In Matthew 23, the Bible speaks of the “most important aspects of the law”, referencing God’s Law. These values, as outlined in the New Testament are “Justice, Mercy and Faith”.
I’m very careful to whom I apply these values so deeply rooted in the correct dispensation of our judicial system, but I’m confident that Dwayne Gue, Division 1 candidate for Cabell County magistrate, will leverage these values as he supports the people in his jurisdiction.
I grew up with Dwayne. We’ve served together in ministry and in business our entire lives. Dwayne is a resident of Cabell County and loves this area. He’s a business owner and has invested in his community his entire life, working tirelessly to see it flourish. By doing so, he has proven his dedication to the residents of Cabell County.
Constitutionally, Dwayne is a fundamentalist, with his faith guiding every step of the way. I believe his desire is to take his service to the community to another level by helping pave the way for personal freedoms and the pursuit of happiness, while not infringing upon the freedoms nor happiness of others.
In talking with Dwayne I know he has an understanding of this role and is prepared to take on the responsibility associated with being a Cabell County magistrate. Dwayne is also not above counsel and will be judiciously inclined to hear all sides of an issue and seek counsel from others as well as the wisdom of God in his determinations.
I trust and believe in Dwayne Gue. His is family by blood and by the Cross. But as always, do your due diligence by reviewing this candidate’s qualifications as you should all others!
Don’t be tempted to vote for ANYONE because “they have more political signs and name recognition than others”!
Pray, engage and vote! I have. That’s why Dwayne has my support.
Blessings and wisdom to all!
If you feel led to do so, please share. Let’s take action to improve our area of influence in society. We need all the help we can get.
Mark Caserta has been writing opinion columns for nearly 25 years and is editor for Free State Patriot
Got your attention? Good.
We nearly had to take out a loan to purchase this chuck roast I’m preparing to put on the oven. I know prices tend to rise, but this is out of control.
We live in a Republic, which means we are supposed to have representatives who represent the will of the people. Many people don’t know what that looks like. Many politicians don’t care – as long as they remain in power.
There are still good people out there who want to do the right thing as our representatives. Find out who they are and vote for them. If you don’t vote, don’t complain about what you permit.
Families are hurting. People are wandering grocery store aisles looking at items on the shelves they can no longer afford. It’s truly heartbreaking if you understand what’s happening in government.
There are those who will swear government isn’t the problem. Well, to a point they’re right. The people who sit on the sidelines and allow progressive liberals to control their lives are the problem!
The government should not control the people. People should control the government. It’s time, no, it’s past time that we re-engage and take back our lives and the futures of our children and grandchildren.
Corrupt politicians believe we are defeated. They believe they’ve beaten us down and taken away our spirit to fight. They want everyone subservient to their governing hypocrisy. They are relentless in their ideology to dominate, not serve their constituents.
Are we beaten? Is this the way we want it? Is this the environment we want for our children?
It starts with a single, persistent voice in the wilderness. It begins with you and me. Being angry isn’t enough. Put some action behind that anger.
For just a few moments, I would like to bring you along with me through some of my most fond memories with my grandfather, David Lee Armstrong. It is my hope that you will get to be where I was, see what I saw, and experience a man who was as strong, as vibrant, as…
— Read on jamescaserta.wordpress.com/2023/12/28/a-tribute-to-a-real-life-man-of-steel/
For just a few moments, I would like to bring you along with me through some of my most fond memories with my grandfather, David Lee Armstrong. It is my hope that you will get to be where I was, see what I saw, and experience a man who was as strong, as vibrant, as…
— Read on jamescaserta.wordpress.com/2023/12/28/a-tribute-to-a-real-life-man-of-steel/
Mark Caserta has been an opinion columnist since 2000 and is editor for FreeStatePatriot.
