JOURNAL OF THE BAPTIST MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION OF MISSISSIPPI

NOVEMBER 15, 2012 VOL. 66 NO. 22www.bmaofmississippi.com

Merry ChristmasOn behalf of the children in Micronesia and Cambodia, I

extend wishes for a very Merry Christmas to each of you. BMMIwould like to express sincere thanks to the thousands of indi-viduals and churches across the BMA of America for your

generous support of the Christmas Shoebox project, “MakingEverlasting Smiles” and helping to make it a success again thisyear.

I am so thankful for the gifts this year, as each one would bea Christmas present that you would be pleased to give to yourown children or grandchildren. All of the staff, both volunteersand employees, of Baptist Medical Missions International, wisheseach of you a very Merry Christmas and a blessed New Year!

Southeastern Baptist CollegePresident Search

The Board of Trustees of Southeastern Baptist College,Laurel, Mississippi, is seeking candidates for the position ofPresident. All those interested in applying for the position shouldsend their resumes to the Board of Trustees Chairman, RichardWelborn, 811 CR 31, Heidelberg, MS 39439 by January 30, 2013.

Carolyn Hagler, Recording SecretarySoutheastern College Board of Trustees

The Great Escape Youth Leaders CruiseJanuary 19-24, 2013January 19-24, 2013January 19-24, 2013January 19-24, 2013January 19-24, 2013

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Registration for the GreatEscape with DiscipleGuideConference Ministries is $50per person and will be expectedby the December 19, 2012 cut-

off date. Register and payonline or download a form andmail to DCM with your check.The Great Escape Cruisewould make a great apprecia-tion gift for a church or youthgroup to present to their youthleader and spouse. In supportof youth leaders and spouses,Central Baptist College inConway, Arkansas is proud tobe a co-sponsor withDiscipleGuide ConferenceMinistry in offering Great Es-cape 2013.

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Recognition Given atRecent Annual Meeting

Missions Director Geraldson pre-sents plaque to Bro. Frank Panzrino

Bro. Larry Geraldson (left) acceptsplaque for Billy Huffmaster fromRLF Manaager Lavelle Lee (right)

The Missions and Revolv-ing Loan Fund recognized twoindividuals for their years ofservice to the BMA of Missis-sippi at the 2012 meeting.

Bro. Frank Panzrino andBro. Billy Huffmaster wereboth honored for their years ofservice as trustees on both theMissions Committes and theRevolving Loan Fund Commit-tee.

Bro. Huffmaster served onboth committees as well asClerk of the State Association.Bro. & Mrs. Huffmaster haveretired and now live in Cabot,

Arkansas. (see letter to theeditor on page 4 of this issue)

Bro. Panzrino lives in Neely,Mississippi and pastors Wash-

ington Baptist Church, Neely.He has served faithfully onboth committees.

Missions Director LarryGeraldson presented Bro.

Panzrino with his plaque andRLF Manager Lavelle Lee rec-ognized Bro. Huffmaster's ser-vice. Husffmaster was not atthe meeting, but Bro. Geralsonreceived the plaque in hisname.

2 November 15, 2012 • Mississippi Baptist

From TheMind of

Chuck Lee

The Black PanthersWhen my oldest son was just a child, even up into his early

teens, we would drive around at night looking for critters. Thehighlight of our night was when we would spot a nicely antleredbuck deer. I explained that this was way funner than going to themall, the skating rink, bowling alley, or some other such pit ofdecadence and den of Satan. It was also cheaper. We always hadhope of seeing a black panther. Even though we have probablytraveled several hundred miles along the back roads of Missis-sippi, never once have we spotted the elusive animal.

I know they exist. In fact, I heard tell two were spotted at thepolls during the last presidential elec-tion, but after wasting a few hours watch-ing the news, all I ever saw were thesetwo militant looking guys hangingaround a voting precinct up north some-where. Talk about having your hopesbuilt up to soaring heights just to hearthe pilot say that now engine two wasalso not working.

Anyway, my son and I haven’t givenup hope. After all, despite the fact thatWildlife and Fisheries is trying to coverup what is apparently a governmentsecret by saying that there has neverbeen any proof given to verify that ablack panther exists, most every neigh-bor and hunter that I have been associated with has spotted one“with my own eyes. Scariest thing I ever saw. Screamed like awoman and made the hair stand up on my head.”

Some very reputable people would gladly take a sworn oath ina court of law declaring that they had seen one several times intheir back pasture. According to my statistics, which weremeticulously kept on a napkin up until the cold and flu season,seventy five percent of Mississippians have witnessed a blackpanther sighting. In fact, I’ve had a couple of preachers, a fewdeacons, the Pope, and Ray confirm their existence.

Therefore, I have concluded that the state of Mississippi isoverrun with black panthers and that the Department of Wildlifeand Fisheries must have some ulterior motive for not giving into popular opinion. We’ll just keep driving the back roads untilone slips up and runs in front of the truck. In the meantime, Imust settle my disturbed thoughts with a time of quiet andmeditation with my Bible. At least I know that it is completelytrue. Despite what the majority of people believe.

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Brandon Cox is the featuredspeaker for this year’s GreatEscape Cruise. Brandon Coxhas been a Pastor for fifteenyears and is now planting GraceHills Church in northwest Ar-kansas, which launched inJanuary of 2012. He also servesas Editor and Community Fa-cilitator for Pastors.com, theonline leadership communityof Rick Warren and SaddlebackChurch. Brandon's wife, Angie,

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The Great Escape Cruisepromises to be just what youneed to start the year off withsome fresh ideas. Althoughthere will be scheduled ses-sions, you will have plenty offree time for onboard activitiesand ports of call. More detailswill be available as the cruisedate nears. You may e-mailtriciak@conwaycorp.net or callthe DCM office with any ques-tions at 501-513-3726.

Get ready to set sail for theGreat Escape Cruise 2013. Youwill cherish the time with yourspouse and the many friend-ships you will develop at TheGreat Escape.

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DiscipleGuideAccepting Resumesfor Camp DirectorDiscipleGuide Church Re-

sources is accepting resumes forthe Camp Director position atDaniel Springs Baptist Encamp-ment in Gary, Texas. Applicantsmust have two years camp ad-ministration experience and willbe subject to a background check.Resumes may be mailed toDiscipleGuide Church Resources,Attn: Sandy Garner, Human Re-sources, 4613 Loop 245,Texarkana, AR 71854. Resumeswill be accepted through De-cember 1.

