Weekly Newspaper Article for 9/27/23

It's Constitutional Watson

Greetings once again fellow citizens of the great state of Alabama and Lamar County. The U.S. Constitution may be the wisest human document ever written. There are things I will repeat often about it to keep in memory for regular readers, and in case someone reads it for the first time. It's the most important writing for Americans after the Bible. It wasn't written to give us rights, but to protect our God-given rights. It was written to restrain the federal government- not "we the people." Since we apply God's word to our country and time period, it's our final governing authority, not presidential executive orders and congress when they contradict it. Our country is a Constitutional Republic, not a full democracy! Find out if our schools are still teaching it, and rightly at that. If not, pressure them to do it while making sure you're teaching your kids and grandkids about it. 

Interestingly, I just came across this quote from President Ronald Reagan: "Almost all the world’s constitutions are documents in which governments tell the people what their privileges are. Our constitution is a document in which 'We the People' tell the government what it is allowed to do." Here are a few more. Thomas Jefferson once said: "Whensoever the general government assumes undelegated powers, it's acts are unauthoritative, void, and of no force." Current Senator Rand Paul said: "The Founders never intended for Americans to trust their government. Our entire constitution was predicated on the notion that government was a necessary evil, to be restrained and minimized as much as possible." Former Supreme Court Justice William Douglas once said: "The constitution is not neutral. It was designed to take the government off the backs of the people." I could go on, but...

While the whole constitution is important, there are 2 amendments that I share often because of the dangerous direction of our federal government- the 2nd and the 10th. Many people in our area know the 2nd amendment: "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." It seems pretty straight forward doesn't it? Yet many anti-gun activists use the first 4 words to say that this doesn't apply to private citizens like you and me. That's because they don't care or understand what a Militia was- private citizens working together to defend their country. Supreme Court rulings not too long ago upheld our right to keep and bear arms. No restrictions, no infringement! 

The 10th Amendment is equally important today: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.” This gives states, counties and cities the right to nullify unconstitutional acts by the federal government, and arguably- the right to secede from the union (yeah, I know). While it could be very costly (in more ways than one), it may be the only way to stop the loss of our country as we know it. PRAY, PLAN, PREPARE, and be POLITICALLY PROACTIVE- NOW! As Thomas Paine once said: "The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from it's government." Are you a patriot?

Pester Brat is the Founder & Director of the local La-Fayette Constitutional Patriots and national Fellowship of Concerned Constitutional Patriots. You can email him at pesterbratdotcom@aol.com.

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Weekly Newspaper Column 9/20/23

Sheep and Levi-athan

Hello again friends and neighbors. As a Christian and former pastor, I have had and still have what I call "sub-ministries." One is called "Lamar County Sheep Finders" and the other one, which is more of a national ministry, is called Levi-athan Ministries. I'll focus mostly on Sheep Finders, but Levi-athan's name is a play on words based on the Leviathan creature mentioned in the Old Testament and the Hebrew tribe of Levi named after Levi- one of Jacob's 12 sons. Years ago, a Jews for Jesus minister told me that based on my last name, it not being changed when my ancestors came to this country, and my father being Jewish, I'm from the tribe of Levi. So like the Apostle Paul, I have a desire to see Jewish people saved. 

In John Ch 10 Jesus talks about Jewish sheep and Gentile sheep, and that they would be one and have one Shepherd. Further in the chapter Jesus says some interesting things about His sheep. First He says: "You do not believe Me, because you are not of My sheep" (vs. 25). Next He says: "My sheep hear my voice and they follow Me" (vs. 26). Then He says: "I give them eternal life, neither shall any of them perish." What it comes down to, and what my Lamar County Sheep Finders ministry is about, is that if you are one of Christ's sheep, sooner or later you will believe that you are a sinner undeserving of salvation and Heaven, and that Jesus Christ died on the cross and rose again to pay the penalty of and forgive you of all your sins, and you will follow Him. This following of Christ is a result of a changed life (2Cor. 5:17) that includes not forsaking the assembling together with other believers (Heb. 10:25) in a bible believing, gospel preaching, grace embracing Church. Bible Belt States like ours are full of professing Christians that won't go to Church. If I may be blunt here, if you won't go to Church to be with other believers, why would you think you'd want to be in Heaven with a whole lot more? While going to Church does not save anyone one bit, the new desires salvation brings in following Christ as one of His sheep includes wanting to be a part of one of His Churches. You can make all the excuses you want down here, but it won't make the cut at the Judgment. Just sayin ;-). 

