Dear Friends,
Peter Marshall said, “In the name of Jesus Christ, who was never in a hurry, we pray, O God, that You will slow us down, for we know that we live too fast. With all of eternity before us, make us take time to live – time to get acquainted with You, time to enjoy Your blessings, and time to know each other.”
1. COLORADO, MAINE, BOOT TRUMP FROM THE BALLOT: In a narrow 4-3 decision, the all-Democrat Colorado Supreme Court ruled to remove former President Donald Trump from the state’s presidential primary ballot under the Constitution’s “Insurrection” clause. The court relied on the January 6 Show Committee to reach its conclusions.
Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz called the ruling “among the most undemocratic and unconstitutional rulings that I have ever read in my 60 years of teaching and practicing law.” Law professor Jonathan Turley responded, “This country is a powder keg, and this court is just throwing matches at it…for people that say they are trying to protect democracy, this is hands down the most anti-democratic opinion I’ve seen in my lifetime.”
Florida Governor and Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis pointed out the left’s double standard with these words: “There was no trial on any of this. Could we just say that Biden can’t be on the ballot because he let in 8 million illegals into the country and violated the Constitution?” Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. observed, “It’s like the old Soviet Union, where party leaders pick the leadership.”
But nine days after the decision, Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold (D) announced that Trump would remain on the ballot unless the U.S. Supreme Court upholds the state’s ruling. However, the same day, Shenna Bellows, Maine’s Democratic Secretary of State, unilaterally declared that Trump would not appear on the state’s primary ballot. Both cases are likely to be taken up by the U.S. Supreme Court.
2. BIDEN ADMIN PRETENDS TO CARE ABOUT IMMIGRATION INVASION: The lawless Biden administration has welcomed more illegals than the entire population of New Jersey, the 11th largest state. Additionally, border officials reported 309,000 encounters with illegals in November 2023, making the month the highest November on record. Border patrol agents say that they are “just Uber drivers” processing illegals into the country, while border officials and reporters say they have “never seen anything like this.” Delta and American Airlines are giving many of these illegals, including COVID-19-positive individuals and some without IDs, priority on late-night flights to American cities.
President Biden sent Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to Mexico for a three-hour meeting to discuss the border and amnesty for illegals with Mexico’s Marxist President Lopez Obrador, who has been complicit with the Biden Administration in facilitating the illegal immigration invasion. As further proof of its hypocrisy, the Biden administration is now threatening to sue Texas over its new law that empowers state authorities to deport illegals.
3. “CLIMATE” SCIENTISTS SAY AGRICULTURE AND “BREATHING” ARE BAD FOR THE ENVIRONMENT: A new report from Dr. Nicholas Cowan at the U.K. Centre for Ecology and Hydrology in Edinburgh claimed that “small, elevated concentrations of methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O)” released by humans “both contribute to global warming,” and recommended, “We would urge caution in the assumption that emissions from humans are negligible.”
At the COP28 United Nations Climate Change Conference, World Health Organization (WHO) head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said, “Our food systems are harming the health of people and planet. Food systems contribute to over 30% of greenhouse gas emissions and account for almost one-third of the global burden of disease. Transforming food systems is therefore essential.”
Journalist Alex Newman, who attended COP28, summarized his main takeaway: “They were talking about phasing out carbon emissions and phasing out fossil fuels, but that’s just for the suckers in the Western world. That’s just the United States under Joe Biden. That’s just for the European Union under their treacherous leaders. The communist Chinese, the Arab dictatorships, the Russians, and all the different socialist kleptocracies were literally making oil deals at this summit.”
Ed. Note: Elites really do believe in depopulation. Mikhail Gorbachev said, “We must speak more clearly about sexuality, contraception, about abortion, about values that control population, because the ecological crisis, in short, is the population crisis. Cut the population by 90%, and there aren’t enough people left to do a great deal of ecological damage.”
4. WHAT DOES BILL GATES HAVE PLANNED FOR 2024? In his year-end column, Bill Gates, the world’s fourth-richest man and the head of the massively influential Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, predicted that Artificial Intelligence would “supercharge” innovation and that 2024 elections across the globe would be a “turning point for both health and climate.” Gates also stressed, “Now is the time for policymakers to prioritize pandemic preparedness before it is too late.” In related news, a Gates-backed group called the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations is investing in an mRNA vaccine wafer to be taken under the tongue. Brian Hooker, P.hD., warned that the new vaccine could “induce sequence mutations and other damage to the genetic code.”
