My heart breaks for this nation which seems to become more and more divided by the day. This has been a horrific week in America and all I can say is God, we need you. This is not about black versus white, this is not cop versus citizen, all lives matter.

The facts in the cases regarding two black men being shot are not fully known and an investigation is under way, yet that did not stop thugs from gunning down officers in Dallas last night. I honestly don’t know what to say. We need love and respect for each other in our nation again. We are so polarized with left and right we are tearing each other apart. I fear we are headed for another civil war.

I have a suggestion for us; if you are on the Christian right, read some books by those on the left. If you are on the Christian left read books by those on the right. We need to enlarge our circles. It’s no secret I’m a conservative but the truth is there will be liberals in Heaven. There are those on the left who love Jesus they just apply the teaching of loving your neighbor differently than I do.

There used to be a day in America where the left and right had the same principles but different methods, big government and smaller government. Nowadays it seems the chasm between the two is so big no one can get across.

Can we just agree that not every cop is bad, not every black is a suspect, and not every white is a racist?

Is there any common ground between us anymore? If we are in Christ the answer is yes. Can I tell you the answer for our nation is not Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, or a third party. The answer for our nation is for the Church to be the Church.

The left and the right need to get back to the place of civility and understanding one another. We must call out all leaders who try to divide us by race, politics, or social class. It is crucial for us to listen to one another, not for the ability to argue but for the purpose of understanding.

I don’t believe that by listening to each other we will be converting each others politics but I do believe we will be able to find common ground. I don’t think any sensible person would want a cop who has done wrong to go free or for a black man who has done wrong to go free. I support any civilians right to stand trial and I also support the same for a cop who used his gun because he saw no alternative, in both cases, the law and courts should provide justice not vigilantes.

The Church in America right now needs to come together and get on our knees for our nation, for the upcoming election and for racial healing. In the upper room the disciples were in unity and the Holy Spirit came. In order for healing to come to our nation the Church must come together.

The ball is in our court. As much as I disagree with the left, I picked up some books today written by leaders of the Christian left, I will read, I will learn, my goal is to find common ground, I will pray for the healing of our nation and the unity of the Church.

I sit here trying to write a Thanksgiving post and I can’t. The only thing on my mind is the racial division being propagated in our nation and how the blood of Jesus atones and overcomes all injustice.

 
It would be foolish to say there isn’t racism in the nation because there are racist people. However, I do believe we have made great strides to overcome racism in the nation, unfortunately, there will always be those who will not progress in God’s love and accept the truth that all people regardless of color are made in the image of God.

 
Even some in the Church refer to a black church, a white church, a Hispanic church, there is only one Church; color does not matter, denominations don’t matter, even certain doctrinal points don’t matter.

 
If we as the Church are going to help bring healing to our land there are a few things we must do.

 
The first of course is to love one another as Christ has loved us. When we see racism being propagated on campuses we need to come in with the love of God, hear grievances, find truth, and bring healing.

 
We must call out those who name Christ and propagate divide in this nation. We are all God’s creation and everyone deserves to be judged on the content of their character.

 
The verse that keeps coming to mind is, they overcame him by the blood of the lamb and the word of their testimony.

The only way to overcome racism is to acknowledge that we don’t have a racism epidemic but a small part of society that are truly racist. When we choose to acknowledge that we are greater than them we can neutralize the effect.

 
We must acknowledge two other things that play into this issue. The majority of cops are not bad apples. Do a few cops do bad things, yes, but those who paint with a broad brush are creating a greater divide not facilitating healing.

 
We also need and must acknowledge that political correctness and a belief that words hurt us is also increasing the divide. We are all big people and we must come to a grown up place by repeating the childish phrase, sticks and stones will break my bones but words can never hurt me.

 
At the end of the day we stop racism by not using a microscope, not overcoming bad apples and under covering the good guys. We stop it by calling out the Al Sharpton’s of the world. We overcome by loving as Christ loved, we overcome by acknowledging the strides we have made and by choosing to work together.

 
What are your thoughts? How do we bring healing, together?

