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Re: The Final American Clarion Article

Bob Ellis — Mon, 12 Jun 2017 14:22:59 -0000

Thank you! God bless your efforts to be a "fisher of men."

Re: The Final American Clarion Article

Bob Ellis — Mon, 05 Jun 2017 09:28:19 -0000

Thank you. And thanks for your support and encouragement, these years.

Re: The Final American Clarion Article

Bob Ellis — Sun, 04 Jun 2017 23:59:25 -0000

Thanks, Opus.

Re: The Final American Clarion Article

Bob Ellis — Fri, 02 Jun 2017 08:42:11 -0000

Thanks for your kind words.

It was an honor publishing your articles. They were always insightful, informative, and written with a great deal of "tough love" compassion.

If I had my druthers, I'd leave AC and DV up, but it costs money even to pay for passive web hosting, and without new articles to drive hits and thus ad revenue, there won't be a revenue stream to pay for it soon. I have them backed up, but that does no one any good but me.

Re: The Final American Clarion Article

Bob Ellis — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 19:17:53 -0000

The GOP has probably always had chameleons and frauds that didn't share its values. However, it WAS founded on conservative principles such as liberty and full constitutional protections for all Americans. The Republican leadership has gone progressively (yes, there's a pun there) worse mainly because its rank-and-file membership, as well as the American people in general, have failed to hold them accountable to their own stated and documented principles.

Re: The Final American Clarion Article

Bob Ellis — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 16:12:15 -0000

It's important to remember that today, there are no liberals. None. Think about it: you NEVER year media, pop culture, et al refer to "liberal politician this" or "liberal candidate that." There are only conservatives and "moderates." Which tells you what the "moderates" really are.

Re: The Final American Clarion Article

Bob Ellis — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 16:11:24 -0000

George H.W. Bush wasn't a conservative by any stretch of the imagination (though today he might seem conservative in comparison). Pretty much everyone who as a living adult during the Reagan years knew HW wasn't a conservative.

Re: The Final American Clarion Article

Bob Ellis — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 14:32:25 -0000

Thanks very much for your kind words, and for all the contributions you've made. They've been greatly appreciated.

Grace and peace to you.

Re: The Final American Clarion Article

Bob Ellis — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 14:31:17 -0000

Hannity. What a disgrace to the Right.

Re: The Final American Clarion Article

Bob Ellis — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 14:30:58 -0000

Shameful!

Re: The Final American Clarion Article

Bob Ellis — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 14:30:44 -0000

God's grace and peace to you, Spouse! Thanks!

Re: The Final American Clarion Article

Bob Ellis — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 14:30:14 -0000

Yeah. I think it says more about the tribalism that affects both sides of the aisle, than anything. You're correct to point out that it's nutty for the Left to react to Trump so harshly (he was one of them for years, and still mostly is). Their ideologies aren't that far apart...but when he put on the blessed "R" which imputes righteousness unto him, he left their tribe, and so now he's an enemy, just as putting on the blessed "R" made him a darling of Republicans and conservatives, even though he continues to support the homosexual/transgender agenda, progressive taxation, socialized health care, et al.

Re: The Final American Clarion Article

Bob Ellis — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 14:27:50 -0000

Thanks, Gina. It was a pleasure to publish your columns. The kind of research you do and the fire you put into it are rare.

Re: The Final American Clarion Article

Bob Ellis — Thu, 01 Jun 2017 09:22:33 -0000

Thanks very much, Kevin. It was my honor to serve you and our country (and hopefully that service will continue, even if in a different way). Not every battle is won, and not every soldier survives a war intact...but you're right: we do know who wins this war ultimately, and for that I am profoundly grateful to have been rescued and adopted into the winning side.

Grace and peace to you!

Re: Going To Gunsite

Bob Ellis — Sat, 15 Apr 2017 20:40:28 -0000

Since you find evil in the tool rather than in the intent of the individual wielding the tool, then you should consider the automobile similarly to the way you treat a firearm: an evil object that must be banned. The same would be true of hammers, knives and fists--all of which "kill more people" than firearms.

I know two things with certainty: God gave us the right to defend ourselves, and the U.S. Constitution guarantees that right. Neither should be infringed.