Family ArkMinistries

Travis Plumlee

They Have A Good Home Life SeriesPart One - Unconditional Love

This is a series of articleswritten to help us focus ourpassions and priorities on whatmakes a good home life. I hearpeople talking in church aboutother people's kids or theirmarriages and they all agreethat these people have a "goodhome life". What characteris-tics make up a good home life?What are the common threadsin the family fabric of Chris-tian homes that are healthy,holy and work well? Hopefullythrough this series of articles,it will help you learn, focus,and increase your efforts onthese traits that are found con-sistently in homes that are anice place to grow up in, orgrow old in.

Unconditional LoveUnconditional LoveUnconditional LoveUnconditional LoveUnconditional LoveThis is the foundation that a

good home is built upon. Ex-actly what is unconditional loveand what does that look like?Unconditional love means sim-ply that there are no condi-tions you have to meet for meto love you. There are no stringsattached to my love for you.The best way for me to describethis love is when people have ababy that has just been born.Instantly, you are in love withthis baby. When people getmarried, they fall in love first.They meet. They date. Theygrow to love each other over acertain time period. But, whenyou see that little baby for thefirst time, it is instantaneouslove. That little baby did not

have to do one thing to get youto love him or her. This isunconditional love.

Every person in every homehas the capacity to do this. I'mnot saying they do. I'm saying

they have the potential to. Insome homes it is evident. Inother homes it is there some ofthe time. Still in dysfunctionalhomes, it is often times absent.In abusive homes, it does notexist. Unconditional love can-not exist apart from God.

I have heard some peoplesay, "My parents are both lost,but they love each other". Theyhave "eros" or "philiea" love,but they do not have "agape"love. A couple can live in mar-riage under one roof, work toprovide income, share hopesand dreams, physical intimacyand even have children. But itis impossible to have true lovewithout God. This is not myopinion. This is a fact out of theBible. Please read carefullythe words of I John 4:8 "Hethat loveth not knoweth notGod; for God is love." There isyour unchangeable definitionof love. God is love. How do twopeople truly love each other if

they don't have God? God islove. If you don't have Jesus inyour heart, you don't have Godin your heart. And remember,love only comes from God, forHe is love.

In the same passage of scrip-ture read verses 9-11. The Bibledescribes unconditional love.God first loved us so much thatHe sent Jesus to die for us andforgive us. This is love. Andthen verse 11 states that weare to love each other that sameway. What way? Uncondition-ally. There are no strings at-tached to God's love for us asChristians. We didn't receivethis love because of our behav-ior. We didn't get this love be-cause of something we do. Re-gardless of our actions and be-havior, Christ died for us. Thisis love. This is how you ought tolove your family.

Spouses should love eachother regardless of behavior oractions. Parents and childrenshould all love each other, andit not be dependent upon meet-ing certain standards of per-formance. I don't have to doanything for you to love me.

Please understand that justbecause I love you does notmean that I can't be upset withyou, mad at you, disappointedin you, hurt by you, etc. It doesnot mean that I can't set bound-aries with you. There shouldalso be consequences for wrongbehavior. If a spouse hurtstheir spouse, there should besome consequences for the be-havior. Not sick, dysfunctionalconsequences like pouting,shouting, withdrawing, with-holding etc. But communica-tion and things that serve torebuild the relationship. Kidsshould have consequences

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3November 15, 2012 • Mississippi Baptist

SoutheasternBaptist College

4229 Highway 15 NorthLaurel, Mississippi 39440, (601) 426-6346

Serving Christ With a Biblical World View In A Christian Atmosphere

Joseph HarrisInterim

President

Emphasis on RecruitingEmphasis on RecruitingEmphasis on RecruitingEmphasis on RecruitingEmphasis on RecruitingTwo recruiters are now scheduling

events and collecting names of pro-spective students. Recruiting effortshave more than doubled this new yearover last year with only five monthsinto the year. One part time recruiteris Charlie McNeil, a current studentat SBC and he is pictured with thisarticle. The other recruiter is Mat-thew Hillman, a graduate of SBC andhe will be pictured in a future report.Robyn Strickland began this new aca-demic year as recruiter, but she is nowthe Executive Secretary. Names ofprospective students have been gath-ered from the following events at-tended by our recruiters as well as thefuture events scheduled:

201220122012201220121. Pensacola Youth Camp - July2. Gulfport Senior Camp - July3. Jones County Home Educators An-nual Meeting - August4. Rankin County College Fair - Sep-tember5. Pearl River Community College Ca-reer Fair - September6. Quitman High School College Fair -September7. Stringer High School College Fair -October8. MS Gulf Coast Career/College Fair- October

9. Pine Belt CollegeFair, William CareyUniversity - November10. Harrison CentralHigh College Fair -December

201320132013201320131. Youth Conference,Pascagoula - January2. Youth Meeting,Baxterville - February

Various Youth-In-Harvest meetingsare being scheduled for 2013. Morethan twice as many events have been

Recruiter Charlie McNeil

601-426-6346 or contact our recruit-ers to attend your event atcmcneil@southeasternbaptist.edu ormhillman@southeasternbaptist.edu.

Recruiting has been broadened to

include beginning early with prospec-tive students. The Laurel ChristianHome Educators rent the use of ourgym for the Knighthawks to use forpractice and for games. The home edu-cators also sponsor a class on campusevery Tuesday called MATHCOUNTSwhich is taught by one of the homeschool moms, Brenda Broadhead.Brenda is a member at Big CreekBaptist Church and her class is alsopictured with this article. Accordingto the website, www.mathcounts.org,“MATHCOUNTS provides fun andchallenging math programs for USmiddle school students to increasetheir academic and professional op-portunities.” It also provides a “foun-dation for success in science, technol-ogy, engineering and mathematicscareers.”

attended and more recruiting contactshave been made the first six months ofthis year than all of last year’s recruit-ing combined. There is currently aprospective list of 325 names collected.More of these arefrom BMA churchesthan in previousyears. A pastor’s pro-spective student listhas been mailed tofour local associa-tions and recruitersare now following upto retrieve theselists.