Peter Schweizer, President of the Government Accountability Institute, said of Gates’ “climate change” agenda: “This is actually a scheme, not just to ‘save the planet,’ but for Bill Gates to actually make money, because he wants to replace real beef, which is not patented, with fake meat that he and his buddies have the patents for.”
5. POPE GREENLIGHTS BLESSINGS FOR HOMOSEXUAL COUPLES: Pope Francis and Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández moved one step closer to endorsing same-sex weddings by issuing permission for Catholic priests to offer blessings for “couples in irregular situations and for couples of the same sex.” While most American bishops defended or downplayed the declaration, Archbishop Carlo Maria Viganò urged Catholic leaders to oppose the declaration, called Francis “a servant of Satan,” and stated, “Wherever what appears to be the church acts and works for mankind’s damnation, it is not the Church, but rather her blasphemous counterfeit. The same is true of the papacy…”
In November 2020, Pew Research reported that 92% of Dutch Catholics, 76% of British Catholics, and 61% of American Catholics supported homosexual marriage.
Ed. Note: I Corinthians 6:9-10 says, “Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.”
6. 25% OF UMC CHURCHES HAVE LEFT OVER DENOMINATION’S EMBRACE OF HOMOSEXUALITY: Around 25% of America’s roughly 30,000 United Methodist churches have left the denomination over its decision to ordain and marry LGBTQ individuals. The United Methodist Church is the second-largest Protestant denomination in the U.S., with 7.6 million members, following the Southern Baptists, at 16 million.
Ed. Note: Sadly, much of the United Methodist Church seems to have abandoned the passion and vision of its founders, John and Charles Wesley. John Wesley said, “Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin, and desire nothing but God, and I care not a straw whether they be clergymen or laymen; such alone will shake the gates of hell and set up the kingdom of heaven on Earth.” Wesley also declared, “I value all things only by the price they shall gain in eternity.” For more on the infiltration of the church, see enemieswithinthechurch.com.
7. CHINA EXPERT WARNS OF WWIII: In his latest article, “World’s Most Dangerous Combination: China and Russia,” China expert Gordan Chang warned that China and Russia are “forming the core of a new axis” that includes Iran, North Korea, Algeria, and terrorist groups. Chang asserted, “The Chinese and Russian leaders are forming this grouping because they believe the United States, the final guarantor of the international system that frustrates them both, must be taken down. Xi, by, among other things, declaring a ‘people’s war’ on America, has made it clear that the U.S. must be destroyed and Americans exterminated…China and Russia are preparing to go to war together. As no country threatens either of them, they are undoubtedly thinking of perpetrating more acts of aggression.”
In related news, a new report from the CCP Biothreats Initiative found that China’s People’s Liberation Army is developing biological weapons to impair cognitive function and even induce sleep in enemy soldiers.
8. CONGRESSMAN EXPOSES DEEP STATE BLACKMAIL: In a recent interview, Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) discussed the coverup of the Epstein client list and explained how conservatives are blackmailed into voting for bad bills. Burchett said, “Here’s how it works. You’re out of the country or out of town, or you’re in a motel or at a bar in D.C., and, whatever you’re into – women or men or whatever – comes up, and they’re very attractive, and they’re laughing at your jokes, and you’re buying them a drink. Next thing you know, you’re in the motel room with them…”
Burchett elaborated, “Next thing you know, you’re about to make a key vote, and what happens? Some well-dressed person comes up and whispers in your ear, ‘Hey, man, there’s tapes out on you.’ Or ‘Were you in a motel room with whoever?’ And then you’re like, ‘Uh-oh,’ and [they] said, ‘You really ought not be voting for this thing.’”
9. CONSERVATIVES TARGETED BY “SWATTING” RAIDS: Senator Rick Scott (R-FL), Rep. Brandon Williams (R-NY), Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (R-GA), and both of Greene’s daughters were recently victims of “swatting” raids, false emergency reports issued to law enforcement. Greene called out the FBI for its failure to track down the individuals behind the swatting calls and said, “But compare it to how the FBI and DOJ treats J6’ers, President Trump, and their political enemies.”
10. IS PFIZER BETTING ON A CANCER EPIDEMIC? Pfizer is investing $43 billion in acquiring cancer-treatment drug maker Seagen, a company that currently brings in around $2 billion a year. Chris Wick News stressed, “It is crucial to recognize that the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 mRNA vaccines have been linked to an unprecedented increase in aggressive cancer cases, a phenomenon unseen on a global scale…Pfizer’s new acquisition takes them from being able to ‘treat’ two of these turbo cancers to being able to treat seven out of 10. Not bad for a company looking to corner the market in treating the same problems it is causing.”
