Monday, November 30, 2015

Recommended Podcasts/Sermons for Monday, November 30, 2015

Tragedy in Colorado, by Jim Wood
The Briefing: 11-30-2015 (Chicago, Planned Parenthood Shooting, Police, Profanity, Race), by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
When Government Tries to Be God, by Dr. David P. Murray

The Daily Spurgeon for Monday, November 30, 2015

Quotes by Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834 - 1892)

"We dare not bear the responsibility of offending these little ones, for terrible woes are pronounced on those who do them wrong." - Spurgeon's Sermon Notes

Further recommended reading & listening:

The Best of The Daily Spurgeon
The Forgotten Spurgeon, by Iain Murray
A Defense of Calvinism - by Charles Spurgeon

Daily Bible Reading for Today, Monday, November 30, 2015

There are many different websites that offer reading plans to read the Bible in a year. Here is a really good one:  Read the KJV Bible in One Year. For today, why don't you read along with me in Chapters 5-8  in the book of Ezekiel.

Note: If you have a reading disability that makes it difficult or impossible to read along with me this year, please consider going to Biblegateway.com and listening to the Bible. This is a great site with many resources, one of which is an audio version of the Bible.

Sunday, November 29, 2015

Today in the News - Monday, November 30, 2015

Here is what is going on in the world:

There's No Bigger Threat to Millennials Than Liberalism  - pjmedia.com
What to Do About Guns and the Mentally Ill - pjmedia.com
Vladimir Putin: U.S. Implicated in Turkish Jet Downing - breitbart.com
The Videos Are In: US Shoppers Go Wild and Beat Each Other Up to Celebrate Black Friday Sales - thedailysheeple.com
Mizzou Prof. Arrested for Beating Relative For Taking Off Her Hajib - truthrevolt.org
This is Not A Day Care, It's a Universityokwu.edu.blog
How a Secretive Elite Created the EU to Build a World Government - lewrockwell.com

Christian News and Commentary [podcasts]

Biblical View of Paris Attacks, by Mike Reid
America: A Christian Nation, by Dr. D. James Kennedy
Charles Darwin: A Study in Apostasy, by John M. Otis
Black Pastors Expected to Endorse Donald Trump, by Pastor Sean E. Harris

Bonding With Your Child Through Boundaries With June Hunt, by Trace Embry
News: Pro-Life Officer Killed At Planned Parenthood -  The Breakdown of Character, by Pastor Kevin Swanson

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Islam's Modus Operandi

Dr. Peter Hammond: Islam's Modus Operandi - canadafreepress.com

Excerpt from this article:

"After the savage Jihad massacre of unarmed innocents in Paris, our petulant 'potentate', predictably, defends the Muslim maniacs. All Americans need to be reminded of this early CIA report which predicts our country’s fate if we allow Obama to complete his insurgent, seditious, 'fundamental transformation' of America. To wit from Dr. Peter Hammond’s book: Slavery, Terrorism and Islam: The Historical Roots and Contemporary Threat:"
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Recommended reading:

Yazidi Women Tell of Rape and Enslavement at the Hand of ISIS - nbcnews.com
Saudi Father Beats 7 Year Old Daughter to Death For Not Saying "I Love You!" - breitbart.com
What Muslims Fear Most: Smart Bombs and Smart Girls (my post)
Pearl Harbor Day: Don't Just "Remember" - Never Forget ... That a Worse Enemy Exists Today!
ISIS Fighter: Kill Women Who Provoke Sexual Desires of Men

Recommended podcasts (by Dr. Peter Hammond):

The Challenge Of Islam, by Peter Hammond
Uprooting Terrorism, by Peter Hamond
Slavery And Jihad In Sudan, by Peter Hammand
Slavery: The Rest Of The Story, by Peter Hammond
Guidelines For Muslim Evangelism, by Peter Hammond


Recommended sermon:

When Government Tries To Be God, by Dr. David P. Murry 

Saturday, November 28, 2015

Daily Bible Reading for Saturday, November 28, 2015

There are many different websites that offer reading plans to read the Bible in a year. Here is a really good one:  Read the KJV Bible in One Year. For today, why don't you read along with me Chapters 3:37 - 5  in the book of Lamentations.

