The Voice of a Martyr

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The Voice They Could Not Silence….
Yesterday, America was shaken to its core. Charlie Kirk — young, bold, unafraid — was gunned down in cold blood. His life was stolen, not because of crime, not because of corruption, but because he dared to stand for truth.
Evil always believes that if it kills the messenger, it can bury the message. They believed that when they nailed Jesus to a cross. They believed it when they stoned Stephen, when they beheaded Paul, when they slaughtered the martyrs across history. But every time, the fire only spread wider. Every time, the truth thundered louder.
Charlie Kirk’s voice stirred a generation. He called young men and women to think, to resist, to fight for faith, family, and freedom. He stood as a watchman on the wall, sounding the alarm, refusing to bow. And for that, he was struck down. Jesus warned us: “If the world hates you, keep in mind that it hated me first” (John 15:18). That hatred has once again revealed its face.
So why kill Charlie? To silence him? To frighten those who stood beside him? To provoke violence and chaos? Whatever their aim, they have failed. For you cannot silence truth with bullets. You cannot bury conviction in a grave. His death is not an end — it is a spark. And that spark will ignite a thousand voices, louder and bolder than before.
Evil wants us to cower. Evil wants us broken. Evil wants us divided. But Isaiah declared: “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God will stand forever” (Isaiah 40:8). The word still stands. And so must we.
Now is not the time to retreat. Now is not the time to fall silent. Now is the time to rise. To live the truth. To shout the truth. To embody the truth so fiercely that darkness trembles at the sound.
Charlie Kirk is gone from this earth, but his message lives. His courage lives. His fire lives. The messenger has fallen — but the truth marches on. And it will not be silenced.

Gaslighting in America

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Gaslighting in America: Don’t Buy the Lie
Gaslighting is when someone tells you not to believe what you see. That’s what’s happening in America right now.
We see New York hotels packed with illegal migrants while veterans sleep on the street. But leaders call it “compassion.”
We see Chicago’s weekends soaked in gunfire, but are told the problem is the police.
We see San Francisco covered in tent camps, needles on playgrounds, businesses fleeing downtown—but city hall says it’s “progress.”
We see stores in Portland, L.A., and Philly locked down behind steel gates because of theft, yet the media calls it “shopper inconvenience.”
That’s not compassion. That’s not progress. That’s not inconvenience. That’s chaos—and we’re told it’s normal.
We’re told capitalism is oppressive while millions climb into the middle class through hard work. We’re told communism is “fair” when it left a hundred million dead. We’re told America is racist even as millions risk everything to get here.
None of it adds up—unless the goal is to make you doubt reality itself.
And the cruelest gaslight of all? White fragility. You live right, treat people with respect, reject racism—and you’re still told you’re guilty by skin color. Defend yourself, and they call that “proof.” It’s a trap to silence you.
The truth is simple: families are fleeing liberal-run cities because crime is real. Businesses are closing because lawlessness is real. Migrants are storming the border because freedom is real.
They want you to doubt your eyes. Don’t. Trust reality. Trust the truth. As Sophocles said: “What people believe prevails over the truth.”
So don’t buy the lie.

Peace and Security

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People often say, “As long as I have peace and security in my lifetime, that is enough.” But that kind of thinking is shallow. It looks only at the present moment and forgets what lasts beyond our lifetime.
Everything around us is fragile. Economies boom and collapse. Technology promises to connect us, but often leaves us more isolated. Social media offers validation one day and rejection the next. Even nations that once seemed untouchable weaken and stumble. It is like building a house on shifting sand: no matter how beautiful the structure looks, it cannot stand when the ground moves beneath it.
Meanwhile, the challenges of our age are heavy. Families are strained. Many live paycheck to paycheck, weighed down by debt. Mental health struggles rise as people feel overwhelmed by anxiety, loneliness, and constant comparison.
Violence fills the news. Leaders argue while problems multiply. People search for security in money, politics, or their own strength—but it is like trying to stop a flood with bare hands.
Yet, in the middle of all this, there is still hope. Trust in God works differently than trust in the systems of this world. It does not mean avoiding every problem; it means being carried through them. It is like watching an eagle soar. The bird does not stay in the air by endless effort—it spreads its wings and rests on the current that lifts it higher. That is what it feels like when God gives strength to the weary.
Waiting for His timing is not wasted time. It is like planting a garden. You water the soil day after day without seeing results, but underground roots are forming. Or like waiting for the dawn—it feels dark, but the sun is already on its way. Hope works in the same way. It anchors us, even when answers are not yet visible.
This is why we should not settle for temporary comfort, saying, “Peace for me now, no matter what comes later.” That is an illusion. Real peace is not the absence of problems but the presence of God’s steady hand. The kingdoms of this world rise and fall, but His kingdom endures. His word stands unshaken, and His love does not fail.
As it is written, “The grass withers, and the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever.”

