Intercontinental Church of God

19 March 2010

Greetings from Tyler,

It’s hard to say what percentage of Americans realize it, but this is the most critically pivotal moment in our modern history. At stake is the philosophy on which our nation was founded, our constitutionally mandated system of checks and balances and our God-ordained freedom and prosperity.

Many see this as nothing short of an end-run around the U.S. Constitution being attempted in an effort to put the entirety of America’s healthcare system under government micro-management. If you pay even scant attention to the news surrounding the near chaos of what’s going on in the nation’s capitol right now, you know that the clear language of Article 1, Section 7 is expected to be breached by the House of Representatives if they “deem” to have passed a bill never presented for a vote.

“Oh, Washington politicians have routinely engaged in such shenanigans,” is the oft repeated refrain. But this time the very definition of America is at stake.

Only recently it has come to light that the entire system of financing college education will also come exclusively under government control if this thing goes through. It is a departure from American tradition, to say the very least. Emotions are at a fever pitch over the prospect of expanding government power and control into the most personal aspects of life. Then there is that perennial hot button issue of taxpayer moneys being used to fund abortion which has also come to the fore as a factor in this debate.

I came across a heart-pounding commentary published in today’s Washington Times. It contains the suggestion that “high crimes and misdemeanours” are being committed in breaching the Constitution

The Speaker of the House said today that she is praying to St. Joseph, the patron saint of workers, “to help benefit the worker, and that’s exactly what this healthcare bill will do.” So let’s get this strait. They’re going to pray to a dead man “deemed” to be a saint by a weird holy man, also dead, and that will bring about utopian social justice?

I’ve got a better idea. Don’t call your congressman. Rather, lets collectively contact the One who inspired our founders, who shepherded the miracle of our Constitution and ask His indulgence on behalf of our nation. Even that’s not a guarantee of immediate intervention, but it’s our best hope. We may well be in for even greater tests. As a popular commentator said yesterday, this will not decide the outcome of the “war” for the soul of our nation. But it is D-day.

We’ve just posted an article on the GTA website on the unbelievable breach in U.S. – Israel relations. It is disheartening and completely unnecessary, as you will see. You may be inclined to wonder once again what’s become of the character of our great nation. [Editors note:  This article will be posted Sunday, the 21st]

The priest abuse scandal in Europe is hardly going away. The wave of victims describing hideous accounts of child abuse imaginable is being likened to a “tsunami” by a woman authorized by the “church” to make sure this type of thing doesn’t continue to occur. The pope himself is implicated to the degree that, as head of the “holy office” he is reported to have encouraged or enforced a code of silence in dealing with these wretched incidents, too horrible to recount. The policy forbade contacting civil authorities or media. Additionally, the current pope was responsible for transferring one priest convicted of molestation into a comfortable “exile” for “rehabilitation” where he was allowed almost immediately to working with young kids. The moral of this story, steer clear of weird holy men, period.

The Garner Ted Armstrong telecast this week was on the 144,000. It pulled 308 requests with ninety nine first time contacts.

Mark Armstrong

Intercontinental Church of God