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Is this behavior Jesus would bless?

Tuesday, January 8, 2013, 11:53 am | Randy Thomasson

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Do not lay hands on anyone hastily, nor share in other people’s sins; keep yourself pure.
1 Timothy 5:22 NKJV

On Monday, January 7, pro-abortion and openly homosexual legislators were “blessed” at an “interfaith prayer service” at the Catholic Cathedral in Sacramento. See the news

The flyer distributed to state legislator offices read:

On the occasion of the Convening of the 2013-2015 California State Legislature, Speaker John A. Perez invites you to attend an Interfaith Prayer Service/Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament 1017 11th Street, Sacramento CA 95814/Sponsored by: The Interfaith Council of, Sacramento/Hosted by: Bishop Jaime Soto, Diocese of Sacramento (bold added for emphasis)

This event — a “spiritual” photo op for pro-abortion, homosexual activists-legislators such as John A. Perez, Tom Ammiano, Toni Atkins — hosted by Bishop Jaime Soto is especially shocking given the Catholic Church’s pro-life principles and position of marriage licenses only for one man and one woman.

These Biblical values on life and family are openly opposed by homosexual activist Assembly Speaker John A. Perez and virtually all of his fellow Democrat legislators, who now comprise a commanding two-thirds of the Assembly and state Senate.

This clash of values should not come as a surprise to the Catholic bishop, who claims to be strongly pro-life. But three years ago, he hosted a similar “interfaith service” honoring the pro-abortion, homosexual activist Speaker, in a ceremony that included a homosexual “rabbi.” As Perez explained to homosexual media in 2010:

“We did an inter-faith religious service in the morning at 8 a.m. up the street at the Catholic Cathedral. And it was a broad cross-section of the faith community. The final two people to speak were the Bishop of the Catholic Church, Jaime Soto, who I have tremendous respect for even though we disagree on a lot of issues, and Rabbi Denise Eger who’s the rabbi at Kol Ami in West Hollywood and she’s also president of the Board of Rabbis.

“And we arranged for Denise to be the person who gave a blessing over the Legislators. So at the end of the service, the Bishop asked for all the Legislators to remain standing and Rabbi Eger came forward and recited one of the oldest blessings in the Old Testament and blessed all the members of the Legislature. And the power of having this lesbian rabbi be there as the moral authority who was blessing all of us was really an amazing moment.”

Can the Catholic bishop possibly not know what he’s promoting? In addition to the evidence at the State Capitol, in the media, and in front of his own eyes and ears, the California Democratic Party platform is officially pro-abortion, pro-euthanasia, and pro-homosexual-“marriages.” (See these platform sections: “Women” for abortion on demand, “Death with Dignity” for euthanasia promotion, and “Equality of Opportunity” for homosexual “marriages.”)

Don’t think this is only happening in Catholic circles. Last year, an openly homosexual city councilman and activist was given the Sunday morning platform to speak at one of the largest evangelical Christian churches in San Diego. And the founder of the Biblically-conservative Calvary Chapels permits his liberal pastor son, who supports homosexuality, bisexuality, and transsexuality, to be the guest co-host of his “Pastor’s Perspective” radio program. This is despite what God’s word says about these unnatural and unhealthy behaviors.

So, is the Church leading the culture or the culture leading the Church? At this juncture in California history, the answer is obvious. What to do? All who are loyal to God’s word and who have the testimony of Jesus Christ must get out of their church buildings and into the culture to boldly and clearly promote and apply God’s Truth. Either light or darkness will reign, and the choice is yours.

For the time has come for judgment to begin at the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the end of those who do not obey the gospel of God?
1 Peter 4:17 NKJV

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Is your child’s school or your church safe? Probably not.

Sunday, December 16, 2012, 2:52 am | Randy Thomasson

I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about Friday’s shocking massacre of 6- and 7-year-olds — 20 children total — along with 6 adults. All these innocents slaughtered by an evil, demonic, 20-year-old murderer who gained entry to a public elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut.