So if you claim to be a Christian, you need to be in one of "His" Churches. Now an infomercial :-). The Church I'm a member of, Calvary Baptist Church in Vernon, is a small church with a mostly older congregation. Not only should you be in a Church like ours, I'm asking you to come to our Church since you should be in one anyway. You would be proving whether or not you're one of Christ's sheep, ministering by helping our Church grow again, and we could fellowship together regularly as Christians and fellow constitutional patriots concerned about the direction of our country. Are you going to be one of those that won't darken the door of a church until the unconstitutional and/or economic doo-doo hits the fan, and then want their help? Really? Maybe you're reading this and you're not a believer, but this has got ya thinking about your eternity. Jesus said "I am the way, the truth, and the life, no one comes to the Father except through Me" (John 14:6). No other way, no other religion, no other person or founder! Are you one of Christ's sheep? If you think so, prove it. I'll be glad to help in any way. Because when it's all said and done, if God's not pleased to save our country because of the judgment we deserve, we still have Christ saving His sheep. Praise God!

Pester Brat is the Founder & Director of the local La-Fayette Constitutional Patriots and national Fellowship of Concerned Constitutional Patriots. You can email him at pesterbratdotcom@aol.com.

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Weekly Newspaper Column for 9/13/23

10 Ways We're Being Poisoned

Hey Folkses. Well, do I really think we are being poisoned? Unintentionally at least, yes. Intentionally? Probably. Why would I say such a thing? Well, I've done mucho reading over the years and have been trying to put the puzzle together. I've actually thought this for years. But here's how and why I think we are being poisoned: 

1. Water: There is all kinds of toxic substances and pharmaceutical drugs in our water supply including fluoride. No one should be drinking tap water without a decent water filter. While it is debatable on whether fluoride really helps our teeth in the long run, it was intended to go in toothpaste that would be spit back out, not ingested with water and drinks that use tap water. 2) Aspartame: You know, that artificial sweetener that is in all kinds of diet drinks and foods. Bad news folks! Don't just take my word for it, do your own research. Any artificial sweetener is bad for you because it's not natural. But Aspartame is at the top of the list and much worse than Splenda/Sucralose. 3) Monosodium Glutamate (MSG): This is a concentrated salt that is added to various foods to enhance flavoring. Many food manufacturers hide it by using other terms including but not limited to Natural Flavoring and Carrageenan. It's added to most snack foods and a many restaurant foods. It's not good and we should try to avoid it. 4) Chem-Trails: What-trails, you may be thinking? This one for some reason really irritates me. These "Chem-Trails" are toxic chemicals that are being sprayed up in the sky supposedly in the name in slowing or stopping that global warming nonsense. It comes out of various jet airplanes including passenger jets. Unlike normal contrails that's short and follow the plane, these much more toxic chemicals linger in the sky until they finally dissipate. 5) Artificial Food Coloring: Yes, even this seemingly innocent act of making various foods and deserts pleasing to the eye, is bad for you and can cause cancer. There is a natural food coloring. 6) Toxic Pesticides and Fertilizers: Very bad for us. There are also natural alternatives that can be used instead. 7) Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs): They think it is helping our food supply, but from what I've read it is making it worse. GMOs are not good for us either. If a State tries to pass laws to show GMOs on labels, the corporations affected go on an all-out campaign to scare voters into voting no. 8) Vaccinations: Most, not all, are bad.  They've increased over the years. It's one thing to put the strain of the virus in you to try to immunize, but they often add very toxic chemicals such as Mercury. There's no solid proof that all vaccinations really help and there may even be research to the contrary. There's also a link between various vaccines and Autism and SIDS. High doses of Vitamin D3 not only is good for your heart and fighting free radical and cancer cells, it's also said that a flu shot may not be necessary.  9) Prescription Drugs: Anything that is not a natural food is toxic and possibly cancerous to our bodies. Ever hear the side affects of prescription drugs on TV? Hello! There are many natural alternatives available to help with even serious diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and more. The problem is that the AMA, ACS, Big Pharma, the FDA, etc., are in cahoots with each other because it's more about greed than helping people. 10) COVID Jab? That's for another article ;-).