The murder problem can be remedied by dealing with the real cause of the crime: evil in the human heart. I realize that promoting objective truth and moral values is the last thing the Left wants to see a return to in this nation, but if liberals truly want to deal with the problem and not be recognized as hypocrites, then this is the only real way to solve the problem--especially without trampling on God-given, Constitutionally-protected liberties.

In vain, without the Bible, we increase penal laws and draw entrenchments around our institutions. Bibles are strong entrenchments. Where they abound, men cannot pursue wicked courses, and at the same time enjoy quiet conscience. - James McHenry, Signer of the Declaration of Independence

All the miseries and evils which men suffer from vice, crime, ambition, injustice, oppression, slavery and war, proceed from their despising or neglecting the precepts contained in the Bible. - Noah Webster, Founder, lawyer, Yale graduate, creator of Websters Dictionary

In contemplating the political institutions of the United States, I lament that we waste so much time and money in punishing crimes, and take so little pains to prevent them. We profess to be republicans and yet we neglect the only means of establishing and perpetuating our republican forms of government. That is, the universal education of our youth in the principles of Christianity by the means of the Bible. - Benjamin Rush, doctor and signer of the Declaration of Independence

Re: Going To Gunsite

Bob Ellis — Sat, 15 Apr 2017 08:49:44 -0000

Fists and knives are very handy, too (hammers, also, if one is something of a handyman). Firearms are just more efficient at killing (except maybe for cars--those are exceptionally good at killing).

A firearm is nothing more than a tool. The problem lies in the heart of human beings who lack respect for the dignity, worth and rights of another human being. When this nation properly cultivated such value and respect for the rights and lives of human beings, we had far less problems with people murdering each other.

Contempt for the rights and dignity of other human beings is an extremely steep and slippery slope. It always sweeps a lot more into its maw than anyone ever intended. A culture that holds in contempt a person's right to defend themselves...goes hand in hand with contempt for the other rights (including the right to life) of other people as well. The prevailing Leftist attitude which holds God-given human rights in contempt is the true menace to American society.

Cultivate respect for human dignity and worth, and back it up with sure and strong penalties for transgressions, and you'll have far fewer problems with any violations of God-given rights--the right to keep and bear arms, as well as the right to life itself.

Re: Going To Gunsite

Bob Ellis — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 20:58:04 -0000

There's never a shortage of fodder for liberals to distort in an attempt to justify taking away people's God-given right to keep and bear arms. After all, the anti-moral policies of liberals continue to create plenty of people who have no respect for human life, no respect for property or the rights of others, no self-restraint, no self-control, and no recognition of what is right and what is wrong.

I lived in England for three years, where gun control was near absolute. I remember that every day on the local radio news, there was report after report after report of people stabbing, slashing and strangling one another. Not a gun to be found, but oh did people find plenty of ways to kill one another. England's post-Christian atheistic culture has been manufacturing people with no respect for others or moral standards for even longer than has the United States--though I'm afraid our (misused) freedom has us pretty much caught up if not surpassing the less free Europeans.

The reality is, more people are killed with hammers, fists and knives than are killed with riles. Somehow, I've missed all the news stories of liberals screaming for hammer, fist and knife bans.

If I'm not mistaken, automobiles are responsible for more deaths than firearms, too. Maybe we should ban automobiles first.

No, instead, if we really want to save lives, what we need to do is return this nation to its Christian roots, and renew emphasis on morality, on respect for innocent human life, on respect for the lives and property of other human beings. After all, we aren't animals (contrary to the assertions of many liberals); we are human beings, created in the image of God, and we should treat each other accordingly.

Of course, liberals would rather take away someone's constitutionally-protected, God-given right (just to make themselves feel better for a few short moments, before reality intrudes) than recognize objective moral truth and restrain themselves.

Insane.

Re: United Airlines: A Point Missed

Bob Ellis — Wed, 12 Apr 2017 08:12:11 -0000

This is the sorry state to which things have sunk in America: that someone has to REPEATEDLY attempt to explain the involvement of United Airlines in the removal of an unruly passenger from a United Airlines aircraft...and still fail to get that elementary point across to a monumental dumb***

I've wasted enough time on morons here.

Re: United Airlines: A Point Missed

Bob Ellis — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 22:54:29 -0000

Yes, I'm sure the individuals who removed that nut job did so of their own volition. Weren't even asked by United to intervene. Heck, I bet United did everything in their power to stop that nutjob from being removed from the plane, but these marauders forced their way onto the plan and took the wacko off and there wasn't a darned thing United could do to stop it.

