with Friedrich Nietzsche and distributed his writings to his inner circle. Nietzsche promoted Nihilism, the belief that life has no meaning, and he is best known for his position that "God is dead". Nietzsche is presently one of the most widely read authors by American college students.
17.Hitler exploited the economic collapse of Germany to take over as dictator and usher in his brand of socialism. America's financial crisis has given liberals in both political parties the opportunity to grow the size of government and imp lement freedom-robbing socialism at lightning speed.
18.Hitler was obsessed with globalism, and many of America's most powerful political leaders are willing to subjugate American sovereignty to contemporary globalism.
19.Many Germans responded to Hitler by retreating into neutrality. Today most Americans prefer to remain neutral on moral issues that they think don't affect them personally.
20.On trial after World War II, Hitler's henchmen used the defense that they had not broken any laws. True, they had not defied the laws of Germany since those had been re-written to fit the goals and objectives of Hitler. The Nazi leaders were nevertheless found guilty because the courts at the time recognized a "law above the law." Yet now the U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the law of nature and nature's God by claiming that as society evolves, morals evolve, and so the law, too, must evolve.
21.Calling upon Darwinian evolution, Hitler convinced the German people that purging millions of people was acceptable because of the need to create a pure race; also referred to as eugenics. American students across the board have been educated in Darwinian evolution because the Supreme Court has ruled that creation cannot be taught in our schools-even if both creation and evolution are taught side by side.
22.Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood in America became acquainted with the doctors and scientists that had worked with Nazi Germany's eugenics program and had no quarrel with the euthanasia, sterilization, abortion, and infanticide programs of the early Reich.[3] Sanger even published several articles in Birth Control Review that reflected Hilter's White Supremacist worldview. Planned Parenthood now grosses one billion per year.
23.In Germany, pastors often cited Romans 13:1-2 to encourage Christians to obey the Nazis. Today in America, many pastors have a false view of Romans 13:1-2 and have convinced millions that to disobey governing authorities is to disobey God. This poor training would facilitate Christians here doing just as the German Christians did if faced with similar challenges.
24.Germans accepted socialism to avoid pain. Today's Americans are rejecting capitalism in exchange for government-sponsored "free" healthcare, education, and countless other government handouts.
25.Many Americans accept what I call, One World Spirituality. This is actually an amalgamation of the three worldviews of evolutionary humanism, Hindu pantheism, and occultism. I noted earlier that Hitler embraced all of these.
26.America is rushing toward government-sponsored, national healthcare. We already have a form of this in Medicare and Medicaid. Hitler, too, expanded and centralized Germany's healthcare system. As Melchior Palyi explained, "The ill-famed Dr. Ley, boss of the Nazi labor front, did not fail to see that the social insurance system could be used for Nazi politics as a means of popular demagoguery, as a bastion of bureaucratic power, [and] as an instrument of regimentation."
If the church in Germany had truly acted like the Church of Jesus Christ, if Christians had understood and lived out a Biblical worldview, Germany would never have accepted Hitler. I believe he would have been rejected and overthrown within weeks of his true worldview coming to light.
Most American church members today are simply reflect the culture instead of cor recting and changing it. If we are to quiet the brewing storm, apathy, political correctness, and intellectual laziness must be replaced with a passion for Biblical truth, sound reasoning, logic, and the desire to lead.
Becoming a leader does not mean you must be on the radio, give speeches, or even stand up in front of a group. An effective influencer leads through his or her actions and lifestyle. Lovingly defending and proclaiming truth in a world bent on political correctness is being a leader. Even in private conversation, leadership can take the form of lovingly correcting someone's false beliefs or ideas.
America needs Christians now more than ever to take the lead. If not, the perfect storm is ready, and annihilation is what it portends.
1] Holocaust Museum Unveils New Eugenics Exhibit by Dave Reynolds, Inclusion Daily Express, April 22, 2004.
[2] Dr. Irwin Lutzer, Hitler's Cross, (Moody Press, Chicago, IL, 1995) p. 111.
[3] George Grant, The Family Under Siege: What the New Social Engineers Have in Mind for You and Your Children (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1994), p 62.

PRESIDENT REFUSES TO ALLOW DAY OF PRAYER EVENT - The President refused to follow precedent and welcome a Day of Prayer in the East Room of the White House, choosing rather to pray privately. Shirley Dobson, leader of the National Day of Prayer said, "We are disappointed by the lack of participation by the Obama administration. At this time in our country's history, we would hope our president would recognize more full the importance of prayer." The event was started in 1952 by President Truman after a six week Billy Graham Crusade was held in DC. Presidents Reagan, Bush 41 and Bush 43 all had official White House events for the day. Obama did issue a proclamation on the Day of Prayer. The anti-Christian organizations across the country were delighted by the President's decision.
Linda and I attended the local National Day of Prayer service at the county courthouse. About 8 churches participated with a crowd of about 75 people.

