In Defense of Christopher Columbus! October 12th Columbus Day!

Why is he in need of defense, you ask?  Columbus' noble character and great achievements are being maligned by public school educators.  Children are being taught that "he was very, very mean."  Some 4th graders in Pittsburgh put him on trial, charging him with misrepresenting the Spanish crown and thievery.  They found him guilty and sentenced him to life in prison.  Columbus great discovery of the new world to the Europeans opened the door to bring Christian civilization to a savage, primitive world with many human-sacrificing cannibals.  That  discovery is now being mocked and misrepresented. Since Columbus is not here to defend himself, I must make an attempt on his behalf. 

The name Christopher means Christ-bearer, and he believed God called him to bring Christ to the heathen.  He desired the wealth of the Indies to finance world evangelism and one last great crusade to take the holy land away from the Muslims.  Ferdinand and Isabella had finally stopped the advance of Islam into Spain, which enabled the sovereigns to start the new exploration venture with Christopher Columbus.   Columbus asked for 10% of the discovered wealth, the title of Admiral, and to be made governor of all the lands he found.

The first sentence in his logbook for the voyage was, "In the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ."After sailing due west by dead reckoning, (he said he didn't make use of navigational instruments but the Holy Spirit led him), Columbus landed on an island, fell to his knees with his men in prayer and praise to God, planted a large cross, and named it San Salvador.  It means Holy Savior.  

The naked natives rejoiced to see the pale men from the east and Columbus took care to make sure that they were not taken advantage of by his men.  Some of the Spaniards had been released from prison to man the ships and were not of noble character.  They were trying to give cheap trinkets in exchange for valuables.  Columbus forbade it and gave good gifts to the natives, asking nothing in return, hoping to win their favor so they'd be receptive to the gospel of Jesus Christ. He cared for the souls of the natives and where they'd spend eternity.  Pardon me, but who could characterize that as mean?  Columbus said they were so gentle and child-like that he believed they would make good Christians. 

While Columbus was absent from some of the islands, his crew (former criminals released from prison for the voyage) engaged in despicable behavior with the natives.  The spreading of disease traveled both ways, from the natives to the Europeans and from the Europeans to the natives.  Christopher Columbus was never implicated in wrong-doing by the honest whistle-blower who reported it. 

Everything I've read from primary and secondary sources has revealed Christopher Columbus as a kind man of strong faith and great courage.  He opened the door for the exploration and colonization of the new world, bringing the knowledge of God through Jesus Christ to those who had never heard the gospel.   Our nation was built on that foundation.  Thank you, Columbus!  I'm celebrating Columbus Day and hope you wil, too.       

Here's the link to the Columbus Letter

DOES AMERICA HAVE A MILLSTONE HUNG ABOUT HER NECK?

Jesus said, “Temptations (that is, snares, traps set to entice to sin) are sure to come; but woe to him by or through whom they come! It would be more profitable for him of a millstone were hung around his neck and he were hurled into the sea, than that he should cause to sin or be a snare to one of these little ones.” Luke 17:1&2 Amplified)
For over 300 years teaching in America’s public schools directed our American youth from Biblical truths to all of life. The schools were seen as an extension of the parents, in the stead of the parents, continuing in and reinforcing the morals and values of the home and church.
The Ten Commandments were posted for all eyes to see, for all hearts and minds to be instructed by God’s Law so that everyone would learn right from wrong. American children were consistently inspired in all instruction, verbal and written, to be noble, virtuous, pure, and clean in mind, body, and actions. They were pointed the right way, in the right direction to God. God’s moral law was the authority from the very beginning until 1962. In 1962, man became the highest authority in the United States, and “trumped” God.
From 1962 the federal courts, without any jurisdiction over education, took over education and the entire country became a reeducation camp with no “God” allowed. The federal courts, manned with anti-Christian humanists, struck down prayer in schools, although certainly no law had been broken by praying teachers and students for over 300 years in this country. Since the judges got away with that without being impeached and removed from office, they stopped Bible reading, followed by stripping the classroom walls of the Ten Commandments. Their order said that seeing the Ten Commandments might cause some children to read, meditate, and perhaps even obey them, and that would not be permissible! It wouldn’t do for them to read and obey God’s rules, “Thou shalt not murder, thou shalt not steal,” etc., thus saith a court of black-robed, black-hearted judges. Congress cooperated by not impeaching them and Christians contributed by not
demanding their removal.
The judges also decreed that excruciating torture and murder of children is legal when it takes place within the nurturing womb. Fifty million children were burned and mutilated to death without any pain-numbing anesthetic . The government has laws that forbid cruelties to animals, but not to children in the womb.
Thus the radical change in student instruction began snow-balling into an avalanche of filth bombarding our children. Whereas once Holy Matrimony was sought and taught as the basic building block of every good society, with children nurtured best in a home with a father and a mother, now it’s almost illegal to portray an ideal family environment. Now it’s Heather Has Two Mommies and Daddy’s Roommate. It’s silent day in the high schools where no one speaks to show how voiceless the homosexuals are in our “unfair” society. In other words, children are now being pointed away from God and driven away from His laws.. Children are encouraged to explore sinful lifestyles . It’s Gay Pride month in June as proclaimed by the National Education Association’s favored president, Barack Obama. It’s now Gay and Lesbian coming out month in October. Obama’s “Safe” Schools czar Kevin Jennings is a homosexual with a dark history of
homosexual activism in the public schools. He’s aggressively promoting homosexuality as “normal” to kindergarteners through the 12th grades. Jennings says he want it to be celebrated. It looks like he’s trying to make the schools safe for homosexual predators, not safe for children.
In our schools today, children are being denied prayer, Bible reading and the knowledge of God’s moral law, which makes for moral people. Now they’re aggressively pushing corrupting influences upon impressionable young minds and hearts. It looks as if our schools are putting a big stumbling block between our children and Jesus. We are even forced to pay for the schools which are causing our children to stumble. Who will help the children? We’d better not sit this one out. “Woe to him by or through whom temptations come…”