11. WHY DOES MEDIA SLANT LEFTIST? A new study from Syracuse University’s Newhouse School of Public Communications found that only 3.4% of journalists are Republicans, while 36.4% are Democrats, and 51.7% are Independents. Kevin Bass, Ph.D., responded, “As with most professions, conservatives have been increasingly excluded or purged from the ranks of journalists. If you wonder why the media is the way it is today, this is why.”
One X user observed, “Biden is vacationing at the St. Croix home of the founder of the company that controls news content distribution for 800 media companies including the AP, BBC, and ESPN.”
Ed. Note: For more, read Biden vs. Trump: 5 Ways the Left Is Way Beyond Double Standards.
12. INTERNATIONAL NEWS: At least 140 Nigerian Christians were killed by Islamic militants in remote villages in central Nigeria around Christmastime. One international observer said, “ The brazen failure of the authorities to protect the people of Nigeria is gradually becoming the ‘norm.’”
Remix News reports, “Following a year of record immigration into Canada and amid reports of nearly 2 million of its citizens relying on food banks, the Canadian government has announced plans to accept refugees from Gaza.” The Exposé reports, “The European Union has vowed to permanently shut down X if Elon Musk doesn’t immediately ban alternative media from the platform.”
13. SUPREME COURT: In a recent interview, Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said his favorite Supreme Court justice was Chief Justice Earl Warren, who took prayer out of schools. Just The News reports, “Supreme Court Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson faces an ethics complaint from a conservative non-profit alleging that she failed to disclose income from her husband’s business for more than a decade.”
14. NOTEWORTHY STORIES:
- Former FBI agent turned whistleblower Kyle Seraphin revealed that the FBI has “officially adopted the LGBTQIA+ acronym in place of LGBTQ+” and that the agency sent an email instructing employees to use the new term.
- Zero Hedge reports, “Harvard President Claudine Gay has now been caught plagiarizing five academic papers – nearly half of her entire scholarly output – a sin that would seemingly be fatal for anyone else in her position.”
- Costco sold over $100 million worth of gold in the quarter ending September 30. Chief financial officer Richard Galanti said, “When we load them [gold bars] on the site, they’re typically gone within a few hours.”
- The Congressional Budget Office reports that the U.S. National Debt has increased twice as fast under President Biden as it did under President Trump.
- Newsmax reports, “New York Democrat lawmakers are targeting fast food giant Chick-fil-A, which is closed on Sundays, with legislation that mandates restaurants located in rest stops on the state Thruway or operated by the Port Authority in New York and New Jersey to remain open seven days a week.”
- The Florida Democratic Party has moved to cancel its state primary, keeping Biden challenger Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN) off the ballot. Phillips said, “Americans would expect the absence of democracy in Tehran, not Tallahassee.”
- Ohio Republican Governor Mike DeWine vetoed a bill overwhelmingly passed by the state legislature that would have protected children from “gender-affirming care.” Kevin Roberts, President of the Heritage Foundation, responded, “Gov. DeWine’s capitulation to radical gender ideology is outrageous and unacceptable. We all have a duty to protect children and female athletes from irreversible physical and psychological damage.
15. NOTEWORTHY QUOTES:
- “Pro-Palestine rioters attacked police and shut down the streets in midtown [Manhattan] at the Christmas Day direct action. The coalition of far-left radicals, Muslim fundamentalists, and Palestine ultra-nationalists seeks to disrupt the holiday season.” –Andy Ngo
- “The JFK assassination — there’s no way you can’t come to the conclusion that if not directly responsible, [the CIA was] involved…there is no way it was a lone gunman.” –Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI)
- “Character is king in these matters! We must remember that technical solutions can never replace building character, integrity, accountability, and a close walk with God in our lives and the lives of our children.” –Cyber12 Security on safely using the Internet
- “People would rather participate in self-inflicted genocide than question their doctor…or step out of their comfort zone and challenge power…or acknowledge that ‘the experts’ are either corrupt or not very smart…or realize that the ruling class despises them.” – Dr. Toby Rogers
- “There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen.” –Vladimir Ilyich Lenin.