Reestablishingties and connectingwith the pastors andchurches is crucialfor the future of SBC.Since June, I havevisited and preached in 20 churches ina Sunday or Wednesday service. Sofar, four churches and one Bible con-

ference are sched-uled for Novemberand December. Thisis extremely impor-tant since I havebeen able to presentthe ministry of thecollege and answerquestions. I havealso been able to col-lect some names ofprospective stu-dents during thistime. I am thankfulfor the invitationsfrom all the pastorsand churches vis-ited. Please contactme for a time to cometo your church on a

Sunday or Wednesday evening atjharris@southeasternbaptist.edu or

Math Counts Class

placed upon them when they do wrong.But it doesn't affect the love.

I told my daughter that if she camehome pregnant in high school, that Iwould still love her because my lovefor her doesn't depend upon her be-havior. And I would love the baby. Andshe would be grounded for 18 years!Because there is a consequence forwrong behavior and she would takeresponsibility for raising the child. Itold my son that if he called me fromjail with a DWI, I would still love him.No matter what. And because I lovehim, I will visit him daily while hestays in jail because there is no bail.You have to be responsible and acceptconsequences for wrong behavior, butI still love you.

Love has to be shown people! Yourfamily shouldn't have to guess if youlove them. Tell them. Show them.Never give up on them. Be there forthem. Pray for them. Hug them.Hang out with them. Do things forthem. Treat them nicely. Smile atthem like you do when you see a newbaby or a puppy. Nothing is greaterthan love.

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Prisoners BiblePrisoners BiblePrisoners BiblePrisoners BiblePrisoners BibleCrusade ReportCrusade ReportCrusade ReportCrusade ReportCrusade ReportFree Bibles to Chaplains for Inmatesin the USA

This praise note - In the month ofOctober 2012, PBC reached anothermilestone. 200,096 KJV Bibles intoprisons! Plus 13,725 Spanish Bibles;total 213,821.

This update on the project of print-ing the Gospel of John/Romans bilin-gual English/Spanish books for Span-ish speaking prisoners in the USA.Victory Baptist Press in Milton, Floridais now set up to print them. I hope tohave some in hand to send into prisonsbefore the end of year. The cost will beabout $2,000.00. Any help will beappreciated.

Report YTD 10/31/12Report YTD 10/31/12Report YTD 10/31/12Report YTD 10/31/12Report YTD 10/31/124,876 KJV English Bibles; 520 Span-

ish Bibles; Bibles totals 5,396; 350New Testaments; All Study Books2,600; 1,048 Study helps, totals for allBibles and materials to date in 2012 is

9,010. These were sent into 42 pris-ons. Chaplains report 975 people saved(21,264 since 1/1/2000). 4 new Chap-lains requesting Bibles for the firsttime in 2012. PBC's Evangelistic Teamhas conducted 15 worship services inprisons in 2012. (Since 1973, 213,821Bibles; 58,449 New Testaments; TotalBibles & materials: 628,723.)

On a personal noteOn a personal noteOn a personal noteOn a personal noteOn a personal noteAgain I want to thank each and

every one for your prayers andthoughts during my recent bypasssurgery. I had a triple bypass onOctober 8th and now I am gettingbetter each day. Doctor tells me it willtake time.

Our thanks for your prayerful sup-port of this Bible Ministry to people inprison!! God blesses through yourprayers and support to give the HolyWord of God to Prisoners. Isaiah 55:11inside prisons!

Paul E. Lee, Director PBC,Phone: 601.798.1341Email: pbc8paul@datasync.com

Worldly PleasuresCannot Satisfy

Worldly pleasure does not bringsatisfaction to any life. You can-not satisfy the flesh. Feed theflesh you increase the appetite.Passing through a national parkrecently I saw signs everywhere.“Do not feed the bears. Thetrouble with feeding bears is thatthey get unreasonable. Give abear that sandwich you had leftfrom your picnic lunch and thenif you have nothing else left hewants you. Feed the flesh and itwants more and more and moreuntil the very being is aflamewith the passions of hell.

– Selected

4 November 15, 2012 • Mississippi Baptist

Opinion PageJournal of the Baptist Missionary Association of Mississippi

Letters FromOur Readers

Letters reflect the opinion of thewriter and not necessarily this

publication or the BMA of Mississippi

Don J. Brown, EditorE-Mail - editor@msbaptist.orgWeb site www.msbaptist.org

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Postmaster: Send address changes to the Mississippi Baptist Paper,P.O. Box 8181, Laurel, MS 39441-8000.

Church of the Covered Dish BY THOMAS TAPP

Don BrownEditor

Southeastern Baptist CollegePresident Search

The Board of Trustees of Southeastern Baptist College,Laurel, Mississippi, is seeking candidates for the position ofPresident. All those interested in applying for the position shouldsend their resumes to the Board of Trustees Chairman, RichardWelborn, 811 CR 31, Heidelberg, MS 39439 by January 30, 2013.

Carolyn Hagler, Recording SecretarySoutheastern College Board of Trustees

Getting Older, Making Changesand Paying The Price

Life has a funny way ofsneaking up on us and sendingus in new directions. I remem-ber so many of those changes -leaving school, getting married,the birth of children, changingjobs, accepting Christ as Sav-ior, the call to the ministry,full-time ser-vice as editor,p a s t o r i n gc h u r c h e s ,grandchi l -dren (one ofthe best ex-periences),etc.

C h a n g ehas onceagain come tothe Brownfamily. After 32 1/2 years as anemployee of Southeastern Bap-tist College, Mrs. Brown hasretired. Yes, she is old enoughand she has made the move.

One of my doctors told methat in order to preserve andenjoy my life that I should'lighten my load' and 'reducethe stress'. After many monthsof contemplation and prayer, Ihave taken his advice, and whatI feel is the leadership of God,and left the pastorate of BigCreek Baptist Church, Soso,Mississippi.

I have had many wonderfulexperiences in life andpastoring this good church isright at the top of the list. Ithink I understand in part whatthe Apostle Paul felt when hetold the Corinthian church "...Iam jealous over you with godlyjealousy..." In Chapter 11. I

already miss those dear people.I continue to serve as editor

of the Mississippi Baptist andenjoy the work and contact withthe people of the BMA of Mis-sissippi.

The Browns are slowingdown, but we are not out, by along shot. We look forward tothe future and are certainlyenjoying the present. To quotethe late Mrs. Ruby Wilson (Bro.A.M. Wilson's mother), "Get-ting older is not too bad, but attimes it is awfully inconve-nient."

