An Open Letter to Just One of the Companies that Support Planned Parenthood

Dear PepsiCo officers,

I see that that your otherwise reputable company is continuing to give money to a most disreputable business; namely, the abortion conglomerate that is Planned Parenthood.  This, of course, is the same Planned Parenthood that continues to lie about providing mammograms and other health care when they do not provide such care, that works incessantly against traditional sexual morality and parental authority, that has been engaged in the grisly and illegal selling of fetal body parts, that presents the most graphic and profane "sex ed" materials even to school kids, and that destroys in their mother’s wombs hundreds of thousands of preborn boys and girls through the barbaric means of curettes, suction machines, and poisonous chemicals. 

Please stop debasing your company (and our culture) by giving money to this mega-abortion corporation.  Until you do, I will continue to forego purchasing your products and doing business with restaurants which contract with PepsiCo. And I will continue to pass the word to family, friends, fellow church members, blog readers, and others of your grossly unwarranted support of Planned Parenthood.

What On Earth? A Follow Up.

* "How Zuckerberg Used a Tax-Exempt Foundation to Help Biden Fix the 2020 Election" (David Horowitz and John Perazzo, FrontPage Magazine)

* "Florida AG: Docs uncovered showing Biden, Mayorkas know their border policies help cartels, hurt US" (Charles Creitz, Fox News)

* "Elon Musk and the battle for control of the internet" (Brendan O'Neill, spiked!)

* "Oregon's 'Menstrual Dignity Act' requires schools to place feminine products in boys' bathrooms" (Taylor Penley, Fox News)

* "Here’s how Democrats have destroyed normal American life" (A.J. Kaufman, Alpha News)

* "2020’s Nightmare Election Process Comes Back to Haunt Pennsylvania. What Needs to Change" (Jason Snead, Daily Signal)

What On Earth?

Has the planet's axis slipped? Have the aliens landed? Is the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics suddenly picking up speed?

Or is it just the Biden administration and it's fellow travelers wreaking yet more havoc on the nation's economy, law, and morality? Check out these stories from the alternative media to see.

* "Dem witness tells House committee men can get pregnant, have abortions" (Jessica Chasmar, Fox News)

* "National School Boards Association letter drafts called for National Guard and military to be deployed [against parents!]" (Hannah Grossman, Fox News)

* "Is Biden's 'success' our mess?" (Victor Davis Hanson, Jewish World Review)

* "Wisconsin middle schoolers accused of sexual harassment for using wrong gender pronouns" (Michael Lee, Fox News)

* "Black conservative trainee vicar ‘blocked’ from joining Church of England over ‘anti-woke views’" (That's the headline from the Telegraph but its story is behind a pay wall so you can get the essentials plus an enlightening clip right here.)

* "Democrats’ Census Shenanigans May Have Cost Texas and Florida House Seats, Unfairly Gave Blue States More Seats" (Kyle Becker, Trending Politics)

A Few Open Letters

Dear Governor Ricketts,

We have been blessed to have benefitted from your bold, principled, and wise leadership these last several years.  You will be greatly missed as our governor, but we know your public service is far from over.

I’m writing tonight, however, at the Vital Signs Ministries’ letter-writing party to especially thank you for your pledge to recall the Unicameral if the Supreme Court should reverse Roe v Wade in order to vote again on LB933.

Thank you for this…and for everything else.

Dear Pfizer,

We were not completely surprised to learn about the terrible dangers of your Covid drugs or about the lack of honesty and transparency with which you conducted those oh-so-lucrative deals.

Why?

Because we have long been aware of your wanton disrespect for human life. After all, you have shamefully supported the lethal violence perpetrated daily by the mega-abortion corporation that is Planned Parenthood.

And as long as you continue this ruthless policy, we will urge friends to forgo any dealing with your company.

(Note -- I wrote a similar letter to Johnson and Johnson.)

Dear Chief Justice Roberts,

A quick but impassioned request for you to do the right thing for the Constitution and the rule of law, the right thing for preborn kids, and the right thing in the sight of God; namely, voting with the strict Constitutionalists of the Court to reverse the awful Roe v. Wade decision.

Thank you.

Project Veritas,

Just a quick word of thanks for the immensely valuable service you have provided for the right to life cause, religious freedom, journalistic ethics, and political honesty and transparency.

You guys are true treasures and you’re all in our frequent prayers.

Dear Justice Thomas,

We’re sending along a word of deep thanks for your noble, courageous, and wise leadership for the Court…and for America.  We so appreciate your devotion to the rule of law, to the ideals of Western Civilization, and especially your defense of the sanctity of human life.

You are in our frequent…and increasingly fervent prayers.

Blessings,

Dear President Biden,

What a striking contradiction your current policies are to the Democrat policies of the past. I mean, think back to FDR, Harry Truman, JFK, RFK, Scoop Jackson, Tip O'Neill, and so many others. As a matter of alarming fact, Mr. President, your current policies on energy, the Middle East, immigration, lawlessness, and especially the sanctity of life are a contradiction to the policies you yourself once espoused!

C’mon, man; do the right thing! Stop playing patsy to your loony left "handlers" and become a President that God can richly bless.

What Else is Happening? (Part 2)

* "Team Biden finally admits there’s a war on cops -- which it’s inflaming." (Heather MacDonald, New York Post)

* "Why America Only Pretends to Compete With China" (Jeremy Stern, Tablet)

* "The Washington Post’s Repulsive Defense Of Twitter Execs Makes Even Elon Musk Look Good" (Mark Hemingway, Federalist)

* "'They are all our children': Biden sparks fury from parents by telling teachers that kids are 'yours when they're in the classroom' as he takes aim at Republican efforts to stop sexually explicit lessons and books." (Natasha Anderson & Nikki Schwab, Daily Mail)

* "How America became La La Land" (Victor Davis Hanson, Jewish World Review)

* "Big Tech censored Biden criticism more than 600 times over 2 years. (Some were targeted merely for quoting the president in his own words.)" (Bradford Betz, Fox News)

What Else is Happening?

