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Alex Newman is an award-winning international freelance journalist, author, researcher, educator and consultant. He is senior editor for The New American. He is founder and CEO of Liberty Sentinel and a national syndicator of radio and TV programs including Behind the Deep State which airs on WVCY Television (Milwaukee, WI) and VCY.tv. He's authored or co-authored numerous articles and books including Indoctrinating Our Children to Death and Woke and Weaponized: How Karl Marx Won the Battle for American Education and How We Can Win it Back. Earlier today Jim went into a search engine and asked the question, "What is the Deep State?" The response directed him to Wikipedia which stated, "The term deep state refers to an unauthorized, hidden network of power that operates within a government independently of its elected leaders to pursue its own goals." It went on to say as to its core, "It describes unelected state officials, bureaucrats, or military and intelligence personnel who supposedly influence or control government policy behind the scenes. In yet another place it refers to the deep state as being a political conspiracy theory that "posits the existence of a deep state within the US federal government, primarily composed of members of the FBI and CIA. Proponents argue that a clandestine network of conspirators within the leadership of the financial and industrial sectors exercise power alongside or within the elected government."

This message opens a study of Ecclesiastes, written near the end of Solomon's life, a book Kent calls most unusual and often misunderstood. Solomon wants us to understand the obvious: how fast life passes and how we should live in light of it. Kent explains that the Hebrew word hebel means vapor, not "meaningless," and walks through three pictures in Ecclesiastes 1:2–11: our life is like the steam off a cup of hot coffee (vv. 2–3), the world is like a treadmill that cycles but never arrives (vv. 4–8), and our life is written on a chalkboard, erased and eventually forgotten (vv. 9–11). Along the way he draws on his own childhood memories, C. S. Lewis, Augustine and H. B. Charles. The application is that meaning is found not under the sun but in looking above the sun to God's Son. We are urged to "live life backwards," keeping our certain death before us so that each day counts, as a reason to be wise and not to despair.

Went a bit long today so we that could cover a lot of ground, including more D'Souzian silliness with CS Lewis, and then Matt Fradd saying Jimmy Akin "destroyed" me (when he didn't even address my actual argument), and finishing up with a look at four key texts on the decree of God in the Bible, all up on the big board.

A Search Class that explores the moral imagination, especially as seen in the work of C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien and in light of the gospel and the book of Revelation in the Bible.

James Dobson. John MacArthur. Phil Robertson. Voddie Baucham. Charlie Kirk. The prophets are gone, but their voices still echo. Kevin and Danny mark one year since these five godly leaders passed away. They revisit the urgent, biblical case made by each of them - to pull the children out of the godless public schools before it's too late. Will the church listen to their voices?

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The sermon contrasts the spiritual apathy of a comfortable leadership with the bold faith of young believers who refuse to settle for defeat. Drawing from 1 Samuel 14, it highlights how Jonathan and his armor bearer stepped out in trust despite overwhelming odds, demonstrating that God is not restrained by numbers or circumstances. The preacher challenges the congregation to abandon passive comfort and actively engage in spiritual warfare for their generation. Emphasizing that God often works through those willing to take the first step, the message calls for a renewed commitment to service and evangelism. Ultimately, it asserts that when individuals act in faith, God moves powerfully to bring victory where human effort seems insufficient.

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According to popular legend, the frontiersman Daniel Boone first laid eyes on the bluegrass region of central Kentucky on June 7, 1769. To gain this initial sight, Boone and his companions scaled a 700-foot sandstone outcrop called Pilot Knob, which gives a commanding view over the surrounding dense forest. After weeks of traveling over forbidding mountains, fording raging rivers, and narrowly escaping imprisonment by hostile Shawnee warriors, their ascent of this tower-like hill must have given the haggard frontiersmen a sense of relief. The expansive view of what he called "ample plains [and] beauteous tracts below" must have been mingled with hopes for future blessing and security in what would be his new home in subsequent years. Pilot Knob is now a Kentucky state nature preserve, and the summit still provides stunning views of this rugged region, with the addition of (on clear days) the skyline of the city of Lexington 40 miles in the distance. I had this spot, which I had the pleasure of hiking earlier this year, in mind as I was setting the text of Psalm 46 for congregational worship. The language of a "refuge," a "help in trouble," a fortress amid mountains, rivers, and hostile enemies paired in my mind with this lonely outpost where American settlers first found a refuge in the land the natives called a "dark and bloody ground." While not as venerable a setting of Psalm 46 as Luther's EIN FESTE BURG, I hope that the bluegrass inspired PILOT KNOB has helped you engage with this beautiful text from the Scriptures over these past few weeks. —Henry C. Haffner