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When Homeland Security is INSECURITY

Congressman Johnson from Louisiana adroitly describes the offenses committed by Secretary Mayorkas, who is fulfilling one of the major contemporary Jewish agenda items-- i.e., unrestricted immigration and open borders.

(HT: Fred).

The Stakes in the Upcoming Southern Baptist Convention Election

The following has been posted at The Dissenter (formerly Reformation Charlotte). I am taking the liberty of republishing it here because I think the message is important.

There is no doubt that the Southern Baptist Convention has been on a rapidly-increasing leftward drift toward the abandonment of the gospel in favor of social justice, feminism, and, in some cases, an embrace of the LGBTQ movement. In short, the Southern Baptist Convention has been sliding toward apostasy for several years.

Now, I know that the word “apostasy” is a strong word—and that word denotes renunciation of the faith. And, in word, most Southern Baptist leaders, churches, and institutions have not renounced Christianity or the gospel. However, a case can be made that, in deed, much of what once stood as a bulwark of defense against false teachings and movements invading the Church has now abandoned its duty to protect and even opened to door to wolves to feed on the sheep.

The Southern Baptist Convention was originally formed not as a top-down governing organization with authority over the member churches, but rather as a coalition of churches bound together to cooperate with a unified purpose—to send missionaries to unreached parts of the world. This, of course, was a noble purpose and has served well. However, the Southern Baptist Convention has now morphed, if you will, into a full-fledged denomination with multiple institutions including seminaries, a publishing arm, a church-planting network, a public policy branch, and an executive committee tasked with overseeing the denominational structure.

And while in word, member churches remain autonomous, in practice, the grip the denomination has over Southern Baptist churches is growing stronger and stronger.

The Southern Baptist Convention is wrought with theological problems. Not only have many of the churches embraced aberrant movements, but so have the institutions. The seminaries are teaching Critical Race Theory—a rank heresy incompatible with Christianity—and those pointing it out are being maligned by SBC leadership.

One of the brewing controversies in the Southern Baptist Convention is the issue of feminism — namely, Egalitarianism. This is the doctrine that defies biblical gender roles (1 Corinthians 14:34, 2 Timothy 2:12, etc) and allows women to take authority over the pulpit in churches. Several outspoken leaders and pastors in the Southern Baptist Convention are now advocating for female preachers and women in leadership roles, defying God’s design for genders. Beth Moore was one of the primary examples of this, ultimately causing her to leave the denomination. But there are many others.

Another serious issue brewing in the Southern Baptist Convention is the issue of homosexuality — labeled by the Evangelical elites, “same-sex attraction.” The controversy is over the sin of same-sex attraction, and whether or not homosexuals should be counted as members in good standing, or even hold leadership roles in our churches. The issue has been brought to light by prominent outlets — namely the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission — who have promoted this notion through “gay Christian” ministries such as Living Out.

The crux is that many of these progressive leaders now believe that Christians should “soften” their stance against homosexuality and in many cases, fully accept them among the ranks of Churches.

Finally, the longest-standing and most notable issue facing the Southern Baptist Convention is that of the social justice movement. The idea is that it is the mission and focus of the Church to right the wrongs of social and economic inequality. Primarily, the movement advocates for an unbiblical view of man and sin and instead looks to secular ideology, such as Critical Theory (Marxism), for guidance.

Critical Race Theory (CRT) is a heretical worldview that is incompatible with biblical Christianity. It emerged as an offshoot of Critical Theory, a neo-Marxist philosophy that has its roots in the Frankfurt School, and its methods are drawn from Karl Marx and Sigmund Freud. CRT teaches that institutional racism exists within every structure of society and that these structures are intrinsically designed in such a manner as to protect and preserve “white supremacy” in our culture. Further, CRT does not rely on factual statistics or objective evidence to support the theory, rather it relies on anecdotal evidence and personal experience.

In 2019, the Southern Baptist Convention adopted a resolution to embrace Critical Race Theory as a “useful analytical tool” for analyzing racial discrepancies and strife in both society and the Church. Every effort to repeal this resolution since its passage has failed.

Many of the advocates of this movement in the Southern Baptist Convention seek to impute guilt among entire people groups — in this case, white people — for ancestral sins. Further, they advocate for restitution based not on individual guilt and/or need, but based solely on the color of their skin. This, too, should be opposed as it does not seek biblical reconciliation among believers, but only seeks to cause division and tear down society.

And yet, despite all of this, Bart Barber one of the leading Southern Baptist Convention presidential candidates, believes there is nothing wrong with the denomination. In fact, Barber is literally the perfect establishment candidate for the Southern Baptist Convention elite club. He’s willing to do whatever he’s told and has no real convictions about anything. He’s simply the marionette on the stage with the puppetmasters pulling his strings—just like Joe Biden.

What’s most sad about the whole charade: he actually has a very high chance of pulling off a win. After all, he has all the SBC money-changers behind him. We currently have a Southern Baptist president who is a serial plagiarist and has relentlessly insisted that he’s done nothing wrong. Barber, the establishment candidate, has also relentlessly defended him. The SBC has a public policy arm, the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, that calls for lax abortion laws and decriminalizing mothers seeking abortions while arguing that she isn’t guilty of killing her child—Bart Barber agrees with them.