We are getting older (but itain't all that bad). We are mak-ing changes (they are not toobad either). We are paying the

price (physically). It is hard onthis old man to have to movefrom the church parsonageback into our home. Where didall this stuff come from?? Whereare we going to put it??

Trustees RecognizeTrustees RecognizeTrustees RecognizeTrustees RecognizeTrustees RecognizeYears of ServiceYears of ServiceYears of ServiceYears of ServiceYears of Service

At our recent annual meet-ing, the Publication Depart-ment Trustees presented theeditor with a plaque for 35 yearsof service in this position. Theyhave gone by so fast and theyhave certainly been eventful.A heartfelt 'thank you' to thetrustees and to the Associationfor your kindness. It is a joy toserve in this position.

Thank You FromThe HuffmastersDear Mississippi Baptists,

It is with much gratitudethat I write this note to say"Thank you" for all the won-derful fellowship we had withyou during the almost 44 yearsJean and I had with you. Weare now in Cabot, Arkansas,close to our 3 grandchildrenwhere we can help spoil them.Even though we have found awonderful BMA church here toworship with, you folks willalways be near and dear to our

hearts.You honored me while there

with the privilege to serve asclerk of the state associationfor 25 years. Thank you forrecognizing that privilege witha special plaque upon my re-signing from that position.

As if that wasn't enough, Iunderstand that at this paststate association meeting, eventhough I am gone and was notpresent, you did it again, asyou recognized my privilege ofserving as a trustee of StateMissions and the RevolvingLoan Fund over the past 20years. Let me assure you, it hasall been an honor and a privi-lege to serve.

Jean and I will always trea-sure our time with you. Any-time you are coming this direc-tion, please stop by and visitwith us. Cabot is located northof Little Rock, between NorthLittle Rock and Searcy, on

Retired pastoroffers book“Truth for the Mind”Dear Editor,

For a number of years ser-mons have been preached andmany souls have been saved. Ihave produced a book of ser-mons that have not only been ablessing to me by many otherministers that I have suppliedthese sermons with. They willbe a blessing to you, pray asyou read, word by word, thatGod will inspire you and beblessed as I am.

For more information con-tact our home at 1530 GaywoodAvenue, Yazoo City, MS 39194,or call 662-746-4143 or 662-571-1658. All proceeds are go-ing to defer medical expenses.

Bro. Ralph FullerYazoo City, MS

Highway 67/167. It is not thatmuch out of your way whenyou go to visit Branson. Wewould love to hear from you.Call us, come see us or write us.

Billy and Jean Huffmaster195 Dillon DrCabot, AR 72023phone 601-540-0380

News articles shouldcontain information that will beof interest to the general public

who are not members of thechurch that is reporting.

CHURCHNEWS

East Central ReportEast Central ReportEast Central ReportEast Central ReportEast Central ReportThe East Central Associa-

tion met on November 8 atMidway Church. After a call toorder and a song, prayer wasled by Bro. George Rogers. Bro.Jerry Overstreet brought theevening message with specialmusic by Terrill Eaton.

There were eight church rep-resented. Reports were givenby Missions Director LarryGeraldson and Children’sHome Director Sidney Davis.Bro. Jerry Overstreet reportedon the work of the Senior AdultCommmission.

Henry Lott, reporterTombigbee Association ReportTombigbee Association ReportTombigbee Association ReportTombigbee Association ReportTombigbee Association Report

The Tombigbee Associationmet November 8 ,2012 at EastAmory Baptist Church. A mealwas served by host church.There were 38 messengerspresent with 7 churches repre-sented. The message broughtby Bro. Roger Akers from ICorinthians 14:19, "Five wordsthat can change our lives". Spe-cial music was brought and areport was brought by Bro. BobBurch.

5November 15, 2012 • Mississippi Baptist

Larry GeraldsonDirector of Missions

and RLF

Missions! Now More Than Ever!Missions! Now More Than Ever!Missions! Now More Than Ever!Missions! Now More Than Ever!Missions! Now More Than Ever!"Also I heard the voice of the Lord,

saying, Whom shall I send, and whowill go for us? Then said I, Here am I;send me. And he said, Go, and tell thispeople, Hear ye indeed, but under-stand not; and see ye indeed, but per-ceive not. Make the heart of thispeople fat, and make their ears heavy,

and shut theireyes; lest theysee with theireyes, and hearwith their ears,and understandwith their heart,and convert,and be healed.Then said I,Lord, how long?And he an-swered, Untilthe cities bewasted withoutinhabitant, andthe houses with-

out man, and the land be utterly deso-late,..." Isaiah 6:8-11

A right understanding of Is 6 musttake into account the song of judgmentin chapter 5 which is summarized inverse 7, "...he looked for judgment, but

behold oppression; for righteousness,but behold a cry."

The word judgment means that thewriter is looking for a verdict. Thesame verdict he had requested in verse3, "...judge, I pray you, betwixt me andmy vineyard." It's the age old argu-ment between right and wrong. Joshuasaid it this way, "...choose you this daywhom ye will serve; ..." Joshua 24:15

I believe we can say with some cer-tainty that the verdict is in and ourcountry has chosen to reject the righ-teous law of God as a foundation uponwhich her liberty rests. Regardless ofwhich man people preferred to be presi-dent, the platform that was adoptedfor our nation’s future includes thesespecific points (these are quotes): 1.“…a woman's right to make decisionsregarding her pregnancy, including asafe and legal abortion, regardless ofability to pay.” 2.“…marriage equalityand support the movement to secureequal treatment under law for same-sex couples.” 3.“…the full repeal of theso-called Defense of Marriage Act andthe passage of the Respect for Mar-riage Act.” 4.“Recognizing that gayrights are human rights, the Presi-dent and his administration havevowed to actively combat efforts by

other nations that criminalize homo-sexual conduct or ignoreabuse….American diplomats mustraise the issue wherever harassmentor abuse arises, and they are requiredto record it in the State Department'sannual report on human rights. Andthe State Department is funding aprogram that finances gay rights or-ganizations to combat discrimination,violence, and other abuses.”

In summary, this means 1. No De-fense of Marriage; 2. No Defense of theUnborn; and 3. Full-on promotion andfunding of gay rights and gay rights’organizations at home and abroad.

