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    Darkness is not an affirmative force. It simply reoccupies the space vacated by the light. This is the Hamilton Corner on American Family Radio. It should be uncomfortable for a believer to live as a hypocrite. Delivery people out of the bondage of mainstream media. And the philosophies of this world. God has called you and me to be His ambassador. Even in this dark moment. Let's not miss our moment. and now the Hamilton Corner. In Colossians 2, verse 8, the New Testament book of Colossians, a very great admonition for clear thinking, precise, reasonable thinking. It says in Colossians 2, 8, be where lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ. Well, good evening everybody. Alex McFarland here so honored that you're listening and watching. Very honored to be here on the Hamilton Corner sitting in for Abe Hamilton the third. And I want to talk about some fallacies which are some wrong ways of thinking and I want to tie that to some news events and things that were in the media today. I do want to give the number because we'd love to take calls. It's me tonight. I don't have a guest. I just want you and I to converse and talk about what's going on a lot going on. So here is the number toll-free nationwide triple eight five eight nine eighty eight forty. That's triple eight five eight nine eighty eight forty and let's talk about the the news of the day from a Christian perspective. Now if you recognize my voice it might be because of a show that's been on 15 years now. This month, it's called Exploring the Word on the American Family Radio Network. Bird Harper and myself have the privilege of leading that Bible teaching show, and I'm very privileged to do that.

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    And then I also get to do some other programs. And by the way, here's a little heads up, not only tonight on the Hamilton corner, and I'll be taking your calls and questions the entire hour. But tomorrow morning, nine to 10 Eastern time, that's eight to nine central and whatever times then you happen to be in. But I'll be hosting Real Truth. It's normally hosted by Jeff Shreve, but I'll be on there tomorrow. And my guest tomorrow morning is going to be Kathy Lee Gifford. And of course, you know, famous media figure, but she's got a brand new book out that deals with Israel. And she is a New York Times best-selling author. So tomorrow morning, nine to 10, 10 into AFR, and you can hear my conversation live, as it happens with Kathy Lee Gifford. But right now, let's unpack a little bit, Colossians 2A, and part of the reason I wanted to do this, there's a new story that really amounts to the accusation of a fallacy. Let me explain. Jen Psaki, the former press secretary for the White House, she was talking about, you know, there are calls for Biden to step down. And I mean, Democrat leaders are saying, President Biden, because of his age and his physical condition should step down. Well, that certainly begs the question, were he to do that, who would be the presumptive Democrat nominee? So Jen Psaki said this, and there have been so many fallacies that are launched at conservatives and Christians. Jen Psaki said, well, the best nominee would be Vice President Kamala Harris. But now listen to this, she says Americans are too racist and too sexist to vote for Kamala Harris as president.

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    Now, how do you respond to that? got a black female Kamala Harris, currently the vice president. Were she to run for president if you weren't going to vote for her according to Jen Psaki, and I think probably many liberal commentators would probably echo this, it's nothing but the fact that you're either racist or sexist or both. Now that's a fallacy called reductionism. If there's ever the implication of something nothing but, it's like Christians are against the LGBTQ trans movement because you're homophobic and transphobic, they would say, I disagree. It's not nothing but phobia and it's, Christians are hateful and unloving. No, maybe there's another option. Maybe we've got a philosophical disagreement. we believe that human biology is not fluid. Maybe also that we believe what God says and our Creator and Almighty God just might know a little bit more about how we should live than the Hollywood media. So understand, folks, there are dozens of ways to think incorrectly, but don't fall prey and don't be silenced or stopped in your tracks if somebody says, oh, well, you're sexist, you're racist, you're this or that. Do you remember folks, let's go all the way back to 1984 trivia time here. If you're a Politico and you like to follow what's going on in American government, who Who ran in 84 against Reagan? Reagan was after his second term, which of course he was re-elected and he did serve a second term.