Note: If you have a reading disability that makes it difficult or impossible to read along with me this year, please consider going to Biblegateway.com and listening to the Bible. This is a great site with many resources, one of which is an audio version of the Bible.

The Daily Spurgeon for Saturday, November 28, 2015

Quotes by Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834 - 1892)

"The poor needle-woman with her inch of candle has work to finish. See how her fingers fly, for she fears lest she should be left in darkness, and her work undone." - Spurgeon's Sermon Notes

Further recommended reading & listening:

The Best of The Daily Spurgeon
The Forgotten Spurgeon, by Iain Murray
A Defense of Calvinism - by Charles Spurgeon

Alex Jones: Emergency Alert - WWIII

Emergency Alert - WWIII? - infowars.com

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Recommended reading:


Patrick Buchanan: Stumbling to War With Russia - lewrockwell.com
Genders Away! Navy Stuns With Unisex Uniforms - wnd.com
 While Obama Guts The Military, Russia Prepares For War
Communism Killed 94 Million People In The 20th Century
What Happens When Government Disarms its Citizens? warriortimes.com
 Russia Targets U.S. Backed Forces in Syria While Administration Tries to Finalize 'Memorandum of Understanding' - truthrevolt.org

Our Lord Jesus says in Matthew 24:6-14:

"And ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.
For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
All these are the beginning of sorrows.
Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another.
And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come."

Today in the News - Saturday, November 28, 2015

Here is what is going on in the world:

Unicef: Aids Leading Cause of Death In African Teenagers - cnsnews.com
Former CIA Operative: Get Ready for WWIII - infowars.com
Video: John Kerry Admits They're Making "Order Out of Chaos" to Create a "World Order" - thedailysheeple.com
15 Excerpts That Show How Radical , Weird, and Out of Touch Our College Campuses Have Become - townhall.com
I'll Apologize for Robert Dear When Anjem Choudary Apologizes for the Paris Attacks - redstate.com
NOAA's Climate Change Science Fiction - washingtontimes.com
A Scandalous Scandal and a Very Good Wife - pjmedia.com
Montana Ranchers on Canadian Border Watch - canadafreepress.com
The New York Times Book Review Cheaters - cnsnews.com
This is Yuge: Over 100 Black Pastors and Religious Leaders Endorse Trump - redstate.com
Patrick Buchanan: Stumbling to War With Russia - lewrockwell.com

Christian News and Commentary [podcasts]

Biblical View of Paris Attacks, by Mike Reid

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Friday, November 27, 2015

Reading Through the Bible in 2015

There are many different websites that offer reading plans to read the Bible in a year. Here is a really good one:  Read the KJV Bible in One Year. For today, why don't you read along with me chapters 1 - 3:36 in the book of Lamentations.

Special verse:

"It is of the Lord's mercies that we are not consumed, because his compassions fail not. They are new every morning, great is thy faithfulness." - Lamantations 3:22,23

Note: If you have a reading disability that makes it difficult or impossible to read along with me this year, please consider going to Biblegateway.com and listening to the Bible. This is a great site with many resources, one of which is an audio version of the Bible.

The Daily Spurgeon for Friday, November 28, 2015

Quotes by Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834 - 1892)

"When a young man made an open profession of the gospel, his father, greatly offended, gave him this advice: 'James, you should first get yourself established in a good trade, and then think of matters of religion.' 'Father' said the son, 'Jesus Christ advises me differently; he says, 'Seek ye first the kingdom of God.'"

Further recommended reading & listening:

The Best of The Daily Spurgeon
The Forgotten Spurgeon, by Iain Murray
A Defense of Calvinism - by Charles Spurgeon

Happy [Day After] Thanksgiving! 1200 American Workers Training Their Foreign Replacements

Happy Thanksgiving! 1200 American Workers Training Their Foreign Replacements - breitbart.com

Excerpt from this article:

“'Right there in New York, 1,200 Americans [Disney workers] are training their replacements' Blackwell said. Adding that it’s also, 'happening at AT&T right now.'”
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Here is an except from Patrick Buchanan's great The Great Betrayal: How American Sovereignty and Social Are Being Sacrificed to the Gods of the Global Economy:

"No site better captures yesterday's America than Detroit, forge and furnace of America's democracy. Detroit is the burned out case of American cities. The Empire of the Sun has its revenge. Japanese imports helped kill the city that built the weapons that destroyed the empire. Now grandsons of the soldiers of the imperial army work at high paying manufacturing jobs once held by the fathers of ten-dollar-an-hour retail clerks in Macomb County.