At this point you may be askingyourself if I should be discussing thesethings. Well according to 1 Samuel8:9,when Israel rejected God and thewarning of the men of God, God toldSamuel, “Now therefore hearken untotheir voice: howbeit yet protest sol-emnly unto them, and shew them themanner of the king that shall reignover them.”

Pursuant to our country’s decisionis the dismantling of Biblical prin-ciples and precepts, which for so longhave undergirded the law of the land,and replacing them with human rea-soning and secular rationale. We arewitnessing a rejection of God's morallaw. This was done, for the first time inour history, by the endorsement of amajority of the people.

Biblical law is necessary. The un-godly are acquainted with God's holi-ness through the demands of law. Byand through the demands of law, aright respect for morality is main-tained. The absence of law meansimmorality and ungodliness reign. Thenatural way of depraved man accord-ing to Romans 1, is to reject God and

live immorally. The things of God arerejected as undesirable. The wrath ofGod is certain.

The only hope has always been andwill continue to be a clear, concise,correct, Christ centered gospel. No-tice the last part of Is 5:7...God's re-sponse to the wrong decision by Hispeople which resulted in the oppres-sion of righteousness and righteousinfluence on the land, is found in Is5:25, “Therefore is the anger of theLORD kindled against his people, andhe hath stretched forth his handagainst them, and hath smitten them:and the hills did tremble, and theircarcases were torn in the midst of thestreets. For all this his anger is notturned away, but his hand is stretchedout still.”

God’s response was to pronounceswift and immediate judgment and atthe same time, reach out His hand tosave. His unsearchable love, kindnessand mercy, explode into our aware-ness as chapter 6 introduces us to thecalling of Isaiah. He will be sent forthto a nation in crisis, to preach thegospel. As his message unfolds in chap-ter 7 we hear him proclaim, “…Behold,a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son,and shall call his name Immanuel.”

I believe God’s response to our na-tion in crisis will be to call men to goand preach the gospel. The gospel ispowerful and can convict the vexedsoul as well as quicken the "dead inspirit" to repentance toward God andfaith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Wemust preach the gospel where we areand send others to preach it where wecannot go. We need missions now morethan ever.

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Children's Home Special Emphasis

Helping YoungPeople Grow

Luke 2:52

2012 Goal - $25,000

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Mississippi W.M.A.Jessica Hayden, President

3308 Highway 29Soso, MS 39480662-251-0455

Corresponding SecretaryMrs. Shirlene Smith

730 Hwy 533, Laurel, MS 39443601-729-5638

GMA PromoterBeth Caldwell

166 Twin Creek Rd,Lucedale, MS 39452

601-947-6011

Sunbeam PromoterLinda Dertinger

132 HowardHill Road,Soso, MS 39480

601-729-2908

GMA Girls

2012 - 2013 WMA Officers

The new 2012-13 WMA officers elected at the recent statemeeting are President Jessica Haden, First Vice-president LindaSmith, Second Vice-president Marilyn Welborn, Third Vice-president June Holifield, Correspond Secretary Shirlene Smith,Assistant Corresponding Secretary Barbara White, RecordingSecretary Freida McNeese, Assistant Recording SecretaryJeanelle Burkes, Historian Bonnie Brown, Editor DonnaLawrence, Pianist Anita Akers, Song Director Mary Sprayberry,GMA Director Beth Caldwell, GMA/YLA Promoter Becky Farmer,Sunbeam Director Linda Faye Dertinger, Project PromotersLynn McCoy and Dianne Rainey, Advisory Council BrysonHaden, Don Brown and Roger Akers, Retreat Committee SharonLindsey, Chris Smith and all WMA officers.

GMA CAMP 2013GMA CAMP 2013GMA CAMP 2013GMA CAMP 2013GMA CAMP 2013Hey Everybody,

We are all excited for GMA Camp this year! It is coming up sofast I can't believe it! We are all working very hard to make thisyear's camp as much fun as possible, but we also want everyoneto go home with their souls right with God.

This year’s camp will be held at Camp Garaywa, in Clinton,Mississippi, on March 15th and 16th. Brother Sydney Farmerwill be our camp pastor and our theme is "How Great Is ThyName" found in Psalms 8. This year we will be trying somethinga little different. Not only will our GMA girls be at camp this year,but the Galileans will be joining us also!

I hope you all show up, girls and guys, to serve Christ at Campthis year. Please be praying hard that camp will be fun andchange the lives of those who don't know Jesus!

Thank you,Kimberly Mitchell

Hobolochitto DistrictHobolochitto DistrictHobolochitto DistrictHobolochitto DistrictHobolochitto DistrictWMA ReportWMA ReportWMA ReportWMA ReportWMA Report

The Hobolochitto DistrictWMA meeting was held atWestlawn Baptist Church inPicayune on October 27, 2012,at 10 a.m. The meeting wascalle d to order by PresidentJean Dunn with an openingprayer. The GMA girls ofWestlawn gave a welcome byreciting the GMA song and avideo was shown on childrenreceiving Christmas Shoeboxgifts. The GMA and Sunbeamchildren also sang a specialsong entitled “Our God is anAwesome God.”

The sermon was given byBro. Vernon Watts taken fromRevelation 21:1-4 and verses9-27 on Heaven - New Jerusa-lem descending out of heavenfrom God. He also read Mat-

thew 13:44-46.The next meeting place will

be at Benville Baptist ChurchJanuary 26, 2013, with speakerBro. Scott Downes. Lee’sChapel #2 was awarded theattendance banner. The clos-ing prayer and blessing on thefood was given by PresidentJean Dunn. A wonderful mealwas enjoyed by all.

Debbie Lott, Reporter

Oak Grove WMA DistrictOak Grove WMA DistrictOak Grove WMA DistrictOak Grove WMA DistrictOak Grove WMA DistrictOn October 12, 2012, the Oak

Grove District WMA meetingwas held at Pine Grove BaptistChurch in Purvis, MS. At thismeeting we elected officers andset the date for our next meet-ing. It will be held at GoodHope Baptist Church in Co-lumbia, MS, on January11,2013 at 7:00 p.m. KristyMatthews also brought a beau-tiful devotion before our timeof fellowship.

Kodi Atkins, Reporter

John the Baptist looked uponthe Lord Jesus and said, "He

must increase, but I mustdecrease." A good guide for

the Christian life.