DAISY CHAIN, Protecting the ‘Least of These’ from Abuse (Chuck Colson, Breakpoint) - Recently, I discussed the very disturbing topic of abuse in Christian homes. Overall, the feedback I received from listeners was very positive—many expressed their gratitude that we would speak about such a difficult but important issue. Others, however, were distinctly uncomfortable that we aired two commentaries on the subject. I certainly didn’t set out to make anyone uncomfortable, and I definitely don’t want to sensationalize what is a painful subject. But at the same time, I believe we Christians do neither ourselves nor the cause of Christ any favors when we try to sweep bad behavior under the rug.
Every time we do this, the truth tends to come out anyway, and we always look worse for having tried to hide it. And, worst of all, in the process, we often fail to protect the "least of these"—the innocent victims wh o need our help. Still, some ways of dealing with tough topics can be easier to handle than others. Sometimes we can learn as much about a topic through the arts—movies or theater or a good novel—as we can by reading a study or a newspaper. Mary DeMuth’s new novel, Daisy Chain, which is published by Zondervan, is a good example. DeMuth is a Christian and an award-nominated novelist whose books often deal with issues of abuse. Yet at the same time, they intertwine themes of grace and hope. Daisy Chain tells the story of a young boy named Jed who’s struggling with both his best friend’s disappearance and his father’s abuse. On the surface, Jed’s father looks like the model pastor and family man. Only his wife and children know what happens at home when his rage spirals out of control. DeMuth herself is a survivor of a different kind of abuse, having been molested as a child. Her goal in writing about abuse, she once said in an interview, is "to show folks two things: That God can heal even the most horrific abuse. And to educate parents and professionals about abuse." I’m not a big fan of "message" books, where the writer neglects his or her craft and just concentrates on pushing an agenda. But Mary DeMuth is not that kind of writer. Her books are beautifully and sensitively written, and her characters are realistic and well-developed. She has a t rue gift for showing how God’s light can penetrate even the darkest of situations, and start to turn lives around. Even her villains are not beyond the reach of God’s grace. Perhaps one of the characters in Daisy Chain puts it best when she tells Jed, "Sometimes parents don’t act right. Sometimes . . . they flat-out do the wrong thing. If you let them wallow in that sin, don’t oppose it, you’re not really loving them, are you?" I feel the same way. Ignoring the problem of abuse in Christian homes is failing to show God’s love to both abusers and victims. If you want to learn more about a Christian perspective on the subject, visit BreakPoint.org and click on this commentary to find out how you can buy your own copy of Daisy Chain. It may not be your typical light summer reading, but it might help change your whole perspective on Christians’ responsibility to the silent sufferers among us.

D.C. CITY COUNCIL PASSES GAY MARRIAGE BILL - By a 12-1 vote, the District of Columbia City Council today passed a bill that would recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere in the U.S. Bishop Harry Jackson, of the High Impact Leadership Coalition, whom I’ve met, said, "Never before have the most privileged in a city so repressed the wishes of a ... fluent majority … The democratic process works best when the people's wishes are honored and due process is observed. In the name of civil rights reform, the Council has abridged the civil rights of the masses." Arguing that civil rights are not "sacred rights," Jackson said the cross-section of mostly African-American ministers are gearing up for what may be the nation's most significant marriage battle. Because Congress has final say over the district's laws, Jackson and others believe the bill will force a review of the Defense of Marriage Act, which prevents states from having to recognize same-sex marriages performed elsewhere. Congress will get 30 days to consider the bill if district Mayor Adrian Fenty, who supports gay marriage, signs it.

ARE THE EPISCOPALIANS CRAZY OR JUST REPROBATED? Best known for her radical pro-death stance on abortion and her status as an outspoken lesbian, the Rev. Katherine Ragsdale will soon become the first female president of Episcopal Divinity School in Cambridge, Massachusetts. She has said, "Abortion is a blessing and our work is not done!" To her, the blessing of abortion includes when the woman is pregnant due to "violence," when the fetus has "anomalies," when the woman hasn't an education or a "sustainable job," and even when a woman has a "loving, supportive, respectful relationship" with "every option open to her" but knows the child will compromise "one's education, life's work, or ability to put to use God's gifts." To her, even partial birth abortion is a blessing whenever it is desired. She included in one of her "sermons," "I want to thank all of you who protect this blessing of abortion -- who do this work every day: the health care providers, doctors, nurses, technicians, receptionists, who put your lives on the line to care for others (you are heroes -- in my eyes, you are saints); the escorts and the activists; the lobbyists and the clinic defenders; all of you. You're engaged in holy work."

SENTENCE SERMONS & QUIPS – Repetition is the mother of learning, the father of action, which makes it the architect of accomplishment. - Zig Ziglar

One of these days is none of these days. - An English Proverb

A word out of season may mar a whole lifetime. - A Greek Proverb

Taking the line of least resistance makes rivers and men crooked; children rogues; and churches impotent. - CMH

The potency of prayer has subdued the strength of fire, it has bridled the rage of lions, hushed anarchy to rest, extinguished wars, appeased the elements, expelled demons, burst the chains of death, expanded the gates of heaven, assuaged diseases, repelled frauds, rescued cities from destruction, stayed the sun in its course, and arrested the progress of the thunderbolt. Prayer is an all-efficient panoply, a treasure undiminished, a mine that is never exhausted, a sky unobscured by clouds, a heaven unruffled by storm. It is the root, the foundation, the mother of a thousand blessings. - St. Chrysostom

If you don't know where you are going, you might wind up someplace else. - Yogi Berra

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