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    The first election I ever was old enough to vote in was the 84 presidential election. And I remember that I went in the voting booth and there was the name Ronald Wilson Reagan. And I wasn't even born again yet. I was not even a Christian yet, but I did have conservative values. I remember looking there, Ronald Wilson Reagan, and I thought to myself, this thought went through my mind. I thought, this will be the best American president that I get to vote for in my lifetime. And you know what, with all due respect, as much as I love and appreciate Ronald Reagan, and I certainly did, and it was a great honor to pull the lever in the voting booth for Reagan, I really think that Donald Trump was an even better constitutionalist leader. I'm only speaking for myself here. We don't endorse candidates or parties. I'm merely commenting. Me as an individual. I mean, my goodness, in his first term, we could talk about what Trump did. Maybe you wanna call in and what impressed you. Maybe it was his stand with Israel. Maybe it was his putting the embassy in Jerusalem where people as far back as Gerald Ford had promised to do that, but they never did. And then, of course, by the way, it's interesting, folks, you think about this. Who else? Here's a trivia question for you. Just like President Biden has, age has caught up with his political aspirations. And there's somebody else that they took a chance that Trump would lose in 16 and age caught up with their political ideologies and the balance of the Supreme Court was changed. I'm going to circle back to that. Let's go back to 84. Reagan's opponent was Walter Mondale. Do you remember that?

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    Okay, here's the question, Politico's. Who was Walter Mondale's running mate? Geraldine Ferraro. Remember that? First female on the ticket, Vice President, candidate Geraldine Ferraro. And I remember how people that you know were for Reagan and Bush. This was George H.W. Bush. Daddy Bush was Reagan's running mate. They said, oh you're against Geraldine Ferraro just because you're anti-women. And I remember, I was just, you know, 20, 21 years old. And I was like, well, no. My parents were against her because she had liberal policies, although my goodness, by comparison, the Democrats of the mid 80s would be conservative compared to Democrats today. But I thought about this. Just like in 84, people said, you're against Geraldine Ferraro because you're misogynistic. You're anti-women. And you couldn't vote for a vice president that's a female. No, it's not that at all. It's not that at all. It's the policies. Fast forward to 2008 and Barack Hussein Obama was running. I remember I was in Pittsburgh. I was on a show and there was an NBC commentator. I really don't remember the gentleman's name, but I was being interviewed. And off air between a commercial break, he said, so are you going to be a Republican? going to vote for President Obama. And I said, or Barack Obama, and I said, well, actually, no, I'm not. And he kind of smiled, and he said, a white man couldn't vote for a black candidate. And I said, I disagree. I said, you're implying that my unwillingness to vote for Barack Obama is nothing but, you see, here's reductionism again, nothing but bias or racism. I said, my hand to the Lord, it's not that. It's policies. Listen, I would vote straight ticket for ethnic minority females or males if they had the right policy. What policies, moral truth, constitutionalism, the rule of law, the sanctity of human life, secure the borders, advocate for the welfare and the interest of tax paying American citizens, have responsible immigration policies. Don't let people that are here illegally vote, have a national voter ID law where we make sure that we have honestly tabulated elections, that we have good foreign policy, that we stand with Israel and against terrorism.

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    And you know that. I think you probably know what the positions would be. So when Jen Psaki today, part of that leading up to this, when Jen Psaki says Kamala Harris This couldn't be the nominee because most Americans are too sexist and too racist. Folks, that's a reductionistic fallacy. I'll take it back to Colossians 2.8. This is don't let anyone spoil you with vain philosophy and the tradition of men, the rudiments of the world, in verse 8 of Colossians 2, it really means the empty assumptions of the world. there is the assumption, this is why conservatives have got to communicate with clarity and yes with passion. Look, truth exists and our nation is based on truth. Well, last week I was in Colorado, I was in front of almost 300 teenagers and during the Q&A we had a lot of Q&A and let me say be encouraged, there's a lot, there are a lot of bright teenagers that are coming up that really passionately care not only about this country but about Jesus Christ. But a student asked me in this camp last week, does our government need to be rewritten or reinvented? And I said, oh my goodness, heavens no. There's not a thing wrong with our Judeo-Christian constitutionalist republic. What's wrong is we've not been following it. See, our constitution will work if it's it's followed. But we've had a lot of people holding office in Washington, and this maybe is topic for when we come back after the break. It's not that the Constitution is flawed. It's not that the timeless, immutable, objective, absolute principles on which Americans achieve freedom are flawed. That's impossible. Because you have to understand, like Jefferson wrote in the Declaration, self-evident truth that the most fundamental right is the right to life, liberty, the pursuit of happiness. But then as James Madison said, our Constitution, it only works if people believe in morality, equal protection and representation before the law equal accountability before the law. See, when you base your beliefs and your behaviors on God's reveal truth, you can't go wrong because God's truth is true, right? So there's nothing about our government structure, the Constitution, the Bill of Rights. There's nothing that's flawed about that. We've got problems every which way we look because we're not following it. We've got to see it restored. So here's the number. When we come back, we've got a brief break.

