Dr. Ramsey titled his sermon, ‘Life,’ therein he answers two questions as he explains God’s 6th commandment from Deuteronomy 5: What does this command require of us? What does it not require of us? In the process of answering those questions, he traces the ramifications of God’s 6th command into the mundane affairs of our daily lives.
If you are interested in being able to more fully examine you own relationships with your Creator and with other human beings, then this sermon has some instructions for you.
Category: Human Rights and/or Rights Violation
Chinese Regime Oversaw ‘Unprecedented’ Efforts to Crush Human Rights in 2020, US Commission Says: Epoch Times
The Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) said in the report released on Jan. 14 that the “Chinese Communist Party has taken unprecedented steps to extend their repressive policies through censorship, intimidation, and the detention of people in China for exercising their fundamental human rights.”…It said that new evidence emerged last year that “crimes against humanity—and possibly genocide—are occurring” in the region of Xinjiang, where Beijing has subjected Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities to a vast campaign of repression including detention, forced labor, forced sterilization, and mass surveillance. …The CECC also highlighted the regime’s expanding efforts to silence people in America critical of the CCP and pressuring U.S. companies to bow to Beijing’s demands.
Xi Orders China’s Military to Focus on ‘Preparing for War’ as Party Approaches 100th Anniversary: Epoch Times
Chinese leader Xi Jinping has commanded the regime’s military to focus on “preparing for war,” as Beijing looks to make a splash in 2021—the year marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In the first order of the year, Xi instructed the forces to ratchet up military training. As chairman of the regime’s Central Military Commission (CMC), Xi is head of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA), the CCP’s armed forces.
…In 2020, Beijing’s stated defense budget was $178 billion, roughly a quarter of U.S. defense spending that year, although experts estimate that the amount was much higher. According to a March 2020 report, the CCP’s military spending is 87 percent that of the United States’ defense budget.
‘The True Face of the Chinese Communist Party Has Been Exposed’: Secretary Pompeo: Epoch Times
“You go back all the way to Tiananmen Square. We’ve known the nature of this regime, and frankly, freedom-loving people across the world who have known the nature of authoritarian regimes throughout history. And yet we ignored it,” Pompeo answered. Pompeo explained that the reason for the disregard of the CCP’s (Chinese Communist Party) grave human rights violations was a great extent due to the existence of a belief that if the United States engaged in fair and reciprocal trade and engagement, the situation would ameliorate, however, reality showed that the idea was clearly “false all the way through.” …“Even when you look at Europe and Australia and Southeast Asia, they know to, they know that the Chinese Communist Party is up to no good.”
Canadian church pens epic response after police charge six elders for holding services in defiance of lockdowns: Not The Bee
“We are peaceful family men seeking to pastorally care for our families and our church in sincere obedience to God. We are not criminals. Officers from the Waterloo Region Police Service (WRPS) showed up at each of our homes last night at roughly 8pm and gave us each a summons to court. While other pastors in Ontario have faced similar charges under the [Reopening Ontario Act]for holding church services, to our knowledge this is the first time that each and every member of an entire elders board has been charged for gathering a church to worship. Although we know of officers within the WRPS who personally disagree with these charges, it appears the WRPS is trying to make an example of us. For years we have taught our children to respect police, and now our children and grandchildren are witness to their fathers and grandfathers receiving charges from police for worshipping Christ with our church. It is a dark day for Waterloo Region and Ontario.”
Facebook Shuts Down Page for GOP Senate Campaigns Just Before Georgia Runoffs: Epoch Times
The National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) runs the Georgia Battleground Fund, a joint fundraising committee for the NRSC and the campaigns for Loeffler and Perdue. …According to a screenshot from the committee, Facebook alerted them that the page for the fund was disabled “for policy violation.” …The page allegedly violated a policy against unacceptable business practices. …“Big Tech is at it again,” the NRSC said in a statement. “This is unacceptable with only four days to Election Day.”
Paul Kengor: Abolition of Private Property Is at the Core of Communism: Epoch Times
“The theory of the Communists may be summed up in the single sentence: Abolition of private property,” Marx and Engels, the founders of the communist doctrine, wrote in The Communist Manifesto, a book that forms the basis for communism. …“To abolish private property you’re going to have a war on your hands, you’re going to need guns, you’re going to need gulags,” Kengor said on Epoch Times’ Crossroads program. Therefore communists killed 100 million people to abolish private property, he added… …“If the WEF projection should come true, people would have to rent and borrow their necessities from the state, which would be the sole proprietor of all goods. The supply of goods would be rationed in line with a social credit points system.”
LA Supervisor’s Home Surrounded by Rally to Reopen Restaurants: Epoch Times
Kuehl was among three supervisors who voted against a resolution that would have allowed restaurants to continue serving patrons outdoors. She drew the ire of restaurateurs after being photographed dining at Il Forno Trattoria in Santa Monica Nov. 24, a day before the new rules were implemented. …“I feel like they are so out of touch with what’s going on. We had five restaurant owners here, and between all of us, we employed 1,000 employees—those employees no longer have jobs,” Angela Marsden, owner of Pineapple Hill Saloon, told The Epoch Times.
2020 ‘The Year Socialism Went Mainstream’: Nikki Haley: Epoch Times
“This is the Democratic Party that believes you cancel anyone that doesn’t agree with you,” she said. “They believe that you defund the police and stop taking care of those that serve us. They believe that socialism is the new way of life. And they think that you should put your lives and your healthcare in the hands of government.”
Video: Facts Matter (Dec. 28): Mike Pence’s Exclusive Authority to Overturn Election? Epoch Times
According to a provision inside the 12th Amendment, Vice President Mike Pence might be able to certify President Donald Donald Trump as the winner of the 2020 election. But what would the ramifications of that decision be?…Trump signed the $2.3 trillion relief bill and asked for several revisions from Congress. Over in Nevada, a high school student is suing his school because they are conducting what he calls “ideological indoctrination” using Critical Race Theory. [Details of this lawsuit and how it is being argued are clearly discussed from the actual case material which Roman B. begins to discuss about 5 minutes into the video.]