Since the founding of our nation, Christianity has been the most prevalent religion in the United States. Multiple sources estimate about 63% of the entire U.S. population, or around 210 million people, identify as Christians. Our nation’s Founding Fathers risked their very lives to ensure citizens of the United States were free to live and worship as they pleased without interference from an oppressive government.
Documents like the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution, as evidenced in their content, were clearly inspired of God and offered a foundation on which our nation could continue to grow and prosper. Simply put, the Bible was the foundation on which our nation was built.
But what has Christianity become in today’s world?
Around the turn into the 19th century, our nation entered a period of widespread social activism and political reform which appeared to focus on addressing many worthwhile matters such as monopoly, corruption and social imbalance. Over the years, this “progressive movement” evolved into a “dark state” of sorts with an underlying goal of removing the Biblical standards and principles on which our country was built and becoming the enabler for morality to be measured on a sliding scale. The premise was that man should be unrestrained or “gods” within themselves and not bound by a higher authority.
Understand, this progressive movement is exactly as its name suggests! It is a perpetual movement, of sorts, that constantly applies pressure to the standards provided by God’s Word using the oldest trick known to man as employed by Satan in the Garden of Eden.
In Genesis 3:1, the serpent asked Eve, “Did God actually say, “You shall not eat of any tree in the garden?” The intent as to cast doubt on God’s Word and to make God appear strict and restrictive on His creation. Adam and Eve, for all intents and purposes, were as children, today. They were in a formative stage and not grounded in Truth. The enemy used their ignorance at their point of development against them and filled the void with exciting thoughts and ideas that “seem right unto man, but the end thereof is death”. (Proverbs 14:12)
The progressive movement began and continues with our children in the exact same way!
In 1943, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that student in the classroom could not be forced to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in school preemptively removing any instructional guidance on allegiance to our nation’s Flag, the Republic for which it stands, or the belief that we are a nation, under God, indivisible, espousing liberty and justice for all.
In 1963, the same liberal court ruled the reading of the Holy Bible was unconstitutional, essentially leveraging the “Establishment Clause” of the Constitution against the Founding Father’s intent of protecting U.S. citizens from government imposed religion.
In 1973, a landmark decision of the Supreme Court mistakenly ruled, once again, that the Constitution of the United States protected the right of a woman to have an abortion. The decision struck down many abortion laws and created ongoing debate in the United States.
And the progressive movement has never been stronger and more proficient than it is today.
Abe Lincoln was quoted as saying, “The philosophy of the schoolroom one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next”.
And that’s exactly what the progressive movement does! It employs the ideology of creating doubt and debate until the needle of morality moves further to the left. And the foresight of the movement is incredible, thinking and planning decades into the future with a fierce fervency and tenaciousness.
Look around you. Today’s generation is replete with individuals who grew up indoctrinated (by many venues, but primarily by public schools and the liberal media) by thoughts and ideas contrary to God’s Word.
When I was a younger man, foul language was not allowed on television. Now, it is increasingly becoming common place. Nudity and promiscuity were once hidden behind X-rated theater doors, but now are not only on prime time television. The horrors of blood and the darkest of evil intent are no longer hidden in the shadows but are on video games and in theme parks.
Society, through the exposure and desensitization to acts of immorality, violence and poor behavior propagated by the liberal progressive movement, has become devastatingly apathetic to the world around them. Christians, called to keep the Word of God relevant among us, have hidden in the shadows, rarely raising their voice above the fray as Jesus required of His disciples.
So, where are you in your Christian walk? Have you become apathetic to the lost and dying world around you? Are you hiding in the shadows, afraid of being labeled a follower of the Christ? Have you succumb to the ideology that if we don’t condone poor behaviors around us that we must be led by hatred and exclusion?
Have you resolved not to get involved in politics because “your vote doesn’t matter anyway”? Are you comfortable with the violence and acts of immorality that have seemingly become part of our culture? Do you identify as a Christian, yet stand for nothing in the public eye?
Don’t you realize that if even half of the true Christians became engaged and voted God’s principles, we would never lose an election?