Here are a few insightful articles on the illegal leak of the Samuel Alito draft -- that provide far truer, more helpful perspectives than those being screeched out by the establishment media -- plus a few other happenings in the culture wars.

* "The consummate statecraft of Justice Alito's leaked abortion opinion." (Hadley Arkes, American Mind)

* "Franklin Graham on Abortion Reversal: 'If True … an Answer to Many Years of Prayers'" (Joel B. Pollak, Breitbart)

* "Before Finally Overturning Roe, Supreme Court Must Block Yet Another Insurrection Attempt" (Mollie Hemingway, Federalist)

* "D.C. elementary school gave 4-year-olds 'anti-racism' 'fistbook' asking them to identify racist family members" (Jessica Chasmar, Fox News)

* "The New Disinformationists" (Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness)

* "Why Does the Left Have Such a Difficult Time With the Concept of 'Free Speech'?" (Rick Moran, PJ Media)

* "5 Ways Democrat Policies Work To Destroy Children’s Lives" (J.B. Shurk, Federalist)

Are You Envying Sinners? Well, Stop It.

“Do not let your heart envy sinners, but live in the fear of the Lord always. Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.” (Proverbs 23:17 & 18, NASB)

The teacher of Proverbs has an important exhortation here, one that acknowledges the strong allure of sin, yet which also urges the man of God to deny that temptation by turning instead to a healthy, joyful, and forward-looking trust in God. This is an ever-timely warning, one that can provide great help to us in our ongoing battles with sin’s deceptive enticements.

Let’s break down a few elements of this exhortation.

1) Sin begins in the heart -- our inner attitudes and affections.  The overt acts of sin have their start inside us. (Remember 1 John 1:13-16 and Matthew 5.) Walking in holiness is much more than avoiding the deeds of robbery, adultery, cursing, murder, or exploitation. It is not enough to avoid “acting out” sin. The battleground is, in point of fact, our minds.  It is there that that we are either victorious or defeated, pure or corrupt, pleasing to God or disappointing to Him. Thus, the initial warning of Proverbs 23:17: “do not let your heart envy sinners.”  The basic danger we face is not murdering someone, it’s hating them. It is not hooking up with someone who is not your spouse, but mentally lusting for them. It is not breaking into your neighbor’s home to steal, but being unsatisfied and ungrateful with your own income and possessions. Again, sin begins in the heart and so that is where the Lord commands us to be on our closest guard against it.

2) Do we really envy sinners?  We don’t usually think of our struggles with evil in this way.  We are more likely to think of temptation as being an idea or some kind of evil force…perhaps some line of attack from the devil himself.  But this proverb is just one of the many Scriptures that show us temptation can arise from our attitudes towards other people – even unbelievers.  Their beauty and youth.  Their health and mobility.  Their affluence, eloquence, social standing, relationships, freedom, success.  When we allow our eyes to stray from the Lord, from His Word, from the many and lovely gifts He has given us, and from our heavenly future (more on that momentarily), and start comparing our lot with others, we’re in spiritual trouble. We are likely to end up dissatisfied (at times even despairing). We complain and blame God for whatever we feel lacking. We give way to envy.  But God wants to kindly teach us that there is absolutely no future in this.  No happiness.  No spiritual growth. No heavenly reward. So, let’s listen carefully to His wisdom and choose a different course.

3) “Live in the fear of the Lord always.” Yes, there is another option.  Instead of letting our hearts be filled with dissatisfaction, ingratitude, and envy towards sinners, our hearts can be filled with the Holy Spirit as we live in the fear of God. Now, you’ve often heard that when the Bible speaks of fearing God, it actually means a solemn reverence for Him. And that’s true. But it’s not the whole truth. A comprehensive study of the Bible’s teaching on this matter reveals that while “the fear of the Lord” certainly includes that sense of solemn reverence towards God, it also involves ongoing trust, gratitude, love, awe, obedience, encouragement, comfort and…yes, an honest fear of the repercussions of sin in our lives.  Make no mistake, God is a jealous God Who disciplines His own.  So be sure to behave yourselves as heavenly children. Honor God with a life of faithful obedience to His Word. As you do so, the temptation to envy sinners will lose its appeal. So, delight yourself in the Lord.  Find in Him your joy, your satisfaction, your purpose, and your strength. And, in God’s divine irony, once your focus is on Him, you can properly see others – not as people to envy, but as people to serve, pray for, and be an example to.

4) Consider the future. There is, in 23:18, a marvelous postscript to the previous proverb.  God reminds us that there is another huge consideration in this matter; namely, the eternal consequences of our present battles with temptation and sin.  Those sinners we are sometimes prone to envy?  Their end is judgment and an eternal separation from God and all His delights.  But, in astonishing contrast, the people of God have a sure hope -- a word also translated “expectation” And that sure hope, that guaranteed expectation of believers is a full redemption of mind, body, relationships, and even the physical world in which they will live forever with Christ  And that hope will not be cut off. But the wicked?  That’s a whole different story. He has no portion at all in this.  He is cast out defeated, wanting, and alone…eternally. So why envy sinners? There’s no logic or value in doing so.  Oh no, it is much better to keep the big picture in mind and live in the fear of God: honoring Him, loving Him, and glorifying Him as we joyfully anticipate the grand future before us.

“Do not let your heart envy sinners, but live in the fear of the Lord always. Surely there is a future, and your hope will not be cut off.”  (Proverbs 23:17 & 18, NASB)