Yesterday, I watched as Ms. Richards, the president of Planned Parenthood was questioned by a congressional committee. I felt sick as I watched. She admitted facilities did not have mammogram machines. She evaded the matter at hand by saying her employees were illegally tapped. There is plenty I could say on what went on yesterday, sufficed to say it seems like the nation at large looks away. sixty five percent of people say we should continue to fund them with tax payer money, it’s clear they don’t need it, what’s more, they don’t deserve it. Click here for more on Planned Parenthood.

 
Not only is this going on in our nation, something just as sad is going on. Sgt. 1st Class Charles Martland is set to be discharged. Why you may ask, for intervening to stop the rape of a boy. You read that right, a member of our military is being discharged for doing the right thing. Yes, some say he used force he shouldn’t have. He was told not to intervene, he was forced to listen to boys be raped night after night. Finally, like any decent human being he couldn’t set back any longer. Thank God, no young boy deserves to be abused night after night. Shame on those who told our great men and women not to intervene. Now two republican lawmakers are doing the right thing by demanding he not be discharged.

 
As if these two stories aren’t enough, I came across this column by Matt Walsh on a mother giving her fourteen year old son estrogen patches because she has been helping him become a girl. Please read this column, we must wake up to the liberal/progressive manipulation of our culture.

 
Folks, are nation is upside down and I don’t care what progressives tell us, we are a moral people and America is an exceptional nation. If we go back through history we see that it is progressive ideology and policy that pulls us down. The Obama administration has taken us backwards in race relations. Cops are being attacked and killed, we are on the verge of experiencing race riots in this nation, Ferguson is only the beginning.

 
I am not here to be a doom and gloom guy. Just like in the days of the Reagan revolution, I believe we are in a time for the grass roots to rise again and reignite the promise of America.

 
I believe that if each of us as every day American’s will rise up and unite together we can see our nation back on the path of morality and prosperity.

 
We must first hold ourselves accountable for our lack of involvement in the political system and we must educate ourselves and get involved.

 
Secondly, we must hold our leaders to their principles and promises.

 
I believe if we will humble ourselves, respect one another, regardless of differences we can see greatness in America again, we will restore our standing in the world.

 
There may be tough times ahead and yes it will take some time to get the nation back on a moral and economically prosperous track. That will happen as we the people unite together under our first principles. Regardless of republican or democrat, regardless of black, white, Hispanic, whatever. Regardless of whatever differences we must unite on principle, the principles found in our constitution, we must rally together. Together we will see the greatness of America again.

 
Don’t listen to a media that tries to divide us by color. Don’t listen to a media that pits candidates against each other. We are on the same side, or we should be. How can we expect the nation to return to conscience if we don’t return the conscience of our conservatism? We must remember we are all on the same team, let’s return to our principles so we can see America once again be that shining city on a hill, the example of peace and prosperity to the rest of the world.

By now most of us have heard and hopefully have taken the time to watch the Planned Parenthood videos. They truly are sick. But this post is not about Planned Parenthood, actually very little of it will have to do with abortion but I’ll start there.

 
Pharaoh ordered all babies two and under to be killed, this was then what modern day abortion is now. King Harod did the same thing. What came out of that attack on a generation? Moses and Jesus. No wonder the enemy murdered so many. That’s what abortion is, the plan of the enemy.

 
Now, there is no condemnation to any woman who has had or any man who has supported abortion, there is forgiveness and healing that can be received through prayer.

 
The issue is not abortion, but what is behind abortion, and that is the spirit of Molech. Molech (Moloch, in the Greek) is a god, and the sacrifice of worship to this God is children. The Israelite’s were forbidden to offer sacrifice to this god in Leviticus eighteen. The purpose of sacrificing children to this false god was to atone for the parents sin. How messed up is this!? You atone for sin by committing another sin, that’s stupid, but that’s the devil.

 
The spirit of Moloch in this age is not just confined to abortion. Many would never support abortion but the spirit of Moloch still operates in the forms of suppressing a child’s dreams, by holding back spiritual development based on natural age.