Jesus took 12 men and shook the world. They made themselves heard. They believed in the cause, so much so, that most lost their lives defending The Way.
Throughout the Bible, God makes it known He is strongest during our weakness. Folks, we’ve never been in a weaker position than we are now. Progressive liberals are defeating Christians on nearly every front – and we’re allowing it to happen. That’s not what we’re called to do.
What would you attempt to do, in life, if you knew it were impossible to fail? With God, all things are possible. But we are his instruments.
It’s past time for Christians to get informed and engaged and stop progressivism and darkness from destroying our nation.
Mark Caserta is an opinion columnist and resides in Huntington, WV.
November 12, 2022
A wise man once said, “Don’t complain about what you permit”. That fits perfectly within our current political environment. It’s indeed baffling to understand how citizens of the greatest nation on earth could allow a dark, sinister, manipulating government to attack our country from within with such a lack of resistance.
First, anyone who would vote to continue what is happening to our country is either worryingly uninformed or dangerously averse to the human condition around us.
In fact, the ludicrous nature of our predicament forces one to question whether we can continue to trust U.S. election results or if there are, indeed, a rising number of voters who really don’t like America very much and would much rather live precariously in their lives of relative morality and digressing virtue.
I am forced to believe that anyone with the conviction to vote in an election, must also possess intent. If not, why waste the time? Additionally, voting in alignment with the progressive, liberal ideology those on the left have adopted, speaks volumes in terms of their intent to be self-serving and apathetic to the lives of those around them.
Thus, is the posture of the new Democrat Party. Self-serving, narcistic and emboldened by perceived government power over the people, liberal Democrats are pushing relentlessly to achieve their destructive goals while they can – at the expense of American citizens. Armed with their “net of endowment”, Democrats are spending billions of your tax dollars marginalizing citizens’ ability to prosper on their own without relying upon the government for sustenance.
Two mantras come to mind regarding Democrat methodology: “Never allow a crisis to go to waste” and “Don’t bite the hand that feeds you”.
They are winning elections with this philosophy.
So, who does change depend upon? Well, allow me to ask this question. What is the only demographic liberal Democrats have not been able to purchase or oppress – yet? Christians!
If you didn’t vote in this November election, shame on you. By not speaking with your vote, you’ve spoken very loudly as to your level of disregard for your fellow man. Statistics reveal that 64 percent of Americans identify as Christians. With 331 million people in the U.S., if only half of them voted, we would dominate politics across the country!
Bottom line: Returning America to her greatness is going to take more than a man – it’s going to take God. God is not going to send Angels to vote on our behalf!
It’s up to us to take a stand. By not voting Biblical principles, you are simply allowing the enemy to run wild! You’re also paving the way for pain and persecution of your children and their children’s children.
The Bible says, in James, “If anyone, then, knows the good they ought to do and doesn’t do it, it is sin for them.
So, what will you do the next election? If you don’t vote, then don’t complain about the consequences. You’ve in fact, taken the wrong side of God’s battle.
Get mad if you want, but I wouldn’t want to stand before God and have to explain my lack of care for my fellow man.
If we continue down this road in America, we won’t recognize her in a few years. It’s up to Christians to change things.
Not many people have actually read the Supreme Court’s final opinion. All they did was return it to the states and legislators for whom you vote! It’s not SCOTUS’ job to make law, only interpret it.
The opinion concludes.
“Abortion presents a profound moral question. The Constitution does not prohibit the citizens of each State from regulating or prohibiting abortion. Roe and Casey arrogated that authority. We now overrule those decisions and return that authority to the people and their elected representatives.”
No area of the Constitution mentions a woman’s right to choose to abort a pregnancy! The 14th amendment protects privacy and secures existing rights! It doesn’t great new ones!
Study Margaret Sanger and how Planned Parenthood began. It was eugenics!
We have to study the facts and vote our hearts. Don’t rely on the media or the hype on TV or radio!
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