Be It Resolved

In the heart of every human is the deafening drumbeat seeking life, liberty, freedom and happiness.  Every soul is gifted from the Creator of the Universe with an undeniable desire to live a life that they themselves have the right to direct.  It is with this externally gifted instinct that all men possess that drives their innermost thoughts and desires to be free from the harshest of yokes: Slavery; both to government and man.

This inborn nature, this gifting from the Creator, that so exists flows within the very blood that gives life.  This gift, this instinctual drive for freedom is so base that neither man nor government can extinguish its ever-existing march toward its ultimate goal.  Millennia may come and go, governments and enslavers may fight to extinguish this nature, but as the heart beats so does the existential flow of freedom flow within the blood of every man.

It is with this being understood of all mankind that governments and men must conclude that the Almighty Creator on High has endowed all men with certain inalienable rights.  The rights granted from God to man does not flow from the government to man, but from God alone to all men.  The glorious and precious gift of life granted by the Creator is the first of the rights of freedom granted to mankind by God.  God has granted man the right of freedom to pursue the life that provides him with happiness.  God has as well granted to man the freedom to the liberty of the works and possessions including property that is acquired throughout his life.  There are numerous others freedoms granted to man by his Creator that are proclaimed into existence by the very laws of nature.

I call upon all of history to judge those who are so willing to give away their freedoms.  I call on the God of all nature to judge harshly those who are so disrespectful of their Creator that they would give away the gifts that He has so graciously given them.  I call on nature to judge harshly the unnatural way men so disrespect themselves as to give over their freedoms so as to be enslaved by others.

Now call upon the God of all creation to hear the case against a government that has superseded the authority granted it by its people.  I ask the God of nature to judge a government that has usurped the freedoms of its people and is placing the tyrannical yoke of fiscal slavery around the neck of its citizens.  The authority of the people has been usurped by self proclaim messiahs who force slavery upon these once free men.  God, judge the representatives and senators who take away the freedoms that you have so graciously gifted to all mankind.  God, judge the people who so willingly vote to give away the freedoms and liberties that you have graciously given them as gifts from you.

May the God of all creation find men cherishing the freedom that He so lovingly and caringly gave them from the beginning of time.  When mankind find themselves confronting the evils of slavery and tyranny may they refuse to compromise that which is granted to all men.  When in the course of human events fellow free men find themselves on opposite sides of this uncompromisable schism it is with great sadness that the schism must be publically addressed. 

When free men so vehemently oppose the philosophy and understanding of his fellow man to give away his dignity and freedom then compromise can no longer be found.  When the schism becomes so untenable for reconciliation it is incumbent upon all involved to find mutual and equitable understanding for the disillusion of the bonds that bind each party together.  When this schism is among fellow countrymen, these divided citizens must seek compromise when possible.  If these fellow citizens are not able to compromise and the schism is irreparable then the disillusion of the bonds that bind are called for among these former compatriots.  If peaceable disillusion is attainable, then a future rejoinder may be possible.  If this disillusion is not peaceable then and only then shall the offended call out to the nations for assistance to achieve the disillusion of the bonds binding countrymen.

Confession

I’m not worthy to look at his nail scared feet

I hide my sin deep within the depths of my heart

I’m not worthy to stand or kneel before my God

I have shameful sin to confess to my Lord

 

Instead of standing up I must be falling down

Today I must confess the darkness of my soul

Prostrate before His throne I must humbly bow

Surrendering myself confessing all my pride

 

We must confess our sin to each other today

Confess with our mouths not just in our minds

We must confess our sins to each other oh God

We must do what your Word tells us to do

 

Instead of standing up I must be falling down

Today I must confess the darkness of my soul

Prostrate before His throne I must humbly bow

Surrendering myself confessing all my pride

Worship

 

I come to worship, what do I see

Its heaven’s Throne Room I fall down to my knees

I see four creatures around the room

Shouting Holy, is the Lamb upon the throne

 

Their song grows louder the threshold shakes

Smoke fills the temple, as the foundations quake

Louder than thunder Holy is the Lord

Angels surrounding the King upon His throne

 

Lion of Judah, A roar of Love

The Mighty Warrior reigning on His throne

Risen Savior, Prince of Peace

Angels proclaiming worthy is the Lamb

 

