God's role in human affairs.The power and integrity of THE NEW AMERICAN is rooted not only in its superb research but also in its Biblical perspective, its understanding of God's role in human affairs. R. Cort Kirkwood's November 27 article "ER Overload" presents a fascinating view of that role. Kirkwood's article states, "Nothing less than the survival of the American healthcare system, the finest in the world, is at stake." He cites "anchor babies," i.e., children of illegal aliens born in this country, as posing a substantial degree of that threat. How ironic that a healthcare system, which happens to serve as the state's sole agent for the legislated murder of the unborn, should find its survival threatened by living babies brought to term. Could it be that God is responding to the sins of our nation in the same way he responded to those of ancient Israel? Consider that among Israel's numerous sins, the one God cited repeatedly was the Israelites' willingness to "burn their sons and daughters in the fire," resulting in His chosen nation's conquest and displacement by foreign hordes Hordes may refer to:
Perhaps we need to assess the madness of open borders in time of war as reflecting the retraction In the law of Defamation, a formal recanting of the libelous or slanderous material. Retraction is not a defense to defamation, but under certain circumstances, it is admissible in Mitigation of Damages. Cross-references Libel and Slander. of God's protective hand, His spent tolerance with a purportedly Christian nation's sanctioned idolatry Idolatry Aaron responsible for the golden calf. [O.T.: Exodus 32] Ashtaroth Canaanite deities worshiped profanely by Israelites. [O.T. , and His willingness to supplant sup·plant tr.v. sup·plant·ed, sup·plant·ing, sup·plants 1. To usurp the place of, especially through intrigue or underhanded tactics. 2. its people for others (be they Mexican Catholic or Arab Moslem) who bring their children to term. Perhaps we should consider the possibility that, despite all of the righteous appeals to leaders to honor their Bible-sworn oaths and to uphold Bible-shaped laws crafted by virtuous and visionary Founding Fathers (fostering presumptions that "we are delivered to do these abominations Abominations is a 3 issues Marvel Comics limited series created by Ivan Velez Jr (writer), Angel Medina (penciller) and Brad Vancata (inker). ran from Dec 1996 to Feb 1997
ROBERT AGUIRRE Belle Harbor, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of |
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