"But why blame the Japanese? We did it to ourselves. We Americans created a post war trading regime, in which, over 25 years, Japan bought 400,000 American cars while selling us 40 million Japanese cars, a ratio of 100:1. One president after another sat still while a third of America's greatest industry was shipped off to Japan...

"Americans no longer make their own cameras, shoes, radios, TVs, toys. A fifth of our steal, a third of our autos, half our machine tools, and two-thirds of our textiles are made abroad...

"The decline and fall of Middle America was neither preordained nor inevitable. It was engineered in Washington D.C. Wages have fallen and the standard of living of American families has stagnated because of a basic law: the law of supply and demand. The price of labor has been dropping because the supply of labor has exploded...

"Having declared free trade and open borders to be American policy, why are we surprised that corporate executives padlocked their plants in the Rust Belt and moved over seas?  Why keep your plants here when you can manufacture at a fraction of the cost abroad, ship your goods back, and pocket the windfall profits that come from firing $20 an hour Americans and hiring fifty-cent-an-hour Asians? A pair of Nikes that sells for $150 in the United States costs $5 in wages to make in Indonesia. Any wonder that Nike president Philip Knight is the fifth richest man in America, with $5.2 billion, while his Indonesian workers make 31 cents an hour?" (Emphasis mine)

Recommended reading:

Companies Lay off Thousands, Then Demand Immigration Reform to Get More Workers - washingtonexaminer.com
21,995,000 to 12,329,000: Government Jobs Outnumber Manufacturing Employees 18 to 1 - cnsnews.com
Et Tu, Mickey Mouse? Disney Pads Record Profits By Replacing U.S. Workers With Cheaper H1-B Guestworkers - epi.org
This Single Job Stat Is The One That Matters:

Today in the News - Friday, November 27, 2015

Here is what is going on in the world:

Outspoken Miss World Canada Denied Entry into China - cnsnews.com
Ann Coulter: Importing Terrorism and Other American Values - anncoulter.com
When Global Warming is So Lame it Hurts - thedailysheeple.com
Media Bias That Makes You Sick - canadafreepress.com
CNN Wipes Israel Off the Map - breitbart.com
Ann Coulter: Will This Be Your Future Thanksgiving? - debbieschlussel.com
What's Behind Bernie Sanders Socialism? - thenewamerican.com

Christian News and Commentary [podcasts]

The First Thanksgiving in America, by Pastor Daniel  E Woodhead
'Dark Secrets of the New Age' (BBF Book Review), by Gregory A. Miller
Teen Arrested in Pastor's Wife Slaying, by Jeffrey Hamilton
What Americans Want from a President - Healthcare, Jobs and Protection fro Terrorism, by Pastor Kevin Swanson

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Thursday, November 26, 2015

The Daily Spurgeon for November 26, 2015

Quotes by Pastor Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834 - 1892)

"Christ is meek, as opposed to the ferocity and bigotry of zealots. Take for example the false prophet Muhammad. The strength of his cause lies in the fact that he is not meek. He presents himself  before those he claims as disciples and says: 'Take my yolk upon you and learn of me, for I am neither meek nor lowly in heart; I will have no patience with you; there is my creed, or there is the scimitar. Death or conversion, whichever you please." 

Further recommended reading & listening:

The Best of The Daily Spurgeon
The Forgotten Spurgeon, by Iain Murray
A Defense of Calvinism - by Charles Spurgeon

Read the Bible in One Year

There are many different websites that offer reading plans to read the Bible in a year. Here is a really good one:  Read the KJV Bible in One Year. For today, why don't you read along with me chapters 48-50  in the book of Genesis.

Special verse:

"The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come..." - Genesis 49:10

"But as for you, ye thought evil against me; but God meant it unto good, to bring to pass, as it is this day, to save much people alive." - Genesis 50:20


Note: If you have a reading disability that makes it difficult or impossible to read along with me this year, please consider going to Biblegateway.com and listening to the Bible. This is a great site with many resources, one of which is an audio version of the Bible.

Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Today in the News - Thursday, November 26, 2015

Here is what is going on in the world:

Video: Moderate Muslims" Support Stoning Women For Adultery, Executing Gays - infowars.com
Obama Admin Sneaks Out 144 Big Regulations Right Before Thanksgiving - cnsnews.com
Michelle Malkin: Have a Happy, Politics-Free Thanksgiving - michellemalkin.com
Sheriff Posts 'Most Politically Incorrect Sign in U.S. - wnd.com
Obama's Climate Negotiator: China's C02 Output Can Keep Rising Because Their Economy Needs to Grow - canadafreepress.com

Christian News and Commentary [podcasts]

800 Years of  Freedom: Reasons for Thanksgiving This Year, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Thanksgiving Day, by Rev. Jerold H. Lewis
Political Strategies and Article V Conventions: Reigning in a Runaway Government, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
Life in Outer Space, by Ken Ham
The Briefing: 11-25-2015, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
Frankenfoods and Faith, by Pastor Kevin Boling
What Joel Osteen Will Never Tell You, by Douglas Salyer
A Biblical Defense of Bold Open Air Evangelism, by Nate Marino

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Debt Under Obama Up $8,000,000,000

Debt Under Obama Up $8,000,000,000 - cnsnews.com

Excerpt from this article:

"On Jan. 20, 2009, when Obama was inaugurated, the total debt of the federal government was $10,626,877,048,913.08. On Nov. 23, 2015, it was $18,722,746,583,118.03 Thus, so far in Obama’s presidency, the federal debt has increased $8,095,869,534,204.95."
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Talk show host and constitutional scholar Mark Levin has said:

"You should view these politicians with the deepest contempt you can possibly imagine.  What they are doing to this country, what they are doing to our finances - there is not a criminal in any federal prison, state prison, city or county jail with respect to financial crimes of any sort who collectively could have done the kind of damage that Barack Obama and Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi and yes, willing, timid, gutless Republicans have done to this country! To your future, to your children and your grandchildren. What they are doing is with malice and with forethought." (emphasis mine) (source)

Someone once wrote:

"A democracy cannot exist as a permanent form of government. It can only exist until the majority discover it can vote itself largess out of the public treasury. After that, the majority always votes for the candidate promising the most benefits with the result the democracy collapses because of the loose fiscal policy ensuing, always to be followed by a dictatorship and then  a monarchy." (Source)

Sarah Palin has said that America will eventually default on its debt and claims that the federal government is “stockpiling bullets in case of civil unrest'” ... (Sarah Palin: Feds Stockpiling Bullets to Use Against Us - politico.com)

Recommended reading:

Greenspan: U.S. "Way Underestimating" The National Debt - pjmedia.com
Florida Gov. On Gov't Medicaid Expansion; 'Trillion Dollar Deficits -- Would You Do Business With Them?' - cnsnews.com
National Debt Soars Over $18 Trillion - truthrevolt.org
Total US Debt Rises Over $18 Trillion; Up 70% Under Barack Obama - zerohedge.com
Nancy Pelosi: I'm All for Balancing the Budget...in a Few Decades!" - michellemalkin.com
The $17 Trillion Dollar Party - theeconomiccollapseblog.com
University of California Study: National Debt Really $70 Trillion  - thenewamerica.com 
Explaining the Obama Economy to 6th Graders
Doom: Naked Came I Into This World, And Naked Shall I Leave It - ace.mu.nu

Tuesday, November 24, 2015

ISIS Fighter: Kill Women Who 'Provoke Sexual Desires of Men'

ISIS Fighter: Kill Women Who 'Provoke Sexual Desires of Men' - breitbart.com

Excerpt from this article:

"Women who refuse to cover their heads should be killed for 'provoking the sexual desires of men.' These sentiments were expressed by Abu Baqer al-Maqdadis in a radio interview Sunday. Maqdadis is a 30-year old Palestinian from Gaza who recently fought for the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. He returned to the Gaza Strip after being injured in Iraq."
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Today in the News - Tuesday, November 24, 2015

Here is what is going on in the world

Census Bureau: 21.6% Of U.S. Children on Food Stamps  in 2014 - cnsnews.com
It's Official: Homophobia Now a Mental Disorder - wnd.com
7 Things I Want to Say to That Guy Watching Porn at the Library - pjmedia.com

Christian News and Commentary [podcasts]

