[P-Marlowe]

This is politics, the art of the possible. It is not about anybody’s conscience or standing in the eyes of God.

EVERYTHING we do on this planet is about conscience and our standing in the eyes of God.

In case you hadn't noticed, Free Republic is not only a conservative forum, but is a PRO GOD forum. If you don't believe that your actions on this earth have spiritual consequences, then you are on the wrong forum.

All of this preening and agonizing just makes conservatives look crazy, un-serious, and weak, and makes us more likely to be marginalized and ignored.

We are Gideon's army. I am not agonizing about anything. I am preparing for the battle.

For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Eph 6:12

[cripplecreek]

I am not agonizing about anything. I am preparing for the battle.

Yep. Absolutely no fear or anger from me. I know I'm doing the right thing and putting God first. At some point we have to take a stand and the time is now.



"It was Sunday morning early in the year 1776. In the church where Pastor Muhlenberg preached, it was a regular service for his congregation, but a quite different affair for Muhlenberg himself. Muhlenberg's text for the day was Ecclesiastes 3 where it explains, 'To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven; a time to be born, and a time to die, a time to plant, and a time to pluck what is planted...'"

"Coming to the end of his sermon, Peter Muhlenberg turned to his congregation and said, 'In the language of the holy writ, there was a time for all things, a time to preach and a time to pray, but those times have passed away.' As those assembled looked on, Pastor Muhlenberg declared, 'There is a time to fight, and that time is now coming!' Muhlenberg then proceeded to remove his robes revealing, to the shock of his congregation, a military uniform."

"Marching to the back of the church he declared, 'Who among you is with me?' On that day 300 men from his church stood up and joined Peter Muhlenberg. They eventually became the 8th Virginia Brigade fighting for liberty."

"Frederick Muhlenberg, Peter's brother, was against Peter's level of involvement in the war. Peter responded to Frederick writing, 'I am a Clergyman it is true, but I am a member of the Society as well as the poorest Layman, and my Liberty is as dear to me as any man, shall I then sit still and enjoy myself at Home when the best Blood of the Covenant is spilling? ...So far am I from thinking that I act wrong, I am convinced it is my duty to do so and duly I owe to God and my country."