Holy, Holy. Holy is the Lamb

Faithful, Creator, Who is the Great I Am

Holy, Holy. Holy is the Lamb

Faithful, Creator, Who is the Great I Am

 

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Worthy Is The Lamb

Worthy, worthy, worthy, worthy

worthy is the Lamb that was slain

The Angels cry Holy, Holy, Holy

Holy is the Lamb

Slain before the foundation of the world

Holy is the Lamb

Sacrificed in Heaven before the world

The Angles cry Holy, Holy, Holy

Holy is the Lamb

 

Worthy, worthy, worthy, worthy

worthy is the Lamb that was slain

The Angels cry Holy, Holy, Holy

Holy is the Lamb

Who in the beginning was the Word

Holy is the Lamb

The creator of the world

The Angles cry Holy, Holy, Holy

Holy is the Lamb

 

Worthy, worthy, worthy, worthy

worthy is the Lamb that was slain

The Angels cry Holy, Holy, Holy

Holy is the Lamb

Who was the Passover sacrifice

Holy is the Lamb

Whose blood protected the firstborn

The Angles cry Holy, Holy, Holy

Holy is the Lamb

 

Worthy, worthy, worthy, worthy

worthy is the Lamb that was slain

The Angels cry Holy, Holy, Holy

Holy is the Lamb

Whose flesh is the bread

Holy is the Lamb

Whose blood is the wine

The Angles cry Holy, Holy, Holy

Holy is the Lamb

 

Worthy, worthy, worthy, worthy

worthy is the Lamb that was slain

The Angels cry Holy, Holy, Holy

Holy is the Lamb

Who is our crucified sacrifice

Holy is the Lamb

Whose blood cleanses us from sin

The Angles cry Holy, Holy, Holy

Holy is the Lamb

 

Worthy, worthy, worthy, worthy

worthy is the Lamb that was slain

The Angels cry Holy, Holy, Holy

Holy is the Lamb

Holy is the Lamb

The Angles cry Holy, Holy, Holy

Holy is the Lamb

Holy is the Lamb

From a Conservatives’ View

In my town, growing up on the far North side said all that needed to be said.  When I told someone where I lived, the snickers and sneers were all that were necessary to understand that I grew up on the wrong side of town.  No matter how much pride we took in our neighborhood and no matter how nice our neighborhood looked, we were the very poor.  Yes, we were poor, but growing up that way I never knew I was poor because everyone I knew was poor too.  I know we were at and below the poverty line many years because we received reduced or free lunches at school.  The crazy thing is that both of my parents worked in professional jobs.

Why the big intro, because it is what formed me into me?  I was bored in school and just enjoyed being the goofy, skinny, shy kid hiding from the world.  I hated to read and seldom did because I did not find it as satisfying as being in the great outdoors enjoying God’s creation.  I played every sport I could because I was relatively athletic.  I was better in baseball than the other sports and put my mind in to becoming the best player I could be.  Knowing me know you would never think I was athletic at all.

Until 1980 I never really cared about politics, and never read the newspaper.  I grew up in Arkansas and the politics in Arkansas was Democrat first and foremost.  I was raised with the principles from the 1930’s and 1940’s that taught self-reliance and self-determination.  Almost all of my friends were raised by parents following Dr. Spock and his elitist views of child rearing.  I grew up with strict rules and strict limits.  This is what made the Democrat Party incapable of keeping me in the family fold.  I was not them and never would be.

I grew up in Arkansas in the glorious times of Bill and Hillary Clinton.  I was very unimpressed with him as a human and even less impressed with her.  From the earliest years I knew what Bill was and it was relatively self evident if you cared to look.  Bill and Hillary overstepped their welcome and that is what drove me into the love of politics.  I had been in a class in 7^th or 8^th grade where we read the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States and I was hooked.  The ideas and principles laid out in those two documents caught me and grasped me and made me a lover of their philosophy.

Then it happened.  The second and third terms of Jimmy Carter are what permanently convinced me that the socialistic policies of the Democrat Party were not consistent with the principles of the Founding Fathers or the documents, which set forth this nation.  Double digit inflation, double digit unemployment, and 21% interest rates proved that liberal economics were not compatible with a capitalist society.