Power of Prayer

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This week brought another tragic school shooting. Once again, the liberal left rushed to microphones, mocking believers for offering “thoughts and prayers,” rolling their eyes as if prayer were nothing more than empty words tossed into the wind.

But prayer is not weakness. Prayer is not silence. Prayer is the most powerful response a follower of Christ can give.
From the first pages of Scripture to the last, the story of God’s people is marked by prayer. Abraham prayed for a family, and God answered. Moses prayed for his people, and the sea split open before them. Hannah prayed for a son, and Samuel was born. David prayed in the caves of despair, turning fear into songs of faith. Elijah prayed, and fire fell from heaven. Jesus prayed in the wilderness, on the mountainside, and in the garden when the cross was hours away. The early church prayed in an upper room, and the Spirit of God shook the earth beneath their feet.
Prayer appears again and again in Scripture because it is not optional for the believer — it is oxygen. Without prayer, the soul suffocates.
And so when tragedy strikes, Christians pray. Not because it is easy, but because it is the only way to place grief into the hands of God. Prayer is not the end of action but the beginning of it. It is not a muttered comfort to ourselves, but a cry to the living God who promises: “Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know” (Jeremiah 33:3).
So let the liberal left laugh. Believers will keep praying. Not because it is habit, but because it is hope. Not because it is tradition, but because it is power. Prayer is not doing nothing — it is calling on the only One who can do everything.
And here is the deeper truth: prayer reshapes the one who prays. Every cry, every whisper, every word spoken to heaven bends the heart closer to the heart of God. Moses left the tent of meeting with his face shining. Hannah rose from her tears with her face no longer downcast. Jesus left Gethsemane with the strength to walk toward the cross. Prayer did not remove the suffering — but it gave the power to endure it.
That is why Paul wrote, “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:6–7).
Prayer may not instantly change what is outside, but it plants peace inside — a peace strong enough to steady the mind and guard the heart. When prayer becomes the rhythm of life, despair loses its grip. Worry still knocks, but it no longer rules. Fear still shouts, but it is drowned out by the whisper of God’s Spirit. Hope rises. Strength returns. And the soul begins to look more like the Savior it calls upon.
The truth is this: nothing is more active, nothing is more powerful, than placing a life fully into the hands of God through prayer.

God’s Law about Sin

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Answering a man who has issues with God’s laws about sin: “Why should we all be guilty because of one man’s (Adam) sin.” My reply: Where were you when all that we see and know WAS CREATED? What do you think you know – that can genuinely stand in judgment over the wisdom, power and LOVE of our Creator God and His Son?

 

God’s laws, principles, promises are perfect and eternal, but man’s are clearly not when they oppose God’s laws and principles for life: as we have seen in our sick hostile world throughout time. God’s Son died to forgive us of all the thoughtless/vain/corrupt ways by which we UNintentionally harm ourselves ‘personally,’ and ways that purposely take and end life before it’s time. To think YOU (or anyone) are ‘without any sin,’ makes you ‘self-deceived’ and so completely blind/lost.

 

Sin is in all human beings! A simple lie, makes you a sinner. Where does SIN come from? Why is it still in us? If God was only about LAWS, it would never change anyone or anything! AND THAT’S THE PROBLEM WITH GOVERNMENT! Politicians keep making new laws thinking it will stop people from doing what lawmakers don’t want people to do, or not do. Is it working? HELL NO! Just makes government bigger and bigger, more and more foolish and laughable to God! WORLDLY lawmakers are no different from anyone else! “There is no distinction, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by HIS grace THROUGH the redemption that is IN Christ Jesus.” “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” “There is NO righteous man on earth who does good and never sins.” “Who can say, ‘I have cleansed my heart; I am pure and free from sin.’?”