 
We in the Church may be against abortion, but many have done little to provide an alternative, sure we have clinics, but how well do we support them? It does us no good to scream for life when after birth we don’t assist the mother and child. It does her no good to have the baby to then just be condemned by the Church for being an unwed mother, hello somebody?

 
It does us no good to support life, when a Christian man feels he’s too good to marry a woman with a child, hello somebody? Can we acknowledge our own disgusting self righteousness here?

 
There’s more to the spirit of Moloch than just abortion, there is the oppression trying to hover the child as it grows up, this is where we, the Church, have been snared.

 
It’s time for generations to unite instead of fight. It’s time for us to comfort and connect with individuals instead of condemn.

 
Is abortion wrong? Yes. However, we should not hold past decisions over someone’s head, that’s what the enemy does, we need to come along side them and bring healing. I’m not in a campaign to defund, I’ll leave that up to the politicians. Instead of defunding one organization we should be more focused on funding crisis pregnancy centers. We should be focused on helping the women and men that choose life. We should be focused on helping raise up a young generation in the Word of God.

 
If we are going to defeat the spirit of Moloch it will only happen one way, by partnering with the generation he is trying to take out.

Many people are upset and with good reason with the CEO of Abercrombie and Fitch for some comments he made.

“He doesn’t want larger people shopping in his store, he wants thin and beautiful people,” Lewis said. “He doesn’t want his core customers to see people who aren’t as hot as them wearing his clothing. People who wear his clothing should feel like they’re one of the ‘cool kids.’” – Robin Lewis, New Rules for Retail.

“In every school there are the cool and popular kids, and then there are the not-so-cool kids,” he told the site. “Candidly, we go after the cool kids. We go after the attractive all-American kid with a great attitude and a lot of friends. A lot of people don’t belong [in our clothes], and they can’t belong. Are we exclusionary? Absolutely. Those companies that are in trouble are trying to target everybody: young, old, fat, skinny. But then you become totally vanilla. You don’t alienate anybody, but you don’t excite anybody, either,” he told Salon.

Many people are upset by these comments, they are upset that A&F doesn’t carry XL or XXL women’s clothing, they are mad because the pant size doesn’t go past 10.

This post is not about A&F but the fact that our entertainment, media, and clothing culture agrees with him they just don’t say it. While it’s true other brands will go up to size 16 or 18 and even carry the XL and XXL sizes let’s look at the models, they are all skinny. Look at the movies and TV shows it’s always centered on the hot skinny couple, he’s an athlete and she is skinny, brunette and beautiful, or skinny, blonde, and beautiful.

The commercial advertisements are all on weight-loss and fitting into the tiny yellow bikini. This is not about eating right or making healthy choices, it is about the stereotype of what is acceptable. America’s Next Top Model, young girls watch that and think that is what they need to be. And even worse, Toddlers in Tiaras, I despise that show with a passion! It totally sets up little girls with the wrong perspective on life. You have prom that is simply a beauty and popularity contest.

Please don’t get me wrong I am not against prom, the point I want to get across is we can’t be upset with the CEO without looking at the majority of our culture and say everything is pretty much in line with him.

We are getting close to swimsuit season and we all know that most girls if they aren’t as thin as a tooth pick think they can’t wear a swimsuit, that is wrong, but it is what the culture says.

As Christian people, let’s look at the big picture and not Just the A&F CEO. We need to teach, encourage, and instill in our young people that their worth is found in Jesus Christ. Mom and Dad tell your daughter she is beautiful on a regular basis, tell her you love her every day, tell her you are proud of her, and spend time encouraging her with your words and the word. And don’t forget about your son, encourage him as well.

Parents, Pastors, Church family we can influence our young people with the word of God and our words of encouragement. Spend time with your kids in Ephesians and teach them who they are, that they are loved by God, the authority they have in the name of Jesus, and that Holy Spirit will lead them every day in the way they should go.

We may not be able to change the entire culture but we can change the culture and outlook of the life of one young person at a time.

Every day we should make a point to encourage someone, tell them they look nice, they did a good job, I appreciate you.

One positive word can change a person’s day, maybe even change their life.