You wouldn’t know it from listening to the mainstream media, but criminals don’t usually target people or places where they know people are armed for defense. Instead, the body bags are piling up in “gun free zones.”

In our God-ignoring, dehumanizing culture, I’m afraid we’re going to see more mass murders, like this one planned in Oklahoma but foiled just a few days ago. In schools, in theaters, in church buildings. For people are being increasingly regarded as things. Babies, children, women, men, the elderly. America’s self-centered culture and the hedonistic media messages that people digest from their youth are teaching them that other people are either useful, useless, or in the way, rather than innately precious in God’s sight.

As godlessness rises in society, violent attacks will correspondingly increase in formerly “safe” places. That’s why church shootings are on the rise, as was reported in 2007.

Consider last month in Los Angeles: “For God’s sake, if people going to church aren’t protected, then who is?” asked a nearby business owner, who bolted out of his store when he heard the gunfire and saw the dead man lying on the asphalt, surrounded by loudly grieving parishioners. — Church shooting over graffiti outrages L.A. neighborhood, L.A. Times, Nov. 5, 2012

Anti-crime expert John Lott says to protect people at churches, schools, and theaters, there need to be people inside who are armed and trained to shoot in defense. “There are simply too many possible ways to get into different buildings, as the killer at the Batman movie showed by bringing his weapons through the locked emergency door at the back of the theater,” Lott writes. “To reduce future carnage, the key is to get someone with a gun quickly at the scene. Quick responses not only limit the number of casualties, but reduce the attention these killers garner from committing their crimes. We can’t get rid of gun-free zones soon enough.”

Do you lock the door of your home at night? Do you lock your car doors? Yes, you do. Are you ready to use a gun in self defense at home to protect your family? You need to be. Will anyone protect your children if you send them away to a school, or protect your church congregation, if a crazed gunman decides to shoot up the school or the church building? The honest answer is no — not unless there are armed people there who are trained to shoot down murderous assailants.

We must stop fooling ourselves. To protect ourselves and others in our increasingly violent society, responsible citizens must be armed at home and designated, trained individuals should be armed and ready for an intruder at school campuses and where local churches gather. More schools and local churches are using paid security and putting together a comprehensive security plan. The Pilgrims at Plymouth Rock had their men bring loaded muskets into the congregation house because they knew about possible Indian attacks. We should be as wise and as loving today.

No one can enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man. And then he will plunder his house.
Jesus Christ in Mark 3:27 NKJV

But know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.
Jesus Christ in Matthew 24:43 NKJV

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Democrats’ bad bills stall for a month

Thursday, July 5, 2012, 8:28 pm | Randy Thomasson

In the midst of the war against God’s values (waged by liberals/progressives/Democrats/socialists against religious freedom, freedom of association, parental rights, sanctity of life for innocent persons, natural sexuality including man-woman marriage, and godly wisdom across the board), there is a temporary “stall” of the bad bills emanating from and advancing in the Democrat-controlled California Legislature.

On Thursday, July 5, the Assembly (52 Democrats and 28 Republicans) adjourned for a month-long, taxpayer-funded vacation. This means several of the Democrats’ bad bills from the state Senate (25 Democrats and 15 Republicans) won’t advance for one month until the Assembly returns August 6.  These bad bills include:

SB 1172 banning sexual-confusion counseling for molested children
SB 1476 allowing a child to have three or more legal “parents”
SB 623 reauthorizing certain nurses to do abortions of preborn babies

In the Senate, which will adjourn for vacation on Friday, July 6, sits AB 2109, which tramples parental rights on childhood vaccines.

This is what you get with Democrats in charge. With your help, SaveCalifornia.com will continue to educate the public, and legislators who will listen, about the harm and tyranny of these bad bills and their sponsors.

Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil;
Who put darkness for light, and light for darkness;
Who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!

Woe to those who are wise in their own eyes,
And prudent in their own sight!

Woe to men mighty at drinking wine,
Woe to men valiant for mixing intoxicating drink,
Who justify the wicked for a bribe,
And take away justice from the righteous man!
Isaiah 5:20-23 NKJV

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