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    I want to take some telephone calls. The number is 888-4888-4888-4888-48. And let me just say in talking about the fiscal state of President Biden, the viability of Kamala Harris or lack thereof. We wish no ill, no ill will or anything like that. But we're talking about the future of the country. We're talking about our liberties and freedoms, God and country. It's worth discussing, it's worth fighting for, and it's worth speaking truth, even if it's hard truth. Stay tuned, the American Family Radio Network, Alex McFarland, or back after this. who will? Preborn receives no government funding so their work is completely dependent on us. Preborn has rescued over 280,000 babies and that's not all. They provide love, support and counseling for up to two years for free, saving lives and souls. One ultrasound is just $28 or $140 helps to rescue five babies lives. Abortion doesn't stop so we can't. Together you and I can save lives. Just dial pound 250 on your cell and say the keyword baby that's 250 baby or go to preborn calm that's preborn calm shining light into the darkness this is the Hamilton quarter an American family radio while we've got a lot of calls Kansas Alabama Ohio we're gonna get right to it hey yes Lewis for just a second folks back oh I don't know 60 plus years ago, C.S. Lewis was publishing just a lot, not only about Christianity, but about, well, culture.

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    And he wrote an essay against pacifism. This is back during World War II. And the press, even at that time, kind of rebuked C.S. Lewis, they said, you're a Christian apologist and you're against pacifism. You're saying people should fight. And C.S. Lewis was saying, yes, this It's a just cause to defeat the Hitler war machine and Hirohito. And I love this quote, and this is why we do what we do. They asked, you know, why are you bringing your Christianity to the public square? And he said, quote, to fight, now listen to this classic, that great cataract of nonsense that pours from the press and the microphone of the age, end of quote, the cataract that blinds people. Well, thank God for the American Family Radio Network, proclaiming truth like pure water on a hot day. Thank God for truth. It still changes lives. Hey, we're going to talk to some people. By the way, the number is 888-48-4848. And just to, as we queue up the first call, I just saw this news flash that Putin at this World Summit mistakenly refers to Ukrainian President Zelensky as Russian President Putin. By the way, you may remember Russia and the Ukraine are fervently at war to refer to the Ukrainian leader as President Putin. Talk about GAFs. I mean, that's just a verbal train wreck. But Ron in Alabama, Ron, thanks for holding and welcome to the American Family Radio Network. Well, thank you, brother, Alex, for taking my call. I always want to bring up the fact that there's not the Bible describe everything that's going on currently today.

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    And is it not so that every part of our government, from education to defense department and everything in between, the decision-makers and all of those departments? I'm talking about bureaucracy and also the elected people. The ones who make the decisions, the bosses, the supervisors, you know, the decision makers. Yeah. They're marches, they're marches and communists. And so, you know, Ron, you mean. Ron, you mean. I'm just gonna be like this. Yeah, I mean, think about this. Let me read, hold that thought, Ron. Second Timothy three. You said, does the Bible describe what's going on? Well, I think it predicted it. Second Timothy three says this, know this that in the last days, perilous times will come. For men will be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient, to parents, unthankful, unholy. Verse three, second Timothy three three, without natural affection. Many scholars, two centuries ago, that is a probable reference to homosexuality. People give themselves to an unnatural affection. Liars, accusers, incontinent. That's no self-control. Fierce. Despisors of those that are good. Traders. Heady. High-minded. That means arrogant. And here's verse 4 of 2 Timothy 3. Lovers of pleasure, more than lovers of God, having a form of godliness but no power. In other words, they're religious, but it's not Christ-likeness. And so, Ron, to your point, yeah, I think the Bible says as we get closer and closer to the time of Christ's return, there's going to be a more and more clear delineation. The people of God, the people who reject God, the people of light and truth, the people of darkness and error.