Our Special Place, by Ken Ham
Nation of Islam, Mood and Perspective , by Pastor William J. Sturm
The Impact of Addiction and Recovery, by Jonathan Daugherty
ISIS: Why Do They Attack Us? by Dr. Paul J. Dean, Jr.
Radio Free Geneva: Gail Riplinger, Kent Hovind, Peter Lumpkins Reviewed, by Dr. James White


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Upsetting Photo Sends University Into Panic

Trump: America 'Is In Serious, Serious Trouble' - wnd.com

Excerpt from this article:

"We don't have time to be politically correct in this country"
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Recommended reading:

Liberal and Conservative Media Unite Against Trump - anncoulter.com

'Recommended video:

Strange Interview With Donald Trump Nobody is Talking About - beforeitsnews.com 

Just for fun:

South Park - Safe Space - "In My Safe Space"

Recommended Sermons for Monday, November 23, 2015

The End is Come, by Dr. David P. Murray
When Government Tries to Be God, by Dr. David P. Murray
Our Nation Laid In God's Balance, by Dr. Joel Beeke 
Why Persecution Is Coming To The Church In America, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
How To Cultivate Sabbath Keeping, by Dr. Joel Beeke 
Amos  3, by Rev. Cornelis Pronk

Bill Rape Accuser Blasts "Evil" Hillary, "Shame on You!"

Bill Rape Accuser Blasts "Evil" Hillary, "Shame on You!" - breitbart.com

Excerpt from this article:

She told NBC’s Dateline in 1999 that she resisted when Clinton suddenly kissed her:
Then he tries to kiss me again. And the second time he tries to kiss me he starts biting my lip … He starts to, um, bite on my top lip and I tried to pull away from him. And then he forces me down on the bed. And I just was very frightened, and I tried to get away from him and I told him ‘No,’ that I didn’t want this to happen but he wouldn’t listen to me. … It was a real panicky, panicky situation. I was even to the point where I was getting very noisy, you know, yelling to ‘Please stop.’ And that’s when he pressed down on my right shoulder and he would bite my lip. … When everything was over with, he got up and straightened himself, and I was crying at the moment and he walks to the door, and calmly puts on his sunglasses. And before he goes out the door he says ‘You better get some ice on that.’ And he turned and went out the door.”
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Recommended reading:

Orange is the New Black
Bill Clinton's 'Sex Slave Island' Buddy Epstein Under Scrutiny By NY AG; Clinton Not Mentioned In Story - jammiewf.com
Hillary Clinton on Rape: You Have the Right to Remain Silent Because Anything You Say Can and Will be Used Against You ... By the Clintons! - breitbart.com
Liar, Liar Pants On Fire: 27 Hillary Fibs, Obfuscations, and Lies at the Dem Debate
Incredible!!!
Hillary Clinton Tells Legal Adviser: "Time to Lawyer Up" - truthrevolt.org
Rush: Hillary's Got The Nomination In The Bag...Thugs All Over The World Expect Her To Be President wnd.com  
Clinton Cash - The Untold Story Of How Foreign Governments and Businesses Helped Make Bill And Hillary Rich

Recommended reading:

Clinton To Keynote Jellyfish Journalist Gathering, No Questions Allowed
What to Do When You Suspect Child Sexual Abuse



Today in the News - Monday, November 23, 2015

Here is what is going on in the world

HUD's New Rule Requires Transgendered Homeless to Be Housed At Shelters of Their Identity - cnsnews.com
Turkey: The Country ISIS Uses As Home Base and Where It Has Sold $800 Million in Oil - endoftheamericandream.com
Put "Refugees" in FEMA Campscanadafreepress.com
Report: Interactive Map Shows Radical Mosques Across U.S. - truthrevolt.org
Politics and What Remains of the English Language - pjmedia.com
Kerry: Doubters of Global Warming Apocalypse Must Be Silenced - thenewamerican.com

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History of OT: Sinai, Part 1, by Jared Krulish
Conservatives and Liberals Both Wrong: Unwanted Children and Syrian Refugees, by Pastor Kevin Swanson
The Briefing: 11-23-2015, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.