Sofilthy'sAttic

by Barbara White

TheYellowBucket

Several years ago my chil-dren decided that I needed toget a cell phone in case I everhad any trouble while I was outand about. And so I did, but Itold the Lord that my gettingthat phone didn't mean I didn'tneed Him any longer.

Well, after all these yearsthe only time I felt like I neededit was one night I was drivingalong, meeting a long string oftraffic when all of a sudden Isaw a big yellow plastic bucketin the middle of my lane. Well,I didn't know if it was empty orfull of concrete. Didn't matter,all I could do was hit it. It gotstuck under the car so I pulledover on the shoulder andbacked up and then drove for-ward, backed up, drove for-ward, backed up and I still hadthat bucket. So I punch in thenumber for the MississippiHighway Patrol and then Ithink, "I'm going to have to tellthem that I have a bucket hungunder my car and they are outthere watching for speedersand arresting narcotics ped-dlers, etc." So I hung up realquick like.

Then I decided to just driveon thinking that a plasticbucket would soon wear downand fall off. You can imaginethe noise that thing causedunder the car! The thing neverwore out. I drove 20 miles untilI came to an unpaved parkinglot and I pulled in and straddleda mud hole and it dropped off.I got out and picked it up be-cause that was one toughbucket!

Even though I still have acell phone it doesn't comfortme quite like the verse inJeremiah 33:3, "Call unto meand I will answer thee." Nowthat's security without amonthly fee!

Former Mission ChurchMembers Hold Reunion

by Editor Don Brownby Editor Don Brownby Editor Don Brownby Editor Don Brownby Editor Don Brownformer member of Parkview Church, Gautier, Mississippiformer member of Parkview Church, Gautier, Mississippiformer member of Parkview Church, Gautier, Mississippiformer member of Parkview Church, Gautier, Mississippiformer member of Parkview Church, Gautier, MississippiAbout 30 individuals who were members or had some connec-

tion to Parkview Baptist Church, Gautier, Mississippi, held theirfirst reunion recently. The church was established by MissionaryPastor Arthur Smith with the help of the State Missions Depart-ment. Mrs. Shirlene Smith and daughter Lisa Hudson were ableto attend.

These individuals gathered at Big Creek Baptist Church,Soso, Mississippi on the second Saturday of November 2012. A'pot luck' lunch was provided by those attending. What a greattime it was. A devotional message was brought by Bro. DewittBain, pastor of Shiloh Church, Mt. Olive. Bain surrendered tothe ministry while at Parkview and was sent by the church toKosciusko, Mississippi, near his home town, and began ShilohChurch, Kosciusko.

The church saw 8 or 9 men surrender to the ministry. Mem-bers came from as far as Illinois and from all parts of Mississippi.The group plans a reunion each year on the 2nd Saturday ofNovember. The 2013 meeting will be held at Shiloh BaptistChurch, Mt. Olive. All former members are urged to make plansto be at next year's event.

Pictured above are those attending the 2012 reunion.

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CHILDREN'S HOME118 LOWE ROAD, LAUREL, MISSISSIPPI 39443 - (601) 426-3928

SIDNEY DAVISDIRECTOR

Kelby JohnsonDirector

It Is Good To GiveThanks To The Lord

As we approach the Thanks-giving season, it gives us anideal time to give thanks toGod for His unlimited bless-ings upon us as His people. Itis a time to personally reflectupon our lives and consider if atrue spirit of thankfulness isexpressed to God on a dailybasis and not only at this par-ticular time of the year.

In other words, we shouldnot wait until ThanksgivingDay to bless and thank ourGod. Each and every day weshould make it a practice of lifeto enter into His courts withthanksgiving and praise. “It isa good thing to give thanksunto the Lord, and to singpraises unto thy name, O mostHigh.” Psalm 92:1.

Special Emphasis ReminderSpecial Emphasis ReminderSpecial Emphasis ReminderSpecial Emphasis ReminderSpecial Emphasis ReminderOne month has already

passed by as far as the SpecialEmphasis period for theChildren’s Home is concerned.It you haven’t given a specialoffering for this Emphasis, it isnot too late to do so. Novemberwould be a good month to re-member the Children’s Homein a financial way. We have somuch to be thankful for. Allow

the Lord to use you in meetingthe needs of the Children’sHome. Thank you for yourprayerful and financial sup-port.

Association Meeting andAssociation Meeting andAssociation Meeting andAssociation Meeting andAssociation Meeting andChurch VisitsChurch VisitsChurch VisitsChurch VisitsChurch Visits

We attended the annualmeeting of the Big Creek Asso-ciation in Octo-ber and theEast CentralAssociation inNovember.

Also, I waswith the GoodHope BaptistChurch andPastor RickyMitchell inOvett recently. Then on No-vember 11th, we were with theNew Bethany Baptist Churchnear Ellisville and PastorGlenn Shoemake for their an-nual Thanksgiving celebration.

We certainly enjoyed theworship, friendship, and fel-lowship at each of these meet-ings and services.

Remember In PrayerRemember In PrayerRemember In PrayerRemember In PrayerRemember In PrayerContinue to remember our

girls and boys and the ministryof the Home in your prayerseach day.

Gratitude For The GospelGratitude For The GospelGratitude For The GospelGratitude For The GospelGratitude For The GospelWe could all make a long list

of things for which we arethankful. Our lists might in-clude our health, our families,our friends, our churches, ourjobs, our homes, and our otherpossessions. The blessingsgiven to us from God are worthdaily appreciation and worship.However, there is nothing givento us that should cause as muchgratitude as the salvation wehave in the gospel of JesusChrist our Lord.

One of the great chapters inthe Bible is 1 Corinthians 15. Itbegins with a simple explana-tion of the gospel, movesthrough a grand explanationof the resurrection of Christ,and ends by saying in verse 57,“But thanks be to God, whichgiveth us the victory through

our Lord Jesus Christ.” As youcelebrate a time of Thanksgiv-ing this year, remember Jesuswith the following prayer foundin the seventeenth centuryBook of Common Prayer:“ALMIGHTY God, Father ofall mercies, we thine unworthyservants do give thee mosthumble and hearty thanks forall thy goodness and loving-kindness to us…We bless theefor our creation, preservation,and all the blessings of this life;but above all, for thine inesti-mable love in redemptionthrough our Lord Jesus Christ;for the means of grace, and forthe hope of glory. And, we be-seech thee, give us that duesense of all thy mercies, thatour hearts may be thankful,and that we show forth thypraise, not only with our lips,

but in our lives; by giving upourselves to thy service, and bywalking before thee in holinessand righteousness all our days;through Jesus Christ our Lord,to whom with thee and the HolyGhost be all honor and glory,for ever and ever, Amen.”