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    And that's why folks be bold, be brave, don't be ashamed to say that you're a follower of Jesus. And don't be ashamed to say that you believe the Word of God. We do believe God's Word. Because there are so many people that are lost and they don't even know they're lost. But Ron, Thank you. And let's pray for the Spirit of God to, you know, I often say this and next week at the Republican convention, I'll be broadcasting from there. You know, we need to pray that the Holy Spirit would rule and overrule. But Barbara in Mississippi, Barbara, thanks for holding and welcome to the program. Thank you. Well, you just spoke so well just now about the Bible and about God and how to do your neighbor and how to treat others. you know, but it seems like me, you're the epitome of that. Okay. Oh, sister, to God be the glory. You know, I'm a Baptist and we have a lot of members that, you know, they talk the Bible, but they don't walk it. They don't live it. Okay. And it's because Biden and Trump, you know, for yourself, there's no comparison. There's no comparison between Biden and Trump. And you all know that. Oh, yeah. I ask him because it's not working. Joe Biden says he's not going nowhere. I do believe he's God's man. I do believe that Trump can change. If he get God in his heart, he could change. But he doesn't. He just lie, lie, lie. So you believe, and God bless you, and thank you for listening. But do you believe that Biden is God's man to lead this country? i just appeal here's a godly man when he speak i've heard him often say if god is willing a lot of it uh... president thing to help came through the always and we're going to do this but we're gonna pass that we're going to try to go and go this and that but they never say i don't know if god is willing mhm well let me say this let me encourage you and and i want to thank you for calling And I want to say this respectfully, but I really don't think that President Biden is governing in a godly way.

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    Now I want to be careful. I would say this because during the early church, I mean the Christians were under Roman persecution and while I vehemently want to disagree with many of the policies that he's advocated because let me just go back and say this. In any administration apart from the personality and Barbara I want to encourage you to please not be misled by what somebody might say in a speech. Look at how they govern. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. who is really one of my political heroes. He said this in his book, Why We Can't Wait. In 1963 Dr. King wrote one of the masterpieces of American writing, and it was his justification for the civil rights movement and it's thoroughly Christian. But Dr. King said, and he quotes a lot of great leaders like St. Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Jefferson Lincoln, that a just law is any law that harmonizes with the character of God. And Dr. King said also that an unjust law is one that goes against the word of God and the character of God. Now that being the case, Barbara, I think we would have to conclude irrespective of any speech, look at the laws, I mean, to open the border and jeopardize, I mean, there have been rapings and murders committed by illegals streaming into this country. That is unjust when the President Biden could secure the border, but he won't. There are a minimum, minimum of a quarter million fentanyl drug overdose deaths a year because of drugs coming across the southern border. The president could do something about that and he won. In January of 2020, when candidate Biden was running for office, he said, quote, there's no place in the Democrat party for someone who is not pro-choice. So the president has been as pro-abortion as any elected official we've ever had. And let me just say this, that in In Fanticide, the killing of the unborn is ungodly.

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    So Barbara, I want to thank you for listening and I just humbly would ask that you keep listening. But please know this too. My rejection of Biden as fit to lead and my analysis of his policies as unconstitutional and ungodly. That doesn't mean that I blanket agree with everything Donald Trump has ever said or done, but when it comes to policies, I mean, even those on the left will acknowledge Trump's policies, domestic policy, foreign policy, economic policy, INS, immigration, the border, Trump's policies have been constitutional where Biden's have been unconstitutional. And I will tell you this, if Dr. King were still around, I can promise having studied his writings for 25 years, I can guarantee if he were still around he would not be for President Biden. Barbara, thanks for listening. And I humbly would ask that you stay tuned and be opened to the idea that we must, we must get a conservative constitutionalist back in that Oval Office. And by that, I mean a Republican. don in mississippi uh... welcome to the program thank you uh... my concern was that since we're all christians out here that's listening that maybe we should change from a republican party on a road road and change to independent to let the republicans know where we stand that we don't stand with them and their their platform that they put out their for us well uh... You know, that's a thought. I want to be clear. Let me just say this and listen carefully, folks. And I was on the phone this morning with some people because, you know, I'm prepping for next week.