- “On the hypothetical supposition that at any one time there was never to be but ONE individual in the world who was a genuine and complete Christian, who in all respects always demonstrated the Faith shining in its truest luster, and appearing excellent and lovely, from whatever angle and under whatever circumstance this Faith is viewed… Resolved: To act just as I would do, if I strove with all my strength, to be that ONE; and to live as if that ONE should live in my time and place.” –Jonathan Edwards
FAITH, FAMILY, & FREEDOM REPORT
1. ARIZONA PREACHER OUT OF ICU: Hans Schmidt, the courageous street preacher who was shot in the head in Arizona, has been released from the ICU! His wife Zulya stated, “We’re hopeful, and we’re praying, and we’re contending for a supernatural recovery. Every day, we’ve been able to witness a miracle…I know God has a plan in all of this, because there’s no other way to explain it.”
2. MICHIGAN FARMER RECEIVES SETTLEMENT: East Lansing, Michigan, agreed to pay Catholic farmer Steve Tennes $825,000 for discriminating against his religious beliefs. Just The News reported, “The settlement, negotiated by [lawyers at] Alliance Defending Freedom, also includes a permanent injunction against East Lansing finding the farm in violation of its vendor guidelines ‘for declining to host same-sex wedding ceremonies.’”
3. MORE NEW YORKERS HOMESCHOOLING: A new report found that the number of those homeschooling in New York has risen over 175% since the pandemic. Tanya King wrote, “Despite the regulations imposed by the state, the popularity of homeschooling continues to soar.”
4. TENNESSEE AG SUES BLACKROCK: Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti (R) sued globalist investment giant Blackrock for allegedly violating the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act. Skrmetti asserted, “BlackRock has said two things that can’t both be true. The first is that they’re taking investors’ money and investing it purely for the purpose of maximizing the return on investment. But…they’ve made lots of statements about working to use all of the assets under their management to further the goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and both of those can’t be true.”
5. TEXAS MAKES ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION A STATE OFFENSE: Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) signed a bill designating illegal immigration as a state crime. According to CNN, “The law, which is slated to take effect in March, would empower Texas law enforcement to arrest illegal entrants and grant judges the ability to order their deportation.” Prior to this bill, Governor Abbott had taken largely token measures to protect his state against the Biden-endorsed illegal immigration invasion.
6. MICHIGAN KEEPS TRUMP ON BALLOT: The Michigan Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald Trump could remain on the state’s primary ballot. Justice Elizabeth Welch stated that those bringing the case against Trump “have identified no analogous provision in the Michigan Election Law that requires someone seeking the office of President of the United States to attest to their legal qualification to hold the office.”
7. FLORIDA CONTINUES LEADING MIGRATION CHARTS: Census numbers continue to favor red states. New data reveals Florida has had a net gain of 818,762 citizens, while California has lost well over one million inhabitants over the past three years. Florida Governor Ron Desantis (R) stated, “You see the places people are leaving, like California and Illinois, and New York, they all have similar governing philosophies, and people really are fleeing the poor results of those policies.”
8. RAMASWAMY HIGHLIGHTS PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY: Republican Presidential Candidate Vivek Ramaswamy called for personal responsibility among men to respond to the abortion crisis. Ramaswamy emphasized, “The winning path for the GOP on abortion isn’t to compromise on our principles, it’s to practice what we preach: Codify sexual responsibility for men into the law…It’s not about men’s rights vs women’s rights. It’s about ‘human’ rights.”
9. MILEI CUTS GOVERNMENT JOBS: Newly elected Argentinian President Javier Milei cut over 5,000 government jobs, declaring, “The goal is (to) start on the road to rebuilding our country, return freedom and autonomy to individuals and start to transform the enormous amount of regulations that have blocked, stalled and stopped economic growth.”
10. U.K. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION PROTECTS KIDS: The U.K.’s Department of Education released new guidelines directing schools on how to respond to students who identify as transgender. The guidelines do not require teachers to refer to students’ preferred pronouns and do not allow for a “transgender” student to participate in single-sex schools. The guidelines also keep boys out of girls’ sports and bathrooms.
11. STATES PASS LAWS AGAINST TRANSGENDER CULT: The Washington Stand reported that 84 laws were passed in 23 states in 2023 protecting children from “transgender surgeries, securing parental rights, shielding kids from sexually explicit drag queen shows, safeguarding the privacy of women’s facilities, ensuring fairness in women’s sports, and strengthening religious conscience rights.” Brent Keilen of FRC Action reasoned, “As this collision has intensified, we’ve seen legislators in a number of states step up to the plate and work to protect their state’s children and families.”