So whattaya think? Just a crazy conspiracy theory? Maybe! But these things are bad for us. Do your own research. While God certainly has numbered our days, the "means" of those days is still a bit of a mystery. What does this have to do with my Outreach? A lot! We all should be working towards being in better physical shape for when the economical and/or unconstitutional doo-doo hits the fan. 

Pester Brat is the Founder & Director of the local La-Fayette Constitutional Patriots and national Fellowship of Concerned Constitutional Patriots, owner of Mr. B's C-Away, and not a doctor :-). You can email him at mrbcaway@aol.com and pesterbratdotcom@aol.com.

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Weekly Newspaper Column for 9/6/23

Praying and the Prayer of Abraham

Hi All. In a recent article I touched on Abraham's prayer (albeit in Person) to God that He would spare Sodom and Gomorrah as recorded in the Old Testament in Genesis. There are many things we should be praying for as Christians. God's word the Bible tells us what to pray, how to pray, and who to pray for. Indeed, praying to our thrice holy God should be an integral part of a Christian's life. God's word says we should pray for those in authority that we would live a peaceful life. That could include that God would regenerate and save their souls, and restrain as much evil as He will. Do you ever pray for our leaders? I don't pretend to know the mind of God, and I'm just a dirty rotten sinner saved by grace, but maybe instead of asking God to bless America, we should be blessing (to say good things about- where the word 'eulogy' comes from) and praising God! And we should be doing that regardless of what happens to our country. 

Please allow me to share about Abraham's request that God would not destroy Sodom and Gomorrah. It's not my intention to get into all the details of this biblical account. Perhaps you remember it? In Genesis Chapter 18, God approaches Abraham about Sodom and Gomorrah. Abraham asked God if He would destroy the righteous with the wicked and that if there was 50 righteous would He spare the cities. God said He would spare the whole place for their sake, but there wasn't 50 righteous. As we continue reading we find out that Abaraham had to go down to 10 righteous people, maybe hoping that at least his nephew Lot and family were. But sadly there wasn't even 10. In this passage of Scripture, Abraham proclaims "shall not the Judge of the earth do right?" God would have spared the cities even if there was just 10 righteous people! And even though there wasn't, in His mercy He still allowed Lot and his family to escape. Sadly, we know what happened to Lot's wife.

One common estimate of the population of the destroyed cities is 60,000 people. 10 "righteous" people would be under .02%. With a population of 350 million people in our country that would be about 58,000 people. Do you think there are at least 58,000 "declared righteous" people through the all-sufficient sacrifice and glorious resurrection of the God-man Jesus the Christ? By God's grace hopefully more than that. Look, God's not obligated to do the same for one nation as He does for another. We see examples of that in God's word. We deserve God's judgment- not His mercy. God shows mercy to whom He will (see Rom. 9:15-18). Perhaps in addition to the other prayers I mentioned above and more, we should pray similar to what Abraham asked God in sparing Sodom and Gomorrah. How would you pray that prayer? There's nothing magical about the words. But we should and better pray that God may be pleased to not destroy the USA because of our nationally condoned and committed sins while we continue to "act" and try to preserve our constitutional republic. Will you join me?

Pester Brat is the Founder & Director of the local La-Fayette Constitutional Patriots and national Fellowship of Concerned Constitutional Patriots, and a former pastor. You can email him at pesterbratdotcom@aol.com.