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    I'm going to be at the convention officially, officially the Republican Party, neither the Republican Party nor candidate Trump have abandoned a pro-life position. Now much is being made in the news and I really think the liberal media is promoting this because they know folks Evangelical Christians Well Catholic Protestant Orthodox the Christian vote represents a hundred and twenty million adults now think about that I've talked with George Barna about this and a lot of people people, if Christians would vote and vote godly, they could have any election they wanted, right? And so I think there's a lot of information out there that is intentionally designed to dissuade Christians from voting and from voting Republican. But here's the thing, and folks, I hope you know I'm unequivocally, unapologetically pro-life. I am as pro-life a human as you will ever hear, not only as a Christian Bible believer, but as a constitutionalist. It's not so much that the RNC, at least as I understand it, and I've talked to people that are definitely in the know. It's not so much that they're abandoning the sanctity of human life, but I would say in their platform for this year. It's kind of a strategic how they're messaging about their platform. It's like this. This is not a great analogy. This is probably a poor analogy, but folks bear with me. So let's say you're trying to sell a car and the person comes and they're like, oh, it's a good looking car. I might buy this car. Well, you know, when you're making the sale, you don't say, oh, by the way, it's going to require an oil change every 3,000 years. By the way, you know, it is going to cost you $2,000 a year in fuel cost. Those are facts that are undeniable. But when you're in the mode of honest persuasion, you're selective about what you say and when you say it. I'm not saying lie. I would never say lie.

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    I would never say mislead anybody. But it's not that the Republicans have abandoned the pro-life position, but they're talking about some other, their leading, shall we say, with some other issues. Now, what does that have to do? I really don't to your question. I I don't think a three-party system is viable. Honestly, I really do think that, and this goes back again to the early 90s, like Ross Perot. See, here's the thing you've got to understand about liberals and socialists. They know how to unify. And if Republicans try to make a statement, and I've had friends in previous years, They'll say, well, you know, I wrote in Billy Graham as my vote. That might feel good for a second. If you're not, there are people who say, oh, I'm not going to vote, or I'm going to write in some, or I'm going to be independent. Every vote that is not cast for the conservative constitutionalist candidate in this election if he's the nominee Trump. We're not endorsing a candidate. I'm simply saying how the math is going to work. If we don't vote for the conservative constitutionalists, that's a vote for the guy who is the liberal socialist, globalist, non-constitutionist. I appreciate your heart, Don, but I really don't think changing to independent is really going to accomplish what we want. Sally and Kansas. Now Lee, thanks for holding welcome to the American Family Radio Network. I think I just want to tell you that I listened to you and Pastor Bert on exploring the word almost every day and I really enjoy that program. And I've heard you say on that program that women should not be the lead pastor in a church and you've backed up with verses that you see in the Bible.

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    And my question is how do you reconcile that then with a woman being a leader as far as being president of the United States where she would be over men in that position. Great question. Hey, hold that thought. We've got a break. Sally from Kansas, Bob in Ohio, Jim and Arkansas, we're going to get to all the calls. We'll do our very best. Stay tuned, folks. Alex McFarland here. So honored you listening to the American Family Radio Network, a brief break, and we're back after this. Don't go away, please. a Hamilton Quarter podcast and one-minute commentaries are available at aFR.net. Back to the Hamilton Quarter on American Family Radio. Welcome back to the program. Alex McFarland here so honored to be sitting in for Abe Hamilton the third and let me just say how much I appreciate the fact that attorney, pastor, journalist Abe Hamilton would trust me with his show when he is traveling. It really is a great honor. And by the way, I'll be on again tomorrow morning on the AFR Network on Real Truth, 9 to 10 Eastern, and my guest will be Kathy Lee Gifford, best-selling author, and of course, Wellness and Media Figure. By the way, before we go to the next call, I want to finish up. The previous caller said, you know, as Christian, and we know what the Bible says about the pastor would be, the husband of one wife, how do I reconcile that with the potential of voting for a female presidential candidate. Well let me just say this that the Constitution in Article II, Section 1, Clause 5, here are the qualifications. There's basically three qualifications to be President. Natural born citizen, 35 years of age, and having lived in the US at least 14 years concurrently. So, you know, the Constitution, interesting, which was written in 1787, fully ratified by 1789. You know, it doesn't specify mail.