Bart Barber is primarily interested in “unity”—and right now, the Southern Baptist Convention has a superficial unity like never before seen.

Barber isn’t serious about doing what it takes to bring the Southern Baptist Convention back into a right relationship with God or honoring the covenant that Christ has with the Church. He isn’t interested in following the Apostle Paul’s commands to purge the unrepentant sinners, heretics, and false teachers from among us. He isn’t interested in defending the sheep from the insatiable appetites of the wolves seeking to devour us all. He’s only interested in maintaining that unity at whatever cost.

But superficial unity won’t last and God will smite it. If you are happy with the direction of the Southern Baptist Convention and you desire the wrath of God to be poured out, then vote for Bart Barber, please.

Greensboro/ Guilford Taxpayers: Brace for a Huge Double Increase?

Given the fact that we have socialists controlling both the city of Greensboro and Guilford County, we are at risk of a tendency toward ever-increasing taxes and fees.

Skip Alston succeeding in placing the school bond on the ballot. Predictably, the local electorate passed it while simultaneously voting down the sales tax increase. That places the onus on payers of property taxes.

The new bond issue was proposed and approved by voters even though monies from the most recent bond issue passed by the Republicans had not nearly been utilized as of yet. 

We had a tax revaluation this year. Most property owners face sizable increases in the taxable valuations of their homes because the cost of real estate has skyrocketed over the last couple of years. That means property taxes will be much higher unless local government reduces the tax rate.

Skip Alston and the rest of the socialists who control Guilford County have shown no inclination to reduce the rate and thereby keep collections revenue neutral for taxpayers this because the extra $55 million in tax revenues can be applied toward school construction borrowing. In the past, we have seen the county school system erect grandiose facilities far out of proportion to what is truly needed. They have no incentive to control spending because they have an ignorant electorate who will vote in favor of these bond issues; and conflicted politicians who continue to put them on the ballot from BOTH parties.

What about the city of Greensboro?

The same principle holds true that taxes will go up because of the higher revaluations unless the rate is brought down. The city tends to levy fee increases nearly every year; and this tax increase would be in addition to that. 

A Rhino article within the last few days suggest some council members want to look at lowering the rate. Interestingly, the suggestion is that Mayor Nancy Vaughan is among these, whereas her challenger-- Justin Outling-- has been silent.

Outling is running somewhat to the right of Vaughan on policing and public safety; but he is simultaneously proposing more redistributionist programs. Vaughan has gone crazy far left on numerous issues; but she might be holding the line on property taxes. Maybe.

In the city of Greensboro, we have long since crossed the rubicon. For a number of years, it has become nearly impossible to elect good leadership for the city. 

It is possible they might reduce the rate somewhat, but not necessarily at a level that would be revenue neutral. Taxes then still would go up. The intrinsic machine-based corruption means they love having more money to spread around.

To the victors go the spoils, both at the county and city levels.

More Election Fraud Evidence to Come

UNC Gain-of-Function Researcher Gains Another Big Pandemic-Related Federal Grant

I had posted here a few days ago about UNC Chapel Hill's extensive involvement with coronavirus gain-of-function research; its collaboration with the Wuhan lab in China; and its numerous security lapses working with Covid-like viruses.

Today, we learn Dr. Baric has landed a $65 million federal grant for more of the same. He had previously been named "Tarheel of the Year".

And institutional forces within North Carolina-- government, media and the state university system-- act as if nothing is wrong.

The Covid Vaccines Can Be a Recipe for Trouble

Bad Bill on Medicaid Expansion Advancing in Raleigh

An absolutely terrible bill for Medicaid expansion sailed through two committees today in the North Carolina Senate- both Finance and Health Care.  It includes multiple other provisions including a measure that would allow advanced practice nurses to work independently without physician supervision; and surprise billing provisions. I think those are all bad ideas. The details are here.

There are a couple of better ideas in the bill-- requiring hospitals to pay for Medicaid expansion, if it occurs; and loosening certificate of need requirements.

We need to hold the line on increasing the level of socialism in our economy here in North Carolina. Medicaid expansion is the wrong thing to do. Fortunately, the bill contains various "poison pills" that will arouse opposition.

The most encouraging message is from House Speaker Tim Moore who maintains the bill  will not pass this year.

Understanding the FDA's Culpability in the Baby Formula Shortage

Character Counts, Except During 2020-2021

HT: Leon

AG Josh Stein's Stroke

It is certainly not beyond the realm of possibility for a slim 55 year old guy to have a stroke.

The news reports do not comment as to whether he has had the Covid-19 vaccines which are known to cause clots in some people. There is a mention about the clot coming from his heart. That can happen in patients with atrial fibrillation, but the report is silent as to whether he has that condition.

He had tested positive for Covid-19 very recently. Covid-19 itself can cause clots and strokes, but it does not happen to every 55 year old guy obviously. 

This fellow is a presumptive candidate for governor in two years. Perhaps there ought to be robust discussions about how transparent candidates need to be about their medical history and their medical circumstances when they present themselves before the public as being fit to govern.