12. MORE BABIES SAVED IN TEXAS: Only 34 abortions were performed in Texas from January 1 to September 15 after the state passed an almost complete abortion ban. Over 100,000 abortions were performed in the state between 2020 and 2021. Troy Newman, President of Operation Rescue, stated, “While the pro-life community has much to celebrate, the pro-death crowd continues to find methods of killing as many human beings as possible.”
13. CALIFORNIA CITY STANDS AGAINST WOKENESS: Huntington Beach, California, voted against wokeness and the diversity agenda, canceling city celebrations for Pride, Black History, and Women’s History Month. Scott McDonald of the Messenger reported Huntington Beach has also banned “the LGBTQ Pride flag, it banned Covid-19 vaccine and mask mandates, it disbanded the city’s Human Relations committee, it’s adopting a Declaration of Policy on Human Dignity that calls for separate biological sexes for certain sports, and it’s trying to restrict certain library books for children.”
14. FIRST AMENDMENT VICTORY FOR STUDENTS: A group of students wearing pro-life apparel won a legal victory after they were kicked out of the National Archives building by a security officer who claimed their beliefs might be offensive to others. The American Center for Law and Justice reported such an incident would not happen again and explained it would ensure “additional training provided to security officers.”
15. VIRGINIA SUPREME COURT RULES FOR FREE SPEECH: The Virginia Supreme Court ruled in favor of French teacher Peter Vlaming after he was fired for not referring to a transgender student’s preferred pronouns in 2018. The Court found that Vlaming was “protected by the free exercise and free speech clauses of the Virginia Constitution.” The case now returns to a lower court, and the Supreme Court also ruled the school could not terminate Vlaming.
16. FLORIDA SCHOOL KEEPS BIBLE IN ITS LIBRARY: The Broward County Public School system voted to retain the Bible in its library after claims that it was too “sensitive and controversial for students.” Scott Travis of Sun-Sentinel wrote, “The Superintendent’s Review Committee, created this year to comply with a state law allowing parents to challenge books, voted unanimously Wednesday to keep the book on district library shelves.”
17. AMERICANS OPPOSE TIKTOK: A new report finds that a majority of Americans (54%) are in favor of banning TikTok. The Heritage Foundation’s Kara Frederick stated, “From logging keystrokes to laundering pro-Chinese Communist Party (CCP) narratives to U.S. audiences, TikTok—via its Beijing-based parent company ByteDance—exposes Americans to a host of abuses by the Chinese government.”
18. 103-YEAR-OLD VETERAN SHARES LIFE SECRET: WWII veteran Sam Avolicino recently celebrated his 103rd birthday, and shared his advice for young people, saying, “I recommend all children pick up on God…and go to church. Pray every night. God’s been the most important person in my life. Respect your parents and listen to your parents. Don’t let outside influences get to you, which is very difficult today.” Avolicino has been married for 72 years and has children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren.
19. LIFE IS TRULY PRECIOUS: Parents of children with Trisomy 18 syndrome have shared their stories following the Texas Supreme Court’s decision barring Kate Cox from aborting her unborn child with the syndrome. Claudia Linton shared the story of her daughter Josephine, relating, “She was amazing, and she touched everyone, anyone who came in contact with her. When you’ve got the unknown aspect there, it is very frightening. You’re scared of what you don’t know. But once you’re in the middle of it, it just becomes your new norm, and it’s not scary at all…you just get on with it…it’s just life.”
20. BABY FOUND ALIVE AFTER TORNADO IN TENNESSEE: In God’s providence, a 4-month-old baby miraculously survived after a tornado destroyed his home. His mother, Sydney Moore, recounted, “The roof came off first; the tip of the tornado came down and picked up the bassinet with my baby. I was pretty sure he was dead, and we weren’t going to find him. But he’s here, and that’s by the grace of God.”
HYMN OF THE WEEK
Another Year Is Dawning by Frances Havergal
Another year is dawning, dear Father, let it be
In working or in waiting, another year with Thee!
Another year of progress, another year of praise,
Another year of proving Thy presence all the days.
Another year of mercies, of faithfulness and grace,
Another year of gladness in the shining of Thy face;
Another year of leaning upon Thy loving breast;
Another year of trusting, of quiet, happy rest!
Another year of service, of witness for Thy love,
Another year of training for holier work above!
Another year is dawning, dear Father, let it be
On earth, or else in Heaven, another year for Thee!
