3. Welcome
FRC
Minnesota Family Institute
Alliance Defense Fund
Randy Wilson
National Field Director
Watchmen on the Wall Initiative
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5. War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things;
the decayed and degraded state of moral and
patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth
war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which
he is willing to fight; nothing he cares about more
than his own personal safety; is a miserable creature
who has no chance of being free, unless made and
kept so by the exertions of better men than
The US Army John himself.
Special Warfare
F. Kennedy
Museum
- John Stewart Mills, British Philosopher
8. I have put Watchmen on your walls, O
Jerusalem; and you shall never hold you
peace day or night. You who make
mention of the LORD, do not keep silent.
Isaiah 62:6
9. All tyranny needs to gain a
foothold is for people of good
conscience to remain silent.
-Thomas Jefferson
10. How have we remained silent?
Ø 1954, the Johnson Amendment
Ø 1962, prayer was tossed out of our schools
Ø 1963, the Bible was thrown out as a text
Ø 1971, No-Fault Divorce
Ø 1973, Roe v Wade
Ø 1980, 10 Commandments came down from School halls
Ø Fallacy… we ll just stay home and not vote …Silent Majority
11. The results of being silent
Consider what has happened over the
past generation, on our watch:
Ø Human life has become disposable.
Ø Marriage is being radically redefined and devalued.
Ø Human origins are taught in public schools with no
allowance for a Creator.
Ø Sexual promiscuity and perversion is encouraged by
the entertainment media.
Ø Public expression of Christianity is under assault.
12. What keeps us silent?
...my people are destroyed
for lack of knowledge .
--Hosea 4:6
13. Knowledge is, in every
country, the surest
basis of public happiness."
--George Washington
14. "Liberty cannot be preserved
without a general knowledge
among the people,…
- John Adams
(Dissertation on Canon and Feudal Law, 1765)
15. Our Vision:
Spiritually revived churches full of
informed and impassioned Christian
citizens actively promoting biblical
values in American life.
17. President James A. Garfield
The people are responsible
for the character of their Congress. If
that body (Congress) be ignorant,
reckless, and corrupt, it is because
the people tolerate ignorance,
recklessness, and corruption...
18. …If the next centennial does
not find us a great nation…it
will be because those who
represent the enterprise, the
culture, and the morality of the
nation do not aid in controlling the
political forces.
19. "If the people fail to vote, a
government will be developed
which is not their government...
The whole system of American
Government rests on the ballot box. Unless
citizens perform their duties there, such a
system of government is doomed to failure."
- Calvin Coolidge, Thirtieth President of the United States
20. Politics: to engage in political intrigue, take
advantage of a political situation; to deal with
people in an opportunistic, manipulative or
devious way
Politician: A seeker or holder of public office,
who is more concerned about winning favor or
retaining power than about maintaining principles
Policy: a defined course of action
21. Democracy (man is king): no fixed moral code, mob rule:
French Revolution, The majority decides to legalize or
criminalize whatever they wish. All responsibility is
shared by the group, which means no one is responsible.
Republic (law is king): bases its primary laws on a fixed
moral code. In a Republic, secondary or day to day lesser
laws are determined by a group of responsible
representatives who legislate according to conscience.
These new laws and the conscience of the representatives
are expected to be in submission to the fixed primary moral
code. The representatives are personally responsible for
their decisions.
22. Our destruction if it come
at all, will be from...the
inattention of the people to
the concerns of their government, from
their carelessness and negligence.
– Noah Webster
23. The punishment which the wise
suffer who refuse to take part in
the government, is to live under
the government of worse men.
- Plato
24. " So often, the contemporary church is
a weak, ineffectual voice with an un-
certain sound. So often it is an arch-
defender of the status quo. Far from being disturbed
by the presence of the church, the power structure of
the average community is consoled by the church's
silent -- and often even vocal -- sanction of things as
they are. But the judgment of God is upon the church
as never before. If today's church does not recapture
the sacrificial spirit of the early church, it will lose its
authenticity, forfeit the loyalty of millions, and be
dismissed as an irrelevant social club with no meaning
for the twentieth century."
25. Wave of anti-abortion bills advance in the
states
Mar 24, 3:01 AM EDT
By DAVID CRARY
AP National Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- Dozens of bills are advancing
through statehouses nationwide that would put an
array of new obstacles - legal, financial and
psychological - in the paths of women seeking
abortions…
26. …What's different this year is not the raw
number of anti-abortion bills, but the fact that
many of the toughest, most substantive measures
have a good chance of passage due to gains by
conservative Republicans in last year's legislative
and gubernatorial elections.
Ø NC put a marriage amendment on the ballot
after an eight year fight
Ø Pastor Bob Emrich, Plymouth, ME
28. The Call to Commitment
for Pastors:
Church Ministries encourages and equips
Pastors to commit to three simple, but
powerful action steps
29. Action Step 1:
Pray and lead the church to become
a house of prayer, pleading for:
Ø Revival in the Church
Ø Spiritual Awakening in our Nation
Ø Moral Renewal in the Culture
Ø Righteousness and Justice in our
Government Leaders and Laws
38. Action Step 3:
Partner with 3 other pastors to join in
prayer for our nation and preaching on
moral issues, meeting regularly for
encouragement and equipping, and
then replicating after one year.
Prov. 27:17, Iron sharpen iron, so one
man sharpens another.
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40. Our heritage, our opportunity…
– Malachi 2:7
For the lips of a priest ought to
preserve knowledge, and from his
mouth men should seek
instruction-because he is the
messenger of the LORD Almighty.
41. – 2 Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all grace
abound to you, so that in all
things, at all times, having all you
need, you will abound to every
good work.
42. –Samuel Adams
"It does not take a
majority to prevail ...
but rather an irate,
tireless minority, keen on
setting brushfires of freedom in the
minds of men."