B.R.A.G.B.R.A.G.B.R.A.G.B.R.A.G.B.R.A.G.B.R.A.G. (Be Real About

God) was a success again thisyear. About 60 teens and adultsgathered at Berean BaptistChurch in Soso on November9-10 for this conference. Thetheme was “Incredible God.”Speakers included BrysonHaden, Chuck Lee, JamieWally, Shane Atkins and KelbyJohnson. Music was led byHeart Deep. The praise bandfrom Lebanon Baptist Churchled by Justin Bynum alsoplayed. The weekend includedworship services and times offun. Many prizes were givenaway and the B.R.A.G. chal-lenge obstacle course was a fanfavorite as well. The Lordblessed and two souls weresaved during the weekend.Thanks to all who attended orprayed for B.R.A.G. Plans arealready being made for a simi-lar event in 2013.

DiscipleGuideAccepting Resumesfor Camp Director

DiscipleGuide Church Re-sources is accepting resumes forthe Camp Director position atDaniel Springs Baptist Encamp-ment in Gary, Texas. Applicantsmust have two years camp ad-ministration experience and willbe subject to a background check.Resumes may be mailed toDiscipleGuide Church Resources,Attn: Sandy Garner, Human Re-sources, 4613 Loop 245,Texarkana, AR 71854. Resumeswill be accepted through De-cember 1.

Obama may not impact Supreme Court balanceWASHINGTON (BP) -- Socialconservatives lamenting a slewof Election Day losses mighttake solace in this: Barring asurprise retirement, the ideo-logical makeup of the SupremeCourt likely will remain thesame for the next four years.

So says Liberty Counsel'sMathew Staver, who has ar-gued two cases before the courtand whose organization hasfiled about 30 briefs with it.

Only one of the justices --liberal bloc-member RuthBader Ginsburg, who is 79 --seems likely to retire, but thatwould not change the court's

balance because her replace-ment by President Obamalikely would be a liberal as well,Staver said.

"Absent some kind of unfore-seen health complication" toone of the other justices, headded, "the Supreme Courtwould likely look the same"ideologically when Obamaleaves office.

That would be great newsfor social conservatives, whoview the high court -- and thecourts below it -- as integral totheir cause. Abortion was le-galized by the Supreme Courtin Roe v. Wade, a 1973 casesocial conservatives hope iseventually reversed. The jus-tices might consider next yearthe legalization of gay mar-riage.

The reason the court couldlook the same in four years issimple: Justices typically timetheir retirement so that theparty that appointed them getsto name their successor. Presi-dent Clinton, a Democrat,nominated Ginsburg, and herreplacement would be namedby Obama, another Democrat.

Republicans nominated allfive members of the court whoare considered part of the con-

servative bloc. If they hold totradition, the ones who are eye-ing retirement will hold off inthe hopes that a Republicanwill win the White House in2016. Of the court's four-mem-ber liberal bloc, Clinton nomi-nated two and Obama two.

Nothing, of course, is guar-anteed, and surprise retire-ments do happen.

Liberal Justice ThurgoodMarshall -- nominated byDemocratic President LyndonJohnson -- was forced to retirein 1991 due to poor health dur-ing the administration of Re-publican George H.W. Bush,who replaced Marshall with aconservative, Clarence Tho-mas. Marshall died two yearslater. Marshall had voted withthe pro-Roe majority in 1973,and Thomas has since gone onrecord as opposing Roe.

Death also can have an im-pact. Former Chief Justice Wil-liam Rehnquist passed awayin 2005 while in office, althoughit did not have an impact on thecourt's ideological balance be-cause he was nominated by aRepublican (Richard Nixon)and his successor (John Rob-erts) was nominated by a Re-publican (George W. Bush).

Four justices are in their 70s:Ginsburg (79), Antonin Scalia(76), Anthony Kennedy (76) andStephen Breyer (74).

"That's something that wecertainly need to be in prayerabout -- for the good health ofthe justices," Staver said.

Even if Obama doesn'tchange the ideological makeupof the nation's highest court,though, he'll still have a majorimpact on the lower court -- theappeals courts and districtcourts, Staver said.

"He'll have more of an im-pact on the court system thanany previous president -- evenif he appoints the same num-ber [of judges as other presi-dents] -- because unlike anyprevious president, Obamaappoints people who are ideo-logically in line with him,"Staver said.

Other presidents, Staversaid, appoint "some people whoare ideologically in line withthem" and some who "go off ina different direction" ideologi-cally.

If Ginsburg is the only Su-preme Court justice to retire inthe next four years, then thehigh court potentially could bea major issue in the 2016 presi-dential race. That's because twomembers of the court's conser-vative bloc -- staunch conser-vative Antonin Scalia andswing vote Anthony Kennedy -- would be 80 that year.Kennedy, although a part ofthe conservative bloc for muchof his career, has upset bothsides of the spectrum. He votedto uphold Roe in the 1990s,then a decade later voted touphold the federal ban on par-tial-birth abortion. He has sidedwith the liberal bloc on gayrights cases, but with the con-servatives on Ten Command-ments cases. This year, he votedwith the losing side that wouldhave reversed the health carelaw ("Obamacare").

"Whether it's Republicans orDemocrats, anybody who re-places Kennedy will definitelyimpact the future of the court,"Staver said.

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We should not be motivated by an unrealisticexpectation of human response, but rather a peace inthe providence of God that moves us to obedience tothe faith. The outcome was not the motivating factorfor the one who beheld the Lord high and lifted upand then surrendered to His call. Isaiah said inchapter 6:11, "Lord, how long?" The Lord's responsewas, "...Until the cities be wasted without inhabit-ant, and the houses without man, and the land beutterly desolate,..." Obedience to the faith is ourmotivator. We need missions now more than ever.

We don't know what the end result will be from themost recent decisions of our fellow countrymen. Butnow, more than ever, we need to be doing the workof missions. Let the cry of the gospel be heard fromour lips across the street, across our state, and acrossthis land.

Let me challenge you to do more and give morethan ever before, for the cause of missions here inMississippi.