 

Without the truth and love of Jesus Christ Son of God – mankind is LOST, even though he thinks he is not. “It was God’s law that showed me my sin. for example: I would never have known that coveting is wrong if God’s law had not said, ‘You must not covet.’ But my sin-nature used this command to arouse all kinds of covetous desires within me! If there were no law, sin would not have that power. At one time I lived without understanding God’s law. But when I learned the command not to covet, for instance, the power of sin came to life, and I died for my sins. So I discovered that God’s laws and commands, which were supposed to bring life, brought spiritual death instead. Sin took advantage of those commands and DECEIVED ME; it used the commands to kill me. But still, God’s Law itself is holy, and its commands are holy and right and good…..But how can that be? Did the law, which is good, cause my death? Of course not! Sin used that which was and is good – to bring about my condemnation to death; to die for my own sins. So we can see how terrible sin really is. IT USES GOD’S GOOD COMMANDS FOR ITS OWN EVIL PURPOSES.” It uses God’s GOO commands for its own EVIL purposes….So the trouble is not with the law, for it is spiritual and good. The trouble is with me, for I am all too human, a slave to sin. I don’t really understand myself… But I have discovered this principle of life—that when I want to do what is right, I inevitably do what is wrong. I love God’s Law with all my heart. But there is another power within me that is at war with my mind. This power makes me a slave to the sin that is still within me. Oh, what a miserable person I am! Who will free me from this life that is dominated by sin and death? Thank God! The answer is in Jesus Christ our Lord…So now there is NO condemnation for those who BELONG to Christ Jesus. And because you belong to Him, the power of the life-giving indwelling HOLY Spirit has freed you from the POWER of sin that leads to death.”

 

THE LORD OUR GOD BE PRAISED and WORSHIPPED! Now I live the rest of my days in His peace and love, quick to repent, fulfilled by His grace and promises to me that I PERSONALLY EXPERIENCE each and every day!