Good grief.

Re: United Airlines: A Point Missed

Bob Ellis — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 19:33:18 -0000

At whose instigation did airport security remove him? United. Not fake news; just somebody in the comments section trying to boost their ego by pretending to be the smartest guy in the room.

Re: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Mar. 17-23

Bob Ellis — Fri, 24 Mar 2017 22:29:45 -0000

I concur. When he was announced, what I could find indicated great potential...but there was a lot that was unknown.

Now that more of that is coming out, while I agree that he probably won't be as bad as Sotomayor, he may not be even as "good" as John Roberts--and Roberts completely sold out the U.S. Constitution and the American people TWICE.

Re: The Return of the One that Got Away

Bob Ellis — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 12:42:42 -0000

There's no doubt there is a spirit of rebellion among many in the rock community. But there's plenty of rebellion in the country and other genre's, too.

Again, I look not only for a sound that I like, but words that are grounded in truth and proclaim that Truth to people; shallow doesn't cut it for me, regardless of the type of music. I like stuff all the way from Martin Luther's "A Mighty Fortress is Our God" 500 years ago, to Petra's "Grave Robber" and a lot of stuff in between. If that style of music is something a maturing Christian should grow out of, I guess I'm still immature.

Re: The Return of the One that Got Away

Bob Ellis — Sat, 18 Mar 2017 08:48:38 -0000

Sadly, people from all music genre's sometimes turn away from God. It isn't confined to the rock genre or any other.

To the best of my knowledge, Ray Boltz has never been a member of Petra. About 20-25 years ago, I went to a VERY conservative church, and even they loved Ray Boltz, with a number of the key membership often singing special numbers during worship time after Ray Boltz songs. Boltz isn't even Christian "rock"; he's more what the secular world calls "pop" (just kind of middle-of-the-road in style). Many of his songs were extremely uplifting and honoring to God. It was incredibly sad to hear of him giving up the fight against homosexual inclinations and embracing sin. However, his moral failure doesn't repudiate the message of his good songs, nor is his moral failure a result of the musical genre of his songs.

As for Petra, while I don't know tons about them, I'm familiar with a number of their songs. Their heyday was mainly during the time when I was living for the Devil and listening to bands that had no moral redeeming value, and even promoted immorality, often with hard rock and heavy metal riffs that leave Petra in the dust. It was only after I surrendered my will to the Lord, and eventually realized that there were Christian bands out there with a sound I liked (sorry, my mother's country gospel still just doesn't cut it for me), that I discovered Petra, among others.

While I haven't listened to everything they've ever produced, there are some that I find really uplifting and bring my heart to absolutely cry out with praise for my God.

There's "Creed" which is akin to a modern "Apostles Creed":

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyr...

And there's "Road to Zion" which is based on Psalm 84:5-7

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

And "Grave Robber," which I hope to have played at my funeral when that day comes. Few songs stir my love and admiration for my Savior the way this song does. When I die, I won't be staying in that grave in the Black Hills National Cemetery; the Grave Robber, who didn't stay in his own grave, is going to take me and other forgiven saints out of the ground to live with Him forever. Death will be conquered by Christ's victory, and thanks to the mercy of God, I will share in that victory.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

http://www.azlyrics.com/lyr...

I realize this style of music doesn't float everyone's boat (like my mother's deep-in-the-woods-and-making-the-dogs-howl country gospel didn't float mine), but the true mark of a song's quality is whether the lyrics are true and edifying to those who listen to them.

Re: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, Mar. 3-9

Bob Ellis — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 22:14:21 -0000

Thanks, Kevin. You're very right. (And we all try that "Well, I'm better than..." trick with ourselves too often.)

Re: Should a Mississippi Town Have to Remove a Christian Flag?

Bob Ellis — Fri, 10 Mar 2017 07:16:13 -0000

The Fourteenth Amendment was created to stop Democrats from denying basic liberties to black Americans. It was not created to sanitize the recognition of our nation's Christian heritage from the public square. It has no authority whatsoever to do such a thing. The federal government has no authority over a small town in Mississippi's acknowledgement of the worldview from which our unique American system of government stems, i.e. the Christian worldview which recognizes that our rights come from our Creator, NOT from government or people who possess power.