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The Demonic Triad
We’re now two weeks away from one of the most consequential elections of our lifetime.
I want us to ascend from hovering over the swamp and take a sweeping 30,000 foot view from a visual airliner.
I’ve been thinking recently about one of the most important clauses in Abraham Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg Address: “that government of the people, by the people, and for the people should not perish from the earth.”
That sentence is in serious jeopardy in 2016 America. Why?
Because of a Demonic Triad.
Read MoreIf You Don’t Like the Person, Vote for the Only Party with a Bailing Can and Some Life Preservers
If it hasn’t been obvious for years, the Wikileaks revelations make one thing abundantly clear:
The Democrat Party in the United States is wittingly or unwittingly committed to elitist attitudes and policies that could destroy the American republic.
Actually, they’ve been quite effective at it during the past forty years because an unthinking, complacent and immoral populace have allowed them to do so.
With three weeks left until one of the most consequential elections of our lives, and with two poor presidential candidates leading the major parties, I have one practical suggestion to make (outside of fervent prayer):
If you don’t like the person, vote for the only party that still possesses a bailing can and some life preservers.
Read MoreIt’s Only Real Love When It’s Hard
I possess a doctoral degree in Strategic Leadership, but sometimes I feel like I’m still in Kindergarten when it comes to some areas of life.
One such course of needed study and growth is the biblical quality of love.
Next week my wife, Shirley, and I celebrate forty years of marriage. I would have liked to have taken her on a cruise, a romantic getaway, or even to a nearby Bed ‘n Breakfast.
But yesterday, Shirley had major female surgery (a seven hour procedure), and for the next 6-8 weeks she will be convalescing and I will be her main caregiver at home.
But that’s okay. I know I have a lot to learn about the greatest subject in the world–love.
It’s only real love when it’s hard.
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