The Right Kind of Strong

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I was invited to a woman’s Christian book club, where I had to read a book called “The Right Kind of Strong.” The author is Mary A. Kassian. Lots of good teaching for women (even men) to take to heart.
One thing that came out to me is how women can think they are strong ‘on their own’ but are actually WEAK women; that they can do anything men can do, and even do better. While women that KNOW they are weak on their own and depend on the Lord’s strength – are actually STRONG women. Their trust in the truth from God about who they are and who God is, gives them an inner strength that weak women do not have even though they pretend to have.
Almost twenty years ago, the Lord told me to write a book on the Proverbs 31 woman of the Bible. And yes, it was the Lord Jesus Himself who told me clearly: “For it is time to show her favor – the appointed time has come. My servants take pity on her dust.” Why was I do to this? The life of the Proverbs 31 woman IN HIS CHURCH, was dying out. Men with faith need a true feminine helpmate to fulfill their purpose doing the work of God.
The Lord revealed to me, first of all that ‘I’ needed to follow the example of the Proverbs 31 Woman; the woman who IS the RIGHT kind of strong. So I took each verse to study out with the Holy Spirit.
I compared her to myself and the women of our day; how women have slowly drifted from God’s design of true womanhood. I felt convicted myself as my Lord wanted me to see how I was drifting. He woke me up to this one morning in the Word with His letter to His church of Ephesus. The Lord first states the good He sees but then reveals what He won’t put up with, and that He won’t reward in the end but rather condemn….
“Yet, I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first (Jesus Christ, my first TRUE love). Carol, consider how far you have fallen! Repent and do the things you did at first. If you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand from its place…hear what the Spirit of the Lord says to the churches. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to eat from the tree of life, which is in the paradise of God.” Revelation 2:4-6 (Jesus wrote 7 letters to His churches whereas 5 were told to repent of something He won’t put up with. The other 2 types He commends and rewards. (Rev. 2 and 3)
There has been a ‘progressive’ drifting from truth in what a man is, and what a woman is, and how to raise up healthy, happy and productive children, and what a true family is. Drifting happens when lies are believed and lived out.
Weak women listen to the wrong voices on all kinds of issues, and then wonder why their life is disappointing and so very hard to live. Strong women listen to the truth from God in His Word and rely on His ‘indwelling’ Holy Spirit to give them the understanding, confidence and strength they need to live out their true purpose in life, gratefully rewarded with God’s favor and blessings all along the way. Even in her times of hardship and persecution, she thrives!
The book brought out another difference in a ‘truly’ weak woman and a ‘truly’ strong woman, in how worldly women look at godly women as weak, old-fashioned, stuck and shameful. Truly weak women only pretend to be strong, keeping their weaknesses hidden or denied – to hold up the image they want.
The Lord sees us all so differently than we see ourselves because He sees the heart and root/seed of what we have come to believe and live out about ourselves, and about Him.
Truly strong women are open about their weakness and proudly admit that they depend on the Lord each day. They are careful about who they listen to and trust. They are truly feminine, according to God’s design of a woman. And, they respect true masculinity in how God made men.
Women put men down by criticizing the male ego. Truth: man’s ego comes from God for the purpose to rule, lead and take care of what God has given the man to care for that God did NOT give to women. But when a man becomes ‘full of himself,’ in rebellion to God, he becomes an egotist: thinking of himself first – to get all he selfishly wants. Egoism is the ideology that the devil teaches and seeds in men, and even women.
God created man first for a very good reason, and then He took a rib from man to form man’s helpmate in life: woman. Women are gifted differently from men, for a very good reason, but when we buck our Creator’s system (His will and blessings) we are not all we could be and where we end up giving the Lord praise and glory.
Women who hate the idea of being their husband’s “helpmate,” are truly weak women. Is it any wonder then, why in America we see increasing homosexuality with men wanting to be women, women wanting to be men, even mutilating their bodies. We see children being taught to believe that they are in the wrong physical body when they are simply going through puberty. We see women hating men, men abusing women, the ‘family and home’ out of order and unable to enjoy all that God intended.
“Pretenders don’t have faith in God’s firm foundation (of biblical truth). They don’t trust it. They don’t abide in it.” (quote from book) The Bible says, “They have the appearance of godliness but do not have its power.” The power for what? The power to become the woman (or man) God honors and crowns in the end.
“God works through every human ability that is surrendered to Him…even in the absence of any ability whatsoever on our part.” (quote from book)
God gave each of us strengths as well as weaknesses. Our talents are from Him to develop and serve Him with. Our weaknesses are there to draw us to our Lord and Savior for who HE IS. One weakness we ALL have is thinking we have the power to save ourselves from the wrath of God on our sin.” Oh I’m a ‘good’ person! Look at all the good works I do! How could God send ME to hell!” “God? I don’t believe in God, heaven nor hell.” Both are fools and in for a BIG surprise, sadly.
“Human strength is a fragile illusion. It often fails when we encounter difficult circumstances. Suddenly, out of the blue, life can fall apart. An accident. A grim diagnosis. The loss of a job. Calamity. Betrayal. Relationship breakdown. These are the times when we see how weak we really are.” (quote from book) And how ready God is to bring us through, and rejoicing with Him!
“I’m convinced that all the failures and flaws in our lives flow out of some sort of doctrinal error or deficiency.” (quote from book)
There’s a lot of false teaching in the world: in schools, universities, churches, homes, media news. You may have grown up thinking you must not show weakness, or to deny your fears. But fear is from God, as a gage and not a guide.
Or, you may have been told to let your heart lead you; if it feels good – do it! If it seems right to you then it must be right for you. But God says that “the heart is deceitfully wicked, who can know it.” If we go by the seat of our emotions – we will always be led astray to do what we shouldn’t have done, or say what we shouldn’t have said, or go where we shouldn’t have gone. REGRETS!
“When it comes to our emotions, we tend to start with how we feel, how we want to feel, or how others expect us to feel. But if we want our emotions to be set right, we need to start with God as our reference point…. Our emotions were created to reflect HIS emotions and put HIS feelings and HIS desires on display.” (quote from book)
Matin Luther said: “Sin bends the best gifts of God toward itself. We take this great gift of emotions and twist it around toward ourselves.” (quote from book)
“Emotions are not to be stifled or stamped out, but rather they are to propel us to God and godliness.” (quote from book)
“Emotions are powerful. Reason seems to stand little chance against the forces of fear, anger, hatred, jealousy, our whatever emotion is moving us.” (quote from book)
We sure do see today, in so many ways, that people are led by their emotions!
“Emotions are for ‘gauging’ our circumstances, not for ‘guiding’ us in our circumstances.” (quote from book)
God created emotion in us, just as He created us with a will of our own to choose, and a mind to reason, solve and invent, and a good conscience by which to repent and be at peace with God. But the will and mind along with our emotions are to be in balance – aligned with God’s will, mind and emotions.
“The Bible is God’s Holy Word. It defines for us what is TRUE and what is not. Therefore, we are to regard it as the ultimate standard of truth, the reference point by which every other claim to truthfulness is to be measured.” (quote from book)
There is so much more in this little book about the good qualities of womanhood and how we to see ourselves and God who loves us with His everlasting love!

AI ANI AGI ASI – BEWARE!

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Mind blowing – this day we are living in with “artificial intelligence.” But as a video showed me, there’s more from what the devil is planning to deceive us with so that we either fall away from the TRUTH of JESUS or we are drawn into excepting the “mark of the beast.”

