The Only Hope For Turning America Back To God - Del Fehsenfeld, Jr.

 America did not become great because of her vast resources, her superior intellect, or her sheer willpower.  America became great because God made her great.  The Bible says that righteousness exalts a nation, and that the nation whose God is the Lord is a blessed nation (Prov. 14:34; Psa. 33:12).  In First Samuel 2:30, God says, “...For them that honor Me I will honor....”

    God honored America because America honored Him and upheld His standard of righteousness.  This nation was forged out by men who recognized their dependence on Almighty God.  In fact, many of those founding fathers had more respect as lost sinners for the living God and His Word, than many so-called believers in the church today.  They knew that neither they, nor their nation could make it without the assistance of God.

    In this generation we are forever looking for better methods to deal with the perplexing problems of our day, but God is still looking for better men – men like our founding fathers who were willing to risk everything for what they believed.  Many of these men had much to lose in the struggle for liberty.  They were men of means, well-educated, and respected by their contemporaries.  But one common thread bound their hearts together, and it was for this that they risked their wealth, their sacred honor, and their very lives to give birth to the great experiment of freedom that we call America.

    These were men of conviction who stood for what they believed, no matter the cost.  They were men of character, who refused to give up in the face of adversity and hardship.  They were men of creative wisdom.  For example, they didn’t form a democracy based on the changing whims of each passing generation.  Rather, they formed a republic based on the unchanging, eternal absolutes of God and His Word.

    They were also men of commitment.  They were men committed to God, to His authority, and to the foundational principles of His Word.  They did not hesitate to legislate morality.  For the first 160 years of our history, most of our laws (for example, blue laws, divorce laws, property laws, criminal laws) were based on the laws of God.

    These men of conviction, character, creative wisdom, and commitment, purchased with their own blood the freedom that you and I enjoy.  Because they honored God, God honored them, and we are still reaping those blessings today.

    In just 200 years, God elevated America from a place of infancy to world leadership in almost every field of endeavor – technology, industry, medicine, agriculture, aerospace, business, science, electronics, and communications.  When you stop to think about it, it is really incredible!  And it never could have happened apart from heaven’s aid. 

But – Cause for Alarm!

    But as we bask in the glory of past blessings, we have cause for great alarm, for the same God who was true to His Word and blessed America must also be true to His Word and exercise judgment if we do not repent.

    America has a heritage that cries, “We cannot go without God.”  Yet for the past few decades we’ve tried.  We have sown to the wind and now we are reaping the whirlwind.  In the ’60s, we began to openly tolerate that which was vile and sinful.  In the ’70s, we began to legitimize, condone, and excuse what we had already accepted.  In the ’80s we actually began to legislate that which is immoral and contrary to the laws of God’s Word.

    As a nation, we have provoked the fury of Almighty God in heaven.  America simply is not big enough to

Man ruptures throat while stifling a sneeze

If you have to sneeze, it's best to just let it out. Image Credit: CC BY 2.0 mcfarlandmo

As one unfortunate man recently found out, trying to stifle a particularly explosive sneeze is not a good idea.

The unnamed 34-year-old reportedly went to the emergency room suffering from a swollen neck, pain when swallowing and a peculiar popping sensation after attempting to stifle a sneeze by pinching his nose and squeezing his mouth shut at the same time.

Scans revealed that the increased pressure of the stifled sneeze had ruptured his throat, causing air bubbles to collect in the soft tissues at the back of his neck and halfway down his back.

Man claims 'aliens' delayed his tax return

Add caBe wary of aliens when you do your taxes. Image Credit: CC BY-SA 2.0 swamp dragonption

British tax authorities have released a list of some of the most ridiculous reasons for late tax returns.

While there are many legitimate reasons why someone may have failed to submit their tax return before the deadline, some of the excuses offered for late submissions are downright bizarre.

Perhaps the strangest of them all was the case of a man who claimed that he had been unable to file his tax return on time because his wife was seeing aliens and wouldn't let him in to the house.

'They ensure each twin baby dies': the secret killings in central Nigeria - The Guardian

The room is filled with the cries of 30 or more babies. Steven Olusola visits each cradle, peering into their eyes in search of illness.

“They fall sick often because they never received any breastfeeding,” says Olusola, who founded Vine Heritage Home Foundation with his wife, Chinwe, 13 years ago. This is a sanctuary, for children rescued from one of the most remote areas of Nigeria, where being born a twin can be a death sentence.

Few Nigerians realise that the killings of twin babies continues. The practice is shrouded in secrecy, says Dioka Bridget, research fellow at the Centre for Igbo Studies, University of Nigeria.

“Many researchers don’t believe this practice takes place in [Nigeria] because it is absolutely absurd and ridiculous. And since most of us believe the stories to be fabricated, there is reluctance to approach or investigate the practice,” she says. “Now, as more media reports confirm [it], it could trigger the necessary investigation.”

First monkey clones created in Chinese laboratory - BBC

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Image captionZhong Zhong and Hua Hua are being bottle fed and are growing normally

Two monkeys have been cloned using the technique that produced Dolly the Sheep.

Identical long-tailed macaques Zhong Zhong and Hua Hua were born several weeks ago at a laboratory in China.

Scientists say populations of monkeys that are genetically identical will be useful for research into human diseases.

But critics say the work raises ethical concerns by bringing the world closer to human cloning.

We’ve taken Obasanjo’s admonition in good faith – FG (Punch Newspapers )

The Federal Government on Wednesday replied to an elder statesman, Olusegun Obasanjo’s criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration, saying it had taken his admonition in good faith.

The Minister of Information and National Orientation, Lai Mohammed, gave the response in a seven-page statement read to state House Correspondents after the Federal Executive Council Meeting.

He thanked the ex-president for the letter.

The Minister said that the administration had no reason to believe that Obasanjo’s motive was not beyond the well-being of the nation.

“We have no reason to believe that former President Obasanjo has any motive beyond the well-being of the nation in issuing his Special Press Statement.