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Today in the News - November 20, 2015

Here is what is going on in the world

HUD's New Rule Requires Transgender Homeless to Be Housed At Shelters of Their Gender Identity -  cnsnews.com
Patrick Buchanan: The End of Obamaworld  - cnsnews.com
Some Gays Want to Take the 'T' Out of LGBT - pjmedia.com
ABC Celebrates Dead Babies:  'Scandel' Plays 'Silent Night' as Main Character Has Abortion - breitbart.com
Democrats Finally Come Out Against Radical Islam, the Phrase, Not the Terrorists - truthrevolt.org
Michelle Malkin: Columbia Student In Anguish Because She Has to Read Books by White People - pjmedia.com
The Ululations of Radical College Crybabies - michellemalkin.com

Christian News and Commentary [podcasts]

The Pilgrims Speak Today, by Dr. D. James Kennedy
The Briefing: 11-21-2015, by Dr. R. Albert Mohler, Jr.
Can Catastrophes Carve Canyons? by Ken Ham

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Friday, November 20, 2015

Kudos to Toys R Us, Michael Moore

Toys R Us Removing Toy Guns From Stores in France Following Paris Attacks - breitbart.com

Michael Moore Offers His Michigan Home to Syrian Refugees - breitbart.com

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One of the main purposes of this blog is to spread the Gospel of my Lord Jesus Christ - and I do this in part by posting links to various gospel sermons (see here and here and here and here, and here)

But another purpose is just to share my take on social issues like gun control  and immigration (see here, and here, and here, and here).

Michael Moore and I are probably as far apart as Bernie Sanders and Rush Limbaugh (I'm a little bit to the right of Rush!).

But I'm not opposed to giving kudos where kudos are due. And the above 2 news stories highlight 2 things that deserve kudos:
1. Toys R Us for removing toy guns from their store. I am a fierce defender of our second amendment right to bear arms (not to be confused with arming bears, which I don't recommend!). But guns are not toys and all stores (as well as second hand stores, garage sales, Craigslist, etc.) should follow Toys R Us' lead and refuse to sell these guns ... to anyone.
2. Michael Moore deserves our kudos for offering to let Syrian refugees to live in his house. Hopefully this is not just a publicity act. But I think Christians would do well to follow his lead here - especially for refugees that name the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. The Bible says:

"But whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?" - 1 John 3:17
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"Free Trade Has Destroyed American Manufacturing"

Free Trade Has Destroyed American Manufacturing - garynorth.com

Excerpt from this article:

"This criticism of free trade is wrong. To understand why it is wrong, first consider this chart of the per capita output of American manufacturing. It is not a chart that most Americans have ever seen. Economist Mark Perry has provided it."
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This is an eye opening article. But maybe the issue is this: Has free trade destroyed the American worker?  Here is an except from Patrick Buchanan's great The Great Betrayal: How American Sovereignty and Social Are Being Sacrificed to the Gods of the Global Economy:

"No site better captures yesterday's America than Detroit, forge and furnace of America's democracy. Detroit is the burned out case of American cities. The Empire of the Sun has its revenge. Japanese imports helped kill the city that built the weapons that destroyed the empire. Now grandsons of the soldiers of the imperial army work at high paying manufacturing jobs once held by the fathers of ten-dollar-an-hour retail clerks in Macomb County.

"But why blame the Japanese? We did it to ourselves. We Americans created a post war trading regime, in which, over 25 years, Japan bought 400,000 American cars while selling us 40 million Japanese cars, a ratio of 100:1. One president after another sat still while a third of America's greatest industry was shipped off to Japan...

"Americans no longer make their own cameras, shoes, radios, TVs, toys. A fifth of our steal, a third of our autos, half our machine tools, and two-thirds of our textiles are made abroad...

"The decline and fall of Middle America was neither preordained nor inevitable. It was engineered in Washington D.C. Wages have fallen and the standard of living of American families has stagnated because of a basic law: the law of supply and demand. The price of labor has been dropping because the supply of labor has exploded...

"Having declared free trade and open borders to be American policy, why are we surprised that corporate executives padlocked their plants in the Rust Belt and moved over seas?  Why keep your plants here when you can manufacture at a fraction of the cost abroad, ship your goods back, and pocket the windfall profits that come from firing $20 an hour Americans and hiring fifty-cent-an-hour Asians? A pair of Nikes that sells for $150 in the United States costs $5 in wages to make in Indonesia. Any wonder that Nike president Philip Knight is the fifth richest man in America, with $5.2 billion, while his Indonesian workers make 31 cents an hour?" (Emphasis mine)

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