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    And while, you know, I understand that despite all of the attempts for enforced egalitarianism, you know, throughout history, even to the present moment, there's a certain gravitas and power the world over in male leadership. Now, I am not against female leaders. In fact, I've hired, when I was president of the Southern Evangelical Seminary, I hired and promoted administration illustration and faculty, many, many females. And there are so many things where the question is not, is it male or female, the question is, who is the most competent? And in every field of endeavor, my goodness, academics, engineering, business, medicine, my goodness, females have accomplished, everything males have accomplished and sometimes more. The pastorate, because the Bible says that the church, Ephesians says Christ is head of the church which he bought with his own blood. And therefore Christ is certainly at liberty to lay down what are the structures for the church. Whole list thought folks. I began the show with the fallacy of reductionism and where people say, oh well, such and such is nothing but. And you know, I've had even professed Christian thinkers You know at some Christian universities they'll say well, you know what the New Testament says about? Male leadership in the local church that's nothing but you know the patriarchy or Male you know ego well that's trying to apply reductionism to the scripture No, I think the scripture you know when you read like in in first Timothy three, two, that a pastor is to be blameless, the husband of one wife. And I'm not trying to be smart, but a female cannot be, quote, the husband of one wife. So, but while I acknowledge the New Testament's parameters for male leadership in the senior pastorate, I really wouldn't constitutionally and in terms of competence. I would have no problem voting for a female presidential or vice presidential candidate or any other office if they had the right policies.

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    But let's continue. I want to get these calls in and thrilled to hear from all of you. Bob in Ohio. Bob, thanks for holding. Welcome to AFR. Hey, I want to say I want to very much thank AFR and you. I love other station. I appreciate your sincerity for love for God and the scripture and for our country and the actual somebody who's on basically aware of reality and not ashamed to basically speak to the truth the whole truth you know uh... bless you i love that and love america and uh... you know i'm a i'm a sage uh... spiritually spiritually active uh... governance engaged uh... conservative right yeah i see it by the way let me jump in bob forgive me for uh... and thank you for for those who don't know um... The Barna Research Group, very respected pollsters, sociologists, they kind of created that term sage, spiritually active, government-engaged, conservative. So if you were new to that acronym that Bob just gave us, that's kind of what that means. I remember hearing that term a few years ago and that they would actually call it sage con, but sage for short. But that's, I'm one of those to bob amen you know and i think i've been the long-view i mean really having paid for america for decades and on you know having my ear to the ground uh... to think that you know if you really are honest and you understand goals of marxism and you understand the problems he's about how god dealt with uh... israel and you understand this severity of what a nuclear holocaust or you realize my goodness if america loses election we could literally lose the country. It's so critical. And, you know, but it seems most people are not really reacting to that, but the church at large is like just another day, you know? But for at least a decade, I think I've had like a, and I'm most simplified, real simple, with like two key scriptures, but just a basic action plan.

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    I call it A WAP, A WAP, A World of Prayer, A AMOP, A Man, Woman of Prayer, A Hapa House of Prayer, and then it ends up with A WAP. basically the key verses I would say would be the principal is an exit at 17. Moses says fighting Amalek right there at the beginning of the nation. He goes up to pray and he's helped praying. Joshua's down there fighting when Moses hands those down. Amalek's winning. Moses hands are up. Joshua's winning. So we know that if you read that chapter and study it, we're going to have spiritual warfare all the way to the end of the day. Just like you just said on Luke 18, when the Son of Man comes, we'll find faith on the earth. Now, one more verse, people say, oh, you can't apply the Old Testament, all that cancel. Well, look at 1 Timothy 2, 1, 2, and 8. It says, pray for those in authorities, in top priority, in verse 8 says, I want the men in every place. If that is not a suggestion, if that's actually a command, then I would say it's probably the most neglected command in the last couple of decades. But I contend that if we would follow that, if every pastor and every man, including myself, and believe me, I need help with this. always the pastors would encourage me in this. Hey pray for your nays pray for your nation in your prayer closet Get with some men. We're gonna pray at the church pray with your family if every church would do that I know it would be a game changer for more reasons that I'm sure you could enumerate But that's pretty much what I wanted to say. Thank you. Well, God bless you Bob Yes, we do need to pray for those in authority and and intercede, and let me just also say that I wish my fellow clergy would use their pulpit in their platform to influence people and talk about political, social, moral issues. Pastor, you will not, your local church will not quote, lose their 501c3 status because churches don't even have or need 501c3 status. Churches are tax exempt since the 19th century. So pastor, 80% of your parishioners and study after study has corroborated this.

