Are we really on "God's side?"
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In the days of Herod. Kins of
Judca, a priest named Zechariah
and his wife Elizabeth were both
"righteous before God, walking
in all the commandments and
ordinances of the Lord blameless.
And they had no child,
because that Elizabeth was barren,
and they were now well
stricken in years." Luke 1:5-7.
"I3ut the angel (of the Lord)
said unto him, Fear not,
Zechariah: for thy prayer is
heard; and thy wife Elizabeth
shall bear thee a son, and thou
shalt call his name John: For
thou shalt have joy and gladness;
and many shall rejoice at his
birth. For he shall be great in the
sight of the Lord, and shall drink
neither wine nor strong drink;
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and he shall be filled with the
Holy Ghost, even from his mother's womb." Luke 1:18-15
"And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from
God unto a city of Galilee, name Nazareth, to a virgin
espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of
David; and the virgin's name was Mary." Luke 1: 26-27
Mary visits Elizabeth
"And behold, thy (Mary's) cousin Elizabeth, she hath also
conceived a son in her old age: and this is the sixth month
with her, who was called barren." Luke 1:36
"And Mary arose in those days... and entered into the
house of Zecnariah, and saluted Elizabeth. And it came to
Cass, that, when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the
abe leaped in her womb; and Elizabeth was filled with the
Holy .Ghost: And she spake out with a loud voice, and said,
Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy
womb. And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord
should come to me? For, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation
sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for
joy." Luke 1:39-44
It's sad to think what might have happened if Mary had
met Elizabeth in the United States in Elizabeth's sixth month
of pregnancy. Because in this great country of ours, it's legal
to abort, or kill, a baby in the womb in the name of choice. Of
course, I contend the choice should be exercised in the bedroom,
not a hospital or doctor's room.
Without Gods providential intervention, in this country it
would legajjy be possible for John the Baptist and Jesus to be
aborted while they were still a fetus in their respective mother's
womb if they were born today. Of course, this is just conjecture,
since we know God would never allow such a thing to
happen. But it emphasizes the fact that this greatest country
in the world has declared war on the most helpless segment
of its population, namely our unborn children. Many detractors
speak out about us declaring war on Iraq. But hardly
anyone is speaking out about us declaring war on our unborn.
True, the Romans were cruel, but they paled In comparison
to the barbarity of the present government of the United
States of America. Since abortions were legalized in this
country on January 22, 1973, there have been more
than 35 million unborn babies murdered.
If we, in this country, don't start really trusting in God,
instead of emblazoning our money with "In God We Trust"
because it sounds good to an un-G-odly world, God is going to
stop blessing this country. And when He takes His hand of
approval off us, we will self destruct just like the Romans did.
One of the greatest atrocities of man against man was
Hitler killing 6 million Jews during World War II. Yet, since
abortions became legal, more than 35 million unborn babies
have been slaughtered. I don't know about you, but that
shames me!
Senator Kerry supports abortions. President Bush doesn't.
We, as children of God, need to go to the polls on November
3rd and vote against anyone who supports, -the killing of
unborn babies, which is what abortion is. Just because it's
legal doesn't make it right.
If the fetus of John the Baptist could jump for joy at six
months of age, so could any other fetus if the mother or father
thought it was convenient enough to let the fetus live long
enough to do so.
I stand on the Bible when it comes to abortions. You
should, too because anyone who won't stand for something
will fall for anything, which is partly to blame for. the complacency
in this country when it comes to abortions.
We need to go to the polls and vote our convictions, which
should mirror the convictions of Jesus.
Matthew 19:14 tells us, "But Jesus said, Suffer little children,
and forbid them not to come unto me; for of such is the
kingdom of heaven."
No wonder John Kerry has such a long face! More than 35
millions babies have been killed while the rest of us snoozed.
We ought to be ashamed! And let our outrage about abortions
be reflected in the voting booth by voting to kill John Kerry's
bid for president come November 3rd.
We'll talk again, folk.
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A Native American Perspective
on Celebrating Columbus Day
On the subject, of whether or not we licrc in Robeson County
should celebrate Columbus Day for lus commendable discovery and
result of one of the biggest revolutions, I am steadfast in my opposition.
I do not understand how we here in Robeson County could
celebrate a man that was so inhumanely cruel and torturous to the
natives he encountered Especially since, this county and surrounding
counties in this area are home to the Lumbcc Tribe of Chcraw
Indians, and to celebrate the day that their fallow natives encountered
the leader of their destroyer, would be simply unjust
This county, as wen as all others should not uplift a man that
deserves nothing less than a punishment of life in confinement for
his deliberate actions He single handedly started the chain of ev ents
that lead to the mass deaths of more natives in a matter of months
than the entire Jewish Holocaust Which by the way. its reported that
six million Jews and Polish people were slaughtered dunng the years
of World War I and II under Hitler's Nazi regime This' man came to the
Americas on a mission not to trade peacefully, but to conquer the
land and its people, enrich himself at the expense of the natives, and
to enslave those natives he captured In his own words of his royal
charter, his mission was to "discover and acquire" all new lands as
well as "pearls, precious stones, gold and silver' and all other valuables.
Then to give reasons for his cruelty and inhumane behavior to
the natives, he dared to say he felt inspired by CTod and reassured by
the Tightness of his cause. This man shamed not only himself but the
word of God and all Christians when he proclaimed his slaughtering
and other wrong doings on the behalf of Christianity.
Therefore I propose that this county, as well as all other counties
should not even consider or propose celebrating Columbus Day We
here in America do not dare celebrate and rejoice the tragic events
that occurred on 9/11, four years ago, and we should not. We simply ?
grieve and pay homage to the tragedy that took so many of our loved
ones lives and consequently changed all others in this great nation
With that mind set, the same can and should be done for the day that
Columbus landed in the New World. We should honor all the natives
that have died in consequence to his forth coming I propose that we
have that day set aside for mourning and remembrance to offer tribute.
We should pay reverence to all the natives whose life styles and
cultures were consequently dramatically changed forever. Since that
day, over five hundred and some years ago the native population has
dropped so much so, that our Native American race and identity has
almost become one of non existence in this nation's racial standings.
Now at approximately only 1.5 percent we have become an indigenous
people in our own homeland, our place of rest since the dawn
of the last ice age. So please do not torture my people anymore with
the glorification of our ultimate enemy, Christopher Columbus.
Byron Brooks
'one native'
LRDA preparing for Fall
Pow wow, Oct. 29-31
The Lumbce Regional Development Association Inc. is sponsoring
a Fair Pow-Wow October 29-31. There will be Thousands of dollars in
prize money for performers in standard Pow-Wow categories
Location-Pembroke, NC at the LRDA events field located at 636
Prospect Road.
Gates open/close Admission:
Oct 29-Open 4pm Close IOpm General - S5 00
Oct 30-Open 10am Close 11pm Seniors-S3 00
Oct 31 -Open 1 Oam Close Opm Youth -12 and under - $3.00
Handicapped children under 5 - Free
College and Military ID - S1.00 off
Door Prizes all three days
Numerous foods, arts, and crafts vendors
For more information contact:
Lumbce Regional Development Association. Inc
(910T521 -860-2 orwww.lumbce.org
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