Islam On Capitol Hill

50,000 Muslims are expected in Washington, D.C. on September 25, 2009.  Yes, you read that correctly, it's not a misprint.  This was planned for September even though the memory of the 5,000 dead from the Muslim terrorist attacks on us are so fresh and painful from observing their memorials September 11th.  What an affront to the memory of those so brutally slain.

Although they are supposed to have a prayer meeting, the theme for this gathering is not humble petition.   The Muslims' theme is, "Our Time Has Come."  What an authoratative declaration of power!  What an intimidating, frightening, and even terrifying proclamation to a post 9-11 people! 

I suppose the question is, now that the Muslims "time has come" in the United States of America, what are they going to do with it?  Do they want to initiate Islamic law in the shadow of the Capitol which stands for freedom?  Islamic law and freedom do not go together; never have,never will.  By the way, how will we know what they're doing, what they're saying, and what they're printing?  

Please visit their web site to see for yourself:islamoncapitolhill.com

Spending Like Drunken Sailors

Thewild spending spree of our hard-earned money by Barack and Michelle Obamais like nothing ever seen before in the history of the United States of America! They’ve beenfeverishly travelingall over the world on our “dime”, flying to New York for an eveningat the theatre,shopping jaunts for Michelle and the girls for fashions in Paris and London,an extravagant tour of Russia. How very different from other U.S. Presidents who repected the American people and considered tax revenues for public use, not personal profit. When George Washington was appointed Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, he refused a salary and kept a careful account of expenses for the7 years of the war which amounted to $8,000. In the 19th century Andrew Jackson left the White House a poor man, ruined by his lavish hospitality and charity, by the neglect of private business for public duty. But he did leave the U.S. Treasury richer than he found it.From the time Herbert Hooverorganized the Belgian Relief Effort, servedas U.S.CommerceSecretary andasPresident of the United States, he never kept a dollar in remuneration but paid his expenses out of his own pocket. Hoover tookhis salary and distributed it in full to raise the incomes of aides who needed it or to pay for expert personnel not provided by Congress. Money from writing or speaking went to private and public charities. George Washington, AndyJackson, and Herbert Hoover areonly a few of our many honorable Christian presidents who refused topersonally profit or be enriched in any wayfrompublic money. TheObamasact likeour public treasury is theirs toplunderfor theirexpensive personal pleasures.

Czars...in the United States of America?

About 30 unelected, unaccountable, inaccessible despots, rulers, autocrats of the Obama regimehave been givenpower and authority overvast areas ofourcountry by Barack Obama, with a power hedoes not legally possess. He calls them czars, which means emperors, despots, rulers, autocrats,according to Webster’s dictionary.Czar is short for Caesar, who became so very, very powerful in ancient Rome that he was subject to no one. Interesting choice of titles for administative assistants in the Executive branch. What is going on? What is happening in this country? It’s being taken overby forces not authorized by the Constitution.America is rapidly beingchanged beyond recognition. This is not compatible with freedom. It’s unAmerican.America has always been about freedom, opportunity and hope. Czars don’t belong here. It’s up to us who love freedomto stand up for what is right.