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    80% of parishioners wish their clergy would speak about moral social political issues from a biblical perspective and yet so many don't. But Bob, thank you. Jim in Arkansas. Thanks for holding welcome to the American Family Radio Network. Yes, I used to be a Democrat back in the early or late 90s when Bill Clinton did what he did in the Oval Office that turned me. I said, nobody should be able to do stuff like that. It may have before, but I am now a conservative and I'm a vote for the person who is a conservative. Same sex marriage, not conservative. Two genders. That is a conservative value, murdering, murdering savings. That is a conservative thing that they will not put up with. The liberals love that. I don't know why. And Biden goes right along with this. And I'm not putting Biden down. I'm just saying this is a Democratic ticket, letting people across the border. It's a Democratic saying they want more voters. trying to get them to vote. As you see, I am a conservative. I believe in Jesus Christ with all my heart. And even in Romans 5, 8, it says, while you were yet sinners, Christ loved us enough to die for us. So if you are a sinner, you have a way to get out of it and give your life to Jesus Christ. God bless you. God bless you. And hey, listen, Jim, I'm thankful that you were willing and honest enough to change your voting habits. I've talked to a lot of people and they said, well, you know, my family is just always voted Democrat. Well, look, folks, ultimately our trust is in the Lord Jesus, ultimately.

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    But when it comes down to these issues about the Constitution, the unborn, and let me just say this, folks, if anyone says to you, well, Biden is defending women's health care. The killing of the unborn is not women's health care. When Donald Trump put Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh on the court, and the court did the right thing and overturned Roe vs. Wade, no female lost any rights because the only rights we have before the Constitution are natural law rights. And unless it's self-defense or national defense, no one has the right to murder another human being. who breaks in your house and they're going to kill you, you obviously have the right to self-defense. But here's the thing about life. When a person experiences an unexpected pregnancy, yes, I know that can be burdensome. Yes, I know that immoral decisions may have led to that, but we don't have the right to to do wrong to try to deal with what was less than ideal decision. There is no constitutional right to abortion. There never was. Let's go to John in Virginia. John, thanks for holding welcome to the program. Thank you. I was just what expressed thoughts on abortion and COVID. I believe the country really suffer because of mandates on COVID abortion, which I believe is the pharmacy industry is behind a lot of it, or especially in abortion. They use the babies for different things and and of medicine. I believe that our answer to the problems is more of a Christian problem and a God problem than a political problem. I think we can turn to God in prayer and in his word and find that we are black.

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    And then I think we should take that to the world and to the, and to the country, to people that may have never heard that it's wrong to do these things and take that into the world. I think we could, we can also forgive one another. And, and God says that he will forgive us if we turn away from all wicked ways. I thank we do that and pray for each other John you make a great point You know it's almost like second chronicle 714 if my people who are called by my name will Unbel themselves and pray and seek my face God says I will hear from heaven Forgive their sin and heal their land. We can all participate in that I want to go to Is it Costa COS TA in Texas Costa or Costa? But like of course, Eric, thank you so much, Alex, for picking up my phone. Oh, thank you. I just, yeah, I'm just jumping in. I want to respond to a shift, I called Barbara, who was talking about the present saying, in March of 721, Jesus was very explicit on that. He said, not everyone will say Lord Lord will end in the heaven. So I'm from Africa. We moved here in the US with our stance that they named democracy and we went for democratic or liberal side because of that name. Okay, but we saw something different. Because the family is rushing, no one should kill. Killing is like saying, God, you don't have the right on this. And I don't think that we should support anyone who supports the other side, like opposing what's got. God bless you. Costa, forgive me for jumping it. Beautifully said, wonderfully said. Folks, I think about, there was a priest in Florence, South Carolina, Robert Morrie, who would not serve communion to Biden. And he was criticized, but this priest, he said, look, our church says abortion is wrong, and I'm not going to give communion to a man that is for something that's against our doctrine.

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    That was a brave person. Folks, it's time to pray, it's time to be informed, it's time to have courage and to think rationally stand for God and truth. The views and opinions expressed in this broadcast may not necessarily reflect those of the American Family Association or American Family Radio.

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