Rev. 13:4-5 on the Beast. “People worshiped the dragon because he had given authority to the beast, and they also worshiped the beast and asked, “Who is like the beast? Who can wage war against it?” Rev. 19:20 “…And the beast was captured, and with him the false prophet who did mighty miracles on behalf of the beast–miracles that deceived all who had accepted the mark of the beast and who worshiped his statue. Both the beast and his false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.”

“His statue?” Look at what is in your hand right now. Consider what you believe you can not do without these days for information and social enjoyment. Consider and be wise!

Thank you JESUS, our coming KING and Conqueror of all Satan’s works and plans!

Jesus the Only Way by Dori McKinnon

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Jesus – alone – is what’s needed for salvation. If you ever hear a gospel that preaches Jesus + works = salvation, that is not the true Gospel, and I’d run far away from that false preaching because false preaching deceives people to hell.

 

Jesus’ life, death, and resurrection was enough. To add our own good deeds to God’s saving work of salvation is deceitful and prideful. It’s sin. Salvation belongs to the Lord (Psalm 3:8).

 

Obedience and good works are the result of faith in the Gospel by the believer according to Scripture. Obedience and good works is what true salvation produces, not requires. They are a byproduct of a changed life through the saving faith in Christ alone. They are critical for our sanctification as we are becoming more and more like Christ.

 

On the last day, no one can claim or boast for what God has done in our lives (Ephesians 2:8-9). If you are saved, it is only because of God’s grace, because the truth is, we all deserve hell. So cry out to the Jesus the Lord while you still have breath in your lungs and ask Him for the faith you need to believe in the Word of God.

HOPE

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How can you have a ‘genuine’ hope amid all the atrocities, natural disasters, government tyranny and enemy threats and attacks – without knowing the truth that only comes from the Creator and Savior of our lives? A true hope has different results than a false hope.

 

The promises of God that are in His Word (the Holy Bible) are there to give us hope that lasts through all life throws at us. God’s perfectly worked plans for His children bring us to the fulfillment of every promise He gives.

 

People have a hope because of a new leader they voted in, but when we put our hope in a man, as right and true as he might be, that hope can be disappointed. People lose hope all the time because their hope is ‘misplaced.’ When I put my hope in the Word of the LORD GOD my hope will stay strong to the end, only because of who GOD IS.

 

God’s Holy Spirit helps the believer in Jesus Christ to ‘hold’ to the promises of God, so that when life is not what it’s supposed to be, or what we thought it would be – the hope in a believer never moves from its secure place within. So, it is critical to make sure your hope is true and not false. A false-hope will surely let us down, and then what? What happens when our hope falls flat? Insecurity, depression, addiction, suicide, anger, blaming, self-hatred, loss of confidence: these are all results of having hope that is not true.

 

Against all ‘natural’ hope, Abraham and all the other patriarchs of the same faith in what God said to them – in TRUE HOPE – believed and then realized the fulfillment of every promise God made to them, whether in life or in death. (Romans 4:18)

 

The apostle Paul was “convinced” that neither death nor life, neither angels nor demons, neither the present nor the future, nor any powers, neither height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate me (and all true believers) from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus. (Romans 8:38-39) What convinced him? Where did his hope come from?

 

Noah’s hope, that kept him building the Ark till complete, as ridiculous as it seemed then to all the people, where did Noah’s hope come from? Moses had hope as he defied Pharaoh and led millions of people out of slavery and through a desert of what seemed hopeless. God spoke to him too.

 

God’s spoken word to us IS OUR HOPE, and peace and joy as well! No matter what century we live, since time began, it has always been the Word of the living GOD that ignites true hope in people so that they will realize their hope come true!

 

I pray that this new year of 2025 will be a year of people getting into the Word of God, hearing God’s voice, whether for the first time, or whether returning after letting their Bible sit untouched far too long, or by wanting to go even deeper into the LIVING WORD OF GOD.

 

“For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat, so MY WORD that proceeds from MY MOUTH will not return to ME empty, but it WILL accomplish what I please, and it WILL prosper where I send it. You will indeed go out with joy and be led forth in peace…”  Isaiah 55:10-12

 

Withholding from God

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Genesis 22:
“Because you have obeyed me and have not withheld even your son, your only son.”
While ready this passage, I asked myself what would I withhold from God? Health, family, fame, riches, position? What I withhold is what God will test me on since He wants to be first in my life.
The key is to understand that God already knows what I want to withhold from Him. It is my fear of losing what I love that will make me withhold from my Lord.
When I give to God what I love it releases the blessings of God, that will exceed the value of what I would have withheld.
“God will provide.”