It was this background that laid the groundwork for my baptism into electoral politics.  God sent a great man into the life of these United States and he sat tall in the saddle.  He was a great philosopher and statesman, a true conservative for all times, my hero, Ronald Reagan.  Never have I been so enthralled or enraptured with a single human being.  He was everything I was raised to be, he was everything the Declaration and Constitution taught me about this country, he was a conservative.

I loved his political philosophy of privatizing the public sector and still think it is the most conservative philosophy I hold dear.  It is true private business can and does a better job than lazy government employees who are paid even if their work is horrible.  I have never found one single government entity that can function better than private business.

Now for the hard work at hand, what I would change as a politician.  First and foremost, I would hold weekly news conferences and drive home the point that there are only 17 – 18 items in the Constitution of the United States that are granted to the congress of the United States to legislate.  If an item in not listed in these 18 items, then according to the 9^th and 10^th Amendments to the Constitution, those rights are reserved for the people and the states.  After 10 days in office, I would file suit against the Congress of the United States and charge them with violations of the Constitution based on the 9^th and 10^th Amendments.

I would charge the Congress before the Supreme Court to declare unconstitutional and therefore dismantle all social programs undertaken by the federal government as violations of States Rights.  Further, I would demand from congress a constitutional to repeal of the 16^th Amendment and replace it with the Fair Tax with a taxable rate of 23% or less and demand a ¾ supermajority to raise the rate and a simple majority to lower the rate.  I would also demand that the Congress strip away the authority of the Supreme Court and all lower courts to enact legislation or demand legislation from the bench because it is a violation of the Constitution for the courts to provide legislation.

By returning the Federal Government to performing its limited role in the 18 enumerated rights, the states and the people retain their exclusive rights granted them in the 9^th and 10^th Amendments.  The Federal government will return to the states their rights and privileges guaranteed to the states and the people.  The Federal Government will be almost out of business and limited to its transient role of providing for national defense and the postal service.

The people should therefore privatize as many functions as possible and do away with federal regulations placed on it in an unconstitutional manner.  The states would therefore be able to appropriately limit the social programs that they will have placed in their jurisdiction and eliminate as many programs that they deem unnecessary.  It is the prerogative of the states to have and implement programs not enumerated to the Federal Government and it is their choice to eliminate or continue services and programs and whether to privatize those services and programs.

i escaped

Im feelin kinda lost and lonely

world buzzing by at a snails pace

i escape it does no good

when i die i hope they do not clone me

im hurting, cant they see it on my face

 

i cry for help unheard by others

they must be hurting crying too

i escaped it did no good

at work are our heartless mothers

now they are hurting and crying too

 

no more fear of what is beyond

hope they hurt as bad as me

i escaped for good

the reaper waved its fateful wand

no more pain or hurt can be

 

my hateful dad my heartless mom

no friends to mourn this listless doom

I escaped

darkness overtakes then calm

ive died in the living room

Journalism Is Dead

Journalism died years ago, not during the last election cycle. The internet did not kill journalism, the economy did not kill journalism, but agendaists killed journalism. These agendaists (they are not journalists because they promote a philosophical agenda) actually think they are journalists. They are no longer the watchdogs given freedom in the First Amendment; they are lazy lapdogs slobbering over any progressive idea or politician available. Their philosophical agenda drives them to disdain intellectual honesty and integrity.

Years ago, these agendaists stopped reporting two sides to a story; they chose intellectual dishonesty and editorializing instead of actual facts. They stopped providing in-depth coverage of an issue to provoke intellectual interest. Instead, they chose to promote their philosophical agenda and expected readership and viewership to continue. Even basic local news reporting is chock full of personal opinion, editorialization and half-truth.

How can the general public trust agendaists to provide intellectually honest reporting of news when every story has a skewed, progressive, philosophical slant? It appears that the public in general have had enough bias from these agendaists. They are not going to spend their money to support a media that is diametrically opposed to their own personal philosophy of life.

Since agendaists no longer provide a substantive reason for existing within the role of the First Amendment, it is time to stop calling them members of the press. It is more than evident that the agendaists have a specific philosophical bias that has bred an alliance with political progressives. The First Amendment protection of the press was to provide the people with a watchdog to inform them about the government and politicians. How can an agendaist provide the people with trustworthy, factual reporting when they are fornicating with one of the political parties?

Why Does CastMaster Ministries Give Away So Much?

When we open The Retreat, we will strive to exceed expectations of superior quality in every area of service at The Retreat.  We intend to be known as a ministry committed to biblically ministering to the body of Christ. 