This past year, in addition to the ongoing work ofFirst Hispanic in Ripley, El Camino in Laurel, ElCamino in Hattiesburg and New Heart in SouthHattiesburg, we watched God open the doors for newchurches to be planted in Burnsville, New Albany,Tupelo, Oxford, Caledonia, Clinton, Indianola, HollySprings, South Forrest County, and Biloxi. Yourmissionaries reported (in October) 420 new contactsmade, with 226 of those being presented with thegospel, and 35 people trusted Christ, and 5 werebaptized.

New Albany MissionNew Albany MissionNew Albany MissionNew Albany MissionNew Albany MissionBro. Kelby Johnson is our newest missionary and

has begun a new church in New Albany, Mississippi.Kelby was approved to serve as a church plantingmissionary for the Baptist Missionary Association of

Mississippi July 17, 2012. Kelby is originally fromLaurel where he was licensed to ministry by Big

Creek BaptistChurch in 2001.He was later or-dained and hasserved multiplechurches in theareas of associate,youth, and music.Kelby graduatedfrom Southeastern Baptist College in 2007 with aBachelor’s Degree in Church Ministries and re-ceived his Masters of Divinity Degree from NewOrleans Baptist Theological Seminary in 2011. Hispassion is to make disciples by teaching the Bibleand mentoring. He is married to the former JessieSellas of Lucedale and has two sons, Adin (8) andAndrew (5). Jessie is a graduate of SoutheasternBaptist College and an assistant school teacher inUnion County.

Recently, Kelby shared the following report:

“FIRST CORE GROUP MEETING - October was avery exciting month for us here at Grace Church. Weheld our very first core group Bible study on Sunday

morning, October7th. We met at ourhome and had 18people present.We have contin-ued meeting eachSunday morningsince and haveaveraged 18people per week.

WHAT ARE WEDOING? Severalpeople have askedme what we aredoing for our Sun-day morning core

group meetings. We meet at 10:00 A.M. and beginwith a time of discussion. We try to ask the followingquestions to begin: “What has God been showing youlately in His Word?” or “Has God given you anyinteresting opportunities this week?” The point ofthis time is to allow people to hear about what ishappening in the lives of others and hopefully it willhelp the group grow closer. Once this time is done,we move into our prayer time. Each week I ask oneof our young men to read a passage of Scripture (thatrelates to my sermon that day) and to give a fewcomments on that passage. We then begin a time ofcorporate prayer. We sit in silence and whoeverwants to pray out loud does so. We usually pray for10-15 minutes in this manner. We believe this allowsus to make prayer a concentrated time instead of just

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something we rush through to begin or end our timetogether. When the prayer time is over, I begin thesermon. We are currently studying through the bookof Romans. We went through chapter 1 in Octoberand plan to cover chapters 2 and 3 in November. Wegive our people notes to follow along with the ser-mon. We believe that what we preach on Sundayshould be learned and shared. We end with a closingprayer. We then have a lunch and time of fellowship.We continue to meet and invite others as we are inthe early stages of developing our core group.

BMA OF MISSISSIPPI STATE MEETING - I wasable to be at the state meeting and we had a greattime. It was encouraging to talk with several othermissionaries and pastors who are excited about thework. The missionaries met at the mission’s office fora good time of prayer during the meeting. I was alsoable to stand and promote our church plant at themeeting. It was great to have Bro. Kevin Claytonstand and pray with me at the commissioning onWednesday. We continue to be very thankful foryour prayers and support. We invite you to comevisit us sometime.

God bless you, Kelby Johnson.“

Upcoming EventUpcoming EventUpcoming EventUpcoming EventUpcoming EventOn November 18th, at 11:00 a.m. Bro. Bob Burch

will hold his first service in his completed building atCalendonia. He will also have special revival typeservices Monday and Tuesday evening at 7pm. Weare praying that things will go well and look forwardto sharing more with you in the next issue.

I know I speak for all of our missionary familieswhen I wish all of you a wonderful Thanksgivingseason. We have so much to be thankful for and onething we are sincerely thankful for is you.

Bro. Kelby, Jessie,Adin and Andrew Johnson

Planned Parenthood Prosecution Brings Legal PersecutionPlanned Parenthood Prosecution Brings Legal PersecutionPlanned Parenthood Prosecution Brings Legal PersecutionPlanned Parenthood Prosecution Brings Legal PersecutionPlanned Parenthood Prosecution Brings Legal Persecution(OneNewsNow.com) (OneNewsNow.com) (OneNewsNow.com) (OneNewsNow.com) (OneNewsNow.com) - A former Kansas attorneygeneral faces yet another hearing in an attempt todisbar him. That effort stems from his attempt tochallenge Planned Parenthood while in office.

The attempt to disbar Phill Kline has been ongo-ing for over seven years now. Dana Cody of LifeLegal Defense Foundation tells us the next hearingis this week.

"The courts in Kansas have been have been pros-ecuting -- I think a better word is persecuting -- PhillKline because he attempted to do his job as a pros-ecutor, which was to prosecute a Planned Parent-hood clinic and George Tiller's clinic for not report-ing statutory rape and not following the parentalnotification laws of the state," she explains.

George Tiller was a late-term abortionist in Wichitaand the Planned Parenthood is in Kansas City.

Kline, whose law license has been suspendedindefinitely, was attorney general when KathleenSibelius was governor, who refused to cooperatewith him in this case.

"Our now fearless leader of the Department ofHealth and Human Services at the federal level,Kathleen Sibelius, was involved in all this early on,trying to hide evidence rather than cooperate withthen-Attorney General Phill Kline to prosecute,"Cody tells OneNewsNow.

Records needed for prosecution supposedly disap-peared and, although that has been questioned,charges against the abortion giant were droppedearlier this year.

Cody believes politics were involved. Having seenthe legal information against Kline, she finds itunbelievable that he was prosecuted at all.

Something For Nothing?“It wasn’t the Goths that defeated Rome-it

was their free circuses.” Luxuries, Power, in-dulgence, had made the once tough Romanpeople soft. To stay popular their emperorsgave them more and more of the ease theycraved– free bread, free circuses, easier living.So the Romans softened up themselves for theambitions, hard working barbarians. And in410 A. D. The greatest nation the world hadever seen was invaded and destroyed.

The greedy cry of “something for nothing,”the stupid whine of “somebody” else shouldsacrifice not me”-could do exactly the same forthis nation- NOW.

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