Our Minister’s Retreat is a free gift to full time ministers and their families and to displaced ministers and their families.  The dual purposes of relaxation and restoration ministers to ministers and their families is ways never imagined.  Our guests will relax in world-class accommodations while staying at the Minister’s Retreat while having complete access to the facilities of The Retreat.

Our Missions Training area is designed to train individuals and corporate bodies to minister to those in their communities who need God’s love demonstrated to them.  The first part of training is making wood furniture to give to local residents who need beds, tables and other household items.  This first part of training also includes quilt/blanket making to give to families in desperate need of a warm quilt/blanket throughout the year.  The second part of the training is to teach participants how to construct energy efficient, environmentally friendly homes for local families in need of a blessing from God.  One month during the spring of each year our plan is to build a home in the Austin area while training these missionaries.

Our ministry to underprivileged children in the Austin, Houston, San Antonio triangle is one of our most anticipated ministries.  During the Summer we will have one week where we take 600+ teens and bring them to The Retreat for a free week.  We also plan on bringing 500+ children and teens to The Retreat on two different weekends at Christmas.  While they are at The Retreat they will experience God’s love by having gifts lavished upon them.  What they will not know, is that their family members will also be receiving Christmas on those weekends as well.  The furniture and quilts/blankets made during missions training is delivered to their homes while they are at The Retreat.

Why does CastMaster Ministries want to give away so much?  We want to be a picture of what God did for us.  We want to demonstrate God’s love for us in that while we were still sinners, He died for us.  We want to give because God so loved the world, that He gave His one and only Son so that whoever would believe in Him would have everlasting life.  Why do we give, because God gave.

CastMaster Ministries is Ready to Proceed

At CastMaster Ministries, we have completed our planning and are prepared to tell the world that we are ready to raise the funds to build a Christian Camp in the Central Texas area. We have spent more than six years doing research, planning, preparing and counting the cost of having a vision that we believe is about to become a reality.

We have researched population growth areas, population bases and population trends. We have taken an equation that we learned about from Christian Camping International (CCI) and have applied that equation all over the United States. After conducting country by county population growth and projections we have determined that there are two locations which actually exceed the population needed to provide an adequate population base with which to draw from to maintain a year-round Christian Conference and Retreat Center. We placed a template over each major population base in the United States. We knew we had to be within 2 – 2.5 hours drive time from a major base of population to provide for a year round weekend retreat center. We also knew we had to be within a 6 – 8 hour drive time from a major base of population to provide for year-round, weeklong conference center. We found two areas that exceeded our predetermined requirements. These locations are in Central Texas and Southeast Tennessee.

We have chosen the Central Texas area to focus upon because of our contacts within the state of Texas. When we researched to population base, we were completely surprised by what we found concerning the age of the population and the continued age of the population over the next 50+ years.

We found that there Senior Adult population is a growing and vital population, but an almost unserved population in the Christian Camping community. We have postulated that service to Senior Adults, median aged adults, young adults, college aged adults, and teens will allow us to provide ministry to underserved groups as well as traditional camp and retreat age groups. We also determined from our research that when Senior Adults chose a facility to attend, the facilities must be of exceptional quality, the food must be exquisite and the service must exceed the expectations of each guest.

This caused us to rethink every aspect of the Christian Camping experience. We decided if we were going to minister to multiple age groups we had to provide world-class experiences to maintain our ability to continue to minister to multiple age groups year after year. That is when we determined to talk to other ministers and determine if their adults and Senior Adults would attend such a facility. We received an overwhelming yes. The more Senior Adults we spoke with the more excited they were about going to a Christian Conference and Retreat center that would rival many other destination locations.

CastMaster Ministries has counted the cost of such a place and now we are beginning to tell people about our vision and ask them to support us financially and with prayer. There are two main financial needs right now. First, we need to raise $25,000 by May 28th, to hire a Capital Fundraising Consulting firm to conduct an initial survey to determine if we have a network of family, friends and acquaintances who can give the $25M to build our vision. Second, we need an additional $85,000 by the end of June to pay the consultants for the first year of services. If God is laying this ministry on your heart as a ministry to give to, you can contact me for more information concerning this ministry. My personal e-mail address is http://jimmiekersh@castmastercamp.com